At the staircase leading from the second floor of the castle to the third.
Alice and Gold-Rimmed Glasses Man walked ahead, while Su Xiao and Bubu Wang followed somewhat farther behind.
When Su Xiao stepped onto the staircase from the second floor to the third, he once again felt himself pass through a thin membrane. He instinctively looked toward the second floor. It still looked the same as before, with rows of dining tables arranged neatly.
Yet from Su Xiao's current perspective, looking toward the second floor gave him the strange feeling of looking into another world. Though it was within arm's reach, it felt as if it were separated by thousands of miles.
"Brave warrior, what's wrong?"
Alice stopped and asked in a gentle tone.
"Nothing. I just left something behind on the second floor."
"That's unfortunate."
Alice continued walking up the stairs.
"Unfortunate?"
Su Xiao had indeed left something behind on the second floor—a coordinate transmitter. This gave him some information: every floor of the castle might exist independently, making it nearly impossible to return to the second or first floor.
From the senses, the castle's structure seemed perfectly normal. It should have been connected from top to bottom, but in reality, that wasn't the case. Every floor of the castle was tightly sealed off. Unless Alice or the Wolf Butler guided them, they couldn't enter other parts of the castle. In other words, there was no way out of the game.
After discovering this, Su Xiao stepped toward the upper end of the stairs.
After pushing open a metal door, Su Xiao arrived on the third floor. Its structure surprised him slightly.
The third floor resembled a private residence, covering several hundred square meters. The area immediately beyond the entrance was a large living room with somewhat