Half past five in the morning.
The curtains were opened, and the gray light fell through the glass window onto the bedroom carpet. The thrilling night ended here. The neighbors next door began to make noise again, pots and pans clashed, and the sound of violent coughing penetrated the wall and reached their ears. .
Jiang Yao was more energetic than yesterday. He hadn't slept all night, and he couldn't sleep again.
She simply bought a cup of iced coffee in the mall, and after drinking it, she felt a little better.
Sitting on the floor, Bai Mao cried bitterly for a long time, crying out the remaining fear in his body, and then his trembling body slowly returned to normal.
He went to the toilet to wash up, took several deep breaths, and mustered up the courage to tell Jiang Yao everything that happened in the dream.
"This dream should help you explore the main plot."
Everything in the dream was too real, as if it had really happened.
Jiang Yao peeled off a piece of candy and threw it into his mouth, gradually dispelling the bitterness in his mouth, and nodded.
"That dream was what happened to the owner of the tablet during his lifetime. If you hadn't woken up at that time, you would have ended up like the owner of the tablet, being killed in the dream."
When she left the shed, she realized that something was not right with the two elders of the Wang family.
If the bride disappears, it stands to reason that they will cancel the wedding party and find a new bride.
But they explained that the evening wedding banquet would be held as usual.
Who is the new bride? The obvious answer is that the bride will be chosen among their players.
After listening to Jiang Yao's analysis, Bai Mao's emotions, which had finally calmed down, fluctuated again.
"The monster carrying the head last night is dead. Does that mean the wedding banquet can't be held tonight?"
Jiang Yao shook his head.
"More than one weirdo."
Not only were they attacked by strange nightmares, but other players were also attacked.
At this time, the thriller system suddenly appeared.
[The difficulty of the copy "Happy Apartment" has been upgraded from level 5 to level 30. ]
[Start the new player protection mode. Each player will get a chance to resurrect from the dead, triggering the resurrection mechanism. Players can choose to leave the dungeon or stay in the dungeon. ]
[10 players died last night, and all resurrected players have chosen to leave the instance and settle the rewards in advance...]
[There are 3 players left. ]
[Due to the difficulty upgrade, all players who choose to stay in the dungeon have their tasks changed. ]
[The customs clearance mission is changed to: Help the female madman find the truth behind the loss of her child. ]
After hearing what the system said, Bai Mao's pupils tightened.
Last night, except for them, the entire army was almost wiped out.
The difficulty of the dungeon has been upgraded to level 30. Compared with the level 5 difficulty, it is simply a day and a day. For new players like them, the mortality rate reaches 100%.
The more Bai Mao thought about it, the more frightened he became. If Jiang Yao hadn't slapped him awake in time last night, he would have become a corpse like other players.
Thinking about the system, he couldn't help but said: "The system said there are three remaining players. Who else is alive besides us?"
After not seeing her answer for a long time, Bai Mao turned his head and saw Jiang Yao looking thoughtful.
He closed his mouth, knowing that he must not disturb her thoughts at this time.
Until dawn.
Jiang Yaocai said: "I need you to do something for me."
Bai Mao immediately sat upright after hearing this.
Jiang Yao said: "Fill your stomach first."
As he spoke, he bought several bags of breakfast from the mall and placed them on the table.
Bai Mao, who was originally eager to hear something, looked at the breakfast table, his heart skipped a beat, he pursed his lips and hesitated to speak.
"Is this a deprivation meal?"
A person who charges for every bun and is stingy to the extreme, this time he didn't even say a word about asking for money, and he bought so many at once. He was flattered but also scared at the same time.
Jiang Yao: "..."
She ignored Bai Mao, who was suffering from persecution delusions, and ate breakfast by herself.
The hot breakfast soothed my hungry and restless stomach.
Bai Mao started to choke and cry while eating.
In fact, he is not very keen on food. The breakfast in front of him is very ordinary, such as steamed buns, soy milk and fried dough sticks...
Maybe it was because he almost died, or maybe it was because the dream last night was so terrifying and heart-wrenching.
Before Bai Mao fully experienced being dragged into the coffin by those old ladies, it had already left an indelible trauma in his heart.
He could not imagine how scared the owner of the tablet, a young girl, must be when faced with that kind of scene.
Damn feudal habits.
Jiang Yao had a bad stomach and intestines. He chewed his breakfast slowly and cried again when he looked up and saw Bai Mao.
She planned to clear this dungeon today. She was pressed for time and had no time to wait for him to finish crying.
"Your comb will come in handy today. What I want to give you is..."
Bai Mao's cry was interrupted. After hearing what she explained, he almost choked. He drank several mouthfuls of soy milk before swallowing the bun in his throat.
Jiang Yao didn't ask him if he could do it, just got up and went out.
The reason why he can be trusted to complete this task is that first of all, there is a new protection mechanism, and he can be resurrected if he dies. The second thing is that this matter is not dangerous.
The embroidered skirt is still cooling and cannot be used again for 24 hours. The comb that was opened from the platinum prop gift box has a cooling time of 12 hours and cannot be used until noon today.
Because the bride was lost on the fifth floor, precautions were stepped up. She could only find another way.
Not long after I went out, I met the old man who was in charge of the apartment on the first floor.
Jiang Yao walked over and said hello.
"Good morning, Grandpa."
The old man in charge didn't pay her any attention. He was opening the iron gates of the corridors one by one with a heavy key in his hand.
The uncooked rice bowls in the stairwell were all gone, and some ash remained on the ground. The red carpet is still laid on every step.
Jiang Yao took out a bag of melon seeds from somewhere and started cracking them. He talked to the old man in charge about the '308' resident who had a massacre.
"Grandpa, Liu Siyun, the daughter-in-law of 308, probably didn't die. It was you who saved her."
The old man paused in the movement of unlocking the door, and for a while he raised his turbid and dark eyes to stare at her. The dim light from the window could not penetrate into his eyes, which were like the eyes of a dead person, exuding a rotten and gray aura.
Others would be horrified when they saw him, but Jiang Yao looked at him impartially.
In the end, the old man looked away.
He sighed deeply and spoke slowly and authentically as if telling a story.
"It was difficult to have children at that time. The parents-in-law cared about the grandson, but the husband didn't care. If a woman wanted to have a child, it was like going through hell. Even confinement was considered an unlucky thing.
308 That wife was married from out of town. People are kind..."
The old man worked as a steward in this building when he was young, and he got this job because of his close relationship with the family on the fifth floor.
He once had a partner who died in childbirth, and neither the adults nor the child could be saved.
The old man didn't look for him again.
He didn't have much social contact with Liu Siyun. She often worked the evening shift and didn't come home until midnight. The corridor was dark, so he lit a lamp.
Liu Siyun was thoughtful and sent him a bag of fruit to express her gratitude the next day after she found the lamp.
Her parents-in-law discovered it anyway, and the old man could hear the curses coming from the third floor from the first floor.
The old man sent the bag of fruit back.
Later, Liu Siyun became pregnant, and she had to go to work with a pregnant belly in the cold winter months.
Even so, she always had a happy smile on her face.
She said that she had been unable to conceive for two or three years after getting married. She thought her child was unlucky and prayed to the Bodhisattva for a long time.
She said that no matter whether they are boys or girls, they are all her babies.
The old man already regarded her as a granddaughter in his heart. He did not want to see her having a difficult childbirth like his wife, so he used all his savings to hire a doctor for her.
The doctor said her fetal position was correct and the baby would be born safely.
The old man was relieved.
But on the night of the birth, the entire building was filled with the cries of my daughter-in-law on the fifth floor.
The child was not saved.
When the old man sees her again, it will be time for her to commit suicide.
Such a thick rope hung around her neck. If the old man had been a step too late, she would have died.
The old man couldn't understand.
That doctor was a famous obstetrician in the city. He said he could be born safely. How could Liu Siyun's child not be saved?
"I don't know how the child died."
The old man told the truth.
He didn't hide anything and told Jiang Yao everything he knew.
This is not much different from what Jiang Yao guessed.
