Little Boy

The tungsten filament light bulb flickered erratically in the hallway.

The so-called Regent Grand Hotel is located on the top floor of this old building. There is no elevator; you can only go up via a narrow staircase.

Tread!

Stepping onto the last staircase,

The cool white light also seeped in at the same time, falling on the team members.

The hotel lobby is right in front of you.

The words "Regent Grand Hotel" were also pasted on a wooden board in front of the solid wood counter, and the light tubes on the ceiling were constantly humming due to the ballast.

Strangely,

The Hotel owner seemed to have known they were coming in advance, and had already come out from behind the counter, standing straight in the center of the lobby.

Her black hair still fell in front of her face.

When the crowd appeared, he raised his right arm horizontally, perpendicular to his body, pointing towards the hotel's passageway.

"I'll go take a look."

Yu Ze was still at the forefront, close to the strangely-looking Hotel owner.

Behind the sunglasses, his eyes were covered with Five Emperors Coin, collecting all the information in the environment, even capturing the movement of the Fear Entity.

When he moved closer to within two meters,

Sizzle~

A series of electromagnetic sounds came from the boss's waist.

It was a Tape player hanging on the waist. Even though no one touched it, the play button was pressed, and pre-recorded audio came out.

"Officer, I just heard cries for help coming from one of the guest rooms! I was too scared to go and check, so I'm leaving this to you."

As the playback ended,

The Hotel owner turned around Plant Zombie* and pointed to a bunch of keys on the counter that could be used to open all the rooms in the hotel.

Yu Ze darted forward and grabbed the key in his hand.

Then we arrived at the hotel entrance that the boss had pointed out. The cold white light still shone on the tiled surface. There was no carpet or any suspicious red-related substances.

"Another incident has occurred. Fellow villager, your bird is really useful! Collect more Corner Coin, so that even if you really need to spend money to take the bus, you won't feel bad."

I haven't detected any clown-related factors yet. Has your bird reacted?

"Without."

"Then we can focus on the incident. However, the incident seems to be time-sensitive, and we need to find the hidden murderer as soon as possible."

Considering the location where the note was found, we only need to search the guest rooms facing the street.

I'll open the door! Miss You Zhen and her fellow villager are ready to pounce from behind at any moment.

"Receive."

You Zhen and Luo Di responded almost simultaneously, suggesting that the captain's authority for this exploration mission had been transferred to Yu Ze.

Upon arriving at the first guest room door,

Without knocking or giving any verbal explanation, Yu Ze quickly opened the door with his key. In his view, since the Hotel owner regarded them as police officers, this forced entry was justified.

There was no smell of blood, and nothing unusual.

The "normal guest," who covered his face with his hair, lay on the bed like a mannequin, doing nothing but turning his face toward the door.

Then came the next guest room.

The same process continued until the door to the sixth guest room opened.

The lights inside the room flickered.

Clear bloodstains were spread across the ground, reflecting a bright red color under the cold white light.

Following the trail of blood, one would find a corpse lying in a pool of blood, its scalp ripped off, a bloody mess, as if they had arrived too late.

but.

The sound of running water could be heard from inside the bathroom door, which was made of plastic and Frosted glass. The Bathroom light inside was also on, suggesting that the murderer had not left the crime scene and was even washing off the bloodstains.

Although the structure of the bathroom door looks simple, it is impossible for the senses to penetrate inside.

This is Corner Event, an event simulated by an omnipresent Fear Entity. It seems that this Fear Entity is suppressing their senses and trying to recreate the prototype of the event where the police come to arrest the criminal as much as possible.

Yu Ze's hand was already on the bathroom door, and the two people behind him were ready to kill.

Click!

The door lock was turned open.

The team instantly squeezed in.

The overflowing bathtub is constantly leaking water.

A drowned woman's body floats face down on the water.

at the same time,

Click!

The door was closed, and all the lights inside were turned off.

Yu Ze immediately lit the talisman in his hand as a light source. As the pale yellow light dispelled the darkness, the female corpse remained floating on the surface of the bathtub, showing no abnormalities.

but...

Four people were reflected in the Washbasin mirror next to the team.

The "guests" who had previously been lying in pools of blood with their scalps completely peeled off were now standing at the very back of them, holding up sharp knives.

"Get down!"

Yu Ze shouted loudly,

The two people behind him simultaneously lowered their bodies.

He then quickly turned around, made a shooting gesture with his fingers, and even imitated the sound of a gunshot with his mouth.

Bang!

A pebble flicked between his fingers, instantly piercing the other's forehead. He was truly dead now, lying on the cold floor, blood spreading.

Yu Ze straightened his clothes, looking relaxed. "Since the Fear Entity wants to recreate the event, we'll just play along. Maybe we'll get extra Cooperation reward afterward. Speaking of which, these Shallow Layer events are really simple."

You Zhen looked at the motionless corpse on the ground and discovered that not only had its head been pierced, but there was also a talisman stuck to its forehead at some point to prevent any form of corpse transformation.

"The Shallow Layer is indeed simple, otherwise we wouldn't feel comfortable letting newcomers work here. It's simple, but the rewards are also very few."

Executing events here is simply not worthwhile; at most, you'll only get a few Corner Coin.

In deeper areas, a single event can be ten or even a hundred times greater, which is on a completely different scale.

However... Yu Ze, your idea is correct. Trying to meet the needs of the event as much as possible, and assuming the identity, might yield additional clues."

During their conversation,

Luo Di crouched down and searched the body, but unfortunately found no useful clues.

"Hey buddy, let's go. Now that the incident is over, let's report it to the Hotel owner. Maybe we can get some unexpected information or clues about the way to the Deep area from him."

"Um."

When leaving the bathroom, the team tried to step on clean floor areas to avoid getting blood on their feet.

After all, blood is also bright red, so without fully understanding the clown's abilities, try not to get yourself stained with the same color as the Red balloon.

The guest room lights were turned off earlier.

When Yu Ze reached for the Door handle, preparing to leave the bedroom where the Murder case had occurred, he found that the lock was completely jammed and could not be turned.

It seems that the internal Lock body is completely stuck, and nothing can be done.

Yu Ze stared at the problematic lock on the door and sensed something was amiss. This unease wasn't related to the event itself, but rather to the sudden closure of the door.

A quick calculation reveals...

My fingernail almost cut my palm. I then realized that I forgot to file it when I cut my nails last night, and there was a sharp bump on my fingernail.

An ominous sign.

Thinking of this,

Yu Ze stopped opening the door, turned around and went to the window of the guest room, preparing to jump out and leave.

Whoosh! The curtains were drawn back.

The expressions of Yu Ze and the others turned extremely ugly. Outside, instead of a street scene at night, there were rows of completely sealed Concrete bricks.

Left with no other choice, they could only return to the front door.

Reach out and gather strength.

He struck out with a palm.

The damaged door lock was ejected along with several Screws.

Unfortunately, the area outside the door was no longer the Regent Grand Hotel, but a dimly lit, dusty passageway, as if they had arrived at a Residential building.

This place is not deserted.

At the end of the passage, at the corner,

A Little boy was drawing on the ground with chalk, and the sound of the chalk scraping against the ground could be clearly heard.

Seemingly sensing the gaze, the Little boy looked up, revealing the obvious cleft lip structure on his face.

When I saw this cleft lip...

You Zhen froze instantly, her newly recovered state of exploration instantly disrupted, and she fell into a strange fear, her pores contracted, and her muscles twitched.

"Impossible... This is clearly the surface... Why would it come here..."