System [I am in a horror dungeon]

After a while, the hotel manager came over and asked everyone if they could borrow an umbrella.

"Everyone, it's time to return the umbrella we borrowed yesterday because it was raining."

Everyone was shocked. Many people didn't bring an umbrella. They were in a dilemma and wondered whether they should say a few nice words to the manager and ask them to go back and get one.

"Manager, it didn't rain today, but we forgot to bring an umbrella. Can you let us go back for an hour? I'll be back in an hour." A middle-aged man approached the manager and said to him.

The manager smiled and said, "What if you don't come back?"

The middle-aged man raised his hand and swore, "I can swear that if I am not back in an hour, I will be struck by lightning."

The manager still smiled, but his smile became a little weird. "Okay, go early and come back early!"

After saying that, he made way for the door, made a gesture of invitation, and let him leave.

Everyone also spoke well of the manager to buy time for themselves.

An Yi looked at the two people who were not panicking at all and asked, "Did you bring an umbrella?"

Lu Nanyin looked at Chu Lingxian and pulled her sleeve with a questioning look.

Chu Lingxian took out the folded umbrella from the space and handed it to the manager, then watched the waiter next to the manager remove himself from the borrowing list.

The four of them were sitting in the hall chatting, and after a while, it started raining again.

When they walked to the door, Chu Lingxian and Lu Nanyin stretched out their hands at the same time to catch the rain. This time it was just ordinary raindrops, and they smiled at each other.

An Yi was curious and followed their example by reaching out to catch the rain. Wasn't there anything strange about it? What were they laughing at?

Chu Lingxian glanced at the pendulum clock hanging on the wall and found that an hour had passed.

A few people sat back in their seats, talking about random things.

Chu Lingxian glanced at his watch, looked up at the hotel's pendulum clock, patted Lu Nanyin's shoulder, and also attracted the attention of An Yi and Xia Ji.

"Look at that pendulum clock. The time doesn't seem to be right."

Lu Nanyin glanced at Chu Lingxian's watch, then at the pendulum clock. The times were indeed different. The time on the pendulum clock was obviously much faster.

An Yi and Xia Ji also checked their own time and found something wrong.

"Why is the time different? Is there anything special about this hotel?"

Chu Lingxian shook her head. She was indeed not sure about this. She roughly calculated that the time outside was twice as fast as the time in the hotel. In other words, if one hour passed in the hotel, half an hour would pass outside.

The manager was looking at the hotel's pendulum clock, so the middle-aged man who said he would be back in an hour had already exceeded the time.

Chu Lingxian seemed to have thought of something and looked at the first rule he saw in the hotel room. Sure enough, one of the rules was: Borrowed items must be returned in time, otherwise you will have to do what you are told.

Then, that middle-aged man is...

At this time, there was a huge thunder outside, accompanied by several lightning bolts, which struck the head of the middle-aged man who was about to return to the hotel. In an instant, he turned into a cloud of dust and disappeared without a trace.

The four of them were stunned when they saw the lightning strike. Is this a rule that cannot be violated? They will never swear casually again.

A few more people came back later. Fortunately, the time they agreed on was two hours, and it had not yet been up. After returning the umbrellas, a few people sat on the sofa and chatted.

"Did you see the lightning? It struck straight down and hit Zhuang Guoqing on the head. He disappeared in an instant. Tsk tsk!" A man told everyone what he saw.

An hour had passed in the hotel, and basically everyone else said they would be back in two hours, but there were still two people who hadn't returned yet.

After a while, a girl stumbled into the hotel, handed the umbrella to the manager, and then sat on the sofa in shock.

Everyone was whispering at the girl who had returned, wondering why she had not been punished.

The manager closed the door and told everyone, "There are only eight of you left now. Good luck to you and hope you survive to the end." After that, he left with the waiter behind him.

An Yi was a little curious and talked to Xia Ji next to him, "There are eight people left. One person was killed by lightning just now. What about the other person?"

Xia Ji shook his head, "I don't know, maybe halfway through..."

The girl who came back last heard the conversation between the two and started shaking.

After reading her thoughts, Chu Lingxian frowned and stared at the girl.

Lu Nanyin poked her and asked, "If I remember correctly, she should have gone out with her friend. The person who didn't come back must be her friend, right? Where did she go?"

Chu Lingxian leaned close to Lu Nanyin's ear and told her: "The two of them had an argument on the side of the road. She pushed the girl down and hit her head on a rock on the side of the road. It's unknown whether she's alive or dead."

"That girl just died like that?" Lu Nanyin exclaimed.

Everyone's eyes were focused on her. She smiled shyly and said, "We are telling ghost stories. Do you want to listen?"

Then he said to Chu Lingxian: "What happened next? How is that girl? Is she really dead?"

"She didn't die at that time, but she couldn't move and no one saved her, so she died from excessive blood loss." Chu Lingxian also cooperated with her and told the subsequent story.

The girl's body shuddered suddenly, she turned around and stared at the two of them with a look of fear and shock, then slowly turned back, glancing at the two of them from time to time with resentment in her eyes.

The rain gradually subsided and everyone left. Chu Lingxian also left, taking Lu Nanyin with him.

When turning a corner, Lu Nanyin saw a figure following them not far away.

"Someone is following us."

Chu Lingxian turned her head and said, "I know, it's the girl who came back last, her name seems to be Zheng Xiao."

"Why is she following us? Is it because we know about her friend's affairs?" Lu Nanyin was about to look back, but Chu Lingxian turned her head away again, and the two of them turned to an intersection.

Zheng Xiao was holding a stick in his hand. Seeing that there was no one around, he rushed up and hit them with the stick when they turned the corner.

But Chu Lingxian grabbed the stick and pushed her to the ground.

Zheng Xiao fell to the ground. Just as he was about to run, he felt that his legs and hands could not move, and a cold aura came from all around.

Zheng Xiao was so scared that he begged for mercy immediately.

"I was wrong. I won't do it again. Please, let me go. I won't do it again."

Chu Lingxian glanced behind her and told her: "You shouldn't beg us, you should beg her."

Zheng Xiao slowly raised her head, and a bloody face appeared above her head. It was her friend, who was standing behind her, bending over, lowering her head, and smiling as she asked her, "Zheng Xiao, why did you run? Why didn't you save me? Why? My head hurts so much! Why didn't you save me, why?"

Zheng Xiao watched her body bend down 180 degrees, her face almost touching his.

Zheng Xiao screamed and fainted. Her friend stood up, grabbed her collar and dragged her away.