Strange story player

In the back seat of the red car, Yue Qiuchi looked pale.

This "Xia Nan" is a ghost!

She was so sure!

The first call just now showed "Unknown", just like the previous call from "her".

But when the real Xia Nan called, there was an obvious number displayed, even though the number was unfamiliar.

Moreover, what "Xia Nan" just said was: "Ms. Liu has cleared the customs. She told me her contact information. Come back soon! Miss Liu herself doesn't know how to clear the customs. We need to discuss it together."

At that time, she felt something was wrong. Now that she thinks about it, her words "Come back soon" were too strange... There was no way anyone knew where I was, only ghosts knew.

However, "Xia Nan" used the word "come back".

The second call back was also very strange. "He" even directly exposed himself and said something like "Wait for me where you are."

And the last unsolicited phone call was the real Xia Nan!

but……

She didn't dare to move.

Li Gui pretending to be "Xia Nan" was driving, and Yue Qiuchi couldn't figure out what was going on despite racking his brains.

If "he" is a ghost, "he" has found me now, why hasn't he done anything yet?

Could it be...that my scheduled death date has not yet arrived?

But that’s not right. If there is a scheduled death date, then what’s the point of attacking me at the mahjong table?

If the death date is scheduled, according to the rules of the game, I should die.

Is it just to scare me? Because it’s not my turn to die yet, so even if I’m cursed, what will happen?

Yue Qiuchi thought about it over and over, but still couldn't figure it out, but she didn't dare to act rashly. No matter what play this ghost was singing, she could only play with "him" now.

At this time, Xia Nan's voice came from the mobile phone. His voice was very low: "Miss Yue, have you encountered it? If so, please answer it. If not, please answer it."

"good!"

Yue Qiuchi didn't expect that Xia Nan didn't hang up the phone, and not only kept listening, but also gave her advice.

On the other side, Xia Nan huddled in the corner of his home. He didn't let any light appear in the room. Even when he had to press the screen to make a call, he would move the phone away to try not to be illuminated by the light.

Hearing what Yue Qiuchi said at this moment, Xia Nan was thinking quickly.

The curse has found Yue Qiuchi, but she is not dead...

Ghosts don't let humans go without any reason.

Although it is a companion creature of the curse, it is no different from a ghost. Yue Qiuchi is still alive, which only means that it cannot kill her now, or... it has other purposes. For example, it can use Yue Qiuchi to find other people and kill them all. ?

In short... that thing is with Yue Qiuchi now, but it didn't hurt her.

This seems to coincide with the phone call he made with Su Yu before, as well as his speculations.

A few of us have already...

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five minutes ago.

Su Yu's cell phone rang after he had just escaped from the nightclub. It was exuding astonishing malice, but he didn't answer it.

Then, he heard the voice in his head——

"Liu Jingqing, cleared."

Is this the first time?

The first thing that occurred to him was not that Liu Jingqing had passed the level.

But for the first time, when a player clears the game, [Tongjie] will actually report it? It is also the first time that a player has completed the game, but other players in Kaitan have to continue.

This seems to indicate that this time [Death on Schedule] seems to be a five-person team game, but it is fundamentally an individual game.

Whether other players pass the level or not has little to do with you.

However, since someone has passed the level, you can learn from the other person's ideas.

But at this moment, his cell phone rang again!

This time there was no malice spilling out of the phone, so even though the number was unfamiliar, he pressed answer.

"Hello? Is it Su Yu?"

It was Xia Nan who called?

"yes."

"I'm Xia Nan, you should have heard. Miss Liu has cleared the customs. She doesn't know the reason for her clearance, but the clearance scene is at her home. I'm going to go check it out. Do you want to come?"

"Come!" Su Yu's eyes lit up when he heard it halfway. This was a good opportunity.

"Okay, I'll send you the address."

"Do you know Mr. Cao Xiangrong's contact information?"

"He's dead." Su Yu replied.

Xia Nan was silent for a moment: "Really? It seems that you have already confirmed it."

"Can you tell me how Mr. Cao Xiangrong died?"

"I don't know," Su Yu really didn't know, but after pausing for a moment, he still expressed his guess, "But... the number of people, this is my guess."

"When he was in the stage of welcoming the ghost stories, there were too many people around him. The number of people is likely to be the basis for the order of death."

Number of people?

Xia Nan raised his brows and said to him with his cell phone: "My guess is that there was light. In the ten seconds of darkness when the ghost story came, something came. I am still confirming. So far, I have not been cursed at all. No impact, nothing unusual happened around me.”

"Have you been in the dark?" Su Yu asked.

"Yes," Xia Nan nodded, "When the ghost story came, the light was wiped out. I wanted to try to restore the situation at that time, so I didn't turn on the light."

Is it light... Su Yu also fell silent.

If it is true, then the nightclub is indeed a place with flashing lights and many people. No wonder Cao Xiangrong died without any room for maneuver.

"Why do you think there was ten seconds of darkness before the ghost story came? I saw...even the moon was extinguished." Su Yu raised his head and glanced at the moon. His gray hair was a little conspicuous in the moonlight.

The moon...went out? !

Xia Nan had just learned about this kind of thing, so this was even more certain... However, after combining all his speculations, the answer that appeared in Xia Nan's heart was an extremely terrifying guess!

"Su Yu... tell me, in those ten dark seconds, will we..."

"already dead?"

A gust of cold wind blew from all corners of the street, causing Su Yu to get goosebumps all over his body.

Could we be dead?

When he heard this sentence, Su Yu's head buzzed, as if he had received a huge shock!

"I have thought about it for a long time. This strange story is called [death as scheduled], but we don't know "death as scheduled" at all. How can it be "as scheduled"? If the curse hits us at any time and causes our death, it will be considered as scheduled. This strange story has lost the fundamental logic of its existence.”

Xia Nan said word by word, his eyes flashing: "So I think there is only one possibility."

"We were already dead at the moment when the strange stories came."

"Already...died as expected at the same time."

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