Lu Mi checked the rooms on this floor twice more, confirming that every room had been assigned a player and that Cheng Cheng was not among them.
The dead players still looked like Yu Qingchen. That was the most worrying part.
"Could Cheng Cheng be dead?" Lu Mi murmured.
They were still using Yu Qingchen's body when they died, so there was no way to tell them apart.
But how could that be? Such a cheerful boy, the top-ranked player in the entire Divine Punishment Game.
Seeing his grave expression, Shen Yiwen thought of a possibility:
"Cheng Cheng has cleared more instances than we have. Maybe he's already been through this one, so the system assigned him to a different instance."
That sounded convincing. Lu Mi nodded firmly. "Let's go. We'll find the antidote first."
Lu Mi had cut the power to the entire house, leaving them with only flashlights for illumination.
The players' rooms occupied the entire third floor, and there was another floor above it.
As Lu Mi and Shen Yiwen headed upstairs, a faint female voice came from behind them.
"Wait, slow down."
Lu Mi stopped to wait for her and introduced her to Shen Yiwen. "Her name's Zhu Tong. She's a player too."
"Oh," Shen Yiwen said, without much interest.
At the top of the stairs was a large workshop with broad skylights and high windows. Looking up, they could see the night sky, devoid of stars or moonlight.
A spacious workbench stood in the center of the room, its surface marked by cuts.
A variety of equipment was neatly arranged beside it, including an Electric Carving Machine, a grinding wheel, pliers, and hammers, along with complete sets of measuring and drafting tools.
A tidy row of shelves lined the wall, holding various materials sorted by