"If there aren't any questions, let's get going. If we keep talking, even the meat soup might get cold." Sha Linghai had finished explaining his theory. He believed they were in the past after time had been rewound, at a point when the brides were still alive, and what they needed to do was play detective.
"That old steward just said dawn was still a long way off, but the Administrator's information said the brides would be found drowned in the pond early on the morning after they entered the residence. We might not have much time."
Sha Linghai took the lead, walking along the Curved Bridge.
"Wait." Lin Wenhua suddenly spoke, making Huang Qi stop just as he was about to follow Sha Linghai. "Mr. Sha, what you said makes sense, but there are a few things everyone should probably know."
The other Players looked at Lin Wenhua in confusion.
None of them knew why the old steward thought Lin Wenhua was a learned man. His striking red hair and assortment of earrings, lip rings, and nose rings made it all too easy for strangers to see him as unreliable. But perhaps because his expression was so serious at that moment, the young girl Wen Wen stopped after Huang Qi as well, standing there and waiting for Lin Wenhua to continue.
"Huang Qi should remember this too. Back in the Real World, he and I went to an abandoned park, and I saw some truly terrifying beings there." Lin Wenhua was not sure what was wrong with his eyes either, but he felt he needed to tell the Players before him what had happened to him. After all, they were companions trying to clear this game together.
"Terrifying? Didn't we only see a student from No. 1 Middle School