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I'll do anything you ask.
A corner of the living room.
The hands of the wall clock pointed to noon.
Compared to yesterday's clamor, the villa today seemed much more desolate and silent.
It was reasonable, though, since almost everyone was dead.
After finishing his meal,
Chen Yu walked out of 204 alone and came to the first-floor living room.
He immediately saw the three members of the Bank Squad gathered together with Dr. Qiao Xi.
The atmosphere was somewhat heavy.
Qiao Xi's face looked terrible, her lips were tightly pursed, and she was clutching her medical bag—which was covered in blood—tightly in her hands.
"Dr. Qiao, please explain more clearly. How could two perfectly fine people suddenly..."
"Exactly! Wasn't the mission completed? The rules have ended!"
"What exactly did this? You can't keep us in the dark..."
The Bank Squad, consisting of two men and one woman, were all looking quite anxious at the moment.
Questions came one after another.
They were desperate to know from Qiao Xi what had happened last night.
But Qiao Xi's mind was in a muddle, her eyes somewhat hollow... Just as the surrounding noise reached a fever pitch, it suddenly went quiet.
Qiao Xi looked up and saw the three members of the Bank Squad covering their mouths.
Following their gaze... Chen Yu had unknowingly walked to the long table, pulled out a wooden chair, and sat down.
"Dr. Qiao, what's wrong? You don't look so good..."
Qiao Xi's face was pale, her eyes filled with terror: "Chen Yu, Su Si and Zhang Xuele are dead. They were attacked by a monster after the mission was completed! I... I would never lie to you!"
Chen Yu nodded and comforted her: "I know. Don't feel pressured, tell me slowly..."
Qiao Xi swallowed hard: "Last night, after you left, the three of us were very tired."
"The arrangement was that I would watch the first half of the night, and they would watch the second half. Everything should have been fine."
"But this morning, when I woke up..."
"I saw them lying at the doorway of the room, their bodies covered in... blood holes..."
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Chen Yu was taken aback: "Blood holes???"
Qiao Xi's voice trembled: "Yes, dozens of blood holes, from their chests to their legs, completely pierced through. Blood had soaked the floor, but I didn't hear a single sound all night..."
The members of the Bank Squad felt their skin crawl, their faces turning pale.
Chen Yu's eyes darkened slightly: "Take me to see..."
Qiao Xi shuddered, but she still nodded and turned to lead the way, her steps unsteady.
Third floor, Room 312.
As soon as the door was pushed open, a strong smell of iron hit them.
The floor before them was almost entirely covered in dark red pools of blood.
Two female corpses lay there, their bodies riddled with dense, penetrating wounds that looked deep and terrifying.
Their faces were frozen in the terror they felt before death, their pupils dilated.
Qiao Xi had already covered her mouth.
She didn't dare imagine what had happened outside while she was sleeping.
Chen Yu's expression remained unchanged as he stepped over the threshold and scanned the room... There were no obvious signs of destruction in the entire room, not even signs of a struggle.
This indicated a massive gap in strength between the parties.
Chen Yu walked to Su Si's body, knelt down, and inspected it carefully.
He frowned and used his thumb and forefinger to pinch a piece of something resembling glass shards out of a wound.
Blue and transparent.
It definitely wasn't glass.
It shouldn't be the same thing as what attacked Shen Qingci last night... "Student Chen Yu, did you find anything?"
Qiao Xi asked in a low voice from outside the door, not daring to step inside.
Chen Yu shook his head: "Nothing found. But you... you still have to sleep back here tonight. If you're this scared now, what will you do at night?"
Qiao Xi's body trembled, her voice dry: "I..."
"If that thing really wanted to kill you,"
Chen Yu interrupted her, walked out of the room, and casually closed the door: "It should have made its move last night. The fact that it didn't touch you means it's probably not interested in you."
"But..."
Qiao Xi wanted to say something more.
Chen Yu waved his hand: "In this place, if something is truly targeting you, there's no hiding from it. Don't sleep tonight; it's the last day anyway..."
Qiao Xi nodded: "Okay."
Chen Yu didn't linger and turned to walk toward the stairs.
There was one thing he hadn't told Qiao Xi:
The monster in Room 312 was far more terrifying than the Ghost Face, the bugs, or the mirror... If it truly wanted to kill her, no one could stop it.
Qiao Xi watched his back, eventually gritted her teeth, opened the door, and walked inside.
On the first floor, Chen Yu walked to the dining room.
The three members of the Bank Squad were still there.
They were badly spooked by Qiao Xi's description and had made up their minds to endure here until nightfall.
"Where are your invitation cards?"
Chen Yu got straight to the point and asked.
The three were startled for a moment, then reacted by waving their hands repeatedly:
"No, we don't have any!"
"Our invitation cards have all been sent out!"
"Really, Mr. Chen Yu, we wouldn't dare lie to you!"
Chen Yu narrowed his eyes, not quite believing them.
After all, Su Si and the others... had only exchanged one card with the Bank Squad. They should have one left.
Unless one of them had already switched teams long ago.
Chen Yu pondered for a moment and looked at the girl among them.
But the next second... "Mr. Chen Yu!"
The boy wearing glasses instinctively took a half-step sideways, shielding the girl completely.
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Fine beads of sweat broke out on his forehead: "That... she... she doesn't have one either! We really don't have any more! I swear!"
Having personally witnessed him kill so many people, this guy had some guts to stand in his way.
Was it a pair of star-crossed lovers?
Chen Yu shrugged and showed a slightly regretful expression: "Fine."
He turned around and walked toward the depths of the hall, muttering at the same time: "I was just thinking, if any of you were willing, you could join my team..."
These words were, of course, meant for others to hear.
Over the following period of time.
Chen Yu carefully wandered around the first-floor hall, dining room, storage room, and other places.
His confidence came from the remaining 173 golden body cards.
He searched high and low; as long as something could be smashed, he basically didn't let it go.
The entire first floor of the villa had almost become a junkyard. Everything that should be broken was broken, and everything that shouldn't be was nearly there too.
But there was still nothing that could be absorbed by the Grand Tutor Container.
"Sigh, is this the end..."
Although he had already made a fortune from this mission, Chen Yu still felt it was a pity.
How great would it be if he could raise his Agility to 30.
Just as he was checking the storage room in the furthest corner, a voice came through: "Mr. Chen... Chen Yu..."
Hearing this crisp female voice, the corners of Chen Yu's mouth lifted slightly.
He turned around.
As expected.
It was the young girl from the Bank Squad.
She was about twenty years old, with a clean and delicate face and soft features—the type that grew on you.
She wore a uniform shirt on top, with two buttons at the collar undone, revealing a patch of fair skin.
Below was a dark knee-length skirt that wrapped around her straight calves.
Actually, Chen Yu's self-control was quite good.
But the close contact with the big star last night had, after all, left some lingering effects.
Especially this girl... her collar buttons had been fastened a few minutes ago in the dining room.
Now they were open.
This deliberate yet clumsy display indeed made Chen Yu's body heat up again.
"Hmm? Aren't you... with your two teammates?"
Chen Yu feigned ignorance.
The girl explained in a small voice: "I... I made an excuse to go to the bathroom so I could come here to find you..."
"Oh, I see."
Chen Yu realized: "And then? What do you want with me?"
The girl's eyelashes fluttered: "My name is Zhou Xiaowei. Just now, what you said... about the invitation card and joining the team..."
She paused and spoke earnestly: "I know my talent might be useless... but I'm very obedient. Cleaning the Vehicle, doing laundry and cooking... I can do all of that!"
"And I'm very grateful to you. You can make me do anything..."
"Yes... um... anything..."