Flirting with old enemies in escape games

Ji Wuhuan and Nie Yuan were able to confirm that "Zhang Xiangcai" was dropped.

It was because he seemed to have no memory of Zhang Xiangcai and didn't know what happened last night.

But without what happened last night, would they be able to find out?

Ji Wuhuan thought for a while, and the answer was "no".

This "Zhang Xiangcai" is almost identical to the original Zhang Xiangcai, only in terms of appearance and voice.

In other words, if it were not for a coincidence, they might not have discovered that this "Zhang Xiangcai" was no longer the original Zhang Xiangcai.

Even if his intuition told him that something was wrong with Zhang Xiangcai, he was not familiar with him after all, and his understanding was very limited.

So if this "Zhang Xiangcai" deliberately said less and less, deliberately covered up, if it was just ordinary communication and interaction, it would not be discovered at all.

This is the case with Zhang Xiangcai who has been together for nearly three days, let alone other people. So far, Ji Wuhuan has not even spoken to these players, so if it is really replaced by a swap, it will definitely not be discovered.

Are they still the same?

Just thinking about it, Ji Wuhuan felt a little creepy, and couldn't help shivering.

There is a group of unknown things, pretending to be players, mixed among them, and they are sitting around him now.

In the past two days, they ate together, traveled together, and even lived in the same room.

Everything they say and do is monitored at all times.

It's no wonder that the people here can easily grasp their dynamics. It turns out that there has been an inner ghost for a long time.

So which ones are players now, and which ones have become ghosts?

Ji Wuhuan thought about it carefully, there are 15 players in total, 6 of them are newcomers, on the first day, including Zhang Xiangcai, except for the white-collar woman who is allergic to alcohol, 5 of them drank this wine.

In the process of recalling, he remembered some details.

For example, when the high heels appeared yesterday morning, the chunky young man who said he went to the bathroom in the middle of the night and the girl in the beige cotton coat were both newcomers who drank alcohol on the first day.

For another example, the chunky young man subconsciously raised his left hand.

Could it be a coincidence?

If they are really replaced, it is conservatively estimated that more than 5 of the players are already ghosts.

At this time, Ji Wuhuan pretended to be drinking porridge, but secretly observed them.

Perhaps they have noticed that they have been noticed. At this time, they always use the right hand to hold the spoon when eating porridge, talking and laughing happily, and it seems that there is nothing unusual.

When they ate yesterday, they didn't move their chopsticks, they just drank, and they could hold the glasses with both hands, so they were not suspected.

Yesterday, several old players relaxed their vigilance and participated in the drinking, at least 4 of them, and besides Zhang Xiangcai, he was not sure if anyone else went out last night.

If they were all recruited, wouldn't there be more than nine already?God, more than half of them.

Ji Wuhuan took a deep breath, became vigilant secretly, and leaned towards Nie Yuan calmly, trying to stay away from the people around him.

At this time, Nie Yuan was resting his chin with his hands, smoking a cigarette between his thin lips, and the corners of his eyes were slightly drooping, he was also secretly scanning the people at the dinner table.

Seeing him smoking, Ji Wuhuan suddenly remembered the past.

When he was only in junior high school, Nie Yuan was in the rebellious period. He followed some street gangsters to hang out with the society, often played truant, and became a standard delinquent boy. He smoked, drank, fought and did everything. I can't control him.

Ji Wuhuan was very happy when he found out, and personally took Mr. Nie to arrest people. He caught Nie Yuan, who was smoking and fighting in the alley, and beat him to the ground. He was also scratched by a stone on the ground, blood was flowing, and when he was lying on the hospital bed with stitches, he still had the appearance of "I would rather die than surrender, and never admit defeat".

Mr. Nie is also a ruthless person. He actually told the doctor that he deserves to die without anesthesia. Nie Yuan was stubborn at first, but he just got three stitches and couldn't bear it anymore. He immediately admitted his mistake and vowed never to play truant again. Never smoke again, never dare again!

On the day he was discharged from the hospital and returned home, Ji Wuhuan was still in the mood for a big run, happily beating gongs and drums for him at the door, and almost pulled up a banner to publicize it to the people in the street. He was about to beat him up, and was happy to be seen by Mr. Nie again.

Of course, now that Nie Yuan recalls the things he did with his "big brothers" more than ten years ago, it is naturally difficult to describe it in words.

That's why Ji Wuhuan often said "I want to tell your grandpa", just to expose his dark history and step on his painful feet!

Seeing him smoking now, Ji Wuhuan really wanted to call Grandpa Nie immediately and tell him to beat up Yuanyuan!

In fact, Nie Yuan didn't inhale into his lungs at all. He lightly held the cigarette between two fingers, and just pretended to pass it through his mouth.

It wasn't until after breakfast that Tan Song came down from upstairs.

He didn't sleep all night last night, and he didn't go back to the room, because he felt that it was easier to be caught in a narrow room, so he sat alone in the spacious yard, fearing that Yao Shihua would come to the door , until dawn, a player got up, and he was safe and sound. As soon as he relaxed, he couldn't resist the drowsiness immediately, so he went back to sleep for a while. Said: "I'm fine!"

Hearing this, the players became excited, especially the few newcomers, as if they saw the hope of surviving, they were very excited.

"So smashing the mirror can break the curse of the mirror ghost?"

"Sure, otherwise, why are Tan Song and Lu Wei okay?"

"Then can we go directly to Yang Fa's house?"

Almost half of the game time has passed. The system task is to "find out the truth about the disappearance of Yang Fa's family", but so far they have not dared to enter Yang Fa's house. Who knows if there is a mirror inside?People cherish their lives, if they bump into Yao Shihua when they go in, there will be no place to cry.

But now seeing that Tan Song is safe and sound, the players seem to have caught a life-saving straw, and they are overjoyed.

Ji Wuhuan and Nie Yuan looked at each other, and sneaked out while no one was paying attention.

Before going to Yang Fa's house, they had to verify one thing.

When I walked into the kitchen, the proprietress was chopping meat, and I didn't know what kind of meat it was, and it smelled particularly horrible.

Ji Wuhuan pretended to approach her casually, and looked at her carefully.

She was still wearing the dark jacket and red apron, she looked safe and sound, and she showed a kind smile when she saw Ji Wuhuan: "What's the matter, young man?"

Looking at her smile now, I can only feel an unspeakable weirdness. Of course, no matter how panicked Yingdi Ji was, he was still the innocent and harmless student on the surface, and asked sweetly: "Ma'am, ma'am, may I ask the mayor?" , Where did the deputy mayor go?"

The proprietress thought for a while and replied, "They should still be at home now. Here, the yard diagonally across from our street is the deputy mayor's home. The mayor is temporarily staying in his home."

Ji Wuhuan nodded slightly, and after leaving with Nie Yuan, he was about to go straight to the opposite yard, when Xie Shu called out to him as soon as he reached the street: "Hey!"

He didn't go with his companions, he ran over all by himself, suddenly called their names enthusiastically, then reached out and shook his hands: "Lu Wei, Nie Shengjing, where are you going?"

"Eh? Let's go..." Although Ji Wuhuan felt strange, he stretched out his hand subconsciously, but found that he stretched out his left hand!

Nie Yuan's eyes froze, he suddenly pushed Xie Shu's hand away, pulled Ji Wuhuan behind him, and made a defensive posture, but Xie Shu breathed a sigh of relief: "Sure enough, you also know?"

Ji Wuhuan was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly reacted.

Xie Shu is trying to shake hands with his left hand. If he is left-handed, he will do it naturally, and he will not find any problems.

"My companion has also been replaced." Xie Shu frowned: "Jing Yi went out last night, when asked, he said he went to the bathroom, I didn't care at first, but this morning we talked until yesterday He couldn't answer the question, and later said that he didn't fall asleep last night, and he was not in good spirits." He managed to get over it.

If it was someone else, they might have been fooled, but Xie Shu looked extroverted and careless, but he was actually a very careful person.

In this horror world, any strange place would attract his attention. Later, he found an opportunity to test it out, and was surprised to find that this companion turned out to be left-handed too!

At the dinner table just now, he saw Nie Yuan's actions and immediately guessed his intentions.

"I'm not sure if the other companion has been replaced, it would be dangerous to stay with them."

"Then why are you looking for us?"

"Lu Wei was trying to test Zhang Xiangcai just now? And you look very familiar. If one of them is replaced, the other will definitely recognize it. It is unlikely that it will be replaced silently." Xie Shu explained: "My These two teammates met on the forum, this is the first time they have cooperated, and they are not very familiar with each other, so compared to them, I think you are more reliable."

Nie Yuan and Ji Wuhuan said in unison: "We just met each other!"

Xie Shu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh? Is that so? I thought you two knew each other a long time ago. I saw that you all have a tacit understanding in everything you do. I heard you introduce yourself before, saying that you are an old player and a newcomer. I thought it was something special. What fun!"

Nie Yuan was expressionless: "No, your illusion."

After finishing speaking, both of them felt guilty at the same time.

Ji Wuhuan was so frightened that he hugged his little vest tightly. He took out the small book with cartoon patterns and the signature pen with rabbit ears on the cap that he carried with him. When he turned the pages, there were Chinese notes written on the first few pages.

He handed it to Xie Shu, showed a soft smile, and said softly: "Mr. Xie, please write a few words."

Xie Shu nodded, took it calmly and wrote down a few words to prove that he is not left-handed, and turned out the photos on his mobile phone, covered his face, and showed them: "I have a mole on the back of my right arm. I have had it since I was a child." .”

After speaking, he rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, and there was indeed a large mole on it.

The background of the photo is at the entrance of a bookstore, which is obviously not a building in a small town, and the mole looks exactly the same.

According to the face pinching tutorial on the forum, some original things may be kept randomly when entering the game.

For example, in the last round of games, the scars on Wang Mingyang's face, Ji Wuhuan's eyes, and the scars on Nie Yuan's arms, but this round of games may have kept the birthmarks and scars on his body, because they are not very important. So Ji Wuhuan didn't delve into it.

After the three confirmed each other's identities, they temporarily reached an alliance. After all, they don't know how many people have turned into ghosts. It's a good thing to have one more person who knows the truth.

Just in case, they also agreed on a secret code, and before saying anything important, they must check the secret code first to avoid being stolen by ghosts.

Because it is still not completely sure whether they trick people out and kill them at night to change into his appearance, or can they actually change their appearance at will?If it's the latter, it's almost impossible to guard against.

"Aren't you going to Yang Fa's house together?" Xie Shu asked curiously.

Just as Ji Wuhuan was about to answer, he saw the courtyard door across the street open, and the mayor and deputy mayor just came out.

"Hey guys, where are you going?"

Ji Wuhuan said that after breakfast, she was a little bit full, and just strolled around.

The two npcs left without asking any further questions.

As soon as they left, Ji Wuhuan and Nie Yuan looked at each other and said at the same time.

"They're all right!"

Now that he has reached an alliance with Xie Shu, Ji Wuhuan didn't hide anything, and told what Nie Yuan did yesterday.

Xie Shu was very surprised: "What?! You guys are really daring! I never thought about it, what should I do if the npc is really dragged away by the mirror ghost?"

What's more, he didn't know that Nie Yuan had thought about killing an NPC before without the mirror ghost.

Now that things have happened, Ji Wuhuan is no longer surprised. After knowing that the townspeople here are lying, they are skeptical of everything they say.

Just don't know what the truth is?Since being caught in the mirror will not kill you, it means that Yao Shihua's story is probably not like this.

Maybe she is not a mirror ghost?She didn't curse here?She...wouldn't exist at all?

Just as Ji Wuhuan thought of this, Nie Yuan suddenly said: "Yao Shihua is also fake."

"Fake? What do you mean?"

"When I saw her, she wasn't in the mirror, she was outside."

"what do you mean……"

"If she is really a mirror ghost, shouldn't she be in the mirror? According to the townspeople here, her method of killing people is to capture people from the mirror."

In fact, Nie Yuan thought about this question at the time, but in the horror world, there are all kinds of ghosts, so he didn't study it carefully.

"No, you said she is not a mirror ghost, so who is she?" Xie Shu was a little confused.

But Ji Wuhuan immediately understood what Nie Yuan meant.

"Brother Lu, what do you mean to say, she is not a real mirror ghost, but a person in disguise? A townsman here?"

"Ah."

"But why would they do it?"

As soon as this question was asked, Ji Wuhuan immediately thought of the answer.

At the beginning, when the players came here, they might not believe the story of the ghost in the mirror, especially the new players who entered the game for the first time—I told Ji Wuhuan that there were ghosts and monsters in this world a few months ago, and he didn’t believe it either. will believe.

The scene played by the mayor and the deputy mayor naturally involved the story of Yao Shihua's curse, and it happened to be...

No, thinking about it now, the door might not have been blown open at all.

This is probably also a trap they set in advance.

Later, the surrounding townspeople continued to tell the story of Yao Shihua, telling them how terrible the curse was, and what Nie Yuan and Tan Song saw with their own eyes made the players believe it even more.

So what is it that they have orchestrated such a big scam for?

The answer is about to come out.

"They're trying to trick us into smashing mirrors!"

"Oops!" Xie Shu's face changed drastically: "They have already smashed the mirror."