8: Chapter 8 Devil's Villa

And the purple gas spreading from the kettle was exactly what was being emitted from its mouth.

Upon seeing Luo Yuejian, a glint of evil purple light bloomed in the eerie baby's pure black eyes, and it revealed a strange, terrifying smile. The sharp steel teeth in its mouth, which had been rotating slowly, suddenly accelerated, emitting a "buzzing" sound like a meat grinder.

No one would want to be touched by those steel teeth.

It extended two tentacles, which were sticky and constantly dripping black slime, and reached rapidly toward Luo Yuejian. Watching death close at hand, Luo Yuejian retreated while feeling ecstatic inside.

Luo Yuejian: "Yes! Just like that! This is the effect I wanted!"

However, just when the tentacles were only one centimeter away from the tip of Luo Yuejian's nose, they suddenly stopped.

What's going on?

Luo Yuejian looked at the eerie baby and saw that its expression was ferocious. Judging by its constantly twisting body and the vicious gaze it fixed directly on Luo Yuejian, the baby had not given up on killing her, but for some unknown reason, its actions were restricted.

"Come on! Don't give up, the organization needs you!"

Luo Yuejian cheered for the baby in her heart, but on the surface, she could only continue to retreat, though her steps were much smaller.

However, the thing that made Luo Yuejian despair happened. As time passed, the eerie baby's tentacles not only failed to continue attacking her, but instead began to retract bit by bit.

Accompanied by this was the baby's shrill crying. The sound was extremely piercing, possessing a penetrating power that struck straight at the soul, causing splitting headaches and making one feel mentally disoriented. The crying seemed to carry an evil temptation, enticing Luo Yuejian to walk over and soothe the baby so it would stop crying.

Luo Yuejian just listened to the voices constantly coming from her mind.

"Hurry over and hold it, make it stop crying!"

"Quiet!!! I need quiet!"

...

Strangely, she could clearly realize that these chaotic voices were not thoughts generated by herself, but were forced upon her by the baby's crying.

This meant that Luo Yuejian could not pretend to be bewitched and just walk over to her death.

She had been warned by the system as soon as she had that thought.

Luo Yuejian: "Don't want to smile anymore.jpg."

Seeing that Luo Yuejian was unmoved, the Demon Baby's eyes were filled with venom, its face wrinkled up, looking extremely ferocious. At the same time, its body began to melt slowly; part of it turned into purple-black blood, then slowly transformed into purple mist, while the other part evaporated directly into purple mist, dissipating into the air. The baby let out even sharper and more terrifying screams and cries, the sound venomous and shrill, like its final struggle before death.

Until the baby had completely turned into purple mist and dissipated into the world, the door of the Kitchen creaked open.

Early the next morning, the few players staying in the Villa opened their doors. Seeing the dark circles under their companions' eyes, they all couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The Man with Slicked-back Hair hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively: "Did you hear any sounds last night?"

The middle-aged woman twisted her fingers together, her expression a mix of nervousness and fear. "I... I heard it. It sounded just like a baby crying..."

The school uniform-wearing girl nodded with a worried and lingering fearful look. "I heard it too. I don't know why, but I felt a bit mentally disoriented and almost left my room..."

The Suit-wearing Young Man said with a solemn expression: "It is very likely a problem with that crying. I also felt something was wrong. Besides the crying, did you hear any other sounds?"

The middle-aged woman licked her dry lips uneasily. "Around just after twelve o'clock, I heard some movement downstairs, similar to the sound of something colliding."

The Suit-wearing Young Man frowned. "Downstairs?"

The school uniform-wearing girl also nodded. "Yes, I heard it last night too."

She hesitated for a moment, then continued: "It seemed... it seemed to be the sound coming from near the younger brother's room..."

Hearing this, the Suit-wearing Young Man's brow furrowed even tighter. He looked left and right, then asked with a frown: "Where is that White-haired Girl?"

The others looked at each other and shook their heads one after another. The White-haired Girl stayed in a room by herself; before she appeared, no one knew her current situation.

The Suit-wearing Young Man took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and then said in a low voice: "Let's go, let's go down and take a look."

Saying this, he walked quickly downstairs.

The group arrived at the door of the younger brother's room. Before they could even knock, the door in front of them opened on its own.

Luo Yuejian had been tossing and turning all night, and in the end, not only did she have no results, but she had also inexplicably found a few clues. Furious, she had left the Kitchen and returned to her Bedroom.

Upon waking up and opening the door, she saw four people standing at her doorway, and she was instantly wide awake.

"Help! Why are there so many people? Did they find out I went out last night?"

Luo Yuejian's mind was a mess, and her whole body stiffened. Her hand on the doorknob retracted involuntarily. In the quiet air, she heard her own voice ring out dryly: "Something up?"

The moment he saw Luo Yuejian, the Suit-wearing Young Man didn't even realize that he had let out a sigh of relief involuntarily, and his brow relaxed quite a bit.

The sudden death and the eerie escape game had exhausted him. In fact, he was just a young man under thirty. His good upbringing and excellent personal qualities since childhood allowed him to quickly pull himself together and take the lead in the escape game, but this did not mean he was having an easy time.

The others treated him as a leader and a source of spiritual support, yet he also needed a source of spiritual support to avoid breaking down himself. The appearance of Luo Yuejian allowed him to find a sense of peace.

Hearing Luo Yuejian speak, the Man with Slicked-back Hair behind the Suit-wearing Young Man sneered. "Hmph, you guys are so anxious to see if she's okay, but she doesn't need your concern at all. If you ask me..."

As he was speaking, the Man with Slicked-back Hair met the glance that Luo Yuejian shot over. That gaze was indifferent and cold, as if she were not looking at a living person but at some object. This gaze made the Man with Slicked-back Hair shudder, and he shrank back, not daring to say anything more.

Concerned if she was okay? Did they really know she had gone out last night? Luo Yuejian glanced at the Man with Slicked-back Hair, thinking uncertainly.

However, she still had to tell the others about the clues she had found last night. She might be slacking off, but she still had her bottom line!

She took out a key, her voice cold and clear: "Found it last night. On the back of the photo on the refrigerator, it says, 'I have hidden the true holy artifact in a corner of the staircase; it is the only hope'."

In an instant, the surroundings went quiet.

After a long while, the Suit-wearing Young Man hesitatingly took the key, looked at it for a moment, and then looked back at Luo Yuejian. "You went out of your room last night?"

Seeing Luo Yuejian nod, the Suit-wearing Young Man was stunned. After two seconds, he continued to ask: "Then the sounds last night... the collision sounds from near your room and the baby's crying afterward..."

Huh, they actually heard it? Luo Yuejian nodded slightly, not replying.

At this moment, the others finally came back to their senses. The Man with Slicked-back Hair frowned and shouted: "Impossible! I've seen the photo on the Kitchen refrigerator; there was clearly nothing on the back! If you don't believe me, let's go and look again."