The male supporting character was actually myself.

You're good at writing and calculating, so you can stay and fill in for her for a while.

You can go back when the church sends someone suitable.

You'll be staying here for the next few days, and I'll pay you according to Avia's salary and benefits. How does that sound?

The peasant woman named Jenny was clearly overjoyed and quickly bowed to everyone, saying, "Thank you, Inspectors! I will definitely do this job well!"

The group exchanged glances, realizing that the game mechanics were beginning to adjust itself.

If Kane is also killed tonight, someone else will surely take his place.

The midnight murders in the stone house will not stop until the player's countdown ends.

After receiving her appointment, the peasant woman finished cleaning up the pots and pans and returned to the stone house to help with the accounts until she went to bed late at night.

Kane didn't drink alcohol because of accounting matters.

He carefully closed and bolted the door to the hall before returning to the room. Looking at the people who had already gone to bed early, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "You guys are all so skinny and thin, it's no good. You don't have to do any work all day and you're already this tired."

Jiang Chen was surrounded by darkness and tried his best to use his hearing to catch any suspicious sounds.

"Boom! Boom!"

The dull thud came from Kane throwing his boots to the floor, followed by a creaking sound from the bed, indicating he had lain down.

However, after waiting for a long time without hearing him blow out the candle, Duan Chengze frowned slightly. Could it be that Kane had fallen asleep and forgotten?

A cool night breeze blew in through the half-open wooden window, and apart from the slight rustling of leaves, there was not a sound outside.

The butcher's dog was stewed and eaten, so there wasn't a single bark from a dog in the village.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The dull sound of footsteps on the steps startled Kane, who was still awake.

"Who's out there?" he shouted, looking out the window.

The noise on the wooden steps stopped, followed by the sound of the door latch being turned.

"Hey! I've got you! You dare to steal here?" Kane sat up in bed and drew the longsword hanging above the bed from its sheath. "I'd like to see who dares to be so bold!"

"Creak!" Before the other person could make a sound, Kane opened the door first, then exclaimed, "What is this thing?!"

Jiang Chen, who was lying on the bed number one by the door, heard the whooshing wind and the sound of chopping. Kane was actually fighting with the murderer.

"Help!"

Kane quickly roared, his voice trembling as he grabbed Jiang Chen's blanket, his heavy breathing filled with panic, "Help me!"

The little white cat wasn't there; it had already gone to check on the physical condition of the suspects when the murderer's footsteps approached.

As Jiang Chen was being captured, he groped with his right hand to grab the man's arm and used all his strength to throw him into the house to help him escape.

"Bang!" Kane, thrown inside, crashed into someone's bed.

The murderer paused for two seconds, then thrust the sharp knife in his hand straight at Jiang Chen!

"Help! Get up! A monster has broken in! Run for your lives!" Kane shouted, pushing each person on the bed, then ignoring his wounds, he pushed open the window, squeezed out, and ran away shouting all the way.

The chosen prey escaped, clearly enraging the murderer.

"You're all dead!" he roared, thrusting his dagger down with all his might, but still couldn't break through the last line of defense.

The blanket this guy was covered in seemed to have an inner layer of steel, making it incredibly hard.

Frustrated at not being able to stab, the murderer had no choice but to pull out the knife and prepare to find another target.

"Whoosh!" Unexpectedly, the tip of the knife seemed to be stuck in a crack in the wood, and it couldn't be pulled out! The murderer was panting heavily, whether from exhaustion or anger.

The whole process happened in the blink of an eye, taking only a dozen seconds.

"Clang!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the murderer gave up struggling with the knife and let go, causing the knife to fall to the ground with a crisp sound.

Upon hearing the sound of a weapon falling, Duan Chengze, unaware of the situation, immediately pressed the item button in his hand!

【Eternal Light】: It can break through any darkness and guide those who are lost.

The group instantly found that they had regained their sight!

Jiang Chen reacted the fastest, getting up and covering the dark human-shaped head with the blanket, then kicking it hard.

The murderer suddenly lost his sense of direction and was kicked to the ground at the door.

"Light! Follow the light! Hurry!" It was the first time Duan Chengze had used the item, and he realized that in addition to restoring the player's vision, the item also emitted a faintly glowing arrow pointing towards the village!

It can pinpoint the location of the murderer!

Duan Chengze was a little annoyed; he should have tried it last night.

However, the props had time and usage limits. The murderer went to the ladies' room when he came in, and the whole process happened very quickly, so he didn't take them out to use.

Now that Kane has escaped, he's worried the situation might get out of control and wants to give it a try.

The murderer's hands turned into black liquid and wriggled as he threw the blanket to the ground. At the same time, Lin Yuan, who had been lying on the bed, jumped up, lit a match, and threw it over!

The thick, long, and flammable match head, with a flickering flame, twirled and arced through the air, flying past Jiang Chen's left shoulder before touching the murderer's black, sticky outer shell.

"boom!"

Just as Duan Chengze shouted "Follow the light," the murderer burst into flames, blue flames licking its entire body, causing it to twist and writhe as it emitted inhuman howls.

"I'll put out the fire, you go quickly!"

Jiang Chen grabbed the blanket from the ground and used it to extinguish the flames on the tapestry and other items that the murderer had stumbled and ignited.

After throwing out the match, Lin Yuan snatched the prop from Duan Chengze's hand and jumped out of the window, holding it high as he ran wildly towards the village.

However, the eternal light only shone for a few short seconds before going out.

Everyone was instantly plunged back into darkness, deprived of their sight.

"Damn it! What kind of useless gadget is this?" Lin Yuan stood on the dark, cool street, pressing the buttons a few times but still no light came on, and couldn't help but curse.

Chapter Thirty-Four: When It Gets Dark, Please Close Your Eyes 11

There was no time to complain; he knew that the most urgent thing was to find a safe place to hide.

Kane had disappeared somewhere, and there was no sound from him. Lin Yuan groped his way back to the stone house window by his hearing, then pushed open the tightly closed wooden window and climbed into the ladies' room.

"Gudong!"

The sound of Lin Yuan jumping in made Zhimeng tremble even more violently.

Her vision suddenly returned, and she peeked out from under the covers. It seemed like a fight was taking place in the room opposite.

Just as she was hesitating whether to help, she heard a terrifying roar from who-knows-who. Startled, Zhimeng trembled and looked at Liang Rumeng, who was lying on the bed without making a sound, and Jenny, the peasant woman who was obviously awake but was trembling under the covers. She chickened out and quickly shrank back under the covers, and then her vision was taken away and she was plunged into darkness.

Who exactly came in?

Kane?

Or is it Duan Chengze?

What did he mean by shouting "Follow the light" in the chaos?

After jumping into the ladies' room, Lin Yuan didn't make any further moves; he was carefully trying to discern the sounds.

Before all vision was plunged into darkness, the black, viscous substance on the murderer's body had already burned to ash and fallen to the ground. Jiang Chen quickly extinguished the flames in their early stages to prevent a larger fire.

Everything happened so suddenly that Duan Chengze couldn't react as quickly as Jiang Chen and Lin Yuan. When he came to his senses after his prop was stolen, he grabbed a bed sheet and threw it to his teammate, "Cover him up!"

Taking the bed sheet, Jiang Chen shook it and tossed it toward the approximate location of the murderer.

The sheet was draped over the other person's head, and a human figure appeared in the empty space. The next second, it ripped off the sheet and roared as it charged over!

"Watch out!" The moment the light disappeared, Jiang Chen caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye of the sharp knife that had fallen to the ground, now floating in the air and heading straight for Duan Chengze!

He instinctively pushed his teammate away, then his vision was obstructed and he fell to the ground, a burning pain shooting through his right rib.

"Are you injured?" As Duan Chengze was pushed away, he felt warm liquid splashed on his face. He could tell from his touch that it was blood!

A faint smell of blood filled the air. Jiang Chen grunted and dodged the knife attack again, then grabbed the killer's transparent wrist. The two were locked in a stalemate for two or three seconds.

{Entering safe time}

The sudden reminder startled Jiang Chen slightly.

Just then, the murderer broke free and paced back and forth in the room angrily, even letting out low growls.

It seems the rules provide special protection for players, because it indeed didn't make any more moves.

After a brief pause, the sound of heavy footsteps on the wooden steps rang out, and there was no sound from inside the stone house except for the heavy breathing of a few people.

"How are you?" Duan Chengze's voice trembled slightly. He hadn't expected his teammate to push him away in the critical moment and take a knife himself!

This friendship deeply moved him;

However, the fact that Kane was already dead when they entered a safe time period stirred up a sense of anger and sadness in him.

A mix of emotions overwhelmed Duan Chengze, who felt his whole body trembling slightly.

But he couldn't move; the death game's forced control over his actions was utterly despairing.

"It's alright, just superficial injuries." Jiang Chen's voice rang out in the darkness, as calm and composed as ever.

Duan Chengze felt a little relieved upon hearing this. "Thank you. You saved my life just now."

"Trading a life for a flesh wound is well worth it."

This was the first time Jiang Chen had suffered such a serious injury. He felt a tearing pain coming from his right rib, but he couldn't use any tools to treat the wound. It seemed he could only wait for Xiao Bai to come back.

"Host... Oh my god! What happened?" Fortunately, the little white cat ran back soon after. Seeing the scene in the room, it was so frightened that its fur stood on end and it rushed to its host's side to carefully examine the wound.

"Waaaaah~ Host, you've suffered so much!" It took out an item from its system space and quickly put it to use.

The deep wound that exposed bone healed quickly, eventually leaving only a shallow wound.

The little white cat gently disinfected and applied medicine to him, and carefully wrapped the bandage with its paws.

"That should be fine now, Host. Don't worry, I'll take these things down before they wake up tomorrow, so you won't give yourself away."

The little white cat used a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from its host's forehead, fed him some water, rubbed it on his cheek, and whispered, "When they're not paying attention, we'll apply the medicine and bandage it."

It will be completely healed in just a few days, and it won't leave any scars!

Jiang Chen let out a long breath and closed his eyes, wanting to get some rest.