I Rely On Poverty To Sweep Through Survival GamesCh34 - Secret Human Skin Room

Xiao Lan waved at Luo to take the dagger that had been hidden in the drawer.

Luo reached over and picked up the dagger, and glanced casually at the item’s attribute. “Sir, I have no need for weapons.” afIh0l

Xiao Lan looked at him doubtfully, then saw Luo stretch out his other empty hand after he spoke. Under Xiao Lan’s attentive gaze, that slender, black-gloved palm gradually changed shape as sharp nails extended from his fingertips and turned into pitch-black claws.

They looked much sharper than the dagger.

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Xiao Lan was once again reminded that Luo wasn’t human. When Luo fought with that other part of himself before, it seemed that he had also used his claws then.

Luo looked at the dagger in his hand. “It really is an interesting item.” bAvkKG

Xiao Lan hadn’t recovered from the blow. “What’s the significance of this thing?”

Luo revealed a meaningful smile. “Probably to hurt the common people who work bitterly for a whole year, but when they look at their account balance at the end of the year, realise that they can’t even buy another person’s toy.”

Common person Xiao Lan who couldn’t even buy a toy: “…”

Why did he suddenly feel great pain in his knees?

Xiao Lan looked at this dazzling golden high-grade item which was worth three hundred thousand. I truly cannot understand the world of rich people. 

However, he thought of a person whom this item would be very suitable for — Wang Taidi.

Fellow student Wang Taidi who needed to earn a hundred million probably wouldn’t let this three hundred thousand go ba.

Although it was just a small amount as far as Wang Taidi’s one hundred million was concerned, it was still three hundred thousand ah. Moreover, as an in-app purchase player, he also had various items on him. Judging from their previous interactions, the Wang brothers were pretty good people, and probably wouldn’t do something like purposely pit someone. TlsFOG

Xiao Lan handed Demeter’s Blade to Luo for safekeeping; he would find time to trade with Wang Taidi after they left this instance. After all, his storage rucksack only had two pitiful slots left now.

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After leaving the library, Xiao Lan and Luo continued to pretend to stroll around the manor as they looked for clues.

When the two people were pretending to admire the flowers in the garden, the faint sounds of a conversation between a maid and a gardener came through the layers of plants. KGT6Mz

“Have you prepared the white roses which the Madam asked for today?”

“They’re all here. Do you know why the Madam wants white roses in particular?”

“I don’t know either. Every month, the madam tells us to prepare a large amount of white roses and send them to her room. She then goes out and only comes back on the second night.”

“You don’t know what the madam does?” 8BHdhb

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“Aiya, don’t casually ask about the madam’s matters anymore. Be careful that the housekeeper doesn’t punish you if she finds out!”

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They secretly followed the maids and watched as they sent bouquets of white roses to a room on the fifth floor. z3oWYD

Xiao Lan surveyed the entrance of the room which the massive amount of white roses were being sent into. Not only did this door look extremely elegant and especially heavy, if it was shut, not a sound would be heard from inside the room.

With the door currently open, there was the sound of the maids’ extremely light footsteps inside.

The two of them seized this chance to dart into the room. The interior was as extravagant as ever; the room was large and was even separated into two sections. One section had a great amount of ornaments on display, which made it easy for them to hide.

Finding a good opportunity, Xiao Lan hid in a blind spot in a corner formed by a large decorative vase and a window curtain. H26dYQ

Not long after, the maids left and the room turned quiet once again.

However, Xiao Lan didn’t relax. Although the maids had left, it was Madam Bella who was now in the room, after all. Rushing in directly was no different than outright delivering his head to the boss.

After waiting a while longer, Madam Bella’s heavy footsteps rang out from within the room, accompanied by the soft sounds of a rolling mechanism, before gradually fading away; it seemed that there was another room hidden inside.

Not long after, the rolling mechanism rang out once more. This time, Madam Bella’s figure emerged from within; she seemed to be holding something in her hand, and left while humming a tune. N82l4L

It was only after he confirmed from the window the sight of Madam Bella’s silhouette in the carriage which left that Xiao Lan emerged from the corner that he had been hiding in.

He and Luo headed further in together.

On the way, Luo left a black trace that no one would be able to detect at the doorway; he would know right away if someone entered the room.

Inside was a spacious bedroom. Perhaps in order to match Madam Bella’s build, the furniture was much larger than normal. The room was lavishly decorated. Every detail was delicately carved, and even the bedpost had a mermaid sculpture on it. ghrYfX

One of the walls drew Xiao Lan’s attention.

There were various decorations displayed everywhere in Madam Bella’s bedroom, while nothing had been placed on the floor in front of this wall and all the decorations here were fixed to the wall instead.

Borrowing some light, Xiao Lan tilted his head as he drew closer. Sure enough, he saw a faint, curved scratch on the ground, as if this wall had rotated many times before.

Then, where was the switch? FsRxOT

In movies, the switch was usually a flower vase or a candleholder, but wouldn’t that be a little too obvious? Xiao Lan gently raised a vase on the side, and as he expected, there was no change at all; it was just a common flower vase.

Xiao Lan thought about Madam Bella. This was her private room and usually no one would intrude here, so it should be a place she was very comfortable in.

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If Xiao Lan were to hide something in this room, he would generally pick a place he was very familiar with and which was close at hand, such as the bottom of the bed or under a pillow, or perhaps a relatively hidden place such as a wardrobe or a closet…

Xiao Lan sized up a few places that might have a switch. In the end, his gaze fell on a flower ornament on the headboard. It looked extremely symmetrical, but the left side of the flower was a little duller in color, as if it had been rubbed repeatedly. nQAZ1C

Taking a couple of steps forward, Xiao Lan reached out and pressed the flower-shaped ornament.

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Instantly, there was the light sound of a mechanism, and the wall on the side rotated and opened up.

The first thing that came into view was a pitch-black corridor. The two of them walked through the corridor and entered the secret room. There were no windows in this room and the light outside couldn’t penetrate the extreme darkness here. ibWn8K

With a rasp, Luo lit a match and then lit the candle that was at the door.

Xiao Lan was a little surprised. “When did you start keeping matches on you?”

Luo still had that light smile on his face. “I merely prepared a little in order to be able to help you.”

Xiao Lan was going to sigh ruefully over the fact that this helper Luo was overqualified, but when he could clearly see everything in the candlelight out of the corner of his eye, he was no longer in the mood to speak about anything else. Kpmikf

This room was like a cloakroom and was filled with clothes hangers. However, it wasn’t clothes that hung on the hangers, but meticulously peeled, and even specially treated… human skins.

These human skins were extremely soft, and even emitted a luster that only skin had.

Countless human skins hung in the room like clothes, and even wore clothes of different styles, like dolls in a dress-up game. There was even a human skin in the middle of the room which had butterfly wings and a beautiful head ornament; it was even displayed in a graceful pose, like an original and ingenious decoration.

This sort of thing that was human but not, and which also carried a strong air of death, was the easiest way to frighten someone. rUNTQ5

There was also a very large oil painting on the wall at the front. The painting was of a group of smiling maids. These maids all looked pretty good; at the very least, they were the sort who had delicate and pretty features, and there was no lack of great beauties among them. The artist was very skilled, and every crease in their clothes had been drawn vividly.

Xiao Lan went forward a few steps to take a closer look while Luo stood on the side and held the candle to give him light.

Very quickly, Xiao Lan noticed that something wasn’t right. The smiles on all their faces were extremely stiff and fake. They were curved in the exact same way, and didn’t pull on the muscles around their eyes; it looked very strange.

The maids all stared forward fixedly, as if soundlessly making eye contact with Xiao Lan. dXjFqG

“Sir.” Luo pointed at the lower right corner of the painting. “This one looks like the female player who came into the game with us.”

Xiao Lan took a look. It was indeed the only female player in the game. Right now, she was exactly like the other maids, dressed in the same uniform and smiling furtively as she looked at Xiao Lan.

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The colours in the painting looked very cohesive, and there was no sense that this corner was newly painted; it was as if she had always been there, which felt very surreal.

It seemed that she hadn’t been able to find a way to survive this game. raJlG5

When he approached the wall, Xiao Lan realised that there was a hard layer of black splatters on the walls of this room which one would easily associate with old bloodstains; it was as if this place had once experienced a bloody massacre.

Suppressing the unease in his heart, Xiao Lan assessed these human skins once more.

After more careful observation this time, he realised that several of the human skins had been sewn together with thread that was the same colour as the skin. The needlework was especially fine and the damaged areas were meticulously mended so that no scars could be seen at first glance.

Suddenly, he discovered a ball-like object under a pile of human skins in one corner. tzm4TD

Xiao Lan picked it up and unfolded it; it was a sketch of a maid, who had a beautiful face in the drawing. The artwork was ordinary, but the maid had a very natural expression which was utterly different from the stiff smiles in the exquisite oil painting.

The drawing was also wrapped in a few bloodstained strips of cloth which looked like they had been torn from clothes. There was messy writing on them which said:

【The madam has gone crazy! She wants to kill us! She says she wants to use us as a sacrifice!】

【She signed a contract with an unknown entity and obtained a strange power. We can’t leave this place】 FOoUH3

【Never, ever eat what the madam cooks. The dishes which she personally cooks possess a magic that will make men unable to resist her】

【Save me! Save me!】

Perhaps the maids had once tried to ask for help from outside, but they failed.

They were then shut inside this room and were cruelly massacred, their blood dyeing the walls red, before they were ultimately turned into the leather bags in this room. NuWfEQ

Looking at this message that had been left behind, Madam Bella had signed a contract with an unknown entity after offering the maids as a sacrifice and then obtained a power which caused men to lose themselves to love, and which maybe even cured her illness.

Perhaps there had once been many men who were crazy over her, but ever since the players entered the game, aside from the maids of dubious gender, they had never seen any male masters or guests in this manor; where did they all go?

Why did Madam Bella extend invitations to the players to visit her manor? What was her purpose?

On top of that, the housekeeper’s uncaring attitude made it seem as if she never once thought that any of them could possibly become her master, which was why she was so haughty and indifferent. YisNzm

Was it because she knew that these people simply didn’t have a chance of becoming the master?

The rustle of cloth abruptly interrupted Xiao Lan’s thoughts. He looked at Luo, and realised that the latter hadn’t moved as he simply held the candle.

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On the side, the human skins that hung together like clothes were now moving and turning one by one; they were precisely the source of the rustling.

They turned to face Xiao Lan and slowly raised wizened and boneless hands. dmUH5g

Xiao Lan looked at the other side and realised that the maids who had originally been facing forward in the painting were now all looking in the direction of the corner he was in. Their pupils had moved to the corners of their eyes, leaving behind the whites of their eyes. Paired with their originally light smiles, it made one’s hair stand on end.

They were staring at Xiao Lan and Luo.