The Uncanny Valley Travel Guide

Outside the room, Muto and the others were already waiting at the table.

"How is it? Did you find any useful information?" He Qin pulled out the chair, let Wen Zheliu sit down first, and sat on the side with his arms around the back of the chair.

Gao Xinghan replied: "I found it, but I don't know if it will be useful."

Zhou Qing was taking care of the end of his ponytail, and started talking next to him: "I found it, we found a very important clue this time!"

Wen Zheliu looked around, and he knew in his heart that after what happened last night, the mere dozen or so people had split into several small groups: Mu Tuo, Zhou Qing, and Zhou Yao were in the same group; Gao Xinghan, Bai Hao, Xiong Lin and Ke Wenyan are in the same group; he and He Qin are in the same group; Du Zijun is alone and does not make friends with anyone, he... er, she is also in the group for the time being...

He counted and suddenly realized something was wrong.

It seems... there is one person missing?

His eyes scanned the crowd carefully, and then he found a boy with his head bowed and not speaking in the corner.

This person... Ah, has he spoken in the team before, why don't I have any memory of it?

Wait, let's talk about what he looks like...

Wen Zheliu thought hard for a long time, and suddenly he was shocked.

He himself is very good at associative memory. He had 36 classmates in high school. As long as he heard the self-introduction once, he would never forget their respective characteristics and hobbies. But just now he thought about it for a long time , I can't think of anything worth remembering about the boy sitting in the corner, not even one!If this boy is not some inhuman creature, then his sense of existence is too low!

What kind of ex-level breath-blocking skill is this... The male version of the red lantern is still the sixth person of the phantom of the strange generation!

As if hearing the fierce complaints in his heart, He Qin turned his head in doubt and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wen Zheliu's mouth twitched, and he asked in a low voice, "Brother, you...do you know the person sitting in the corner over there?"

At this time, the boy was still hanging his head unconsciously, writing and drawing something on the paper with a pen.

He Qin raised his eyes and said casually: "In the corner? How can there be anything in the corner..."

Before the word "person" was finished, his pupils narrowed slightly.

After a long silence, he said slowly: "If the data is not modified, it proves that his own sense of existence is so low..."

"His name is Xie...what is Xie, I only remember his surname is Xie!" Wen Zheliu pressed his temple in pain, feeling his memory was blank, as if someone forcibly erased it, "This guy is really against the sky ...If I hadn't discovered him when I was counting people just now, we probably wouldn't even know there was such a person when we cleared the level!"

On the other side, Muto asked politely, "What clues did you find?"

Ke Wenyan smiled, raised a paper bag in his hand, and said in a slightly complacent tone: "We have discovered the true origin of the monsters and their identities before death."

As soon as this remark came out, the rest of the people cheered up and turned their heads to look at him. Wen Zheliu didn't care about the existence of the old man, and hurriedly pricked up his ears wholeheartedly.

The source and origin of the eyeless monster is also a key part of solving the puzzle and restoring the truth. If they really find out these things, wouldn't it be easy to pass the level?

Now, even the Zhou brothers and sisters, who had been having conflicts with them, stopped talking and waited quietly for Ke Wenyan's explanation.

He suddenly received everyone's attention, Ke Wenyan was still very proud, he paused, and said: "I think everyone went to the study on the first floor and looked around? Did you find the description of the book about the town in it?" ?"

Since he made a fool of himself, Wen Zheliu responded kindly: "Yes, I found out. There is a book that records the strange things that happened in the town in detail. It mainly said that the guards in the town did all kinds of evil, and they were all killed later. Even the corpses disappeared, and most of the people in the town disappeared. The town has been deserted since then, and it is still unclear what happened.”

"That's right, that's it." Ke Wenyan nodded affirmatively, "In addition to the story Marian told us before, the origin of the monster must have a lot to do with what happened in the town!"

He Qin turned the charcoal pencil in his hand, took out a blank piece of paper and put it under his wrist, and said with a smile: "Please continue."

"First of all, let's pay attention to what those gangsters are doing." Ke Wenyan said, "These gangsters seem to like to bully women—especially unmarried girls. They have committed two serious crimes. One committed by a church woman, one committed against a farmer's daughter."

"Among them, the believer in the church was not in danger of life, but the other farmer's daughter who went out to fetch water was tortured to death by them..." Ke Wenyan's expression was a bit gloomy, "but the incident happened In the end, this group of people is still at large, and they don't feel any guilt for what they did! Under such circumstances, how can the townspeople not resent them?"

His tone was firm and provocative. When he finished speaking, Muto said, "You mean, the angry town residents united to avenge the two girls and kill the gangsters?"

"No, no," Ke Wenyan shook his index finger, "This group of people are all guards, very powerful, and one of them is a relative of the sheriff. I think the common people in this era don't have enough courage to fight against the ruling class. ? And don't you forget, besides those hooligans, many people died in the small town, if it was a joint town, how could there be more dead people?"

"...What if the casualties were caused by the townspeople fighting with those hooligans?" Zhou Qingyou complained, "You also said that those hooligans are guards, how could the guards not have weapons?"

Wen Zheliu noticed that Ke Wenyan's speech was still going on, but the pen holder in He Qin's hand was getting lower and lower. When he finished speaking, He Qin simply put down the pen and slowly moved the white paper forward pushed some distance.

He wanted to laugh inexplicably, but in the end he just coughed lightly.

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Ke Wenyan's face. He ignored Zhou Qing and continued, "—until we discovered this."

He carefully took out a roll of parchment from the paper bag and passed it to everyone present.

After getting it into He Qin's hands, he and Wen Zheliu took a closer look, and saw something was regularly painted on it with reddish-brown paint. I don't know if the paint is blood, but just looking at it feels fishy. Tangy.

Nothing could be seen from one piece, but when Wen Zheliu put two or three pieces together, he realized that it seemed to be a fragment of a huge circular formation, densely packed with words full of resentment and prayers looking forward to death .

Ke Wenyan sat down, Gao Xinghan then stood up and said, "I found these all in the attic on the third floor. I think there must be some hidden mystery in it."

The Zhou brothers and sisters and Mu Tuo exchanged glances, but quickly concealed their doubts under a calm look.

"Oh." He Qin lowered his eyes, the arcs at the end of his eyes were sharp and lazy, he pinched Wen Zheliu's fingertips under the table, and stroked the smooth edges of the nails, Wen Zheliu felt that he had already A little lost interest, "What kind of mystery is that, can you tell us?"

Gao Xinghan couldn't hear the irony in He Qin's words, he said solemnly: "I think those eyeless monsters were created by the victim's family."

As soon as the conclusion came out, everyone fell silent.

Wen Zheliu thought about it, and asked seriously: "What does this mean?"

"We have to realize that supernatural events can happen in this world. Now that there are eyeless monsters, why can't there be real magic?" Gao Xinghan talked eloquently. You can listen and see if what I say makes sense."

He said: "As Ke Wenyan said, people in this era do not have the courage to resist the ruling class. Even if girls are raped and murdered, even if they are very angry, they don't dare to confront the guards. The only one who really wants to kill Yes, only the family members of the victim, so..."

"So they found these magic circle-like things and turned themselves into... an eyeless monster?" Muto hesitated, "Is that what you mean?"

"Yes," Gao Xinghan affirmed, "that's what I mean. According to my speculation, the families of the victims gathered together and somehow found these magic circles. They wrote their wishes for revenge on them, maybe It's magic backlash, maybe this is its original effect, in short, they all turned into terrifying but powerful monsters, and they avenged themselves in their own way."

Zhou Yao suddenly asked: "What about the innocent civilians who died in the small town? They had no enmity with the monster. Why did the monster kill them?"

Gao Xinghan's expression was quite sarcastic, and he smiled: "Humans are inherently complex creatures, and the dead townspeople are not the executioners who directly caused the girl's tragedy, but in this closed and backward era, the victim is blamed, and the victim is questioned." About their family and so on, those people must have talked a lot before."

He looked around and saw the different thinking expressions on everyone's faces, and added: "Of course, I am just offering a guess. If you have different opinions, you can tell me."

He Qin tapped on the table, and said slowly: "Mr. Gao's speculation is not unreasonable, but I want to ask you a little bit."

Gao Xinghan didn't dare to neglect this unfathomable man, he hurriedly said, "Please tell me."

"What kind of role does Marian play in this, do you have an idea?" He Qin asked.

Gao Xinghan hesitated for a moment, Wen Zheliu could tell that he was very cautious when answering this question: "I think she should exist as a recorder or a bystander."

He Qin stared at the tip of the charcoal pencil with a half-smile, and suddenly asked another irrelevant question.

"What does Mr. Gao do in real life?"

Seeing Gao Xinghan's obvious bewilderment, He Qin said again: "I don't mean anything else, I just see that you are very organized in your words and actions. If you can return to the real world, would you consider working in company n?"

Only then did Gao Xinghan heave a sigh of relief, and smiled: "Ah, I'm sorry, because someone in my family already works in a branch of Xinxing Company, and I quite like my current job, so..."

"It's okay, don't force it." He Qin has an easy-going attitude, as if he was greeting an ordinary friend, "Seeing that Mr. Gao's conversation is very refined, he must have a good family background and a bright future. By the way, is your family Came here too? It's really worrying."

"...Huh?" Gao Xinghan was taken aback for a moment, as if he didn't realize what He Qin asked.

He Qin was a little surprised. He pointed to his wrist and said, "Wouldn't Company N give employees free access to Uncanny Valley? As a distinction, there will be a barcode logo on the wrist of the employee role. I am currently in a prop state, so I don’t have it, and I don’t think you have it either, I think you should use the admission qualification you drew yourself, then your relatives are not..."

Gao Xinghan suddenly realized: "So you meant this!"

Immediately, his brows and eyes lowered, and he sighed: "Yes, I am really worried about my family, so I have always wanted to speed up and solve the puzzle. Maybe we can meet in the next world..."

He Qin fixedly looked at him, and comforted him: "I think, there will be such a day."

He suddenly held Wen Zheliu's palm under the table.

His fingers were as slender as plum bones, with well-defined joints, and the temperature of his skin was slightly cool. This made Wen Zheliu's back suddenly stiffen, but then he clearly wrote two words on Wen Zheliu's palm.

"Inner Ghost".

Is Gao Xinghan the ghost? !

Wen Zheliu was startled, but his expression remained calm.During their conversation, Mu Tuo's side also sorted out the evidence they collected, and Zhou Qing also stood up holding a paper bag, at this moment, He Qin suddenly raised his voice: "Wait a minute, Miss Zhou. "

Zhou Qing looked at him puzzled: "...what's wrong?"

He Qin smiled lazily: "Before you speak, I would like to ask you all, have you forgotten a teammate?"

Wen Zheliu understands what He Qin wants to do. Since he has recognized at least one of the ghosts, Gao Xinghan, he will not be allowed to hear the evidence from more players. Even Zhou Qing's team has a ghost Suspicion, at this time, turning everyone's attention to the boy who had almost zero sense of existence before, although it feels a bit selling his teammates, but at this time, he can't care so much.

The boy sitting in the corner hurriedly raised his head, and looked around the crowd with ordinary eyes on an ordinary face. He seemed to know that He Qin was talking about himself, so he hurriedly raised his hand. The ordinary voice, which was immediately forgotten by others, said: "That... Is it my turn?"

Everyone: "…………"

Zhou Qing asked blankly, "Who is talking?"

After a while, she finally realized: "Who are you! Why is there someone I don't know in the team!"

Zhou Yao pushed his glasses, stared at him in disbelief for a long time, and finally murmured: "... This kid is really a good candidate to be an assassin..."

Muto rubbed the back of his head, wondering: "Yes, I also suddenly remembered that my room was supposed to be used by two people, but when I slept at night, I always felt that one was missing. So it was you?"

Bai Hao couldn't help twisting his face and complaining: "Your sense of existence... No, it's more appropriate to say it's the sense of air rather than the sense of presence..."

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was on this teammate who had been neglected all this time, He Qin led Wen Zheliu to stand up without changing his expression, and walked towards the kitchen. When passing by Du Zijun, he cleverly flicked a paper balls on her skirt.

Du Zijun: "?"

She looked back, just in time to see Wen Zheliu took the initiative to hold He Qin's hand, and drew a circle on his palm vaguely.

Du Zijun's face immediately distorted: "..."

Enough is enough!There is no end!Did I trigger some passive skill, so that I would see two men showing affection the moment I turned my head? !

But in fact, Wen Zheliu just imitated He Qin's previous appearance and drew a question mark in his palm.

Because he was really curious about how He Qin found out Gao Xinghan's identity as an inner ghost.

The two of them were already some distance away from the noisy crowd, He Qin no longer concealed it, but whispered in his ear: "I tricked him."

"Is it time to work in company n?" Wen Zheliu's mind was spinning rapidly.

"Hmm." He Qin nodded with a smile, "I said something completely contrary to the facts. In order to ensure fairness, the admission qualifications to the Uncanny Valley will not be distributed to the employees of the group for free. Of course, if they need , and can also be purchased internally at a price that is three times higher than the market price. Moreover, under the unified channel, there will be no barcode identification on the hands of employees at all.”

"So he's lying. His family members don't work in company n at all... Maybe he doesn't have this family member at all." Wen Zheliu frowned, "Why would he lie? It doesn't make sense at all."

He Qin leaned leisurely on the stove, waiting for Du Zijun to come over, "Who knows? Whether it's out of choice, or to completely reject my invitation, since he took the initiative to bump into the muzzle of the gun, he can use a little lie to cheat out of me." A person with a lot of suspicion is still worth it."

While talking, Du Zijun had already walked to the kitchen. Although she couldn't understand the gay atmosphere between the two of them, she still felt that He Qin would not rush to find her because of trivial matters.

"What's the matter?" She held a cigarette and habitually stood with her legs spread apart. She didn't know if it was because of the contrast with her slender body. Wen Zheliu always felt that her posture was better than the sum of the men outside All men.

"We don't have much time, so let me tell you directly," He Qin raised the corners of his lips, and said three words calmly, "Mr. Du."

Du Zijun's impatient expression suddenly froze on her face, her eyelashes trembled, and the gaze she stared at He Qin was like staring at a living ghost.

"You...!" She gritted her teeth and let out a word, then hastily lowered her voice, "How did you find out!"

Wen Zheliu stood aside, and when he heard this Miss Du's almost acknowledging questioning, his inner solidity and firmness seemed to fall to the ground, making a clear and shattering sound...

She was... really a man! !