70: Chapter 70 Vampire Castle 26

"Water... give me water..." the emaciated person lay on the ground, saying in a hoarse voice.

The Buzz-cut Man looked around and said, looking somewhat troubled, "There's no water nearby. Why don't you hold on for now? After we find a way to leave here, you can look for water to drink."

The emaciated person coughed twice, looked at the players with pleading eyes, and said intermittently, "A...are you here to sa...save me?"

The Buzz-cut Man wanted to offer a few words of comfort, but the Gloomy Youth, however, was already impatient. He said coldly, "Don't forget, we don't have much time left."

He looked at the emaciated person inside the cell again: "Who are you? Do you know how to leave this place?"

"I am a blood slave kept by the Vampires here. Those who died in here were all blood slaves once."

"Then why aren't you dead?" the Gloomy Youth asked.

The emaciated person smiled miserably, "Because... because I have already been assimilated by the Vampires."

"What do you mean?" The Buzz-cut Man didn't understand this sentence.

"It means... I am now half-Vampire, which is why I haven't died."

When saying this, his expression was extremely painful, as if recalling some agonizing memory, his entire face contorted, "That group of demons... to torture me, they drained all the blood from my body..."

He seemed unable to continue and was silent for a long while. Not wanting to continue the previous topic, the person coughed a few more times, his voice dry and harsh: "Aren't you trying to leave this place? I know the way to leave, but if you want to leave, you must let me out and take me with you."

The Buzz-cut Man hesitated and looked at the others.

The Gloomy Youth frowned and said, "Fine, as long as what you say is true."

The person's cracked lips pulled into an ugly smile, as if forced out, "I need you to let me out first before I can take you to find the way to leave. The key to open the prison door is at..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a meaningless laugh suddenly rang out.

Everyone turned around in astonishment, because the laughter actually came from Luo Yuejian!

Since arriving in this game instance, Luo Yuejian had always been cold and aloof, barely saying a word. Hearing her laughter now, everyone couldn't help but feel very surprised.

Luo Yuejian was also extremely embarrassed right now. She really didn't mean to laugh, but the emaciated person's expression really looked like a crumpled piece of paper, or someone who had eaten a very sour orange.

It was like seeing a dark joke; it's hard for people to control themselves from laughing out loud. Luo Yuejian was in exactly this state right now; even though she knew laughing was wrong, she couldn't help it!

Everyone suddenly turned back to stare at her. Luo Yuejian immediately felt like bugs were crawling all over her, so embarrassed that her whole body tensed up, and she didn't dare to look at anyone, afraid of making eye contact.

The players had turned around in astonishment to look at Luo Yuejian, but saw her looking coldly to the side. They subconsciously followed her gaze and saw that Luo Yuejian was looking at the lit oil lamp on the wall.

Stunned, the Gloomy Youth reacted quickly, his expression immediately turning ugly, and he turned his head back with a gloomy face.

"You've been locked in the cell the whole time, the Vampires have been sealed, everyone else here is dead, so how was the oil lamp lit? Are you trying to fool us like we're idiots?"

When they were exploring the inside of the Vampire Castle before, they had to light the oil lamps themselves on every floor. However, the oil lamps in this underground prison had already been lit before they arrived.

This was obviously not normal.

They were so eager to leave that they hadn't noticed such an obvious loophole, and only realized it after Luo Yuejian's hint.

Seeing that he had been exposed, the smile on the emaciated person's face instantly disappeared, replaced by ferocity.

It stood up abruptly, its originally hunched body instantly becoming tall, its nails growing wildly, its eyes glowing with red light, turning into the appearance of the Vampire they had seen on the First Floor earlier.

"Since you've discovered it, none of you think about leaving!"

It roared and lunged at the group, but was knocked back the moment it approached the prison bars, slamming heavily against the wall. It roared angrily, but because it feared the power of that door, it could only shrink into the corner, not daring to move at all.

The few players had originally been thrown into a panic by the Vampire's actions and turned to run, but they heard the sound of something slamming heavily against the wall behind them. Trembling with fear, they turned back and saw that the Vampire was simply unable to break through the defense of the prison iron gate.

They immediately felt relieved. The Buzz-cut Man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead that had just broken out from fright and asked: "What do we do now? We still have to find a way to leave here; that Vampire definitely won't help us anymore."

"We need to find the exit door first," the Short-sleeved Youth said with a deep frown.

But in fact, apart from the dim and small space outside, the entire prison was just a straight line. They had just walked to the end and hadn't seen any doors appear.

The others clearly realized this too. The White-collar Woman's expression became very ugly. She took a deep breath, suppressing the fear and anxiety in her heart, and forced herself to perk up: "Why don't we look around here to see if there are any doors? Let's also see if there are any keys."

After hearing her suggestion, the other few players could only nod in agreement.

Although this was not a very ideal solution, under the current circumstances, it was the only thing they could do. After all, looking around was much better than doing nothing at all.

During the previous game levels, everyone had developed a certain tacit understanding with each other. After a brief discussion, they quickly formulated a follow-up action plan, and then immediately dispersed to look for the exit door and the escape key.

Unlike before, this time everyone's expressions appeared exceptionally urgent. Because they all knew very well in their hearts that time was already very tight for them.

Previously, they had checked the time through the repaired clock, and it was already eight o'clock in the evening. And after the subsequent series of commotions, it was probably almost nine o'clock now.

This meant they only had three hours left to find a way to clear the game.

Even worse, this place wasn't any floor on the map, and this time they didn't have any doors they could use to block those terrifying Vampires.

In such an underground prison that was almost just a straight line, if they faced the Vampire directly, their fate would be only one word—death.

Therefore, everyone's mood was quite anxious, and their hurried footsteps reflected this unease.

In stark contrast was Luo Yuejian, whose pace was exceptionally relaxed.

Luo Yuejian was simply beaming with joy inside. Could there be a more relaxed moment than now? Forget about the key, they couldn't even find where the exit door was, hahahahahaha.