Chapter 141 Sealed Object
The second floor of this mansion has the same style as the lobby on the first floor - luxurious decoration with golden brown as the main color, and exaggerated and complicated wall decorations everywhere. If it weren't for the heavy dust and too many cobwebs, it would be convincing to say that this is the VIP area of a luxury nightclub.
Miaobishenghua pushed open the door nearest to the stairs. With a slight creaking sound from the door hinge, the spider web on the door frame and the door handle was torn apart. A fat spider as big as a palm fell down with a thread hanging from its butt, swaying left and right in front of Miaobishenghua who opened the door.
Miaobishenghua raised his bony claws, tore the spider silk, and threw the fat spider away.
The window of this room was broken, and the wind blew into the house, causing the curtains, which had been beaten by wind and rain, to rustle. As soon as the door was opened, a strange wind with a musty and heavy damp smell blew in the player's face.
The players were completely unmoved. They recognized from the butler's clothing hanging on the coat rack that this seemed to be the butler's living room, and then they withdrew.
The inner demon dungeon every weekend and the spider's lair that needs to be visited every few days have long forged the nerves of veteran players like steel wires. This kind of small scene is totally unlikely to make players fuss about it... Even the orange cat who just entered the inner demon dungeon to be the boss didn't think that a strange wind with a slightly musty smell was scary.
"The feng shui of this house is bad, and the orientation is not good. People living inside are blown by the northwest wind every day, and all the wealth in the house will be blown away." An orange cat took the opportunity to express some feudal and superstitious views.
"Is there any Feng Shui concept in the restraining element?" Yang Ying looked back in confusion.
"No, no." Brilliant Writing & No-Increase Entropy both waved their hands.
Next, the players found a study room filled with bookshelves and countless exquisite wood carvings of all sizes, a utility room filled with large furniture, a tea room for rest, and a cloakroom filled with men's clothing...
I walked to the end of the corridor and found a room that looked like the master bedroom.
This is a suite with a living room outside and a more extravagantly styled luxurious bedroom inside. There is also a large bathroom with a balcony on the other side of the bedroom.
The living room is filled with wood carvings of various shapes and there is also a tall cabinet that displays various small wood carvings. Combined with the fact that there are fewer books than wood carvings in the previous study, it is obvious that the owner of this room loves wood carvings very much, and it is very likely that this is the room of Master William himself.
"This should be the place, let's start searching!" Miaobishenghua waved his hand and rolled up his sleeves to start working.
"Use the identification skill once its CD is ready, and pay attention to whether there are any secret doors or compartments." En Bu Zeng did not forget to remind everyone.
It would be difficult for players to find the "mission items" simply by rummaging through boxes and cabinets. With identification, a universal skill that players can use repeatedly with only a small cost, it is easy to find items of special significance.
Soon, a player used his identification skills to find a secret compartment under the bed.
After some trouble to open the lock on the secret compartment, Yang Ying pulled open the hidden drawer and saw... it was empty, not even a hair.
"This shouldn't be possible. There's nothing in such a hidden compartment?" Miaobishenghua scratched his head.
"Hmm? Wait!" En Bu Zeng suddenly squatted down and pointed at the inside of the large bed that was vacant after the drawer was pulled out. "There seems to be something in there. Whose identification CD is there?"
"Mine is here, I'll do it, I'll do it." An orange cat that had been despised for a long time found an opportunity to show off, squatted next to En Bu Zeng, and used the identification technique.
Then... a ginger cat suddenly uttered "Ah" and the whole person turned into white light...
Wonderful writing: "What the hell?!"
Yang Ying was stunned: "What's going on?"
En Bu Zeng stared blankly at the empty space left by the disappearance of the orange cat for two seconds, then suddenly stood up and waved his hand to signal the people around him to retreat: "Stay away! Don't rush in and use identification skills!"
The bedroom was big enough for the players to have room to retreat, so they all stayed quietly against the wall.
"What's going on? The orange cat boss died just by using an identification technique?" He was completely confused because he was addicted to studying.
"It's not clear at the moment. If anyone has the phone number of the orange cat's boss, please go offline and ask about the situation." Entropy said.
"Oh, I have it." Yang Ying said hurriedly, "Then I'll log off for a while."
Everyone waited patiently for a few minutes. Yang Ying came online and spoke very quickly without even having time to put on his equipment: "The orange cat boss said that as soon as he saw the information scanned by the identification spell, his health bar was emptied. Time was too fast, and he only had time to see the words "Do not look directly" in the information of the identified item."
"You can't look directly at it... Does that mean you'll die if you see the things inside?" Miaobishenghua was puzzled. "It's just a mission prop, is there any need to be so ridiculous?"
"What if we don't use our eyes to see? Will it be okay?" Zhao Zhenzhen quickly made an assist.
"Uh...which warrior is willing to give it a try?" Miaobishenghua turned around and looked at everyone.
The players looked at each other, and no one said anything.
After all, if you die, you will return to Westram. Not only will you not be able to participate in this mission, but you will also have to waste time and energy running back to Innadri.
"Why don't I come here?" Yang Ying said, "If I get killed, I'll run over here with the orange cat boss."
The distance from Westram to Innadri is several dozen kilometers, and players can reach the destination in one or two hours if they are patient.
Yang Ying covered her eyes with a piece of cloth, knelt down beside the big bed, stretched out her arms and groped through the gap between the drawers to reach inside the bed...
After touching it a few times, the players saw Yang Ying shiver.
“Oh my god…” Yang Ying turned his head stiffly and looked towards the crowd, “There’s… there’s a hand inside, it grabbed me, and it’s very strong.”
Runaway Goldfish gasped exaggeratedly, and Miaobishenghua couldn't help but take a step back.
"Hmm... this thing is powerful, but the weight doesn't seem to be that big, it seems like I can pull it out..." Yang Ying said again, "Huahua, Qingyue, should I pull the thing inside out?"
"Don't do it yet." En Buzeng said hurriedly, "Can you get rid of it?"
"Let me try...it seems to work." Yang Ying tried hard and stood up suddenly, "I got rid of it."
Enbuseng breathed a sigh and was about to say something when he saw a head squeezed out from the gap in the drawer, which was less than the width of a palm.
"ah--!"
The slow-reacting players just screamed, while the quick-reacting players quickly turned their faces away...
The Runaway Goldfish saw what was squeezed out from under the bed and shouted, "Huh?"
"Huh?" The man who was obsessed with studying turned his head curiously to look at the runaway goldfish, then followed her line of sight to the thing that came out from under the bed. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly drew his knife and stepped forward.
The more cautious players turned back...
A fluid, translucent human figure made of black mist was rushing towards Yang Ying fiercely.
Players have seen many ghost monsters like this. In the sewers of Inadeli, many players killed countless of them. Immediately, many people drew their weapons and came forward to help.
"It could be a ghost from someone who died here before." After killing the ghost, Entropy did not increase and exhaled, "Luckily it was just a false alarm. If something that kills on sight could run out and chase people around, it would be a big trouble."
"I'll do it again." Yang Ying tied the cloth strips again and lay down again.
This time, Yang Ying did not encounter any troublesome ghosts, but instead touched an irregular object that looked like some kind of statue.
"It's only the size of a palm, and feels like wood, so it's probably a wood carving." Yang Ying said, "I can't just take it out, I have to find a container first."
The players searched through boxes and cabinets for objects that could hold things...
Huanling took out a wooden box from the bathroom that was probably used to store toiletries: "Will this work?"
"Wood should be okay. When I used the identification technique to scan the bed just now, I didn't find this thing. It should be able to be isolated by wooden products." Miaobishenghua said.
Next, Huanling opened the lid and aimed at the gap in the drawer under the bed, and Yang Ying took action again, carefully moving the things she touched into the wooden box.
As soon as the players completed "containment", several yellow messages popped up on the players' information panels:
"【System Announcement】The team whose player entropy does not increase obtains the sealed object: 'The crying baby that cannot be looked at directly'"
"【System Announcement】The team with no increase in player entropy has obtained information on a worldview breakthrough and unlocked the setting achievement: "Sealed Object""
"【System Announcement】The Tarantan Lord, the Black Mage Yang, is collecting sealed items. Handing in the items will earn you 3,000 points of territory reputation ."
"The Sealed Object"
"There are many mysterious, dangerous, and unknowable sealed objects circulating in this world."
"It may be an object, a building, a landscape, an inconspicuous stone, an ordinary key, a man-made clock, a printed book..."
"When you become aware of its presence, it also becomes aware of you."
The phantom holding the wooden box immediately became uneasy: "Damn, this thing is worth 3,000 points of territory reputation?!"
Miaobishenghua quickly turned around and asked Zhao Zhenzhen: "Sister Zhao, do I need to hand this thing over to complete the mission of the Night Watchman?"
Zhao Zhenzhen: “…”
Zhao Zhenzhen looked down at the third row of yellow words in the system announcement, as if she saw Lord Yang's eager gaze from afar... She made a choice instantly: "Of course not, we are just helping to solve the abnormal phenomenon of this farm."
"This thing can kill people just by looking at it. It must be the culprit. If we take it away, it will be equivalent to solving the problem, right?" Huanling said eagerly.
"It's possible, but to be on the safe side, it's best to kill the ghosts and monsters that may exist in this place, so as to avoid having to make another trip before completing the task." Miaobishenghua said.
"Okay, then should we shoot this now or wait until we complete the mission?" Huan Ling said enthusiastically.
En Bu Zeng silently glanced at the guy who was holding the wooden box and refused to let go. He knew that he would not be able to rest easy unless he solved the ownership of the item: "Shoot now."
"I'll offer 100 copper coins!" Phantom raised his voice.
"Uh... I want it too. I'll offer 150." Miaobishenghua said.
"200!" said the Phantom Spirit.
Brilliant writing: "300."
"Is it appropriate to raise the price so high right from the start?" Everyone else was shocked.
"This is because the orange cat boss is not here." En Buzeng crossed his arms and shook his head, sighing, "If you can get this thing and work hard, you will have a great chance of getting the player mayor next month."
"That's good, we can get more money." Yang Ying said with a smile.
Zhao Zhenzhen, the only one who knew the truth about the world, stood by with an expressionless face.
The sentence in the description of the sealed object, "When you become aware of its existence, it also discovers you", does not mean anything in the eyes of players, but it is extremely terrifying to Zhao Zhenzhen when she thinks about it carefully.
Obviously, at first the owner of the mansion did not know that the wood sculpture was extremely dangerous. He probably just regarded it as some ordinary ornament with artistic value and brought it to Innadri as a collection.
People don't notice its abnormality, so it lives in peace with people.
After that, perhaps Master William's personal valet had some thoughts, such as stealing...
With Zhao Zhenzhen's understanding of human nature, it is not difficult to guess the truth of this strange disaster:
The servant who had developed evil intentions would most likely hide the wood carving under his master's bed, to test whether his master would remember that he had lost this ornament. If his master remembered that he had lost something, he would find it out. If his master did not care about the wood carving at all, the servant would find an opportunity to transport the carving away and sell it.
It is not difficult to carry a palm-sized wood carving, at least it is easier than those large wood carvings.
However... when the servant began to pay attention to the wood carving, the wood carving also discovered him.
So he was the first to hear the baby's laughter.
