Chapter 23 "Holy Crap, So Many People... No, Ghosts?"

Desperate times call for desperate measures. The three "brides" ultimately decided to escape on their own.

The three runaway brides finally decided to escape from the rooftops. When they finally climbed onto the roof and cautiously peeked over the edge to observe their escape route, they discovered paper figures everywhere in the Zhang manor.

They weren't even pretending anymore, appearing in their original forms, bustling around the courtyard, seemingly very busy.

They looked so human, yet so eerie.

"Hiss... Does it feel like there are more paper figures than when I played before?"

Perhaps it was just her imagination, but Lu Xiaoyao genuinely felt that there were more paper figures here than before.

"Never mind, let's leave first. Be careful when walking on the roof."

Wang Wenfei led the two of them in the opposite direction of the paper figures. As they moved, Lu Xiaoyao noticed how skilled Wang Wenfei was at leading the way, and excitedly whispered, "I've noticed that there are indeed fewer paper figures on this route. Wang Wenfei, you're amazing! How did you know?"

"I saw a player sharing such a route map when I was looking at game guides. At the time, it was a distribution map of the Zhang family's servants in the Zhang manor, with the fewest servants in the northwest corner. Although these servants aren't pretending anymore and are moving around, some habits have formed, and they shouldn't change unless it affects the plot."

"Wow, you still remember that?"

Lu Xiaoyao looked at Wang Wenfei in surprise, and then said, "I used to know that when entering the game, these game-related memories would be retrieved and suppressed, so I couldn't be bothered to study them. If I had known there would be today, I would have taken a look too."

"But you could have looked at it before entering the game. Didn't the teacher mention that the memory suppression was no longer in effect a few days ago during the class meeting?"

Zhen Po was speechless at Lu Xiaoyao's obvious excuse.

Lu Xiaoyao, exposed by her good brother, glared at Zhen Po to shut him up. But just as he shut up, Wang Wenfei added, "Even if the memories are suppressed, you should still have looked at these game analyses after finishing the game, right? At least for reviewing and summarizing experience."

Wang Wenfei glanced at the innocent girl behind her and said, "Don't you guys write summaries after playing games?"

"I don't like writing, but the head teacher requires it." Zhen Po had a headache just thinking about it. He was the type who would rather use his fists than his pen.

After he finished speaking, the two of them looked at Lu Xiaoyao, who hadn't said a word.

Lu Xiaoyao had seen some game analyses after finishing some games, but most of the time, after the game ended, she would start arguing with her "parents" in the comments about her performance in the game.

Where would she have time to watch game analyses?

So, seeing Lu Xiaoyao's blank expression, they knew the answer.

However, although they looked speechless, who wouldn't be envious in their hearts?

So great!

Playing games without having to write summaries! Only people like Lu Xiaoyao could do that!

"Ah, why are there fewer servants here?" Seeing that the two of them were focused on her, Lu Xiaoyao could only throw out a topic to divert their attention!

"Well, it is said that the Boss's courtyard is located here."

"Ah?!"

Zhen Po and Lu Xiaoyao were no longer calm.

"Are you leading us to our deaths?" As soon as Zhen Po heard the word "Boss," he couldn't wait to turn around and run!

"What?" Wang Wenfei rolled her eyes at their frightened appearance.

"Just be careful when walking. Generally, as long as the Boss's plot hasn't started, it's fine as long as you don't show your face in front of them.

I remember that before the game company made the npC conscious awakening and memory suppression settings, many players used this route to enter the Zhang manor to scout the area before starting the game. Although entering the manor openly was also an option, everyone preferred the thrill of finding it difficult themselves."

From Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast perspective, Mingmei suddenly felt that something was wrong when she heard Wang Wenfei's words.

She seemed to remember something.

[Ghostie.]

[Yes?]

[Before, in this newbie village... I remember in the game where Lu Xiaoyao and I met, there was a feng shui master who died at the beginning, right?]

[Yes, Host.] Ghostie didn't understand why Mingmei suddenly brought this up.

[Do you remember how they died?]

[It seemed that someone in Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast comments said that they went to the Zhang manor to scout the area at the beginning and accidentally ran into the Boss...]

[Ah, so, where did they sneak into the Zhang manor from and how did they run into the Boss?]

Ghostie: [...]

Ah, this, it really didn't know.

As Mingmei asked her question, she watched Lu Xiaoyao's perspective as the three of them chatted and slowly moved on the roof, and a bad feeling flashed through her mind.

"Oh, before the game updated and npCs had autonomous consciousness, some people would openly enter the Zhang manor to pursue excitement and play some 'flying over rooftops' tricks."

Perhaps, most people saw normal things and saw very serious posts, so the shared content was also very normal.

The route that Wang Wenfei shared was also very practical, at least that's what the players in the comments said.

However, Lu Xiaoyao, who was always speeding down the road of silliness and accidents in the game, might not encounter anything normal.

So, upon hearing Wang Wenfei's words, Lu Xiaoyao giggled and told the story of the unlucky feng shui master she had encountered in this game before.

"You know, wasn't he just running to Zhang's manor to find excitement at the beginning without looking at the guides and just got himself killed? I don't know how that guy was so brave that he dared to stroll around in front of the Boss, hahahaha. If he had known this route, maybe this wouldn't have happened, hahahaha!"

"Hahaha, how could he be so stupid?" Zhen Po also laughed foolishly along with Lu Xiaoyao, and said, "That's not necessarily true. Maybe he slipped and fell off the roof and landed in front of the Boss, hahahahaha..."

Amidst the laughter, Wang Wenfei heard the sound of a tile shattering under the feet of one of the three of them.

"Crack."

"Hmm?"

Everyone's laughter came to an abrupt halt.

"Crack, crack, crack!"

Everyone: 0.0!!

"Ahhhhh!"

The overlapping screams instantly drowned out the sound of the tiles shattering beneath them. With a bang, Mu Chen, who was sitting in his room, pondering how to unlock his sealed power, heard a loud noise behind him!

Mingmei, who was watching the live broadcast: "..."

Mu Chen: "..."

Mu Chen looked up at the roof not far away, where a hole had been poked through. He couldn't help but wonder if the roof had been designed so fragile for this very reason?

Before, a feng shui master fell down, and now three of them fell down at once. This roof - it's getting more and more broken!