Welcome to the World of the Strong [Unlimited Flow] 40p2

Chapter 40 p2: The Ancient Castle

Jiang Yu was a little confused. Because Zhong Yu’s words were a little vague, Jiang Yu was not sure what her real meaning was.

So, Jiang Yu asked, “Can I ask for your guesses and thoughts?”

Shi Jun smiled. “Of course.”

Then, she said, “Our mission here is to survive for seven days. There’s no doubt about that, right?”

Jiang Yu nodded.

Shi Jun: “But there are no clues or rules that point to us having to avoid the mistress’s attacks for these seven days, nor is there any evidence to support that the mistress is the ghost who is chasing us.”

Jiang Yu said softly, “The ones chasing us are the maids.”

From preparing the late-night snack to what had happened to Shen Liang yesterday. The mistress’s figure was not in any of this. It was all manipulated by the maids.

Shi Jun said, “If you believed what the maids said, that this was the master’s game, and then in the next few days, you found out about the mistress’s situation, what would you guess?”

Jiang Yu said softly, “I would suspect that all of this was the mistress’s doing.”

Then, she frowned slightly. “But now I can’t be completely sure that these have nothing to do with the mistress.”

Shi Jun nodded. “That’s true. But I just discovered something.”

Jiang Yu looked up. “What?”

Shi Jun’s lips curved, and a smile was in her eyes. “That is, if I hadn’t held back just now, I could have really killed the mistress.”

Jiang Yu frowned slightly, a thoughtful look on her face.

Shi Jun said, “Remember, today is only the third day. If the mistress is really related to our survival mission, she is a boss who will be activated in the next few days. This also means that she will definitely participate in the ghosts’ pursuit of us.”

Jiang Yu nodded.

“In this situation, the mistress must be a very important existence, that is, the final boss. If the final boss is so easily killed, do you think it’s possible?”

Jiang Yu followed her words and thought. “In other words, if the mistress is really the boss, then when you are about to attack her, something will definitely stop you?”

Shi Jun smiled with satisfaction.

“Exactly.”

Whether it was the will of the instance or the will of the World of Strength, in short, such a thing rarely happened.

When she had found the location of the mistress’s corpse before, Shi Jun had thought of destroying her but had not done so. At that time, she was also concerned about this protection mechanism.

But later, she felt that something was wrong.

There was no sign that the mistress was their enemy.

So, Shi Jun had made that test just now, and the result was very satisfactory to her.

Jiang Yu said, “Then why is there such a existence as the mistress? Is it to confuse us?” She was thoughtful, and then she made a bold guess. “Or is it that the mistress is related to the hidden mission?”

Shi Jun smiled. “You’re right.”

Jiang Yu let out a breath, unable to say what she was feeling in her heart.

The only thought was that she should not be preconceived.

Jiang Yu pinched the bridge of her nose. “I really didn’t expect it.”

Shi Jun’s eyes curved in a smile, with a happy emotion. “Very interesting.”

As they spoke, the two of them found the mistress’s room, which was still locked.

But with Shi Jun around, this matter did not seem to be a big problem.

Shi Jun operated for a few minutes, and the door opened.

Pushing open the door, what came to her face was a damp and dusty smell.

Now Jiang Yu was very used to the damp smell. She looked around the room. It was a normal bedroom structure. There were paints and painting tools in some places, and jewelry and cosmetics on the dressing table.

Shi Jun walked in, then looked down and glanced.

Then, she reached out and picked up a necklace on the table.

Jiang Yu walked over and glanced at it. It was a beautiful pure silver necklace.

“Is there a problem with this necklace?”

“No.” With that, Shi Jun held out her hand to Jiang Yu. “Come.”

Jiang Yu was confused.

Shi Jun smiled faintly. “Hand.”

“…”

Jiang Yu seemed to have understood something. Her gaze fell on the hand that was holding the necklace, and she frowned slightly. “This of yours…”

She did not speak rashly. Instead, she thought for a moment, then asked, “Do you want to use it like that flower?”

Shi Jun’s lips curved in a smile. “It’s not ‘want.’ It’s that I believe it has this ability.”

Jiang Yu pursed her lips and held out her hand.

Shi Jun’s fingertips loosened, and the necklace fell into Jiang Yu’s palm. In that instant, she seemed to feel a bone-chilling cold.

Jiang Yu frowned unconsciously, a moment of worry in her heart.

She asked in a low voice, “Is this really okay?”

Of course, the more important thing was that she was afraid that the mistress would mind.

She didn’t want to be targeted by the mistress before she could even defend against the maids’ attacks.

Shi Jun was not concerned. “Don’t worry.”

Jiang Yu pursed her lips, cupped her palm, and held the necklace in her hand. Then, she thought for a moment and asked, “The maids are so concerned about the mistress’s existence. Do they have a grudge against each other?”

Shi Jun looked at her with a smile and did not answer immediately. Instead, she waited for Jiang Yu to continue.

Jiang Yu thought for a moment. “Generally speaking, in this situation, to still have a grudge and be afraid, could it be that the mistress’s death is related to these maids?”

Shi Jun hugged her arms, her fingers tapping on them lightly, and said with a smile, “You’re somewhat right, but not entirely right.”

Jiang Yu glanced at her. “Where?”

Shi Jun said, “Think about those male guests who were staying here.”

Jiang Yu paused for a moment.

Then, the scene of her searching the guest rooms before flashed through her mind.

Jiang Yu’s throat moved slightly, and for some reason, she felt a little bitter.

The male guests who were staying here on a rainy night, the mistress, the damp rainy weather, the female painter who had been strangled to death with a grievance, the messy room…

In that instant, Jiang Yu felt that her palm was a little cold, as if it were the temperature of the silver necklace she was holding.

This temperature seemed to have directly chilled her soul, freezing her internal organs.

The next moment, Shi Jun’s hand was on her shoulder, bringing a sense of reality and also warmth.

Jiang Yu came to her senses. She looked down at the hand on her shoulder, with its warm body temperature, and brought back her thoughts from before.

Jiang Yu let out a breath. “Sorry, I was a little distracted.”

Shi Jun looked at her, slowly withdrew her hand, and smiled faintly. “It’s okay. But you have to be clear that we are in an instance now.”

Jiang Yu paused for a moment.

Zhong Yu had said similar words to her in the last instance, but at that time, Jiang Yu did not care about this. As a spectator, she cared more about her own feelings at the moment. But now…

Jiang Yu’s eyelashes fluttered.

“Do you think those guests who were staying here… are they dead?”

In ordinary film and television works, after such a thing happened, the perpetrator would be killed by the protagonist who had turned into a fierce ghost.

Shi Jun’s gaze moved slightly, and she thought for a moment. “For now, I don’t think so.”

Jiang Yu suddenly looked up. “How can that be?”

Shi Jun smiled slightly but did not answer again.

Jiang Yu pursed her lips and said in a low voice, “But in that case…”

If that was the case, then it meant that those people had left the ancient castle later, and the mistress had only turned into a ghost after they had left?

Suddenly, Jiang Yu thought of something. “Then what about the maids?”

She narrowed her eyes. “What kind of role are the maids playing?”

If the maids were also victims, then why were they not with the mistress?

And why were they so afraid of the mistress that they would immediately leave just by touching her things?

Was it simply because the mistress was a fierce ghost?

But these days, the mistress had not shown any signs of impropriety or clues. On the contrary, these maids…

Jiang Yu was a little confused.

Shi Jun’s gaze moved away from her face, and she smiled faintly. “Perhaps you haven’t considered another thing?”

Jiang Yu looked up at her.

Shi Jun said, “Do you think… that there are really maids in this ancient castle?”

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment.

“What do you mean?”

Shi Jun chuckled softly. “Perhaps we should go and see the maids’ room.”

Jiang Yu paused slightly. She was not uncomfortable with Shi Jun suddenly jumping to another topic. She just followed the other party’s train of thought.

“Okay. But what if they’re inside?”

Shi Jun’s fingers touched the corner of her lips. “Hmm, then we’ll just force our way in.”

….

Gu Dong was also investigating clues, but he had no ideas and did not know where to start. In the end, after a moment’s hesitation, Gu Dong went up to the third floor.

He found the room where Shen Liang had stayed before.

Because he did not see any maids, Gu Dong was more or less relieved. Then, he walked in secretly like a thief, poked his head in and looked at the situation. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he reached out and prepared to open the door to take another look.

However, the door was locked.

Gu Dong was stunned for a moment, then thought that it should be the maids who had moved Shen Liang’s corpse and then sealed this place.

But… where did they move the corpse?

Gu Dong was a little confused.

He went downstairs and walked around the courtyard, but he did not see any place that looked like it was hiding Shen Liang. Then, Gu Dong’s steps suddenly stopped.

A terrifying thought jumped into his mind.

He remembered… there were cabinets in the kitchen, and a refrigerator, right?

But this thought was too… so much so that Gu Dong did not dare to be sure.

But he had already checked many places and could not find a place to hide things. And there were no guest rooms that were open.

And there were no signs of digging in the courtyard.

So, there was only one last possibility.

Shen Liang’s corpse was hidden.

Perhaps it was hidden in the maids’ room, because that was the only place he had not looked. Or perhaps it was hidden in the refrigerator.

At this thought, Gu Dong’s face became a little ugly.

Then he thought of the late-night snack.

Could it be that today’s late-night snack would…

Gu Dong pressed his lips together, then came to the kitchen.

He stood in front of the refrigerator, his face a little ugly.

Then, Gu Dong prepared himself mentally, took a deep breath, and slowly reached for the freezer.

The refrigerator door slowly opened. Gu Dong could not help but hold his breath, his heart beating faster and faster.

The next moment, his hand trembled, and his legs also trembled. He took a step back and fell to the ground.

In the opened freezer, there were many pieces of meat, and also, a head facing him, covered in frost, that he was familiar with and had seen before—

A head.

Gu Dong almost used all his strength to cover his mouth, not letting any sound out.

His breathing was trembling, as if even his eyeballs were trembling.

A scene that had only appeared in movies before was now appearing before his eyes.

It was impossible not to be terrified. Heaven knows how much willpower Gu Dong was using at this moment to restrain himself from screaming.

He could not, and he did not dare. What if he attracted the maids? Who knew what the situation would be?

Although Gu Dong had experience in instances, this was his first time being in close contact with… these things.

At this moment, besides the cold air from the refrigerator, he even felt that he smelled a strong and nauseating smell of blood.

Gu Dong’s trembling hands closed the refrigerator door, and he dry-heaved a few times.

How could this be? What do those maids want to do? Why did they put Shen Liang’s corpse here? Could it be that they want to…?

…..

Jiang Yu and Shi Jun came to the maids’ room on the first floor. The door was tightly closed, and it was unknown if there was anyone inside.

Jiang Yu said softly, “We didn’t see any maids today. Maybe they’re in the room. If we just barge in, will we be walking into a trap?”

Shi Jun did not refute. She just asked with a light smile, “Then what do you mean?”

Jiang Yu said, “Should we wait until a maid comes out before we come over?”

“For example?”

“When they’re preparing the late-night snack.”

Shi Jun chuckled softly and did not object.

Soon, it was night. The maids all came out to prepare the late-night snack. Because the kitchen door was tightly closed, no one knew what the situation was inside.

Because it was not time yet, and the late-night snack was not ready yet, so no one was following them.

And the doors were all locked without them knowing. The keys that had originally belonged to them were also gone, as if they had been erased out of thin air.

If they wanted to find a place to sleep tonight, they had to get a new key.