64: Chapter 64 Vampire Castle 20

After saying this, he looked at Luo Yuejian again, his expression slightly hesitant. After all, he certainly didn't have the qualifications to arrange things for Luo Yuejian. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Please feel free to explore. If you discover anything... you can handle it as you see fit..."

Luo Yuejian had no objections, and she was instantly overjoyed. Wouldn't separating from the main group make it easier for her to slack off? Hehe. The corners of her mouth lifted imperceptibly, and she nodded. She looked up at the watch again; there was so much time... She might as well slack off for two hours.

The other players scattered one after another. Luo Yuejian certainly couldn't actually look for clues. After thinking for a while, she decided to do the opposite. Didn't the White-collar Woman just analyze that there was no need to search Area C and Area D? Then she would go there to kill time!

Luo Yuejian strolled over to Area C, picked up a few books at random, and pretended to read them. A while later, she returned to the circular wooden stand where the White-collar Woman had previously found the Library registry, and found a spot to pace around.

In reality, she was just putting on a show. Her gaze was unfocused; one moment she was staring blankly at the dust on the floor, the next she was picking up the Library registry pretending to read it, and then she was touching the solid wood table. This table was truly a table...

If it were anyone else, the livestream room would probably have started cursing, but since it was Luo Yuejian, the audience in the livestream room started doubting themselves.

[What kind of clue is on this table? Moon God has circled it three times and I still can't see anything at all?]

[Begging for an expert analysis!]

[I feel like my IQ is being crushed, I love it~]

[I just hopped over to a few other livestream rooms. Oh my god, they are flipping through books from the very top, and they haven't moved at all for so long. I can't even imagine that workload...]

[I seriously doubt they'll be able to find all the keys this afternoon. After finding the keys, they still have to judge which one is the real key. Just thinking about it gives me a headache.]

[It looks like they'll have to play hide-and-seek with the Vampire. Playing hide-and-seek in the Library sounds quite fun, hahahaha.]

[I've been following Moon God's livestream room lately. It's been a while since I watched the guaranteed quota competition. Looking forward to it.]

[Looking forward to it~]

...

The audience in the livestream room didn't start cursing, but the slacker system couldn't just let Luo Yuejian slack off like this.

It said sinisterly, "Host?"

Luo Yuejian was so startled that she shuddered, and when she realized what it was, she said, "Damn, what was that sound?"

"Host, you've slacked off enough, right?" the system said slowly. "I saw that you were too tired on the First Floor earlier, so I gave you some time to relax. You've relaxed enough now, haven't you?"

Luo Yuejian stood next to the circular wooden stand, really wanting to say she hadn't relaxed enough. The time spent slacking off was so short and precious, but she was really afraid that the system would suddenly give her some punishment. If she got more punishments, she could forget about dying.

Sighing helplessly, Luo Yuejian knew she couldn't keep circling the circular wooden stand anymore, so she decided to find something to do.

A moment later, Luo Yuejian appeared in Area C, the area furthest from where she had been. She walked over slowly, moved the wooden ladder used for reaching books in Area C, and dragged it back to her original position like a tottering old woman, placing it under the clock.

Based on the experience she had accumulated from previous games, the same trick shouldn't appear twice in one game.

On the First Floor, the real key was hidden inside the wall clock; this time, Luo Yuejian didn't believe there could be a key inside this clock. If there was, she would definitely despise the level designer.

Climbing to the top of the old wooden ladder, the clock was within reach. Luo Yuejian observed it carefully for a while, from the delicate hands to the blurry numbers on the circular dial, and then to the patterns carved on the clock's casing.

After confirming that there was indeed nothing wrong with the clock from the outside, she felt relieved, thinking that this time she probably wouldn't find a clue by accident like before.

Luo Yuejian prepared to take the clock down to use as an excuse to slack off a bit more. She shifted her center of gravity, touched the clock with both hands to take it down, but unexpectedly, she couldn't pull it.

Luo Yuejian was stunned at first, and then her brows furrowed tightly. She increased the strength in her hands, and the muscles in both her arms bulged, but the clock remained firmly on the wall. Only then did she realize that this clock was actually nailed to the wall, not hung up as she had imagined.

Although the nail looked a bit rusty, it wasn't something Luo Yuejian could pull out with her strength.

Sighing, Luo Yuejian was about to give up on the idea, when suddenly, an unexpected turn of events occurred!

Because no one was supporting the wooden ladder, its center of gravity wasn't actually very stable. Plus, because Luo Yuejian had shifted her body to take down the clock, the ladder's own center of gravity shifted instantly.

Furthermore, because Luo Yuejian had shifted her body just now to take down the clock, her movement was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The ladder's center of gravity shifted instantly, and the previously stable ladder began to shake violently.

With a heart-stopping creak, Luo Yuejian was startled, and the color drained from her face instantly. Subconsciously, she reached out to grab something to steady herself, and in her panic, she tightly grasped the edge of the clock in front of her.

At the same time, the unbalanced wooden ladder toppled over completely, crashing straight toward the ground.

The force of this unexpected tug was too great, and with a "crack," the clock was unexpectedly pulled off by her.

This was a sudden situation; Luo Yuejian hadn't reacted at all. In her panic, she subconsciously waved her arms, and whenever she touched something she could grab, she immediately tried to hold onto it.

After the clock was pulled off, she had nothing left to leverage her hands on. However, at this moment, as if by reflex, Luo Yuejian's legs kicked hard against the wooden ladder that was already slowly collapsing. Under this kick, the speed of the ladder's fall instantly increased, and it crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

At the same time, having gained leverage from her legs, it was as if some hidden power within Luo Yuejian was instantly triggered. She displayed an astonishingly strong jumping ability, her whole body like an agile cheetah, flying in the opposite direction of the falling ladder.

And that direction was exactly the Library area.

As she approached the bookshelf, Luo Yuejian's foot kicked backward like a nimble bird. Her foot precisely touched the side of the bookshelf first.

The five or six-meter-tall solid wood bookshelf easily caught her kick, and using the rebound force, Luo Yuejian flew out again like an arrow from a bow. She traced a beautiful arc in the air and landed lightly, her movements so smooth and natural it was incredible.

At this moment, the livestream room comments:

[Holy shit, amazing! Watching this made me kneel!]

[Someone in the comments said Moon God's martial prowess was strong, I was skeptical, but now I just want to kneel and sing 'Conquer'!]

[666, at first I thought Moon God was panicking, I didn't expect she was looking for a leverage point.]

[The fluidity and beauty of this movement, could Moon God have been an athlete or extreme sports enthusiast before she died?]

[Handsome handsome handsome, I am frantically licking the screen!]

[Holy crap, when Moon God fell, I thought she was going to wipe out, I didn't expect another god-tier play!]

[You can always believe in Moon God's skills (thumbs up)]

[Didn't you guys see it? Moon God did this on purpose!]

[Ah, isn't this just the ladder being unstable and her falling by accident? My brain isn't working again... ?]

[Of course not, didn't you notice that Moon God wanted to take that clock down at the very beginning, but she tried and found she couldn't, because it was nailed to the wall? So Moon God intentionally made the wooden ladder unstable to use the weight of her falling body to pull the clock down.]

[Oh my god, if you guys hadn't said that, I might have been kept in the dark forever.]

[666, I learned this detail play, I'll definitely try it next time.]

[Only Moon God would dare to play like this; otherwise, if anyone else fell from that height of four or five meters, they'd be crippled if not dead.]

[Just one word: Amazing!]

[So what's the problem with the clock Moon God brought down? Did anyone notice?]

[It must be an important clue, otherwise Moon God wouldn't value it so much.]

[Ever since I started watching Moon God's livestream, my brain can never keep up, wuwuwu. I'm only active when I'm licking the beauty.]

[Same here...]

...

Luo Yuejian landed steadily on the ground, only slightly panting. Aside from a few messy strands of hair, she was unharmed, but her brain was still dazed.

What just happened? Was that series of moves something a human could do? Was she possessed, or what?

She stood in place, her brain short-circuiting for a while, until the surrounding teammates rushed over in a panic, and she regained her senses. One thought ran through her mind—

"System, System! Hehe, was it you? I'll you..."

"Host, don't be so irritable." The system said calmly, "Look, you have to give me a chance to explain."

"Fine, fine, explain. Let me tell you, if you don't compensate me for this, we're not done!"

The system said, "Of course, of course. If it's a system error, the system will certainly compensate you."

Luo Yuejian sneered, thinking, *You dog, I'll listen to your explanation, let's see what kind of nonsense you can come up with. After you finish explaining, let's see if I don't extort you.*

"However... Host, do you remember you have a passive skill?" The system slowly said the name of the skill, word by word: "Agility Instinct."

Luo Yuejian was stunned for a moment, and the several methods she had just thought of in her mind to make the system compensate her were swallowed back, word by word. "What do you mean? Is Agility Instinct that awesome? Why didn't I feel it at all before?"

The system patiently explained, "Because Agility Instinct is a passively triggered skill, it only triggers when you encounter danger. Think about this game, haven't you encountered almost no fatal danger?"

Luo Yuejian was silent for a long time, then said with difficulty, "...Then can I still have compensation?"

The system was surprised: "Compensation, what compensation?"

Luo Yuejian was thoroughly heartbroken, threw the clock she had inexplicably managed to take down to the person next to her, and hid in a corner to brood and grow mushrooms.

Several players who rushed over looked at each other, completely unaware of what had happened. They had just heard a loud "boom," and it was the sound coming from Luo Yuejian's side, so they immediately wanted to rush over to see. When they arrived, Luo Yuejian was standing there, holding something in her hand, as if she was thinking about something. And beside her was a collapsed ladder.

The Short-sleeved Youth was confused, not knowing what Luo Yuejian had just done to make such a big commotion, and then he had a clock shoved into his hands by Luo Yuejian.

He looked down at the clock in his arms, turning it over and over, but for a moment, he didn't see any problem.

The Gloomy Youth on the side frowned, "Let me see." After saying this, he took the clock from the Short-sleeved Youth's hands.

As soon as he saw this clock, he recognized it as the one hanging on the wall. They had all looked at the time before, but because the clock was hung quite high and the distance was far, they had only seen the time clearly and hadn't examined it in detail.

Now that he had it in his hands, the Gloomy Youth examined the clock. He had an inexplicable intuition and carefully observed the dial part. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he stared fixedly at the dial, as if he had discovered something incredible. Then, he walked quickly to a table and smashed the clock dial in his hand hard against the corner of the table.

With a "bang," the glass on the clock dial shattered, revealing the hands inside.

The players were startled by his action and immediately gathered around to look. The Buzz-cut Man asked, "What's wrong? Did you discover something wrong somewhere?"

The Gloomy Youth pursed his lips and pointed to the only hand on the circular dial, "This hand is wrong."

What did that mean? Everyone was confused, completely unable to understand the Gloomy Youth's words. The Buzz-cut Man hurriedly asked, "What do you mean? How is it wrong?"

At this moment, the Short-sleeved Youth took the clock back. Without the glass obstruction, he could see the inside of the clock more clearly this time. Especially after the Gloomy Youth had pointed out that it was a problem with the hand, it only took a few seconds for him to realize something was wrong.

They had just looked at the time not long ago, and the clock showed it was two o'clock in the afternoon. Now, only a short while had passed, and the time had somehow already reached eight o'clock in the evening.

"This clock hand was taken apart by someone?!" He exclaimed in surprise. The Buzz-cut Man, the Stuttering Uncle, and the White-collar Woman also gathered to look, and under the Short-sleeved Youth's finger, they all discovered where the problem lay.

The Gloomy Youth nodded with a gloomy look: "That's right, damn it, I only just realized it now."

"This hand is not the hour hand at all, but the minute hand!"

"What minute hand?"

"Minute hand?!"

"Then what time is it actually now?"

Several players exclaimed one after another. They didn't doubt the Gloomy Youth's judgment, as the Gloomy Youth had already fully demonstrated his knowledge of clocks on the First Floor.

At this moment, a question was placed before everyone: what time was it exactly?

What if it was already almost midnight? Then wouldn't they be doomed? Those Vampires didn't look like something humans could resist. Even if they had keys to protect themselves, they only had two keys. How could they block ten Vampires?

Even thinking optimistically, maybe there was still plenty of time, but they didn't have an exact time to judge. How could they accurately escape to the next floor just in time for the Vampire refresh?

For a moment, all the players' expressions became ugly... ... except for Luo Yuejian.

After realizing the various problems caused by the lack of a clock, Luo Yuejian's eyes slowly lit up.