The front door stood ajar, and it creaked the moment he pushed it open.
Amid the piercing sound, like fingernails slowly scraping across a blackboard, dust billowed up to meet him.
Raising an arm to shield himself from the dust, Bai Zhi stepped into the decrepit house.
The first floor was the living room. It was obvious that no one had lived here for a long time. A thick layer of dust covered the floor, and even the slightest step left an unusually clear footprint.
〔Current Item: needle and thread〕
〔Hint: She used to love the food I cooked.〕
〔Note: The next item will be revealed after the needle and thread is found.〕 ```
Since this was a Strategy Tile, the corresponding Strategy Task naturally came with related hints. Otherwise, finding a tiny needle in such a large three-story house within half an hour would be a miracle.
"Needle and thread..."
After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi headed toward the kitchen.
In this kind of Strategy Tile, participants were stripped of all supernatural abilities. They were basically no different from common people, so there was no harm in being careful.
Find six items in a long-abandoned three-story house. The next item would be revealed once the previous one had been found. The objective sounded simple, but who knew what kind of traps were hidden here?
After all, a place like this looked like the perfect setting for a haunting...
The kitchen had a common L-shaped layout. One side held the sink, dishes, chopsticks, and assorted odds and ends, while the other had the range hood and stove.
In the inner corner of the L-shaped kitchen sat an overflowing Trash Can, coated in an unknown dark red viscous substance. The refrigerator by the kitchen entrance stood slightly open, and an