After checking into their rooms, the players finally understood the reason behind the room numbers mentioned in the rules: none of the room numbers matched the floors.
Players live in various floors, but all doors only have the player's registered name, not a specific room number. Empty rooms are left blank.
Jiang Nuo observed that there were five players on the seventh floor where he lived: himself, Si Yan, Zhang Quan, a man wearing a vest, and a woman who looked thin but had a small skull doll on her shoulder.
Before entering their rooms, the group exchanged glances. Jiang Nuo suddenly smiled and waved to greet them, but no one spoke, and they silently entered their respective rooms.
"How cold-hearted."
Jiang Nuo couldn't help but sigh. She put her arm around Si Yan and led him into the house. The moment she closed the door, she was pressed against the door panel, her back against the door.
Seeing the meaningful look in Si Yan's eyes, and recalling her earlier boastful remarks, Jiang Nuo blinked innocently and gave Si Yan a quick kiss on the lips.
Si Yan: "..."
She was successfully kissed until she had no temper left.
He returned the kiss, then carried Jiang Nuo out of the entryway, looking around the hotel room.
The interior is very large, consisting of suites, and looks no different from a high-end hotel in the real world, but upon closer inspection, it reveals something eerie.
For example, when he turned on the tap to wash his hands, bloody water would flow out for more than ten seconds. Si Yan stared at it expressionlessly until the water became clear before continuing.
Another example is a ghostly figure flashing past the window on the seventh floor.
Jiang Nuo didn't even glance at it, continuing to cuddle and snuggle with Si Yan. It seemed that since arriving here, Si Yan wasn't the one who was more clingy.
"Although I can't remember their names, many of the players checking in today are on the leaderboard, so we need to be extra careful."
"Okay, I'll stay by my wife's side every step of the way." Si Yan lay half-reclined on the bed, chuckled softly, wrapped his arms around Jiang Nuo's shoulders and leaned against him, pulling the blanket up a little. "Wife, you have to take good care of me. After all, I'm weak and can't take care of myself. I can't live without you."
Jiang Nuo: "..."
He's waiting for me here.
Si Yan's competitive spirit is really strange.
[While the world of dungeons is in turmoil, our life as a couple is peaceful and serene~]
Si Jiaojiao's persona remains unshaken; being the ultimate dominant figure in the entertainment industry feels like a thing of the past!
[Someone's been knocking on the door for ages, haha, I'm starting to feel sorry for the NPCs.]
The knocking grew increasingly impatient. Jiang Nuo glanced at the wall clock; it was exactly eight o'clock, time for room check.
Jiang Nuo tucked Si Yan under the covers and slowly opened the door, only to be met with the manager's deathly expressionless face. "Guest, didn't you hear the knocking?"
Jiang Nuo pinched her earlobe, then opened it and said, "Actually, I have a hearing impairment."
Hotel Manager: "..." What the hell are you talking about?
The manager forced a chilling smile through his contorted face, then looked into the suite. "Is the other guest here too?"
Si Yan walked out of the bedroom with a cold expression that was even more frightening than the manager's, and even showed a hint of impatience at being interrupted.
The manager's eyes flickered with a moment of speechlessness.
While all the players are living in fear, you're flirting in the hotel.
"Okay, room check complete. Please make sure both guests come downstairs for dinner."
The manager turned and left to notify the people on other floors.
Jiang Nuo went outside, Zhang Quan came over and asked, "Is the food edible?"
"Logically, it should be edible, so there's no need to worry too much."
Jiang Nuo answered casually, Zhang Quan nodded, then heard a mocking laugh.
"How many times have you been into a dungeon? You don't even know this kind of thing and you still managed to sneak into a six-star dungeon? Don't be surprised how you died."
The man in the vest, cigarette dangling from his lips, leaned against the door and sneered. His triangular, slanted eyes swept over Zhang Quan from head to toe, and he chuckled, "Not a newbie, is he?"
Zhang Quan gave him a strange look, then silently tapped the watch to reveal the same level as Jiang Nuo.
"Holy crap..."
The man in the vest was so startled that he dropped his cigarette and didn't dare to pick it up. He gritted his teeth in annoyance, "You... what kind of newbie are you pretending to be at the highest level? Are you kidding me!"
It seems strange that someone who wasn't even on the list suddenly appeared at the highest level.
The man in the vest seemed to have thought of something, hurriedly stubbed out his cigarette and went downstairs, deliberately taking the elevator before Jiang Nuo.
[ Zhang Quan is truly shrouded in mystery! What exactly is his identity?!]
[Interested ladies can check out the supertopic; some people are speculating that after Jiang Nuo saved him, he was no longer human—it's quite a far-fetched theory.]
What I find most strange is that Zhang Quan and Jiang Nuo have such a special relationship, yet Si Jiaojiao, isn't angry at all!
The woman who kept the skeleton doll walked out of the room, glanced at Zhang Quan, and still didn't say anything. She silently went downstairs, but the skeleton doll on her shoulder waved at Zhang Quan.
Zhang Quan felt a strange sense of... intimacy.
He looked at Jiang Nuo with a puzzled expression, only to see the two of them embracing again.
Zhang Quan twitched his lips helplessly, then pressed the elevator button, intending to ask again later.