The floor of the villa was covered with a bright red carpet, and the fireplace not far away was black and hollow, and there were the remnants of burning wood inside.

It was already pitch black outside, and only the crystal chandelier on the ceiling gave off the only light in the villa.

Fortunately, the villa is still connected to electricity.

"Let's look around." Uncle Beard withdrew his gaze from looking around, "Don't separate, be careful." ”

Soon, they found a large amount of food in the refrigerator in the kitchen. There are meat, rice, vegetables, fruits, and even snacks.

Su Zhiyuan frowned and looked at the food in front of him, which looked very fresh. Can...... Based on the dust around it, it is obvious that someone has put it in newly.

But Uncle Beard didn't look surprised, and smiled after noticing Su Zhiyuan's gaze, "Don't worry, these foods should be fine." Can't we starve here before the dungeon even starts, right? ”

Su Zhiyuan nodded.

Suddenly, the sound of rushing water sounded behind him, Su Zhiyuan turned his head, and found that it was the mean woman who unscrewed the faucet, and clean water flowed out.

She turned off the faucet and turned to look at the rest of the group, shrugging, "We're not going to die of thirst either." ”

Immediately afterwards, they found a large amount of firewood in a small room in the middle of nowhere, which resembled a storage room.

The wood is of good quality, there is a lot of quantity, and it is neatly stacked.

On the second floor, there are three bedrooms, next to a study, and a locked room at the end of the hallway.

It was evident that Uncle Beard and Mean Lady seemed to be interested in the locked room, but neither of them said they wanted to open it.

The staircase leading to the third floor was locked by a black iron door, and Uncle Beard shook it vigorously, but the door did not move.

The group retreated to the living room on the first floor.

Everyone had been in the dungeon space for several hours, and they had walked the mountain road for a long time in the rain, and they were already tired and hungry at this time.

Uncle Beard pulled the greasy man up, "You and I go to move wood and make a fire, and the newcomer, the fat man, and you, go to the kitchen and get something to eat." He pointed to the mean woman, "The remaining two, clean up this place." ”

Although they were giving orders, the arrangements were reasonable, and everyone had no objections and acted separately.

Su Zhiyuan followed the fat man and the mean girl to the kitchen, looked at the pile of ingredients, and fell into deep thought.

There was nothing to eat raw, and he ...... Can't cook.

Seeing this, the mean woman sneered twice and ignored him.

Fortunately, the fat man is a person who can cook, and his knife skills are good, and after a while, fragrant meals were served, and he even fried a candy egg for everyone.

The living room had been cleaned up, a fire had lit up in the fireplace, and everyone was sitting on the sofa with a bowl of rice in their hands.

The fire in the closet was burning brightly and crackling.

After dinner, everyone gathered to discuss the mission.

But not long after the discussion, Uncle Beard and the mean girl quarreled. There's no way around it. Both of them are assertive masters, and the copy has just begun, so there are no clues at all.

Besides, looking at their familiarity, it was obvious that they had successfully passed several missions.

It was late at night.

Uncle Beard proposes that everyone sleep together in the living room instead of being separated. And the mean woman immediately jumped out to object, saying that since the copy arranged a bedroom, everyone should live in it, so that clues can be found.

In the end, neither of the two could convince anyone, and the innocent girl followed the mean girl upstairs. Just as they were about to disappear around the corner of the stairs, the white-collar man from the company ran over.

Su Zhiyuan guessed that it was Uncle Beard's two slaps that left him a psychological shadow.

In this way, the four men except for the white-collar man stayed.

"Idiot!" Uncle Beard looked at the backs of several people leaving, and scolded in a low voice.

There is not so much attention to sleeping in the living room, and the rest are all men, a total of three couches, one for each person, and just one person is left to keep vigil.

Uncle Beard took out a watch from his bosom and placed it on the table.

"It's about 10 o'clock in the evening, 6 o'clock in the morning, a total of 8 hours, there are exactly 4 people here, each of them for 2 hours, so that everyone can have plenty of time to rest."

As the bearded uncle spoke, he found that the fat man looked at the watch on the table with a strange expression, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"The time is not accurate." He paused, explaining, "In the Abyss dungeon, time is different from the real world. The purpose of the table is only to keep track of time. ”

The time shown on the pocket watch was 4:18, which clearly did not match the reality.

Since Su Zhiyuan and the fat man were both here for the first time, Uncle Beard patiently explained a few more words, "Here, it is normal for anything unscientific to happen, just get used to it in the future, don't make a fuss." ”

What they need to do is to find the hidden clues behind the anomalies through various anomalies, and then solve the mission and get out of here.

Su Zhiyuan raised his hand, the corners of Uncle Beard's mouth twitched, and he couldn't cry or laugh: "If you have something to say directly, it's not a primary school student......"

"Since you've already gone out of the Abyss Dungeon, why did you come back?"

"Hey." The uncle sighed, "Completing the copy is just a temporary departure, and I will have to come back sooner or later." By the way, no matter how many injuries you suffer in the abyss world, as long as you still have a breath, you will return to reality intact after the mission. ”

"Do you know how to get out of this damn abyss once and for all?" The greasy man raised his head, and his voice was strange, as if his vocal cords had been injured, giving people an uncomfortable feeling.

Uncle Beard glanced at him and said impatiently: "You are not a newcomer anymore, how can you ask such a brainless question?" If I knew, would I have come in? ”

The middle-aged man grimaced and stopped talking.

Su Zhiyuan raised his hand for the second time.

Uncle Beard looked at him helplessly, "If you want to ask anything, you can ask directly, no need to raise your hand." ”

"It should be sometime between late April and mid-October 2005," Mr. Su said seriously.

Uncle Beard was stunned and looked at him in disbelief, and at the same time there were greasy men and fat men. Everyone stared at him with strange eyes, waiting for his explanation.

Su Zhiyuan calmly took out a plastic bag from his clothes, and when everyone took a closer look, they found that it contained bags of bread, which they obviously took in the kitchen just now.

Su Zhiyuan turned the bread bag over and pointed to a line of small words on it: Production date April 20, 2005. The shelf life is 6 months.

Then he calmly tore open the bag in full view of everyone, broke a small piece of bread and threw it into his mouth, chewed it twice, swallowed it, thought about it, and said: "It's delicious, and it doesn't show signs of moisture, if it's in the refrigerator......" He thought for a while, "Then the speculation just now will have to be pushed back at least another month." ”

The greasy man blinked, and he didn't know what to say for a while. The others were silent.

The scene ended in a slightly awkward atmosphere.

Uncle Beard stood up and said that it was too late, so he would stop talking, and he would go to the vigil first, urging everyone to rest early.

Uncle Beard kept watch from 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock, and there were 6 hours left.

After discussion, Su Zhiyuan and others stayed from 12 o'clock to 2 o'clock, then the greasy man, and finally the fat man.

Uncle Beard didn't say anything more, but found a small bench and put it in front of the fireplace, and sat down on it. The flames lit his face in a flicker.

The fat man pushed his sofa towards Su Zhiyuan and lay down.

"Brother," the fat man stretched his neck over, and said in a small voice, "Have you slept?" ”

Su Zhiyuan turned over and didn't want to pay attention to him.

Before you know it, two hours have passed. Su Zhiyuan has always remained awake, but fortunately, nothing happened in the middle.

After the time came, Uncle Beard came over and pushed Su Zhiyuan, and Su Zhiyuan "woke up".

"Be careful, and wake us up if you find anything unusual." Uncle Beard thought about it, was a little uneasy, and continued: "Some ...... may happen at night That kind of thing. ”

"What's the matter?" Su Zhiyuan got up and asked.

Uncle Beard's face became ugly, but he still lowered his voice: "Supernatural events." ”

"Oh." Su Zhiyuan nodded and said that he understood.

Seeing that he was not frightened and yelling, Uncle Beard finally felt a little relieved, walked over and lay down on the sofa where Su Zhiyuan had been lying before, while Su Zhiyuan was sitting on the bench where the uncle had sat before, baking the fireplace, and taking on the responsibility of keeping vigil.

There was silence all around, and there was hardly any sound except for the occasional snoring of the fat man.

The greasy man and the bearded uncle both had their eyes closed, but Su Zhiyuan knew that neither of them slept.

Another two hours passed, during which Su Zhiyuan didn't notice anything abnormal, he walked over and pushed the greasy man.

There was no superfluous communication between the two, Su Zhiyuan went back to sleep, and the middle-aged man picked up the mineral water bottle and drank a few sips of water, and then walked to the fireplace.

As if he was not satisfied with the temperature, he threw a few more pieces of wood into it, picked it up from the table, and put it on his hand.

Previously, he had passed a copy by luck, so he knew what Uncle Beard was talking about.

Knowing better how terrible they are.

Just as Su Zhiyuan guessed, since Uncle Beard's vigil, he has not slept and is always vigilant about some bad things that may happen.

An hour and a half passed, and nothing happened.

In the meantime he added firewood again, and the fire in the fireplace burned brightly, and it warmed his body, as if this would dispel the chill in his heart.

Seeing that his vigil was coming to an end, the greasy man got up and moved his sore waist, and then walked to the window.

Looking out through the gap in the curtains, you can faintly see the bright sky.

Anyone who has fallen into the abyssal space does not like the night, because the night means danger.

The same goes for greasy men.

Just as he was about to wake up the fat man to change shifts, suddenly, his footsteps stopped.

He...... I want to pee!

glanced at the mineral water bottle in his hand...... The greasy man was a little hesitant, did he drink too much water?

The fact that it was almost dawn reassured him, and he turned around, the bathroom was in the corner of the living room, not far from here.

After thinking about it, for the sake of insurance, he still decided to call the fat man up first.

But as soon as he turned his head, he just found that the fat man had gotten up.

And...... I don't know when, it's come to his side.

Still fat...... Didn't you sleep? Vigilance is quite high.

The greasy man nodded at the fat man, then turned around and walked towards the bathroom.

Carefully pulling the door open, the probe looked inside, and there was nothing inside.

He looked back at the fat man sitting by the fireplace......

He walked into the bathroom and carefully drained the water, the bathroom door was wide open, and the living room was full of men anyway.

Trembling, the greasy man finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

To be honest, after tossing and turning in the dungeon world for a day, and he hasn't slept all the time, he's almost at his limit. After all, when people reach middle age, they can't compare with those young people in their twenties.

Looking at his tired self in the mirror in front of him, the middle-aged man sighed, turned on the faucet and washed his face. The icy water irritates the skin and dispels sleepiness. The greasy man is finally in good spirits.

Just as he was about to wash it for the second time, Yu Guang glanced at his glasses, and suddenly found that there was a person standing not far behind him through the reflection of the mirror!

There was no sound, and no footsteps were heard.

"Who?!"

The fright lasted only a few seconds, and the greasy man regained his peace of mind. Although the bathroom was too dark to see the figure clearly, this chubby figure made him recognize the identity of the person at once.

"It's me."

Hearing that it was the voice of the fat man, the greasy man was completely relieved, and then said dissatisfied: "When you come in, squeak, don't make a sound, and scare people to death." ”

He casually wiped his face with his clothes, then turned around as he shook off the water from his hands.

But the moment he turned around completely, a vicious chill ran from head to toe, and his veins seemed to be covered with ice stubble.

Behind...... Nothing.

What about people? Where did that fat guy go?!

Intense fear came over him, and he subconsciously wanted to look back in the mirror, but he didn't, because he felt his shoulders sinking.

It was like a pair of hands on it.

......

It's dawn.

The three people sleeping in the room on the second floor were similar to the few people in the living room, and they all left one person for vigil.

The white-collar man who had shrunk in the corner of the bedroom all night opened his eyes in a daze, and was just about to yawn, but he was startled by a scream like killing a pig.

The woman and girl sleeping in the bed were also awakened by the screams.

Several people looked at each other and rushed downstairs.

Su Zhiyuan and Uncle Beard surrounded the fat man, and the fat man sat on the ground, his face was bloodless with fright, and it was self-evident who the pig-killing howl came from.

All three of them were staring at the bathroom in the corner.

With fear, rejoice...... And incomprehensible.

The mean woman swept around, didn't find the greasy man, and then looked at the scene in front of her, and probably guessed what happened.

She shook off the girl's hand and walked to the bathroom alone.

The bathroom door was open, and she took a deep breath and quickly glanced inside.

Rao is as sophisticated as her, and she also took a hard breath.

The greasy man stood straight in front of the mirror, his body facing the direction of the door, his back to the mirror, but his head was twisted 180 degrees, facing back towards the mirror.

In the mirror, the greasy man's eyes widened, full of unwillingness.

After calming down, the woman vigilantly walked to the middle-aged man, and then the bearded uncle.

Su Zhiyuan observed for a few seconds and then followed, standing outside the bathroom door and looking in.

The mean woman reached out and touched the greasy man's neck, and sighed, "It's been broken like this." ”

Everyone guessed it, and no one objected.

"I was violently frightened before I died," Uncle Beard added, staring at the middle-aged man's bulging eyes.