Feng Bujue looked at the item description and said, "Even though it still doesn't make sense, at least this is a hint." He scratched his nose. "The red key is hidden in the red place, so the yellow, blue, black, white, and gray keys are hidden in the corresponding places, right?"
He pocketed the key, and the first question that appeared in his mind was, "Could the yellow key be hidden in the feces?" With that question in mind, he left the kitchen and walked to the third room.
The room was on the opposite side of the corridor. There was only one small window in the room, and it was nailed shut by a few wooden planks. Although the windows in the other rooms did not allow any light to enter, this one was particularly dark.
The stench in the room was unbearable, and the wooden floor was covered in a layer of dust. Feng Bujue switched the glove to its display mode and used one hand to cover his mouth and nose to block the double influence of the dust and stench.
There was nothing in the room in front of him. Although there were some traces of furniture on the floor and the walls, it was hard to tell what the room looked like when it was first built.
Feng Bujue believed that when the owner of the big house first started his evil business, he probably did not prepare a specialized prison cell, so this room was probably a temporary prison cell. Of course, now that he had the facilities of the two underground floors, his criminal career was on the right track.
"The black or gray key should be here," Feng Bujue said.
He raised the oil lamp and started his inspection. This kind of empty room was easy to find. The walls, ceiling, and floor were easy to find. Feng Bujue walked around and soon found a heavily corroded floorboard right under the nailed window.
He squatted down, clenched his fist, and knocked on the wooden board twice. With a crack, the wooden board broke. He reached his hand into the black hole under the floorboard and quickly found the item.
Item Name: Black Key
Item Type: Plot Item
Quality: Normal
Function: Permanently unlocks the black iron door. Disappears after use.
Can be taken out of the scenario: No
[Remark: It is hidden in a dark place.]
"For some reason, it feels like the keys for this part of the quest are hidden very casually," Feng Bujue mumbled. "Compared to the maddening puzzles from the underground, this is merely a test of patience and meticulousness."
The fourth room that he went to was the foyer. Technically speaking, it was not really a room because the foyer was connected to the corridor, and there was no door that led inside. The door that led to the outside was the 'unopenable' front door.
There was not much furniture left in the foyer, and it was scattered all over the floor. There was a clock on the wall, but it appeared to be broken. When Feng Bujue passed by it last time, he had noticed that the position of the clock's hour and minute hands had not changed.
He stood before the clock for a long time and suddenly said, "Could it be that … it only looks like a clock, but it's actually a clock that keeps track of the date?"
Feng Bujue was struggling with the setting of this world again. No matter how he looked at it, the clock had a twelve-hour system. It was no different from the one in real life, but he liked to speculate … the twelve numbers and the two hands, one long and one short, represented the calendar.
He searched the foyer for a while, but he could not find the key. However, he did find another plot item.
Item Name: Feather Leather Hat
Item Type: Plot Item
Quality: Normal
Function: Unknown
Can be taken out of the scenario: Yes
Remark: The craftsmanship of this hat is very normal. Even though it is decorated with a bright feather, it cannot hide the horrible quality.
"This is already the fourth plot item that can be taken out of the scenario." Feng Bujue wondered. "Soap, fake teeth, perfume, feather leather hat … what is the meaning of all these?"
After he left the foyer, he went to the last room on the first floor that he had not entered — the toilet.
It was unclear whether this world's technology was a bit off or it was due to the limitation of the system, but there were fluorescent lights downstairs, but there were only oil lamps upstairs. There was a gas stove in the kitchen, but the ventilation came from the chimney. The toilet before him had a flush bowl, but it did not even have a light bulb. Next to the door was a small table, and there was an empty plate on the table. There was still some wax left on the plate.
"Using a candle to use the toilet in the middle of the night, how scary is that?" Feng Bujue closed the toilet lid and stood on it. He wanted to see if the small window in the toilet could be opened. "Oh, by the way, there is no mirror here, so it can't be that scary." He knocked on the frosted glass. It was very sturdy, and the size was not big enough for him to crawl out.
"Fine, fine, white key or yellow key, which one will it be?" Feng Bujue had already checked the interior of the toilet. There was only clear water, so as he spoke, he opened the water tank. Bang!
The door behind him closed with a bang.
"Again? What will I trigger if I open the water tank? " Feng Bujue quickly turned to open the door, but no matter how hard he tried, the door would not budge. It was as if there was someone outside holding on to the doorknob. This time, there was no system announcement.
"Now, I don't even have a death warning. What the hell is going on?" Feng Bujue knew how scary the Nightmare difficulty was. Instant death was a common occurrence. Even if he said the wrong thing when communicating with an NPC, there was the danger of being killed instantly.
His relaxed nerves tensed up again, and he was ready to use his skills to deal with any danger that might come his way. By then, his Life Points had reached forty percent due to natural recovery, but it was hard to tell how much that amount of Life Points would help him in the Nightmare scenario.
Step by step, Feng Bujue approached the toilet cautiously. There were many scary scenarios in his mind. For example, the toilet suddenly turned into a monster and opened its' mouth 'to bite him, or … the monster used its' mouth 'to spit out something to drown the toilet. No matter what, it was definitely scary.
Of course, imagination was just imagination. In reality, other than the door being locked, there was nothing else out of the ordinary.
He leaned closer to look at the water tank, and there was indeed a key at the bottom.
Item Name: Blue Key
Item Type: Plot Item
Quality: Normal
Function: Unlocks the blue iron door permanently. Disappears after use.
Can be taken out of the scenario: No
Remark: Hidden in the water.
"This has changed the rules again … Based on this logic, shouldn't the red key be hidden in the fire?" Feng Bujue complained as he pocketed the key.
He did not stop thinking, and soon, he realized why the door was closed. "I get it now … There are six keys in total, three on the first floor and three on the second floor. When I found the last key on the first floor, the plot was triggered. Something has to happen, and then I can go to the second floor. "
"The foyer is connected to the corridor, so there is no key there. The kitchen, empty room, and toilet are all rooms with doors. No matter which room I am in when I find the third key, I will be trapped inside it. " He continued his analysis. "The question is … what will happen? Will the lump of meat at the staircase move away or disappear on its own after I'm locked up for a while?"
Patter, patter … A strange sound came from the corridor.
Feng Bujue's expression shifted slightly. He took several steps forward and leaned against the door to listen.
Patter, patter, patter … It sounded like something was moving quickly on the wooden floor.
The strange sound became more frequent and denser. It sounded like a bunch of rats that were as fat as cats were rushing down the corridor.
"Is that for real …" Feng Bujue swallowed as he imagined the pieces of meat that were glued together moving like living creatures and squeezing together to move down the corridor. "Those with trypophobia might be creeped out by this kind of psychological suggestion," he said in a light tone. "But this kind of setting is …"
Bang, bang, bang!
"Hey! Someone is knocking on the door! " Before Feng Bujue could finish, the toilet door was knocked three times, and the location of the knock was slightly above the door. "Wait a minute … The door is not even locked …"
Indeed, the toilet door did not have a keyhole. One only needed to turn the doorknob to open it. However, inside the toilet, there was a latch lock. The person inside could use this method to lock the door, but the latch was not in place.
"Oh … I get it now. The thing outside the door has no fingers, so it can't hold the doorknob." Feng Bujue mumbled as he put the latch in place. "Ha … Now there's nothing you can do."
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
The thing outside banged against the door again, and it made some muffled sounds. "Cough … Cough … Er …"
"Huh? Is it trying to communicate with me to open the door? "Feng Bujue asked." Hmm … No, that's probably just the roar coming from the monster's throat. "
The banging outside the door started again. The thing seemed to have started to move again. Based on the sound, it circled around the room and then went to the front door. However, it did not seem to be able to open the door. Two minutes later, it returned to the toilet door and banged against it again.
This time, the muffled sound was very strange. Feng Bujue felt like there was a whimper and pleading in the sound.
"Something doesn't sound right," Feng Bujue said.
Then, another sound came. It was very clear; it was the sound of human footsteps. The footsteps came from the stairs on the second floor and moved down the corridor toward the toilet.
The banging on the door became more urgent, and the thing outside the door started to growl.
Kacha, the toilet door opened.
Feng Bujue opened it.
In the one minute earlier, Feng Bujue had noticed that the doorknob could be turned normally again. Therefore, he came to a conclusion. There had to be a choice here, a choice that could affect the ending of the scenario.
The creature at the door had a human upper body, but it had no hair, fingers, tongue, or chin. Its lower body was weirder. There were more than one hundred 'legs' connected to its waist, and each leg was made up of human finger joints. There were about ten joints to form one leg, which was the length of three fingers.
When Feng Bujue saw this thing, he did not say anything. He turned around silently to see its reaction. In the end, it flew past Feng Bujue and escaped to the corner of the toilet, shivering.
"So, it is running for its life …" Feng Bujue held the oil lamp and poked his head out to confirm the identity of the approaching footsteps. "Then … what does the real monster look like?"
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