Lin Muci used the pendant to open the lock.
Yang Weiyang wanted to drag her away quickly, but Lin Muci shook her head.
"He just said this is his forbidden territory. There must be some secret here that we haven't discovered yet. We can't leave now; we need to look around more."
After saying this, Lin Muci surveyed the surroundings. In the corner, a table seemed to be placed, and strange markings were carved on it.
They were also Greek letters.
She couldn't help but read them aloud.
"I was deceived by the witch."
"The elixir of immortality I consumed is real, but the medicine she gave me failed—she did not come back to life. White bones everywhere... How can I revive her?"
"Pain devours my heart."
"How I wish I could return to that night when the nightingales were still singing in the garden, and she said she would bestow her purest all upon me. She kissed my hair, and I smelled the faint fragrance of wild roses. Dewdrops fell on my forehead. Holding her, I felt as if I possessed the entire world."
"She told me she had already taken the poison."
"She didn't want to marry into the family through an arranged marriage, didn't want to marry such a brute. She only wanted freedom."
"But she said the family would not accept a noble who died by suicide; it would tarnish the family's honor, and her soul would not be able to go to heaven."
"She kissed my lips. I promised her that I would take the blame for killing her."
"The whole world knows I killed her out of unrequited love, but only I know that I would rather be cut into a thousand pieces than harm her even in the slightest!"
Yang Weiyang's eyes widened.
"So, that girl wasn't killed by him? He's so innocent, *wu wu*, he's so devoted."
"Taking the blame for her murder and being burned to death..."
"Did he make a deal with the witch to revive his young lady?"
"He's just a devoted pervert!"
Lin Muci looked at these clues, lowered her head, and continued to analyze.
"Did the doll just say it wanted to send her back to where she wanted to go? Was there a recording?"
Yang Weiyang hesitated.
"Was it her room?"
Lin Muci shook her head.
"It shouldn't be that simple."
"Hey, wait, someone's coming!"
Yang Weiyang flinched. Lin Muci held the pendant in her hand and pried it open into a sharp needle shape.
Then Lin Muci heard the person opposite her speak.
"I am from the government rescue team. I'm late!"
It was a man with a slightly dark complexion. He looked up at them and sighed.
"Only two of the four girls left? I am indeed a step too late. I'll take you to the new shelter building next door. It's already been cleared and is very safe; the infected won't be able to climb up!"
He reached out, about to grab Lin Muci.
Yang Weiyang wasn't too nervous because she thought this was probably a game character, a staff member arranged by the production team. But Lin Muci stared at his seemingly honest face and suddenly asked,
"Do you know Zhao Tu Hai?"
The other party clearly froze.
But his micro-expression wasn't one of confusion, but of guilt for having his secret exposed.
Lin Muci gave him a cold glance. He took a tranquilizer needle from his pocket and tried to stab Lin Muci.
Lin Muci was faster. Her movements were agile as she weaved through his arm, then flipped over and performed a shoulder throw, turning to stab an acupoint on his finger. He cried out in pain, and Lin Muci pulled out the anesthetic from his palm.
She stepped on his wrist.
"I'll inject this anesthetic into your body. Are you willing?"
The man panicked.
"No... no! I'm Brother Hai's man, but I'm also an NPC genuinely here to help you clear the game..."
Lin Muci sneered, looked down at him, and said,
"I don't need anyone's help. Get lost."
Yang Weiyang watched her kick him over and snatch the anesthetic.
It all happened in one seamless motion, leaving her a bit stunned.
"What are they doing?"
Lin Muci pursed her lips and remained silent.
The system had warned her earlier.
It had said that during the subsequent journey, the henchmen of the bully Zhao Tu Hai would come to attack.
It seemed this person, who called himself Brother Hai, was Zhao Tu Hai's subordinate.
How did he manage to infiltrate this script-killing game?
Lin Muci's heart skipped a beat. Then she quickly crouched down and leaned close to the man's ear. Lin Muci calmly interrogated him,
"Where are the two girls who were eliminated earlier?"
"Where?"
He was flustered and disoriented.
"I... I... I don't know. They were taken away by your production team staff. There are cameras, and I wouldn't dare do anything..." Da Feng Novel Network
It seemed Aurora and Han Jiuzhen were safe.
Lin Muci breathed a sigh of relief. She stood up and scanned the surroundings.
She held the doll in her arms, her mind racing with thoughts as she pondered her next move.
"We still need to go upstairs. According to the plot, the infected are breaking in from below. The higher the floor, the safer it is."
She glanced at the person playing the role of the government rescue team again and asked,
"Does the government rescue team truly exist in this script?"
The other person hesitated, not daring to speak.
Lin Muci looked at his flickering eyes and found a small recording device in his pocket.
She turned it on, and static crackled through. It seemed this was also a prop.
"They're all dead... We won't get reinforcements..."
"Dr. Z is a lunatic... Only by letting him kill the girl's reincarnation will this cycle stop! You must trick that girl and then inject her with a tranquilizer! Let her die!"
Yang Weiyang gasped, her cheeks twitching involuntarily. She was scared.
"How could this be?"
Lin Muci's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said calmly,
"It seems that one of us in this script is the reincarnation of that girl."
"That's why the faces in the photos were dug out."
"They didn't want us to determine who the real reincarnation was."
Yang Weiyang's scalp tingled.
"So cautious!"
"Good heavens, they're so methodical!"
If she hadn't known this person was Zhao Tu Hai's subordinate, he could have easily tricked them in this script-killing game.
Following the script's logic, he would have injected them with a drug, but this was a script-killing game, so it was pretend.
However, Zhao Tu Hai might replace the drug with a real one that would cause harm to their bodies!
She looked at him and then found a rope to tie him up.
There was paper and a pen on the table. She wrote a few lines for the production team, stating that this person was suspicious and asked them not to let him go and to call the police to handle him.
Then, she let out a soft hum.
And she said to Yang Weiyang,
"Let's go. We need to find a way to get to the upper floor."
In the stairwell, the two girls climbed with difficulty. Only a faint light shone from above them.
The audience watching the livestream was even more nervous than they were.
【My God, my heart is pounding. This script is too terrifying, but how can they remain so calm?】
【Yes, I really, really like Lin Muci. She's so calm. I mean, her character plays a central role in the team; it's clear all the girls consider her their backbone.】
【Where is she going?】
Even Yang Weiyang didn't know where she was going.
Holding the doll, Lin Muci climbed laboriously to the very top of the building.
The top floor was a high-ceilinged, suspended space, clearly a large aerial garden.
Roses were planted on both sides of the garden, and as Lin Muci looked at the scene before her, she smiled.
"Do you remember the letter on the table?"
"The last meeting place of the gardener's son and the master's daughter."
【Nightingales were still singing in the garden, I smelled the faint fragrance of wild roses.】
"It wouldn't be in the master's daughter's room."
"It must be the garden. We can find a place with roses and try placing the doll there."
"Let's take a gamble."
Yang Weiyang's eyes widened as she looked at Lin Muci, and then stammered a "okay."
She followed behind Lin Muci, whose gaze swept across the garden. Suddenly, a piercing alarm sound echoed in her ears!
Yang Weiyang nervously grabbed her wrist.
"He... he's coming! Xiaoci, what do we do?"
Her voice trembled with panic.
Faint rustling sounds came from the stairwell. Pale-faced infected individuals rushed up, lunging at her and Yang Weiyang. Gritting her teeth, she was about to kick one away when she suddenly heard a whistle.
The whistling sound rang out.
All the infected NPC figures froze instantly.
Ling Qianhe, dressed in a white suit and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, slowly emerged from behind the infected NPCs.
His gaze, cold and sharp, swept over Yang Weiyang and Lin Muci.
Yang Weiyang's eyes widened.
The audience couldn't help but gasp.
【So... so damn handsome.】
【Ling Qianhe's look is truly killing it... This style is so, so suitable for him, my heavens, I've been completely captivated by him.】
【Gold-rimmed glasses, white suit, yandere look, it's perfect, sisters, I suggest making this look permanent on Ling Qianhe！】
Lin Muci's eyes widened, and a faint, elusive smile curved Ling Qianhe's lips. Then Ling Qianhe said,
"Do you think that by finding the correct location, you can end all of this?"
"The whole world is now infected with the Z virus I invented. How long can you escape?"
"Unless..."
Yang Weiyang stammered, asking,
"Unless what? What do you want to let us go?"
She had already completely mistaken Ling Qianhe for that yandere. Ling Qianhe's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he smiled faintly.
"Unless you kneel and beg me, crying before me..."
Before he could finish speaking, he heard Lin Muci curse him viciously!
"Bullshit!"
"You dream!"
"You want us to cry before you?"
"Bah, you're the one who should be crying in front of me!"
Ling Qianhe looked at her expressionlessly.
"Then... in that case, you will only be devoured by the infected."
The infected with bruised and purplish faces advanced step by step.
Yang Weiyang clutched Lin Muci's hand, both nervous and utterly flustered.
Lin Muci's cheeks felt cold. She looked at the motionless Ling Qianhe before her.
Oh no, it was Dr. Z. She inwardly hardened her resolve again.
When this script-killing game was over, she would see how she would deal with this impudent brat who didn't know his place.
Lin Muci pulled Yang Weiyang's hand, and the next moment, she pressed down on the doll's body.
"If you take another step closer, I'll destroy this doll!"
A flicker of an inscrutable light crossed Ling Qianhe's deep eyes. He said coldly,
"Do you think I care? The real person is right in front of me... Hmph, hmph."
"Do you think I'd care about a doll?"
Lin Muci stamped her foot in anger, but Yang Weiyang suddenly pulled her back and said,
"I'll go attract the attention of those infected."
"They seem to only be able to detect the direction of living things. Did you notice? Their eyes are covered."
The infected were like beasts; they could only capture the first prey that appeared.
This was also a plot setting, otherwise, the story would be impossible to clear.
"Xiaoci, hurry up and take the doll to a place with roses..."
"You must clear the game!"
Before Lin Muci could even speak, Yang Weiyang had already run out, and the infected followed her.
She stumbled and disappeared from the rooftop. Lin Muci glanced back at Ling Qianhe and then ran with all her might!
She had to do it before Ling Qianhe caught her.
Find that sea of roses!