Kaleidoscope of Death

It's impossible to sleep on a bed, it's impossible to sleep on a bed in this life, the floor is straight and hard, she loves it on it - that's how Tan Zao Zao, lying on the floor, comforted herself.

After Ruan Nanzhu's ruthless refusal, the bed finally becomes two men squeezing into one bed, and Tan Zao Zao Zao is helpless and weak. Of course, when she was making her bed, she still whispered in her heart, hoping that Lin Qiushi would enlighten her later and kill Ruan Nanzhu.

After a nap, it started to rain again.

Thick dark clouds gathered in the sky, and the pattering of the rain on the ground made a crisp ticking sound.

Through the window, he saw the dense bushes outside the castle.

These bushes should be some flowers of the Rosaceae family, but since they were not in flower and their branches had not been pruned, they looked very messy.

The rain had made the air moist, and the strange smell of water began to permeate the surroundings again, only it wasn't as strong as last night's, just faintly looming.

"What were they doing out there?" Tan Zao Zao also propped her head over and saw three people walking around the door with umbrellas

These guys were all from the team and looked like they were looking for something.

"Let's look for clues." Lin Qiushi also saw them, "Did you find something?"

Tan Zao Zao said, "Are we going to follow?"

Lin Qiushi turned his head to look at Ruan Nan Candle, who was still lazily lying on the bed.

Ruan Nan Candle received his gaze and lazily said, "No go." He looked indifferent, "I hate rain."

Lin Qiushi said, "Then don't go."

The person outside the house walked deeper into the bushes, disappearing before Lin Qiushi's eyes.

"The wetness is really unpleasant." Ruan Nan Candle casually put on his jacket and started to put on his shoes, "We haven't finished exploring this ancient castle yet, let's go."

The castle was huge, and it was difficult to thoroughly inspect it in a morning.

Because something like that happened to the female team member named Xiao Su in the morning, the atmosphere in the team, if the word stiff was still used to describe it before, could only be described as dead now, most of them were sitting inside the cafeteria, not going anywhere.

Thus, the day passed and after dinner, the team went back to their rooms to rest.

Ruan Nan Candle asked Lin Qiushi if he was afraid of being alone.

Lin Qiushi: "Fine, but if something happens I'll come over to find you."

Ruan Nam Candle nodded and watched as Lin Qiushi entered the room before turning around and pushing the door into his bedroom.

Because of the rain, it was only around six o'clock and the sky outside was already dark. Before Lin Qiushi washed his hands, he looked at the window for a while longer, and by the faint light from inside the house, the thick bushes outside the house spread like a clawed hand on the wall.

The place where the silhouettes were seen last night was still empty, and nothing strange appeared.

Lin Qiushi watched for a while before turning around to take a shower.

After washing his hair, he wiped it and walked to the bed, but his steps suddenly stopped...he saw a black figure outside the window.

A black silhouette with his back to him.

That silhouette was dressed in black and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, standing in the rain in silence with his back to Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi felt a chill of air run up from his back. He licked his dry lips, trying to calm himself down.

Although it was blurry, the figure should be the castle mistress's. What he saw yesterday was indeed not an illusion.

Just what was Mistress of the Ancient Castle doing in the bushes at this late hour.

This question seemed unable to find an answer for the time being.

The figure in the rain had turned into a statue that wouldn't move, standing stiffly and unmoving.

Lin Qiushi watched for about ten minutes without the figure moving a single bit, but in the end, instead, he felt tired first, and after checking the time, he returned to the bed and lay down on the soft bed.

However, Lin Qiushi, who had just laid down on the bed, noticed something horrifying, there was an additional picture frame on the wall in front of him that should have been nothing.

In the frame was an expressionless woman, dressed in black, wearing a black hat, rainwater slowly flowing down her brim, her eyes seemingly half closed, her face as pale as a piece of paper - exactly the same, the woman in the rain.

Lin Qiushi stiffened all over, and he slowly got up from the bed, wanting to leave the place.

When he reached the door, his nasal cavity began to fill up again with the fishy smell that belonged to rainwater, the smell was so strong that it made people feel as if they were breathing under water, and Lin Qiushi clearly noticed that the wall behind the painting was beginning to show black stains.

The stains were like accumulated water stains, appearing in strange patterns on the wall, resembling a face or a person.

Lin Qiushi twisted the doorknob, beat his own door and hurriedly left his room, knocking on Ruan Nam Candle's door.

A moment later, the door opened and it was Tan Zao Zao who opened the door for Lin Qiushi, she saw that Lin Qiushi's face was not right and immediately realized what had happened: "What's wrong? Something's wrong?"

"Hmm." Lin Qiushi said, "Something's not right in the house."

"You can come in." Tan Zao Zao made a crack for Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi exhaled and was about to enter, but he noticed something wrong... The door in front of Tan Zao Zao was open to the left.

And in the castle, all the doors opened to the right.

Lin Qiushi's expression was frozen for a moment, he didn't go any further, but slowly took a step back.

"What's wrong?" Tan Zao Zao's expression was confused as she asked, she looked normal, as if she was the Tan Zao Zao who was with them during the day.

"What's your name?" Lin Qiushi said, "What's your name again, I've forgotten."

"I'm called Xu Xiao Orange ah." Tan Zao Zao looked at Lin Qiushi strangely, like he was looking at some kind of monster, "Are you right in the head? Scared silly?"

Lin Qiushi really couldn't laugh at the fact that when no one was around, the names they called Tan Zao Zao were their real names. He didn't speak to Tan Zao Zao anymore and turned around and ran back to his room.

Tan Zao Zao seemed to be shocked by his actions, and it wasn't until Lin Qiushi closed the door that she reacted, walking to Lin Qiushi's door and knocking several times, saying, "Yu Lin Lin, are you alright? Linlin Yu? What's gotten into you?"

Lin Qiushi stood by the door and didn't say anything.

Tan Zao Zao's voice continued to be heard as she said, "Yu Lin Lin, hurry out, don't you think something happened in the house? Yu Lin Lin-"

Lin Qiushi looked down at the carpet near the door.

The edge of the carpet began to slowly change color - this change was familiar to Lin Qiushi, it was the change after being stained with water. The voice of the person outside the door was familiar, but what exactly was it, Lin Qiushi couldn't be sure. He turned his head to look at the wall next to him, and saw that the photo frame of the rainy lady also began to float with shallow droplets of water, running down the frame little by little, like rainwater that had slipped off the brim of the lady's hat.

"Lin Lin, Lin Lin-" Tan Zao Zao's voice began to become strange, her voice became more and more shrill and distorted, and she smashed the door heavily, as if she wanted to smash the door in front of her hard, "Lin Lin, you come out, you come out-"

Lin Qiushi did not give a response, he calmly pulled the stool next to the door.

The floor next to the door was even wetter, as if the "Tan Zao Zao" standing outside was dripping water all over her body. If possible, Lin Qiushi naturally wanted to see what was going on outside, but he wasn't brave enough to lie down on the floor and look at the doorway. God knows how terrifying it would be if he saw a pair of eyes in the doorway.

Hearing the knock on the door, Lin Qiushi suddenly regretted not picking up Ruan Nan Candle's cigarette, there was nothing else he could do at a time like this, it seemed like the only thing he could do was smoke a cigarette to calm down.

The strong smell of water, choking people's nasal cavities, Lin Qiushi stood quietly by the door, listening to Tan Zao Zao's voice gradually distort out of shape.

Finally she began to howl, and if a night owl midnight wails, it's numbing to hear.

"You come out ah, you come out ah." Outside I don't know what was howling, a pair of hands began groping towards the inside of the door.

Lin Qiushi took a few steps back and watched the tips of several ghastly white nails emerge from the doorway.

The window, which had been closed, was actually blown open again by the wind, and the window smashed violently against the frame with a clanging and screeching sound. The bed curtains that were blown up by the wind were like two huge hands, reaching towards Lin Qiushi in the house. Although it was a bit far away, Lin Qiushi could still see clearly, outside the window, the silhouette of a person standing in the bushes had turned around at some point and became facing Lin Qiushi, and just as he guessed, she was really the mistress of the castle.

The woman's pale face was all rainwater, and her black hole eyes were quietly gazing at the location of the room.

Lin Qiushi didn't dare to look too much and moved away from his own gaze, praying in his heart that the morning light would come quickly.

Not knowing exactly how long had passed, the confused Lin Qiushi heard a fierce knock on the door.

After rubbing his eyes, he realized that he had fallen asleep sitting next to the door against the wall, he crawled up from the ground, but a familiar voice came from outside the door, Tan Zao Zao was calling him, "Lin Lin, are you alright? Open the door - I'll break in if you don't!!!"

When Lin Qiushi heard this, he reflexively looked out of the window and saw that the rain outside had stopped, and now the clouds in the sky revealed a little sunlight, which was faint but enough to reassure people.

Lin Qiushi said, "What's your name?"

"What the hell is wrong with you? Did you sleep your brains out?" Tan Zao Zao was baffled.

Lin Qiushi was silent for a moment and twisted the doorknob in front of him.

The door opened and there was indeed Tan Zao Zao standing outside, she scratched her head, "You look so pale, what happened last night?"

Instead of answering, Lin Qiushi asked rhetorically, "What about him?"

Tan Qiushi knew that Lin Qiushi was asking Ruan Nan Candle, and she said, "Still washing up."

Lin Qiushi: "Well..."

Tammy: "What's wrong?"

Lin Qiushi said, "I seem to have almost gotten cold last night."

Tan Zao Zao: ".......Why can you talk about something so horrible so calmly ah.

A few minutes later, Lin Qiushi told Tan Zao Zao and Ruan Nan Candle exactly what he had experienced last night. Although he spoke simply and in a calm tone, goosebumps rose on Zaizao Tan's back as she swallowed her saliva and whispered, "So you didn't sleep all night?"

"Nope." Lin Qiushi said, "I took a nap when it was almost dawn."

Ruan Nam Candle hadn't spoken after hearing that, as if he was thinking about something.

Lin Qiushi felt at ease when he saw Ruan Nam Candle, and he didn't rush, leaving Ruan Nam Candle room to think.

Who knew that Ruan Nam Candle, however, waved his hand and said, "Go eat breakfast first, there's not enough blood supply to the brain to think of anything."

Lin Qiushi: ".......it can be done."

The three of them went to the restaurant on the second floor and saw that the rest of the team was here, and after counting the number of people, it didn't look like anyone else was killed last night.

The hostess was still sitting at the very back, but her mood didn't seem to be as good as yesterday, her face was pale and her expression was gloomy, making people even more reluctant to approach.

After last night, Lin Qiushi always felt that the woman glared at him when he entered the restaurant.

The breakfast tasted good though, especially the freshly baked bread was fragrant and soft, and Lin Qiushi ate several of them covered in jam.

Tan Zao Zao saw that he had such a good appetite and politely expressed her admiration, saying that if he had encountered those things yesterday, he probably wouldn't be able to eat anything for a day.

"What if it's the last meal." Lin Qiushi said what Ruan Nan Candle said yesterday, he said, "Always leave this world on a full stomach."

Tan Zao Zao: ".......why did you start too.

While eating, Ruan Nan Candle was thinking about something and didn't say much the whole time, until he finished eating, he found a place to say what he had thought out.

"She was the one who tried to kill you yesterday." Ruan Nan Candle said, "But you didn't trigger the death condition, so she didn't succeed."

Lin Qiushi said, "She tried to lure me into the house, and I'd be finished for sure if I went in, but okay..."

Ruan Nam Candle, "That should be the world of paintings, it's the only way to explain why the door is reversed." He looked at the painting hanging next to him, "Did you move the painting on the wall?"

"Well." Lin Qiushi said, "When I first came here, I found the paintings hanging on the walls uncomfortable, so I took them down and put them in a drawer."

Nguyen Nam Candle said, "It could be a condition." He said, "But certainly not a death condition." The ghosts in the door wouldn't be soft, and if they triggered the condition, they definitely wouldn't survive the night. If Lin Qiushi hadn't recognized the fake Xu Xiao Orange last night, they probably wouldn't have been able to see him today.

Ruan Nan Candle said, "I want to take another look at that painting from yesterday." He was talking about the girl, Xiao Su, who was set into the frame of the painting, which was currently the only clue.

So they went back upstairs and took a closer look at the picture frame, but still couldn't find anything in particular in common.

"Let's wait and see," Ruan Nam Candle said, "There will definitely be other clues."

The ghosts wouldn't stop moving and would provide them with more clues.

They then went to the group that had been drilling the bushes yesterday and asked if they had found anything in particular.

"We found it, but why are we telling you?" The leader of the group was a thirty year old man named Zhang Tao, who brought along the new girl and another young man, who showed serious resistance to Ruan Nam Candle's question.

"We can exchange clues." Ruan Nam Candle said, "We know a condition that triggers death."

Zhang Tao said suspiciously, "Really?"

"Naturally it's true." Ruan Nam Candle said, "Our team member almost died."

Zhang Tao said, "You tell us first."

Ruan Nan Candle, however, raised his eyebrows, "You haven't said what clues you found in the bushes, so you let us speak first? Who knows what you're doing with that clue."

Zhang Tao said, "What about it?"

Ruan Nan Candle said, "How about this, we all write on a note and exchange."

Zhang Tao hesitated slightly and nodded.

The group of people who had entered the door should have all belonged to one team, but Na Na had reservations due to the existence of the note. Who wouldn't want to be the first to leave here and get a clue for the next door. Besides, some of these people are not organized and don't even understand the rules of the door. Sharing with such newbies, veterans would be hesitant.

After sharing the note with Zhang Tao, Ruan Nan Candle left with Lin Qiushi and Tan Zao Zao.

Tan Zao Zao asked in a low voice what content Ruan Nan Candle had given Zhang Tao - the content was definitely fake, after all, they didn't even know the conditions for triggering death themselves now.

"Just wrote something." Ruan Nam Candle said, "My guess is just a guess, just so they can try it out."

Tan Zao Zao: "How to try?"

Ruan Nam Candle: "If one of them dies, it means that condition is wrong."

Tan Zao Zao: "..." obeyed.

But I don't blame Ruan Nan Candle for being insincere, the note that Zhang Tao gave them was also quite perfunctory, just writing on it that there was a black picture frame in the bush.

"Black picture frame... "Lin Qiushi remembered the person he saw outside the window yesterday, "Could the silhouette I saw yesterday have something to do with this?"

Ruan Nan Candle said, "Just go and check it out."

While it wasn't raining yet, they hurried to the bush where they saw Zhang Tao and the others go yesterday, and indeed found a black picture frame in a corner near the edge. This picture frame was stuck diagonally into the ground, and the surface was still covered in water droplets.

When Ruan Nan Candle saw the picture frame, he half squatted down as if he was looking for something, and after a moment, he tsked heavily and waved at Lin Qiushi, "Come and look."

"Hm?" Lin Qiushi walked over to where Ruan Nan Candle was and squatted down.

"See?" Ruan Nan Candle pointed at the picture frame and said.

Lin Qiushi looked at it for a moment before he realized what Ruan Nam Candle was talking about, it turned out that from this angle, his room was right in the middle of being framed by the picture frame, the frame was placed at a very tricky angle, and if you wanted to look from any other direction, you could only see dense bushes, only his window, which was exposed to the black picture frame.

"That should be the reason," Ruan Nam Candle said, "This picture frame has probably been tampered with."

Lin Qiushi to, "Because there's dirt on it too?"

"Right." Ruan Nan Candle said, "It's been turned around... No, maybe not a person."

Lin Qiushi said, "Then let's take this thing off first." Thinking about it carefully, the figure standing outside the house last night seemed to be in a similar position to where the picture frame was. Could it be that the owner of the painting frame had taken him as part of the painting... those things had happened to him?

Ruan Nan Candle nodded.

Since he didn't know if the picture frame had any other use, Lin Qiushi didn't dare to take it back, but instead found a place that was easy to identify and dug a hole to bury the frame.

After burying it, they went back to the castle.

Not long after returning, it started to rain again in the sky. From the time they arrived here, the rain was almost uninterrupted, it could rain for seven or eight hours a day, at most it would be sunny for a while in the morning, then the following noon and evening would be a constant drizzle, making people feel uncomfortable as well.

Lin Qiushi especially didn't like the watery smell of the rainwater right now, as long as he smelled it, he would be reminded of the things that happened at night.

Because of this, his lunch was a bit distracting, and his attention was almost always outside the window.

"What?" Ruanan Candle asked him.

"Will we encounter those things again tonight?" Lin Qiushi said, "Ugh, so annoying."

Ruan Nan Candle didn't move, "Come over and sleep with me?"

Lin Qiushi: "...I'll think about it."

Ruan Nan Candle: "You think about it." He seemed a little unhappy at Lin Qiushi's hesitation and put down his knife and fork to stop continuing to eat.

Tan Zao Zao was secretly happy beside him and thought to herself that Ruan Nam Candle you also have today.

Ruan Nan Candle, however, seemed to know what Tan Zao Zao was thinking, and gave her a nonchalant glance, saying coldly, "You think you're okay with this?"

Tan Zao Zao: "...No, no, no, big brother, big brother, I need you. Lin Lin, what are you hesitating for, the three of you are so safe together, if you encounter anything there's a big brother to help you! The thief is at ease!"

Ruan Nam Candle: "Heh."

Tan Zao Zao felt pained for her dog's leg.

Lin Qiushi thought about it and felt that it did make a bit of sense, nodding: "Okay, let's go together then."

Ruan Nanzhu hmmmed.

Tan Zao Zao sighed long and hard.

Lin Qiushi was baffled and didn't understand what Tan Zao Zao meant by this sigh.

During lunch, everyone shared the clues they had found, but of course, most of them had reservations.

Lin Qiushi said what he encountered in the house last night, and after listening to it, the people's expressions were happy with fear, and some of them patted Lin Qiushi's shoulder and said, "Brother, you are really lucky.

Lin Qiushi could only smile bitterly.

Call him lucky, but he became the target of the attack.

So it's hard to say about luck.

Ruan Nan Candle asked if anyone had been to the painting room on the roof and the unfinished exhibit.

Everyone shook their heads to say they hadn't been there, and someone said, "Didn't the housekeeper say you can't go to either of these places? What are we doing there? Looking for death?"

Ruan Nan Candle coldly responded, "You won't die if you don't go?"

The man: "..."

"Let's go, there are no clues here." Ruan Nan Candle walked out of the house with Lin Qiushi and Tan Zao Zao, he said, "The quality of the people inside the gate is poor this time, it seems that we can't count on them."

"Poor quality? How can you tell?" Tan Zao Zao blinked curiously.

Ruan Nan Candle said, "Will you obey the NPC 100%?"

Tan Zao Zao said, "No."

Ruan Nan Candle pointed behind him: "They will."

Tan Zao Zao thought about it and felt that Ruan Nan Candle was quite right, the newcomers this time seemed to be rather timid, ever since the first day when that girl called Xiao Su had an accident, most of them seemed to be scared out of their wits, only two or three of them continued to search, the others either hid in their rooms or waited in the restaurant, not knowing what they were waiting for.

"I'm going to check out the drawing room," Ruan Nan Candle said, "It's more dangerous, but this place is a must." He finely lifted his cuffs, revealing his beautifully lined wrists, "After all, these NPCs, but each and every one of them would love for us to all die inside the door."

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Lin Qiushi: Tan Jujube, your brother Ruan wants to hug you.

Tan Zao Zao: ????

Zhu Meng: to hug.

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