嘘嘚嘚嘚……

Da da da da…

Inside the private room, bearded Lily stood by the window, gazing at the boundless sea, his lips curled slightly, as if he were thinking of something joyful. Meanwhile, at the other end of the room, a burly-haired baboon lay on the door, listening to the chaotic sounds of footsteps and shouting outside, which made his brow furrow.

After a long time, the noise outside the door gradually subsided, and the big-backed baboon reported in a low voice: "Lady Lily, they should have discovered something."

"Even if the sky falls, you can't leave this room until the music ends. No one can ruin my plan."

"Yes! Lady Lily!" The big-backed baboon bowed respectfully.

Tuk-tuk-tuk...

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the private room.

"Is there anyone inside?" A male voice came into the private room. The big-backed baboon felt that the voice sounded familiar, but he could not confirm the other person's identity through the door.

Bearded Lily immediately made a gesture to keep quiet and pointed at the door.

The big-backed baboon immediately understood the meaning, quickly used its body to block the door, and held the door handle tightly with its hands. No matter how the person outside turned the door handle or pushed the door, the door remained motionless.

"Shouldn't it be unopenable?" The man's voice was full of doubt.

Then a shrill female voice sounded: "You are not mistaken."

"How is that possible?!" the man protested. "I actually went in there last time, and the door wasn't locked then. Why is it locked now?"

"Heh." The woman scoffed, her voice very harsh. "Who knows whether you really went in last time or just pretended to go in? Instead of wasting time here, why not hurry to the next place?"

"I really went in." The man gave up his excuses and said, "Forget it, let's go to the next place."

When the big-backed baboon heard that it had become quiet outside the door, he was about to let go of the doorknob, but he caught a glimpse of the displeased look of Bearded Lily and nervously gripped the doorknob.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Every second was very torturous for the baboon, but it was still quiet outside the door, with no footsteps or conversations.

However, just a few seconds later, the big-backed baboon who was holding the door handle of the private room suddenly felt a huge force. If he had not been strong enough and had not held the door handle tightly, the door lock would probably have been turned by someone outside.

"I didn't lie to you, the door is really locked." There was a hint of gloating in the man's voice.

"Hmph!" The shrill female voice was full of dissatisfaction.

Afterwards, the big-backed baboon in the private room heard the footsteps gradually receding, but still did not dare to let go, fearing that this was still a test from the other party.

"They should be leaving." A sweet voice echoed in the private room. Bearded Lily frowned slightly. He didn't remember any woman speaking so sharply. If there was one, he would have noticed it long ago. But after this incident, he still warned seriously, "There will be no shortage of such temptations in the future."

"Yes..." The frightened baboon raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his neck, thinking that if he had let go of his hand just now, the consequences would be disastrous.

Bearded Lily didn't care what the big-backed baboon was thinking at the moment. She walked to a chair, fiddled with it, and then sat on another chair.

At a corner not far from the private room, Mingyue cleared her throat.

"Talking in a shrill voice is bad for your vocal cords." Lei glanced at Mingyue and continued to look at the closed door. "Do you really smell blood?"

"Of course, it's just very faint, you probably can't smell it." Mingyue looked towards the private room, "But we can be sure that there is definitely someone there."

"Being injured will also smell bloody, and being stained with blood will also smell bloody." Lei looked at Mingyue.

Mingyue shrugged. "Indeed, these two situations are unavoidable. Let's go somewhere else."

"Keep looking for places that smell of blood?" Lei reminded him, listening to the song playing on the radio. "This round is almost over."

Mingyue glanced at the tightly closed door of the private room, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled. She looked at Lei and nodded helplessly, "Well, we have to go back and vote. We have to find a way to get more chips, otherwise we will both be eliminated."

"As long as someone among us can complete the task assigned by the organization, you will not be held accountable even if you are eliminated." Lei turned his head to look at the porthole. The sea outside the window was calm, but the place where the sea and the sky met in the distance was blurry.

Ta-ta-ta, tap-ta-ta...

The followers of the Apocalypse Church, covered in black robes, ran past Mingyue. They walked hurriedly, looking around, as if they were looking for something.

In a blink of an eye, they disappeared at the end of the corridor.

dah, dah, dah, dah...

The clear sound of footsteps echoed in the cramped storage room, interweaving with the melodious melody.

Dude, dunk, dunk.

There were three gentle knocks on the storage room door.

"Is there any news about the guardian?"

"Sorry, angel, there aren't any yet." The black-robed believer outside the door replied in a low voice, "But the leader asked me to bring you a message. The leader said..."

"What?" The orange pig woman frowned and looked towards the door.

"They say the Dharma Protector might not be on the fourth floor. She wasn't seen at the location where the chair was hidden. She might have gone somewhere else." The black-robed cultist paused, then continued, "The leader hopes you won't be too anxious. Perhaps she'll be back during this round of voting."

"I'm worried because she said she wasn't feeling well, so..." The orange pig woman Enoki didn't finish her words. She continued to pace back and forth in the small space in front of the chair, constantly comforting herself in her heart.

"She's fine, she must be fine..." The orange pig woman Enoki murmured softly, "But if she's fine, why didn't she come back? Could it be that she went to save that person..."

There was no window in the cramped storage room, and the Orange Pig Woman didn't turn on the lights for fear of being discovered. The dull air was filled with familiar songs and the sound of her own footsteps.

The black-robed cultist outside the storage room heard footsteps in the distance, looked around uneasily, then hurried away and hid in a corner, alert to the movements around him.

Ta-ta-ta, tap-ta-ta...

The heels of her shoes made a crisp sound when they hit the ground. The parrot girl walked towards them from a distance with empty hands, her face full of anger.

Not until the parrot girl walked away did the black-robed cultist hiding in the corner cautiously stick her head out. She didn't dare to get too close to where the chairs were hidden, fearing that her negligence would expose the location of the chairs. After all, several chairs were destroyed by brown bears in this way.

The melodious piano music gradually became more passionate, and the participants were running out of time...

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