Chapter 77: Grandma's Bedtime Stories (IX)

A few moments later, Luo opened the door and returned to the room.

He nodded to both Xiao Lan, signalling that it was safe outside for the moment and that they could come out.

"What's the situation?" Xiao Lan asked in a low voice.

"It didn't look like there was anything else in the house but us, but the crevices always gave me a sense of surveillance, but after searching there was nothing hidden inside." Luo replied.

"Could this be the last story?" Xiao Lan pondered, "Finding the key under the watchful eye of the crevice and getting out before 'Grandma' and her friends arrive."

"But I don't think 'Grandma' said when she was coming back?" Wang Taidi said.

"Probably the same as that time before, she'll be back whenever she feels like it." Xiao Lan looked at the faint moonlight coming through the airy window, "I doubt she's gone far at all, maybe she's just been hanging around the house."

As if in response to Xiao Lan's words, a dark shadow suddenly flashed across the ventilation window, darkening the room for a moment.

Wang Taidi drew a backward breath, luckily he was young when he entered the Advent world and was almost considered scared, and did not show much fear and quickly collected his movements.

"Let's go, the sooner the better, there might be something else going on back there." Xiao Lan said, before opening the door and leaving.

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The chalet is dark and silent in the dead of night.

Everything is shrouded in darkness, both on the surface, where it is cosy, and on the inside, where it is fraught with death. Xiao Lan and the three of them move quietly through the house, in the direction of "Grandma's" room, with deliberately light steps.

All along the way they were on the lookout for attacks that might suddenly appear from the shadows.

Through the open door, the three of them proceeded smoothly and arrived at the door of "Grandma's" room without being stopped, which was incredible.

Even the door was slightly open, the room was dark, with only the faintest moonlight reflecting, and everything inside was hazy, making it difficult to see what was going on.

"Why does it feel like an invitation ......" Xiao Lan whispered.

"What comes around always comes around." Luo placed his hand on the door and turned his head sideways to ask Xiao Lan, "Is the door open now?"

Xiao Lan nodded, "Go ahead."

Even if it is dangerous, this is where the key is kept and there is no getting around it anyway.

The three men switched on their torches and entered the room.

Inside, the layout remains the same as before and at first glance nothing has changed.

But the portraits on the wall all slowly smiled the moment the door opened, their eyes shifting in the direction of the doorway, no longer concealing their surveillance of the players.

Even when the light of the torch shone in their faces, they did not look away.

As the three Xiao Lan advance, the sight of the portraits around the walls follows them closely.

"The look in these guys' eyes looks disgusting ......" Wang Taidi felt a chill run down her spine.

Xiao Lan also found it irritating that the wall of portraits looked like tattletales to the teacher and that ...... looked as if they had little fight in them.

They will surely inform "Grandma" when they enter the room anyway, so now they are just staring at the player to create a little psychological pressure.

Commonly known as: under-cleaning.

"Fuck them." He took out [it was a dagger tainted with poison] straight away and headed in the direction of the portrait, Luo following behind him.

Before Wang Taidi could react, the emotionless demolition machine and his lackeys had slashed the portraits, leaving only half-faced pieces hanging on the wall in a miserable state.

"Destroying a scene prop: 50,000 increase in poverty value"

In the eyes of Xiao Lan, a poor man who has seen tens of millions of dollars, 50,000 is better than nothing.

"You guys ......" Wang Taidi was as if he saw the back of his own brother, but a good deal taller.

Xiao Lan put away his knife, "Peeking at me can get you cut off."

The Disfigured Portraits: "......"

Ignoring the broken portrait, Xiao Lan walks to the middle of the room.

The "family portrait" that looked so happy and joyful before has all changed.

The faces of the players who had failed to pass the level were greenish-grey, representing death, and their bodies bore the scars that had caused their deaths in life. They all looked terrified, as if they wanted to escape, but seemed to be afraid of the "grandmother" in the middle and had to stand still.

The 'grandmother' in the middle of the picture also grins, revealing her black and yellow teeth stained with blood.

Her stomach bulged abnormally, as if stuffed, and it was already so obvious that it was a cut above the whole picture.

Xiao Lan reached out and pressed,, surprisingly a soft, skin-like texture, even with a little temperature, that feeling ...... weirdly disgusting.

Fighting back his nausea, he pulled out a dagger and cut open the belly of the "grandmother" in the portrait.

The moment the stomach was opened, a red-black, fishy-smelling, sticky liquid gushed out of it, interspersed with bits of debris and hair of unidentifiable origin. The red and black liquid dripped down the screen, leaving a trail on the wall.

Once the liquid had all drained out, by the light of the torch, Xiao Lan saw the key inside, dark and metallic, the same one they had seen earlier.

Xiao Lan picked the key out with a dagger, wiped it with "Grandma's" floral sheet and held it in his hand.

As for the fact that "Grandma" might get angry when she sees the sheets, who cares.

Just as soon as he held the key, as if some kind of switch had been turned on, the desk clock in the corner of the room began to make "clang-", "clang- ", "clang-", "clang-".

The sound of the bells was thick and loud, especially harsh in the silence of the room.

Seeing the situation, Wang Taidi ran towards the clock and tried to find its switch, but had difficulty stopping it for a while. As a scum, Wang Taidi knew he could not destroy the clock, so he took advantage of his Kryptonian status and started rummaging through his home storage space: "Where is my Mutekro ......... ..."

Luo kicked the clock to the ground with such force that the top half of it fell apart and the bell had to be silenced.

Wang Taidi casts an envious eye.

The loud chimes finally stopped, but the night did not fall silent.

"Sasha-"

"Sasha-"

The sound of voices from an unknown source gradually approached the direction of the cabin and became clearer and more pronounced.

Finally, a spiky paw peeled up to the window.

Then came the second and third ...... monsters crawling all over the window. These monsters looked a bit like "Grandma", all with small eyes and long pointed faces, but no hair or ears on their heads, and no clothes on their bodies, just a bunch of wrinkled skin. There is no hair or ears on the head and no clothes on the body, just a pile of wrinkled skin.

Like a monster somewhere between a human and a large rat.

Their eyes widened as they stared through the glass at the three Xiao Lan's in the room. Their mouths were wide open, showing uneven teeth, and saliva was dripping out from between them, making a "da" and "da" sound on the glass.

"This ...... is 'Grandma's' friend, isn't it ......" Wang Taidi was surprised by the look in their eyes surprised.

"You look like they look like they've been hungry for three days when they walk past the entrance to the buffet and see that the restaurant is actually having a free giveaway." Xiao Lan crossed his dagger in front of him, ready to run.

"It's us who are the 'buffet' now. ......" Wang Taidi is in tears.

"Then let's get out of here." Xiao Lan ran away in a huff, not prepared to take on so many big rats, what if these guys had the plague? What if these guys had the plague? Should they be treated by a doctor like Qi Ning, who specialized in cutting people up?

Luo then followed Xiao Lan's lead out of the room.

"Fuck--" Seeing his teammate beside him disappear in an instant, Wang Taidi also hurried to follow, and he ran surprisingly fast, although he couldn't fight, but his ability to escape was first class.

The three of them flew off in the direction of the entrance to the cabin, with the sound of the monsters' footsteps in pursuit behind them.

These large rattle-elfs look bulky, but they don't want to run with unexpected agility, getting on all fours and stomping on the wooden floor with a numbing sound.

"Run ...... can't run ......"

"Stop them ......"

"Run away ...... Grandma will be angry ......"

Childlike voices rang out above their heads.

Xiao Lan looked up and saw that a mass of small grey hands had appeared on the ceiling of the corridor at some point, hands that waved with an odd frequency and mouths that whispered uncontrollably in the palms of their hands.

These sounds blend into an inaudible buzz that reaches the ears and surprisingly puts Xiao Lan's mind in a trance for a moment.

Also hit was Wang Taidi, who reached up to cover his head and kept shaking his head in discomfort.

Luo reached out to hold Xiao Lan: "How's that?"

Xiao Lan said reluctantly, "There's something wrong with the sound ...... ......"

By this time, the sound of dense footsteps behind them had become clearer, signalling the approach of a chase from behind.

Luo reached out his hand, his fingertips flickering with darkness, gently brushing against Xiao Lan's ear and causing a slight tingle. In an instant, the distracting sound disappears and Xiao Lan's mind is clear again.

Of course, the other sounds have disappeared and now Xiao Lan feels as if he is deaf.

Luo quickly approached Wang Taidi and also tapped him twice on the ear, saying "Go" with a gesture in his eyes, which were a bit confused. .

Luo then walks ahead, leading the two out of the area enveloped by the grey hand.

Just as he was about to leave completely, small grey hands reached out behind him and tried to grab Xiao Lan's arm.

Xiao Lan's eyes sharpened and this time he did not hold back as he slashed down with all his might, the sharp dagger carrying a random toxin instantly slicing the hand that dared to block the way in two.

The severed hand lay on the ground, still "smoking", with traces of corrosion still spreading around the edges of the wound.

Xiao Lan coldly scanned the small grey hands that tried to continue, "Who dares to come back?"

The hands that had intended to surround them gave a sudden start, and the fear that they would be eaten came over them once more.

"Ooooooooo ...... don't get eaten ......"

"Oooh ...... I don't want to be a gatekeeper either ......"

"But Grandma ......"

"We've tried so hard ...... Grandma won't blame us ......"

Although he could not hear them, Xiao Lan was able to tell from their movements that they were retreating.

Reassuring each other, the little grey hands slowly retreated back to where they were, they no longer came forward, but their palms were still facing the direction of the trio, seemingly somewhat reluctant and helpless.

As the whispers of the little hands died down, Luo also disarmed the dark shadows covering the ears of the other two.

The trio continued on and were getting closer to the door.

At this point, Xiao Lan notices a bloodstained piece of clothing on the window that belonged to the female player who had lost an eye.

There was still a lot of blood and tear marks on the floor, so it looks like she would have tried to escape through the window but was attacked, and I don't know exactly what happened to her.

However, even if you go out through the window you are still within the confines of the copy, and according to the game's hints, the only real way out is through the door.

The trio with the key stood out like a limited number of signature dishes at a cafeteria, with most of the monsters chasing towards them and only a few choosing other players, so let's hope this player gets out of it unscathed.

Around another corner is the foyer.

Ahead of them appeared a figure that was somewhat familiar to the three Xiao Lan's - the "dad".

He was no longer as close to human as he had been at first sight, and although he was still dressed, he had changed into a prostrate position on all fours, and the wig on his head had disappeared.

He was guarding the place, and if one wanted to approach the foyer one had to pass by him, and it was clear that he would not be so kind as to let the players pass for the sake of affection.

"Daddy," Little Xiao's eyes sparkled with hunger, "first ...... I'm the first ...... Come and let Daddy love you Come on!"

Xiao Lan lifted her chin slightly, "Who did you say was Dad?"

"Dad" smiled, "Bad boy, you don't even remember your dad, you deserve a good punishment."

With the shiny dagger across his chest, Xiao Lan gave him a small smile, "Oh, well, now I'll show you who's really the father."

Beside Xiao Lan, Luo's hands gathered a black mist that seemed to be real, this time different from the previous one, and visible to all outside Xiao Lan, the mist shifted and seemed ready to fly out as a sharp blade.

On the other hand, Wang Taidi pulled a large rocket launcher straight from his storage space and pointed it straight in the direction of "Papa".

A cold sweat broke out at the corner of "Dad's" forehead: what if the child is too skinny to fight?

Quite urgent, waiting online ......