Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Chapter 153: How Blood Soup is Made

Liu Xing and his group smoothly entered the kitchen. Due to time constraints, everyone tacitly dispersed to search their respective areas.

The kitchen was well-lit, allowing Liu Xing to quickly survey the space. Resembling the kitchens of large hotels, it boasted numerous stoves and various pots and pans. Liu Xing counted seven or eight refrigerators, but due to a lack of organization, the kitchen appeared chaotic.

Their purpose in entering the kitchen was to find Blood Soup, so Liu Xing had no choice but to inspect each pot and pan.

As Liu Xing searched for Blood Soup, he heard the sound of dice hitting the ground.

"Addison, 21/50, success."

"Don't come over. I've found Blood Soup, but there's a partially dismembered body in this pot. I've already lost 1 SAN point, so it's better for you not to come closer. I'll scoop out the Blood Soup from the pot now," Addison said without turning around, standing in front of a large pot.

Liu Xing and the others nodded and then watched as Addison scooped out a bowl of Blood Soup from the pot.

"There's only one bowl of Blood Soup in this pot. Now, let's decide who will drink it," Addison said, looking a bit pale, holding the bowl of Blood Soup and placing it on the stove in the middle of the kitchen.

Liu Xing shook his head and told Addison, "Addison, didn't we agree that whoever finds it will drink it? Since you found this bowl of Blood Soup, the clearance opportunity is yours."

Wu Wei and Xue Jingliu nodded, indicating they had no objections.

Surprisingly, Addison also shook his head and said, "No, I really don't want to drink this bowl of Blood Soup now. I saw the situation in the pot just now, and it has already caused me psychological trauma. So, I've decided not to clear this by drinking Blood Soup. Besides, there's more than one Clearing Method in this module, and I want to try another one. With the points I've earned in this welfare module, I don't really need the clearance points reward. Contentment is the key to happiness, after all."

Liu Xing nodded. He could now guess the situation in the pot and understand the method of making Blood Soup. If asked to drink it, Liu Xing would definitely refuse, not wanting to leave himself with psychological trauma.

Therefore, Liu Xing added, "Alright, I withdraw from the competition too. Wu Wei and Xue Jingliu, you two discuss who will drink this bowl of Blood Soup."

Xue Jingliu quickly shook her head, indicating she also had no intention of drinking the Blood Soup, as she had figured out how it was made.

As for Wu Wei, after thinking for a moment, he decisively picked up the bowl of Blood Soup, wryly smiling as he said, "Since none of you wants to drink this bowl of Blood Soup, I'll take the plunge. I'll take a step ahead. Anyway, it's highly likely that I'll encounter something scarier than this bowl of Blood Soup in the future."

After saying this, Wu Wei closed his eyes and poured the bowl of Blood Soup into his stomach.

Then, just like Zhang Jingxu before him, Wu Wei disappeared without a trace.

"Alright, we need to continue searching the kitchen for the key to open the bedroom door and check if there's a poison bottle," Liu Xing said, continuing the search.

In no time, without any investigative determination, Xue Jingliu found a key at the bottom of a bowl.

Holding the key, Xue Jingliu chuckled and said, "As expected, the locations where these keys are hidden are all the same."

Liu Xing chuckled and responded, "Once you know one, you know them all. After all, this is a module of simple difficulty, and it's time-limited, so the decryption should be relatively straightforward and repetitive. But come to think of it, we probably have less than half an hour left."

Since Zhang Jingxu drank the bowl of Blood Soup on the living room table, the only timing tool in the module was consumed. As a result, Liu Xing and the others had lost control of time and could only rely on intuition to judge it.

"I don't think there's a poison bottle in this kitchen. After all, it's a kitchen. It would be strange to find a poison bottle here. Besides, the study room only has two items: the key and the poison bottle. So, this kitchen should only have the key and Blood Soup," analyzed AddisonVetran Driver.

Liu Xing and Xue Jingliu nodded, agreeing with AddisonVetran Driver's analysis. Then the three of them left the kitchen.

Without delay, Liu Xing and his group didn't linger in the living room, heading straight to open the bedroom door.

However, after opening the bedroom door, Liu Xing and the others came to a halt because the room was pitch black, and the light from the living room couldn't penetrate even a bit into the bedroom.

To be cautious, Liu Xing contacted KP Ghost, "KP, we need to perform a Listen action."

Liu Xing, 75/50, failure.

Addison, 34/50, success.

Xue Jingliu, 52/50, failure.

Fortunately, Addison succeeded in listening, so KP Ghost directly said, "I'll get straight to the point. Addison heard rhythmic breathing coming from the bedroom."

Liu Xing and the others looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

Clearly, there was some creature in the bedroom. As for what kind of creature, that was open to debate.

Due to the darkness, investigation was impossible, listening couldn't reveal much, and as for conversation, it was even less likely. What if there was a mythical creature inside that attacked upon detecting sound? That would be game over.

However, there had to be a key to open the iron door in the bedroom, a necessary item for clearance. So, Liu Xing and the others had no choice but to enter.

"Oh, there was a candle in the study room. That candle should be useful," Xue Jingliu suddenly remembered and said.

Liu Xing nodded, directly returning to the study room, picking up the candle, and exiting, keeping an eye on the bookshelf. After all, Liu Xing was worried that taking the candle might attract the Formless Offspring again.

Fortunately, this time the Formless Offspring did not appear.

Liu Xing returned to the bedroom door, and indeed, the light from the candle pierced through the darkness in the bedroom. However, the candlelight itself was relatively dim, so the visibility in the bedroom was only about a meter.

"Don't waste time; let's go in directly. There shouldn't be any danger in this bedroom," Liu Xing took a deep breath and took the lead into the bedroom.

Addison and Xue Jingliu followed Liu Xing into the bedroom.

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