Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 760 - 761 A Judgment Question_1

Chapter 760: Chapter 761 A Judgment Question_1

"Stop it!"

The one who had previously suggested breaking through by force was commanding his Beast Tamer to confront it, but the adversary was incredibly agile, with a fierce swipe of its claw, darkness instantly enveloped everyone.

As the darkness dissipated, everyone took in the surroundings and were briefly stunned.

"Is this... starting over?"

Dou Yanlan observed the pristine corridor and said,

"After all, it’s a horror game; they wouldn’t just let you brute force your way through."

The few who had made the earlier suggestion scratched their heads in embarrassment, and Chen Xin, smiling, said,

"Well, you don’t know until you try, right? Now that we’ve restarted, let’s take a closer look around."

At this moment, everyone was still somewhat panicked; after all, the cloaked figure had been extremely frightening, and if it weren’t for the darkness that appeared, everyone would have thought someone might get killed.

Seeing the surroundings began to gradually change, Feng Yuan quickly cautioned,

"If we don’t move now, we’ll have to start over again~"

"Go!"

Now was not the time to rest; although one could directly leave by giving up the visit through their identity card, no one present was willing to bring that up, as they did not believe they couldn’t get past such a haunted house.

"Did we guess something wrong?"

Hearing that familiar creaking sound once again, Qi Chen, out of breath, spoke helplessly; Dou Yanlan, holding the newspapers in her hand, said,

"Not necessarily, don’t push the door yet, let me think for a moment."

"Did you find something?"

"Take a look at these newspapers yourself."

Dou Yanlan handed the newspapers to Chen Xin, which she had picked up from a table while passing by the corner; after quickly scanning through them, Chen Xin exclaimed in surprise,

"Is it related to that table?"

There was nothing particularly noteworthy on the newspapers, apart from each one displaying different dates, and the content was all current news of the time, with no specifically strange occurrences within them.

Nodding, Dou Yanlan said,

"Very likely, and I suspect the key to breaking through is to rush there right from the start; otherwise, this door for resetting has no purpose."

As Dou Yanlan spoke, she looked towards the door that had been pushed open several times. Although it could be said it was for restarting the level, in reality, the timing when the door could be pushed open wasn’t far from when the cloaked figure would appear. If there was no special meaning, it would be entirely possible to rely on the cloaked figure to restart the level, creating a more oppressive feeling.

Now, with this door, they could avoid facing the cloaked figure and directly restart the level as soon as the sound was heard. With Dou Yanlan’s explanation, everyone had to admit that her speculation could be very likely.

"Then let’s try it your way."

Chen Xin said to Dou Yanlan with a smile, as they had been stuck on this level for too long, and she trusted Dou Yanlan’s analysis, who was one of the few in their class with the potential to be a commander.

Dou Yanlan nodded to everyone and said,

"Are you all ready? As soon as we open the door, start running immediately, and don’t stop."

Once everyone was prepared, Dou Yanlan took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and dashed towards where she remembered the table to be. Fortunately, since no one was wearing a skirt to visit, there were no concerns about being impeded in their movements.

"Phew! Just around that corner is the table..."

Dou Yanlan said, slightly excited and breathless. Qi Chen was following closely behind her, worried about Dou Yanlan. As they turned the corner, Dou Yanlan abruptly stopped.

"How can this be!"

The cloaked figure glanced at Dou Yanlan, who had stopped, and then it crashed through the window and escaped. That’s when Dou Yanlan finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least proving her deduction wasn’t wrong.

"Is this... a family portrait?"

Approaching the table, Dou Yanlan picked up something that hadn’t been seen before—a picture frame containing a family photo. It seemed the cloaked figure was trying to take this item.

"Doesn’t look like there are any clues, though, if we dismantle it..."

"It’ll probably go berserk..."

Hearing Dou Yanlan’s words, Feng Yuan said with an indisposed expression. Dou Yanlan stopped inspecting the frame and looked at Feng Yuan with some confusion; pointing to the window behind Dou Yanlan, Feng Yuan said,

"Obviously, we need to leave through that place."

"This..."

Everyone had just seen the cloaked figure, and now, seeing the shattered window open not to a courtyard but a corridor strikingly similar to the current one, they felt a chill run through their hearts, especially since the corridor was covered in knife marks, as if something had rampaged through it.

"Let’s go, it’s just a matter of restarting anyway."

Chen Xin spoke up. Although it was true, the others were not going to be immobilized by fear. They realized that whatever trouble the thing caused, it wouldn’t lead to fatal danger; their fear was just a physiological response.

Picking up the photo frame, Dou Yanlan said,

"I’ll take the lead when we go. I’ll hold this."

Glancing at Dou Yanlan, Chen Xin expressed her concern,

"Are you sure you’re okay?"

Nodding, Dou Yanlan replied,

"I’m fine."

Seeing this, Chen Xin didn’t say much. Smiling, she pointed at the corridor opposite the window and said,

"Then let’s go~"

"Why should Yanlan take the lead?"

Qi Chen couldn’t help but pull Feng Yuan aside and ask in a low voice. Glancing at Dou Yanlan, Feng Yuan said with a resigned tone,

"Isn’t it obvious? That photo frame must have special significance for the cloaked figure, probably the photo inside. Maybe the cloaked figure is the man in that family portrait. According to typical horror games, that thing is certainly an item to pacify the cloaked spirit, right?"

"So that’s how it is... Wait! Aren’t you scared of this stuff? Why do you know so much?"

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan with suspicion, knowing full well that he had previously expressed a strong dislike for horror games and was afraid of them, which, along with their previous encounter in the kitchen, led Qi Chen to overthink.

"Live streaming, simple as that. Just because I don’t play doesn’t mean I don’t watch those funny streamers broadcast horror games~"

"Funny streamers?"

"They are the kind of talent who can turn horror game streams into comedy shows~"

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Qi Chen touched his forehead in speechlessness, not expecting such a breed of talent to exist.

Entering the corridor full of knife marks, strange whispers echoed around them, high-pitched and piercing. As the last student climbed through the window, a sound of something heavy falling was heard. The corridor outside the window plummeted downwards like a falling bird, revealing a dark purple sky and a decrepit garden.

"It’s getting more interesting~"

Looking at the bloodstains that began to appear around him, Feng Yuan said with a smile, thinking this would just be another haunted house with constant scares, but unexpectedly, there were quite a few puzzles to solve along the way.

"A dead end?!"

Turning the corner to see the rusty iron door, Chen Xin’s face looked troubled. The corridor they had come through was now inaccessible. Although they could break a window and try to jump down from the second floor, who knew what would happen after breaking the window – perhaps those crimson eyes would appear again.

"These random writings must have a special meaning, right?"

Pointing at the bloodstains on the wall, Feng Yuan reminded everyone. Plush toys torn to shreds littered the floor, obstructing many of the writings, forcing the group to push the toys aside to view them.

The content of those bloodstains seemed like the ramblings of a madman. Feng Yuan analyzed them and felt a headache coming on, while Dou Yanlan thought it over and glanced at the photo frame in her hand.

In the family photo within the frame, a middle-aged man and a woman stood behind a pair of siblings, with the short-haired young boy appearing somewhat anxious, protectively holding onto his sister.

"Place the photo in the cloaked figure’s room to pacify it?"

Dou Yanlan mused, when suddenly, a flying knife shot out from nowhere with a small dress impaled on it, sticking into the wooden wall not far away. As if unsatisfied, several more flying knives followed, mercilessly piercing through the dress, identical to the one the little girl in the photo was wearing.

"Is this... a hint?"

"Such hatred for the little girl? Could it be her father?"

A student spoke up at that moment. The reason was simple: the man in the photo had a shifty gaze and even an impatient expression on his face.

"It could also be that woman, look at her fake smile, just forcing happiness."

"Why not the young boy, the over-protective brother isn’t..."

At this time, everyone had their own suspicions. Dou Yanlan furrowed her brows and observed the surroundings. There were only four rooms, each with a name tag at the door. One could guess the owner by looking inside at the items.

The room with a desk and bookcase likely belonged to the man, a room with a wardrobe and a full-length mirror, with dresses scattered on the floor, likely belonged to the woman, a small desk with toy swords and models likely belonged to the young boy, and then...

The little girl’s room filled with dolls and dresses. Glancing at the items scattered on the floor and the dagger, Dou Yanlan realized something and said,

"I know now."

Saying this, Dou Yanlan decisively walked towards the room she had chosen.