Lu Yuan's words certainly made sense, but he wasn't really trying to help these players. He just felt that if a door could be opened with a simple push, it would be a pity to miss out on any good things hidden inside. Most importantly, what if a boss-level fellow villager was hiding in there?
Thus, under another barrage of logic from Lu Yuan, the group began searching the rooms on both sides of the corridor. However, they did not search carefully room by room as Lu Yuan had suggested; instead, they split into two groups, with Lu Yuan in one and the rest in the other. This was unavoidable, as Lu Yuan was just strolling along, pushing open every door he saw and walking in as if he were window shopping.
The others didn't dare to say anything, fearing he would start spouting another long list of reasons at them. In this way, everyone quickly searched most of the rooms. Lu Yuan was also very lucky; he didn't encounter any monsters, but he didn't find any clues either.
With a "creak," Lu Yuan pushed open another room door, walked in, and began his search.
Lu Yuan's search method was different from that of ordinary people; it was bold and unrestrained. He tore apart bed sheets and covers, and kicked over chairs and nightstands. The whole process was Chaotic and swept through like a storm, just like a house raid. This was the reason why his speed alone was no slower than that of the others.
And just as he finished ransacking this room and was about to leave to raid the next one...
"Huh?"
He keenly discovered something.
It was a trash can, placed next to the toilet in the bathroom. Clearly, it was used for "toilet paper," and there was indeed a piece of paper in that trash can.
Lu Yuan's eyes lit up, and he leaned in as if he had found a treasure. Although there were trash cans in the other rooms, they were all empty, but here, a piece of paper had suddenly appeared. No matter what, he should go and take a look.
The most important thing was that this piece of paper didn't look like toilet paper at all, because it was folded very neatly, and it was the kind of fold where one would use their fingernail to "crease" along the fold line. Logically speaking, no one would fold a piece of toilet paper like this.
So, without a second thought, Lu Yuan reached out, took the paper out, and unfolded it.
Sure enough, there was no dried feces on this paper, but rather a piece of Text.
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【Meizi's Head】
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【Run away quickly】
【It's all fake】
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These words were all written in black ink, crooked and distorted. Lu Yuan knew that was the color of oxidized blood. Moreover, the Text was intermittent, and many places were covered by the same bloodstains, making it impossible to connect them into complete sentences.
Lu Yuan looked at these words, and although he didn't understand what they meant, he still felt quite happy because, at the very least, he had found some clues. So he stood up and walked quickly out of the room.
"Hey, I found something!" he shouted, waving the paper in his hand.
However, no one responded to him. The entire corridor was as quiet as a stagnant pool of water.
Lu Yuan looked around in confusion. There wasn't even a silhouette of a person. He frowned, wondering if this group of people thought he was too talkative and had secretly left him behind.
While thinking, Lu Yuan walked toward the previous rooms. The doors to these rooms were still kept open, and the interiors were in a mess. It was obvious that someone had been rummaging for something here just a moment ago, but in that split second he hadn't paid attention... these people seemed to have suddenly disappeared... leaving only himself.
Humans are social animals. When there are many people, the strength of the group dilutes some of the fear. But now, all his teammates had suddenly vanished.
The darkness in the corridor seemed to grow thicker. Loneliness and helplessness were infinitely magnified in the silent corridor. The wind outside the window blew the withered trees, and the shadows cast looked like pairs of twisted demonic claws.
In this environment, a Player would definitely start to panic involuntarily. But as for Lu Yuan, he had drunk too much cola, so he let out a burp~
"Burp~ Burp~"
While burping, he continued to walk forward.
"Hey! Where is everyone?"
"Where did you all run off to?"
He shouted at the top of his lungs. Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks and then turned his Line of Sight toward an open room beside him.
Because he saw someone in that room, but it wasn't a Player, or rather, it wasn't a human at all. At most, it could only be considered a humanoid creature.
The monster designers in the 'Ark' seemed to have a strong preference for bizarre designs, and this one was no exception. It looked like a thin person who had been skinned and then stuffed into a fat person's skin. Since the muscle and skin were not connected, its outer skin was completely sagging, and one could only see the muscles inside twisting, as if trying to stretch out of the skin wrapping. Most importantly, this guy's shoulders were flat, meaning this guy had no Head.
Lu Yuan stood in the corridor, and the monster stood in the room. It was unknown whether it had any vision, but in any case, the two just stared at each other.
Finally, Lu Yuan was the first to move. He downed the cola in his hand, threw away the can, and then slowly walked into the room.
"Fellow villager, looking at you like this, you shouldn't be a boss, right?"
"..." This fellow villager had no mouth, so it couldn't make a Voice and could only stand in place, twisting its body.
Lu Yuan walked very slowly, and while walking, he deliberately kept his hands at his waist, which made it convenient for him to pull out his Chainsaw at any time.
"I don't think you're the type that can communicate, fellow villager. So, it must be because I picked up that paper, which caused you to be refreshed as a Minion." Lu Yuan continued, "I'll give you one piece of advice now: if you can understand what I'm saying, give me some reaction quickly. Otherwise, don't blame me for being heartless."
After he finished speaking, he deliberately stood there for a few seconds, waiting for the other party to give him some feedback. However, just like all the fellow villagers he had encountered before, the other party didn't say a word and rushed over directly!
At this moment, Lu Yuan had already suffered losses in previous Instances, so he knew well that for this kind of fellow villager, the only way was to kill it. So he didn't say anything else and prepared to pull out his Chainsaw.
But suddenly, he paused.
Because the speed at which this fellow villager rushed over was really a bit slow, and it even had a bit of a paralyzed tremor. With this speed, combined with the fact that this guy was wrapped in skin, had no claws, no teeth, and not even a sharp object on its entire body... then what kind of lethality could it possibly have?
Thinking this, Lu Yuan didn't immediately pull out the Chainsaw, but just leaned to the side slightly. Sure enough, he easily dodged the other party's attack.
While dodging, Lu Yuan also unceremoniously stretched out his leg, and then with a 'thud', the monster actually tripped and fell.
"What is this? Was this fellow villager refreshed just to be a joke?" Lu Yuan wondered, "Wait!"
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