Chapter 67 - Tomb

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Despite the signal given, the elevator did not stop. Instead, it seemed to lose control, dropping sharply until it collided into something before it swayed violently and came to a halt.

The elevator doors opened slowly. HLGtj4

This was the -14th floor.

Shen Dongqing stuck his head out to take a look. The furnishing and decorations for the 14th floor was a perfect replica of the large hall: green plants were situated next to the opening of the elevator, a tan wool rug was rolled across the floor, and roughly five to six metres away from their position was the front desk. Under the murky grey lighting, it could be seen that the guest and employees were standing rooted to the ground, unmoving.

Puffy Skirt feigned a fearful appearance and whispered, “Let’s take a look around first, maybe we can find the exit…..

It was only after Shen Dongqing exited the elevator that he saw the guests and employees’ appearance clearly. They were not living people by any means as they were small people made out of paper. Their facial features were drawn with pen and ink ingeniously, such that it bore a great resemblance to life; had it not been placed right in front of him to observe, he would not have noticed it. 7qTcuA

Even though the ten paper men were standing in the large hall without making any movements, it did not detract the horror it caused.

Fortunately, Shen Dongqing was quite audacious and he even reached out to pinch the paper man closest to him. However, the paper man did not react and it seemed like a dead object.

Thus, he lost interest. After taking in his surroundings in full, a sudden noise of surprise came from behind him.

Puffy Skirt: “AH—” V5dbBm

Shen Dongqing looked over subconsciously, only to see Zhou Wenyan dragging Puffy Skirt out of the closing elevator before he threw her to the ground without the slightest sympathy.

Puffy Skirt covered her face and wailed out loud: “I was just afraid……”

Zhou Wenyan rolled up his sleeves at a leisurely pace, “It’s fine, we’ll protect you.”

But his tone did not possess any intention to “protect”, rather, it was more accurate to say that he would end Puffy Skirt’s life whenever he felt like it. t2rNxj

Despite crying for a long time, Puffy Skirt did not see the men in front of her reveal a shred of pity. Hence, she could only grit her teeth, wipe away her tears and started climbing to her feet.

Zhou Wenyan: “What did you discover the last time you came here?”

Puffy Skirt: “Inside…..” She exhibited some terror and shuddered, “Do you want me to bring you in?”

Lifting his chin, Zhou Wenyan stated: “Lead the way.” D MFgr

Puffy Skirt stabilised her footing before she limped into the depths of the large hall.

Shen Dongqing and Zhou Wenyan followed behind her and brushed shoulders with the paper men as they walked past. While the paper men looked scary, they were just that, because they did not make a single movement in reality.

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The construction of the 14th floor and the 1st floor’s large hall was exactly the same.

It was unknown what method Puffy Skirt had used but she had unexpectedly found a small door in a concealed place. Once the door opened, a gust of yin wind blew out. 6uIjRU

Puffy Skirt: “Do, do you want to go in?” She swallowed her saliva, “Nothing happened when I went in, but I couldn’t shake off the feeling that it wasn’t a good place to be…..”

It was pitch-black and murky behind the door, and nothing could be discerned from looking into it from the outside.

Zhou Wenyan: “ Go in and check it out.”

Shen Dongqing had no opinions. DoRZyY

In order to lessen the vigilance the pair had against her, she took the initiative to enter first but she chose to stand close to the door to make it convenient for her to run.

Zhou Wenyan shot her a glance with a smile that was not a smile but he did not expose her true intentions as he walked in directly.

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When everyone entered, the door closed up automatically before cups of candles ignited one after another, causing cold white fire to light up, similar to that of will o’ wisps as it flickered in the distance.

The room behind the door was a little cramped. And perhaps owing to the poor ventilation, the space was congested with the terrible scent of candles like the smell had been accumulating for a thousand years without being aired out once.

Shen Dongqing examined his surroundings curiously, “Where is this place?”

Now that she had finally led the pair to their execution grounds, there was no longer a need for her to keep up her pretence. With a cold smile lining her lips, she said: “This is a hellish place where you can enter but never exit, coincidentally, it works well as your burial grounds.” HJZrxc

Shen Dongqing basked for a moment before he corrected her, “That isn’t very accurate, the yin energy here is thick and it’s quite comfortable ah

But thankfully, she had already died and she could not die again, so she could not experience the feeling of unfairness.

Meanwhile, there were even paper men holding brooms and dustpans to clean up the bloodstains on the ground swiftly to ensure that the two individuals would not be stained by a single dirty thing.

Thus, under the paper men’s clustering, Shen Dongqing and Zhou Wenyan were escorted to the front of the elevator, and they even pressed the button for them and watched them enter the elevator.

The elevator returned back to the first floor unimpeded. omIcXf

And when the door re-opened, Shen Dongqing and Zhou Wenyan received the hotel’s enthusiastic reception.

An employee followed behind them as he spat out a litany of well-meaning words: “Guests, do you need anything? Guests, do you want to eat anything? We can satisfy anything that the guest wants!”

Even the Besuited Man went silly from watching. 2Hm3Pb

The attitude that the hotel staff gave the players was like how an old grandfather would treat their grandchildren; they would only concern themselves with them when they wanted to and their eyes would always look above their head, and it would already be considered a blessing if they answered with half a line after ten questions. Which begged the question: why was the hotel staff serving these two players like a grandson fawning over their grandfather?

Was there something that happened which he was unaware of? Why did the world suddenly change?

Shen Dongqing asked: “You can satisfy any request?”

The attendant trembled with fear, deathly afraid that he would raise some odd request. He uttered, “Apart from staying here longer, the rest should be doable……” GdjmPU

Two days into their stay, this entire vacation hotel was about to be played through by these players. The attendant was already loathing the fact that he could check them out early; if they were to extend their period of stay, he was afraid that he could not even keep his own small life.

The guests and employees in the hotels were all ghosts. It was alright if they were humans because they could become ghosts after they died, but if ghosts were to die, that signified an absolute end.

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The attendant still treasures his life.

Meanwhile, the Besuited Man was thinking in his heart: even if he did not know what kind of stroke the NPCs were having, this was still a good opportunity presenting itself and they had to request for them to leave the copy in advance! doHgiS

When Shen Dongqing’s hesitation landed in his eyes, he almost rushed up and started shouting. Fortunately, he managed to restrain himself in the end and he only used an urgent gaze to explicitly hint his thoughts.

However, Shen Dongqing did not internalise the Besuited Man’s explicit hint at all. He thought about it seriously before he stated, “Pack away the hotel’s chefs and give them to me.”

The attendant was dumbstruck.

In the kitchen, the hotel’s chefs sneezed violently. Gs5Eu1