Chapter 280: Bait at the Door
He turned to Xu Huo. "We found quite a few passages like these in the Ancient Castle. They don't just lead to adjoining rooms; they also connect to the kitchen and the main hall downstairs."
"The game hasn't started yet, but Jin Zhao thinks it might have something to do with the castle's layout, so he wants to map out the passages in advance," Peng Ru said. "Splitting up is dangerous, but the two of us would take too long on our own. How about the four of us split up? I'll look for Miss Yan, and you can go with Jin Zhao?"
"Sure." Xu Huo didn't refuse, but he reminded her, "Be careful. The player who was chasing Yan Jiayu and the one I just killed are twins. I don't know if they can both use that strange Ability."
Peng Ru looked surprised. "I've never heard of the same Ability appearing twice. If they have the same effect, they're probably using an item."
Xu Huo's brows lifted slightly. "I didn't fight them for long, so I don't know much."
Peng Ru nodded and went into the passage.
Xu Huo and Jin Zhao entered the passage afterward, but headed in different directions.
After feeling his way along the passage for a while, Xu Huo realized that most of the passages weren't connected. Put simply, they were more like extra corridors between rooms. You could enter one through a decorative painting or a bathroom vanity mirror, and it would lead to a movable wall panel or bathroom in another room, linking a whole row of rooms together.
"This setup feels a bit like a haunted house," Jin Zhao mused.
Just then, the Ancient Castle began to tremble faintly. The two exchanged a glance and hurried