Chapter 70: Before Dawn (9)

Chapter 70: Before Dawn (9)

Miss! Miss Yu, look over here! There are still people inside! Qi Hui screamed anxiously and began to bang on the window.

But no matter how he yelled, the girl in the red dress never looked back at him.

Qi Hui yelled until his throat became all dry and his hands became sore, then he turned around to see that Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng were gone.

In a blink, all his hairs stood on their ends.

Qi Hui hurriedly went to find them and shouted their names. Just when he thought he had been left behind, Tang Cuo poked his head out from the kitchen and looked at him with a blank expression.

Qi Hui went quiet at once and Tang Cuo turned around again.

Taking a deep breath, Qi Hui calmed down and followed behind. He didnt expect that as soon as he caught up, Tang Cuo turned to him and said: Keep on yelling.

Dont be like that, please let me follow you, big boss!

Go. But the big boss concisely said only one word, so the xiao di had no other choice but to obey.

As Qi Hui tremblingly returned to the window, he looked back at Tang Cuo several times. All this reluctance and sentiment made Jin Cheng, who had just walked out of the butlers room, unable to help letting out a disapproving chuckle.

Tsk. The soft sound had Qi Hui so frightened that he wished he could just lie flat on the window. He didnt dare to look back again, feeling all tiny, pitiful and helpless. He could only continue calling out to Miss Yu outside the window.

Miss! Miss, please open the door!

If you have the guts to pour the oil, you should have the guts to open the door, no?!

Only then did Jin Cheng stop bullying him and turn to look at Tang Cuo, who just came out from the kitchen: Someone wrote something on the butlers blackboard in chalk.

Tang Cuo raised his eyebrows and immediately went over with Jin Cheng to find that the blackboard, which should have been covered with dust, had been rubbed messily. The chalk was all over the place, but the words that were recently written could still be read

[1936.6.8

Everything will come to an end.]

8th June 1936 was undoubtedly todays date. Was Everything will come to an end referring to the death of the person in the attic and the destruction of the whole Yu Mansion?

This handwriting looks a bit delicate and unlike the one in the attic. It seems to be written by the young miss outside. Jin Cheng had seen the handwriting of the person in the attic. Back in 1926, there were fragments of music scores written by him on the attic wall. The way he wrote numbers was different.

This proves that the young miss has also come in here. Tang Cuo stroked his chin and seemed to think of something.

Ten years after the family massacre, the two persons who luckily survived returned to the mansion. One died peacefully while the other wrote a closing note before heading outside to set the whole place on fire.

The key point was that: These two seemed to come back at the same time.

Jin Cheng leaned against the door that was still relatively clean with his arms folded and asked: Who do you feel brings up the young miss after all these years?

The answer to this question was rather obvious, so Tang Cuo didnt answer. Now that their time was tight, they couldnt just leisurely stand here to discuss their deduction: The ladys and the young miss rooms havent been unlocked yet. There are currently four dimensions, inside each we can find one or two keys. The same thing should be possible here.

In 1924, Tang Cuo found the keys to the basement and Yu Wangyues room.

In 1926, he found the keys to the study and the small room in the study.

What about 1936? Based on the rules of this dungeon so far, there should be something to find here.

Also, in 1924, Tang Cuo obtained five keys from the butlers keychain. Three were used to open the attic and one was used to open the basement, so where should he use the remaining one?

Is there no butlers keychain here? Tang Cuo asked.

Someone took it. Jin Cheng had already checked the spot where the keychain was originally hung. A bit of dust was missing, which proved that the item was hung there but had been taken away.

Tang Cuo instantly thought of the key hung at the young miss waist.

But this wasnt right.

The keys on the 1924s and 1926s keychains were different because the butler was still alive during the two years in between. If ther butler was alive, it was reasonable to expect that he would change the keys on his keychain.

But the butler died in 1926. During these ten years, the keys had always been hung at that spot and there shouldnt be any changes. In other words, the set of keys that the young miss took should be the same one that Jin Cheng obtained in 1926.

Three keys would be to open the attic and one key would be to open the small room in the study.

Lets go to the study. Tang Cuo made a quick decision.

Jin Cheng and he had always had that special connection between their minds, so as soon as he said to go to the study, Jin Cheng immediately understood. Following the method of last time, Tang Cuo went straight to the study and Jin Cheng was responsible for restraining the ghost.

In the study, everything was no different from 1926 except for it having a little more dust.

After Tang Cuo headed straight into the small room, he went around the bed and saw the young servants skeleton, which wasnt much different from before. He looked around, trying to find any traces that the young miss might have left here, but found nothing.

Did the young miss take the keychain just to unlock the door for the person in the attic?

The powerful sound wave spread out like ripples, and at the most critical moment, it managed to stop the ghost in his tracks.

Tang Cuo could see that it was the person in the attic who had gone berserk. His attack power was even stronger than the lady.

As the two quickly retreated to the second floor, Tang Cuo pulled out his Sword of Judgment.

Although the ghost had no body and wouldnt be subdued with physical attacks, the Holy Light of Judgement had a suppressing effect on all evil beings. Ghosts might not always be evil, but they definitely didnt belong to the side of good either.

Unluckily, although the lady never followed them into the attic, she kept wandering along the corridor of the second floor. At the end of the corridor, near the common bathroom next to the staircase, there was the patch-up ghost.

If they went down at this time, they would certainly be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

But they only needed a bit of time. Making a basic judgment on the current situation, Tang Cuo quickly turned to ask Jin Cheng: Can you lure them both to one corner?

Standing back to back with him, Jin Cheng replied: Of course.

As their words fell, the two quickly went their separate ways. One strode forward while one fell slight behind. The moment the person in the attic was about to catch up, the figure falling behind suddenly stopped and turned around.

Naturally, it was Tang Cuo who turned around. He often used the rewards given by the system, but there was one skill he hadnt used until now Air Walk.

[Air Walk Basic]

Classification: Skill

Quality: Common

Description: Stay in the air for 1 second, Cooldown time: 1 minute.

Tang Cuo leapt up on the wall with all his strength. Using the exact one second that the skill allowed, he hung upside down at the right angle where the ceiling met the wall. With a swing of his sword, he pushed the ghost towards Jin Cheng standing behind.

A second later, he coolly landed on the ground.

As the person in the attic was about to turn around to hit him, Jin Chengs attack also arrived, which triggered the ghost to turn even more hostile.

Jin Chengs ability to provoke ghosts and monsters had always been the best in Yong Ye City. No matter what the dungeon might be, there was no hostility that he couldnt attract. At this time, three ghosts were chasing after him, each more powerful than the other. The person in the attic was the one that looked most like a Game Boss with an overwhelming ghostly aura floating around him, so much so that it even blocked their vision.

The corridor was nothing but spooky blackness.

The wailing of a ghost accompanied by a hair-raising wind truly could send chills run down anyones spine.

Tang Cuo wore a slightly serious expression, but he was as calm as always, because his companion was Jin Cheng. He only needed to call Jin Chengs name and Jin Cheng would understood his thoughts at once.

Jin Cheng!

Coming.

Within five seconds, his familiar voice rushed out of the darkness like a smooth blade.

Tang Cuo drew his sword and rushed forward. The two figures passed by each other, one advancing and one retreating. In a blink, their exchange was completed. Tang Cuo called out the Holy Light Shield, whose powerful light instantly illuminated the corridor in its entirety.

The light was so dazzling that the ghosts subconsciously stretched out their hands to cover themselves, a rare hint of panic flashing in their eyes.

Effective.

They had only fifteen seconds of shielding, so every second was precious. Tang Cuo decisively pushed forward, forcing the three ghosts to step back and back, and the exact moment they reached the staircase, Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng immediately turned to go downstairs!

After they descended the staircase, there were five seconds left.

There were ghosts on the first floor, but Tang Cuo didnt bother avoiding them. He directly used the shield to clear the way and charged towards the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room with lightning speed, the sight of which made Qi Huis jaw drop open.

Jin Cheng stood silently between the two again and glanced at Qi Hui with icy cold eyes, which had him immediately step backwards.

Big brother, outside the house Qi Hui was deeply frightened.

Dont worry, she wont ignite the fire for the time being. Jin Cheng said with a firm voice. He glanced out of the window and met the young miss eyes. He raised his eyebrows and smirked slyly, his expression full of provocation.

If they wanted to restrain the young miss, they had to figure out a very important setting in the dungeon whether a living NPC could see ghosts.

If the young miss couldnt see the ghost of the person in the attic, naturally, she wouldnt be able to tell whether he was dead or alive. Judging from the fact that that someone was still offering incense to the worshipping hall in the basement, a living NPC shouldnt be able to see ghosts.

Jin Cheng looked at Tang Cuo again: What did you find in the study?

Tang Cuo: Yu Wangnians diary has been taken.

Jin Cheng: Do you remember what was written on it?

Tang Cuo: Of course.

Jin Cheng: Perfect.

To never forget what he had laid his eyes on was a basic quality of a detective, even if he was just third-rate.