Under the Bed, Wardrobe, Bathroom

"what!"

It was Lin Yue again; she was the first to exclaim in surprise, "How come a person is talking???"

Li Mengyao's face also turned pale: "Saying only half of what you meant was even more frightening..."

Liu Zixuan and Zhang Longqi curiously scanned their surroundings, observing.

Shen Qingci frowned: "Don't get dragged into this. This mission is probably not simple."

Chen Yu led the women to the villa's hall.

Because the door behind them was closed, no sunlight could get in.

The entire villa was illuminated by a huge crystal chandelier, but only a few bulbs were lit, and the dim, flickering light cast long and short shadows on everyone.

Ahead, two teams that had arrived earlier were exchanging ideas.

The appearance of Chen Yu and his group of six immediately attracted several gazes.

The group that first identified them was the one near the stairwell.

The leader was a man with a buzz cut, who was smoking a half-smoked cigarette: "Another team has arrived."

His gaze swept over the six people.

He paused on Shen Qingci and Li Mengyao, and gave a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.

A skinny man next to him chuckled softly, "Bringing along an injured person?"

The injured man he was referring to was Zhang Longqi, whose face was covered and bruised.

"Hello, beautiful lady~"

Some people tried to approach and strike up a conversation.

But Chen Yu walked at the front, his expression too cold, which immediately deterred many people.

Everyone is here to complete the task.

On the first night, no one wanted to cause trouble.

"Um."

Li Mengyao and the others were quite polite.

They greeted everyone in the hall briefly, but there wasn't much to say.

Chen Yu then led everyone up to the second floor.

The second-floor corridor was even darker, with the wall lamps spaced far apart and providing only weak light.

"Our room is 204, and there's also 205."

Li Mengyao read it aloud, her eyes searching for the doorplates on both sides of the dimly lit corridor.

Everyone can see the team's room number in the information bar.

Chen Yu stopped in his tracks, and there were two adjacent wooden doors in front of him.

The doorplate is made of brass and is covered with oxidized spots, but the numbers 204 and 205 are engraved on it.

"These are the two places..."

"Less than ten minutes left..."

Liu Zixuan breathed a sigh of relief. When he was looking for a room, he was even afraid that he would be killed by some terrifying thing if he couldn't find a room in a short time.

Fortunately, this task did not have any hurdles at the beginning.

Below the doorplate:

204: Chen Yu, Li Mengyao, Shen Qingci, Lin Yue

205: Zhang Longqi, Liu Zixuan

"..."

Liu Zixuan's lips twitched: "Six people, two rooms, is that how it's divided?"

His voice was weak, and his eyes kept glancing at the string of names in room 204, then at the two lonely names in room 205 next door, his face full of reluctance.

Zhang Longqi was also a little confused, staring at the doorplate for two seconds: "The two of us, are we taking up the whole room?"

Chen Yu shrugged sheepishly: "We have to follow the rules, right?"

Liu Zixuan muttered under his breath, "Who knows..."

Zhang Longqi kicked him hard.

Liu Zixuan exclaimed "Ouch!" and quickly shut up.

Zhang Longqi glared at him: "Isn't a room for two people good enough?!"

And on the side.

Li Mengyao, Shen Qingci, and Lin Yue, on the other hand, were quite at ease.

Lin Yue even seemed relieved; she was terrified of being separated from others.

"Let's go, let's hurry."

Chen Yu said no more and directly opened the door to room 204.

This allocation was, of course, intentional on the part of the car owner.

When selecting participants, it was essentially adding people to an existing set of room numbers.

He naturally chose the best option.

Zhang Longqi and Liu Zixuan exchanged a glance, gritted their teeth, and went into the room next door.

Speaking of which...

As soon as Chen Yu stepped inside, a strong, musty smell hit him.

It feels like this room has been empty for a long time.

However, it must be said that it was more spacious than expected, and it was a suite with a living room.

The living room is furnished with a sofa and a coffee table.

The fireplace was cold and covered with a thick layer of ash.

The walls were covered with wallpaper featuring a subtle pattern, which was already peeling in many places.

Most notably, in the master bedroom adjacent to the living room, there is a surprisingly large European-style bed, big enough to sleep three or four people.

This was beyond Chen Yu's expectations.

Originally, he planned to have the women sleep on the floor.

Shen Qingci quickly scanned the surroundings and walked to the window to check the curtains and latches.

Li Mengyao then began inspecting the bedroom closets...

Lin Yue stood in the center of the living room, unsure of where to go.

Chen Yu didn't look at the room's furnishings much; his gaze fell on the bedside table in the master bedroom, where a pure black card lay quietly, looking very familiar.

Invitation Card

Description: A metallic card with a dark silver sheen, it seems to resonate with and interfere with the vehicle binding rules in some special way.

Effect: The vehicle owner can invite any passenger. Once the passenger accepts, they will be added to your vehicle queue. Remaining invitation attempts: 1/1

Warning: If the other party refuses, this card will remain invalid.

Warning: The effects of the invitation card will not be reported throughout the mission.

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Chen Yu immediately noticed something was wrong.

This invitation card has an extra line of text compared to the invitation card for the second site.

That is, the final warning:

"The effects of the invitation card will not be reported throughout the mission."

This means that if someone is invited, others will not receive any notification.

If someone can switch teams silently, then there is a possibility of betrayal.

More importantly...

The fact that this card appeared in my room was certainly not because I was lucky.

A luck score of 10 is just average for most people.

Perhaps right now, everyone is thinking about how to use invitation cards to poach talent from other companies.

"Why does this restroom feel so creepy?"

Li Mengyao walked to the bathroom door, poked half her body in, and looked inside with a slight frown.

Old facilities and blurry mirrors.

Chen Yu silently put the invitation card into his pocket, turned around with a normal expression, and said, "Old houses are all like this, aren't they..."

Shen Qingci suddenly thought of something.

She quickly went to the bedside: "Do you remember when we first entered the villa, that panicked male voice, the last thing he said involved..."

Lin Yue muttered softly, "It looks like it's under the bed, in the closet, in the bathroom..."

I hid under the bed.

I hid in the wardrobe.

I hid in the bathroom.

Suddenly, everyone recalled that strange remark.

Li Mengyao quickly left from the bathroom door: "I...I remember now, but what does it mean?"

Shen Qingci shook her head, suppressing the chill rising in her heart, and her gaze fell on the bed in front of her.

The bed has a heavy, dark solid wood frame with intricate carvings on the headboard. The mattress is thick and looks like no one has slept there in a long time, yet there isn't much dust on it.

She crouched down, gripped her sleeves tightly, mustered her courage, and suddenly lifted the bed skirt that reached the floor—

In the darkness below.

Empty and desolate.

Li Mengyao touched her chin: "I've checked the wardrobe and the bathroom, there's nothing there..."