"It might not be that simple," Zhou Donghe said after a moment's hesitation. "I think the servers might be more dangerous at night. There are so many people in the back kitchen, after all. Maybe they come out at night. Besides, this is a restaurant, not a hotel. It's normal not to have room service at night."
Xu Huo nodded. "You have a point. The first hurdle we'll face is definitely the other players."
After all, they had to compete for rooms, and that was the only information the Server had mentioned besides the voting.
The clock on the restaurant wall ticked over to eight. As the lights went out, everyone was swallowed by thick darkness. This wasn't an ordinary night—even players with night vision could barely see what was around them. They could only rely on their ears.
In an instant, the entire restaurant fell dead silent. Amid the deliberately restrained breathing, a sharp snap suddenly rang out, like a switch being flipped. The next second, lights came on in two corners of the restaurant.
The two dim wall lamps weren't enough to illuminate the restaurant, but they gave the players enough light to see. The restaurant, which had looked resplendent during the day, was now steeped in a chilling gloom. The chairs, the chandeliers overhead, the instruments in the corners, the bar in the middle—anywhere shadows overlapped seemed shrouded in a hazy gray mist, making it impossible to see clearly.
The floor near the lights was a little clearer, enough to reveal that the beautiful, clean carpets from the daytime were now stained with all kinds of grime. The dark stains were impossible to identify, and a thick layer of dust covered them as well.
None of that mattered, though. Two corridors had appeared where the wall lamps