I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Drizzt drew his gun and slowly aimed at the dark figure.

Whatever it is, if you get shot, you'll be injured to some extent, right?

As Drizzt thought about it, cold sweat trickled down his forehead. The only benefit he had gained from years of work was that he could remain calm in the face of this bizarre creature.

Drizzt even thought that if he had gone mad the moment he saw the monster, he might have been even happier.

He saw the monster gnawing at his heart, and a wave of nausea surged up Drizzt's throat. He forced himself to hold it in, and then, without hesitation, fired.

Peng Peng Peng—

Three shots were fired in quick succession, the rubber bullets hitting the monster's body. To Trist's relief, the monster did not dissipate like smoke, but instead took the bullets squarely, its entire body flying towards the wall.

Gritting his teeth, Twisted Fate checked the situation while preparing to fire more bullets.

But at that moment, a thought suddenly popped into Trist's mind.

If my intuition is correct, does this couple have another child?

Through the dark reflection of the blood, he was startled to see a shadowy figure staring at him menacingly above the doorway, near the ceiling.

"xx!"

Just as Drizzt had a chance to utter a curse, the dark figure lunged at him.

Chapter 925 Friendly Fire

Hearing the noise, Xia grabbed a vase and, if there was any disturbance, she would immediately smash the ugly-patterned porcelain vase over the other person's head.

She had been staying at the hotel for a while now.

When Lu Ban and Trist suddenly disappeared, Xia realized that there might really be something on the island that defied common sense.

She walked for a while longer before finally reaching the hotel through the fog.

The hotel was completely empty, devoid of any trace of people, written records, or photographs. It seemed as if the owner had been chased away by something and fled without leaving any clues.

Xia explored the first floor and then went up to the second floor.

She opened each room one by one to check, but apart from blankets and pillows, there was nothing else of note.

Finally, Xia arrived at the room at the end of the corridor.

She pushed open the door, and inside, everything was as it always had been.

However, Xia always felt that something was wrong with the house.

She went up to the third floor and investigated the same thing again. Only then did Xia finally discover the problem.

The room at the end of the second-floor corridor has a bed arrangement that differs from the layout of the other rooms.

Although it's the same furniture, the different arrangement creates an illusion of space.

She immediately went back to the second floor, to the door of the room at the end of the corridor.

Xia pushed open the door and came in, then compared the furnishings of the room next door and found that they were indeed different.

As for why there is such a difference, Xia guessed that something might be hidden here.

She looked around the room, then first lay down to check under the bed.

Nothing at all.

Sia reached out and touched the shadow under the bed.

There was no dust or stains.

That's what's unusual.

If someone's house is so clean that even under their bed is spotless, then nine times out of ten they're either weird or there's something fishy going on.

The environment of this hotel meant it was impossible to keep it that clean.

Therefore, the fact that this place is so clean makes people suspicious.

winter--

Sia heard a crashing sound behind her.

She immediately got up and listened carefully; the sound must have come from outside the door.

The door had closed sometime earlier. Xia looked at it, suppressing her breathing.

Suddenly, Xia noticed that the doorknob was slowly turning, as if someone outside was turning it.

Xia's heart started racing.

Who else is in this hotel now?

She had just confirmed that there was no one else in the room, and no one had entered the hotel during this time. The identity of the visitor was highly suspicious.

She reached out and picked up the vase on the desk. The thick fog outside the window obscured the view.

She waited behind the door, ready to strike anyone who came in.

She had even planned it out: first, she would use the vase to impact the other person's head, and then she would use the fighting techniques she had learned to subdue him.

In a short time, more than a dozen possible futures had appeared in her mind.

crunch--

The doorknob reached its end, and Xia saw the door slowly being pushed open.

Through a crack, Xia saw the dark figure.

The next moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Xia smashed the vase in her hand straight at the other person's head.

"?"

However, just a second before the vase touched the other person's head, Xia Ya realized that the person who came in was actually Lu Ban.

In the blink of an eye, the vase had hit Lu Ban on the head.

wow-

The inferior decorative porcelain shattered suddenly, and Lu Ban's head was hit hard. He collapsed to the ground and lost consciousness in an instant.

Xia's hand froze in mid-air, unsure of what to do.

In a flash, she thought about many things.

“No one entered the hotel just now, but he suddenly appeared. It’s very likely that this isn’t real. If it is, then my actions just now were completely correct.”

"But what if it's true... Well, if it's true, then he'll definitely forgive me for what I did. After all, in this environment, it's always good to be cautious."

Soon, Sia convinced herself.

She put down the broken pieces of the vase in her hand, first checking Lu Ban's breath with her finger. After confirming that he was still alive, she felt a little relieved.

Using her hand to lift Lu Ban's eyelids, Xi Ya shone a flashlight on them and saw that his pupils were still open, indicating that he had simply fainted.

Xia remained calm.

She glanced out into the corridor but didn't see anyone else. She didn't know where Trist was, so she went back to check on Lu Ban's condition.

"There are no obvious external wounds. Apart from the blood on his head from being hit by a vase, there shouldn't be any fatal injuries. If they come after me, just say it was self-defense..."

As she pondered how she should defend herself if accused of murder, Lu Ban's fingers twitched.

"you're awake?"

Sia asked gently.

"How did I end up lying down?"

Lu Ban was a little confused.

He recalled what had just happened: he had received a call from "Amber," then come to the hotel, investigated for a while, and heard noises coming from a room at the end of the corridor, so he came to check...

Lu Ban has a very strong memory; he can remember everything, even things he is not aware of.

The Vegetable-Growing Skeleton's Expansion into a Foreign Land

So, he also recalled that he was knocked unconscious by a vase from Xia as soon as he entered the door.

He looked at Sia.

"Uh, I thought it was some kind of monster, so I instinctively hit it with the vase."

Sia explained that there was nothing to hide.

“In this environment, I didn’t have much time to think, so I just took the initiative.”

She spoke in a tone that suggested "there's really nothing we can do about it," while simultaneously grasping Lu Ban's hand, implying that if he were to pursue the matter further, she would have a word to say.

Lu Ban didn't dare to blame Xi Ya. Putting himself in her shoes, he probably would have done the same thing if he were in her situation.

"Indeed, you did a good job."

He also had to praise Xia.

"Are you OK?"

Xia glanced at Lu Ban's wound, took out a pack of tissues from her pocket, and handed it to Lu Ban.

"Alive."

Lu Ban pulled out a tissue and wiped the painful area on his head. When he took it back, it was covered in dark red blood.

"I hope I won't get killed by my teammates?"

He remarked that he was still fairly clear-headed.

How did you get here?

Xia didn't hear what Lu Ban said, so she asked.

"That's how I got here. I saw that you were all gone, and then I kept walking towards the hotel until I got here... Oh right, I just looked through the records on the first floor and found some things."

Lu Ban immediately told Xia Ya about the accommodation records he had seen.

"Mr. and Mrs. Zou Changyu came here ten years ago when their child died... Could this be related to the jade pendant?"

Xia fell into thought.

Just then, a crashing sound came from the next room.