Chapter 255: Lecture Room

Returning along the original path to the top of the tower, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe found the flint used to light the beacon fire under the base of the big black pot.

"Sure enough." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe put the flint into his arms, went down to the ground along the spiral corridor, and said to himself thoughtfully: "Compared to a strange event that happened naturally, this castle is more like a strange game designed by humans."

Whether a person can survive in a sudden strange event mainly depends on his on-the-spot reaction and flexible ability to adapt to changes, while the survival rules of this ancient castle are encouraging survivors to find clues step by step, solve puzzles, and finally escape. It lacks a few points of the surprise of the unknown and abruptness, and has a few more points of craftsmanship designed by humans.

So who was it, and for what, that designed this game?

"It's interesting." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe returned to the execution platform, put the corpse oil lamp and flint on the ground, and took off the down jacket he was wearing.

The hat of this down jacket was a zipper style. After unzipping the zipper, it could be removed from the collar. Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe pulled the drawstring from the brim of the hat, wrapped the removed hat on the glass lampshade of the kerosene lamp and tied it tightly, making a simple light-blocking lampshade.

*Cha*—

After doing all this, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe lit the wick of the kerosene lamp with the flint, and quickly installed the cloth-covered lampshade with sharp eyes and quick hands.

The orange lamp light lit up instantly and went out instantly. In the moment of light and dark, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe saw a scene like hell.

Blood, large amounts of blood flowed on the execution platform. The warm liquid seeped into the soil through the gaps in the stone bricks. The wild grass nourished by the blood grew out of it, swaying green and dripping. Under the stone platform, a large number of torn limbs and broken arms were piled up.

A headless corpse wearing a windbreaker knelt on the execution platform, the cross-section of its neck close to the blood-stained guillotine. A golden-haired and blue-eyed head rolled down the stone steps to the ground, staring straight at Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's feet with dull eyes. There, a withered and pale ghost hand grabbed his ankle.

If I hadn't covered the kerosene lamp in time, I would be dead now, right?

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe squatted down and tightened his shoelaces. I don't know if it was psychological, but he always felt his right foot was heavier than his left foot.

"If this is a game, then the players participating in this game should have received some explanations of the game rules before the game started. And I was pulled into the dream by Bai Zhi's dream-entering ability, so I missed this part of the information."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took a deep breath, supported the base of the corpse oil lamp with his left hand, and lifted it. With his right hand, he pulled up a corner of the cloth covering the lampshade, leaking a beam of extremely limited lamp light, artificially making a simple directional flashlight.

"Need to find another living survivor to communicate..."

Looking at the large bloodstains illuminated by the lamp light, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe carried the corpse oil lamp onto the execution platform and began to search the headless man kneeling before the guillotine.

This person seemed to be the player who issued the national curse on the tower before, but now he was dead. Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe searched him carefully and found:

A dagger, a bunch of keys, a lighter, a pack of hemp grass, a box of cigarettes, a wallet containing ID cards and other documents.

What is worth mentioning is that although the corpse itself only manifests under the illumination of the corpse oil lamp, the things Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe touched from him would not disappear even if they left the illumination of the corpse oil lamp.

"Is it because after passing through my hands, these things came from 'that side' to 'this side'?" Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe hung the dagger found from the corpse on his waist, put the lighter in his pocket, opened the wallet, and took out the ID card inside.

'Rainer Fafnir'

According to the translation habit of the mainland, if this surname Fafnir is used by a gentleman, it will be translated as 'Fafnir,' and if it is a lady, it will be translated as 'Fafna,' just like Brezhneva/nev.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe had an impression of this surname. Strictly speaking, Van Daike had an impression of this surname.

In addition to the documents in the ID card, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe also found a folded letter paper in Rainer Fafnir's wallet. The paper was withered and rough, and the handwriting on it was sloppy and blurred. The person who wrote it seemed to be in a bad mental state. The paper itself looked like it had been around for some years:

【Paper found on the survivor】 【This is a scam!】

【There is no way out of this ghost place at all! No one can escape! All of us will die here, no one can leave Vanessa Castle alive. Those who leave here are no longer human!】

【No one can be spared, we will all die here, we will all die here...】

The remaining content was the constant repetition of the last sentence.

"Interesting." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe folded the paper and put it back in the wallet.

Leaving the execution platform, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe carried the corpse oil lamp and walked toward the iron gate. Under the illumination of the lamp light, blood stains blown by the wind could be seen everywhere on the ground, and weeds grew in the brick joints. But behind the illumination of the corpse oil lamp, the floor tiles under Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's feet were as tidy and dry as ever.

Walking to the wall, under the illumination of the lamp light, an iron door lying on the ground came into view. Rusty iron chains were scattered on the ground. Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe raised the corpse oil lamp, and in front of him was a high, empty door hole.

Covering the corpse oil lamp, the heavy iron door stood firmly on the wall again like a mountain.

"More and more interesting." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe raised the corpse oil lamp, passed through the door hole, and entered the room.

On the other side of the wall was a pitch-black darkness. The corpse oil lamp in Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's hand was the only light source in the darkness. His footsteps echoed in the large and empty room, and he didn't know what was hidden in the darkness.

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Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe lowered the cloth covering on the lampshade, completely covering the light of the corpse oil lamp, and then took out a flashlight from his pocket to illuminate it, continuing to walk forward.

Walking and walking, the footsteps echoing in the room suddenly disappeared, and a soft touch came from under his feet. Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe walked onto a red carpet.

Turning the flashlight, he saw rows of wooden chairs placed on both sides of the long red carpet. Red curtains hung on the thick stone pillars, and realistic-style giant oil paintings were mounted on the walls on both sides.

The content of the first painting was a mother in pajamas breastfeeding the baby in her arms.

The content of the second painting was a middle-aged man standing by the table cutting a blood-stained dead deer with a sharp knife, and the clean white tablecloth was covered with blood stains.

The content of the third painting was a big tree struck by lightning, and several naked children dancing around the burning tree trunk.

The content of the fourth painting was an old man lying peacefully in a coffin. On the left side of the coffin stood relatives frowning in mourning, and on the right side stood a priest holding a scripture.

Four huge paintings were mounted on the walls on the left and right sides of the red carpet, bringing a hidden eerie atmosphere to this empty and dark hall. Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe walked to the end of the red carpet, and a lecture platform covered in dust stood quietly above the 13 steps.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe came behind the lecture platform, turned around, and faced the rows of empty chairs under the platform. Looking forward from his position, it was exactly the execution platform in the center of the square outside the door.

"Execution outside the door, lecturing inside the door?"

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe put the corpse oil lamp on the lecture platform, slowly pulled open a corner of the cloth covering, released the orange lamp light, and illuminated the rows of chairs closest to the lecture platform. Human figures sitting on the chairs appeared and disappeared in the lamp light.

Together with these 'listeners' appearing under the lamp light, there was also a scripture lying on the lecture platform.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 256 =====