Chapter 0708 In Room 0708, Yu Yi, wearing a light blue sailor suit, sat upright in her chair, her slender hand gripping the handle of her katana.

The time was now 00:13. No sticky notes had appeared in the room, and Yu Yi's senses detected nothing that warranted vigilance.

The elevator moved.

Yu Yi's eyelashes fluttered slightly. Through the peephole, she could clearly see the indicator panel above the elevator on the opposite side of the corridor begin to move.

The elevator ascended from the first floor to the thirteenth, paused briefly, then ascended to the fourteenth floor before descending to the eighth, pausing for a slightly longer period, and then descending again.

Judging from the frequency of the elevator's stops, Hei Sheng Zi must have been alone again... I wonder if Bai Haozheng and 13mArk will appear in the elevator.

Ding-dong.

The elevator stopped in front of Room 0708. Hei Sheng Zi stood in the elevator, looking out with a piece of paper in his hand. "Bai Haozheng and 13mArk didn't respond. Do you want to come in and patrol?"

Yu Yi narrowed her eyes slightly. As a member of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Island Abnormal Affairs Investigation Bureau, she naturally knew Hei Sheng Zi's identity in the real world and knew that he was not a good person.

His moral standards were among the worst, even among all players.

However, Yu Yi had no intention of acting as a judge. She was confident in her strength and believed she could protect herself even if Hei Sheng Zi harbored malicious intentions.

Moreover, the Plague Doctor was an acquaintance of hers, and in some ways, even a friend.

The Plague Doctor suffered an attack from the Rotten Old Creature (one of the corridor anomalies) last night, and his condition was very poor.

Even if he didn't encounter the Rotten Old Creature tonight,

if a sticky note spawned, he would probably have difficulty dealing with it alone...

With this in mind, Yu Yi stood up from her chair, opened the door, nodded to Hei Sheng Zi, and entered the elevator.

The elevator descended to the sixth floor.

With a ding-dong, the elevator doors slid open.

Hei Sheng Zi and Yu Yi, who were standing, paled in shock.

The sixth-floor corridor was filled with a foul, rotten stench. The door of Room 0610, diagonally opposite the elevator, had turned pitch black, and black, oil-like liquid was constantly dripping down its surface.

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The elevator has already descended to the sixth floor...

In Room 1108, 13mArk, maintaining the mechanical probe in the keyhole, silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Last night's encounter with the woman in red severely dampened 13mArk's confidence.

Even with the blessing of a perfect-grade item like the [Mercury Bloodstone], he wasn't confident he could defeat the woman in red who had devoured four or five players.

Speaking of the Mercury Bloodstone...

13mArk turned his head to look at the living room of Room 1108.

This was originally Dan Fei's room.

Dan Fei stayed here on the first night, received a sticky note, ran downstairs, and saw her younger brother, Ka Fei, being taken away by the woman in red.

On the second night, Dan Fei worried that the connection between Room 1108 and Room 1008 below would allow the anomaly on the tenth floor to climb through the pit in the living room floor and attack him.

Therefore, Dan Fei moved to Room 1172 on the right side of the eleventh-floor corridor on the second night, but unexpectedly, he was still caught and died tragically on the eleventh floor.

13mArk slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and a strange emotion welled up in his heart.

According to the Dolphin Hotel's accommodation guide, each floor of the hotel must be occupied.

If a death event occurs on a certain floor, it does not need to be occupied again for the next 180 hours.

The 180 hours mentioned in the accommodation guide coincide with the players' mission objective.

13mArk did not think this was a coincidence.

He boldly speculated that perhaps floors where people had died were completely safe for the specified period of time, with no anomalies attacking and no sticky notes appearing—the hotel on this floor had already been "satisfied."

Then, could the players collectively move to the floor where someone died after the first death occurred?

13mArk thought this was impossible.

First of all, the Killing Game would not allow such obvious loopholes and flaws.

Secondly, the two rules, "each floor needs to be occupied" and "floors where people have died do not need to be occupied," are not contradictory.

It is possible that both rules are in effect at the same time.

The accommodation guide says that occupying the floors can effectively quell the hotel's restlessness.

Violating the former will invite some kind of backlash from the hotel—however, this backlash may not be effective against residents on the floors where people have died, but rather against residents on other floors in the hotel.

That is, transferring risk.

So, is his own life more important, or the lives of other players in this mission?

13mArk chose the former without hesitation.

When everyone dispersed at night, he pretended to return to Room 0808, where he had been staying before,

but actually, he quietly moved into Room 1108 on the eleventh floor, where Dan Fei had died, through the stairwell.

The eleventh floor is separated from the thirteenth floor, where Hei Sheng Zi is, by one floor.

This can effectively prevent Hei Sheng Zi from detecting him.

At the same time, the special structure connecting Room 1108 with Room 1008 below is also conducive to 13mArk's survival—his [Mercury Bloodstone] can pass through the broken pit in the floor of Room 1108 in liquid form and descend to the tenth floor.

If both sides activate the title skill detection, they can monitor both floors simultaneously.

The woman in red aims to devour players.

From yesterday's experience, her power is strong, but her mind is not clear. She cannot even distinguish between a mercury puppet and a real player.

In other words, letting the mercury puppet down can effectively confuse her and increase his chances of survival.

"Anyway, if I encounter an enemy, I can also call the corresponding floor for help. Or use the time bought by the mercury puppet to hide directly in the elevator."

13mArk squinted and silently calculated.

The extremely small amount of guilt and unease in his heart quickly disappeared.

"No sticky notes have appeared in the room. I don't know if it's because I'm off tonight,

or if my theory is correct: floors where people have died are absolutely safe and no sticky notes will spawn."

Thinking this, 13mArk turned and walked to the living room, squatted down, and his mechanical little finger split open, transforming into a miniature drill, silently drilling the hole in the floor even wider.

Then, he liquefied the mercury puppet and injected it into Room 1008.

Clatter.

The slime-shaped mercury landed on the ground, quickly deformed and solidified, turning into a human shape.

Relying on skill sharing, 13mArk could see the scene in Room 1008 from the perspective of night vision goggles.

The scene of Ka Fei's death was still preserved here. The carpet, floor, and walls were covered in splashes of dried blood, which looked terrifying.

The mercury puppet's left thumb split and unfolded, transforming into a spotlight shape, releasing a light screen to scan the entire room.

Safe, no abnormal traces.

13mArk on the upper floor breathed a sigh of relief and directed the mercury puppet to walk to the door and press the light button.

Room 1008 was once again bathed in light. The mercury puppet imitated 13mArk, pressing its body tightly against the door frame, extending a finger, and using a miniature probe to peer out through the keyhole, monitoring both floors at the same time.

Players have also died on the tenth floor. In theory, it should be safe here too...

Before his thoughts were complete, alarm bells rang loudly in his mind.

A ghostly, hunchbacked figure pushed open the door from the stairwell on the left side of the tenth floor.