Chapter 404

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Ten minutes later,

Lin Ye and Asuna arrived at the backyard of the villa. The environment was similar to the front yard, but there was an extra small pond here, and that German Shepherd named 'John' was currently drinking water by the pond.

Not long after,

the German Shepherd finished drinking. It turned around and saw Lin Ye and Asuna. Its sturdy body started running fast, running toward them on its four legs.

Asuna immediately remembered the German Shepherd's performance when they first visited.

At that time, the German Shepherd wouldn't stop barking.

And now, the German Shepherd stopped its pace until it reached a position three meters away from them, and it didn't start barking.

"It's not barking anymore."

"Mm."

Lin Ye also didn't relax his vigilance.

He couldn't be sure if this German Shepherd would suddenly attack.

The German Shepherd with a burly figure circled the two of them and stuck out its big tongue, seemingly indicating its friendliness.

Lin Ye and Asuna exchanged glances, exchanging meanings, so Lin Ye was the first to reach out friendly toward the German Shepherd, signaling the German Shepherd to come over.

The moment Lin Ye signaled, the German Shepherd ran over quickly, revealing a clingy side.

Lin Ye patted the German Shepherd's head, and its tail wagged even more violently, swinging back and forth very powerfully.

"It's quite close to people, completely different from its attitude when we first met."

But compared to gentle dogs like Golden Retrievers, the German Shepherd shouldn't be this close to strangers.

"Go play!"

Patting the German Shepherd's back, Lin Ye said.

The German Shepherd trotted away, its figure disappearing at the end of the villa's corner.

"Ling, when we first arrived at the villa, the German Shepherd barked at us, and 'Reminder 7' mentioned 'the German Shepherd suddenly barking loudly'."

If someone had run away at that time, would it also count as violating the rules?

Lin Ye didn't answer. Now there wasn't much information and clues were insufficient; more analysis and guesses would only confuse his own thinking and add trouble.

"Let's go to the pond and take a look!"

The two soon arrived at this small pond.

Several golden-red koi were swimming.

Lin Ye threw down a small stone. The moment the stone entered the water, the koi immediately scattered and swam away.

"Let's go!"

Rubbing his eyes, Lin Ye signaled the girl to follow him and continue moving forward.

It took about an hour,

Lin Ye and Asuna walked around the villa twice, but the two didn't search for any useful information outside. Everything was very normal, without a trace of anything unusual.

If they didn't know this was an Eerie dungeon task world,

Asuna would have felt this would be a very good vacation and relaxation place.

Lin Ye pointed toward the direction of the forest, the meaning self-evident.

Asuna nodded,

and the two walked side by side toward the direction they came from.

After walking about fifty meters, a shouting sound rang out.

"Guest, guest..."

A female voice came from behind.

It was the maid's voice.

The two turned to look and saw a silver-haired maid holding up her skirt, running toward them quickly. "Huff, huff, huff..."

The silver-haired maid was panting. "Two guests, are, are you leaving the villa to go home?"

She seemed to be worried that the two were leaving.

"No, we just wanted to walk around nearby."

"So that's how it is."

The maid nodded as if she understood. "Guest, please don't go far. Actually, I'm a bit embarrassed, but it's not particularly safe here, especially the forest side where things have happened. There are wild beasts, so I don't suggest guests get too close to the forest; it's a bit dangerous for two people."

This was not wanting them to go to the forest.

"We didn't find any dangerous wild beasts when we came from the forest side."

The silver-haired maid gave a bitter smile. "This also depends on luck. Wild beasts won't appear in broad daylight, but it's different at night."

"Thank you, we know, we won't go."

Lin Ye thanked her. "By the way, Lisa, I wonder what happened in the forest you just mentioned? I'm a bit curious."

Under the silver-haired maid's gaze, Lin Ye continued, "I'm actually a novelist. I usually collect material for novels through things encountered in life and the experiences of people around me. I feel that the 'things that happened in the forest' you mentioned can definitely provide me with very good material for a novel."

Asuna didn't believe a word of it after listening, but she admired Lin Ye's acting ability.

"So that's it. Actually... the one who met with an accident wasn't someone else, but me."

The silver-haired maid revealed an embarrassed smile.

Lin Ye and Asuna looked at each other, smelling the scent of a new clue.

"Please continue."

Under the gaze of the two, the silver-haired maid continued to speak.

"One morning I woke up and suddenly found myself sleeping in the forest. I completely didn't know how I appeared in the forest; I had absolutely no memory."

"And suddenly, a rustling sound rang out, scaring me into running toward the villa quickly. I was very scared. I clearly remembered at that time that something was chasing me behind me. I ran hard, and even endured the fear to glance back, but I didn't see the image of the figure chasing me."

"I think it was a wolf or a black bear!"

When Lisa explained, her body still had a slight trembling reaction. Even now, when she recalled it, that trace of fear still lingered in her heart.

"It's already in the past, don't think too much."

"Thank you."

Lisa thanked her. "So guests, unless you are prepared to leave the villa and go home, it's better to try not to go to the forest!"

"Alright."

Thus, the three of them returned to the villa.

"I'll take my leave first."

The silver-haired maid took her leave, and the German Shepherd with a burly figure looked at Lin Ye and Asuna, but didn't come over proactively.

Asuna waved friendly, but the German Shepherd turned and left, leaving only a dog's back.

"This is..."

"It seems Asuna, you aren't liked by it."

Lin Ye looked at the direction where the German Shepherd disappeared, unable to help but think about the possible reasons for this change.

Passing through the garden, the two re-entered the villa.

The six people re-gathered in the parlor.

"Yo, you two are back from a date?"

Asuna was already used to the Passerby's teasing and didn't proactively pay attention to him. "Ms. Leng, any discoveries?"

"The study on the third floor is locked. I tried to enter by force, but failed."

The Gao Zhongsheng immediately said upon hearing this, "I, I have more strength, should I try to ram it open next time?" He also knew he had to show his value.

"Haha," the Passerby laughed. "This isn't something that can be rammed open by relying on strength, but a rule restriction. Unless you have the key or master other methods of opening the door, otherwise, simply wanting to rely on violence to break the door is impossible."

"Oh, so that's how it is." The Gao Zhongsheng was embarrassed.

"No other special things were found in other rooms on the second and third floors. I have also checked the three rooms we live in; the layout is almost the same."

Speaking of this, Leng Shuang slid two keys in front of the Passerby and Lin Ye.

"Keep the keys safe." She reminded.

"There's nothing to note on the first floor either. The dining room is very large and can fully accommodate twenty or thirty people eating together. The kitchen is also very large, and I found a lot of fresh ingredients. However, I didn't eat them, but tonight's dinner should be very rich!"

Up to now, the tea and fruit provided by the maid hadn't been eaten by the veteran players.

And among the newcomers, the Gao Zhongsheng tasted it himself when the maid served tea at that time. As for the career woman Linlin, she originally intended to drink it, but found that the veteran players hadn't started, so she silently put down the cup and kept silent.

Following what the veteran players do, there definitely won't be any problems.

Actually, Asuna wanted to remind her when she saw it at the time, but the Gao Zhongsheng had already drunk it, so she swallowed back this persuasion. ===== CHAPTER 405 =====