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

As Qi Xie descended to the first floor, he encountered no further strange occurrences or found any hidden spaces.

"Judging from this, according to the rules, it's very likely that Annie's father only appears to patrol at night, and under normal circumstances, he shouldn't be able to be found. Fortunately, it was already afternoon when we entered the instance, and night will be falling soon."

As Qi Xie walked down, he noticed that many doors on the second floor had been disturbed.

After a moment's thought, he understood.

It's likely that other people, thinking they'd be okay even if they couldn't get meat, tried to find something to eat, so they searched again.

While it's unlikely you'll find anything good, finding some strange or eerie items tainted with weirdness would be nice.

These strange items contain strange energy and remain valuable among travelers, making them quite popular.

But Qi Xie guessed that the other party probably hadn't found a single hair.

After all, Qi Xie, who possesses [Unconcealed Vision], not only left some soup, but even licked the bowl clean.

Continuing down to the first floor, Qi Xie finally met the other four people.

They stood in the corridor, talking solemnly, their eyes occasionally glancing at the doors of the surrounding rooms.

Qi Xie noticed that all the doors on the first floor were open.

When Qi Xie appeared, a few people cast glances at him, then turned back to continue whispering. Only Bai Yiyi quietly approached.

"I think there was a loud bang from the third floor just now. Did you do it?"

He moved his finger to the right, pointing to the next room.

The address is 102.

Qi Xie looked down.

整个右手房间号从靠近楼梯这边往门口是1、2、3、4、5。

左手同样方向排序是6、7、8、9、10。

可祁邪记得先前一二楼的布置明明是一样的，右手应该是单数1、3、5、7、9，而左手是双数。

"Has the room arrangement changed?"

"It seems so, so now there's a problem."

Bai Yiyi said:

"Did the room change along with the room, or was only the door number changed?"

"The rooms that appeared at the beginning were the ones that were 'rented out,' but now we can't tell which room was the one that appeared at the beginning."

"If you choose the wrong room, you'll be attacked by Annie's dad."

Qi Xie remained calm and blinked:

"But on the other hand, if I chose the wrong room, Annie's dad would come knocking on my door, right?"

It's great that food delivery can be made to your door!

Bai Yiyi became somewhat nervous upon hearing this:

"That Tiger said that Annie's father is the strongest in this dungeon, and his strength is far beyond that of Annie's mother."

"He said that last time, one of the participants in this instance was named Li Zimeng, who came from the Li family of the Traveler Clan. She was carrying a level four sealed artifact given to her by her family and died in the instance."

"Annie's father mastered that level four sealed artifact, causing his strength to surge to nearly the dangerous level, thus upgrading this dungeon to the restricted level!"

"That's a near-dangerous level of strangeness! So you absolutely mustn't do anything reckless! You'll die!"

I have to do something reckless... There's an evil spirit in the house that's "starving for food"...

Qi Xie muttered to himself, quickened his pace, and arrived at his current level 104, which was the same level 107 he had entered the instance from before.

Upon opening the door, the room was furnished exactly like the other rooms.

Qi Xie looked around, then glanced at the ceiling one last time, and casually asked, as if by chance:

"Did this instance have this kind of mechanism before? A mechanism to change the room or room number to confuse the participants?"

"I don't know, but that Tiger guy seems to have seen a travel guide for this hotel. He said it wasn't available before."

"Didn't it exist before?"

Qi Xie turned to look at Bai Yiyi.

Bai Yiyi shook her head:

"No, but dungeons themselves are subject to adjustments, big or small. Moreover, this dungeon seems to be a newly upgraded restricted dungeon, so it's normal for the rules and mechanics to change."

"Is that so..."

Qi Xie nodded, but a strange thought gradually surfaced in his mind.

So, is this mechanism really necessary for dungeons?

Judging from the situation on the second floor, the empty room could be used as a dwelling place for the supernatural.

These eerie phenomena would undoubtedly hinder the participants' search and investigation during the day.

At night, Annie's father's wanderings were clearly intended to hinder the participants' nighttime exploration.

At this point, it was already clear that the travelers' exploration, both day and night, would be fraught with difficulties.

Normally, without Qi Xie clearing out the second floor, the participants would have no choice but to bravely venture out to explore in order to pass the level.

This has already formed a complete killing mechanism that covers both day and night.

Therefore, the existence of the room-changing mechanism seems somewhat cumbersome.

What is the purpose of its existence?

After all, if a traveler who is not in room 1 or 10 leaves a clear mark in the room, it is easy to deduce whether the arrangement is due to a change in the room or the door number.

So, is this mechanism just there to let travelers use up their brain cells before nightfall?

As I pondered this, a strange guess popped into my mind.

But this is just speculation and needs to be verified.

After a moment's thought, Qi Xie suddenly said:

"Go and have a normal discussion with them. Just pretend I don't exist."

Bai Yiyi was taken aback:

"What...what do you mean by this?"

"Literal meaning," Qi Xie said, walking towards the front desk.

"You should be able to tell that I have an irrational and obsessive need for the bizarre, so whatever you come up with in your discussion, whether those rooms are good or bad, is none of my business, because I will definitely try to hunt down Annie's father."

As they were talking, Qi Xie had already arrived at the front desk and began to explore and observe.

"You...you're going to actively hunt down Annie's father?"

Bai Yiyi's expression shifted slightly, although she could indeed sense that Qi Xie seemed to have an abnormal obsession with the supernatural.

But hearing that this person was so crazy as to plan to actively hunt down a near-dangerous monster still felt a bit absurd.

"Um."

As Qi Xie worked, he continued speaking:

"So what you can do now is go back to that small group, follow their discussions and reasoning, and find a safe room as insurance. That way, even if I die, it won't matter, and it won't implicate you."