The barrage of comments was filled with unease, expressing curiosity about the town's strict rules and Yin Xiu's own mystique.
The fact that so many messages from the town reminded him of his existence meant that he must be dangerous.
Hearing the wailing and sobbing coming from the next room, Yin Xiuzheng was removing the bathroom mirror. He glanced at the next room with a puzzled look, then continued to wrap the mirror in a cloth and put it on top of the cabinet in his room, making sure the little girl couldn't reach it.
He checked the whole house and found that only the toilet and the room where Yin Xiu woke up had mirrors, one for washing up and the other for makeup.
The room he woke up in was probably the mother's room mentioned in the message. The little girl had her own room. As for the room where the man named Li Mo woke up, it was probably a guest room. There was nothing indicating gender in the room, only some simple items for guests. There was no father's presence in the room, and even the photos only showed the mother and daughter. He probably wouldn't have a chance to appear.
After dealing with the mirror, which violated the rules, Yin Xiu checked the refrigerator. It was indeed full of food, vegetables and fruits, enough for them to stay here for three days.
Currently, completing the first stage of the little girl's note task seems quite simple. As long as you take precautions and don't do anything reckless, you can basically survive for three days. However, the next stage is hard to say.
"What are you doing?" Li Mo stood silently at the kitchen door, staring at Yin Xiu who was chopping vegetables inside.
He was standing in the kitchen with his sleeves rolled up and a pink apron tied around his neck. He was quickly and skillfully chopping vegetables on the cutting board with a cleaver.
"Cook." Yin Xiu replied casually, pointing to the calendar hanging on the wall. "Today is the first day, and she hasn't eaten yet."
Li Mo glanced back at the calendar, walked over and flipped open the page. Today was the 17th, and there was a circle drawn on the 19th, which should be the day her mother came back.
Three days, namely the 17th, 18th, and 19th.
My mother's note said that I had to eat every day, and today was the first day, so I had to eat as well.
Li Mo squinted at the window. It was dusk inside the instance. If he didn't realize this problem by nightfall, he would most likely be judged as having violated the rules and would die at midnight.
"Holy crap, I didn't even notice!"
Players who were reminded in the live chat were shocked, saying, "We were so focused on the monsters that we completely forgot to check the date."
"That's how the dungeon is set up. The first thing players do when they enter the dungeon is to find the rules and memorize them. Not long after they memorize the rules, a strange woman comes to harass them one by one."
"Players who have been scared have to eliminate the factors that could lead to death in the rules before they can calm down. By the time they calm down, it will be getting dark, and they will instinctively pay attention to the rules and things to be wary of after dark, but forget about the ever-present and inconspicuous rule of eating."
"This dungeon is so insidious!"
"Fortunately, Yin Xiu is here for this instance... If the players in other towns can react after seeing Yin Xiu cooking, they should remind the players in their towns."
"There are probably quite a few people watching Yin Xiu's live stream right now, a guiding light for the dungeon."
"I'm already taking notes, and I can learn a lot from it."
"After the players gather and the bullet comments are shared, I want to see what the towns in other dimensions will say."
"I have a feeling there will be a wave of people praising Yin Xiu."
"That's definitely something to brag about. Speaking of which, that pink apron tied around his waist actually suited him quite well..."
"I guess you're thinking of: male mother."
Amidst the cheerful comments in the live chat, Yin Xiu had already finished cooking several dishes.
He took what appeared to be the little girl's lunchbox from the refrigerator, stuffed vegetables into each compartment, added rice, closed the lid, and prepared to go to the little girl's room.
Before leaving, Yin Xiu glanced back at Li Mo, who was standing at the kitchen door. Li Mo's gaze had been fixed on the food ever since Yin Xiu finished cooking. Yin Xiu had a bad feeling that someone who spent 90% of their time looking at him was suddenly looking at the food.
"Don't steal any food. I don't want to do it again. If I come out and find the food gone, I'll tie you up in the living room tonight." Yin Xiu's eyes darkened as he threatened seriously.
Li Mo smiled slightly, nodded, and his hands, which had been restless and were crossed in front of him, immediately quieted down.
Yin Xiu turned around, opened the little girl's room, and went inside.
This is a very simple children's room. The bed is not very big and is covered with pink sheets. Various cute stickers are pasted on the wall above the bed. Various dolls are scattered on the carpet. There are a few fairy tale books on the bookshelf next to it, but there are only a few, and they have many signs of being read and are a bit old.
Upon seeing Yin Xiu enter, the little girl who was sitting on the carpet playing with her doll immediately tensed up, rubbing her hands on the rabbit doll, which was covered in bloody handprints.
"Dinner's ready." Yin Xiu placed the lunchbox on the only desk in the room. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that there were bloodstains on the carpet around the little girl, and even on her own body.
"Oh." Upon hearing this, the little girl obediently got up from the carpet, clutching her doll, and walked to the table.
"Why are you so dirty?" Yin Xiu looked her up and down. The blood on her skirt had dried, but the blood on her body stuck to her clean skin was still creepy.
"You mean this blood?" The little girl smiled innocently. "It's from other people."
The so-called "others" are probably the players in other rooms. Yin Xiu could easily guess that when all the players were in their own spaces, each of their rooms had a little girl, and these little girls were actually the same person.
"Wait a minute." Seeing the little girl about to sit down to eat, Yin Xiu quickly stopped her, turned around, and went out.
The little girl stood there in confusion, and after a while, she saw Yin Xiu return with a wet towel.
"Stretch out your hand."
"Okay." The little girl obediently stretched out her little hand.
Yin Xiu used a towel to wipe the blood off her hands and then wiped her face as well. "You have to wash your hands before eating. Didn't your mother teach you that?"
The little girl paused, "You've been taught..."
"Be more careful next time." After wiping her body clean, Yin Xiu folded the towel that was covered in blood, his eyes indifferent. "I'll find you a new dress later, and you can take a shower before going to bed."
"Okay." The little girl nodded groggily and sat down at the table to eat.
She turned her head and found that Yin Xiu was still there, standing straight beside her staring at her. She couldn't help but ask, "Why are you looking at me, brother? Do you want some too?"
"I won't eat it," Yin Xiu said calmly, "but I have to watch you eat it."
The rules state that she must eat, but who can guarantee that the child won't secretly throw away her food and pretend she's already eaten once he leaves the house?
Seeing that Yin Xiu didn't trust her, the little girl frowned, snorted loudly, then picked up her chopsticks to eat. While putting food in her mouth, she muttered, "Bad brother, I've decided to hate you."
With a bite of rice in her mouth, her eyebrows immediately curved into a smile, radiating happiness. "Delicious! Bad brother, I've decided I still like you!"