A new day at the Lorimas Grand Hotel officially began the moment Peng Zhen, the players' temporary leader, announced that everyone could leave their rooms.
Although there was no daytime in the Nightmare World, the lobby of the Lorimaris Hotel was as bright as day. Perhaps because a new day had arrived, the antique record player on the front desk, which had looked like a mere decoration, began to turn. Classical music matching the hotel's overall style filled the lobby.
The door leading from the lobby to the hotel garden had also opened, offering a faint glimpse of the sea of red roses and the small gazebo beneath the garden lights.
Uniformed attendants the players had never seen before also moved between the lobby and the garden.
Most of the players looked rather lost. Many had spent an exhausting night holding out in their rooms, yet they had seen neither supernatural horrors nor so much as a bug. Although Peng Zhen had now gathered them in the lobby to welcome the new day, everyone was tired and ravenous, their brains barely able to function.
"What exactly are we supposed to be doing in this hotel?" Some of the players had already begun questioning things. "Gathering in the lobby every day like schoolchildren? Shouldn't we be investigating all that ghostly wailing we heard last night?"
"Professor Cheng, university professors like you are usually very knowledgeable. Have you found any clues?"
Several people turned their attention to Cheng Xun in the crowd. Even standing among everyone else, he had the unmistakable air of an old scholar. With so many people looking at him, he hesitated a little, but still attempted an analysis. "Survival missions in the Nightmare World generally become progressively harder, especially when we have to survive in this hotel for