frightfiction Chapter 451 Entering the 6th Floor
Chapter 451 Entering the 6th Floor
At three in the morning, Lu Youyou was woken up by her vibrating phone.
She rubbed her eyes to force herself to wake up and unlocked her phone.
[Grave Guardian Ghost 1: Boss! I've been looking for that person, but he's ignoring me. What should I do? How can I bring you in?]
[Grave Guardian Ghost 1: Boss, are you asleep? He said that since he's now in charge of the Ghost Mansion, the old rules can't be followed anymore, and you have to follow the rules too.]
[Grave Guardian Ghost 1: Boss, just bear with it for another three hours. It'll be fine at six o'clock. The Ghost Mansion will reopen then, and you can come in.]
[Wei Tianning: Okay, I'm already at the entrance of the Ghost Mansion. I'll go in at six o'clock.]
Lu Youyou took the opportunity to look through Wei Tianning's chat history with other people and found that he had indeed contacted W.
[Wei Tianning: I'm outside the Ghost Mansion, why won't they let me in? Why do I need Ghost Coins to come to the Ghost Mansion?]
[Wei Tianning: How do you manage your subordinates? Do those idiots even know that the Ghost Coins they crave are formed using my energy? What good does it do them to anger me?]
[Wei Tianning: Get back to me when you're out of hibernation. I want to know who's temporarily in charge of the Ghost Mansion. I need to have a serious talk with them.]
【…】
Wei Tianning sent many more messages, but w never replied.
There were no important messages on her phone. Lu Youyou got up to use the restroom and then went back to bed.
At six o'clock in the morning, there was a knock on the door.
Cui Qi's voice came through the crack in the door.
"Lu Youyou, get up, stop sleeping. Go play games and earn Ghost Coins. Unless you want to stay on this floor forever, you can't stay in any scene for more than two days if you want to move up."
Lu Youyou got up, her voice weak and lifeless: "I heard you, I'll get ready now."
Seeing the phone on the bedside table, Lu Youyou unlocked it with her black wax eyes.
She had to keep track of Wei Tianning's movements.
Unexpectedly, W replied to Wei Tianning at five o'clock in the morning.
[w: Cui Qi.]
These two words were the answer to the question Wei Tianning asked at night.
The current manager of the Ghost Mansion is Cui Qi.
No wonder he's so familiar with every floor, and no wonder some of the staff have to be mindful of his mood.
In retrospect, Wei Tianning's furious attempt to get into the Ghost Mansion for free, only to be refused, was Cui Qi's doing.
Now, Lu Youyou understood why Cui Qi was conflicted.
They helped her because Cui Qi wanted everyone to successfully rescue the adult.
To some extent, they stopped her because they didn't want King You to become suspicious, since he was making a living under King You's rule.
The "w" in question could be either a liaison between Wei Tianning and King You, or King You himself.
If it were King You himself, he would not have done anything to benefit Wei Tianning, since he had been deeply hurt by Wei Tianning's manipulation of his emotions.
But who knows? What if King You is a hopelessly romantic soul, still loving even after being hurt? Then…
There's a 50% chance that the above guesses won't help Wei Tianning.
But if W is not King You, it means he will do everything he can to help Wei Tianning.
They would even speak well of Wei Tianning in front of King You, allowing him to break some rules within the Ghost Mansion.
Thinking of this, Lu Youyou was no longer sleepy at all.
She needed to quickly play the game to accumulate ghost coins and get to the higher floors before Wei Tianning.
She sprang to her feet, got dressed, washed up, and then went out with a piece of dry bread in her mouth.
Cui Qi leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed, waiting for her. Seeing how anxious she was, he couldn't help but smile.
"Actually, there's no need to rush. After all, we just need to get to the sixth floor before 10 p.m.."
"Alright, the more time we save, the more Ghost Coins we can earn. Let's focus on earning coins today, and hopefully save enough to get to the 17th floor in one go."
Cui Qi said quietly, "I'm afraid it won't satisfy you."
Once outside the accommodation area, Lu Youyou finally understood what Cui Qi meant by those words.
The arcade was packed, with queues for almost every machine.
Crowds of people.
If you have a roasted sweet potato in your hand, it can be squeezed into a thin slice.
She looked bewildered, not understanding why the place was packed today.
Cui Qi slowly walked forward.
"Yesterday, near closing time, many ghosts left for various reasons, which allowed you to play whatever you wanted."
"Today is different. All the ghosts who want to earn coins went straight to the fifth floor, planning to play until dark."
Lu Youyou sighed, "Alright, I'll go queue up at the butterfly-catching area first. You can queue up too."
"and many more."
Lu Youyou turned around: "What's wrong?"
"I can't play without ghost coins."
"Sorry, I forgot."
Lu Youyou took out 20 Ghost Coins and gave them to him. Just then, she saw Zhang Heng and Zhang Wei come out and gave them 20 coins each as well.
Then came the miserable time of queuing.
Because so many people want to play, each machine has its own usage rules.
For example, in the butterfly catching game on the Luyouyou line, each person can only play for a maximum of 20 coins before having to queue up again.
Don't want to wait in line?
Sure, the crowd behind you can gang up on them and beat them all up. If you can defeat everyone, you can skip the line.
Lu Youyou is not a monster, and her strength was not sealed when she entered the Ghost Mansion, but she did not intend to clash with the monsters inside.
If this gets back to King You's ears, and he investigates thoroughly, wouldn't he discover that Cui Qi is secretly helping humans?
If Cui Qi dies by then, even if King You doesn't kill me, I won't know these hidden rules and it will be difficult for me to find the master alive.
Let's avoid trouble if possible.
Time flies, and it's noon in the blink of an eye.
Some of the ghosts went to eat on other floors, while others, like Lu Youyou, ate easy-to-eat foods such as steamed buns and corn.
In short, the arcade is much more spacious.
Some less popular arcade games don't require queuing at all, such as the dance machine that Zhang Wei loves.
After lunch, the number of monsters in the arcade increased, and everyone began another long wait in line.
As the night wore on, the number of Ghost Coins accumulated by the group increased, albeit at a slow pace.
The group found the tomb ghost guarding the stairs at 21:50 and asked to go up to the sixth floor.
I paid 42 Ghost Coins as a fee to go upstairs, and another 35 Ghost Coins as a fee for lodging on the sixth floor.
Before returning to the house, everyone gave Lu Youyou the bags containing their ghost coins.
Once inside the room, Lu Youyou put all the Ghost Coins back into her backpack and checked the amount below.
286 in total.
It looks like a lot, but it's actually very little.
If she doesn't encounter a new event that brings in Ghost Coins quickly, these coins won't be enough to cover her cost of going upstairs.
Lu Youyou only hoped that there would be a way to make money on the sixth floor.
She was in a hurry to find a room when she went upstairs, so she didn't look around the lobby carefully.
I vaguely remember it being magnificent and resplendent, like some kind of stage performance.