50: Chapter 50 Vampire Castle 6

As soon as those words were spoken, the gazes that had originally been focused on the Short-sleeved Youth instantly shifted in unison to Luo Yuejian, like spotlights on a stage.

For a moment, all eyes converged here, forming an invisible yet heavy pressure that landed squarely on Luo Yuejian's shoulders.

Luo Yuejian: "I know you want to thank me, but hold off on the thanks for now."

To divert attention as quickly as possible, Luo Yuejian had to awkwardly ask, "How many have you found?"

The players: "Sounds like an insult. Not sure, let's listen more."

As the person previously tacitly accepted as the leader, the Buzz-cut Man had to step forward and clear his throat. "We found four keys."

Luo Yuejian was surprised. There was still one key left unfound?

It was quite rare, but everyone understood the meaning in Luo Yuejian's eyes and felt incredibly awkward. The Buzz-cut Man said embarrassedly, "We aren't very good at finding things... but we've already found nine keys, so it doesn't really matter if we find the last one or not."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Rather than wasting time looking for the last key, it would be better to start analyzing which of the remaining keys was the real one that could open the next floor.

At this moment, the Gloomy Youth suddenly spoke up.

"The rules say ten Vampires are released every night. I'm thinking, if we open the passage to the second floor at exactly 12:00 midnight, could we trap the Vampires on the First Floor?"

As soon as these words were spoken, a wave of commotion stirred among the players.

There were seals between each floor that could only be removed with keys. The Vampires' spawn point was near them. If they followed the Gloomy Youth's suggestion and opened the passage to enter the next floor at 12:00 midnight—the exact moment the new day began and the Vampires spawned—it was actually possible to trap the Vampires on the First Floor!

Before the Gloomy Youth proposed this method, no one else had thought of it, and they were all stunned, their mouths agape.

Even Luo Yuejian was inwardly shocked, though she maintained a very calm appearance on the surface. She secretly sized up the Gloomy Youth, thinking to herself that she hadn't noticed this kid was so smart before! He had even come up with such a clever method.

It seemed she had to try her best to stay away from the Gloomy Youth.

Past experience told her that getting close to players who could carry the team was definitely not a good thing for her. Because these players always had 800 ways to ruin her missions.

The way Luo Yuejian looked at the Gloomy Youth instantly became guarded. Want to stop her from resurrecting? Absolutely impossible!

The Buzz-cut Man slapped the Gloomy Youth on the back so hard that the youth frowned deeply, then praised him, "That's a great line of thinking. This way we can avoid being caught by the Vampires."

The Short-sleeved Youth, the Stuttering Uncle, and the White-collar Woman all expressed their admiration for the Gloomy Youth, while only the Tall Fat Man looked disdainful.

With the problem of the Vampires, which had been a lingering worry, resolved, everyone turned their attention back to the keys.

The nine keys were placed on the table one by one, all with different designs—antique, ornate, and plain. Looking at these keys, everyone was stumped for a moment.

The Buzz-cut Man frowned, "These keys don't look any different. No idea which one is real."

The Stuttering Uncle spoke up stammeringly, "How... how... how about we try... try them one by one?"

The Tall Fat Man immediately objected. He glared at the Stuttering Uncle, "Are you kidding? What if we try the wrong one and release the Vampires right now? Are we going to feed you to the Vampires?"

The Stuttering Uncle was silenced by the Tall Fat Man and sat in his seat, shrinking back.

The White-collar Woman also chimed in, "Yeah, this isn't a joke."

At this moment, the Short-sleeved Youth suddenly reached out and pushed three keys to the side, stating confidently, "These three are fake."

The other players looked over, and the White-collar Woman asked in surprise, "How do you know?"

The Stuttering Uncle seemed to suddenly recall something and realized, "Ah, I get it! These three keys all have rubies on them!"

The other players were still confused. The Tall Fat Man frowned impatiently, "What do you mean?"

The Short-sleeved Youth rubbed his head and smiled a bit shyly, then looked at Luo Yuejian, "This is all thanks to the expert."

He then recounted the analysis he had made with Luo Yuejian at the very beginning.

"...That's it. The keys definitely shouldn't be related to the Vampires. The gems embedded in these three keys all look like fresh blood, so they're likely fake."

After speaking, he looked at Luo Yuejian with anticipation, "Is my analysis correct?"

Luo Yuejian: "...Can you please let me off the hook?"

She gave the Short-sleeved Youth a speechless look, thinking to herself, If you want to show off, go ahead, but stop trying to drag me into it, okay?

But this look was misunderstood by the Short-sleeved Youth, and he immediately frowned, falling into thought. The White-haired Girl's look just now didn't seem like she agreed with him. Could his deduction have been wrong?

The others didn't know about the silent exchange between the Short-sleeved Youth and the White-haired Girl; they were still marveling at the Short-sleeved Youth's deduction.

For a while, people began to flatter the youth in the short sleeves. It wasn't that they didn't want to curry favor with the White-haired Girl, but it was obvious at a glance that she was the type who preferred quiet and disliked noise. If they rashly approached her, they might instead provoke her annoyance.

Just as things were lively on the side, the Gloomy Youth, who had been silent the whole time, unexpectedly crouched down and began to examine the keys with rapt attention.

Everyone's attention was instantly drawn by his sudden action, and they all looked over in unison.

The tall and fat man had always been dissatisfied with this gloomy kid. When they were looking for keys together earlier, the kid hadn't even said a word to him and always wore a gloomy expression that made people feel unlucky just looking at him.

Seeing the Gloomy Youth's abrupt behavior now, the Tall Fat Man could no longer suppress his displeasure and sneered, "What? Did you find a clue too?"

However, facing the Tall Fat Man's mockery, the Gloomy Youth just gave a scoff, "Idiot."

He didn't even glance at the Tall Fat Man, keeping his eyes fixed intently on the keys.

The Tall Fat Man was so angry he wanted to go over and beat up the Gloomy Youth, but he was held back by the Buzz-cut Man and the Short-sleeved Youth.

After a while, the Gloomy Youth finally said slowly, "These keys can also be ruled out."