Chapter 102: Customs Clearance
The old butler was still standing next to the restaurant, but the food on the table had been removed, and when he saw Ye Fei and Zhao Siqing coming down, he immediately squeezed out a smile: "Those four little thieves have been locked up in the secret room?" Great, thank you for solving a problem for our castle, but now we are facing more than that. β
"Huh? Anything else you can help with? Although he knew that the words of this old housekeeper were all lies, Ye Fei still said patiently. Now it seems that the old butler is the task publisher of this castle, and he must complete various tasks through him in order to leave here smoothly.
The old housekeeper said: "Now the second floor has been cleaned up, but on the third floor, there is still a big trouble. Professor Goswinβoh, he's the master's old rivalβsomehow, he arrived at our castle and sneaked up on the third floor to conduct all sorts of experiments, avoiding everyone's eyes. As he spoke, the old butler shook his head and smiled mockingly: "Speaking of which, he is really a crazy old fellow, and he actually said that our master is a vampire?" Oh my God, have you ever heard a funnier joke than this? β
"Of course...... No! Ye Fei and Zhao Siqing both laughed dryly, Dr. Goswin, isn't that the fat duck's rival in the adventures of the Strange Duck, he coughed dryly and asked, "What do you need us to do?" β
"Take him to the attic on the top floor, and drop him off there." Saying that, the old housekeeper gave the two of them a reassuring look, "Of course, the kind master will not let him die like this, there is a pipe in the attic window, as long as you throw it into that pipe, he will be thrown half to death at most, but he will definitely not die." β
Attic? As soon as Ye Fei heard this, he thought that this was almost the last two steps, and when he arrived at that place, as long as he jumped out of the pipe, he could leave the castle, which should be regarded as a customs clearance.
By this time, Ye Fei had already vaguely felt the original intention of the design of this dark castle, which was an escape room type game. Obviously, the gate of the castle will definitely not be opened, and the player who breaks in here will become a character like the four little thieves, and if they can't escape, they will be trapped here, and if they go offline, they may be teleported out, which is also clearly indicated when entering the dark castle. However, the game can't trap a player meaninglessly, so the old butler's words, although full of lies, inadvertently hint at how the player should leave this dark castle. Players may make different judgments that will lead to different outcomes in the course of the quest, but the end result should be the same - escape from the attic pipe.
Ye Fei shared his thoughts with Zhao Siqing, who also felt that this should be the case. A game that she had never been exposed to before, sounded very interesting, and she also thought about what would happen if she and Ye Fei were locked in the secret room? That should be a failure to break through, and when you finally have no choice but to go offline, you will automatically leave the castle.
However, because of Ye Fei's alertness, they avoided such a result.
Got the hint of the old butler, and the two walked on the three roads.
There are no obvious monsters on the first and second floors (the treasure chests are not counted), but as soon as the two of them go up to the third floor, they encounter a strange monster - a humanoid monster with a pair of bat wings on its back.
Zhao Siqing was so frightened when he saw this monster that he cried out: "This is Dakula? β
"No, it shouldn't be!" Ye Fei looked at the top of this monster's head, in fact, he had a name, called 'Humanoid Bat Demon', a level 23 monster, he thought about it, and understood the origin of this guy: "Isn't Dr. Goswin doing experiments here?" I think it must have been something he made. β
Zhao Siqing looked at this monster disgustingly: "Hey, no matter what, let's kill it quickly, I get goosebumps when I see it." As she spoke, she had already hit with a flying shield, and Ye Fei followed closely, and the dagger in her hand quickly attacked the monster's body.
Although the humanoid bat demon looks terrifying, after all, it is just an ordinary monster of level 23, and it was killed by two people in a few clicks. However, when the two of them continued to walk forward, there were actually quite a few similar monsters, and the entire third floor, when they reached the last room, had already killed dozens of such monsters.
At the door of the last room, Ye Fei saw the diminutive Dr. Goswin studying something in some bottles and cans filled with various liquids, and when he heard the voice from behind, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Ye Fei and the two: "Hey, stranger, I haven't seen strangers for a long time, what about Eddie's little guys, have they been sucked up by Dacula?" β
"Why do you say that, do you know Eddie and them?" Zhao Siqing looked at him curiously
Dr. Goswin waved a clear tube in his hand, and said with some annoyance and helplessness, "Of course I know that every night, they come and throw me out of the tube upstairs. They have fallen, they have become accomplices of Count Dacula, by the way, you should know, Dacula is a vampire, a terrible vampire. β
Ye Fei nodded: "We've heard of some, but there's no way to be sure." β
Dr. Goswin scratched at the few hairs on his head, and his action reminded Ye Fei of Nomo and Cavis, who were just as short and bare-headed. But apparently, this Dr. Goswin is not an engineer, but more of a biologist? He tapped the huge glass bottle with the tube in his hand, and said with a smug face: "See no, see no, I collected blood samples of Dacula in every corner of the castle, and then conducted research, did you see those strange creatures outside?" After fusing Dracula's blood, they became what they are now, some with fangs, some with wings, and some like to suck blood, all of which are the same as vampires. I'm sure Duckula must be a vampire, and besides, he's somewhere in the castle. β
"How do you know?"
"Of course I know, otherwise how could there be his blood here?"
Dr. Goswin seemed confident in his reasoning, licked his lips, and said, "And I also know that he was injured or even dead, otherwise he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to get Eddie's little ones to collect blood." I believe that he must need blood to heal his wounds and even bring himself back to life. β
Ye Fei didn't know what to do, so he could only ask, "Then what are your plans?" β
"Of course, I have a good plan, but I need your help." Dr. Goswin didn't know where to take a small bottle of reddish liquid, "It's some blood, blood that I've prepared a long time ago, of course, you can call it ketchup, diluted ketchup, with some onion juice, well, something else." β
Ye Fei's face was full of black lines: "Do you want us to mix these liquids into the blood that resurrected Dacula?" β
Dr. Goswin clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Hey, stranger, you're smart. Yes, that's my plan. Nanni sends the collected blood to Dacula in the early hours of the night, and if you follow her, you will be sure to find Dacula. And ......," Dr. Goswin shook the bottle in his hand, "fill this bottle with the blood they've collected, hehe, and you'll be waiting to see the show." β
Ye Fei took the liquid, and the task changed, the search for Dr. Goswin was completed, and the next step was to 'add the special liquid mixture to a container full of blood and give it to Count Dalcula to drink'.
Amid Dr. Goswin's smug rampant laughter, Ye Fei and Zhao Siqing exited the room. Ye Fei went into the sneak to find Nanni, while Zhao Siqing simply found a place to hide.
Soon, Ye Fei saw Nanni at the entrance to the secret room on the second floor, she was carrying a wooden barrel down the secret passage, and the barrel was still dripping with scarlet liquid. This definitely won't be any wine, I'm afraid it's the blood of Eddie and a few of them.
Ye Fei followed behind Nanni without saying a word, the tip of his nose twitched slightly, and sure enough, there was a strong smell of blood in the barrel.
Nanny made her way up the stairs, passing Dr. Goswin's room, and continuing down the stairs to the top floor.
"Could it be that Count Durcula lives on the top floor?" Ye Fei was a little puzzled, shouldn't that place be the place where he escaped? But no matter what, he always had to go up and have a look, he called Zhao Siqing out, and the two walked up the stairs together.
The fourth floor is very small, it can even be said to be narrow, there are two doors on the left and right sides, among which Nanni's wooden door on the left is slightly hidden, Ye Fei pushed it open lightly, and saw an open window and a pipe winding down outside the window. On the other side of the room, Nanni had knocked a large hole in the wall in the shape of a human, and she was pouring the blood from the barrel into a large blood-red pool, and then the blood flowed out of a small tube at the bottom of the pool and fell into a small glass bottle. The large bucket of blood that Nanni carried on her shoulder only shed a dozen drops in the end.
Nanni picked up the vial and looked at it in her hand, then scratched her head, "Oh, poor little girl, we still haven't collected enough blood. It's just a little bit away, little girl, and soon, Nannie will collect enough blood to resurrect you. As she spoke, she gently stroked an uncovered sarcophagus beside her, with a look of heart.
Soon, Nanni was ready to leave. Ye Fei hurriedly hid in the opposite room with Zhao Siqing, listened to Nanni's heavy footsteps and left the attic, and then walked out of the dark and arrived at the room where the sarcophagus was stored.
Zhao Siqing had already come to the side of the sarcophagus, took a deep breath and said, "Vampire, it's really handsome." β
Ye Fei took a look and saw that Count Dracula's eyes were closed, his face was pale without a trace of blood, and a small silver dagger was inserted in his chest. His face is as Zhao Siqing said, heroic and handsome to the extreme, even Ye Fei can't help but be a little jealous, these game designers must have focused everyone's advantages on him, otherwise how could they design such a handsome person? But handsome is handsome, Dacula has an evil smile on the corner of his mouth - yes, even if he doesn't know whether he is dead or alive, he has a smile on the corner of his mouth, and in general, his appearance seems too feminine.
Ye Fei glanced at it twice, then went to the side and opened the small bottle full of blood, and then poured a little of Dr. Goswin's mixture into it, filling a whole bottle.
Then, under Zhao Siqing's nervous gaze, he pried open Count Dracula's mouth and poured all the dark red liquid into his mouth. Soon, layers of viscous blood emanated from Dracula's body, and his body twitched slightly, and a long groan came out of his throat.
Ding~ The system prompt came again, the task has changed, please check the task description!
Ye Fei and Zhao Siqing hurriedly opened the task panel and found that the latest hint was: Count Dracula is about to be resurrected, please leave the castle with all the rewards you can take, once captured by Count Dracula, you will become his slave. Now start the countdown, 10, 9......
It's not like a slave or anything, but once you are caught, then most of the day's hard work will be in vain. Ye Fei didn't have time to think about it, he grabbed Zhao Siqing and was about to retreat, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the dagger on Count Dracula's chest, his heart moved, he leaned over slightly and pulled out the dagger suddenly, and he didn't have time to check the attributes, so he threw it into the package, and rushed to the opposite room with Zhao Siqing, and flew into the pipe.
The pipeline was very long, but after entering the pipe, the vision of the two began to blur, and the person seemed to be floating in the air, and a few frightened cries faintly came from behind him: "Duck...... Ducks, oh my God, how can there be ducks here......"