bookrandom Chapter 32 The Feast
Chapter 32 The Feast
The green-haired guy in 504 is just a bit unkempt; his blankets at home certainly don't smell "terribly bad."
Shen Rui felt that Gui Yuchong was being pretentious, trying to get benefits from Yan Xun in various ways—he didn't know where this little eunuch's mentality of looking at a vixen came from, and he even felt that Yan Xun had been completely bewitched by this man's seductive methods.
Yan Xun wanted to push Gui Yuchong away, but he felt that if he moved, Gui Yuchong would definitely find other excuses to continue causing trouble, and then all of them would be in danger. So he could only pretend not to see Shen Rui's "Your Majesty is confused" expression and sit there like a statue, pretending to be dead.
He didn't move, and Gui Yuchong wasn't going to let him go either. Just like when a bear wants to eat a person, pretending to be dead is useless.
Gui Yuchong rested his face against Yan Xun's neck, acting happily. He even rubbed his nose against Yan Xun's neck to show affection. He could easily bite Yan Xun's neck and swallow him whole, but he was pretending to be a little white rabbit.
Perhaps he really liked Yan Xun, but who could believe in the "love" of a non-human being? It's like you really like fried chicken legs, and you might say you love fried chicken legs, but when you want to eat them, you'll still take a bite without hesitation. Yan Xun didn't think Gui Yuchong's liking was any different from a person's liking for fried chicken legs, so he wouldn't take it seriously.
Gui Yuchong had no idea what Yan Xun was thinking. He simply murmured "You're so good" a few more times before burying his face in Yan Xun's neck and falling asleep.
Whether he was truly asleep or faking it, only he himself probably knows.
Li Wu and Su Yumin remained wary of Gui Yuchong until they saw him asleep, at which point they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Wu: "..."
Su Yumin: "..."
The two looked at each other.
Li Wu thought to himself, "What's there to be relieved about? He acts like he's some kind of saint, when he's the one who does the most evil in the dungeons!"
Su Yumin felt that Li Wu was putting on an act, pretending to have the world in his heart and treat all newbies equally. Why didn't he take the initiative to help Yan Xun when he was haunted by a ghost?
Shen Rui had no idea that these two had so many thoughts in their hearts. Seeing that Gui Yuchong seemed to be asleep, he sat quietly on the sofa without saying a word, just waiting for the day to come.
Su Yumin naturally wouldn't stay with them to rest. He glanced at the bedroom, frowned in disgust, and then could only sit on a chair in the dining room.
Li Wu wasn't as particular as him and sat down next to Shen Rui.
For a moment, the entire 504 room fell silent.
……
Chi Yuan lives in the security guard dormitory.
Nighttime is his patrol time. He patrols the building's corridors floor by floor with several security guards.
They have flashlights, and the motion-activated lights turn on again whenever they pass by.
He followed the security guards to the door of room 404.
The door was wide open, and there were marks on it that looked like it had been scratched by a wild animal, the scratches almost carving a hole in the metal door.
There were scattered bloodstains on the floor of the room, and the sofa and dining table were overturned, indicating that the people in the room had engaged in a fierce battle.
He certainly remembered that this was the room of the player named Yan Xun, so he paused slightly and looked at the open door.
The security guards who were patrolling with him also stopped.
"I'll go in and take a look," Chi Yuan said.
He wondered if something had died in the room, because even with the door open, he could still smell a strange odor.
The security guards stood still, without making any move.
Chi Yuan didn't expect them to come in with him. He stood at the door, preparing to turn on the room's lights, but after pressing the switch several times, the lights in the room still didn't turn on.
He could only turn on his flashlight and slowly walk into the living room that had witnessed a major battle.
...There were some footprints on the floor, but they were clearly not human feet.
The toes were longer than the soles of the feet, and the distance between each footprint was quite long, mostly because that thing had legs longer than humans. Chi Yuan observed the footprints on the ground and then smelled the strange scent in the air.
It doesn't smell like blood, nor does it smell like a dead person.
It smells more like the smell of damp moss mixed with seaweed bursting from the sea surface and then crushed together—wet, sticky, and just imagining it makes one feel uneasy and nauseous.
"Don't come in," Chi Yuan said to the security guards as he turned around.
The security guards nodded slowly and stood outside the door without moving.
He turned on his flashlight and continued to observe the living room.
The sofa in the living room was overturned, and there were several scratch marks on the fabric sofa similar to those on the door. It was probably because the thing broke through the door and found the room's owner hiding behind the sofa.
They must have been engaged in a chase.
Finally, the impatient monster overturned the sofa.
Or perhaps it saw a human reclining on the sofa taking a nap, and rushed over to strangle him, only to be dodged by the person.
Chi Yuan examined the surface of the sofa and indeed found bloodstains.
He mentally reenacted the scene... The monster grabbed the door and eventually broke in, startling the humans inside. The monster was fast and had big strides, so the humans didn't have time to dodge and were scratched.
Fortunately, the other party hid behind the sofa and escaped a fatal blow.
Impatiently, the monster lifted the sofa, and the person quickly used the narrow space to leave the living room and run straight out the door.
As for the other chaos in the living room, it was mostly caused by the monster's rage after discovering its prey had escaped.
But something still didn't seem right... Chi Yuan turned to look at the small living room. Judging from the footprints on the floor and the occasional scratch marks on the wall, this should be a monster that was nearly 2 meters tall.
It is strong and aggressive, and would likely become enraged immediately upon discovering that its prey has escaped from the bowl.
Putting aside the fact that they hadn't encountered any similar monsters along the way, what puzzled Chi Yuan the most was the damaged Room 404.
The sofa was pushed over, the table was overturned, and there were scratches on the wall.
But there were no marks on the bedroom door. Chi Yuan looked at it with a flashlight for a while... and suddenly saw two pots in the kitchen.
It seems that the strange smell is coming from inside.
He took the flashlight and walked straight over.
The fire on the stove was indeed on, but it was simmering on a low flame, which is why Chi Yuan hadn't noticed it earlier.
As he got closer, the strange smell became even stronger.
He stood by the stove and finally opened one of the pots.
—That was a face he had seen just a few hours earlier. It was the same security guard who had dealt with the elevator dummy with him. The other person wasn't on patrol tonight and should have been sleeping in the dormitory.
But now, the other party is standing there with his eyes open, his head split in two and placed in this pot, next to him are his inhuman parts with toes longer than his feet.
"Goooooooooo."
The pot was bubbling, and tonight's feast was about to be served with the arrival of the guests.