“Alright, now that everyone’s rested, let’s get moving~”

The rested crowd followed Mingmei, dejected.

Sadness, depression, and various other negative emotions swirled above their heads. When they looked up at Mingmei’s swaying fox tail and twitching ears, their gazes were filled with complex emotions.

Of course, this didn’t include Mu Chen.

Mu Chen trailed behind, watching Mingmei’s fluffy tail and ears, a perverted glint gradually appearing in his gentle smile.

*Mu Chen: So cute, want to pet~! No! Must resist!*

Nearly biting his back molars until they bled, Mu Chen regained his composure, breathing in the surrounding scent of grass and trees, hoping he wouldn't scare Mingmei.

However, Mingmei couldn’t see him like this; instead, Zhen Po was startled.

Zhen Po even suspected that Mu Chen, like him, had one identity on the surface and another in private.

But compared to Mu Chen, others also had thoughts about Mingmei’s fluffy tail.

Who could resist fluffiness?

Everyone couldn’t help but marvel at the game designers' ingenuity; they could even design demons to be this cute! Amazing!

Of course, the little fox demon's bento boxes would be delicious!

So—why did I refuse the bento box earlier?

The crowd, realizing the stupid things they had done earlier, became dejected again.

However, not everyone was constantly gloomy. For example, Lu Xiaoyao, who never learned her lesson.

At this moment, she boldly edged closer to Mingmei again.

Lu Xiaoyao: "Miss?"

Mingmei: "..."

"I'll tell you a secret~"

Lu Xiaoyao mysteriously crept up to Mingmei, wearing such an expression on her face. Seeing her like this, Mingmei really thought she had a secret, so she curiously looked at her, wondering what secret she wanted to share.

"It's just... you look like my friend~"

Mingmei: "..."

Why is this child being foolish every round?

"So?"

"So, you must be as good as my friend, right?" Hearing this, Mingmei roughly knew what Lu Xiaoyao was going to say next.

Therefore, at the instant Lu Xiaoyao was about to speak, Mingmei interjected, "No, I'm very vicious, so I won't sell you a bento box until it's time~"

After saying that, Mingmei childishly bared her teeth at Lu Xiaoyao, instantly freezing the expression Lu Xiaoyao had intended to make upon hearing Mingmei's refusal.

*Lu Xiaoyao: Damn it! She even beat me to this.*

Seeing Lu Xiaoyao deflated, Mingmei happily turned her head away, feeling extremely cheerful as she looked at the mountain scenery on both sides!

She was always stumped and angered by Lu Xiaoyao every round. Although this round didn't start well, seeing everyone's tearful faces after learning the truth felt pretty good.

Just don't think about how few bento boxes she sold this round ＿(：3」∠)\_

I don't know if it was because the game speed was accelerated, but after an afternoon of walking on mountain roads, the group finally saw a dilapidated temple through the layers of small trees under Mingmei's guidance. The plaque above read "Fox Immortal Temple."

When everyone stood in front of the Fox Immortal Temple, the sun behind them quickly set, and a bright moon hung high, seemingly telling everyone that the next part of the story would begin at night.

"I hate night scenes," Lu Xiaoyao said, gazing at the full moon. "It feels ominous."

"Me too."

"Yes!"

Because in a series of escape games, night often represents the appearance of high-energy plots.

Although everyone's memories now made it difficult to recall the high-energy plots of the nights in other games, the body's instinctive tension told them that nighttime was not a good time.

By the moonlight, everyone turned their attention to the dilapidated entrance of the Fox Immortal Temple in front of them, carefully examining it.

The plaque had faded with age, and the door was covered with dust-filled spiderwebs. Was this the legendary Fox Immortal Temple?

It looked fake, no matter how you looked at it, right?

A group of people looked at Mingmei, who was standing at the front, with "Are you kidding me?" expressions.

At this moment, Mingmei was smiling, her fox eyes gleaming with a green light that made everyone couldn’t help but take half a step back.

Seeing that she had successfully scared everyone, Mingmei was satisfied in her heart, and quickly returned to normal. She stepped forward and, under everyone's gaze, turned her hand into a small fox paw and pressed it against the door.

Suddenly, the scene in front of everyone changed once again.

The majestic stone lions on both sides of the temple instantly transformed into two fox statues, and purple flames ignited in the foxes' eyes, clearly illuminating the originally dim surroundings.

Everyone followed the fox statues and looked up again. At this moment, the Fox Immortal Temple no longer had the dilapidated appearance it had before. Now, even the gate looked resplendent and magnificent. Perhaps due to someone's personal preferences, thin and alluring purple veils hung on both sides of the gate.

"So familiar..." Lu Xiaoyao muttered, staring at the purple veil. "Where have I seen this before?"

"At the beginning of the game, when I redeemed you, wasn't the decoration of that Chunxiang Pavilion like this?" Julian's game started with him redeeming an out-of-favor courtesan.

Seeing Lu Xiaoyao staring blankly at the purple veils, Julian naturally knew what Lu Xiaoyao was associating them with, but he didn't expect Lu Xiaoyao's memory to be so bad that she had even forgotten the scene at the beginning of the game.

"You're saying that someone's Fox Immortal Temple looks like a brothel; do you still want to make a wish?"

"Wasn't I answering your question?" Julian kindly reminded her, but she actually said such a thing.

"But... I'm also kindly reminding you that it's really not okay to say bad things about someone's temple in front of their door." After saying that, Lu Xiaoyao blinked, looking wronged as if she was doing it all for his own good, and he was unappreciative. Julian was speechless for a moment.

Thinking about it, that seemed to be the case.

But thinking about it again, Lu Xiaoyao was setting a trap for him, right?

Originally, when he said Chunxiang Pavilion, he didn't say it was a brothel, but Lu Xiaoyao was the first to say it and pointed out his inappropriateness.

Ha!

As expected, he had been careless!

"Alright, everyone, please come in~"

Not noticing the subtle actions between the players, Mingmei turned around, pointed to the now-open door, and gestured for everyone to enter.

Then, she turned around and entered the temple. Mu Chen had been staring at Mingmei's back, and he clearly saw that the amplitude of Mingmei's fox tail swaying as she stepped into the temple was much larger than when she was leading the way before.

It was as if something in the Fox Immortal Temple was attracting her, making her so joyful.

"Tch!"

Walking at the end, Mu Chen suddenly clicked his tongue in displeasure. Zhen Po, who was walking with him, noticed and asked, "What's wrong? Did you... see something?"

"Nothing..."

Mu Chen walked into the temple gloomily, wanting to see what exactly could make Mingmei so happy.