The Bell Was Finally in Hand
The Ruby necklace's suggestion was certainly a challenge for Black Eye and the others, but having a lot of people had its advantages. As long as the Dungeon Boss didn't go berserk and suddenly kill them all, this was their opportunity.
Eight o'clock was fast approaching. Before then, the players had divided up the territory without interfering with one another, finding the corresponding rooms based on where the Small Compartments had appeared the previous day.
There weren't enough rooms for everyone to have one, given the number of Small Compartments. But before any friction arose, some people took the initiative and chose to share. The silver-armored woman from the Bailin Association even led some of her people into other spaces.
It seemed everyone had their own considerations.
This time, Xu Huo chose a room on the second floor. There were only three Small Compartments on that level, with Black Eye and Cong Lei on either side of him. Yue Yan'er, Wang Xin, and the others were on the floors above and below. Sparrow wanted to squeeze into his room, but he refused. Not only that, Xu Huo told her to go to the basement.
Sparrow was rather annoyed, but she didn't argue with him. Instead, she followed his suggestion and headed downstairs.
Xu Huo didn't bother checking whether she had actually gone. As he waited outside his door, the short old man passing by the stairs smiled at him slightly, as if offering a friendly gesture.
Xu Huo simply looked at him, making no response.
The short old man only shook his head slightly, as if he didn't want to argue with a young man, then ambled upstairs.
With only a few minutes left, the buzz-cut middle-aged man who had already gone downstairs suddenly