Between life and death [unlimited]

The hard training for two consecutive days and the game this afternoon made the players very tired. It is almost midnight now, and everyone should be in a deep sleep or about to fall asleep.

But after hearing the abnormal noise from the first floor, the rest of the female contestants also came out of the room one after another, wanting to see what happened downstairs just now.

"...What's the matter? Who is messing with this?"

After Cinderella came out of the room, she first looked down on the third floor to see what was going on underneath, but she couldn't see clearly because the lights were not turned on downstairs, so she had to walk down slowly, her tone sounded like Obviously not very happy, "It's been a day, is it going to let people rest?!"

Among them, Cinderella, Shen Yu, and Zhang Jian lived on the highest floor, so she was the last one to come down.But when she had just reached the stairs on the second floor, she suddenly heard another extremely short female scream from below.

"what!"

The sudden scream once again frightened Cinderella, who was walking alone on the stairs, and her heart also jumped.

——It sounds like the voice of Bai Xue who lives on the second floor... Could it be that something happened down there again?

Cinderella quickly realized that something was wrong.

When she walked to the stairs on the first floor and saw the corpse lying on the ground from above, her legs immediately softened.

"Oh my God... unexpectedly, someone died again..." She sat limply on the stairs and muttered incessantly, the slight unhappiness in her heart of being disturbed from sleeping was instantly replaced by deep fear.

Compared with the NPCs in this world, the players are naturally calm.

Shen Yingying and Zhang Jian were in charge of keeping the scene of the crime from being destroyed, so they took the female contestants from the upstairs or the first floor to a living room far away from the scene, and arranged everyone to sit on the sofa.

It may be because in less than a day, two murders occurred in this villa one after another, the atmosphere was a bit dignified for a while, and everyone sat on the sofa in unison and remained silent.

At this time, Uncle Bai, the security guard, didn't know where to contact the upper management, and he went to report Shu Hua to the program team.

In order not to startle the scene, and to facilitate the exchange of clues, the players stood in a place not very close to the sofa in the living room.

Not long after, Cinderella among the NPCs couldn't bear it and broke the silence first.

She looked around the brightly lit surroundings, and after feeling a little calm in her heart, she asked everyone cautiously: "You know...Shu Hua, how did you die?"

Huajing shook her head, "I don't know yet." She glanced at the scene that had not been cleaned up again with concern, and guessed, "Maybe it was because of the fall?"

Cinderella also agreed with this idea, "I think...it's probably because Shu Hua drank too much red wine tonight, and accidentally fell downstairs when he came out just now..."

After all, during the dinner party tonight, Shu Hua didn't drink less because he was in a bad mood, and everyone should still have an impression of this scene.

Then Cinderella looked at the good-looking middle-aged woman sitting next to Huajing, and asked her, "Huajing, this should be your mother, right?"

Huajing's mother gave Cinderella a friendly smile, nodded and said, "Yes, because I came here too late today, and there is no way to go back, so I have to stay here with you first."

As she said that, Huajing's mother hugged her daughter's thin body with some distress, and said with a sigh, "I just never thought that such a thing would happen here..."

After hearing the conversation between NPCs, the players had their own opinions on the real cause of Shu Hua's death.

Before these NPCs came out, Jiang Xun had carefully checked the wounds on the corpses.At this time, he suddenly said coldly to the players: "...the head of the corpse has been hit hard."

"This is also the direct cause of her death."

When Shen Yingying heard what Jiang Lai said, she immediately speculated: "Then...Shu Hua must have rolled down the stairs and fell to his death?"

But after thinking about it again, why did she feel that if Shu Hua just rolled down the stairs, then the chance of her death should not be as high as the chance of being injured?

After all, the stairs here are not very high. Normally speaking, even if someone accidentally falls down the stairs, at most, a certain part of the body will be broken.

Sure enough, someone denied it in the next second——

"Do not."

"It shouldn't be..."

Jiang Lai looked at his teammate who had spoken with him just now.

Si Yufeng smiled at him habitually—it seems that the two of them should have thought of getting together, so he said politely to Jiang Li: "Jiang Li, you go ahead."

Jiang Xun was not polite, and nodded directly in agreement.However, this night's icy moonlight shrouded the cold face in front of everyone, and it seemed a little bit bloodthirsty. "Someone attacked her."

At this time, Si Yufeng followed his teammate's words and continued to whisper to the players: "...The wound on the back of Shu Hua's head is very large, so it must not have fallen when he rolled down the stairs. Hit her with a heavy object."

"Does that mean that the murderer should live above the second floor, or that the murderer was hiding on the second floor just now?" Zhang Jian hurriedly expressed his thoughts, "After all, didn't Jiang Xun immediately go to bed when he heard the movement?" He opened the door and went out, and he didn't see any suspicious figures outside."

Everyone still expressed their trust in Jiang Shuang's reaction speed, which was different from ordinary people.So Zhang Jian's speculation is not unreasonable.

However, Si Yufeng always felt that there were still some details that were ignored by everyone. He always felt that everything - from Susan's death to the present - was particularly "smooth", as if there was some kind of irresistible Factors are driving things forward in the dark.

But asking him to tell what was wrong, Si Yufeng couldn't give an accurate answer for a while.

"Have you ever read detective or mystery novels before?" Si Yufeng suddenly asked everyone a non-existent question.

Zhang Jian looked at Si Yufeng suspiciously at first, as if wondering why Xiaofeng would suddenly ask such a question, and then he replied definitely: "I have seen it. What's the matter, Xiaofeng?"

"Could it be that Father Si feels that what's happening now is very similar to the plot in a certain detective novel?" Shen Yingying also asked at this time.

Jiang Shuang didn't answer.Because he had never read any novels before, he naturally couldn't answer his teammates' questions.

What is strange is that Shen Yu has never spoken - not only now, but he has been like this since everyone discussed the task just now.I don't know what is the reason why he no longer speaks freely and freely like before.

But Si Yufeng shook his head at the crowd, and denied: "That's not exactly what it means. The 'Blizzard Villa' mode in this case's reasoning, that is, the 'Island' mode, you should have heard of it, right?"

At this time, only Shen Yingying, who was still young and fond of reading extracurricular books, nodded and said, "I know that! Agatha Christie's "And There Were None" is the representative work of the 'isolated island' model that Father Si said."

"Eh? What does that mean?" These contents have touched Zhang Jian's knowledge blind spot, so he asked Shen Yingying: "Little girl, can you tell everyone?"

Shen Yingying continued to tell everyone: "Simply put, this model refers to a group of people trapped on a small island that cannot communicate with the outside world, or in a mountain villa that is blocked by a snowstorm, so even if something happens later Due to these unexpected events, people trapped here have no way to leave due to this extreme environment."

"Fuck, aren't we in that 'island' mode now?"

After Zhang Jian heard Shen Yingying's explanation, he suddenly thought of everyone's current situation - "Can't communicate with the outside world", "There is no way to leave", "Some accidents", this is not the experience of the players in the past two days ?

"Senior is right." Si Yufeng took the lead, and continued to talk about his thoughts with the players, "In this mode, the murderer may be hidden in the crowd, or he may always be behind the scenes."

"Also, what I didn't finish talking about in the room before is that I think the murderer is killing people according to a certain pattern. Based on the summary of the character of the dead NPC just now, I always thought that the murderer killed people based on these characters that can represent sin. .”

"Shu Hua stands for 'greed' and Susan stands for 'selfishness'... These are not the 'seven deadly sins' that people often say, but they are all human sins recorded in the Bible, and they are also sins that many human beings will commit."

As soon as these words came out, Si Yufeng in the eyes of the players once again recovered the holy brilliance inherent in the image of "priest".

Zhang Jian, who finally understood it until then, subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "...if we can't catch the real murderer, then we will also be given by the murderer according to this rule..."

"What crime would I represent..."

Shen Yingying said quietly at this time: "I think it's the crime of idiot..."

"you!"

Zhang Jian looked at the young face in front of him that was exactly like Shen Yu, and still called her out of habit: "No, little girl! Why are you sharper than before after you changed your gender?"

"You just changed your gender!" Shen Yingying gave him a blank look, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Shemale..."

Zhang Jian, who was called a "shemale" for no reason: "..."

——The conscience of heaven and earth!What he meant just now clearly meant that Shen Yingying's character had suddenly matured!

But at this moment, Jiang Lai suddenly interrupted them and asked Si Yufeng directly: "So... what do you think is unreasonable?"

Zhang Jian, who was busy arguing next to him, immediately widened his eyes and looked at Jiang Xun and Si Yufeng in confusion—what's going on?What charades are these two playing?If he didn't speak well just now, why did Jiang Lai suddenly ask Xiaofeng what was unreasonable?

Is there really something unreasonable?Or are these two people performing a tacit understanding between them?

Is this a disguised show of affection in front of these single dogs?

Apparently, Si Yufeng didn't expect his teammates to know him so well... After all, he didn't say the next sentence, and Jiang Lai directly picked out the problem.

Maybe the two of them have been doing tasks together for a long time, and they have really cultivated a tacit understanding of "as long as you say the last sentence, I can take the next sentence"...

"Ahem..." Si Yufeng ignored Zhang Jian's frequent scrutiny, and then expressed his confusion to them, "The name of the mission is 'Original Sin', right?"

"Well, yes." Even after being feminized by the system, Jiang Xun's tone was as cold as ever.

Si Yufeng also said: "But 'original sin' in the Bible refers to the sin deep in the human heart. It is also because of original sin that Adam and Eve ate the holy fruit, and it is also believed that people will commit crimes in the Bible. the real reason."

"Is there anything wrong with this?" Zhang Jian was dumbfounded. Is there something wrong with the sins represented by "Original Sin" and Shu Hua and Susan?

"No. There is nothing wrong with it." Si Yufeng replied: "On the contrary, it is precisely because of this overly logical logic that I feel that this mission should not be as simple as it seems on the surface."

"Remember the 'patch' that the system applied before? That is, the sentence that players may die in this mission."

"Yes." Everyone replied in unison.

"Since we have discovered the rules of the murderer's killing so quickly, is it actually easy to find a way to avoid death? Why did the system add such a sentence?" This is a puzzlement of Si Yufeng.

It stands to reason that games with this kind of patch should all be missions with a relatively high difficulty level, but this mission does not look like this from now on.

Perhaps it was this unusually smooth but contradictory feeling that made Si Yufeng feel uncomfortable.

At this time, Zhang Jian suddenly said: "Wait, wait...Xiao Feng, don't rush to say what you think is unreasonable, I want to hear from you first, what should we do to finish this game quickly?" He is still more interested in the idea of ​​taking a shortcut.

But unexpectedly, Si Yufeng's tone was a pause.

He first carefully glanced at the group of NPCs from the corner of his eye, feeling that they didn't notice the strangeness on the players side, and then lowered his volume as much as possible, and whispered to everyone: "...Our mission content is all requirements' The only debut', including Yingying who did not become a member of the draft, is also like this, right?"

However, what Si Yufeng said next was more like a bomb with heavy power was suddenly thrown into the calm water.

"About this 'only debut', I think it can also be understood as 'the only survival'."

"If only one person survives in the end, does that mean that only that person made his debut? Obviously, combined with the patches provided by the system, this is the 'shortcut' I mentioned just now."

Hearing Si Yufeng's explanation, Zhang Jian and the other three were unable to say a word for a moment.

After a while, he murmured: "Is this what the system... encourages us not only to kill others, but also to 'suicide' in the end?"

"I'm afraid that's the case." Si Yufeng replied: "Or, someone can 'suicide' for you. In short, as long as there is only one person left, the game can end early."

His tone sounded calm, even cold-blooded.

So Jiang Lai glanced at his teammates, as if his usual perception of Si Yufeng had changed.

Shen Yingying, as a member of the team with relatively poor psychological endurance, said to everyone: "Let's not take shortcuts... Whether we do it ourselves or someone else does it for us, just thinking about that scene makes me feel very uncomfortable." Difficult to accept……"

"No matter who does it, it's too cruel..."

Zhang Jian, who had been calling for a shortcut just now, also expressed his agreement: "Forget it, we should complete the mission honestly and wait for the final debut...Although I have died once in the real world, but I don't want to experience 'died young' again."

Hearing the true thoughts of the two of them, Si Yufeng did not continue to say anything.

Originally, he just thought of this "opportunistic" method based on the system's supplements and task content, and he didn't say that he must do it in this way.

As for whether the players can complete the task by "waiting for the final debut" as Zhang Jian said, Si Yufeng actually has no idea.

But now we can only take one step at a time.

When it was almost dawn, Uncle Bai finally came back from the outside. It seemed that he should have notified the program team.

So players and NPCs who have stayed up almost all night can finally go back to rest, and then continue to prepare for the daytime show.

Yes, even though two "accidental" deaths have occurred in this three-story villa, the draft members still have to bite the bullet and continue to complete the variety show content they signed before in accordance with the contract.

In 20X0 - this era of entertainment to death, there is no such thing as quitting halfway.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: Serenading 1;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 9 bottles of small sweet potatoes; 1 bottle of Junxie and Qianye Junmu;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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