60: Chapter 60 Vampire Castle 16

Short-sleeved Youth looked at the bone that Luo Yuejian had just tossed to him, utterly perplexed, because he had stared at it for a long time without finding any clues on it.

He tried to smash the bone, but it was unexpectedly hard; this was perhaps the only difference he could find between this bone and an ordinary one.

But what did this discovery have to do with the key they needed to find to unlock the iron gate between the Third Floor and the fourth floor? Could it be that she wanted him to smash the door with these bones?

He looked at the lair again. Stuttering Uncle had already found one key in the lair, so the possibility of finding another was very low. It couldn't be that White-haired Girl meant for him to find the key in the lair, could it?

Lair, bone...

Short-sleeved Youth furrowed his brows, completely at a loss. Could he have misunderstood? Was the purpose of White-haired Girl giving him this bone not for him to find clues within it?

His gaze couldn't help but searchingly look toward Luo Yuejian, only to see that her gaze was directed at Gloomy Youth.

Short-sleeved Youth was startled and subconsciously looked at Gloomy Youth as well, thinking that perhaps White-haired Girl had realized he was unable to grasp her meaning and was therefore preparing to groom Gloomy Youth instead...

At this moment, Gloomy Youth was carefully avoiding the black spikes mixed into the hair on the ground, while simultaneously attempting to find traces of the key. After all, the floor of this space was covered in hair shed by the black Three-headed dog, and the key might very well be hidden among it.

This action of Gloomy Youth looked unremarkable, yet at that very sight, Short-sleeved Youth's eyes lit up instantly.

He understood!

Short-sleeved Youth immediately stood up and walked hurriedly toward the unconscious, massive Three-headed dog.

This sudden action caught everyone present off guard and left them stunned; they had completely failed to anticipate he would have such a reaction.

Because of his injury, Buzz-cut Man could not move freely and had to sit quietly in place. However, precisely because of this, he possessed a unique vantage point that allowed him to see every move of everyone around him.

Therefore, when he saw Short-sleeved Youth suddenly stand up and rush toward the Three-headed dog, he was the first person to notice this situation.

He was stunned, but immediately snapped back to reality and shouted anxiously at the top of his lungs: "Short-sleeved Youth, what are you doing?"

In the first game instance he had ever encountered, he had seen a teammate whose behavior became uncontrollable due to some inexplicable influence, ultimately leading to their untimely death. Seeing this strange behavior from Short-sleeved Youth now, he naturally associated it with that teammate.

His shout immediately attracted the attention of White-collar Woman and Gloomy Youth. Luo Yuejian also looked over, confused, and saw at a glance that Short-sleeved Youth had already approached the black Three-headed dog at some point.

Whoa, Luo Yuejian looked at Short-sleeved Youth with some envy; if only she could go and die so openly, she could perform one hundred and eight fancy ways to die.

However, Short-sleeved Youth didn't insist on going right up to the Three-headed dog at that moment; hearing Buzz-cut Man's shout, he immediately stopped in his tracks.

Seeing this, the heavy stone hanging in Buzz-cut Man's heart finally fell, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

As long as he could stop, it meant that Short-sleeved Youth still maintained a clear head and rationality and hadn't been blinded by impulse. He calmed down and asked: "What are you going to do? Did you find any clues?"

Short-sleeved Youth nodded: "I think I might know where the correct key for this floor is."

Upon hearing this, everyone was somewhat surprised. One had to know that so far, a total of ten keys had been placed throughout the Third Floor, but only that Stuttering Uncle had successfully found one.

Faced with such a situation, the other players found it hard to believe that Short-sleeved Youth could so confidently claim he knew which key was the correct one to unlock the gate to the next floor.

White-collar Woman was the first to be unable to hold back, asking the question on everyone's mind: "Where is that key? How do you know it's the right one?"

Short-sleeved Youth smiled confidently, and then, his gaze full of respect turned toward Luo Yuejian.

Luo Yuejian: ?

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"It was still the expert who gave me the hint. Before, we had all fallen into a misconception. Because we were already very clear about the terror of the Three-headed dog, we all deliberately avoided the location where the Three-headed dog was when looking for the key."

"But if we think about it carefully, we will realize that the real clues are often hidden in places everyone least expects. At the time, White-haired Girl gave me a bone, which was actually a hint for me to look for clues on the Three-headed dog."

He rubbed his head somewhat shyly: "But my comprehension ability wasn't quite up to par. I thought for a long time and couldn't figure it out, so I had to have White-haired Girl give me a second hint."

He looked at Gloomy Youth again: "The second hint was exactly Gloomy Youth; he was fumbling through those hairs that had fallen on the ground. A thought suddenly crossed my mind: why would the Three-headed dog shed so much hair?"

"If you observe carefully, you might notice that there is actually no shed hair inside the Three-headed dog's lair."

Hearing this, everyone looked toward the location of Stuttering Uncle, who was still in the Three-headed dog's lair trying to find the second key.

Several players looked and found that it was indeed as Short-sleeved Youth had said. Stuttering Uncle was surprised and a little ashamed because he had been searching for the key here just a moment ago, yet had completely failed to notice that there was no black hair from the Three-headed dog in the lair.

Short-sleeved Youth continued: "We all know that the Third Floor is where the Three-headed dog resides. If the Vampires were willing to reserve an entire floor just for the Three-headed dog, they must love and value this terrifying creature very much, so the lair must play a role in protecting the Three-headed dog."

"The Three-headed dog doesn't shed hair in the lair, but sheds so severely after leaving it. Plus, we know that the key to unlocking the floor's seal must be something that counters the Vampires. With this, we can deduce—"

As his voice trailed off, Gloomy Youth frowned and immediately followed up with his conclusion: "The Three-headed dog is carrying the key."

Short-sleeved Youth nodded in agreement: "That's right."

"Wait," White-collar Woman spoke up, asking somewhat embarrassedly: "How did you deduce that the Three-headed dog is carrying the key? I still don't quite understand..."