Lena died.

She died at the hands of her own father.

When Mingmei learned this from the barrage of comments, although she was somewhat prepared because she had seen Lena already dead at the beginning of the game, she still felt a little sad looking at the audience members who couldn't help but spoil the plot.

She had watched Lu Xiaoyao's live stream from the beginning.

The game had already reminded her to go on patrol. When she met the panicked Mary, the system even gave the player a hint: Choose carefully.

Everyone naturally assumed that Mary's appearance was one of the unmissable clues.

Of course, it turned out that Mary was indeed a very important quest-giving character. Following Mary allowed them to relive the tragedy at Madam Dewey's villa on the night it happened.

But this was an irreversible situation with no way to change the ending; everyone was doomed.

Few even discovered where the other storyline led.

Dewey and Dullerson had a conversation that no one else could hear. Soon after, Dewey's face suddenly changed. Before she could back away, Dullerson's other good arm suddenly reached out to strangle Dewey's neck. Seeing this, Mary raised the pistol Dewey had given her and shot Dullerson!

With a "bang," history repeated itself. This time, however, Dewey took the bullet for Dullerson!

"Ah!"

This sudden turn of events stunned the players, who were not too far from Dullerson.

"Dullerson!"

How could the players still remember the message the system had sent them?

Find Lena?

Did Dullerson look like he was willing to reveal Lena's whereabouts?

Enraged, the players rushed towards the seriously injured Dullerson, who seemed to be clinging to life, ready to beat him up again.

Mary, however, had already dropped the gun to the ground when she shot Dewey.

Hearing the players' angry roar at Dullerson, she suddenly came back to her senses. Seeing someone reach past her to pick up the gun, Mary didn't care about anything else. She screamed and pushed the woman in front of her away, picking up the pistol and shooting at the madams near her!

"You all deserve to die! Why do you have to do this kind of thing even after you're married?!"

Dewey was, in a sense, someone Dullerson had found to replace himself in dealing with the unsavory characters in these social circles.

But it wasn't because Dullerson loved her or cherished her. It was just that the man knew she wasn't a woman who could tolerate such things, so he had targeted someone else!

She felt disgusted just thinking about what the people who stayed overnight at these parties would do afterward.

The image of Dewey dying in front of her made Mary feel like a string in her brain had snapped. She just wanted to follow her heart and shoot at the group of noblewomen who were showing expressions of horror at the sight of the gun in her hand!

"Here I go!"

Lu Xiaoyao never understood why Dullerson could always accurately kick her out with his first kick when he fought back.

She also didn't understand why her gaze always fell on Mary behind her every time she was kicked away. Then, Lu Xiaoyao realized that Mary always brought her surprises!

This time, she was there all by herself with a gun, going "biubiubiu." Amazing!

Unfortunately, no sooner had she praised her than Mary had already emptied the gun in her fit of pique. Although some of the women had been shot and had fallen to the ground, there were still many who were hiding behind the others. And so…

Now, it was time for this group of unscathed women to counterattack!

Seeing this, Lu Xiaoyao changed direction and rushed towards Mary instead of continuing to charge into the crowd to beat up Dullerson.

"I'll help you!"

Lu Xiaoyao roared out, and then slipped and rolled to Mary's feet.

Mary: "…"

Lu Xiaoyao: "…"

"Thank you for wanting to help me." Mary helped Lu Xiaoyao up, and while she was grateful, a hint of unease flashed in her eyes. She tentatively asked, "I wonder if you could help me one more time?"

"What do you mean, 'you'? Just say it. What can I do to help?"

"Can you help me find Lena? The only places Lena could be are in the house or in the garden outside. Can you help me look?"

[The final result of this option will directly affect the development of the game's ending. Please choose carefully. Do you agree to help Ms. Mary find Lena?]

The players present heard this the moment Mary spoke.

This option was a result of everyone's choice, not just Lu Xiaoyao's decision alone.

Everyone was fighting tooth and nail with Dullerson, who was making a final, desperate stand. The players were stunned when they suddenly heard the system give them this option. Originally, Lu Xiaoyao thought that everyone would help Ms. Mary find Lena.

But the final result was that the players refused to look for Lena.

"Huh?"

Lu Xiaoyao was dumbfounded when the remaining people chose this result. She immediately jumped up and down in anger, wanting to curse their thought processes!

What the hell?!

"A life is at stake! What if something happens to Lena if we don't look now?!"

Lu Xiaoyao felt a pang in her heart when she thought of the way Mary's emerald eyes lost their luster the moment her system helped her refuse Mary.

She glared at Lu Gui and the others, wanting to ask them why they would do this.

And some players who chose to help search for Lena, like Wang Wenfei and Mandison, also didn't understand why Lu Gui, Julian, Zhen Hu, and Mu Chen would choose not to search.

"I've always wondered why… we came here, to this place where time is intertwined, leading to the past."

As Mu Chen spoke, he punched Dullerson hard in the abdomen. Only after Dullerson couldn't take it anymore and spat out a mouthful of blood did Mu Chen say these words.

"I was also wondering, if it weren't for our existence, how exactly would tonight's story have led to a total wipeout?"

Mu Chen gave the stooped-over Dullerson another elbow strike. Dullerson was at the end of his rope, so Mu Chen could talk about his doubts while beating him up.

"What if—that day, Ms. Mary had already found her daughter, that tiny little person who had already lost her breath…"

Mu Chen's tone gradually became low, and the way he spoke sent chills down other people's spines.

After he finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at the side, where the short dress that Mary had been wearing had gradually become shorter and more tattered. The burgundy dress had somehow turned blood red.

Her neatly arranged golden-brown hair was now completely disheveled and hung down to the ground.

Even the surrounding scenery gradually changed, spreading outward from Mary as the center.

The noblewomen who had been screaming just now were now a group of skeletons huddled not far away, trembling as the bright white lights in the hall turned into a cold, light-green glow, scaring the players out of their minds.

And Dullerson, whom Mu Chen had almost beaten to death, was nothing more than a phantom conjured by the other party, which disappeared into the air.

No one expected that Mary would actually be the final boss…