Strange game designer.

Chapter 501: Cold
"The man in room 3003 said that there were safety hazards on the fourth floor, so it was blocked off. I feel like he is hiding something." Bai Huang grabbed the iron railing, each iron bar was very thick.

"He also said that wild beasts would come in from the mountains at night. It was quite scary." Raorao stood close to Zhige.

"Beasts are not to be feared. What is to be feared are other things disguised as beasts." Bai Huang looked towards the fourth floor. There was no light on that floor, and the windows seemed to be sealed. It was dark and deep. Just looking at it made her feel cold all over. "Usually, iron cages are used to lock things. The fourth floor is separated, and there must be things locked up inside that cannot be seen by tourists."

"What do you think it will be?" Gao Ming really wanted to hear Bai Huang's judgment.

"It could be a madman with aggressive tendencies, or perhaps some kind of large 'pet', or perhaps a ghost that is beyond our understanding." Bai Huang said the word "ghost" very calmly, and the temperature around him seemed to drop a little.

Raorao shrank her body and asked fearfully, "Sister Huang, did you really see a ghost in your dream?"

"What do you think?" Bai Huang forced a stiff smile and changed the subject: "The man in 3003 is the first living person we met in the dream. Even if he is not the owner of the nightmare, he must have a deep connection with the owner of the dream. I suggest that everyone split into two groups. Before it gets dark, one group will investigate the man in the manor, and the other group will go outside the manor to look for clues."

"go outside?"

"That's right. The window of room 2001 was smashed. Judging from the direction of the broken glass, the murderer must have been standing outside the manor. In other words, there may be another 'person' outside the manor." Bai Huang already had a general idea: "Tang Qing is right about one thing. If we want to conquer nightmares, we must firmly grasp the memory of the nightmare owner. It is very important for us to determine whose nightmare it is."

"Then let's three stay in the house." Qian Jin naturally stood with Zhi Ge and Raorao, and the three of them advanced and retreated together.

"Yeah." Bai Huang didn't care at all: "Let's go to the utility room and the kitchen first and find some items that can help us get through the night."

Following the man's instructions, several testers came to the end of the corridor on the first floor. Behind guest room 1007 was the utility room.

Lifting aside the thick door curtain, Gao Ming saw a variety of tools and scrapped machinery, including a smashed generator.

"Kerosene lamp, lighter, candle, rope, a hatchet, a short knife, and find a sturdy backpack." Bai Huang instructed the idiot brother to take various items from the dusty shelves. After packing them, Bai Huang did not take them away herself, but threw them to the idiot: "You must carry them at all times. After dark, fire may be the key."

The fool scratched his head, not understanding what Bai Huang was doing, and ran to Gao Ming in a daze.

Zhi Ge and the other three also began to look for the items they needed in the utility room. Xu Deyi even wanted to carry the generator away. Only Bai Huang did not touch the tools in the dream at all. He stood far away in front of the shelf, looking at the testers with a serious expression.

"You seem to be on high alert for something?" Gao Ming stopped beside Bai Huang, his hands also empty.

"Sometimes, things in nightmares can have a great effect, but if used too much, it will make people doubt themselves, unable to distinguish between reality and dreams, and finally unable to leave." Bai Huang turned his head and glanced at Gao Ming: "No, by that time, nightmares will become reality for you, and it doesn't matter whether you leave or not."

"Indeed." Gao Ming took a deep breath. "With the help of the doctor, I finally woke up from the coma and ended the long nightmare. But after I woke up, I kept looking for the way back. To me, the memories in the nightmare seem to be more important."

"I can understand that feeling. You are different from those who enter the nightmare for money." Bai Huang saw the special thing about Gao Ming at a glance: "In the nightmare you experienced, my two children...are doing well?"

"I don't remember." Gao Ming shook his head.

Ten minutes later, everyone found all kinds of useful things in the junk pile. The fool was very strong, carrying a heavy bag and a large axe in his hand. Zhi Ge was the same, and the two seemed to be competing with each other. "The inside of the building is left to you." Bai Huang motioned the fool to stand side by side with her, and the two came to the door of the first floor.

Pulling out the heavy wooden bolt, Bai Huang and Shazi pushed open the huge wooden door that was nearly two meters high.

The cold wind blew ice and snow into the house, turning the fool's eyebrows white.

"go!"

Leading the way, Bai Huang came to the outside of the manor building against the wind and snow.

Heavy snow covered everything. The rolling barren mountains looked like white tombs. The roads and trees were all hidden in the pure white.

Wiping off the snow on the road sign, Xu Deyi barely opened his eyes in the strong wind: "Donghu! The Donghu mentioned by the owner of the house is behind the manor!"

"Shall we go to the woods and chop some wood to bring back?" The wind and snow were very strong, and the fool shouted at the top of his voice.

"Let's go take a look in the courtyard." Bai Huang ignored the fool and Xu Deyi, stepped on the thick snow, and scanned the windows one by one, finally stopping outside a certain window.

"What are you looking at?" Xu De ran over, and in just a moment, his head was covered with snow.

"The fourth floor cannot be seen from the outside. The eaves of the manor are a triangle that spreads outward, just covering all the windows on the fourth floor." Bai Huang picked up a ball of snow, clenched it, and threw it towards the broken window.

The snowball didn't hit the glass and fell directly into the house through the gap.

"There is no ice around here. The murderer must have brought ice from somewhere else and smashed it into that room. But why did he choose that room to destroy?" Bai Huang stood in the snow. She seemed to have suddenly discovered something and stared at the wall.

On the wall, you can clearly see pieces of solidified snow handprints, as if a pair of hands made entirely of snow were crawling on the wall.

"The handprint is pointing upwards. Room 2001 is the first room at the corner of the manor, corresponding to the room on the fourth floor closest to the passage." Bai Huang seemed to be thinking about something, and Xu Deyi did not dare to disturb him. He wanted to chat with Gao Ming, but found that Gao Ming was also staring in a daze in a certain direction.

"What are you looking at again?"

"When I was upstairs just now, I saw a snowman with bright red lips piled up in the corner of the courtyard." Gao Ming narrowed his eyes in the snow and wind: "Now it's gone."

The heavy snow flying all over the sky covered the footprints of Gao Ming and his companions. The dark clouds continued to lower. The sun had not yet set, but it was already dark around the manor.

A ray of light flickered on the window glass of the manor, melodious piano music appeared intermittently, and a pair of eyes seemed to be silently watching everyone.

(End of this chapter)