"Crunch, crunch..."
The wheels of the dinner wheel turned, and the silver dinner plates swayed slightly.
Her pushed the dining cart and walked step by step towards the living room. The sound of the wheels turning was particularly clear in the silent corridor.
As an experienced Investigator, collecting and analyzing information has become a subconscious behavior for him. As he walked forward, he observed his surroundings with a critical attitude.
It was already dark at this time, and the cold silver moonlight shot in from the window. Through the green vines and the budding trees in Courtyard, we could deduce that it was early spring.
From the neatness of the corridor, we can know that this mansion is managed in a very orderly manner, but the decoration of this mansion is extremely boring, with almost no decorations. From this contrast, we can infer that Xia Lun is most likely a pragmatist who advocates simplicity.
"A pragmatist scientist. People with this personality are generally eccentric. Maybe I can discuss the terms with him directly."
Her While pushing the cart forward, he was thinking about the next negotiation strategy. However, as he walked, a glimmer of inspiration suddenly flashed in his heart...
Feeling blessed, he turned to look out the window, and out of the corner of his eye Light Spiral caught a strange scene.
To the east of Courtyard is a Artificial River, and on the other side of the Artificial River is a stretch of Fir Forest. It is obviously early spring when everything is full of vitality, but for some reason, several trees have withered in extremely bizarre ways, as if their Life Force has been completely sucked dry.
What's even more weird is that in the soil next to the withered trees, you can still vaguely see the carcasses of several half-buried cows, but the carcasses of the cows are as dry as chewed drinks bottles, and their purple skin is tightly attached to the bones, as if they have been weathered for a long time.
mummy.
Across a long distance, the hollow eyes of the young corpses were staring at Her. His vision blurred slightly. In a trance, the cracked fir bark seemed to have turned into eyes filled with blood and tears. All the eyes were staring at him, and Her's heartbeat could not help but accelerate rapidly.
"Dong dong, dong dong, dong dong..."
His mouth was dry, his vision was narrowed, and nausea and dizziness hit his heart. He took a deep breath, relied on his will to forcefully break away from the strange gravity from the corpse, and hurriedly withdrew his sight!
"Huh... huh..." He breathed heavily and quickly checked Information Panel.
[Your skill "Artistic Inspiration" has been triggered, you have discovered the wonder here!]
[Warning: You witnessed "Corpse of Extinguished Vitality" and turned it into your Artistic Inspiration. Your Mental Health status was slightly damaged!]
[Current Mental Health status: 90/98 (slight imbalance and dizziness)
"Scenario dropped Mental Health just after the game started?" Her looked shocked, "Isn't this wrong? It should be a safe time now?"
He took a deep breath again and cheered up slightly. "Just the victim's Remnant can cause this kind of Mental Health damage effect. It seems that the Evil Spirit behind this round of Scenario is very difficult to deal with..."
"But thinking optimistically, this may be a reminder. Maybe the Evil Spirit behind this round of Scenario has a special ability similar to absorbing the vitality of all things."
"Hiss, if the true form of the Reckoner" is this Evil Spirit, then this round of Scenario will be difficult to deal with. Evil Spirit of the Life Drain type is already difficult to deal with, and this time the enemy is obviously a bit beyond the standard..."
But the next moment, Her seemed to have figured something out, and the worry on his face immediately dissipated.
"No, this is actually a good thing. A strong enemy must mean that my teammates this time are strong. It seems that Awu" should be that rare fighting Specialization type Player, and maybe the natives in this round of Scenario will be more powerful..."
Worrying about gain and loss, Her had already pushed the dining cart outside the living room door.
At this time, the door was half open, and with 14 points of perception, Her faintly heard the conversation in the living room.
"So, the only chance of survival for elite lawyer DeVaughn is actually to keep silent. Wolf Mask, who calls himself the Reckoner, obviously has a strong desire to perform and the idea of dramatizing the development of the situation. If he responds actively at this time, he will fall into the other party's rhythm." The calm male voice talked eloquently.
"Sir Xia Lun, I think DeVaughn actually has another way to survive." Another slightly rough voice sounded.
"What method?" The steady male voice sounded again, "It's not about resisting the electric shock, right?"
"Hahaha, interesting joke, sir." A third polite voice sounded, and Her knew that it was the voice of the butler Carson, "Your joke telling skills have improved again - so, what is the other method of survival you mentioned?"
"..." The slightly rough voice fell silent.
The remaining two people also fell silent. "..."
The silence in the living room was deafening.
"Mr. Keke, the meal should be here, I'll go get it." As if to cover up his embarrassment, the man with a rough voice said while standing up, and then strode towards the direction of Her.
Her's heart moved, the opportunity has come!
If things go smoothly, he can find an opportunity to talk to Xia Lun alone, and then he will be able to reap huge benefits!
Without any hesitation, he pushed open the door, lowered his head, and pushed the dining car into the living room.
And the moment he walked into the living room, he glanced out of the corner of his eye, facing Xia Lun sitting at the head of the dining table, and directly activated Information Panel's own mechanical ability "Attribute Reading"!
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle. If you want to trick Xia Lun, a famous scientist, into becoming your teammate, it will definitely not be enough to just rely on delicious food. He also has to collect enough information to speak to the patient!
As an old Investigator who has conducted more than 50 rounds of Scenario, he has even strengthened the mechanism of the "Attribute Reading" system. He can also see the threat level of the object to himself, so that he can more effectively arrange the tactical positioning of Xia Lun during the battle.
In a flash of lightning, a large piece of information flashed across the corner of Her's eyes like mercury pouring down the ground. He looked at the first line of the information with great expectation.
[Name:???]
[Relationship:???]
[Physical Health level:???]
[Mental Health Status:?!?]
[Threat Assessment:??? Unable to describe???]
Huh?
Her opened his eyes wide, unable to believe his eyes for a moment.
Why is this all gibberish?
Are you kidding!?
The performance of the revived Evil God in the town Scenario three rounds ago was not so exaggerated, right?
What the hell is going on?!
As the emotions surged, the garbled codes and question marks suddenly began to twist, and they neighed like some kind of worms. Then they burrowed into Her's brain like lightning, slowly biting the gray matter of the brain, emptying the white matter of the brain, and slowly multiplied in the ravines and blood vessels...
[Your skill "Artistic Inspiration" has been triggered, and you have discovered the wonder of Xia Lun!]
[Warning: You peeked at "Endash Quiet Speaker Xia Lun", and your Mental Health took a big hit!]
[Current Mental Health status: 40/92 (short-term continuous attacks, microscopic hallucinations, close to temporary madness)]
"Are you okay?" Security Captain, with a rough voice, asked with some worry, "Her, if you feel uncomfortable, please take leave..."
Her woke up with horror. He came back to his senses. The hallucination dissipated instantly, but his body was shaking uncontrollably. Every cell in his body seemed to be screaming to escape, but with his strong will, he still forcibly restrained the urge to escape!
Unfortunately, in this round Scenario, he bumped into the hidden boss just as he left the house!
But facing the super terrifying ultimate Greater Evil Spirit like Xia Lun, you must not expose the fact that you have discovered the opponent's nature, otherwise you will definitely be silenced!
With extremely strong psychological quality, Her smiled apologetically at Security Captain. However, at this moment, a line of warm blood drops suddenly slipped from the nasal cavity, narrowly missing the dinner plate, hitting the ground, squirming and shattering into crisp snaps among the blooming blood flowers.
"Plop, tap, tap..."
At this moment, Her felt as if his heart had slowed down by half a beat. He quickly picked up the napkin and immediately blocked the bleeding nostrils.
What if this blood dripped on the dinner plate?
He was already late, and if the meal was ruined again, it would be entirely possible for Greater Evil Spirit to go on a rampage and kill someone!
After all, according to his experience, not being able to eat when you are hungry brings you as much frustration as not being able to find the toilet when you have diarrhea!
At this time, Her has completely given up the idea of conquering Xia Lun as a teammate through delicious food and good words. He just wants to leave this ghost place as soon as possible!
"Sorry, I haven't had much rest. Everyone has been waiting for a long time. This is the additional meal requested, two seafood noodles."
"Are you sick?" Butler Carson glanced at the blood stains on the ground. "If you are sick, report it in time. This is not only responsible for your own health, but also for everyone's health. Although Marienbosh should have got off work, you'd better see her immediately.
Look."
"Okay!"
Although Her is proud of being Master Chef, as the saying goes, the situation is stronger than the person, at this moment he had to salute in front of him, and then quickly retreated.
However, just when he was about to escape, Xia Lun, who had been silent all this time, spoke.
"Wait a minute."
Her's movements froze slightly. He took a deep breath, barely maintaining his concentration, and then Humility looked at the ground at Xia Lun's feet.
"Sir, what are your orders?"
"Carson, Baoli, you guys eat here first, I have something to talk to Her alone." Xia Lun stood up slowly, "Don't be so worried, don't worry, Her definitely doesn't have a serious infectious disease."
Hearing this, Her felt like falling into an ice cave!
Although before entering the door, his original goal was to talk to Xia Lun alone; but now, what he originally longed for has turned into horrific news that left him shaken!
At this moment, Her even felt a hint of bitterness in his heart.
As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, your shoes will never get wet. After successfully surviving more than fifty rounds of Scenario, he was finally going to overturn!
Dejected, Her and Xia Lun slowly walked to the corridor, although Mental Health was about to collapse and knew that there was no way to survive.
Yes, but Her still did not give up the struggle. He followed Xia Lun honestly for a few steps, and then wanted to Stealth run away around a corner...
But at this moment, Xia Lun once again made a surprising statement.
"Her, if my guess is correct, you should have been temporarily replaced by Player" now, right?"
!?
Her raised his head suddenly, his expression distorted and frightened!