67: Chapter 67 Vampire Castle 23

Luo Yuejian was stunned; her eyes widened in disbelief.

Just a moment ago, she had been absolutely certain that this time it was in the bag.

Delaying the game would cause it to fail—how could that not be a sure thing?

To her, it was simply an effortless task.

To ensure nothing went wrong, she had specifically and carefully selected a seemingly difficult and useless task of finding the clock hand for the other players to do, thinking that this way, they would certainly never find any clues.

However, reality dealt her a heavy blow; the clock hand had actually been found, and it was damn well useful.

This made no sense!

She stared nervously at the clock face, terrified that the moment the hand stopped, they would clear the game, rendering all her efforts in this round wasted.

The clock hand spun rapidly around the dial, circle after circle, its speed gradually slowing down.

Until the hand rotated to a V-shape and finally stopped.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment; the entire room was filled with an atmosphere of anticipation and tension as everyone stared intently at the clock face, waiting for the result.

And then, there was no "then."

Nothing happened.

There was no clearance pillar of light that the players were expecting, nor did any door suddenly appear; there wasn't even a glimmer of light.

The players looked at each other, disappointment written on their faces.

They subconsciously turned back to look at Luo Yuejian; after all, she was the one who had said the game would end once the clock hand was found.

Compared to the players' disappointment, Luo Yuejian was overjoyed.

She knew it couldn't be that coincidental; how could the clock hand she mentioned offhandedly be the key item to clear the game?

Although the current situation was far from her expectation of delaying the players long enough for the ten Vampire to appear, it had at least bought some time and effectively disrupted their logic.

Thinking of this, Luo Yuejian was satisfied; contentment brings happiness.

As long as the goal was achieved, the process didn't really matter~

Seeing that Luo Yuejian still had a calm expression on her face and hadn't shown any emotional change despite the clock face doing nothing, the players gradually calmed down.

If Luo Yuejian wasn't anxious, it proved that things were still under control, so there must be something they had overlooked.

The Short-sleeved Youth soon realized something and smiled: "Previously, the Gloomy Youth mentioned that this clock face was similar to that circular wooden platform. Does that mean if we replicate the current position of the clock hand on the circular wooden platform, something might change?"

Once these words were spoken, the eyes of the players lit up.

The Buzz-cut Man nodded affirmatively: "It's worth a try. But, what should we use as the clock hand?"

Out of an instinctive thought, they looked at Luo Yuejian once again.

Luo Yuejian: ...

She quietly turned around, keeping her back to everyone so she wouldn't have to face their chilling gazes.

This action of hers was somewhat baffling, and no one understood why Luo Yuejian had turned away.

However, at that moment, the Short-sleeved Youth's eyes suddenly lit up.

"I understand!" he said excitedly, looking at Luo Yuejian's back, "You want to tell us to use human bodies as the clock hand, right?"

Luo Yuejian: ? Don't you go understanding things yet, you need to let me understand first.

When did she ever imply that?!

Facing the gazes of the players, the Short-sleeved Youth said with admiration: "Just now, the expert turned half a circle in place; wasn't that a hint that we could use human bodies as pointers to turn in circles on that circular wooden platform?"

"And look," he said, walking quickly to the center of the open space circled by the circular counter.

After standing still, he raised his arm and roughly gestured along the diameter of the circle, "This width is just right for two people to sit in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, expressions of surprise appeared on the faces of the players; clearly, none of them had thought of this.

The White-collar Woman couldn't help but exclaim: "So that's it! This is so amazing!"

She looked at Luo Yuejian's figure as she stood with her back to them, her eyes filled with admiration and envy, wondering when she would be as capable as her.

Luo Yuejian was speechless; what else could she say?

She could just turn around casually and these guys would still analyze something out of it.

Where was she supposed to reason with this?

The only thing she was hoping for now was that these players' analysis was all nonsense and wrong, so that her original purpose of stalling for time would be achieved.

However, Luo Yuejian still felt a bit uneasy, always having a bad premonition.

After determining the next course of action, the rest was relatively simple.

The players selected the tallest and shortest people from the group, who were the Buzz-cut Man and the White-collar Woman, respectively.

When choosing people, no one considered Luo Yuejian; after all, she looked quite tall, half a head taller than the Short-sleeved Youth, let alone the others.

In the group, only the Buzz-cut Man was a bit taller than Luo Yuejian.

The man with the buzz cut and the White-collar Woman sat back-to-back, while the other players stood on the counter, directing the two to adjust their positions according to the position of the clock hand.

"Legs to the right a bit, more to the right, yes, yes, yes, come back a little..."

"I told her to move, not you, go back a bit, you went too far..."

...

After some maneuvering, a very distinct "click" was heard, sounding like the noise of gears turning.

Before anyone could react, they saw the spot where the Buzz-cut Man and the White-collar Woman were sitting suddenly tremble.

The next second, with a "whoosh," before anyone could react, the place where they were sitting suddenly dropped, without any warning.

The White-collar Woman's scream rang out abruptly, and the other players finally reacted, rushing to the edge of the bottomless circular hole to look down, but it was pitch black underneath, and they couldn't see anything.

They looked at each other, their faces showing varying degrees of panic.

No one knew what had actually happened, or what the situation was now.

Were the White-collar Woman and the Buzz-cut Man still alive? Or were they already dead?

The Short-sleeved Youth, the Stuttering Uncle, and the Gloomy Youth all subconsciously looked at Luo Yuejian; after all, it was she who had proposed this method, yet now such a change had occurred.

Luo Yuejian was also stunned by everything that had just happened.

She had never expected that there was a mechanism inside the circular counter, and even less expected that underneath it was completely empty.

Who would believe this?

They had actually stumbled upon a mechanism by accident.

Luo Yuejian walked to the side of the deep hole and looked down, only to see something deep in the hole seemingly approaching them.

The Stuttering Uncle also noticed this, somewhat fearfully and surprisingly saying: "Wh-wh-what is that thing?"

"It doesn't look like the Buzz-cut Man and the White-collar Woman are coming back..." the Short-sleeved Youth also frowned.

After watching for a while, as the thing below slowly approached, the group finally saw clearly what was coming up from below—

Nothing!

It was just the original circular platform from below, having just dropped down, and now it had risen back up.

However, the White-collar Woman and the Buzz-cut Man who were originally sitting on it had already disappeared.