Chapter 274: Humans aren’t necessarily friendly, but non-humans are definitely dangerous!
The footsteps outside the door were getting closer.
In this pitch-black scenario, many participants felt an inexplicable pressure.
It was as if the breath of death was constantly battering the door. Some participants, panicking in the darkness, fumbled blindly, trying to get to the door and lock it.
But because they couldn’t see anything, they accidentally bumped into the edge of the bed and fell hard onto it.
They ended up face-to-face with that furry round object on the bed.
Others were relatively calmer, but sweat was still pouring down their faces. They breathed heavily, their expressions very grave.
You could tell the participants were extremely nervous facing this unknown situation. Most of them held the ‘weapons’ they had found.
Because, if the participants remembered correctly, Rule 1 was stated very seriously.
It told the participants to always remember that, besides themselves, there is only one human here.
Experienced participants could analyze that this sentence was telling them: that so-called human isn’t necessarily friendly, but those non-humans are definitely dangerous.
And the fact that many things in the room felt so strange to the touch was enough proof of how brutal this Horror Tale world was.
Maybe, if they weren’t careful, their own heads might end up on the bed too?
After all, this round was different from the last. The vast majority were ordinary participants. Even if they were brave, they weren’t as confident as the extraordinary ones, nor did they have the ability to protect themselves.
Because if they made the wrong choice, they could very well die on the spot.
And as for those life-saving techniques they learned outside, none of them could be used now.
Losing their vision had already made 90% of the participants clueless about how to avoid danger.
Soon, there was a knock on the door, and a woman’s voice came from outside.
On the surface, the voice sounded very sweet, but listening closely, you could detect a hint of urgency and impatience.
That’s just how people are. Once you lose your sight, your other senses seem to constantly sharpen.
The participants selected for this Horror Tale also had strong adaptability.
“Sir, have you changed your clothes yet? My master’s dinner party is about to start. The master hates waiting for others the most.”
Maybe that’s why the woman sounded a bit impatient.
But from her words, you could infer that she was probably the villa’s maid.
Hearing this, the South Korean participant, Kim Jeong-ki, felt his hair stand on end.
He thought to himself, is your master inviting me to dinner, or inviting me as the dinner?
This wasn’t Kim Jeong-ki being paranoid. In the Horror Tale world, he felt the dinner party definitely wouldn’t be simple.
He had been a clearer before, but he had only cleared a half-star difficulty.
Before reaching two stars, there were reward items. He just got lucky and got an item, which allowed him to clear it.
But this was six and a half stars! A whole six stars more than his last Horror Tale.
If he didn’t respond at this point, the maid’s knocking outside the door would get louder and louder, more and more forceful, as if the door couldn’t hold up much longer.
With no choice, Kim Jeong-ki reluctantly said, “Almost done, just wait a little longer.”
He was just stalling for time, like many other participants.
As soon as the participants made a sound, the knocking stopped abruptly, as if it had never happened.
The maid seemed to confirm that the participant was still there and didn’t continue knocking.
She said she would wait outside the main door and asked the participant to hurry, as she seemed a bit anxious herself.
Then came the sound of footsteps and a closing door, which let out a sigh of relief for many participants.
In this situation where they still didn’t understand anything, most participants continued searching their rooms for any clues.
The calmer ones looked for the [mirror] mentioned in the rules – this was about picking out keywords.
To meet the owner of this villa, they needed to bring a protective item.
Because Rule 2 was clearly a life-saving rule.
In this strange place, the blind participant didn’t need to look in a mirror, but he couldn’t be without one.
Many participants understood this as: other beings might be very afraid of mirrors.
Or perhaps, seeing a mirror would trigger some kind of strange phenomenon.
Since the participant was blind and couldn’t see anything anyway, no matter what the mirror was for, carrying it on them would be safe.
But here’s the problem. This seemed to be a man’s bedroom. Kim Jeong-ki didn’t feel any kind of ‘dressing table’.
Because mirrors are usually on dressing tables.
Then, he thought of another place: the bathroom.
Generally, the only place in a room with a mirror would be there.
But going to the bathroom, a simple task under normal circumstances, became a huge challenge when blind.
Most participants had a gut feeling: without a mirror, they themselves might very well be the so-called ‘dinner’ at the party.
When faced with the maid’s knocking, most participants chose not to open the door immediately. Even Sidney, with his muscles, decided to play it safe first.
But were there any who dared to open the door? Yes, there were.
Other participants were scared by the woman just being in the room.
But when Zhang Yangqing went out, he actually startled the woman outside.
Because he didn’t go out normally. He was holding the round, hairy object from the bed.
The woman outside, seeing Zhang Yangqing carrying that thing, instinctively stepped back two steps, and her demeanor immediately shrank.
“Get out. Is this a place you’re allowed to be?”
Zhang Yangqing’s voice was harsh, his attitude as arrogant as ever.
It felt like a master dealing with a servant.
Just as the viewers thought a conflict was about to break out, the woman actually bowed and apologized. The impatience and urgency in her voice were completely gone, replaced by a respectful attitude.
She followed Zhang Yangqing’s instructions, left the bedroom door, went to the corridor, closed the main door, and waited quietly.
Seeing this, the viewers were amazed.
: Can Heavenly Master Zhang actually see? I feel like Zhang the Heavenly Master was even scarier just now.
: I think so too. Even through the screen, I could feel that when Zhang the Heavenly Master spoke, it was with a killer’s tone.
: For those who didn’t know, you’d think that round thing was something Zhang the Heavenly Master had chopped off.
: Actually, is it possible that the roles the participants are playing are related to that thing on the bed?
The participants can’t see, but the viewers can see some things.
They started guessing what dangers the participants would face in this round.
Because seeing and not seeing are two different things.
However, most viewers greatly admired the participants who entered this round.
Even those who used to always say “I could do that too” didn’t dare to say that this time.
In this blind situation, if an ordinary person were sent in, they’d definitely be scared and crouch in a corner. Their pant legs might even be a little damp.
The fact that the participants dared to fumble around in the room, even bumping into things, already earned the viewers’ respect.
After hearing the sound of her footsteps leaving, Zhang Yangqing smiled slightly, a look of “I see” on his face.
In fact, after hearing the rules, Zhang Yangqing already had a clear strategy.
He felt this round had more traps than the previous few, and bigger ones too!
The most离谱 (absurd) part was that previous Horror Tales would at least tell the participants their identity.
This time, it only told them they were blind. Nothing about their identity.
What identity had he come to this mysterious villa with? What role was he playing in this mysterious villa?
Considering this, the first objective appeared: find a way to determine his identity in the Horror Tale world.
Then, based on that identity and the information gathered, deduce what he should do.
In Zhang Yangqing’s understanding, if an ordinary person came into this round, unless they had unbelievable luck, they’d be dead before midnight.
Rule 1 mentioned that besides the participant, there is one other human. Everyone could deduce that this person might not be friendly.
But since it’s a rule, it was necessary to find this person.
After all, the rule didn’t say this person was definitely dangerous.
Because belonging to the same human faction, some things must be shared.
For example, food that can be eaten, places that can be visited.
The places this human could go, the participant could go too. The food this human could eat, the participant could eat too.
If the human didn’t dare to touch a certain place, the participant should also avoid touching it.
This was the key to surviving the night.
So, the second objective was to identify who in the villa was human, like the participant.
As for [mirror], [rose], [color of clothes], those were just keywords, not the main objectives.
Zhang Yangqing judged that the third objective might be the key to clearing this Horror Tale.
Rule 7 stated: Find your other companion as soon as possible. They need you now!
He analyzed this for a while. This rule indicated that the participant had a ‘companion’.
This companion was likely in danger right now.
There were a few possibilities.
One: The companion was about to be killed, waiting for the participant’s rescue. If the participant was too late, the companion would die.
If the companion died, the difficulty of the Horror Tale would skyrocket.
Two: The companion was being contaminated. If that was the case, then the ‘as soon as possible’ in Rule 7 really meant ‘immediately’.
If the participant didn’t find this companion quickly, the next time they appeared, they might not be a ‘companion’ anymore.
A contaminated companion would actually lead the participant astray.
Everyone had their own understanding of what ‘as soon as possible’ meant.
Being able to consider these three objectives would make the subsequent actions much more natural.
While other participants only half-understood the rules and were even more confused, Zhang Yangqing had a deeper understanding of his own identity and his partner’s identity.
In the world of Rule Horror Tales, besides prediction, there was also something called recollection.
Prediction is guessing things that haven’t happened yet and preparing for them.
Recollection is guessing things about the ‘past’.
Since he was blind, how did he come to this mysterious villa?
A blind person couldn’t have come here alone, right?
He must have been brought by his companion.
This companion might be a normal person, might not be a normal person, or might not even be human at all.
Being blind, it’s pretty normal to have a guide dog, right?
Regardless, his companion definitely wouldn’t be near him normally.
How to find the companion? That would require finding a way to ‘get away’ from certain specific people’s sight at a specific time.
But here’s the problem. He was blind. Even if he got away from their sight, how would he find his companion?
The rules already gave a hint for this.
The only person in the entire villa who definitely wouldn’t harm the participant was the one who liked roses.
He was the only person the participant could trust. He could ask this person to help him get away from others’ sight.
But there was a prerequisite, also mentioned in the rules: the participant must not damage his roses.
These rules, which seemed messy, unrelated, and even nonsensical, could actually be linked together into a coherent thread through careful interpretation, if broken down correctly.
That was why other participants were panicking, but Zhang Yangqing remained calm.
He had experienced many Horror Tale worlds. What kind of hellish start hadn’t he experienced?
So most participants could only find a mirror first, then take it step by step.
That’s what you’d call ‘reacting in the moment’. As long as you follow the story, hints would appear more or less.
A small number of participants could figure out one or two objectives, and that calmed them down a bit.
Someone like Zhang Yangqing, who could accurately integrate all the rules and clearly identify three objectives, was unique among the 200 participants this time.
The difficulty of this Horror Tale was also immense. Losing your vision meant not only missing many details but also finding walking extremely difficult.
The South Korean participant gathered his courage and opened the bedroom door. The maid was already waiting outside. Kim Jeong-ki felt along the wall for a while and found the bathroom door.
This wasn’t hard to find. After all, this was just a guest room in the villa.
Besides the living room and bedroom, there was only a bathroom.
After finding the sink, he felt upward for a while and indeed found a smooth surface – it should be the mirror.
There were scary things moving inside the mirror, things that frightened even the viewers.
But since the participants were blind, they didn’t notice anything.
The normal approach would be to take the mirror, but the mirror was very large and couldn’t be removed.
So Kim Jeong-ki decided to smash it with his fist and take a small piece to hide on himself.
It was a good idea. He punched the mirror, but it only created a crack, without much other damage.
Meanwhile, he was the one yelling in pain.
Then he remembered he had a blind person’s cane.
So, he grabbed the cane and started smashing.
Finally, there was the sound of glass breaking and falling on the floor.
Kim Jeong-ki felt around on the ground, found a piece of suitable size, and tucked it into his inner pocket.
At this stage, many participants cut their hands; the edges of the mirror shards were covered in blood.
Viewers also noticed that the extraordinary beings performed better in this round.
Take someone like the Japanese extraordinary being Sidney, who had a strong physique. He found it very easy to get a piece of the broken mirror.
Also, extraordinary beings have much better hearing than ordinary people, and they were bolder when exploring the unknown.
This made many extraordinary leaders outside feel like they’d been fooled by the Horror Tale world.
Last time, extraordinary beings didn’t have a big advantage, so they sent ordinary participants this time.
And what happened? This time, ordinary participants didn’t have a big advantage either.
Urged on by the woman outside the door, the participants opened their doors and walked out of their rooms.
At this stage, the meticulousness of the participants really showed.
Rule 4 stated: When sleeping at night, please return to your own room. Only your own room is safe.
The place where they appeared was clearly their own room.
They had to go out now, but how would they know if a room was theirs when they came back?
So, the detail-oriented participants started getting clever.
Some, before leaving, used the hand soap they found in the bathroom and smeared it on their hands, remembering the smell.
They opened the door, then, when closing it, they used their soapy hand to touch the doorknob or the door itself, making sure the woman outside didn’t notice.
This way, they left the smell of soap on the door.
When they came back, they could sniff to know if it was their room.
There were many similar methods: using their own blood, or dropping glass shards at the doorway.
But the participants didn’t know the color of the door. If it was white, using blood might be too noticeable.
Also, the sound of dropping things was easy to distinguish.
Fortunately, this was a luxury villa. The door was black-gold, and judging by the feel of the floor, there was an expensive rug laid at the entrance.
It was for wiping your feet when you walked in.
So, the participants’ little tricks weren’t discovered.
Seeing their own participants perform so well excited the viewers.
Because in such a short time, they could understand the rules to a certain extent and make corresponding judgments – the participants in this round truly had amazing judgment.
At this stage, there were basically no participants cowardly hiding in their rooms.
Everyone had some experience. If they didn’t go out to find crucial clues and their companion, they definitely wouldn’t survive the night.
After being blind for a while, the participants slowly started adapting to their condition.
“Please, lead the way.”
After politely greeting the woman outside, the participants began moving slowly.
They constantly tapped the floor with their blind person’s canes to make sure they were going the right way.
If you knew the hints for this Horror Tale in advance and sent a blind person in, the advantage would be huge.
Unfortunately, no organization would send a blind person in. This time, sending a blind person in would be a near-certain death, unless it was this special situation.
In the Horror Tale world, don’t complain, don’t resist. All the participants could do was adapt. Survival of the fittest – that’s the logic.
But in this unfamiliar environment, in this place full of danger, one participant was too normal – so normal it seemed exaggerated.
Look at Zhang Yangqing. After getting his mirror, he didn’t make any marks and just walked out.
The most absurd part was, he didn’t even bother taking a cane.
“Lead the way.”
After walking out, Zhang Yangqing said to the woman outside.
He was still just as rude. The woman didn’t show any particular expression and dutifully led the way.
Other participants bumped around in this corridor too. Without a dedicated blind lane, it was easy to go off course. Their canes would hit the wall, and they’d adjust their route.
They’d walk a bit and need the woman to wait for them.
Being blind for the first time, many things hadn’t become habitual yet.
On Dragon Country’s large screen, Zhang Yangqing was able to keep up with the woman’s pace just fine – that was way too abnormal.
This made the viewers wonder if Zhang the Heavenly Master could actually see.
Soon, everyone followed the maid to a staircase.
Based on the direction of the maid’s voice, some participants slowly made their own way down.
One misstep, and they would tumble straight down.
The South Korean participant, Kim Jeong-ki, was smarter. He politely asked the maid to help him down.
After all, he was blind. The maid, seemingly in a hurry, didn’t refuse.
But when the maid’s hand touched Kim Jeong-ki’s wrist, he felt like he’d been shocked, his heart filled with terror.
A chill seemed to pierce right through his nerves, shooting straight to his brain.
Because the maid’s hand was ice-cold – not a temperature a normal person could have.
It was like being touched by a block of ice!
Chapter 274: Humans aren’t necessarily friendly, but non-humans are definitely dangerous!
The footsteps outside the door were getting closer.
In this pitch-black scenario, many participants felt an inexplicable pressure.
It was as if the breath of death was constantly battering the door. Some participants, panicking in the darkness, fumbled blindly, trying to get to the door and lock it.
But because they couldn’t see anything, they accidentally bumped into the edge of the bed and fell hard onto it.
They ended up face-to-face with that furry round object on the bed.
Others were relatively calmer, but sweat was still pouring down their faces. They breathed heavily, their expressions very grave.
You could tell the participants were extremely nervous facing this unknown situation. Most of them held the ‘weapons’ they had found.
Because, if the participants remembered correctly, Rule 1 was stated very seriously.
It told the participants to always remember that, besides themselves, there is only one human here.
Experienced participants could analyze that this sentence was telling them: that so-called human isn’t necessarily friendly, but those non-humans are definitely dangerous.
And the fact that many things in the room felt so strange to the touch was enough proof of how brutal this Horror Tale world was.
Maybe, if they weren’t careful, their own heads might end up on the bed too?
After all, this round was different from the last. The vast majority were ordinary participants. Even if they were brave, they weren’t as confident as the extraordinary ones, nor did they have the ability to protect themselves.
Because if they made the wrong choice, they could very well die on the spot.
And as for those life-saving techniques they learned outside, none of them could be used now.
Losing their vision had already made 90% of the participants clueless about how to avoid danger.
Soon, there was a knock on the door, and a woman’s voice came from outside.
On the surface, the voice sounded very sweet, but listening closely, you could detect a hint of urgency and impatience.
That’s just how people are. Once you lose your sight, your other senses seem to constantly sharpen.
The participants selected for this Horror Tale also had strong adaptability.
“Sir, have you changed your clothes yet? My master’s dinner party is about to start. The master hates waiting for others the most.”
Maybe that’s why the woman sounded a bit impatient.
But from her words, you could infer that she was probably the villa’s maid.
Hearing this, the South Korean participant, Kim Jeong-ki, felt his hair stand on end.
He thought to himself, is your master inviting me to dinner, or inviting me as the dinner?
This wasn’t Kim Jeong-ki being paranoid. In the Horror Tale world, he felt the dinner party definitely wouldn’t be simple.
He had been a clearer before, but he had only cleared a half-star difficulty.
Before reaching two stars, there were reward items. He just got lucky and got an item, which allowed him to clear it.
But this was six and a half stars! A whole six stars more than his last Horror Tale.
If he didn’t respond at this point, the maid’s knocking outside the door would get louder and louder, more and more forceful, as if the door couldn’t hold up much longer.
With no choice, Kim Jeong-ki reluctantly said, “Almost done, just wait a little longer.”
He was just stalling for time, like many other participants.
As soon as the participants made a sound, the knocking stopped abruptly, as if it had never happened.
The maid seemed to confirm that the participant was still there and didn’t continue knocking.
She said she would wait outside the main door and asked the participant to hurry, as she seemed a bit anxious herself.
Then came the sound of footsteps and a closing door, which let out a sigh of relief for many participants.
In this situation where they still didn’t understand anything, most participants continued searching their rooms for any clues.
The calmer ones looked for the [mirror] mentioned in the rules – this was about picking out keywords.
To meet the owner of this villa, they needed to bring a protective item.
Because Rule 2 was clearly a life-saving rule.
In this strange place, the blind participant didn’t need to look in a mirror, but he couldn’t be without one.
Many participants understood this as: other beings might be very afraid of mirrors.
Or perhaps, seeing a mirror would trigger some kind of strange phenomenon.
Since the participant was blind and couldn’t see anything anyway, no matter what the mirror was for, carrying it on them would be safe.
But here’s the problem. This seemed to be a man’s bedroom. Kim Jeong-ki didn’t feel any kind of ‘dressing table’.
Because mirrors are usually on dressing tables.
Then, he thought of another place: the bathroom.
Generally, the only place in a room with a mirror would be there.
But going to the bathroom, a simple task under normal circumstances, became a huge challenge when blind.
Most participants had a gut feeling: without a mirror, they themselves might very well be the so-called ‘dinner’ at the party.
When faced with the maid’s knocking, most participants chose not to open the door immediately. Even Sidney, with his muscles, decided to play it safe first.
But were there any who dared to open the door? Yes, there were.
Other participants were scared by the woman just being in the room.
But when Zhang Yangqing went out, he actually startled the woman outside.
Because he didn’t go out normally. He was holding the round, hairy object from the bed.
The woman outside, seeing Zhang Yangqing carrying that thing, instinctively stepped back two steps, and her demeanor immediately shrank.
“Get out. Is this a place you’re allowed to be?”
Zhang Yangqing’s voice was harsh, his attitude as arrogant as ever.
It felt like a master dealing with a servant.
Just as the viewers thought a conflict was about to break out, the woman actually bowed and apologized. The impatience and urgency in her voice were completely gone, replaced by a respectful attitude.
She followed Zhang Yangqing’s instructions, left the bedroom door, went to the corridor, closed the main door, and waited quietly.
Seeing this, the viewers were amazed.
: Can Heavenly Master Zhang actually see? I feel like Zhang the Heavenly Master was even scarier just now.
: I think so too. Even through the screen, I could feel that when Zhang the Heavenly Master spoke, it was with a killer’s tone.
: For those who didn’t know, you’d think that round thing was something Zhang the Heavenly Master had chopped off.
: Actually, is it possible that the roles the participants are playing are related to that thing on the bed?
The participants can’t see, but the viewers can see some things.
They started guessing what dangers the participants would face in this round.
Because seeing and not seeing are two different things.
However, most viewers greatly admired the participants who entered this round.
Even those who used to always say “I could do that too” didn’t dare to say that this time.
In this blind situation, if an ordinary person were sent in, they’d definitely be scared and crouch in a corner. Their pant legs might even be a little damp.
The fact that the participants dared to fumble around in the room, even bumping into things, already earned the viewers’ respect.
After hearing the sound of her footsteps leaving, Zhang Yangqing smiled slightly, a look of “I see” on his face.
In fact, after hearing the rules, Zhang Yangqing already had a clear strategy.
He felt this round had more traps than the previous few, and bigger ones too!
The most离谱 (absurd) part was that previous Horror Tales would at least tell the participants their identity.
This time, it only told them they were blind. Nothing about their identity.
What identity had he come to this mysterious villa with? What role was he playing in this mysterious villa?
Considering this, the first objective appeared: find a way to determine his identity in the Horror Tale world.
Then, based on that identity and the information gathered, deduce what he should do.
In Zhang Yangqing’s understanding, if an ordinary person came into this round, unless they had unbelievable luck, they’d be dead before midnight.
Rule 1 mentioned that besides the participant, there is one other human. Everyone could deduce that this person might not be friendly.
But since it’s a rule, it was necessary to find this person.
After all, the rule didn’t say this person was definitely dangerous.
Because belonging to the same human faction, some things must be shared.
For example, food that can be eaten, places that can be visited.
The places this human could go, the participant could go too. The food this human could eat, the participant could eat too.
If the human didn’t dare to touch a certain place, the participant should also avoid touching it.
This was the key to surviving the night.
So, the second objective was to identify who in the villa was human, like the participant.
As for [mirror], [rose], [color of clothes], those were just keywords, not the main objectives.
Zhang Yangqing judged that the third objective might be the key to clearing this Horror Tale.
Rule 7 stated: Find your other companion as soon as possible. They need you now!
He analyzed this for a while. This rule indicated that the participant had a ‘companion’.
This companion was likely in danger right now.
There were a few possibilities.
One: The companion was about to be killed, waiting for the participant’s rescue. If the participant was too late, the companion would die.
If the companion died, the difficulty of the Horror Tale would skyrocket.
Two: The companion was being contaminated. If that was the case, then the ‘as soon as possible’ in Rule 7 really meant ‘immediately’.
If the participant didn’t find this companion quickly, the next time they appeared, they might not be a ‘companion’ anymore.
A contaminated companion would actually lead the participant astray.
Everyone had their own understanding of what ‘as soon as possible’ meant.
Being able to consider these three objectives would make the subsequent actions much more natural.
While other participants only half-understood the rules and were even more confused, Zhang Yangqing had a deeper understanding of his own identity and his partner’s identity.
In the world of Rule Horror Tales, besides prediction, there was also something called recollection.
Prediction is guessing things that haven’t happened yet and preparing for them.
Recollection is guessing things about the ‘past’.
Since he was blind, how did he come to this mysterious villa?
A blind person couldn’t have come here alone, right?
He must have been brought by his companion.
This companion might be a normal person, might not be a normal person, or might not even be human at all.
Being blind, it’s pretty normal to have a guide dog, right?
Regardless, his companion definitely wouldn’t be near him normally.
How to find the companion? That would require finding a way to ‘get away’ from certain specific people’s sight at a specific time.
But here’s the problem. He was blind. Even if he got away from their sight, how would he find his companion?
The rules already gave a hint for this.
The only person in the entire villa who definitely wouldn’t harm the participant was the one who liked roses.
He was the only person the participant could trust. He could ask this person to help him get away from others’ sight.
But there was a prerequisite, also mentioned in the rules: the participant must not damage his roses.
These rules, which seemed messy, unrelated, and even nonsensical, could actually be linked together into a coherent thread through careful interpretation, if broken down correctly.
That was why other participants were panicking, but Zhang Yangqing remained calm.
He had experienced many Horror Tale worlds. What kind of hellish start hadn’t he experienced?
So most participants could only find a mirror first, then take it step by step.
That’s what you’d call ‘reacting in the moment’. As long as you follow the story, hints would appear more or less.
A small number of participants could figure out one or two objectives, and that calmed them down a bit.
Someone like Zhang Yangqing, who could accurately integrate all the rules and clearly identify three objectives, was unique among the 200 participants this time.
The difficulty of this Horror Tale was also immense. Losing your vision meant not only missing many details but also finding walking extremely difficult.
The South Korean participant gathered his courage and opened the bedroom door. The maid was already waiting outside. Kim Jeong-ki felt along the wall for a while and found the bathroom door.
This wasn’t hard to find. After all, this was just a guest room in the villa.
Besides the living room and bedroom, there was only a bathroom.
After finding the sink, he felt upward for a while and indeed found a smooth surface – it should be the mirror.
There were scary things moving inside the mirror, things that frightened even the viewers.
But since the participants were blind, they didn’t notice anything.
The normal approach would be to take the mirror, but the mirror was very large and couldn’t be removed.
So Kim Jeong-ki decided to smash it with his fist and take a small piece to hide on himself.
It was a good idea. He punched the mirror, but it only created a crack, without much other damage.
Meanwhile, he was the one yelling in pain.
Then he remembered he had a blind person’s cane.
So, he grabbed the cane and started smashing.
Finally, there was the sound of glass breaking and falling on the floor.
Kim Jeong-ki felt around on the ground, found a piece of suitable size, and tucked it into his inner pocket.
At this stage, many participants cut their hands; the edges of the mirror shards were covered in blood.
Viewers also noticed that the extraordinary beings performed better in this round.
Take someone like the Japanese extraordinary being Sidney, who had a strong physique. He found it very easy to get a piece of the broken mirror.
Also, extraordinary beings have much better hearing than ordinary people, and they were bolder when exploring the unknown.
This made many extraordinary leaders outside feel like they’d been fooled by the Horror Tale world.
Last time, extraordinary beings didn’t have a big advantage, so they sent ordinary participants this time.
And what happened? This time, ordinary participants didn’t have a big advantage either.
Urged on by the woman outside the door, the participants opened their doors and walked out of their rooms.
At this stage, the meticulousness of the participants really showed.
Rule 4 stated: When sleeping at night, please return to your own room. Only your own room is safe.
The place where they appeared was clearly their own room.
They had to go out now, but how would they know if a room was theirs when they came back?
So, the detail-oriented participants started getting clever.
Some, before leaving, used the hand soap they found in the bathroom and smeared it on their hands, remembering the smell.
They opened the door, then, when closing it, they used their soapy hand to touch the doorknob or the door itself, making sure the woman outside didn’t notice.
This way, they left the smell of soap on the door.
When they came back, they could sniff to know if it was their room.
There were many similar methods: using their own blood, or dropping glass shards at the doorway.
But the participants didn’t know the color of the door. If it was white, using blood might be too noticeable.
Also, the sound of dropping things was easy to distinguish.
Fortunately, this was a luxury villa. The door was black-gold, and judging by the feel of the floor, there was an expensive rug laid at the entrance.
It was for wiping your feet when you walked in.
So, the participants’ little tricks weren’t discovered.
Seeing their own participants perform so well excited the viewers.
Because in such a short time, they could understand the rules to a certain extent and make corresponding judgments – the participants in this round truly had amazing judgment.
At this stage, there were basically no participants cowardly hiding in their rooms.
Everyone had some experience. If they didn’t go out to find crucial clues and their companion, they definitely wouldn’t survive the night.
After being blind for a while, the participants slowly started adapting to their condition.
“Please, lead the way.”
After politely greeting the woman outside, the participants began moving slowly.
They constantly tapped the floor with their blind person’s canes to make sure they were going the right way.
If you knew the hints for this Horror Tale in advance and sent a blind person in, the advantage would be huge.
Unfortunately, no organization would send a blind person in. This time, sending a blind person in would be a near-certain death, unless it was this special situation.
In the Horror Tale world, don’t complain, don’t resist. All the participants could do was adapt. Survival of the fittest – that’s the logic.
But in this unfamiliar environment, in this place full of danger, one participant was too normal – so normal it seemed exaggerated.
Look at Zhang Yangqing. After getting his mirror, he didn’t make any marks and just walked out.
The most absurd part was, he didn’t even bother taking a cane.
“Lead the way.”
After walking out, Zhang Yangqing said to the woman outside.
He was still just as rude. The woman didn’t show any particular expression and dutifully led the way.
Other participants bumped around in this corridor too. Without a dedicated blind lane, it was easy to go off course. Their canes would hit the wall, and they’d adjust their route.
They’d walk a bit and need the woman to wait for them.
Being blind for the first time, many things hadn’t become habitual yet.
On Dragon Country’s large screen, Zhang Yangqing was able to keep up with the woman’s pace just fine – that was way too abnormal.
This made the viewers wonder if Zhang the Heavenly Master could actually see.
Soon, everyone followed the maid to a staircase.
Based on the direction of the maid’s voice, some participants slowly made their own way down.
One misstep, and they would tumble straight down.
The South Korean participant, Kim Jeong-ki, was smarter. He politely asked the maid to help him down.
After all, he was blind. The maid, seemingly in a hurry, didn’t refuse.
But when the maid’s hand touched Kim Jeong-ki’s wrist, he felt like he’d been shocked, his heart filled with terror.
A chill seemed to pierce right through his nerves, shooting straight to his brain.
Because the maid’s hand was ice-cold – not a temperature a normal person could have.
It was like being touched by a block of ice!
