After escorting the players to the small hotel, Yu Qing and Yu Rong were supposed to leave.

Before leaving, Yu Qing said: “The front desk jiejie will assign you rooms. Lunch is from twelve o’clock to twelve-thirty. Please be sure to finish eating within the allotted time.”

Song Ran: “Then what about Black-Faced Shu…”

Yu Qing narrowed his eyes and stared at him, his friendliness gone, his eyes seemingly filled with killing intent.

Song Ran, seeing the look in the other man’s eyes, like he wanted to kill him, swallowed the last word in time.

The little cub could call him that and get away with it as childish talk, but if he dared to say it, Yu Qing would kill him in seconds.

Song Ran: “…What about dinner?”

Yu Qing smiled faintly: “There is no dinner.”

Players: “…”

Seeing the players looking at each other, Yu Qing finally regained the upper hand, saying: “It gets foggy at night, so there is no dinner.”

Then, he added meaningfully, “So, everyone should eat as much as they can at lunch, otherwise you’ll have to go hungry until breakfast at 6:30 tomorrow morning.”

Breakfast was from 6:30 to 7:00.

Hearing that it would get foggy at night, the players all felt a chill.

Then another player weakly spoke up: “C-couldn’t we just have dinner a little earlier? Eating early is better than not eating at all.”

Hearing him say this, the players all nodded. The night was quite long, and in a horror world where they needed to maintain their stamina, no one wanted to go hungry.

But thinking of the ten dayi in the canteen who would chop people up with knives, they didn’t have much of an appetite.

Gu Lin also nodded his little head, adding in a soft, childish voice: “That’s right.”

Others: “…”

Wherever there was talk of eating, this little cub would be there!

Everyone else looked at the cub who could only think about eating.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Gu Lin said reasonably, “If you don’t eat dinner, your tummy will be hungry. If your tummy is hungry, how can you shuijiao (sleep)?”

Players: “…”

Yu Qing and Yu Rong: “…”

Along the way, not only the players, but Yu Qing and Yu Rong had been rendered speechless by this cub many times. Now, even Yu Qing, who was usually eloquent, was at a loss for words.

But looking at this soft, round, and adorable cub, even the coldest heart would be moved a little.

Even being called Black-Faced Shushu couldn’t make him remember his lesson, and he answered the cub: “But the fog starts at an unpredictable time at night. It could start at any time. When it’s foggy, the mermaids will…”

He didn’t continue speaking. One, he wasn’t supposed to reveal too much, and two, everyone had already seen what the mermaids in the black fog were like.

Gu Lin, hearing him say this, nodded: “Mm-hmm, those fish are bad. Bad fish are not chi (kept). Then, Black-Faced Shushu, can we pack up a good fish for dinner?”

Players: “…”

Yu Qing: “…”

What? Pack up what?!

Livestream:

[Hahahahahahahahaha, who’s dying of laughter?]

[Oh my god, Yu Qing, why don’t you learn your lesson? You’ve been called Black-Faced Shushu, and you still dare to come forward]

[Even Mayor-yeye was left speechless. Black-Faced Shushu, you’re still inexperienced]

[Hahahaha Black-Faced Shushu, I laugh every time I see it]

[Yu Qing was so shocked that he forgot he’d been called Black-Faced Shushu again, haha]

–

Yu Qing and Yu Rong were almost driven crazy by the shocking words of a two-year-old cub, especially Yu Qing. He almost doubted his life as he left.

After the two left, the tattooed man hadn’t left. He was holding the pit bull and standing guard outside the hotel, like a door god.

The players glanced at him, ignored him, and entered the hotel.

The hotel looked plain and ordinary on the surface, just a regular small hotel.

Standing at the front desk of the hotel was the front desk jiejie Yu Qing had mentioned.

As soon as she saw the players enter, the front desk jiejie smiled and said, “Welcome to the Mermaid Hotel.”

This front desk jiejie, although sweet in appearance, had a stiff face, looking like a fake person, and the curve of her smile was also too large.

Everyone, seeing her, felt a strange sense of familiarity, and also a sense of the “uncanny valley.”

Looking at her was like looking at a doll that was too similar to a human, the more you looked, the creepier it became, making your skin crawl.

Song Ran was bolder, determined to advance the plot and complete the mission. He hadn’t gotten any information from Yu Qing earlier, so he tried to get some from this front desk jiejie.

Song Ran looked at her: “Why are there so many mermaids on the streets? Where did those Split-Tail Mermaids come from? Besides Split-Tail Mermaids, are there other mermaids? What’s the mechanism for the fog? Also, what’s the Mermaid Festival about?”

Other players: “…”

Wow, you’re really not holding back with your questions.

Why don’t you just have her catch a mermaid for you, or better yet, just hand you the pearls directly?

The front desk jiejie‘s smile remained unchanged, as if she hadn’t heard Song Ran’s questions. She sweetly smiled and repeated: “Welcome to the Mermaid Hotel.”

Song Ran: “…”

Damn, was she really a fake person?

Li Nan weakly added: “Um, how are the r-rooms assigned?”

Front Desk Jiejie: “Welcome to the Mermaid Hotel.”

Li Nan: “…”

Scarface: “Are you fucking only capable of saying this one sentence?”

Front Desk Jiejie: “Welcome to the Mermaid Hotel.”

Scarface: “…”

The front desk jiejie could only repeat one sentence. Everyone became even more convinced that she was just a fake person and quickly lost interest in her.

The players all began to look around the hotel.

Then, the players discovered that there were many murals of Split-Tail Mermaids hanging on the hotel walls.

These murals were brightly colored, with layers upon layers of paint, lacking any beauty, but instead were eerie and grotesque, making people feel apprehensive.

The paintings were quite explicit. Many of the mermaids in the paintings were not wearing clothes, and on their bare arms, without exception, were different numbers, ranging from three to four digits.

Everyone immediately thought of the young merman with the complete fishtail from earlier.

He also had a string of numbers on his arm.

What did this mean?

Was it really some kind of code?

While the others were looking at the murals on the wall, Scarface, however, looked sinisterly at Lin Xingchi, who was holding Gu Lin.

He raised his hand and touched the faintly painful back of his head. Touching it wasn’t a big deal, but he actually felt blood.

Scarface: “…”

Damn it, no wonder it hurt so much!

Seeing the blood on his hand, the emotion in Scarface’s eyes could almost be described as violent. Without thinking, he took a step towards Lin Xingchi.

Lin Xingchi was holding Gu Lin, using the numbers on the mermaids’ arms in the murals as teaching material, teaching the cub, who didn’t know many numbers, how to count.

Gu Lin was also learning earnestly, pronouncing the numbers in a childish voice.

Scarface was large. When he approached, the light was instantly blocked, and it became dark in front of them for a moment.

Lin Xingchi was stunned. Holding Gu Lin, he took a step back to the side.

Turning his head, he saw Scarface staring at him with a menacing expression, a nasty, provoking smile on his lips.

Lin Xingchi: “…”

He instantly remembered the hair-yanking incident in the canteen.

Was it still possible to say that he wasn’t the one who yanked his hair?

Lin Xingchi looked at the ignorant and young cub in his arms and decided to take the blame.

He glanced around and found that the other players were all absorbed in studying the murals, including Su Qiao. No one was paying attention to this side.

Scarface cracked his knuckles, looking at Lin Xingchi, the big man closing in step by step: “Idiot, you dare to yank my hair? See if I don’t beat you to death!”

Lin Xingchi held Gu Lin tightly. The other party was closing in, so he backed away. Seeing that he was running out of room to retreat, he wouldn’t even have time to safely hand the cub over to Su Qiao.

Lin Xingchi decided to take a roundabout tactic, trying to calm himself down: “This is a hotel. Are you sure you want to be flipped over again here?”

Scarface sneered. He didn’t believe that this scrawny high school student could beat him in a face-to-face confrontation. He could take three of him with one punch.

Just then, the little cub, who had been obediently held in his arms, looked at Scarface, and remembering the jiejie who had given him a lollipop and had been killed by him, he hmphed. He even dared to point a short little finger at him, glaring at him: “Big bad guy!”

The cub was quite good at holding grudges!

This glare had no power, it was just cute and adorable, without a brain.

Lin Xingchi quickly grabbed his little hand and pulled it back.

Although he had witnessed Gu Lin yanking Scarface away with one hand, and had figured out that the dumpling was probably a baby with natural divine strength, Gu Lin’s physique was too young, which greatly limited his ability to exert his strength.

If he hadn’t been holding him at the time, he wouldn’t have been able to reach the other person’s head.

And at that time, Scarface had his back to them. Now, face-to-face, Gu Lin probably wouldn’t even have a chance to reach out his short little hand to the other person’s face.

Scarface, hearing the words “big bad guy” for the second time, felt the scar across his face twitch. A cub who wasn’t even big enough to kick with one foot dared to run up to him and act up twice?

Scarface didn’t waste any more words. He stepped forward, one hand reaching for Lin Xingchi’s hair, the other hand reaching for Gu Lin, wanting to throw this little cub out.

Lin Xingchi’s first reaction was to protect Gu Lin.

Seeing Scarface’s hand about to touch Lin Xingchi’s head, and his other hand about to touch Gu Lin, suddenly, a small foot gently lifted and gently kicked.

Then, in the next second, Scarface, weighing close to two hundred jin, was directly kicked flying. Whoosh, he flew in a perfect arc, too smoothly flying out of the wide-open window.

The window was open on both sides, the window size, neither too big nor too small, just right to allow Scarface to fly out without obstruction.

Scarface: ???

Lin Xingchi: !!!

Others: ???

What happened? It seemed like something huge just flew out?!

9527: Holy crap!

Livestream: Holy crap!