Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?

Seeing Wen Nan leave, Xiao Huang quickly chased to the stairway entrance, glanced at the corridor leading to the kitchen on the first floor, and then looked at the man beside him, "Mr. Ye, the task assigned to us seemed to only include searching the kitchen on the first floor. Why are we heading upstairs?"

Wen Nan paused in his steps, startling Xiao Huang. The camera almost bumped into Wen Nan's face, and he hurriedly stopped.

Wen Nan wore a calm and collected smile on his face, but his words carried a sense of pressure: "Xiao Huang, why should we waste time searching for that non-existent poison in the kitchen?"

Xiao Huang was slightly taken aback, "…What?"

Wen Nan's smile remained gentle, but his words caused Xiao Huang's face to turn increasingly pale: "You obviously knew all along what really happened with Xiao Xue Butler's death, didn't you?"

Xiao Huang lowered his eyes, not daring to meet Wen Nan's gaze, his words evasive, "I... I don't understand what you're talking about, Mr. Ye."

"You saw the broken snowflake porcelain long-neck vase at the entrance of the dining hall, right? At that moment, you had already guessed the truth, hadn't you?"

Wen Nan hypothesized that for characters like Xiao Huang, Azi, and Susu, who have a main body but wander around in female forms, they were unaware of each other's existence, or at least unsure of what the other's main body was.

Earlier, the sinister and eerie smile that appeared on Xiao Huang's face when Liang Yiming saw her was because, at the moment she saw the porcelain fragments at the dining hall's entrance, she connected it to Jiang Xueying's sudden death, realizing that Jiang Xueying was one of her kind and that her main body was precisely that long-neck vase.

Since she had already guessed, Xiao Huang naturally knew exactly how Jiang Xueying died, and she was certain that they couldn't find the so-called poison in Chef Xiao Ji's kitchen.

However, being questioned by Wen Nan like this, Xiao Huang didn't intend to relent but merely smiled and said, "Mr. Ye, don't joke around."

Wen Nan shrugged, saying nothing more, and continued heading upstairs.

The two finally stopped at the stairway entrance on the fourth floor.

In the center of this floor was the M.O. Room. On the left was the place where Wen Nan previously encountered the two 'little princesses,' and at the end on the right was the room that Wen Nan was headed to.

There was still a mysterious character hiding in this villa, whose identity had not yet been revealed.

This character, when going to the kitchen earlier, had Chef Xiao Ji lead Wen Nan into his secret research room, where he handed Wen Nan three very special tools, including the "Adam's Rib Powder." It was mentioned in the system introduction.

The system didn't directly name this character, but in the background introduction of the tool, it said that Adam's Rib Powder is the second biggest secret of this villa.

And the biggest secret, Wen Nan thought, must be related to this mysterious character.

Who is this mysterious character?

It's the alchemist mentioned in the background introduction, who possesses "Eve's Incense Essential Oil."

Finding this alchemist will unlock the usage of the "Adam's Rib Powder" obtained by Wen Nan earlier and allow the synthesis of the next level of tools, which is the only tool in the entire instance that can be taken out of the map.

For this reason alone, even if this alchemist is not the strategy character Wen Nan imagined, he must find them—after all, if he is here on vacation, it wouldn't make sense not to bring back a souvenir.

Why is he so certain that this alchemist resides in this room on the east side of the fourth floor?

Because earlier, while assigning rooms, Wen Nan, Liang Yiming, and Luo Wei stood at the stairway entrance and simultaneously smelled the stench wafting from this room—a smell of rotten eggs mixed with burnt feathers.

That's the smell generated when burning protein.

Who would be burning protein in a room? Naturally, it would be that alchemist, burning Adam's ribs to make Adam's Rib Powder.

Additionally, this alchemist should have another identity—the sister mentioned by the two 'little princesses.'

Namely, the mistress of this Snow Mountain Villa.

During the incident of Jiang Xueying's case, alarms echoed in every corner of the villa, and everyone was ordered to go to the dining hall. However, the door of this room remained locked, and the person inside never arrived at the scene from start to finish.

Despite her absence, none of the native residents of the villa dared to raise any questions, because she is the owner of the entire villa; she has enough authority to directly ignore the assembly alarm in the villa.

Lost in thought, Xiao Huang beside him, spoke nervously: "Mr. Ye, you can't enter this room." Then she added, "No one is allowed to enter."

"Oh?" Wen Nan turned to look at her, "Whose room is this?"

As expected, Xiao Huang shook her head, "I can't tell you, but please leave immediately."

"What happens if I don't leave?" Wen Nan asked again.

Xiao Huang shook her head once more, "I don't know either, but for your own sake, please don't approach this room."

Wen Nan smiled.

He hadn't cared about the prohibitions clearly stated in Jiang Xueying's check-in instructions, so naturally, he wouldn't take Xiao Huang's offhand warning seriously.

Raising his hand, he knocked on the door.

After several knocks, there was no response from inside the room.

Xiao Huang opened her mouth, intending to persuade further, but was taken aback when she saw Wen Nan, seemingly out of nowhere, produce two rusty keys that were joined together and insert them into the lock.

Immediately after, with a 'click,' the door was opened.

Startled, Xiao Huang grabbed Wen Nan's arm, her face pale: "Mr. Ye, if you go in, I can't go with you. Nobody is allowed to enter in there!"

Wen Nan chuckled, giving a light nod, and then directly pushed the door open and entered.

Just as he stepped into the room, the door behind him clicked shut again.

Wen Nan looked up, finding himself surrounded by a pitch-black "sky."

It seemed like some kind of holographic light effect created an awe-inspiring starry sky, which revolved rapidly around Wen Nan, overwhelming his senses.

He took a few steps forward, raising his hand to try to touch one of the stars, but his foot suddenly stepped into emptiness, and he plunged into a deep passage.

Like a slide at a water park, the passage was as high as six floors.

Wen Nan's body kept descending until, like a sandbag, he bounced onto the ground.

Supporting his body up with an arm, he squinted his eyes, his vision gradually clearing, something obstructing his view entirely.

What is... so big, and so round?

It seemed to be... a snow-white Fasting?!