Chapter 94 "Security Guards"
Yu Sheng suddenly gained a whole new understanding of the "peace" in the worldview of the Spirit Realm Detectives and investigators of The Crossroads.
A place this sinister and bizarre could actually be described as "peaceful"?
But after thinking briefly about the valley from before, he suddenly felt that Little Red Riding Hood's statement made sense after all—although "Museum Night" was somewhat eerie, it was still merely eerie. It had a set of rules that allowed people to move around safely, and as long as they followed those rules, nothing would go wrong. The valley, however, contained an entity that would hunt people down and kill them no matter how obediently they followed the rules. Lethal dangers were scattered throughout the entire Otherworld. From the perspective of lethality, the latter was clearly far more dangerous.
The most important criterion distinguishing Danger Level Two from Danger Level Three was whether the lethal factors within the environment could be avoided by following the rules. In Otherworlds and entities with a Danger Level of Three or higher, their lethality took effect unconditionally.
"The thing we're looking for is a statue called 'The Weeper.' It's a small statue, varying in size from fifteen to twenty-five centimeters," Little Red Riding Hood explained in a low voice to Yu Sheng and Huli while carefully observing the corridor. "It depicts a weeping woman covering her face. It's a half-length figure with abstract lines and a hollowed-out back. Under normal circumstances, this little statue is placed in a separate white hall. It's the only exhibit in the hall, and no one guards it, so as long as we can find the white hall, taking the statue will be fairly easy."
Yu Sheng followed beside Little Red Riding Hood, curiously observing the "museum" as he