Under the Bed

　　The thought of an invisible, dirty thing lurking in the shadows of his room, watching him, made Ning's skin crawl!

　　He left the room calmly and went to the corridor.

　　But a scene that made his hair stand on end appeared...

　　The red light emitted from the blood jade in his palm not only didn't extinguish... but grew even brighter!

　　"Damn it!"

　　Ning couldn't help but curse under his breath.

　　He waved the blood jade around, his inner unease intensifying!

　　Because he soon discovered that as long as he was in the reception, the jade would emit light!

　　Could it be... the entire reception was unclean?

　　He pondered for a moment, immediately found Bai and Liu, called them to his room, and closed the door.

　　Then, Ning took out the blood jade and placed it in front of them.

　　"Hey, isn't this the one from the last dungeon... Woah! Why is it glowing?!"

　　Liu's face showed surprise first, then turned into terror.

　　He remembered the female ghost from the last blood gate, looking around every corner of the room.

　　But he didn't see anything scary.

　　"Don't look,"

　　Ning shook his head, his face turning serious.

　　"As long as I'm in the reception, this blood jade will emit light."

　　He then explained to Bai, who was beside him, the origin and effect of the blood jade.

　　Bai listened, her brows furrowed.

　　She spoke softly:

　　"This reception is definitely problematic."

　　After finishing, Bai looked around Ning's room, her gaze fixed on the wooden bed.

　　The wooden bed had been carefully cleaned, quite clean, even the corners at the head of the bed hadn't been missed, but...

　　Bai extended her long finger, gently brushing across the ground under the bed, and then her finger was covered with a thick layer of dust, and a little... hair.

　　"See?"

　　The two of them nodded, Ning thought thoughtfully, while Liu was clueless.

　　"Isn't this just that it hasn't been cleaned underneath?"

　　"It's normal..."

　　Ning said:

　　"It's not the problem, it's the dust... it's too thick."

　　"It's as if... a house that hasn't been used for a long time, is suddenly cleaned specially for us ."

　　Liu was stunned.

　　"That's right."

　　Bai looked at Ning's eyes with a hint of appreciation.

　　She had brought many new people.

　　Very few were as thoughtful and sharp as Ning.

　　In fact, most newcomers were not even as good as Liu, encountering a situation they would only know how to scream and cry for help.

　　"... But, this is the village's travel agency reception, I heard from that NPC called Kong, the village is quite concerned about tourism, how could it be that it hasn't been used for a long time?"

　　Liu felt a strange sense of unease.

　　Ning followed:

　　"You're right, unless..."

　　He said, his face slightly changed, he looked up, and happened to meet Bai's gaze.

　　The other party's face was also serious, she nodded subtly, seemingly knowing what he was thinking.

　　"Unless what?"

　　Liu was dying to know, he leaned forward and asked with his face close to his.

　　Ning shook his head.

　　"... I can't be completely sure yet, I'll tell you later."

　　Bai checked the time.

　　"It's getting late, and we don't know when it will get dark in the village, so let's get some rest after dinner."

　　"We'll go around the village tomorrow morning."

　　Liu raised his eyebrows:

　　"With so much time at night, why don't we go out for a stroll?"

　　He remembered the last blood gate, the female ghost told them not to go to the third floor, and the way out was hidden on the third floor.

　　This time, that NPC called Kong also told them not to go out at night, perhaps...

　　Bai glanced at him and said calmly:

　　"The world behind the blood gate is usually extremely dangerous at night!"

　　"Think about your last blood gate, didn't the ghosts come out to kill people at night?"

　　"If there is no clear indication or a definite clue that requires adventure, I don't recommend going out at night."

　　Liu immediately became quiet.

　　The three of them had dinner and went back to their rooms to rest.

　　It turned out that Bai's experience was indeed very useful.

　　Because around seven o'clock, the Qiyu Village became dark at a speed visible to the naked eye.

　　From sunny to completely dark, it took less than ten minutes!

　　Even the nearest scenic spot from the reception, it would be impossible to get back in ten minutes!

　　That is to say... those who are still outside looking for clues to the way out, must return in the dark!

　　"It's not yet 12 o'clock, it should be fine, right?"

　　Ning thought so.

　　The moonlight was bright, even though it was night outside, the muddy road was still visible.

　　The blood jade emitted a faint light, lying on the bed.

　　He lay down on the bed and closed his eyes to rest.

　　Around the middle of the night, Ning woke up.

　　He was woken up by something.

　　Ning heard... something in his room.

　　Almost instantly, Ning woke up!

　　He held his breath and listened carefully, it felt like something was crawling on the floor of his room!

　　Creak——

　　Creak——

　　The thing probably had claws, and as it crawled on the ground, it made a creepy scraping sound!

　　Ning's whole body stiffened.

　　He could almost be sure that this thing... definitely wasn't human!

　　The blood jade in his palm grew even hotter.

　　"What's under there... what is it?"

　　A strong burnt smell, the kind he had smelled before, reached his nostrils!

　　Ning really wanted to turn his head and see what was under the bed... but his rationality told him that he absolutely couldn't move at this time!

　　Moving... could be the difference between life and death!

　　"Gulp—"

　　The terrifying thing made a very unpleasant sound in its throat, as it crawled and crawled, it seemed to have discovered Ning, and suddenly crawled towards this side of the bed!

　　The sound of its claws scraping on the ground was especially terrifying, Ning felt a chill all over his body, the foul smell of burnt filled every corner of the room, if he hadn't forced himself to hold back, Ning would definitely have coughed violently!

　　But he knew he absolutely couldn't cough at this time!

　　Although he didn't see the ghostly thing crawling under the bed, Ning vaguely guessed that it couldn't see him, it didn't know he was on the bed!

　　Ning endured the immense psychological pressure, not making a single sound.

　　Sure enough, the ghost crawling in the room couldn't climb onto the bed due to some restriction, it only crawled under the bed for a while, and then finally, after making sure that it didn't find what it was looking for... it crawled out the door.

　　When it left, it even closed the door for Ning.

　　"This ghost... is quite polite."

　　Ning made a self-deprecating joke in his heart.

　　But only he knew how dangerous the situation just now was!

　　He guessed that if he had made any big noise, or had made eye contact with the ghost... he might have been dragged away or killed!

　　After the ghost that exuded a burnt smell left, the smell of burnt in the room became much fainter.

　　The temperature of the blood jade in Ning's palm gradually returned to normal, it wasn't as hot anymore.

　　Just when he was about to continue sleeping, a man's extremely shrill scream came from outside the window!

　　The scream was soul-chilling, instantly dispelling all of Ning's sleepiness!