Tan Ying dragged her tired body to the old mansion, looked around, and did not see any signs of human life. Both the carpet at the door and the wallpaper on the walls were covered with dust and looked like they hadn't been touched for a long time.

In the hall of the old mansion, there are many muddy footprints, and there is a trail of dragging, which is very new, and should have been left not long ago. Strangely, the trail did not penetrate deep into the house, but abruptly stopped and disappeared as soon as it entered the hall.

A new mission prompt has appeared in Tan Ying's mind, informing her of her next action goal:

[Main quest objective: Rescue Mr. Tang (0/1)]

[Side quest goal: Contact your husband (0/1)]

The watch outside the gate has already explained Tang Juyi's whereabouts, and with the pictures and sounds that appeared at the beginning, it is not difficult for Tan Ying to think that Tang Juyi should have been attacked in this house, and was taken away and imprisoned somewhere, and her next action was mostly to collect clues in this house and rescue Tang Juyi.

After seeing the task prompt of "contacting her husband", Tan Ying immediately rummaged through her pockets, and sure enough, she found a smartphone.

In the previous training, Tang Juyi mentioned this situation - when you need to play a role in a mission, then the mission objective will most likely need to use the items brought by the character, so you must confirm that you have any clues on your body.

The phone has no password (of course), and after opening it, it is a group photo as a wallpaper, on which are Tang Juyi and Tan Ying with bright smiles, which do look like a loving couple, so that Tan Ying can't help but be a little distracted, but quickly gathered her thoughts and quickly opened the address book.

Judging from the fact that there is only one column in the address book, this wife is a rather dedicated woman (of course, it is not excluded that she has an excellent memory and can memorize the number of each spare tire upside down).

Without thinking too much, Tan Ying immediately called the unique number, and then a long waiting process followed.

"Toot ......"

"Toot ......"

"Dut...... Feed? ”

A familiar voice sounded, and although it sounded weak, Tan Ying still felt relieved in her heart:

"Tang Juyi? You're alive? ”

Tang Juyi's angry voice came out of the earpiece:

"How do you think I talked to you when I died? Dreaming? The underworld is considered a long-distance outside the province, and the phone bill is too much to burn? ”

Tan Ying also realized the mistake of the content of her inquiry, and hurriedly said:

"Sorry...... Well, what's the situation now? How's it going over there? ”

Tang Juyi coughed, but his tone was still calm:

"I was warmly entertained here by a barbarian who was more than two meters tall, and now I am blind, my legs and knees are shattered, and my nose bone is still bleeding, but overall it is not bad, because my consciousness is relatively clear."

There was a dull sound on the other side of the phone, followed by Tang Juyi's muffled snort.

Hearing this, Tan Ying's heart rose again:

"What's wrong? What's going on there for you? ”

Tang Juyi's voice did not sound again, but was replaced by a very rough voice:

"Your husband has passed out and won't wake up for a short time...... If you want to see him alive, it's best to do what I say. ”

didn't give Tan Ying time to think, and the rough male voice continued:

"I'm going to get you on the phone every three hours, but if you call ahead without permission, I'll just cut off your husband's head. Now, I need you to close the door to this house and light the candles on the table in the dining room. ”

Then, the phone hung up, leaving only a busy signal.

Through this call, Tan Ying already clearly knew that Tang Juyi was in danger, but he only knew that someone had imprisoned him, and he didn't know anything else, because Tang Juyi was knocked unconscious before he could say any key information.

The only thing that can be done now seems to be to do what that strange man says.

In the meantime, new quest hints have appeared:

[Side quest objective update: Before the next call, light the candle and live until the candle burns out]

I believe that friends with normal reading comprehension skills have already seen it, yes, after lighting the candle, there will be the first crisis event, and it is very likely that it will be attacked by some unknown things, it may be some kind of large insect with strong phototaxis, it may be a beast wandering in the house, or it may be something that is not quite in line with scientific cognition.

Tan Ying is not stupid, especially after being instilled with a lot of knowledge about the torture task by Tang Juyi, so she quickly realized the warning behind the mission information.

However, adhering to Tang Juyi's fine tradition, Tan Ying did not directly trigger the plot, but tried to search the entire house.

First of all, in the kitchen next to the dining room, the ash sink was filled with dirty plates, many of which had become moldy, and the jars of seasonings around the stove were empty and stacked on top of each other.

There were some food bags in the cabinet next to it, but they were all bitten by rats, and only a small part of moldy food residue remained.

Connected to the living room, there was a large rectangular dining table with a torn tablecloth, the only one that remained intact was a white candle.

"Four chairs, which means that a family of four once lived here......"

After roughly judging the past situation of the house, Tan Ying then walked into the living room and rummaged through the coffee table and other corners.

Soon, a box of matchboxes with only one match left was found by Tan Ying from the cabinet of the coffee table, and there was a line of small words written in ink at the bottom of the matchbox, which looked like a child's handwriting:

[Daddy won't let us play with matches, if he finds out, we must hide! ] 】

A closer look at the matchbox revealed that there were no clues other than this line.

A chill faintly rose in Tan Ying's heart, but because there was no extra information and she couldn't make a judgment on the plot, she could only put away the matchbox for the time being, and then walked towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

Unexpectedly, just as she was about to step up the stairs, a warning prompt appeared in her mind:

[There is an eerie aura lingering above the stairs, are you sure you want to go up?] 】

Tan Ying shuddered and whispered to herself:

"That should mean not being allowed to go up, right?"

The hint is obvious, as soon as you go upstairs, you will face the source of the "eerie atmosphere", so this is not a part that must be explored at this time.

In this way, the entire floor of the house has been searched by Tan Ying, and the only feasible way is to close the door and light the candles to meet the coming horrors.

Judging from the warning message just now, as well as the handwriting on the bottom of the matchbox, this seems to be a supernatural plot, and Tan Ying is most afraid of this category, because this kind of plot usually means a crisis that is "impossible to resist and unpredictable".

Even if she let herself take the AK to the alien battleship to surprise the alien queen, Tan Ying felt that it was better than facing the horrors that permeated the surroundings all the time.

After struggling to close the door of the house, the light inside suddenly dimmed, and the whole house was shrouded in a layer of shadows, and even the road ahead was a little unclear.

Tan Ying felt more and more chills in her back, and hurriedly walked to the dining table, took out the matchbox she had found earlier, and took out the matches in it.

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Set a small goal first, such as remembering in 1 second: book guest residence