"My god, this setting is so luxurious! You said it was a scam. Look at these buildings. Could a scam look like this?" a young man in the crowd exclaimed to his companion.
The interior decoration of the castle was extremely delicate, featuring a classical European style from the Middle Ages.
They hadn't seen Luo Wuyou yet.
This guy had come early with a friend and said he'd wait for them inside.
"This is the game area for the players. The game story and puzzle - solving ideas are to be explored by the players themselves. A cruise ship will come to pick everyone up in ten days. You're free to arrange your own meals and accommodation. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be prepared in the dining hall, which is the fifth room on the east side of the first floor. The castle has four floors in total, and the rooms are to be allocated by the players themselves. Well, the game will start tomorrow. I wish all the players a smooth puzzle - solving process and hope you can win our grand prize."
After saying this, the woman who led the way left the castle. The players who had come for the game were all highly motivated, looking determined to win the grand prize. Even before the game started, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
The ancient castle became lively with the arrival of numerous players. The bustling atmosphere in the hall was a bit headache - inducing.
The game would last for three days.
They needed to stay here for two nights.
Each player was given a nameplate indicating their identity and the room they'd be staying in for the next three days.
"Let's go. Let's go to our room first."
Seeing that Xiaotuanzi was still a bit dazed, Shen Weixun gently patted her on the back and turned away from the hustle and bustle of the hall.
They had thought that the place provided for the players to stay would be rather shabby, but the reality was a bit unexpected.
The room was quite spacious, and its interior decoration was well - thought - out, echoing the exterior setting. There were several oil paintings hanging on the walls. Five beds were neatly arranged side by side in the middle. Except for the lack of windows, everything seemed perfect.
Luo Wuyou had been waiting for them in the room.
Seeing Xiaotuanzi and Shen Weixun, he quickly stepped forward: "You're finally here. I was afraid that guy wouldn't come with me, so I watched him all the way here. My heart hasn't been at ease this whole time."
The person Luo Wuyou was talking about was the unknown creature that had replaced his friend.
"Third senior brother, I'm hungry."
Xiaotuanzi didn't care at all about what Luo Wuyou had said. She was so sleepy and dazed that her stomach growled inappropriately.
"Where shall we eat?"
Of course, Shen Weixun put Niannian first in everything. He also ignored Luo Wuyou's words.
Seeing the loving interaction between the two senior - junior siblings, Luo Wuyou felt so tired.
But he still resignedly led the way to the dining hall.
In the dining hall, ten tables had been prepared according to the number of people. Each round table was equipped with five chairs. The long tables around were filled with food, including rice and stir - fried dishes, Western and Japanese cuisine, desserts, fruits, and drinks, just like a well - stocked buffet restaurant.
They came to the dining hall and casually found a seat to sit down.
Niannian, who was most enthusiastic about food, rushed into the ocean of deliciousness. As soon as Luo Wuyou entered the door, he grabbed two bottles of Coke. Sitting on the chair, he listlessly sipped his drink through a straw while carefully observing the people dining around.
Shen Weixun wasn't very hungry yet. His eyes were always fixed on Niannian without a single shift.
There were so many dishes here that Niannian had never seen before. She was like a hamster moving food. She didn't miss any dish and carried plates back and forth until there was almost no space left on the table.
Luo Wuyou was completely stunned and speechless.
"Little master, can you finish all this?"
"Humph! I can!"
Xiaotuanzi suddenly realized that she might have taken too much.
But the stubborn and unyielding her firmly refused to admit this little detail.
Her little belly could hold a lot!
"I'll help you."
Shen Weixun looked at Niannian with a smile. He casually picked up a piece of steak and put it in his bowl. Just as he was about to put it into his mouth, he smelled a very faint sour and stinky smell.
"Don't eat it. This meat seems to be bad."
Seeing that Niannian was about to put the meat into her mouth, Shen Weixun quickly stopped her.
"Really? It looks fine to me. Anyway, the dining hall wouldn't serve bad meat."
Luo Wuyou frowned, straightened up, and leaned closer to smell carefully. He didn't detect any strange smell.
His friend was the boss, and there was a professional manager in charge of the catering.
Even though these were just trial - playing players and not real guests, as long as the manager had a brain, he wouldn't use bad food for them.
If this got out, how could they maintain their reputation?
That fake friend seemed quite committed to this project, just like his real friend.
They shouldn't do such a thing.
"I'll check again."
After saying that, Shen Weixun picked up various kinds of meat on the table and examined them one by one. Every piece of meat emitted such an odor.
"Let's eat the vegetables first. These meats are all a bit off. Don't eat the side dishes of the meat either."
Shen Weixun threw down his chopsticks and slumped lazily on the stool, lost in thought.
"Okay then."
Niannian reluctantly gave up the meat dishes. She had to listen to her third senior brother.
Although she didn't see anything wrong with the meat either.
Fortunately, there were still many vegetarian dishes and fish on the table, so she still enjoyed the meal.
Shen Weixun hardly took a bite. He kept thinking and recalling the smell of the meat just now.
That sour and stinky smell wasn't the smell of rotten food but an inherent smell in the meat.
If you didn't smell it carefully, you wouldn't notice it at all.
The smell was so familiar, as if buried deep in his memory, but he just couldn't remember.
"Ah! I'm full."
After a sumptuous meal, Niannian patted her round little belly, looking completely satisfied.
"Meal time is over. Please return to your rooms and get your own scripts. The game will officially start in an hour."
The omnipresent loudspeaker on the ceiling rang out.
Shen Weixun and Xiaotuanzi glanced at each other, then left the dining hall and returned to their room.
Luo Wuyou quickly followed.
Just as they entered the room, the door suddenly made a clicking sound as it locked.
"Don't be nervous. All the locks here are smart locks. When the game starts later, we just need to solve the puzzles to get out."
Luo Wuyou was afraid that Niannian and Shen Weixun would think this was some kind of terrible trap, so he quickly explained.
In return, he got looks from the two of them as if they were looking at a crazy person.
Even a six - year - old like Niannian could understand the rules of this game.
Why did he think they'd be nervous about this?
The courage of her and her senior brother wasn't that small.
"Okay, let me take a look at the script."
Three notebooks had appeared on the bed at some point.
Shen Weixun stepped forward, picked one up, flipped through a few pages, and then casually threw it aside.
Xiaotuanzi was completely uninterested in the script. Solving puzzles was her third senior brother's job; she didn't need to bother.
Luo Wuyou, however, frowned after reading the script.
"The script has changed. It wasn't this script at all when I came here last time."