Zhou Yingting arrived at the door of room 701, only to find the door already open.
As Zhou Yingting stepped forward, something made him pause, and suspicion instantly filled his eyes.
Inside room 701, all six people were gathered together.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yingting’s initial thoughts wavered for a moment.
"Did you all sleep in one room last night?"
Zhou Yingting stared intensely at Song Qingyun, his expression extremely serious.
Song Qingyun was momentarily stunned by Zhou Yingting’s words, then shook his head, "No, they came here after waking up, wanting to discuss something with us. Last night, it was just the three of us sleeping together."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yingting breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why do you say that?"
Song Qingyun was somewhat puzzled by these words.
Without further ado, Zhou Yingting produced a talisman from his pocket and showed it to everyone, "I’ve figured out what the numbers on this talisman mean!"
Everyone turned their gaze to the talisman in Zhou Yingting’s hand.
The talisman, which displayed a ’five’ last night, now showed a ’two’.
Seeing this change, everyone was taken aback, their eyes filling with suspicion.
"Why did the number change to two?"
"Yes, it was five yesterday, how did it become two today?"
The few of them exchanged glances, their eyes filled with doubt.
"Clearly, it’s a countdown, a death countdown!"
Zhou Yingting declared confidently.
"Death countdown? Impossible! Are you saying we only have two days left to live?"
Lin Yuxin’s spirit was visibly shaken, her voice tinged with a sob.
"Exactly, nothing has even happened, how could we die in two days?"
No one believed it; how could they only have two days left to live?
Gan Xinyang was also skeptical; he had heard that only when one’s spiritual power falls to the standard level, could one be possessed and die.
How could they be facing death in just two days?
"What’s your reasoning?"
Compared to the other newcomers, Song Qingyun was much calmer, sensing something off with the talisman.
"Do you remember what our task is?"
Zhou Yingting asked Song Qingyun.
"Of course I remember, it’s to stay here for seven days straight."
Song Qingyun nodded immediately; how could he forget his task?
"Exactly, it’s to live here for seven full days. Yesterday, I saw the number was five; I assumed it’s because we spent one night here, so it deducted one night, plus someone didn’t follow the rules and slept together, so it deducted an extra day!"
"So, the number changed to five!"
The numbers displayed on the talisman brought from the master are surely linked to their task.
And the number most closely related should be the seven days they need to stay here.
"The number was five when it first arrived, did anyone see this number start from seven?"
Hearing this, someone immediately retorted.
Zhou Yingting nodded, "I didn’t see the number change from seven to five, but I saw it change from five to two!"
"Think about it; last night, two rooms were empty, plus we spent another night, how did it not become two?"
It seems to make some sense.
Ying Shai listening to Zhou Yingting’s words, dared not take it lightly, as he felt Zhou Yingting’s reasoning was quite logical.
"The game gave us each a room key, conventionally, we’re supposed to sleep separately in our own rooms."
"How about tonight we also sleep separately, each in our own room?"
Ying Shai looked at Lin Yuxin and the others.
It’s these two who initially wanted to sleep together; now it’s them who must be persuaded.
Song Qianqian stood aside, pondering, "I think your argument has some flaws and isn’t entirely valid."
Song Qianqian had become somewhat accustomed to the situation, meeting Zhou Yingting’s questioning gaze, she probed, "If, according to you, spending a night here deducts a point, then if we sleep separately in our own rooms, won’t it still deduct a point tomorrow?"
"And assuming it’s a death countdown, won’t we die in two nights regardless?"
Hearing this, the others were also stunned.
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Even if they sleep separately, they will still die in two days?
Zhou Yingting was also taken aback, pondering for a moment then somberly, "Maybe if we sleep separately according to the rules, the number won’t decrease?"
"I think it’s unlikely. According to your inference, a night automatically deducts a point, and vacant rooms add more deductions, meaning from the day we started sleeping together, we’ve been in a death countdown."
Song Qianqian shook her head, refuting Zhou Yingting’s deductions.
Listening to this, Zhou Yingting fell silent momentarily; he indeed had no evidence to prove otherwise.
"No matter what, even if it’s a mere two extra days, we must at least seize some time."
Song Qingyun thought for a moment then declared solemnly, "Tonight, irrespective of anything, you must sleep separately, do you understand?"
Song Qingyun looked sharply at the two women, his expression extremely stern.
No matter the issue with Zhou Yingting, at least he’s asking everyone to sleep separately in their own rooms; this he found reasonable.
After all, the game gave each of them a room key.
Song Qianqian nodded; she didn’t have any objections.
If it’s indeed a death countdown, she, too, wanted to live an extra day.
"Alright, then let’s continue searching for clues. If this countdown doesn’t stop, there must be other ways to pause it."
"This game, can’t possibly doom us for not sleeping in a single room the first time around!"
Ying Shai said solemnly.
Listening to Zhou Yingting’s analysis, he was already anxious, as if he were really going to die here in two days.
Others nodded seeing that, then quickly went downstairs to search for more clues.