The Secret Room

"Just take it as such," Bai Yang said dismissively.

"Oh... then that's not it." Qin Rang immediately understood. "So his ability is to create clones?"

"You've already seen it, why are you still asking me?" Bai Yang shrugged. "Isn't it obvious?"

Qin Rang narrowed his eyes, a hint of suspicion in them. "Something about what you're saying sounds a bit strange."

Bai Yang paused, blinked, and looked completely bewildered. "Really? No, right? Oh, you just asked if his ability was to create clones? Yes, you guessed right."

Tao Yuan goosebumps all over. "You'd better not say anything."

Qin Rang nodded and smiled in agreement, but a hint of doubt crept into his mind.

Tao Yuan smiled and steered the conversation back on track, "I've seen clone abilities before, but I've never seen a clone as indistinguishable from the True Form as his. It's truly remarkable."

Bai Yang was pleased to hear this and laughed, "Don't worry, the Little Cat is safer with them, and the other strange creatures won't dare to show themselves. It's not too late to go out and look for them after you've all reunited."

As he spoke, he held up the book in his hand and said, "Come and see, I think I've found something."

"There's a room diagram on a blank page in the middle of this book. I just checked it roughly, and it should be this room."

[Found 1 Key Clue, 1 Dream Point, 3 remaining Dream Attempts]

A voice sounded in their ears, and the group all looked at the map simultaneously. Needless to say, this was definitely an important clue.

Qin Rang walked over, took the blueprints, and examined them carefully. Tao Yuan, on the other hand, remained at the window watching the two being chased. After confirming that they were truly in no danger, she turned her gaze to the five identical clones, lost in thought.

Qin Rang looked through all the room plans, then carefully examined the map again. Finally, his gaze settled on the table under the candlestick.

They had already searched the second floor, and apart from finding a few things in the two rooms of the Illegitimate Son, the other rooms were either completely clean or simply couldn't be opened.

Finally, they returned to the room to continue their search, partly because Qin Rang noticed that this room was smaller than the others, leading him to suspect that there might be Secret Passage.

Looking at this map now, it's pretty much confirmed that there is indeed Secret Passage here, and it's located in this room.

"Since it's hidden here, let's move the table and take a look," Qin Rang said.

Bai Yang waved his hand, and the Little Rabbit pushed the table away forcefully, revealing a wall with a small crack.

Qin Rang and Tao Yuan searched the wall for a while and found a hollow spot in the wall.

"Found it!" Tao Yuan's eyes lit up. "This should be the entrance."

"Can you operate it? This is related to mechanical arts, isn't it?" Bai Yang asked.

"Open this? That's easy." Tao Yuan smiled confidently, took out a Weird Object earphone from his pocket, connected it to his energy, and placed it on the table.

"Is this Silencing Weird Object?"

Bai Yang looked at the earphones and understood what she was going to do. He and Qin Rang retreated in unison.

Sure enough, the next moment, Tao Yuan raised the Chainsaw and smashed it hard against the wall!

The walls vibrated silently, and dust fell in rustling patterns.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

After the third muffled thud, all the shattered bricks and tiles rushed into the room inside the wall. Bai Yang and Qin Rang covered their noses to drive away the dust as they stepped into the Secret Passage from the entrance. The light from their flashlights illuminated the scene inside.

It was a very simple, empty room with only two cold benches.

Tao Yuan followed her in, first looking around the room, then glancing back at the damaged wall. "It seems that neither the entrance nor the exit of this Secret Passage leads to this room. There wasn't a door connecting to this room to begin with; it just happened to pass through this room during construction."

"No wonder we couldn't find the open door," Bai Yang said.

"This is quite an unexpected find." Qin Rang knocked around and found the walls to be very sturdy, then said, "Let's look around this area for now, but don't go too far. We need to get back soon."

"Good."

Stepping out of the room, one finds a long, winding Secret Passage with numerous bends.

Torches were also on the walls, their flickering flames illuminating each room in the Secret Passage.

"It looks like a prison cell," Bai Yang said.

They walked along the long corridor, and every room was tightly closed and very quiet. The walls were also clean and there was nothing there.

Occasionally, there are some gaps for ventilation, but if you squint and look inside, you can only see cold, rusty chairs, beds, and the like.

After a quick search and finding nothing, they returned the way they came, covered the area with the Weird Object wallpaper, and restored the table to its original state.

Two hours later, when the three returned to the hall, Wang Ding and Bai Ao were already back, writing something down at the table, presumably organizing information.

After both teams sat down, they immediately began organizing information while waiting for Tang Pin and Mi Chuchu.

More than ten minutes had passed since the agreed-upon two-hour period ended, and they still hadn't seen the person.

Just as the group was about to go see what was going on, the two hurriedly ran downstairs.

"Call--"

Only after they reached a safe area did the two finally sit down, supporting themselves on their legs, and waved to their worried teammates who had gotten up. "It's okay, it's okay."

"We went to the third floor to eavesdrop, but the Butler found out." Mi Chuchu looked pale.

"Were you chased by the Butler?" Bai Ao asked.

"No, the Butler wasn't acting strangely tonight. He didn't blame us for eavesdropping. He was just too long-winded, talking to us about etiquette for ages, and we couldn't leave at all," Mi Chuchu said.

Tang Pin sighed, "If Sister Chu hadn't made an excuse to pee, we wouldn't have been able to come."

"That's good, we were just about to look for you," Qin Rang said. "An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao are outside the Castle. Have you found Luo Jiayu?"

"Found it. The Butler said the fish was being killed in the kitchen," Tang Pin said, taking a sip of water as she sat at the table.

The expressions on the faces of those present changed. "She? Went to kill fish??"

"It was probably just a coincidence that she was assigned to this spot," Tao Yuan said. "Let's go see if we can rescue her later."

"No. We've mentioned this to the Butler, but in their eyes, Luo Jiayu is a servant, and we are guests. Servants have their duties to fulfill," Mi Chuchu said. "If we forcibly bring her back, it would also be against the Rules."

Tang Pin nodded in agreement and asked, "Have you discovered anything?"

"In that case, let's organize the information together first." Qin Rang tapped the table. "Have you encountered those strange creatures since then?"

Everyone shook their heads.

That's strange. They were just chasing them all over the place, how did they suddenly disappear?

Putting that aside for now, Qin Rang took the information compiled by Wang Ding and examined it carefully, extracting the important information from the documents. He then whispered to Tao Yuan for a while.