53: Chapter 53 Vampire Castle 9

The thrilling scene just now left the players with weak knees. The White-collar Woman had almost been caught by a Vampire. At this moment, she was panting heavily, beads of sweat visible on her forehead, her face pale, and her eyes trembling; it was clear she was terrified.

The Short-sleeved Youth offered her a few words of comfort, but seeing that she didn't respond, he stopped bothering.

The Buzz-cut Man said, "This Vampire Castle has nine floors in total, and we've only reached the Second Floor. We have to sleep. If we don't seize the time to rest and catch up on sleep, I'm afraid we won't have enough energy during the day."

This made sense. At their current pace, it might take six or seven days to clear this game. If they couldn't maintain abundant energy and highly focused attention at all times, how could they have the strength to calmly deal with the various thorny crises that would follow one after another?

After a whole day of tense and exciting exploration and reconnaissance, they could roughly confirm that this seemingly eerie and terrifying Vampire Castle didn't have much danger. Therefore, they weren't particularly worried about their personal safety.

The players nodded one after another, then quickly dispersed to find suitable rooms, preparing to rest a little and adjust their state.

Luo Yuejian specifically and carefully chose a room right next to the stairwell as a temporary place to rest. Once she confirmed that the other players were already in bed preparing to sleep, she gave a mischievous chuckle in her heart and began to sneakily search around the room.

At this very moment, the vast audience that had been waiting in the livestream room hadn't yet had the chance to exit, so naturally, they saw Luo Yuejian's strange behavior of sneaking around in the middle of the night instead of sleeping.

[What is the White-haired Beauty doing?]

[Looks like she still wants to find a key or look for clues...?]

[I don't get it. Is Moon God not tired at this hour? She has so much energy?]

[Lack of sleep will really affect brain thinking and action activity. Moon God should know this too, I just don't know what her plan is for not sleeping now.]

[Wasn't Moon God slacking off all day? Maybe Moon God is a night owl, and she finally has energy now, hahaha.]

[That's very energetic.]

[Sigh, how could mere mortals like us understand Moon God's operations? Just watch.]

...

At this moment, Luo Yuejian was indeed planning to find a key.

To be honest, if an average person wanted to find clues, it would definitely take some effort, but Luo Yuejian was different; even if she didn't look for clues, they would jump right in front of her.

Of course, she still had to look. Luo Yuejian carefully checked every corner of the room. Soon, she found a key behind a picture frame—a key that looked like it had a medieval classical style and was somewhat ornate.

She looked at it carefully against the light and could see some intricate patterns engraved on it, densely packed like a handicraft. But as for anything more, if she wanted to distinguish the so-called "signs of use" that the Short-sleeved Youth mentioned earlier, aside from those exquisite carvings, Luo Yuejian really couldn't tell.

Unless it was the kind of key where the signs of use were very obvious and had clear wear and tear, otherwise, to Luo Yuejian, they all looked no different.

She had also been quite puzzled before about how those players could tell the signs of use from all the different keys, but she was too embarrassed to ask. If she asked, it would seem like she lacked common sense.

In fact, she suspected that there were other players who were just making up the numbers like her, pretending they understood. But everyone knew it in their hearts, and it was better to keep it unspoken; why be so hard on each other?

After confirming that this key didn't have any very clear signs of being the wrong key, a faint, imperceptible arc curled at the corners of Luo Yuejian's lips. There were ten keys on the entire floor, and only one was real. Could the one she found by chance really be the real key?

She didn't believe it; that was absolutely impossible.

Since that was the case, Luo Yuejian thought to herself, "It shouldn't be a problem if I take the key to test its authenticity, right?" After all, this key didn't look fake. She would just try it; if it really was fake, it would just release a Vampire.

Just release a Vampire~

Judging by the strength of the Vampires trapped on the First Floor that she had seen before, Luo Yuejian didn't believe she could outrun that kind of terrifying Vampire. At this moment, she was already imagining the scene of being caught by a Vampire and dying, then happily reviving in real life.

This plan actually had a bit of the flavor of acting openly, but according to what Luo Yuejian understood before, the system's judgment of violations was generally for groundless slacking off. Luo Yuejian later analyzed her previous failure cases and also felt that her acting was too obvious.

She was not a qualified actor.

After learning from her painful experience, Luo Yuejian decided to improve her acting skills. After careful consideration, she racked her brains to come up with a seemingly reasonable excuse and reason for her actions. Although her reason for taking the key to open the door directly this time was still a bit far-fetched, it could at least be considered the first step.

However, she was still a little nervous, worried that the system would judge her action as a violation. But generally, the system would give a warning before judging a violation.

Luo Yuejian carefully held the key, tentatively moving her feet step by step, slowly and cautiously towards the door, while constantly emphasizing in her heart: "I truly believe this key is definitely real, that's why I'm going over to see if it can open the door, this isn't openly acting."

She had almost walked to the stairwell, and the system still hadn't popped up a warning sound. Luo Yuejian's heart, which had been hanging high, finally settled back into her stomach a little. She let out a long sigh of relief, her originally tense nerves gradually relaxed, and she confidently inserted the key into the iron door leading from the Second Floor to the Third Floor.

Her heart was beating extremely fast due to excitement; she was finally going to succeed. Let's see who could stop her this time!

Luo Yuejian waited, full of ambition, but to her surprise, what came to her ears wasn't the roar of a Vampire, but a crisp "click."

Very satisfying, very despairing.

Luo Yuejian looked at the key in her hand in disbelief, then looked at the opened lock.

Damn it, she wanted to report this!

"System! System, come out here!"

"Host, I am here~"

Luo Yuejian was trembling with anger, "Is this your doing? I just happened to find a key and it turns out to be the real key to clear the next floor. Do you think that's possible? Are you really trying to fool me like a fool?!"

System: "Ah, how could that be? This system is definitely serving you sincerely, Host."

Luo Yuejian sneered in her heart: "Sincere my foot. I think you are sincerely not wanting me to revive!"

System: "Ah, how could that be? This system is definitely serving you sincerely, Host."

Luo Yuejian: "...System?"

System: "Host, I am here~"

Luo Yuejian: "Are you playing dead? Look in my eyes! Answer me!"

System: "Ah, how could that be? This system is definitely serving you sincerely, Host."

Luo Yuejian: ...Damn idiot.