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Published at 14th of September 2023 11:22:09 AM


Chapter 254.1

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“Good morning, Mr. Nick.” Bai Lixin glanced at Mr. Nick and greeted him with an elegant and polite smile.

The smile was beautiful, like a blooming flower.

Mr. Nick was momentarily stunned and by the time he came back to his senses, Bai Lixin, Emil and Hong Yue were already walking towards the outside.

“What are you all doing?” Mrs. Aisli protected her belly carefully and asked with doubt.

Hong Yue secretly observed Mrs. Aisli. Compared to the slight bump she had yesterday, her belly was much bigger now, probably five or six months pregnant. At this rate, she might go into labor tonight or tomorrow.

Mrs. Aisli appeared more weary compared to the others, and her movements were visibly uncomfortable.

Despite such strange changes, the others didn’t find anything odd.

“Mrs. Aisli,” Hong Yue said kindly, “you seem a bit weak. Maybe you shouldn’t wander around. See a doctor, change your clothes, and rest.”

Mrs. Aisli gently touched her belly, her drooping hair giving off an air of distress. “The spare clothes are in the luggage, but the luggage fell when I was running away.”

Bai Lixin, Hong Yue and Emil looked at the five one by one; all their luggage was gone.

Hong Yue: “Oh, that’s a shame. But I believe the resort will be hospitable enough to provide you with clean clothes.”

The attendants quickly smiled and said, “Of course, guests. This way, please.”

Mr. Nick looked at Bai Lixin and the others, his face twisted with conflict. However, under the courteous invitation from the attendants, he chose not to say anything and slowly turned to follow them out.

It was their own choice to leave, and they had also wrongly accused Bai Lixin’s group.

Bai Lixin had mentioned the possibility of supernatural forces several times, but they were blindly confident and didn’t take it seriously.

They had no reason to blame these three for not letting them in.

As they watched the five leave, Hong Yue asked Emil, “What about the craftsman?”

Emil replied, “He’s still in the room.”

Hong Yue: “Why don’t you just stay here and watch over him. Don’t do anything weird. It’s not easy to find a way to save someone.”

Emil looked at Hong Yue and then glanced at Bai Lixin. “No problem, but could you tell me where you two are going?”

Hong Yue said seriously, “You don’t know?”

Emil suddenly felt a bit guilty and uncertain. “I… should I know?”

Hong Yue stared at Emil for a good two seconds, almost making him feel uncomfortable, before turning to Bai Lixin. “Right, Bai Lixin, where are we going?”

Emil: “?”

Bai Lixin: “Just wandering around. There are still two days and two nights before the resort trip is over, and we didn’t even get a chance to explore this place. It’s a pity.”

Emil: “…”

‘Is it really a pity? Are you serious?’

Emil wisely took a step back and said, “Then I’ll go take care of Sa… uh, the craftsman. Contact me if there’s any situation.”

With that, he ran off without even looking back.

The outing for three instantly turned into an outing for two.

The two first went to the backyard.

In the early morning, the dew sparkled, and under the warm and gentle morning sun, the colorful rose bushes stretched their branches and petals, dancing like innocent and beautiful little angels on the green lawn.

If they hadn’t witnessed the supernatural massacre last night, no one would have associated such a beautiful garden with death.

The green grass on the ground showed no trace of giant snakes slithering around.

Bai Lixin and Hong Yue walked all the way and soon found a black backpack stained with blood on the grass.

This was left behind by the director who was swallowed last night.

Bai Lixin squatted down, unzipped the backpack, and the contents spilled out immediately.

There was a mini camera, a few pieces of spare clothes, a bunch of silk, and several valuable manuscripts that were originally on the resort’s bookshelves.

Overall, the items were not heavy, totaling about ten kilograms.

Instead of taking any treasures or riches from the resort, he chose things that would be more helpful to his career.

Bai Lixin only took out the camera projector and left the other things in place.

This device was battery-powered. Bai Lixin checked it, finding it had only two bars of battery left out of five.

After temporarily storing the camera, Bai Lixin continued forward.

After a while, they arrived in front of a statue of the Holy Mother.

Hong Yue stared at the statue and the surrounding scenery for a while before speaking, “These are the statues he Nick family was last night.”

It was also where Mrs. Nick hid the treasure at first.

Bai Lixin walked to the back of the statue, opened a secret door, and glanced inside. Several new scratches had appeared on the already mottled inner wall.

These were the marks left when the eldest daughter’s body was stuck in the statue yesterday, and she struggled to break free.

After carefully observing the entire inner wall, Bai Lixin straightened his back, lost in thought.

Hong Yue still couldn’t figure it out, “Did you find something?”

Bai Lixin nodded, “A little.”

Hong Yue asked, “Should we check the other statues too?”

Bai Lixin glanced at the nearby statues and answered, “Yes, let’s go.”

For the next half-hour, they inspected the remaining statues. Although they looked quite similar to Hong Yue, Bai Lixin examined each one very carefully.

When Bai Lixin finally finished examining the last statue, a slight smile appeared on his previously tense face. “Hong Yue, let’s go outside and take a walk.”

Hong Yue was admiring the flowers when she heard this. She looked at Bai Lixin and asked, “Go outside?”

Bai Lixin replied, “Yes, let’s go outside the resort and walk along the path they took yesterday.”

They traveled here by bus so everything outside the resort was a blur, with nothing seen except greenery.

The two of them retraced their steps. By the time they reached the fountain near the resort’s gate, it was nearly nine in the morning.

Hong Yue stood at the fountain and looked up at the resort hotel above the stairs. She saw the missing attendants reappearing in an orderly manner, walking around the lobby.

They seemed busy yet idle at the same time.

When she turned back, she found that Bai Lixin had already walked a few steps ahead, and his body was about to cross the large black iron gate of the resort.

She quickly caught up with him, and just as she caught up, the two of them walked out of the resort through the grand and heavy black iron gate.

In that moment, Hong Yue shivered involuntarily.

It was so cold.

There was only a gate separating them, but the temperature outside was about ten degrees lower than inside the resort.

While the resort was sunny, the outside was chilly with gusts of wind.

Hong Yue glanced at the sky. It was just as clear as before, but the atmosphere felt completely different.

When they came here, they had entered the resort directly by bus, and they hadn’t noticed this peculiarity at all.

Hong Yue: “It’s a bit eerie, Bai Lixin.”

The resort’s main gate was built directly on the asphalt road, and after they left the large iron gate, they were met with a winding and twisting road.

On both sides of the road were dense forests, as if there were small mountains on each side and the only road was carved in between these two mountains.

Regardless of how bright the sun was overhead, the dense trees on both sides cast shadows, enveloping the road in shade despite it being a sunny morning.

Bai Lixin: “It’s a nice place to escape the heat if you come here during the summer.”

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In the live broadcast room.

[Ordinary Person: Eerie and scary, so creepy.]

[God Xin: A good place to escape the summer heat and relax.]

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As they walked, they observed the terrain, sometimes chatting, sometimes silent, slowly moving forward.

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After walking for about half an hour, Hong Yue looked back and noticed that the outline of the resort had disappeared.

Bai Lixin: “It’s so quiet, there’s no one around.”

Hong Yue: “It’s quite peaceful. Isn’t it normal for there to be no one here?”

Bai Lixin: “It’s not quite normal, though. Didn’t the guide say that all the attendants in the resort went out to dig the road? We should have encountered someone on the way.”

Hong Yue didn’t know what Bai Lixin was getting at. “So?”

Bai Lixin said seriously, “So, the attendants’ forms might only be maintained within the resort. Once they leave the resort, they are no longer in human form.”

Hong Yue: “…”

‘Although I’m not afraid, can you not talk about this in a serious way?’

“By the way,” Hong Yue pointed to the camera in Bai Lixin’s hand, “He likes to film, right? Let’s see what he captured yesterday.”

With that, Hong Yue took the camera from Bai Lixin’s hand, opened the small screen, and played the recording.

There were many segments in the recording, and Hong Yue randomly chose one to play.

With a rough “crackle” of electric noise, the contents of the screen began to play.

–“Dear audience, this is a documentary about the world’s most mysterious resort.”

The director’s excited voice came from the screen, and the video started from the bus.

The four of them were seated at the back, and the angle of the camera was recorded from behind. Because the bus was slightly bumpy, the footage kept shaking slightly.

–“I guess you’ve already guessed it. Yes, it’s the Eden Resort, the most mysterious place in the world. I’m going to spend five days and six nights unveiling its secrets for you.”

–“Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Nick, and I’m…”

Some familiar yet distant voices came from the screen, and familiar faces appeared simultaneously.

Hong Yue remembered this as the scene of their self-introduction at the beginning.

At that time, everyone’s faces were filled with joy, and the camera captured their enthusiastic expressions without their knowledge.

Looking at the familiar faces on the screen, Hong Yue suddenly felt a bit sentimental.

These people couldn’t have imagined at that time that, in just a few days, only five of them would be left in such a miserable state.

Hong Yue fast-forwarded, and the faces on the screen immediately became comical as the footage started to speed up rapidly.

After fast-forwarding for over a minute, and with a transition in the footage, Hong Yue let go of her hand.

The footage went from the bus, the fountain, the lobby, the dining hall, and finally to the familiar corridor— in the depths of the shaky camera was the eerie golden room.

The director’s excited voice came from the screen again.

–“Did you hear that? This golden room is the mysterious room the guide mentioned. Aren’t you curious about what’s inside?”

–“Was the guide talking about a curse? Will something bad happen?”

—“Are you scared?”

–“Hahaha, it’s all just gimmicks!”

–“Just like a psychological suggestion, the more they tell you not to open it, the more curious you become. If this room is really not supposed to be entered, they should have added another lock. He gave us the key and told us not to open it- he actually want us to open it.”

–“Are you curious about what’s inside now?”

The camera suddenly shook and slowly approached the golden door.

Bai Lixin and Hong Yue exchanged a glance, and Hong Yue’s eyes also became tense.

In the footage, a hand reached into the frame from below and placed it on the doorknob of the golden door.

Hong Yue swallowed nervously.

–“Hahaha, do you now really want me to open the room? The audience can just guess what’s inside.”

The hand slowly pulled away from the doorknob without opening the golden room.

–“As for what’s inside the golden room, let’s treat it as a secret. I’ll show you at the end of the video. Until then, you can let your imagination run wild and guess what’s inside.”

–“So, everyone, let’s conclude today’s documentary, and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

After the first video ended, Hong Yue looked aggrieved, “This director is indeed a master of suspense films. I’m curious, why hasn’t he won awards? With this tension and the level of suspense, isn’t it fair to call him the Sherlock Holmes of the film industry?”

Hong Yue opened the second video.

The electric noise sounded, and time began to move again, but the screen remained pitch-black.

Hong Yue frowned slightly, “Is the video broken?”

Although she said that, her hand was still honestly pressing the fast-forward button.

The screen was still pitch-black and just when Hong Yue was becoming a little impatient, the image finally changed.

A faint “creak” of a door opening sounded, and the screen finally lit up.

As it turned out, the camera had been placed in a corner of the corridor, and the reason why there was no image before was because the corridor was pitch-black.

In the footage, a faint light illuminated the depths of the lens. Mr. Oude’s room door opened, and the elderly Mr. Oude came to the front of the golden room unsteadily, with a key in hand.

In the footage, Mr. Oude’s face appeared somewhat pale, and his expression seemed numb. He tried several times before managing to open the golden room, and the camera recorded the entire scene of him entering the golden room.

Hong Yue: “I can’t believe it. The director knew that Mr. Oude went into the golden room, but he didn’t say anything. Can people be so indifferent just for the sake of capturing so-called sensational material?”

Bai Lixin: “…”

Hong Yue fast-forwarded again, and about fifteen minutes later, the room door opened again, and Mr. Oude walked out.

By this time, his face had become quite rosy, and he walked with much more vigor.

Then, there was a long stretch of darkness until the second video ended.

Hong Yue closed the second video and, while walking, opened the third video.

With a few “clicks” of the camera, the image brightened, showing the treasure rooms they visited the next day.

–“I believe that the fountain, carpets, silk fabrics, and paintings you saw yesterday must have been eye-opening. Today, I’m going to show you the treasure vault of the owner of Eden Resort. Seeing what’s inside will surely open the doors to a whole new world for you.”

With the sound of the door being pushed open, the screen instantly became magnificent and resplendent.

By this time, they must have split up.

The director and the other three actors explored one corridor, while the rest chose different ones.

When the camera moved, the faces of the other three actors were also recorded in the footage. The scene flashed by, and Bai Lixin suddenly said, “Wait, pause, then rewind.”





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