Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

"Miss Belle, if I remember correctly, your tears can turn the 'Beast Prince' back into a human, right?"

"Have you ever considered trying to turn him back into a human?"

An Lan continued to stare at Bell, but the other party clearly had no intention of discussing these matters.

"it's useless!"

"He's not himself anymore! Any magical blessing is meaningless!"

"Take this! We need to hurry!"

He forcefully shoved the candle into An Lan's hand and then dashed down the stairs, yelling, "Hey! If you don't want him to tear you apart, come find me on the fifth floor!"

"Hiding on the first floor, the second floor, or outside the castle won't help!"

"Only the fifth floor!"

"The fifth floor is the safest!"

"Tap tap tap—"

The footsteps in the stairwell grew fainter and fainter. After a moment of strange expression, An Lan stopped hesitating and began to follow the figure up the stairs!

Under the flickering candlelight, Bell's figure disappeared at the next stairwell and was never seen again!

"Um?"

An Lan looked suspiciously at the stairs ahead, then raised her candle and shone it around, but couldn't spot a trace of the other person. She...it was as if she had suddenly vanished into thin air...

"Tap tap tap—"

An Lan tried taking a few more steps ahead. The candlelight flickered, and this time she saw something she hadn't seen before!

The new spiral staircase remains the same, but this time, on the seemingly endless staircase wall, there is a large character—carved by human hands: "湘!"

"what?"

"This is..."

Looking at the character "湘" (Xiang), An Lan thought of someone!

[Xixiang City Defense Section Captain] — Jiang Lai!

Long Ao said that this person had arrived in the [instance] beforehand.

perhaps!

He also walked through here at the time. What marks did he leave on the wall as a warning?

"That's interesting..."

"So, are these markings used to delineate certain areas?"

"I kept climbing up, but in the end I only got back to the third floor! But the Beast Prince got up there before me, and he appeared on the third floor after me..."

"So, what kind of folded space is there in the stairwell leading to the fourth floor that prevents us from encountering it?"

"Jiang Lai marked this spot..."

"This indicates that this is a new area..."

"Going up from here will definitely take me back to the third floor... But what if I go down?!"

An Lan's mind started racing. She raised the candle and walked down the stairs. She didn't know how long she walked, but this time, a character "Yue" appeared on the wall of the descending stairs!

"You guessed right..."

"This is probably another new space..."

"But this time, should we go up... or down?"

An Lan hesitated, determined that she couldn't go down every time, so she simply turned around and started walking upwards again!

"Tap tap tap—"

This time, after walking for only five minutes, a familiar corridor appeared before An Lan! Instantly... An Lan's face darkened!

Nothing more!

It was the familiar corridor again. The door opened, and on the bed were women's clothes and purple bloodstains!

came back!

We're back on the third floor!

"Depend on!"

"So...if one step is wrong, you have to start all over again?"

"Is the space in the character '岳' still downwards?!"

"So, the order is up, down, down... As for the subsequent choices, if we keep experimenting like this, with the traces left by Jiang Lai for location, we should be able to get through..."

Narrowing her eyes, An Lan headed towards the stairs again!

[Cao Cao's pen: No? An Lan is here, right here? Is it tangled with the stairs?]

[Lu Guo's Paper: Didn't the person upstairs understand? This is one of those reset mazes! It looks like you're just walking through one place, but in reality, you've unknowingly passed through several areas! They're just identical, which is deceptive!]

When An Lan first went upstairs, he just kept going forward. It looked like he had been walking for a long time, but he had actually already climbed two flights of stairs. However, going forward in the second stairwell area was wrong. If you went the wrong way, you would be reset to the third-floor stairwell!

Now, having spotted a marker indicating someone was there, he went down and entered the third staircase. However, he chose the wrong one again! He ended up back on the third floor!

[My vocational school isn't good enough for her university: Right! So, that "Beast Prince" and "Miss Belle" seem to know exactly where to go?]

【Wait a minute! There's a question! Why didn't Bell take Anlan along on the journey? Why did he have to go alone?】

Perhaps it's a test?

【...】

The viewers in the live chat were also enjoying themselves.

After calming down, An Lan started walking down the stairs again.

Up, down, down!

After seeing the character "岳" (Yue), An Lan continued walking downwards until she saw a new marker, "沙" (Sha).

This time, after hesitating for a moment, he decisively chose to go up!

An Lan refused to believe it!

Is the answer still going to be "no" all the time?

really!

As I turned back and walked upwards, my vision suddenly brightened!

At the end of the stairs, instead of a corridor or double doors, lay a huge exhibition floor. Bright candlelight hung on the walls, and under the warm orange light, armor, short swords, and precious fabrics were displayed everywhere.

An Lan casually surveyed everything, then abruptly stopped in an open space.

Yes!

In the numerous areas with glass-framed displays, there is a circular empty space in the center.

It seems there used to be some exhibits here, but now it's empty, which feels a bit cramped and awkward.

"Um?"

What could this place be?

After walking around for a while without seeing anything unusual, An Lan decided to head towards the end of the fourth floor. At the end, there was another spiral staircase leading upwards...

only...

Just as An Lan was carrying the candle and was about to enter the stairwell!

"ah!!!"

"[Bell]!!!"

"I've been waiting for you for so long!!!"

Suddenly!

A burly figure suddenly lunged out of the stairwell and grabbed An Lan's head!

When those thick, hairy hands, like pincers, grabbed at her, An Lan's face darkened. She could already imagine the scene of her head exploding the moment she was grabbed!

"Grass!"

"You're here too?!"

He quickly took several steps back and exited the stairwell. The Beast Prince missed his target. His eyes, hidden beneath his fur, were fixed on An Lan, and his mouth was drooling uncontrollably!

"Oh! Oh! Oh!"

"Bell! Bell! Bell!!!"

I missed you so much!

"Um?"

"Bell? You...you mean me?"

Realizing that the "Beast Prince" was acting strangely, An Lan pointed to herself.

That scoundrel prince, he falls for someone else pretty quickly!

He previously said he wanted a crocodile, and now he wants [Bear]?

"[Bell]!!!"

Without responding to An Lan's words, the "Beast Prince" pounced over in a few steps. An Lan blinked, looking at the candle flame in her hand, already deep in thought!

With a "plop" sound!

Ignoring everything else, An Lan threw the candle directly onto the ground and stomped on it!

next moment!

The "Beast Prince," who had been excitedly rushing towards An Lan, suddenly changed his expression and looked at An Lan in surprise: "It's you?! Crocodile?! Where's Belle?!"

"Where did you hide my Belle?!"