Chapter 1

"Is there something wrong with that woman?" Jiang Cheng stuck close to Zuo Jing, his eyes as frightened as a startled deer. His throat bobbed, and he rubbed against Zuo Jing's arm as he said, "So scary."

"The mission has just started, so the danger is relatively low. It's best to gather as many clues as possible now." You Qi's rough voice came. He kept looking around, as if trying to memorize everything.

"Did you hear what they called us just now?" Shi Liaozhi, who had dyed his hair yellow, lowered his voice and said, "They called us daifu, which means doctor."

Qin Jian nodded, turned to the side and said, "It seems that our identity in this instance is a doctor. And did you notice that the woman said something about the young master still resting and that we would be invited to take his pulse later? It seems that this so-called young master is the patient we need to treat."

As experienced players, they were already familiar with role-playing. After each new instance was opened, the participating players would be given a new identity.

And they needed to use this identity to sort out the clues and find a way out.

"There's also the point that she said everything we needed was in the side rooms, arranged according to our previous preferences..." Qin Jian frowned, raised his head and asked, "How did she know our preferences?"

"There's only one explanation," Zuo Jing pushed away the increasingly unruly Jiang Cheng without looking at him, and suddenly said, "We've been here before."

"To be precise, the identity we're playing has been here before."

An Xuan, who looked very reliable, stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and added, "But last time we didn't cure the young master's illness."

The fatty looked left and right, and asked in a low voice, "What kind of illness could it be that they've called ten doctors to see him? Is it a consultation?"

No one answered his question, but judging from Master Huang's wealth, it was clear that the young master's illness was no small matter, otherwise it wouldn't have dragged on until now without being cured.

"Could it be...could it be that the way out this time is to cure the young master's illness?" You Qi suddenly said, "As long as this young master recovers, we can leave."

It wasn't impossible, but everyone felt that the possibility was small.

After all, it was a ten-person instance, and the difficulty could be imagined.

Qin Jian, the oldest of them, sighed meaningfully, "If it were a physical illness, that would be fine, but I'm afraid this young master...is suffering from a mental illness."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud "boom", and a thunderclap rang out in the sky. Immediately afterwards, the sky darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it looked like it was about to rain.

The brief exchange ended here, and everyone became concerned about sheltering from the rain, or more precisely, about where they would rest for the night.

Not far from the lake, there were three side rooms.

According to the woman who had left, this was where they would be resting tonight.

The rain came fiercely, and An Xuan suggested that everyone live separately in the three rooms. In order to ensure the safety of the newcomers, each room would be assigned a newcomer, who would be taken care of by the other experienced players in the room.

"Since you know it's dangerous, why don't everyone rest together?" Tang Shi's weak voice came. The sudden thunderclap just now had frightened her pale.

She subconsciously hugged her arms, wishing everyone would surround her.

"Every sentence from the clue characters should be carried out as much as possible. One of these three side rooms may contain clues to solve the mission," An Xuan's voice was very gentle, and coupled with his gentle appearance, he gave people a sense of closeness.

"Miss Tang," An Xuan smiled very naturally, "If you don't mind, you can come with me."

The sudden kindness made Tang Shi feel a little overwhelmed.

As a newcomer, she could clearly feel everyone's indifference towards her when she first arrived at Nightmare, and they were perfunctory with her questions.

But An Xuan was different. He was very easy-going and didn't speak to her as rudely as the others, especially his identity...was so reassuring. She almost subconsciously agreed.

But just as she was about to open her mouth, a somewhat disharmonious voice suddenly rang out.

"Brother An, take me with you!" Jiang Cheng said excitedly from a distance, "I'm young and easily fooled."

An Xuan's originally gentle expression froze.

The final result was that An Xuan, Qin Jian, and You Qi would take the newcomer Tang Shi.

Zuo Jing and Shi Liaozhi would take the newcomer Chen Qiang.

Xia Meng and the fatty would take the newcomer Jiang Cheng.

In fact, the first thing Jiang Cheng did when he ran to An Xuan's group was to switch to Zuo Jing's group, but unfortunately Zuo Jing ignored him, and in the end, the fatty cursed and dragged him home.

An Xuan and the others went directly to the largest side room with the best view.

Zuo Jing and the others chose the one on the left.

This left Jiang Cheng and the other two with only the one on the right, which looked like the oldest side room.

In this kind of place, the more dilapidated the room, the more ominous it felt. But Jiang Cheng acted as if nothing was wrong, and skipped over without any awareness of being a newcomer.

As soon as he closed the door, the rain fell with a "whoosh", hitting the roof and making a crackling sound. It seemed that there was also hail mixed in.

Since Xia Meng already knew the doctor's details, the fatty no longer concealed his words. He went directly to Jiang Cheng and asked, "Doctor, is there something wrong with that An Xuan?"

Jiang Cheng, who was pushing open the window and looking outside, turned his head, "Why do you say that?"

"Nothing, it just feels weird," the fatty scratched his head, "He looks like a smart person, but he suddenly grabbed the hand of the woman leading the way. Isn't he afraid of causing trouble?"

"That's why he needs to find an obedient and mindless scapegoat to be by his side!" Xia Meng's voice suddenly rang out, with a hint of disdain, "Otherwise, what do you think he's keeping Tang Shi for? Just for fun?"

There was a teapot on the table, and she tried it with her hand. The water was still warm.

Narrowing her eyes, Xia Meng poured herself a cup of water, took a sip, glanced at the window, smiled meaningfully, and said, "Newcomers are hot commodities, especially in high-risk instances."

The fatty immediately understood that keeping Tang Shi was just a layer of insurance for An Xuan, so even if a ghost targeted him, he would find a way to push Tang Shi out first.

After all, based on current experience, most ghosts only kill one person at a time.

"And most importantly, Brother An is very generous," Jiang Cheng looked out the window and said with emotion, "Happiness is better shared than enjoyed alone. He also thoughtfully left a scapegoat for the experienced players in each room, so that everyone doesn't have to argue over who gets the person."

"What an understanding and kind person!"