Ambush, Otherworld Players, Core Zone!!

Thanks to the Special Effect of the Shrinking Hourglass, coupled with the Shadow Guard's ability to move through the Shadow.

With Steel Bones staying behind to cover their retreat and drawing everyone's attention, Bai Zhi and Fireworks of Romance narrowly escaped the Underground Library.

--Now that things have come to this, the true horror of this Dungeon is fully revealed to them.

Player's greatest strengths are not their Level or attributes; those are secondary. The most important factors are Skill and Equipment, with Skill being the most crucial and Equipment secondary.

If Player's Skill are completely sealed, then the Player's overall strength will be reduced by at least half.

Once they know the Special Effect of your Skill, they can unconditionally seal their Skill. There are a bunch of mutated Humanoid Monster wandering around inside the castle, the risk of losing Sanity that must be borne outside the castle, and the horror that may happen when night falls... The danger level of the castle inside is more than ten times that of the castle outside.

After all, outside the castle, the danger only came from "Anna's Game," but inside the castle, danger was everywhere, and there was danger at every turn.

"Steel Bones was wearing a [Criminal Suspect Outfit]. Since there weren't many Glasses elementary school students in the castle, he was well hidden among the guards."

After a brief silence in a Storage Room, Bai Zhi began to speak.

"... Try not to reveal the Special Effect of your Skill, otherwise the Skill will be sealed. However, Skill that come with Equipment and items are not included in this category."

"If you were hiding so well, why did you come out at that time?"

Turning his head, Fireworks of Romance spoke softly.

"So I told you, you're all idiots..."

"You talk about him like that? Weren't you an idiot just like him before? That fall you made earlier almost gave me a concussion..."

Bai Zhi tossed the Hourglass back to the other person and exhaled.

"Steel Bones should still be alive, at least until that damned ritual tonight. That's not the problem right now; we don't have the ability to save him yet. I'm more concerned about other things... We have a traitor among us, no, or rather, Player from Otherworld."

"Otherworld Player?"

After taking the Hourglass and hearing Bai Zhi's words, Fireworks of Romance was taken aback.

Why do you think that?

"It's simple, because we were ambushed and outmaneuvered by that Otherworld Player hiding among us."

Bai Zhi's face remained expressionless.

"I was already in a hurry, and I only rested for less than three minutes in that storage room. But in those short three minutes, the other side knew exactly where we were headed and ambushed us there in advance... How did they know that our next destination was the Underground Library?"

"... That's right, only those who, like us, read that Notebook would know we were heading to the Library to look for clues."

After a moment's thought, Fireworks of Romance pressed his forehead hard with his hand.

"If there is indeed an Otherworld Player infiltrated into our Player group, then they certainly have a reason to do so... their mission is to wipe us all out here."

"When you came to me the first night, you said that [the I’llCarryYouGuys] was murdered. How could you be so sure?"

Slightly narrowing his eyes, Bai Zhi raised his head to look at the Fireworks of Romance before him.

"At that time, who did you suspect?"

"[The Colorful Black], because I saw him pat the other person on the shoulder, and the cause of death of [I’llCarryYouGuys] is too suspicious. I suspect it was him who did it. There are quite a few suspicious things about him."

Fireworks of Romance had no intention of hiding such things.

"But [the Colorful Black] is dead."

"I know, but that doesn't stop me from being suspicious of him, does it?"

"...[March-shi], [Fengxi’s Bone], [Between Heaven and Earth’s Mountains and Seas], that Otherworld Player should be among the three of them."

After a moment of silence, Bai Zhi turned his head.

"One of them leaked our intelligence, which is why we were surrounded at the Underground Library."

"What about [Dead Zero▪Indefinite]?"

Fireworks of Romance frowned slightly.

"Generally speaking, those who are quiet and reserved are the most likely to be the Mastermind."

"Oh, she can't be."

"Why?"

"Because she used to be my ex-girlfriend."

"... You have a girlfriend?"

For some reason, the conversation about Fireworks of Romance suddenly became somewhat subtle.

"It used to exist, but it doesn't anymore."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi shook his head.

"We've digressed. Let's get back to business. If we really were betrayed by that Otherworld Player who might be in our team, then we need to be extremely careful from now on, and we also need to find a way to get Steel Bones..."

Before he could finish his sentence, as if he had suddenly thought of something, Bai Zhi's expression changed drastically.

"What's wrong?"

Noticing the change in Bai Zhi's expression, Fireworks of Romance couldn't help but ask him a question with a hint of curiosity.

"Remember that painting we saw in the castle corridor outside? That altar that executed [the Colorful Black]... To whom do you think that so-called Human Sacrifice was offered?"

Taking a deep breath, Bai Zhi got up and quickly went to the window. After looking around, he casually pulled over a table and stood on it.

"The mutated guards and Maid within the castle, coupled with the countless crimson tentacles projected from the Leaden Gray Overcast Clouds above the entire Rose Manor, I seem to vaguely guess at some truth about this Rose Manor... The death of [the Colorful Black] is not so simple!!"

"Uh... what truth? What have you discovered this time?"

Listening to someone's words, Fireworks of Romance felt as if she were listening to gibberish, completely bewildered.

She just couldn't understand it. Both sides had the same information, so why couldn't she understand what the other was saying?

Upon seeing Bai Zhi's actions, she was immediately startled and hurriedly stood up as well.

"Are you crazy!? Didn't I tell you before that you shouldn't look outside for too long!? In such a short time, you can't possibly recover most of the Sanity you used up. Do you want to turn into Monster like those guards!?"

"I told you, I'm a billion times more Sanity than you, so don't worry."

Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly as he turned his gaze outside the castle.

"Furthermore, regarding your previous question, I can also tell you that I suspect this castle we're currently in... is still not the true Core Zone!!!"