In the hall, two people were already seated.

Wang Hua and Pan Sensen.

The two of them were gathered around the fire pit, dispelling the chill from their bodies while whispering to each other, their conversation unknown.

When Zhao Yi's footsteps echoed, both of them looked over.

Seeing the person holding a scalpel with an excited smile on his face, Wang Hua was so frightened that he fell on his butt!

Damn...

He... he... is he going to kill someone?

As Zhao Yi approached step by step, the image of Bai Zhihai's corpse outside earlier flashed in Wang Hua's mind, nearly scaring him to the point of wetting himself!

This guy... is more terrifying than a specter!

Pan Sensen, observing Wang Hua's reaction, also appeared wary, but she was the first to speak:

"Zhao Yi... who was chasing you just now?"

Zhao Yi sat down beside the fire pit, put away the knife, and replied:

"Ha!"

"It was an enthusiastic resident who preferred to remain anonymous."

"Too enthusiastic!"

"Chased me all the way..."

"Insisted on giving me a set of the national elementary school radio calisthenics, 'Young Eagles Taking Flight'..."

Zhao Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked:

"Did you guys find anything?"

Pan Sensen shook her head.

"I searched a few rooms, but apart from encountering terrifying specters, there was nothing."

Zhao Yi glanced at her, smiling and nodding.

Her clothes were so clean and tidy, her breathing so smooth, not a drop of sweat on her...

You're trying to fool a specter here!

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He knew this woman hadn't really explored, just put on a show and then returned to the central hall to wait for their findings.

A typical case of using them as pawns.

But it didn't matter.

Zhao Yi didn't intend to expose her.

"By the way, Bai Zhihai went your way earlier, did you see him?"

Pan Sensen began to probe Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi replied:

"I saw him."

"He was killed by a specter."

"The scene was gruesome."

Pan Sensen and Wang Hua exchanged a glance but didn't expose Zhao Yi.

Although Bai Zhihai wasn't actually killed by Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi did dissect him.

Or rather... dismembered him.

"Sigh... The haunted house is extremely dangerous, there's nothing we can do about it."

She feigned sorrow for a moment, as if mourning Bai Zhihai.

"Did you find anything?"

Pan Sensen inquired.

Zhao Yi took out Chief Che's notebook, opened it in front of them, and showed them the contents.

There were quite a few key pieces of information inside.

"Strange... why say 'again' for the madam's fortieth birthday?"

Pan Sensen's eyes narrowed.

Any seemingly unreasonable detail could be a deliberate part of the game.

"Could it be... the madam is already dead?"

Wang Hua chimed in quietly.

"After all, the dead... don't continue to age."

Pan Sensen was silent for a moment.

"No, if the madam were already dead, how could she have recently argued with the 'master'?"

She looked up at Zhao Yi, who was comfortably warming himself by the fire, and asked:

"Zhao Yi, what do you think?"

After some thought, Zhao Yi said:

"Why say 'again'?"

"I guess..."

"Maybe she already celebrated her fortieth birthday once before?"

Pan Sensen: "..."

Wang Hua: "..."

Damn!

This guy is just talking nonsense with a straight face!

But seeing the calm smile on Zhao Yi's face, Pan Sensen felt that Zhao Yi probably knew something.

She sighed, shook her head, and continued reading.

"The madam and the second madam seem to have a conflict..."

Pan Sensen pointed to a part of the text.

Wang Hua asked in confusion:

"How can you tell?"

Pan Sensen explained:

"Are you stupid? The madam called the second madam a fox spirit, clearly the master favors the second madam more... and the fact that the master doesn't want to have children with the madam shows she's not favored."

"As the main wife, it's normal for the madam to want to get rid of the second madam out of jealousy..."

Wang Hua pondered this.

Pan Sensen continued:

"Based on the information left in this notebook, the master seems very interested in immortality..."

"And he had the butler buy a lot of glutinous rice and sticky rice... could it be related to zombies?"

"Could he... have turned himself into a zombie?"

Though Pan Sensen was not entirely trustworthy, it couldn't be denied that among the new players, her ability was quite decent.

Zhao Yi placed his hand by the fire, warmth spreading through his body.

"From what I know, not everyone in the haunted house is a specter... at least the madam and the second madam are still alive."

"One is in the Moon Tower, the other in the secondary residence."

Pan Sensen and Wang Hua exchanged a glance, the flickering firelight reflecting on their faces, indicating a certain skepticism about Zhao Yi's words.

They believed, but not entirely.

"So, where do you plan to go next?"

Pan Sensen, with her deep thoughts, was entirely different from her outward appearance.

Even at this point, she was still thinking about how to get Zhao Yi killed and how to make the most use of him.

As for herself, she had no intention of personally investigating the clues.

Having spent some time in this main residence, she realized that this seemingly eerie hall was actually the safest place in the haunted house.

So, she asked, "Where do you plan to go?"

"No rush, let's wait for the others."

Zhao Yi smiled slightly, as calm as an old dog.

Pan Sensen staying in the main residence actually made it easier for him and Luo Qili to act.

The task was to find the heart of the mansion's master and eliminate him, yet their strength was limited to 10 points.

This meant that completing these tasks didn't require much effort.

There must be a way to achieve a 'plot kill.'

Zhao Yi glanced at the paper figures on the staircase, then at the sticky rice on the stairs.

The position of the sticky rice had changed.

Although a new layer had been laid, the pattern of the sticky rice distribution was different.

These details couldn't escape Zhao Yi's fiery eyes.

"Did the second madam come by..."

A strange thought crossed Zhao Yi's mind.

Paper Granny had told Zhao Yi that only the second madam could go to the second floor of the main residence, and anyone else who entered... would surely die.

"What exactly is on the second floor of the main residence?"

He recalled seeing a terrifying, decaying ghost face at the window on the second floor from outside the mansion earlier.

Could that guy... be the 'master'?

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