79: Game rules changed

Before opening the door, Chen Ze and Old Hei had thought of countless possible scenarios they might see.

The only thing they didn't expect was for Song Yang and Goethe to disappear.

The bloodstains on the floor were dragged, extending all the way to the end of the corridor, sending shivers down their spines.

The audience in the livestream room was also slightly stunned by this scene.

It was obvious that Song Yang had met with an accident.

But why had his livestream room been without a picture all this time?

It didn't show the livestream ending, nor could they see any picture. What was going on?

At this moment, the number of viewers in Song Yang's livestream room was no less than Chen Ze's.

Countless bullet comments were filled with question marks, asking what was happening.

However, Song Yang never spoke to respond, and there was no sound in the livestream room, which was utterly silent.

"Chen Ze, what should we do next?"

It was his first time entering the castle, and seeing Song Yang disappear, Old Hei immediately lost his bearings.

Chen Ze was also confused at this moment, swallowing hard as he looked at the bloodstains on the ground.

After hearing Li Zhou's words about waiting to die, he had already prepared to restart.

Who would have thought that Goethe would play hide-and-seek now?

What was he planning to do?

Slowly hunt them down?

Chen Ze involuntarily shivered. Just then, Li Zhou also walked out holding a phone. Seeing this, he immediately asked, "Boss, what should we do next?"

With Song Yang gone, Li Zhou was the one who knew the castle best.

As for Dai Xiaomei, she was subconsciously ignored by him.

"Now?"

"Sorry, maybe I didn't make myself clear before."

Hearing Chen Ze's question, Li Zhou's expression became serious, and he coughed, "This time entering the castle, I am just an observer."

"I will not interfere with any of your game actions. Just treat me as a transparent NPC."

From beginning to end, Li Zhou had only said he would let Song Yang and others experience a new venue, not that he would lead them to clear the game.

Because of Song Yang's previous provocation, the castle had now clearly transformed from a puzzle and cooperation-based escape room game into a pure escape game.

In Li Zhou's perception, Song Yang was currently in the first-floor hall, knocked unconscious on the dining table.

The significant blood loss made his face extremely pale.

Goethe ignored him and had already gone upstairs again with the chainsaw.

Clearly, this time he intended to fully demonstrate what a true butcher's demeanor was like.

Under such circumstances, Li Zhou naturally would not interfere.

All he had to do was record the entire chase process.

"A friendly reminder, if you don't run now, it will be too late later."

Seeing Goethe already upstairs, Li Zhou smiled at Chen Ze and Old Hei, who were still standing there stunned.

Hearing his words, the two of them, disregarding their silent complaints about Li Zhou's ruthlessness, immediately became alert and scanned their surroundings.

At this moment, Dai Xiaomei, with Ellie and Fang Xiaolu, also walked out of the room.

Upon seeing the unmistakably obvious bloodstain on the floor, her face instantly turned pale.

Last night, she hadn't encountered such a situation.

Just as everyone was a bit at a loss, the familiar sound of a chainsaw suddenly echoed from the end of the corridor.

At the same time, a striking line of text suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

[The true master sleeping in the castle has awakened, game rules changed]

[Players, please try your best to evade the chase, rescue your captured teammates, and escape together through the first-floor castle gate!]

Everyone was stunned looking at the text before them.

Previously, the game rule was to escape the castle before dark, but now it had turned into evading a chase.

Dai Xiaomei looked at the new rules, a hint of unease appearing on her face.

The new rules seemed simpler and clearer than the previous clear-the-game rules; there was no need to search for parchment, nor to decipher the hints on the parchment.

They just needed to reach the first floor and run out through the main gate.

But was it really that simple?

Dai Xiaomei had a feeling that the new rules might be even harder than the previous ones!

"So now we just need to find Song Yang, and then go down to the first floor together and exit through the main gate?"

Chen Ze looked at the new rules, muttering to himself with a slightly quickened tone.

This didn't seem too difficult.

Following the bloodstains would naturally lead them to Song Yang.

The only uncertainty was how to evade the chase of that terrifying guy they just saw!

"What do you say?"

Turning his head, Chen Ze looked at everyone and asked.

"What else can we say? Let's do it!"

Old Hei shrugged and said.

At this point, quitting was definitely not an option.

The audience in the livestream room wouldn't agree either.

Moreover, Old Hei himself didn't want to just give up.

The number of viewers in the livestream room was growing at a visible rate; he estimated it wouldn't be long before it even reached the popularity of Chen Ze's first broadcast!

With such a huge amount of traffic, they wouldn't even think of quitting and ending the livestream if it killed them.

However, because the clear-the-game requirement was for everyone to be together, Chen Ze was now asking everyone.

Hearing his words, Dai Xiaomei came back to her senses, and just as she was about to say something, she glimpsed the bullet comments in her livestream room.

It was also a quantity of bullet comments comparable to her peak, plus various gifts.

The worries in her heart were instantly washed away, and Dai Xiaomei nodded without hesitation, saying, "I suddenly feel that what the boss said before was right."

"We are a team. Now that Brother Yang is in danger, we must save him!"

How does that saying go? All sources of fear come from insufficient firepower.

At this moment, the constantly rising gifts and increasing followers in the livestream room were Dai Xiaomei's firepower support.

Hearing Dai Xiaomei's words, Chen Ze subconsciously looked at Fang Xiaolu.

This young girl seemed quite brave before, but after the chainsaw butcher appeared, she finally showed a hint of fear.

The clear-the-game rule required everyone to walk out of the castle gate together to succeed; if even one person disagreed, they couldn't succeed.

At this point, everyone had decided to continue. There was no need to ask Li Zhou and Song Yang; the only one who hadn't expressed her stance was Fang Xiaolu.

To be honest, after Li Zhou ignored her plea, Fang Xiaolu had indeed thought of quitting.

She didn't want to play anymore!

But being watched by everyone like this, she swallowed hard and said somewhat cautiously, "I can't..."

Before she could finish, a large hand covered her mouth.

Li Zhou looked at everyone, covering Fang Xiaolu's mouth with one hand and holding up his phone with the other, smiling, "If you don't run now, it will really be too late."

At these words, everyone snapped back to reality.

They no longer looked at Fang Xiaolu, and each began to ponder countermeasures.

"The most important thing right now is to find that guy Song Yang first!"

"Only when everyone is together can we go to the main gate!"

Chen Ze, for once, started using his brain. Looking at the bloodstain on the floor, he gritted his teeth and directly followed the trail towards the end of the corridor.

Seeing this, Dai Xiaomei, with Ellie and Old Hei, subconsciously followed.

The clear-the-game requirement was for everyone to go to the main gate together, so they indeed needed to find Song Yang first.

Otherwise, even if they miraculously made it to the main gate, it would be useless.