Yin Xiu guessed that in the little girl's eyes, he was probably a monster, and she could indeed become a monster.
To prevent the little girl from losing her temper, the mother's note forbade her from looking in the mirror and told her to calmly deal with the destruction she would face after waking up.
Not opening the door and not letting people outside see the little girl are both to ensure her safety.
In this small environment, ensuring her safety while keeping a clear head so as not to turn into a monster, her mother's instructions were quite effective. Every day at mealtimes, she was reminded to live a normal human life.
Currently, three days is not the problem. The problem is what happens after three days. The plot clearly mentions that the little girl has to live for three days, waiting for her mother to come home, but the mother's note says that she should pick up the package that her mother left at the door in three days. Obviously, the mother does not think she will be able to come back in three days.
"Shall I cook for you?" Yin Xiu patted the crying little girl in his arms and gently comforted her.
The little girl nodded, mumbled as she stepped out of Yin Xiu's arms, and said in a soft voice, "I'm hungry, I want a big bowl of food."
"Mm." Yin Xiu patted the little girl's hair, got up, and went out to cook.
While watching the little girl whining to Yin Xiu for a big bowl of food, and simultaneously glancing at the little girl tearing at a player's body in another room, the players silently swallowed a mouthful of water.
She was hungry, but the players didn't find her appetizing. This two-faced little thing really put on an act of being obedient to the extreme in front of Yin Xiu.
Yesterday, from entering the instance during the day to the arrival of the monsters at night, most of the players who entered the plane had died. During the day, it was due to carelessness upon first entering, and at night, it was because the strategy could not be passed on in time. Even with the help of the expert Yin Xiu, there were still some unavoidable factors that led to death, such as the fake monsters.
By the second night, the survivors were some players who had studied the rules more thoroughly. They realized that they needed to take care of the little girl's feelings. Although they were not as indifferent as Yin Xiu, they still diligently followed the strategy and their own ideas to try to please the little girl.
As night fell, with the strategy from the previous night and the flattery from the daytime, the little girl didn't make things difficult this time and successfully got all the players back to their rooms before dark.
If you don't do anything reckless at night and just sleep peacefully, everything will be fine.
Almost all the players were safe that night, except for Yin Xiu.
As night fell, the eerie presence reappeared in his room and on his bed, trapping him and preventing him from calling his roommate.
Yin Xiu couldn't understand where he had triggered the seventh rule. He hadn't even gone to the living room tonight, so why did this strange creature, which should only be wandering in the living room, enter the room? Was it really just a random trigger?
The players on the screen who saw Yin Xiu's confusion had mixed feelings. They couldn't tell Yin Xiu, "The other players are fine, only you are in trouble. This strange thing is only targeting you."
All one could see was this big shot huddled in bed, miserable, letting that unseen entity explore his body.
The strange creature was in high spirits tonight, and its grip on Yin Xiu was stronger than last night, tightly constricting his taut muscles and spreading subtly up his chest and abdomen, causing his clothes to tug and invisibly outline the contours of his body.
"Wow... Xiu-ge's legs are so long."
"Is this something I can say?"
"I'm not only going to say it, I'm going to watch it! I want to see it as much as possible while Brother Xiu is still alive."
"It usually looks pretty boring, like it doesn't have much of a threat, but the shape of its pectoral muscles is actually quite good."
"Soul-Transmigrating Monster!"
"Um... I also want to tug at Yin Xiu's waist..."
"Perverts! You're all perverts!"
After the message drifted over, the unseen entity suddenly rolled up the blanket and covered Yin Xiu completely, then continued to roll around inside.
All the people could see was the blanket being lifted up in a sliver of shape by something unseen from time to time, before deflated again.
In the darkness, Yin Xiu's weak struggles gradually subsided after a while. Realizing that the thing had no intention of killing him, he simply closed his eyes and went to sleep.
After a while, the thing on Gu Yong's body gave up its playful interest in dealing with Yin Xiu's lack of reaction and gradually quieted down, clinging to Yin Xiu.
For a moment, the entire instance was quiet and peaceful, leaving the players outside the screen quite bewildered.
"Not only did they not let us watch, but they also ended it so quickly?"
"No, that thing is really just for fun, it's not going to kill Yin Xiu, is it?"
"Don't ask. The answer is torture. We will definitely kill you, but now is not the time."
"You know a lot, upstairs."
"So its strategy is to keep pestering Yin Xiu?"
"You don't understand, do you? Didn't you see that it's stronger tonight than last night? Tomorrow night, and even the nights after, it will gradually increase its strength and slowly strangle Yin Xiu, definitely tearing him to pieces!"
"You seem to know more about things than even the supernatural."
"Um... could we increase our efforts in other areas of development? Or somewhere else?"
"Pervert! There's a pervert here, Mom!!"
On the morning of the third day, when Yin Xiu woke up, he was already able to move his body.
But the lingering cold, sticky, and slippery sensation on his skin made him very uncomfortable. He could even see red marks left from the tight bindings on his body when he lifted his clothes.
"It seems to be a gradual method of killing him." Yin Xiu also concluded that he had unintentionally triggered the seventh rule, causing the strange creature to come to his room every night and bother him. It might not be long before it strangled him.
"Looks like I need to speed up the dungeon run." He got out of bed and took a shower first.
As it was the third day in the instance, many players got up early in the morning to hurriedly prepare the little girl's last meal before welcoming the next stage.
Rule number six on Mom's note: Three days later, pick up the package Mom left outside the door.
Therefore, after feeding the little girl, many players immediately opened the door to retrieve the package outside, but all the players found the doorway empty.
Players watching their respective towns quickly zoomed in on Yin Xiu's live stream, worried that their own players might have missed something that caused the package to not appear. But surprisingly, no package appeared in front of Yin Xiu's door either.
The ground outside the door was empty; there wasn't even a trace of dust, let alone any packages.
Yin Xiu lowered his eyes and pondered.
The notes from the mother are written for the little girl to follow, and they do not apply to the player. One of the conditions for the player to complete the game is to have the little girl complete all of the mother's notes, thus acting as a helper.
Since there's no package from Mom at the door, it means the player must retrieve Mom's package, place it at the door, and let the little girl retrieve it according to the rules on the note.
"Going out?" Yin Xiu squinted at the distance. After dark, he saw many lights on in the distance, indicating that there were many people there.
So the little girl who can't go out must stay at home, but just in case that woman from the first day appears again, the little girl can't be left alone at home.
Yin Xiu glanced at Li Mo beside him out of the corner of his eye, "You stay home and watch over her, I'm going out for a bit."
As soon as he said that, the little girl became wary, glanced at Li Mo, and seemed very nervous about him.
"Okay," Li Mo replied with a smile.
"Don't hurt her." Yin Xiu added another rule, and only then did the little girl's expression relax.
"Okay." Li Mo calmly agreed.
"Then I'll head out first." Yin Xiu glanced at the two of them, slung his sword over his shoulder, and went out the door.
The little girl rushed to the window and looked at Yin Xiu's retreating figure in the distance, somewhat worried, "I wonder if my brother will be in danger."
"No," Li Mo replied affirmatively from inside the room.
The little girl stared at Yin Xiu's departing figure for a long time, then suddenly turned around, her face full of doubt, "You left so many of your scents on my brother, why is that?"
"We have to keep it; this dungeon is insane."
"...Are you talking about yourself?"