Taotie's Nest: Run! Run! Run!
In the center of the room.
Xu Xi was undoubtedly dumbfounded.
Although he knew the guy outside was probably no pushover, was that two-meter-tall, burly man serious?
As he lay in a pool of blood, he even heard the other person say in a clear, feminine voice, with a touch of ecstasy, "Thank you, it's fresh soy sauce."
It turns out this soy sauce is not the same as that soy sauce.
"Bang bang--"
"Are you there? Can I borrow some soy sauce?"
The woman's voice outside the door arrived as expected.
"..." Of course not.
Who would want to lend you their blood as soy sauce, you fraudster?
Xu Xi silently complained, choosing to ignore the sound and continue searching the room.
"Neighbor, are you there?"
"I really just wanted to borrow some soy sauce~"
The person outside was still knocking, Xu Xi ignored it.
--
In the monotonous and cramped room, the young man stood in the center, casually looking around.
[Why is this a solo Dungeon?]
Seeing that Xu Xi was the only player in the Dungeon, the chat was stunned.
Ji Yang opened Liang Bu and the others' homepages and took a look.
Sure enough, these people's profile pictures were dark.
And clearly, the International Dungeon side hadn't matched either.
He didn't know that Xu Xi had canceled the matchmaking himself and chosen a solo Dungeon, so he couldn't help but frown and feel a little worried.
At this ranking, the difficulty of the Dungeon has jumped to a whole new level.
There will be almost no players playing solo anymore.
Even for Liang Bu and his group, who were traveling together, the situation was extremely dangerous; one can only imagine how dangerous it was for the young man to be all alone.
Ji Yang suddenly felt like going to pray to his mother, the Guanyin Bodhisattva, again.
--
Inside the Dungeon.
Xu Xi pulled out the suitcase from under the bed.
After searching around, I found a diary.
After confirming that he had not found any other useful clues, he decisively pulled up a chair, sat down, and began to look through the documents under the lamp on his small desk.
[October 10, 20xx, Sunny, Temperature 16°/26°]
[Stop looking, what era are we living in? Who still keeps a diary these days?]
The very first sentence made Xu Xi gasp.
He looked down with mixed feelings.
[Okay, you guessed it, I can write it.]
[As a handsome, dashing, and charismatic online novelist, skilled in both literature and martial arts, though possessing immense talent, I am unfortunately penniless; though my writing is powerful, it cannot keep me from earning enough money.]
However, I firmly believe that all my current difficulties are simply investments in my future, where I am destined to become incredibly wealthy!
[However, it's true that I'm currently penniless and have no savings, so when I learned that the rent for an apartment in this building was only three hundred yuan a month, I immediately grabbed my suitcase and came over.]
[Of course, I know you get what you pay for, and that certainly applies to houses as well.]
[So why is the rent so cheap here? It's simple, because it's haunted. But do you think I care?]
Of course I care.
Is life more important than money? Is a ghost more terrifying than a poor ghost?
[Carrying a talisman that I had specially blessed at a temple, I resolutely checked in.]
... The owner of this diary is quite humorous, Xu Xi raised an eyebrow and continued flipping through the pages.
[October 11, 20xx, Cloudy, Temperature 15°/25°]
[Looking for inspiration.]
[October 12, 20xx, Cloudy, Temperature 17°/26°]
[Looking for inspiration.]
Xu Xi flipped through several pages, all of which only said she was looking for inspiration, until after flipping through two more pages, new content finally appeared.
[November 10, 20xx, Sunny, Temperature 18°/26°]
[It's been a month, and apart from the apartment being a bit small, dimly lit, poorly soundproofed, and having a few strange neighbors, I'm living here very comfortably.]
[Forget ghosts, I've never even seen a mosquito, fly, cockroach, or rat. It's incredibly rare.]
[But then again, it's time to pay rent.]
[November 11, 20xx, Cloudy, Temperature 15°/25°]
[This damn temperature difference between day and night has successfully allowed me to contribute my meager efforts to the medical field.]
[Is it because of the fever? Why does the amulet on my chest feel so hot...?]
[November 12, 20xx, Cloudy, Temperature 16°/22°]
[My head hurts so much, and I keep seeing dark shadows. Oh God, could I have contracted some new virus?]
If things don't improve by tomorrow, I'll go to the hospital.
[November 13, 20xx, Cloudy, Temperature 20°/24°]
[The doctor said I just have a common cold, and the so-called dark shadows were just a hallucination... Is that true?]
My head still hurts, and the dark shadows have gotten worse. I'm not mistaken, the amulet on my chest is really burning hot.
[Wait, could it be what I'm thinking? Has the newbie protection period ended? And this amulet wasn't a scam after all?]
[November 14, 20xx, Cloudy, Temperature 19°/24°]
[... While I was sleeping, it felt like something was pressed against me under the bed, and I heard soft breathing.]
[I closed my eyes, and I heard footsteps in the room, but when I opened them, I saw nothing.]
[Okay, I admit I got my comeuppance for being greedy. It really is haunted! I was wrong, but my life is more important, sob sob]
[Calm down! You're a future writer destined to become a wealthy man, you can't give up so easily. Since the amulet is real, maybe that temple can save me!]
[November 15, 20xx, light rain, temperature 16°/23°]
[Damn it, the front door is locked, how am I supposed to get out?!]
[Yes, and the Landlord too; the Landlord definitely has the key!]
[Damn it, Landlord ▇▇▇▇▇▇]
[▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇]
This is a man-eating building!!
[Run! Run! Run!]
"..." Xu Xi flipped through the pages again, and seeing that the record ended there, she closed the diary.
There seems to be quite a lot of information.
The man-eating building, the locked door, and the last half of the text blurred out.
Is the way to clear this Dungeon simply to get the Landlord's key, open the door, and escape?
I have a strategy for clearing the level, but this Dungeon is likely to be very difficult, and obtaining the key will definitely not be easy.
Anyway, give it a try first.
Thinking of this, he stood up, ready to go out and take a look.
There was no sound from outside the door long before he responded.
I wonder if that scammer will be waiting at the door for him to leave.
When she reached the door, Xu Xi didn't open it immediately, but instead took out her phone.
He turned around and took pictures of the entire room.
In the photo, the room is filled with black mist, leaving almost no gaps.
Okay, he knew it.
Perhaps the entire building is filled with black mist.
I dialed another number on a whim.
Still no answer.
It seems the God Hunt is determined not to let him exploit this loophole.