93: Chapter 93 The Long Sleeping Palace 20

In this Stone Room, the most conspicuous feature, besides that stone door, was this Reservoir.

Now that it was clear that the stone door was actually fake, the Man in the Suit and the Man in Black Turtleneck immediately began to investigate around the Reservoir.

Luo Yuejian could only watch, utterly bewildered, as the two men poked and prodded around the Reservoir, with the Man in the Suit even lying down to peer into that Drainage Outlet.

The Man in Black Turtleneck also noticed the Man in the Suit's actions and shook his head: "There's no need to look there. The place where I left the Leather Jacket Man's body is in the passageway, so this Drainage Outlet can at most only lead to that passageway."

The Man in the Suit stood up, somewhat unwillingly.

In truth, he understood this, but because of certain thoughts he had just had, he was genuinely flustered, and thus inevitably lost some of his composure.

He took a deep breath, forcing down the unease in his heart, and said to the Man in Black Turtleneck: "I was a bit too impatient. I just thought about it; since this Reservoir has a Drainage Outlet, there must also be a drain, and perhaps we can get out through there."

The Man in Black Turtleneck nodded: "I have been looking for a drain just now, but there are no obvious traces of a drain inside the Reservoir, so the drain must be in another part of the Stone Room."

Under normal circumstances, a typical Reservoir would necessarily have an outlet for normal water supply, and it would also need a drain to regulate the water level and clean the bottom of the pool.

However, in this dried-up water trough, they did not see any openings other than the Drainage Outlet.

It is highly likely that there are some cracks in this Reservoir, the same cracks where those Poisonous Insects disappeared earlier, and the water could flow through these cracks to be stored underground.

Therefore, there should be a secret passage beneath this Stone Room.

When needed, that secret passage would be in a semi-closed state, allowing it to store water.

If the water level became too high, the secret passage would open, releasing the water.

These were all speculations by the Man in the Suit and the Man in Black Turtleneck, but as "veteran players" who had survived several rounds, they were experienced and fairly confident in their guesses.

Previously, because each had their own agenda, the two of them had been playing mind games and had not focused their energy on finding clues to clear the level.

Now they realized that if they didn't clear the level soon, they might both be finished.

With the Great Demon King watching them closely from behind, they dared not harbor any more petty schemes and immediately pulled themselves together to cooperate.

The Man in the Suit and the Man in Black Turtleneck took swift action, beginning to search the walls and floor of the Stone Room carefully, not letting a single corner go unexamined.

In reality, it was mainly about recalling where those Poisonous Insects had disappeared; after all, wherever the Poisonous Insects could vanish, it proved there were cracks underground.

At this moment, Luo Yuejian finally realized that her unintentional remark had actually helped these two guys find a clue again.

How absurd is that? Why does the plot always go against what she thinks? The stone door that was clearly right there turned out to be fake; is that reasonable?

Luo Yuejian felt like someone was messing with her, but she had no evidence.

She didn't know who to blame, nor could she show it, so she had no choice but to stamp her foot in annoyance.

Theoretically, stamping one's foot in such a stone chamber shouldn't make any sound, as the solid bricks were underfoot, and even if there were a sound, it would at most be a "snap." However...

"Thump—"

A sound with a hollow ring echoed throughout the entire Stone Room, exceptionally distinct.

The Man in Black Turtleneck and the Man in the Suit were both stunned, and simultaneously turned their heads to look at the spot where Luo Yuejian was standing.

That sound was definitely not right!

Both of them realized the meaning of this sound immediately; the sound clearly meant that the place where Luo Yuejian was standing was hollow.

In other words, as long as they found a way to move the stone brick beneath Luo Yuejian's feet, they could find the secret passage underground!

Their expressions shifted repeatedly; they hadn't expected that while they had been struggling so hard to find clues, Luo Yuejian, who had barely moved, had discovered the anomaly first.

This fact left a very bad taste in both of their mouths.

Compared to the Man in Black Turtleneck, the Man in the Suit felt more nervous and fearful.

This time, it was again Luo Yuejian who had discovered a key clue before them; he wasn't sure if Luo Yuejian would develop murderous intent because he and the Man in Black Turtleneck were too useless.

In an instant, a sense of vigilance arose in the heart of the Man in the Suit.

He could not entrust his fate to Luo Yuejian's benevolence; after all, the White-haired Girl before him did not look like a kind person.

He had to hold his own life in his own hands.

While he was still lost in thought, the Man in Black Turtleneck had already called him over.

"Let me and the Man in the Suit find a way to move this stone slab," the Man in Black Turtleneck asked Luo Yuejian.

Luo Yuejian was already laughing bitterly in her heart, thinking, 'Damn, even stamping my foot can unearth a clue; you're amazing, slacker system.'

The slacker system suddenly appeared: "Sigh, Host, look at you. How can you attribute everything to the system?"

It seemed somewhat aggrieved: "It was clearly you who made all the decisions, whether it was you blowing out that bronze oil lamp earlier, or stamping your foot just now—I didn't do anything."

Luo Yuejian knew that what the system said seemed correct; after all, those ridiculous moves in this game were all her own doing.

Unlike the previous few games, where the system had indeed sabotaged her a few times.

But she just felt that something was wrong.

Her intuition told her that things were not that simple, and this system definitely had something fishy going on.

Damn, how could one person be so lucky? She, a total noob, had managed to survive until now; was that reasonable?

The only thing she could find that was off about herself was this system, so she was reasonably suspicious that this system was pulling strings behind the scenes—that wasn't wrong, right?

"I understand, Host," the slacker system seemed to see through Luo Yuejian's thoughts and sighed: "You need a reasonable excuse to vent your emotions about failing to achieve your wish to resurrect after so many games."

"As a system sincerely helping the Host resurrect, I am willing to be your venting point."

As soon as it said this, Luo Yuejian instantly felt embarrassed, having the feeling that it was clearly her own fault yet she was blaming someone else, but she still felt that the system had definitely manipulated something behind the scenes in this matter.

For a moment, she didn't know what to say, so she had to pretend she couldn't hear the system.