The wealthy daughter breaks through the situation with wisdom

Dai Shiya and Wei Qing walked into the secret room carefully. The air inside was turbid, mixed with dust and mold, as if it had been sleeping for hundreds of years. The secret room was much smaller than they expected. The walls were made of cold stones, there were no windows, and the only light source was the flickering lantern above the head. The swaying firelight cast distorted shadows, adding to the eerie feeling.

The booklet was quietly placed on the stone platform in the middle of the room, emitting a soft light, like a beacon in the dark, guiding them forward. Dai Shiya took a deep breath, trying to calm her nervous mood, and approached the stone platform step by step. Wei Qing followed closely, vigilantly observing the surrounding environment.

"Wait..." Dai Shiya suddenly stopped and looked around cautiously. At some point, the air around her became unusually cold, and an inexplicable sense of fear entangled her heart like a vine.

"What's wrong?" Wei Qing also noticed something strange and asked in a low voice.

Dai Shiya did not answer, but stared straight ahead. In the originally empty secret room, many blurry shadows appeared at this moment. They were distorted and deformed, as if they were struggling in pain, or silently accusing.

"Ah!" Wei Qing screamed and subconsciously grabbed Dai Shiya's arm. The shadows became clearer and clearer, gradually turning into a series of terrifying pictures: blazing fire, people howling in pain, and a pair of eyes full of resentment and despair...

"Don't be afraid, it's all an illusion!" Dai Shiya forced herself to calm down. She knew that the purpose of these illusions was to disturb their minds, and she must not lose her composure. But she could feel her heartbeat getting faster and faster, and her palms began to sweat.

At this moment, a cold hand suddenly grabbed her ankle...

Wei Qing's hand, like a ray of sunshine in winter, penetrated through layers of fear and shone into Dai Shiya's cold heart. She held Wei Qing's hand, drawing strength from it, telling herself that she was not alone. Those distorted shadows were still swaying in front of her eyes, and the painful wails seemed to echo in her ears, but she was no longer as panicked as before. She knew that she had to get the booklet to solve all the mysteries.

"Shi Ya, we're together, don't be afraid." Wei Qing's voice trembled slightly, but was extremely firm.

Dai Shiya nodded, looking firmly at the book on the stone platform. One step, two steps, three steps... Each step was extremely difficult, as if she was stepping on the tip of a knife instead of cold stone. The air around her was getting colder and colder, almost freezing her. But she still persisted, step by step, approaching the stone platform.

Just as she was about to get the book, the secret room suddenly shook violently, and the lantern above her head swayed even more violently, as if it would fall down at any time. Stones fell off the wall with a dull sound, and dust flew everywhere, making it almost impossible to breathe.

"What's going on?" Wei Qing exclaimed.

Dai Shiya did not answer. She could feel that this was not just an illusion. The secret room was really about to collapse! And the booklet emitted an even brighter light as it shook, as if it was about to disappear.

"Can't give up!" Dai Shiya gritted her teeth and quickened her pace. She knew that if she gave up now, she would never have another chance.

The book on the stone platform seemed to sense her determination, and the light became stronger, illuminating the entire secret room. The twisted shadows became more hideous under the strong light, and they let out sharp roars, as if to stop her from getting closer.

"Ah!" Wei Qing screamed. A ferocious shadow almost stuck to her face, with its fangs and claws bared, as if it wanted to devour her.

"Don't be afraid!" Dai Shiya suddenly pulled Wei Qing behind her and used her body to block the shadow. She knew that now was not the time to be afraid, she had to protect Wei Qing and get the booklet.

The shaking of the secret room became more and more violent, and the rocks above kept falling, as if the entire secret room would collapse in the next second. Dai Shiya threw herself at the stone platform regardless of everything, and finally grabbed the booklet at the critical moment.

The moment she grabbed the booklet, the shaking of the secret room suddenly stopped. Everything seemed to have stopped, except for the lantern which was still swaying and emitting a faint light.

However, the calm was only temporary. Those originally blurry shadows became extremely clear at this moment. They were no longer distorted shapes, but became concrete human figures, with hideous faces, full of resentment and hatred. They stretched out their cold hands and grabbed Dai Shiya and Wei Qing, letting out silent roars, as if they wanted to tear them into pieces.

Dai Shiya tightly grasped the book in her hand, feeling the warmth coming from it, and an inexplicable power surged through her body. She raised her head, looked firmly at the approaching shadows, and said word by word: "I am not afraid of you..."

Wei Qing felt something strange about the booklet in Dai Shiya's hand. A cold energy flowed through her fingertips. She subconsciously looked at Dai Shiya's face, but found...

Dai Shiya threw herself at the stone platform regardless of everything, and finally grabbed the book at the critical moment. Her touch was cold, and a strange energy spread along her arm to her whole body. The originally blurred shadows became unusually clear at this moment, and they roared angrily and pounced towards them with a hideous face.

"Shiya! Be careful!" Wei Qing exclaimed, and pulled Dai Shiya to barely avoid an attack from a phantom.

The two stood back to back, staring at everything in front of them in shock. The phantoms were no longer distorted shapes, but had turned into concrete human figures, wearing ancient costumes, with faces distorted by pain and resentment.

"They seem... trapped here?" Wei Qing's voice trembled a little. She held Dai Shiya's hand tightly, her palms were cold.

Dai Shiya didn't say anything, just stared at the phantoms, holding the book tightly in her hand. The book emitted a faint golden light, illuminating a small area around it.

"Let's see what's written in the booklet!" Dai Shiya said, opening the booklet in her hand.

The booklet was written in a strange language, but strangely, Dai Shiya could understand it.

"What's recorded here is... the special abilities of some book travelers, and... a mysterious organization!" Dai Shiya said as she flipped through the pages, "This organization seems to be looking for something, and those book travelers are their pawns..."

Wei Qing was horrified when she heard this. She looked at the hideous phantoms around her. Could it be that they... were all book travelers being used by that organization?

"And... this!" Dai Shiya suddenly pointed to a page with a strange pattern on it, "I think I've seen this pattern somewhere..."

However, before they could study it carefully, the secret room suddenly shook violently, and large chunks of rocks above their heads fell down.

"Oh no! The secret room is going to collapse!" Wei Qing exclaimed.

At the same time, Dai Shiya discovered that the stone door behind them had been closed at some point, and the entire secret room had become an airtight cage.

"We are trapped!" Wei Qing's face was pale. She felt the air was becoming thinner and breathing was becoming difficult.

Dai Shiya tightly grasped the book in her hand, her eyes fell on the encrypted text, and a terrible thought came to her mind: Could it be that this diary is the key to unlock all this?

"Cough cough..." Wei Qing covered her chest with her hands, her face flushed, and it was obvious that she could not hold on any longer.

Dai Shiya took a deep breath, her eyes gradually firmed up: "We still have time, we can definitely find a way out!" She opened the booklet, pointed to one of the encrypted words and said to Wei Qing, "Help me find it, there must be a way to decipher these words..."

As time passed, the air in the secret room became thinner and thinner, and the light became dimmer and dimmer. Their hopes were like candles in the wind, and could be extinguished at any time...