Normal people didn't suddenly go insane. Since arriving here, the Players had been careful about what they ate. They either ate food they'd brought with them or tested anything they bought outside in various ways. There was no possibility of poisoning.
But the Player before them looked so out of his mind that it sent a chill down their spines. Even avoiding the known triggers for disappearances didn't let them completely escape the Dungeon's influence, and they didn't even know where that influence came from.
"It's the decorative patterns in the hotel." Liu Shiyan's expression was grave. "Those designs have a psychological suggestive effect."
Many Players already knew this. Even if they hadn't realized it when they first arrived, after two days of staying there, they'd figured it out.
"Could it be that the longer you stay, the more susceptible you become?" The Player with an artistic style shrugged. "If that's the case, why not move out and stay at a guesthouse sooner?"
"The guesthouses aren't any better," Cao Dong said, looking unwell. "You think nobody's tried staying there?"
Since they knew there was something wrong with the idols being worshipped, most Players wouldn't stay in rooms offered by the locals. Whether they paid or used force, keeping away from the idols was basic procedure. But even so, people were still disappearing every day.
"Half the hotel's burned down. If we don't stay at a guesthouse, where else can we go?" The artistic Player tossed his long hair and left with an arm around two female Players.
The baby-faced female Player who'd come with them also slung on her backpack and left, but she headed in the opposite direction.
The hotel had mostly burned down, and its danger was plain to see. At this point, they had no choice but