Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

The dimly lit staircase led upwards, and Qi Xie arrived at the third floor. Blocking his way was a heavy wooden door with a sturdy iron lock on it.

Normally, this lock and door are very difficult to break.

Generally speaking, travelers need to master very complex lock-picking skills or find a way to steal the key from the workshop when Annie's mother isn't paying attention—one of the two options.

But Qi Xie is clearly not an ordinary case.

boom! ! !

He swung the blood axe, neatly cleaving several openings in the door, and then kicked it hard, creating a passageway for people to pass through.

Qi Xie bent down and stepped into the space on the third floor.

The space doesn't have those common chandeliers or other regular lighting sources, or maybe it does, but they're not on.

However, other light sources make it easier for Qi Xie to see the layout of the space.

The light source came from the glass display cases embedded in the walls. Qi Xie couldn't see what was inside, but he felt that the light source was soft like the lighting in the exhibition hall, yet it had an eerie blood-red hue.

Qi Xie could even smell a faint scent of blood in the air.

Instead of rushing to look at the display cases, Qi Xie first used the light to observe the layout of the third floor.

In front of him appeared to be a living room, with three sofas, a coffee table, and a corridor to his right.

One of the sofas was clearly wrong. Proportionally it was supposed to be a single sofa, but its size was ridiculously large, enough to seat three people side by side.

On the coffee table were a fruit plate and tea set. On the fruit plate were dried pieces of meat and several withered fingers of different sizes, clearly not from one person.

As for the tea set, Qi Xie took a careful sniff and confirmed that the faint smell of blood was indeed coming from it.

In an instant, he understood what the tea set was for.

After standing still for a moment, Qi Xie did not hear a sound. The air was eerily quiet, as if Annie was not there.

Qi Xie stepped inside, glancing sideways as he observed, and immediately saw what was in the display case.

are people.

All sorts of bloody people.

There were men, women, young and old among them, and one girl looked quite young, about the same age as Bai Yiyi, probably only in her early twenties.

Some of these people were held upright in display cases by their collarbones hooked by huge iron hooks, some were hollowed out and propped up by clothes racks in the mall, and some were charred black all over, as if they had been roasted by fire.

Regardless of their posture, everyone's expression was contorted and grotesque, bearing the marks of unimaginable pain and despair.

Qi Xie looked around; there were about eight such display cases.

In the live stream, some people recognized these people.

"They were participants in this instance two years ago and before that..."

Judging from their expressions, they had all experienced unimaginable bloodshed and agonizing screams before their deaths.

"I know that girl. She's Li Zimeng, the second daughter of the Li family. She's only nineteen and seems to still be in university."

"Damn beasts! They tortured and killed people and then displayed them like works of art! I swear!"

"Alas...the poor souls...even in death they find no peace."

"Damn it...can't you text this guy?! I'll give you a million, can you burn this place down?!"

At this moment, Qi Xie stood in the living room, remaining silent for a moment.

He looked around and confirmed that there was nothing strange about the place, nor were there any strange items.

After glancing calmly at the display case, Qi Xie ignored it for the time being and walked deeper into the corridor on his right.

The corridor wasn't deep; there were two rooms on the left and a toilet on the right. At the end of the corridor was a rather eerie-looking iron door.

Qi Xie could guess without looking that these two rooms should be Annie's and Annie's parents' rooms, but he didn't understand the room at the end of the corridor.

Why is there an iron door here when all the other rooms have wooden doors?

Qi Xie took two steps forward, lifting his foot cleanly and decisively.

boom!

The moment the iron door was kicked open, a strong stench of blood mixed with the stench of burnt flesh and roasted protein assaulted the senses.

Several huge, blood-stained iron hooks hung from the ceiling in the center of the room, and countless pliers, files, and other instruments of torture that Qi Xie recognized and did not recognize were hanging on the walls. Without exception, they were all stained with blood and gleamed with a chilling light.

Qi Xie even saw several oil drums in the corner.

Look down at the ground again.

The ground was paved with hard stone bricks, and large patches of dried, charred blood were scattered on it.

no doubt.

This is a prison cell, or more accurately, a torture chamber.

The "works" in the display cases outside were tortured here by Anne's family and died in despair and pain.

Perhaps it was because this place had witnessed too much despair, or perhaps it was because Annie's family enjoyed torturing the participants here, but in Qi Xie's eyes, every instrument of torture here was shrouded in thick black mist.

To Qi Xie's surprise, at this moment, a doll covered in blood was hanging on the wall, right next to the instruments of torture.

Qi Xie stroked the [eye ring] for a moment.

The next instant, starting from their feet, blood-red vertical eyes suddenly opened and gradually spread throughout the entire room.

In a dark environment, he doesn't need to deliberately spread his shadow.

In no time, the blood-red vertical eyes closed.

At the same time, the entire room became empty, nothing was left behind, everything entered Qi Xie's shadow.

"It's still far from enough... It's barely a little over half."

Qi Xie carefully sensed it and sighed helplessly.

Just then, behind Qi Xie...

A petite figure quietly appeared at the door and reached out to grab the doorknob.

Click—!

The iron gate slammed shut with a loud bang.

"Um?"

Qi Xie turned around.

Hehehe~~

A childlike, innocent voice echoed in the room; it was the voice of a little girl.

Qi Xie took two steps forward and swiftly raised his leg!

boom!!!

The iron gate made a loud noise and flew off, deforming completely.

However, there was nothing behind the door. Qi Xie chased all the way to the living room but still didn't see anyone.

The little girl's voice seemed to come from every corner of the entire space.

"How strange, someone's already visiting Annie's house at this hour~ But you don't seem very friendly, stealing things and causing trouble, making Annie a little angry... But hey~ thankfully Annie is very generous, why don't you play a game with Annie~"

"This game is just...hide and seek."

"If you can't find Annie within three minutes, big brother, you might die! Hehehehe~~~"

"Hehe, where's your mom?"

Qi Xie speaks of national essence without hesitation.

Annie's voice stopped almost instantly, and Qi Xie felt the temperature in the room drop several degrees, showing Annie's extreme anger.

However, he didn't care. The shadow beneath his feet writhed, and his blood-red vertical eyes slowly opened, spreading outwards.

During this process, he looked around to confirm that [Unconcealed Vision] could not see the other party.

"You like playing hide-and-seek? Sure."

In just a short while, the blood-red vertical eye had spread and covered the entire third floor.

"What are you doing? It's no use, these eyes can't find me."

The little girl's voice rang out again, this time devoid of feigned innocence, only filled with icy killing intent and resentment, along with a trace of doubt and unease.

Just then, several loud "clanging" sounds suddenly rang out from various corners of the room, as if some hollow, heavy object had fallen to the ground.

"What's that noise?! What are you doing?!"

At the same time, Qi Xie reached into his pocket, pulled out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, picked one up and lit it, but instead of lighting it, he just held up the lit flame and chuckled.

"Do you smoke? Oh, I forgot, children aren't allowed to smoke."

Just then, Annie, who was hiding somewhere, suddenly smelled a familiar scent, her eyes widened instantly, and she shouted in a shrill voice:

"You dare?!"