Don't provoke mentally ill people in the infinite flow genre!

After lifting the tattered cloth, Li Siqi and Su Su simultaneously saw that the wall on the balcony was splattered with large patches of blood, like an abstract graffiti painting.

It seems that something very cruel happened here.

But this thought didn't last long. The two quickly noticed a cold gaze directed at them from behind. They nervously gripped each other's hands and slowly turned around—

Liu the carpenter stood in the shadows of the corner, glaring fiercely at the two men. His left arm was exposed to the living room light, and blood was trickling from his wide sleeve, like a tap that hadn't been turned off, quickly pooling at his feet.

His left hand was gone; it was severed at the root, leaving only a bare wrist.

"I hired you to do chores for me," he said through gritted teeth, his voice filled with anger, "not to let you grope and touch anything in my house!"

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!" Su Su quickly apologized, "We just noticed the cloth was crooked and wanted to help you hang it up again, but who knew..."

"What kind of service staff are you? Haven't you been trained? You have absolutely no respect for your employer!" Carpenter Liu roared furiously, as if he had been greatly provoked. "I'll complain about you! I will definitely complain about you!!!"

He began swinging his severed arm and dragging his lame leg, kicking and punching the air wildly, blood splattering from his sleeves and splashing everywhere.

Li Siqi realized the danger, so he tightened his grip on Su Su's hand and tried to move along the wall towards the door.

"Mr. Liu, please calm down. The cane has already been painted. Would you like to check it first? If you're still not satisfied, you can contact the company for a refund of your commission. It's getting late, so we won't bother you any longer..."

Carpenter Liu stared intently at the two men, his eyes bloodshot, looking as ferocious as a vengeful ghost.

He had no intention of letting them go, and instead picked up the wooden saw that had fallen to the side with a menacing air.

This is clearly a precursor to an attack.

"...Susu, run!"

Seeing that things were going badly, Li Siqi and Su Su quickly pushed over everything they could to obstruct the other side and fled towards the door as fast as they could.

But Liu the carpenter was incredibly agile. With his good leg, which wasn't crippled, he kicked away the chair blocking his way, pounced from mid-air, and swung his wood saw down at Su Su's head.

"Die!!! All of you, die!!!"

Su Su sensed something was wrong when she heard a strange wind behind her, but it was too late to dodge.

At the critical moment, Li Siqi unlocked the living room door. He caught a glimpse of a shadowy figure behind him and decisively switched places with Su Su.

He shoved Su Su out the door, and although he managed to avoid serious injury, his shoulder was still slashed by the wooden saw.

Blood gushed out immediately, staining half of the sweatshirt sleeve red.

He clutched his wound, enduring the pain, and ran wildly down the corridor with Su Su without looking back.

[Work progress bar: 55%]

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The next morning, Shen Yubai knocked on Li Siqi and Su Su's door, and soon after, Yi Zanglan and Yan Zhao also arrived.

Last night, all three groups participated in the task, except for He Yong and Xu Chenguang who stayed in the room, so they were useless. The five of them tacitly decided to discuss it privately first and share their findings later depending on the situation.

Although this is a team mission, mastering the clues is crucial to taking the initiative until the final challenge is revealed.

The system interface showed that Li Siqi's health had decreased more than everyone else's. Shen Yubai had come with doubts, but he understood as soon as he saw Li Siqi's shoulder.

"It looks like last night was quite a thrilling one."

"Yes." Li Siqi leaned against the bed, his face a little pale and he looked weak. "That carpenter in 707 was too violent. He almost sawed us in half with a saw. Then we couldn't outrun that ghost either, and each of us got a bloody handprint on us."

"Did you find anything?"

Su Su gestured for her boyfriend to rest first, and answered for him: "Carpenter Liu is a cripple and has a missing hand. We checked his balcony, and there was a lot of blood splattered on the balcony wall. I suspect that a murder or something like that happened."

"Okay, is there anything else?"

"And..." Su Su recalled carefully, then her eyes suddenly lit up, "Right, Liu the carpenter mentioned a name, something like... Feng Xuan. He said Feng Xuan wanted to buy him medicine but failed, and only knew how to seduce pretty dancers—but who exactly is Feng Xuan?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Zanglan and Yan Zhao, who had been sitting to the side without saying a word, exchanged a glance.

Yan Zhao said, "Feng Xuan was the husband of Lü Yinfeng, the noodle shop owner. He died in a car accident a little over a month ago."

"Oh? And he was with a pretty dancer..."

"The pretty dancer should be Ai Zhenzhen from 910. I think she might have a crush on Feng Xuan. Based on the current clues, Feng Xuan and Lü Yinfeng are very affectionate, so he may not like her."

Su Su hesitated slightly: "It's actually unrequited love?"

Yi Zanglan explained unhurriedly, "That pretty boy surnamed Xu said that Ai Zhenzhen wore the same cheongsam as Lü Yinfeng and claimed that she liked gentle and gentlemanly men."

Last night, Han Ping mentioned that Feng Xuan has a good temper, is handsome, and considerate. Doesn't that match up perfectly?

She placed the photos that the security guard had secretly taken on the table for everyone to see.

Shen Yubai flipped through the photos, his expression gradually becoming serious: "This... was found in the security room last night?"

"Um."

"That security guard..."

"He's a dead man too. He chased me halfway down the building with a stun gun."

She spoke casually, but Shen Yubai knew very well that the process was by no means easy.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the information about Feng Xuan that was just mentioned was something she managed to find out last night.

He tentatively asked, "Miss Yi, what are your thoughts on the ghost in the corridor?"

Yi Zanglan glanced at him with a half-smile: "What could I possibly think? You should have seen it too, that's a Taoist priest."

"...Yes, I saw it."

Having escaped the double pursuit of the ghost security guard and the ghost Taoist priest, figured out the ghost Taoist priest's identity, and unlocked the key clue character for this game—more importantly, she didn't even lose any health last night.

Shen Yubai couldn't help but re-evaluate his teammate. Before this, he had indeed only regarded her as Yan Zhao's follower, thinking that Yan Zhao had only brought her into the game to use her to confuse the public or as a shield.

It now seems that Yan Zhao has indeed found a teammate who is not hiding his true abilities, and Yi Zanglan may be the real mastermind between the two.

He pondered for a moment, then made a reasonable guess: "Since Ai Zhenzhen, Carpenter Liu, and the security guard all have some connection to the noodle shop couple, shouldn't the other two households also have some kind of relationship?"

Yi Zanglan nodded: "That kid from 409 often goes to the noodle shop. He's a half-finished pervert and probably touched Lü Yinfeng's thigh."

"...Okay, then only the old couple in 804 are left." Recalling the situation last night, Shen Yubai couldn't help but frown. "But I didn't get anything out of Old Mrs. Wu, I only know that she ate her husband."

Su Su, who had been listening attentively to the speech, was suddenly startled: "Eate him? Did the old lady eat the old man?"

"Yes, she kept saying she was hungry and there wasn't enough to eat, so I cut off another piece of meat for her myself, and that's how she managed to escape."

Shen Yubai rolled up his sleeves to show everyone that the gauze wrapped around his arm was stained with blood.

"Furthermore, I discovered numerous bloody scratches on the inside of the bedroom door, suggesting they were likely locked inside the bedroom beforehand."

Because she was locked out and starving, Mrs. Wu had no choice but to eat her husband alive.

Lying on the bed, Li Siqi asked in a low voice, "Should we divide the work? I feel like we have a lot to do today."

"Yes, we need to try to get more information from Lü Yinfeng, and we also need to find the Ghost Taoist's residence. We both believe it lives in this building as well." Yan Zhao emphasized, "Although we don't have any clues pointing to it yet, it's definitely crucial and might help us connect the whole story."

Yi Zanglan calmly added, "I also need to help Han Ping find her lost son. I promised her last night."

If you fail to keep promises made to NPCs within the game, it's hard to say what serious consequences might result.