Chapter 300 - 115 【Demons and Ghosts in the Secret Realm】（8200 words）_4
The girl student with long black straight hair shrugged her shoulders and slowly stood up. Her black hair hung down in front, covering most of her face. Beneath the ends of her hair, a faint glimpse of a blood-red eye could be seen. She spoke in a cold and hoarse voice:
"Kudai, stop pretending to be so familiar! You know very well why I’m here this time! I will kill you here!"
"Baka!" (This sentence didn’t need Chu Keqing to translate; Chen Yan understood it too) The long-haired elder Kudai sneered, "Kill me? Your father wasn’t even my match, let alone a child like you? Are you daydreaming?"
"If it wasn’t for you in the last trial, my father wouldn’t have died here." The girl with long black straight hair, Xisang, sneered.
"Ha! Last time, out of goodwill, I let you walk out of here alive." The long-haired elder Kudai shook his head. "You don’t know how to be thankful but instead hate me for it? However, if you insist on blaming me, then this time I’ll simply kill you here."
The girl with long black straight hair ignored him, coldly speaking to the Puppet Servant, "He said earlier to let me choose first! So I choose the room at the far end on the left of the second floor!"
The Golden Melon Hammer Puppet immediately nodded and raised its hand. A key flew to the table in front of the girl with long black straight hair. It said respectfully, "Honored guest, here is your room key."
The girl with long black straight hair grabbed the key, sneered at Kudai, and turned to leave—the innermost part of the hall had a stairway, and she went upstairs just like that.
The long-haired elder Kudai stared at the girl’s back shadow, watching until she disappeared upstairs before turning to look at the Golden Melon Hammer Puppet. "I want the room next to hers!"
"As you wish, honorable guest."
A key flew over, but the long-haired elder Kudai caught it in his hand before it could land on the table and walked upstairs with large strides.
The Golden Melon Hammer Puppet continued slowly, "Alright, there are two winners from the last trial who survived and have already chosen their rooms first. The remaining rooms will be freely chosen by the other guests. Next, I will announce the rules about selecting a room..."
As it spoke, it gently tapped the Copper Gong with the Golden Melon Hammer in its hand.
The gong’s sound buzzed, seemingly with some kind of soul-calming power, making everyone fall silent involuntarily.
"On the first night, the distinguished guests can freely choose their rooms—of course, if two or more guests choose the same room, the guests will have to decide among themselves who gets the room."
Chen Yan listened to Chu Keqing’s translation beside his ear, his heart tightening.
This hides fatal intentions.
And the puppet’s previous words: discouraging mutual slaughter but not opposing or intervening—when Chen Yan heard that, he felt something was wrong! If there were no special reasons, why emphasize this sentence?
"On the second night, all surviving guests must leave their room and freely choose another surviving guest to switch rooms with. The condition for switching is that both sides must agree voluntarily.
If the number of surviving guests on the second night is odd, or if some guests cannot find someone willing to switch, those who are left alone or cannot switch can freely choose any of the remaining empty rooms."
After the Golden Melon Hammer Puppet finished speaking, it deliberately paused to wait for everyone’s reactions.
Chen Yan frowned as he listened!
Sure enough, everyone present began to scrutinize the people around them, seemingly looking for potential "room switch" partners.
"Those of you staying here are participating in the Secret Realm trial for the first time, so allow me to introduce the trial process.
The flow of time in the Secret Realm is different from the outside world. Here, day and night alternate every twelve hours, six hours night, six hours day. That means in the thirty-six-hour trial, the guests will experience three day-night cycles.
Please note that nightfall signifies the arrival of unknown dangers.
At night, it is absolutely forbidden to leave the room! Any guest who opens their door and leaves before dawn will face the trial’s punishment.
During the day, as long as guests stay in their rooms, they will not encounter any danger—please cherish each day’s rest time."
The person in white robes and a high hat suddenly spoke loudly, "So, once the trial starts, both inside and outside the room are dangerous, but at night you must stay in the room! And during the day, you can come and go freely, but inside the room is safe—is that what you mean?"
"Yes, the guest understands completely."
"Then, what exactly is the so-called danger inside the rooms?" The person in white robes and a high hat asked coldly.
The Golden Melon Hammer Puppet replied, "The dangers and tests inside each room differ, and the level of difficulty varies—guests must explore and experience these for themselves."
"Ōtōto! Still so cowardly?" The person in black robes and a high hat sitting at the table next to Chen Yan and Chu Keqing suddenly spoke, his hoarse voice carrying a tone of provocation and mockery, "If you’re afraid of dying, you can come to my room for help when you encounter danger!"
Ōtōto means younger brother in Japanese.
Chen Yan immediately reacted—no wonder these two individuals, one in white with a high hat and the other in black with a high hat, were dressed exactly the same other than the colors—are they brothers?
"Idiot!" The person in white robes and a high hat ignored him, sneering, then turned to look at the Golden Melon Hammer Puppet and nodded, "Alright, I have no more questions."