I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse

First, you ran counterclockwise around the corridor, then clockwise until you saw the painting on the wall before turning back and running counterclockwise again. After repeating this process twice, you took a wax plum flower from the vase, then ran counterclockwise up to the old telephone and stopped.

Approaching the old telephone, without a second thought, you picked up the receiver and furiously cursed into it, "Damn it! How fucking annoying can you get! If nobody answers, just hang up, damn it. What the hell’s the point in calling non-stop! I’m warning you, if you fucking call again, I’ll strangle you with the telephone cord until you’re dead!"

"Bang!"

Finally, you slammed down the receiver in one fluid motion.

As expected, the ringing stopped and never sounded again.

"Let’s go."

Without discussion, you took Ruan Yuling’s hand and moved forward. After turning the corner, instead of facing an endless loop, there was a staircase leading upstairs.

At the top of the stairs was a small attic, lit by a single small lamp.

With the help of the light, you noticed many pieces of paper in the attic, all made of parchment and appearing very old.

"Doesn’t seem to be much here," Ruan Yuling said, looking at you and asking.