Ningguang called Amber over and whispered a few words into her ear.
Amber nodded in understanding.
They once again found the same maid.
Amber asked,
“Can you tell me where Fang Yue is hiding?”
“He burns himself, making me fearless of the darkness and guiding lost travelers home.”
Sure enough, this time the maid gave them a completely different riddle as well.
[Arataki Itto: Can we stop with the riddles already?
Can’t she just tell us directly?]
[Kuki Shinobu: Boss, can you stop talking?
They’ve already figured it out!]
[Yae Miko: So that’s how it is.
No wonder they set up traps for eliminated players!]
[Keqing: Ningguang, nicely done.
Hurry up and catch Fang Yue and wipe that smug look off his face!]
[Fang Yue: When was I ever smug?
I’m trembling in fear right now, okay?!]
[Yun Jin: Does Mr.
Fang Yue realize that he won’t be able to hide this time?]
[Kamisato Ayaka: It seems Mr.
Fang Yue won’t be able to escape this time.]
[Lumine: I wonder what we can get from a 400,000-point treasure chest!]
[Paimon: It must be something amazing.
I think it might even be something that makes you completely invincible!]
[Venti: Ehehe!
It would be great if it could give me an endless supply of wine!]
[Fang Yue: Hey!
I haven’t even been caught yet, and you’re already discussing the treasure chest rewards?]
Fang Yue felt that everyone was celebrating far too early.
He hadn’t even been caught yet!
As long as he didn’t come out, there was absolutely no way they could find him.
Inside the game space.
Amber and Ningguang exchanged glances, the corners of their mouths curling upward.
They had already found the key to solving the riddles.
With two players, they could determine which maid was lying and which one was telling the truth.
Although they had already determined that this particular maid was lying, Ningguang still kept her guard up.
Based on the riddles, she actually found several objects in the hall that corresponded to the clues.
According to Ningguang’s interpretation, her riddle seemed to be referring to an old-fashioned gramophone near the corridor.
Amber’s riddle referred to a kerosene lantern sitting on a cabinet!
After taking note of several objects, Ningguang once again found another maid and asked,
“Can you tell me where Fang Yue is hiding?”
But the sound that came out left Ningguang completely bewildered.
“Beep…
beep-beep…
beep…
beep-beep…
beep-beep-beep-beep…
beep-beep!”
The moment Fang Yue heard this, he burst out laughing.
The system really knew how to have fun.
It had even brought out Morse code!
How are the players supposed to figure this out?
There’s simply no way!
Ningguang’s head began to ache.
She listened to the maid go “beep” for ages without getting a single useful piece of information.
“Um…
could you speak normally?”
Amber asked tentatively.
Unexpectedly, the maid rolled her eyes, pointed directly at a mural, then turned around and walked away.
“Uncultured!”
Hearing the maid’s parting remark, Ningguang nearly kicked her.
She had lived this long and this was the first time she had ever been looked down upon by a maid.
“Ahaha!”
Amber gave an awkward laugh.
“We should probably ask the other maids.”
Indeed.
This wasn’t the time to get angry.
In another half hour, the number of points would decrease again.
After calming herself down, Ningguang slowly walked toward another maid.
“Excuse me, can you tell me where Fang Yue is hiding?”
“It has four legs.
Although it cannot move, it can always grab you by the collar!”
Here we go again.
Another riddle.
Amber helplessly looked at Ningguang.
But Ningguang merely smiled and pointed toward a standing coat rack nearby.
“Oh, I see!”
Amber understood instantly.
Playing games with smart people was great.
These riddles were nothing!
Ningguang asked the maid again.
Inside the Intelligence Room.
[Beidou: I’ve figured it out.
Every single one of these maids has some kind of special talent, but not one of them tells the truth!]
[Hu Tao: Damn it!
How dare they fool me?
I almost want to stab them with my polearm, especially that one who kept going beep-beep!]
[Chongyun: Speaking of which, what did that beep-beep actually mean?]
[Yelan: It should be some kind of code.
Without a way to decipher it, it would be very difficult to know what it means!]
[Venti: It’s just a game, and they even brought out codes.]
[Fang Yue: That’s Morse code.
Let me translate it for you!
Basically, it means that Fang Yue is handsome and capable, and none of you can find him.]
[Yanfei: I don’t believe a word you’re saying.
You’re such a shameless liar!]
[Lisa: Ugh~~~~~!]
[Xingqiu: I’ve seen shameless people before, but I’ve never seen anyone this shameless!]
[Thoma: I suspect that if I stabbed you in the face with my spear, the impact would hurt my hand.]
…
Ningguang and Amber clearly had no time to waste in the Intelligence Room.
There were still two maids left to question.
They would soon know which one was the maid who didn’t lie.
“Excuse me, can you tell me where Fang Yue is hiding?”
“Clean that table for me, and I’ll tell you.”
The corner of Ningguang’s mouth twitched.
Do you know who you’re talking to?
You’re actually asking me to wipe a table!
But for the sake of the answer, she could only take the rag.
After she finished, the maid pointed toward a potted plant in the corner.
“He’s there.”
Ningguang glanced at the potted plant and silently memorized its location.
Then Amber completed the task as well.
The information she received was that Fang Yue was hiding inside a stool in another corner.
The two of them sighed.
They had been completely toyed with by this group of maids.
Not a single one had told them the truth.
Just as the two were standing there silently, the final maid cautiously approached them and began wiping the table.
“Don’t believe them.
They’re all demons!”