57: The eerie castle

Dai Xiaomei seemed to really like those cute little girls.

Upon seeing Fang Xiaolu, her eyes immediately sparkled.

Before Li Zhou could speak, she proactively walked over and helped Fang Xiaolu clean up the pants left behind by the players.

Song Yang and his assistant, due to the previous broadcast interruption, left directly after chatting with Li Zhou for a few moments.

They planned to release another video.

A clarification video.

The video's title was still 'The Streamer is Not Dead, Please Do Not Spread Rumors'.

Indeed, Song Yang's black and white photo had once again started circulating on TikTok.

On the other side, not knowing what Dai Xiaomei and Fang Xiaolu talked about, the two quickly became good friends.

Fang Xiaolu was naturally lively, and Dai Xiaomei, as a Streamer, was certainly not short on words.

They were both the same type of girls.

"Boss, I'll take Sister Weiwei to tidy up the room first."

After cleaning up the pants, Fang Xiaolu waved at Li Zhou and then pulled Dai Xiaomei away.

It seemed Dai Xiaomei had also told her her real name.

As the two left, the entire Haunted House fell silent.

Li Zhou shook his head, preparing to close the door.

Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow, turning to look at the Devils Castle's gate.

"I almost forgot about you three."

Inside the Devils Castle, Yuan Hao and the other two were still rushing towards the first floor.

After running out of the gate earlier, the trio thought they had successfully cleared the level.

Who would have thought that after passing through a white light, they would once again return to the attic?

Looking at the familiar scene, all three were dumbfounded.

However, they did not directly exit the game, but instead quickly ran towards the first floor.

They still thought Song Yang and his two companions were in the Devils Castle and were preparing to meet up.

However, when they arrived on the first floor, they found the hall empty.

Song Yang and his two companions had disappeared, and Goethe and Ellie had not appeared either.

At this moment, Yuan Hao finally realized something was wrong.

Just now, when the three of them ran towards the first floor, they didn't seem to hear any sound.

All the dangers they had encountered before had not appeared.

The entire Devils Castle seemed to be left with only the three of them, and the surroundings were extremely silent.

The inexplicable situation made the three of them very uneasy.

"What's going on?"

"Where are they?"

Yuan Hao looked at the Devils Castle's door, which had closed again, and said with great confusion.

Behind him, Qin Yao and Ye Kexin felt the dead silence and emptiness around them, and a long-lost fear once again surged into their hearts.

Quiet, too quiet.

There was no sound at all.

At this moment, inexplicably, the two even wished to see the butcher with the chainsaw again.

"Yuan Hao... something is not right!"

"Why do I feel like this Devils Castle is now only left with the three of us?"

Qin Yao glanced around, her voice trembling slightly as she spoke to Yuan Hao.

"I have that feeling too."

"When we came down just now, all the dangers we encountered before were gone."

"We... should just exit first..."

Ye Kexin trembled, standing beside Qin Yao.

Looking at Yuan Hao, who was frowning and constantly scanning the hall, she spoke.

Previously, with Song Yang there, they could maintain their composure.

After all, Song Yang's fearless spirit always gave people a strange sense of security.

But now that he had disappeared, the two finally realized how eerie this Devils Castle truly was!

It was as if everything before was a dream, that there were no so-called dangers in the Devils Castle at all, and everything was just the imagination of a few people.

Seeing that both teammates had already given up, Yuan Hao sighed and nodded.

To be honest, he was also a bit tired.

The moment he ran out of the Devils Castle's gate earlier, his taut nerves had finally relaxed a little.

Who would have thought that they hadn't cleared the level at all?

This huge disparity made him feel somewhat exhausted.

"Let's exit together!"

After deciding to exit, Yuan Hao no longer hesitated and immediately looked at the two behind him and said.

After dying earlier, he had heard a system prompt.

Everything before his eyes was just a virtual scene, and to exit, one only needed to shout 'exit'.

However, this exit required all players to shout it simultaneously.

Seeing Yuan Hao agree to exit the Devils Castle, Ye Kexin and Qin Yao both breathed a sigh of relief.

They were really worried that this guy wouldn't give up and would insist on stubbornly clearing the Devils Castle within the day.

As long as Yuan Hao didn't agree to exit, the two of them would have no choice but to continue.

"Exit game!"

"Exit game!"

"Exit game!"

After exchanging glances, the three of them simultaneously shouted this phrase.

Their voices echoed in the silent hall, sounding very ethereal.

However, after standing in place and waiting for a while, the three found that the scene before them had not changed at all.

They... were still in the Devils Castle!

"What's going on?"

"Didn't it say that we just need to shout 'exit' simultaneously?"

Yuan Hao frowned again, looking at Qin Yao and Ye Kexin.

"We... all shouted it just now!"

Ye Kexin was even more nervous now; she swallowed, looking at Yuan Hao.

"Try again!"

Yuan Hao took a deep breath, an ominous premonition rising in his heart.

After signaling, the three once again shouted 'exit game' in unison... still no reaction.

The three were still in the Devils Castle.

An eerie atmosphere began to spread.

At this moment, the entire Devils Castle seemed to have no other living beings besides the three of them.

It was utterly silent.

"Why can't we exit!"

"We... aren't stuck here, are we?"

Ye Kexin's voice already carried a hint of a sob.

An indescribable sense of fear surged into her heart.

Throughout the day, she had been on edge.

But because she knew she could exit at any time, a trace of security always remained in her heart.

However, that trace of security was now completely gone.

Yuan Hao and Qin Yao also looked unwell.

They exchanged glances, their faces visibly paling.

"Could it be... that we need to shout it in the attic?"

Yuan Hao remembered now that the previous prompt had sounded after revival.

Perhaps, it was only effective when shouted in the attic.

"That must be it. We entered the game in the attic, so exiting should also be there."

Yuan Hao's tone was not confident.

But at the moment, he desperately needed an excuse.

An excuse to vent his inner unease and fear.

Without hesitation, the three, without even pausing to catch their breath, once again ran upstairs.

On the way, Yuan Hao deliberately pushed open the rooms where they had previously encountered the Vampire Butler and the Black Rat Swarm.

However, the result made his heart sink.

They were gone, all gone!

Neither the Black Rat Swarm nor the Vampire Butler seemed to have ever appeared.

The entire Devils Castle was filled with a dead silence and desolation.

This dead silence and desolation were even more terrifying than Goethe, making one suffocate.

"Look!"

"Those lights... seem to be slowly dimming!"

After finally reaching the fourth floor with great difficulty, Ye Kexin suddenly seemed to discover something, her voice panicked.

Hearing her words, Yuan Hao and Qin Yao suddenly looked up.

The wall lamps, which had originally flickered with an eerie glow, were now slowly dimming at a visible rate, seemingly about to go out.

Seeing this, Yuan Hao's heart stopped.

His constantly strained inner self finally felt helpless due to the eerie atmosphere.

Subconsciously, he ran towards the passage leading to the attic.

"Quick... run!"

"Run towards the attic!"