Chapter 271: The Water Monster’s Liking

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Aside from three bedrooms, the second floor also had a small study room.

Despite the room’s small size, there was no shortage of books. Even if one were to skim through each book, it would take more than 24 hours, or even 24 days to go through them all.

Ever since they began searching the room, Professor Cheng had already busted through dozens of books.

The books in the study room were diverse, in Chinese, English, and even in Latin, which they couldn’t understand. They could only skim through them roughly.

While they were flipping through books on the second floor, those in the attic were still pondering over the weird nursery rhyme: Summer rain patters loud, the darkness veils where the treasure could be found

Li Li voiced his weak suggestion, “Could there be a chance it’s on the first floor ?all the lights are off down there, which fits the ‘pitch-dark’ environment.”

Bai Youwei frowned, disagreeing with his proposal. “The first floor is flooded. There’s no light and it’s underwater, making it impossible to conduct any searches.”

“What about using a flashlight?” Li Li asked.

Bai Youwei wanted to say that if they used a flashlight, it would not fit the ‘pitch-dark’ environment. Besides, their flashlights weren’t waterproof. If they only shone them on the surface of the water, visibility would be very limited. The treasure shouldn’t be hidden in a place where the players can’t find it.

But ?Li Li was only proposing a possibility. She shouldn’t immediately extinguish this tiny glimmer of hope. At least they should try.

As Bai Youwei was contemplating this, she closed the mouth she was about to open.

She thought for a moment, then changed her question. “Where’s the Inspector now?”

“Not sure,” Yan Qingwen answered. “We haven’t seen it since the first floor was flooded.”

Bai Youwei’s brows furrowed tighter.

So much for guiding and providing hints throughout the game. Now in only the second round, it had vanished. Truly an unreliable cream puff.

Feeling thirsty, she remembered that all the food and water were on the first floor. Now she had neither food nor drink, her mood grew increasingly irritable. She could only close her eyes to force herself to calm down.

The attic’s light was dim and dull.

Time elapsed slowly

About forty minutes later, the search on the second floor and attic ended. They had searched the place multiple times already and no matter how hard they tried now, they found nothing new.

Except for Bai Youwei and the injured Li Li and Lun Ang, everyone else went to the study room to search the books with Professor Cheng, hoping to find some clues.

Reading was a meticulous task.

Because the answer to passing this level might be hidden in a book, on a page, or within an obscure phrase.

After waiting for what felt like an eternity, Bai Youwei fell asleep.

When she woke up, it was still pitch-black outside, and the rain continued to fall.

Li Li could now get up. He couldn’t make any large movements, but leaning against the wall, he managed to take a few steps.

Not wanting to be idle, he asked Su Man to bring over a dozen books from the study room so he could flip through them in the attic.

Lun Ang also felt bored lying around and decided to grab a book to read.

Even though his leg wound was healing, the bone inside had not yet mended and the throbbing pain was unbearable.

He wanted to distract himself with a book, but not only did it not soothe his leg pain, but it also stirred a headache.

Lun Ang sighed in frustration.

Bai Youwei glanced at him, “What, scared you might become lame?”

Lun Ang:

He unwittingly glanced at Bai Youwei’s leg.

“Why are you looking at me? Don’t worry, if you do end up lame, I can share my diapers with you,” Bai Youwei evaluated Lun Ang from head to toe, “But first, you’ll have to lose weight, otherwise, they won’t fit.”

Half of Lun Ang’s face turned red while the other half, which was covered by his thick beard, seemed unbothered.

He recalled the first time he met Bai Youwei when he inadvertently made fun of her being lame. Now the tables have turned, and he was

Sigh

Lun Ang’s emotions were complicated.

“Ah!”

Li Li suddenly called out, “Quick, come over here and look at this!”

Everyone was alarmed and rushed over from upstairs and downstairs—

Regardless of his injuries, Li Li held up the book in his hand, “It’s written here! The Water Monster likes shiny objects!”