Chen Ling and Wang Qi both nodded, indicating that they agreed with Liu Xing's idea as well. As for Bai He Cheng... he no longer had any say in the matter. When the time came, he just needed to follow them and run.
"Alright, we've more or less settled on our route out of the castle. If we get the chance, Wang Qi, you should go to the main gate and activate the Electric Door Opener first. The rest of us will find a way to hold off the BOSS and Old Wayne. Unless something unexpected happens, the Electric Door Opener is definitely going to make a lot of noise. If I'm not mistaken, it's powered by a diesel engine generator. If we all just stand around waiting at the castle gate, we'll probably end up getting wiped out by the BOSS." Liu Xing added another suggestion.
Everyone nodded in agreement. After all, they had all watched horror movies and played horror games. They knew that tools needed for the final escape often made tremendous noise when activated, drawing countless monsters and the BOSS over. The Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG would be no exception.
After tentatively deciding on their escape route and plan, Liu Xing relayed KP004's friendly reminder regarding the Other Languages skill to Bai He Cheng and the others, then asked whether any of them had put points into Other Languages.
Sure enough, Bai He Cheng and the others all said they had never put points into Other Languages...
Hearing that, Liu Xing could not help feeling lucky again. If his Investigation Critical Success had not turned that Operation Manual into a Chinese version, then a bunch of "illiterates" like them probably would not have understood its contents...
After they finished discussing these matters, KP004 stepped in at just the right moment once again. "Alright, Escape Room Time is over. By the way, you still have one final Escape Room available in this session. Please use it carefully."
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow. Without an Escape Room, the exchange of information between Players would be severely affected.
But that was not the issue. The issue was... the Castle Lord had returned.
Liu Xing heard a car horn outside the castle, followed by the roar of a diesel engine starting up. Clearly, the Electric Door Opener was operating.
"That really is loud. If it went off in the middle of the night, it would definitely ruin people's sleep," Chen Ling said meaningfully.
If nothing unexpected happened, Liu Xing and his group would escape the castle at around eleven o'clock at night.
Liu Xing nodded and made a suggestion. "Looks like the Castle Lord is back. Should we go out and greet him?"
Wang Si Yi shook her head and refused. "Forget it. I think we should stay in the room and take good care of Bai He Cheng for now. Once his condition improves, it won't be too late to meet the Castle Lord."
Liu Xing understood what Wang Si Yi meant. She wanted to wait until Bai He Cheng recovered from his Pseudo-Disability before going to meet the Castle Lord together.
This time, Wang Qi and the others also sided with Wang Si Yi. After all, it never hurt to be cautious.
And so, the minority yielded to the majority. Liu Xing could only stay in the room and continue chatting aimlessly with Bai He Cheng and the others.
After a while, Liu Xing heard footsteps coming up the stairs. The Castle Lord had probably returned to the second floor.
At the same time, Old Wayne arrived outside the door. "My friends, Lord has returned. In half an hour, Lord will host a banquet for you all in the hall. I hope you will attend on time."
Liu Xing smiled and nodded. "We understand, Butler Wayne. We'll definitely be there on time."
Old Wayne chuckled, then turned and left.
Liu Xing looked at Bai He Cheng and could not help sighing. "With Bai He Cheng in his current condition, he probably won't recover within half an hour. We need to come up with a good excuse. We can't let the Castle Lord know that we took his parchment scroll, or things will become troublesome."
Chen Ling nodded. "How about this? We'll say Bai He Cheng has some strange illness that causes intermittent numbness and blindness. What do you think?"
"That is a pretty good excuse, but who should tell him? We need to choose someone suitable. We can't let the Castle Lord see through us at a glance," Wang Si Yi said seriously, tapping the table with her finger.
In the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG, aside from Players, some important NPCs and Mythical Creatures possessed their own attributes and skills. So Wang Si Yi was clearly wondering whether the Castle Lord had the Psychology skill.
Therefore, Liu Xing, the only Player in this session with the Psychology skill, naturally stepped forward. "Let me do it. I audited some Psychology classes in college, so I'm fairly confident in that area. The Castle Lord probably won't see through me."
Wang Qi and the others all knew that Liu Xing's Psychology skill was at 70, so they agreed to let Liu Xing handle the conversation with the Castle Lord. If the Castle Lord also had the Psychology skill, Liu Xing could fight fire with fire and engage him in a Psychology contest.
Liu Xing and the others chatted for a while longer. Once they figured the time was about right, they headed to the living room together. Since Bai He Cheng had not recovered yet, Chen Ling placed him at the lower end of the dining table, farthest from the Castle Lord, to ensure that the Castle Lord would not immediately notice anything unusual about him.
Once Liu Xing and the others had taken their seats, they saw Old Wayne push a serving cart into the living room. Behind him stood a middle-aged man in a red suit, who appeared to be around forty years old.
However, something about the Castle Lord made Liu Xing uncomfortable. Like Isabella, the Castle Lord had blood-red eyes. But in Liu Xing's eyes, Isabella's were as flawless and beautiful as rubies, while the Castle Lord's eyes looked filthy and evil.
"The instant you see the Castle Lord, you find his eyes exceedingly strange, like a pool of blood that draws your consciousness into it. Therefore, all Players, make an Inspiration roll here. On a success, lose one SAN Value." KP004 stepped in at precisely the right moment again. Clearly, this was aimed at Liu Xing, considering his Inspiration score was as high as 90!
Liu Xing, 74/90, success. Wang Qi, 11/70, success. Wang Si Yi, 61/60, failure. Chen Ling, 37/60, success. Bai He Cheng, 4/70, Critical Success.
The instant the results came out, everyone turned to look at Bai He Cheng. No one had expected him to roll a Critical Success here!
But Liu Xing suddenly realized something. Wasn't Bai He Cheng blind?!
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