Chapter 243: Ghost in the Mirror (VI)

After hearing Jie Fangcheng's voice, Zhu Ping's first feeling was inexplicable anger.

While they were escaping death here, busy fighting ghosts, the player on the other end of the phone sounded so relaxed and contented, as if he was not entering a copy of a horror game, but was out for a picnic.

As for Zhu Ping, when she answered the phone, the overlapping ghost shadows soon appeared again, and the atmosphere in the hotel became tense again.

Several players, holding weapons and many with wounds on their bodies, stood up and looked at the approaching ghosts.

The atmosphere was stagnant. The fear of death and humans' natural fear of ghosts shrouded the hotel, and there seemed to be a smell of blood in the nose.

At such a serious moment, Zhu Ping heard that comfortable voice coming from the other end of the phone again.

"Huh? Is there no one here?" The other party muttered this and seemed about to hang up the phone.

"..." Zhu Ping gritted her teeth, "Someone is there."

"Oh!" The person on the other end of the phone seemed to change his posture, and his voice became clearer. "Who are you? Are you a player too?"

Depend on! !

Zhu Ping's face turned pale. The ghosts around her were already very close. She spoke quickly: "You are the first player to get off the train, right? The other players and I are in the hotel near Platform 1. Where are you now?"

"Oh, I'm in Xinxin Home Community." The other party said slowly.

“…”

"Hello?"

Zhu Ping's palm was covered with thick scales. With one hand, she smashed a ghost that rushed over and sent it flying: "Who told you to go to Xinxin's home???"

This player is so cunning!!

Everyone knows that there are many clues in Xinxin Home Community. The earlier you go to the community, the more likely you are to find decisive clues, which will ultimately give you a huge advantage in scoring, and you will get better props and higher points.

But even knowing this, no one rushed forward.

First, although players have their own little ideas in their minds, everyone has to admit that players belong to a disadvantaged group in the dungeon.

Not only is the strength of the BOSS far superior to that of the player, especially in the ghost book, the danger is higher and each ghost NPC is likely to be very powerful.

Even though the ghosts in this hotel don’t seem to be very strong individually, it’s noon now.

There is a very simple universal rule for ghosts: their strength increases significantly at night.

They can barely deal with these ghosts now, let alone at night.

Therefore, players have always worked together in a group within the dungeon but have been wary of each other. At least on the surface, they would try not to fall out with each other, and they must unite when they can.

This is also why, even though they knew there were clues in the Xinxin Home dungeon, the players still gathered together and came to this hotel.

Zhu Ping also believed that after everyone had discussed who would stay at the hotel, even if the person left behind felt uncomfortable, as long as other players agreed, the person left behind would not dare to not stay.

——Because no one dares to be excluded from the player group.

This is one of the reasons why players of this dungeon did not go directly to Xinxin Home.

The second reason is Xinxin Home Community. Since there are clues hidden in this place, there is a high possibility of other dangers.

Because of these two reasons, Zhu Ping never considered whether the player who did not come had gone to the Xinxin Home Community where the clues were gathered to look for clues in advance.

The result was unexpected!!

This kid! Really... Really cunning! He must have thought of this, so he took advantage of everyone being in the hotel and secretly went to look for clues!

Zhu Ping frowned, and the person on the other side was surprised: "Ah? Aren't you coming over here?"

Xie Fangcheng was of course surprised.

It was a rare opportunity for him to use his brain, and he felt that this community must be quite important, so he ran over.

Could he be wrong?

Hearing him say this, Zhu Ping sneered.

Pack!

Install again!

"No." Zhu Ping said unhappily, "We are all at the hotel, come over."

After saying that, she hung up the phone.

As soon as she hung up the phone, all the ghosts in the hotel disappeared.

On Jie Fangcheng's side, as Zhu Ping hung up the phone, the lively scene around him that had just resumed when the call was made disappeared.

What is going on?

Jie Fangcheng scratched his head.

Although it could be heard that Zhu Ping seemed very dissatisfied with him, Manager Xie had a good temper and touched the stick in his hand.

Maybe they have extenuating circumstances? In any case, we still have to meet these players first.

After all, even if we want to fight, we have to meet face to face!

Thinking of this, he walked out of the gate of Xinxin Home Community with a stick in his hand and headed towards the hotel.

Meanwhile, in the hotel.

After Zhu Ping hung up the phone, a player not far from her asked, "What happened?" while reattaching his broken hand.

Everyone was resisting the attacks of the surrounding ghosts while paying attention to the situation on Zhu Ping's side. They vaguely heard Zhu Ping say something very impolitely.

At this time she hung up the phone, everyone freed their hands and turned to look at her.

Zhu Ping said succinctly: "Let's go! Let's go to Xinxin Home!"

"Ah? Then who will stay?" a player asked.

"Let's all go first." At this point, Zhu Ping knew very well that who to keep and who not to keep was no longer the primary issue. Rules had to be set for the team first. Otherwise, if everyone ran away like that cunning player, then those who were left behind would definitely not wait obediently in the hotel.

When they heard her say that they were all going, everyone looked at each other.

Zhu Ping sneered: "If we don't go now, someone will get there first."

Then everyone understood.

A group of people walked out of the hotel quickly and headed quickly towards Xinxin's home.

No one spoke along the way, but their expressions were not very good.

Zhu Ping didn't elaborate, but everyone knew that the other party suddenly called so confidently. Could it be that he had found some clues?

Even if no clues were found, there was this first person among them who was not sociable and did not obey the main group. If this person was not punished, would other players follow suit?

And where is this guy now? He has already gone to look for clues in advance. Maybe he is quite capable. Will he compete with Zhu Ping for the command position?

The originally clear situation suddenly seemed to become confusing again.

Everyone was silent, as if facing a formidable enemy. Some players even wondered, could there be any problem with this unsociable player?

Just as a group of people were thinking this, someone suddenly exclaimed, "Oh my god!"

"Is it that boy?"

Everyone looked up and was stunned.

In the distance, there was a man carrying a stick... no, it seemed to be a table leg taken off a table, and he just carried it on his shoulder as if it were a stick. The stick was shaking as he walked in a slow manner.

There was a little dust on his previously clean white shirt, and his hair was still wet, as if it had just been washed.

The blazing midday sun caused heat to rise all around, and the scenery seemed distorted in the eyes of the players.

The image of this strange player seemed to be somewhat distorted, making it feel even stranger.

From a distance, Jie Fangcheng also saw the players coming from the opposite side.

He waved at the players: "Hi!"

His expression was a little happy.

Jie Fangcheng had different ideas from these players. The players were scrutinizing, doubtful, and wary, but Jie Fangcheng felt relieved after seeing this group of people.

That's what he said! He remembered going this way, and he was on the right track!

This is an early meeting!

The two groups of people with completely different brain waves are getting closer and closer.

When they finally met face to face, Zhu Ping frowned and looked at the strange player in front of him with a complicated expression.

"Why... did you come out?"

Looking for clues in Xinxin's home is a good job that other players in this copy, including Zhu Ping himself, want to grab.

The player in front of me was already looking for clues, and he actually came out on his own initiative?

"Ah?" Jie Fangcheng was even more puzzled than she was. "Didn't you ask me to go to the hotel?"

“…”

"Oh! You're not going now, right?" Jie Fangcheng understood.

"No." Zhu Ping paused, thinking of something, and asked first, "I called every station, why didn't you answer the phone?"

"Oh, my hotel collapsed and my phone is gone."

"? What hotel? What collapsed?" Zhu Ping was surprised. "What happened?"

Jie Fangcheng explained: "There is a ghost."

His explanation was so simple and direct that Zhu Ping was shocked. It took her a while to vaguely understand what he meant.

"You mean, the rest area on the platform you were on was a hotel? And then the ghosts destroyed the hotel?"

Jie Fangcheng made his own inference.

He was resting in the hotel, and just wanted to take a nap, but he was so honest that some ghost ran into his room and acted wildly.

He went to chase the ghosts, but these ghosts dared to run away.

The blame lies with the ghost.

Xie Fangcheng confirmed: "Yes."

Zhu Ping frowned, feeling that this player was a bit weird.

Are you lying?

Zhu Ping found it difficult to understand what he said, and a player next to her whispered a reminder to her.

"Let's go to Xinxin Home first!"

Zhu Ping came back to her senses.

Regardless of whether this player is lying or what other purposes he has, he has not been in Xinxin Home Community for a long time. Even if he finds any key clues, it is estimated that they will not directly affect the completion of the game.

The most important thing now is to go to that community and take a look at the situation.

As for this player...

Zhu Ping looked at him, half testing and half mocking: "Are you going to the hotel at Platform 1 now?"

"Well?" Jie Fangcheng asked, "Shouldn't I join you in finding clues?"

Look!! It’s exposed!!!

Zhu Ping sarcastically said, "You've already gone to that neighborhood first, so you should let us look for the remaining clues as well, right?"

Jie Fangcheng was stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed: "Ah? You mean I go to the hotel to rest and you guys go look for clues? That's not good, right?"

"It's fine." Zhu Ping said coldly.

As a result, she said this, and saw the opposite player's face showing an unconcealed joy: "Oh, I'm so sorry..."

He rubbed his hands together: "Is there anything I can do?"

Zhu Ping: “…”

This kid...isn't he really stupid?

Zhu Ping hesitated.

Jie Fangcheng was straightforward. He simply recounted everything that had just happened in Xinxin Home Community. The way he threw out all the clues at once seemed not to compete for points with everyone, but more like throwing out a hot potato.

The more he talked, the weirder the expression on Zhu Ping's face became. After he finished speaking, Zhu Ping couldn't help but ask, "Is that what you told us?"

"Yes." Jie Fangcheng smiled, "Analyzing clues is not my strong point."

"So what are your strengths?"

Jie Fangcheng waved his stick and made a sword flower: "Fight."

After finishing speaking, he was still very frank: "I am very strong."

Damn it!

What's this kid's trick?

Zhu Ping really didn't understand.

Guan Yingying, who was watching coldly from the side, was at her most alert towards the player named Jie Fangcheng.

This guy's behavior of going to Xinxin Home Community in advance was already annoying and alarming, but from his pretended nonchalant phone call to now pretending to be innocent with Zhu Ping, not only Zhu Ping's vigilance against him has disappeared, even the expressions of the players behind Zhu Ping have changed, from their original dissatisfaction to the current speechlessness.

This guy is really good at eliminating other people's vigilance towards him. Even Guan Yingying lost her guard against him at a certain moment.

Seeing that Zhu Ping seemed to be about to ask him to go back to Xinxin Home Community with her, Guan Yingying quickly spoke up.

"Are you strong?"

"right."

Guan Yingying stared into his eyes and said, "It's like this. The phone number in the hotel is 4444444. We need to connect the phone before the sleep tester activity can start."

As she spoke, she smiled kindly: "I think you have also discovered that only when the sleep tester activity is turned on, there will be shadows of NPCs in Xinxin Home, so we can better find clues. But once the call is connected, many ghosts will appear in the hotel."

At this point, she saw the other party's look of understanding: "Oh, you want me to answer the call after I get to the hotel?"

"right."

Guan Yingying's request was tantamount to telling the other party that she hoped the other party would take a huge risk to make it easier for others to enter the community and look for clues.

This is what you should do!

No matter how nicely he said it or how innocent he acted, the fact is that this player named Jie Fangcheng secretly went to the neighborhood in advance, and they were fending off the ghosts' attacks in the hotel, providing this man with a comfortable environment to search for clues!

What Guan Yingying is doing now is not that she really wants him to go to the hotel to answer the phone. After all, the other party is so cunning that he will definitely not do what she wants.

She was reminding other players: Don't be fooled by this guy! He actually took advantage of her just now!

As a result, she was still thinking about what she would say after Jie Fangcheng refused, so as to better expose the other party's true face, but Jie Fangcheng had already nodded.

"OK."

"Okay... okay?" Guan Yingying was stunned.

"Just pick up the phone and put it over there, right?" Jie Fangcheng asked for details.

After asking, he remembered something: "Oh, by the way, there is a phone in the security room at the entrance of the community. If you can't find a way, just call me."

Manager Jie is so practical!

This group of players worked hard to find clues in the community, and he was resting in the hotel, so he was taking advantage of it. If the phone was connected, these players could also call him if they had any problems that they couldn't solve.

Although given Jie Fangcheng's speed, the other party's body would be cold by the time he arrived at the scene, but at least it was an attitude.

Although Manager Xie doesn't do anything, his attitude is still positive.

In the end, he agreed. Guan Yingying, who had made the suggestion, looked surprised and doubtful, and looked him up and down.

"Did you not hear clearly what I just said?" Guan Yingying repeated, "I mean, after the call is connected, ghosts will appear in the hotel. These ghosts will actively attack you."

"I know."

"…You knew? You knew and yet you still agreed? What would you do if they attacked you?"

Jie Fangcheng said calmly: "Beat him to death."

“…”

Xie Fangcheng asked back: "Is there anything else?"

Zhu Ping was listening at the side and said, "Then how about this, you go to the hotel first, and we'll go to the security room to call you after we get to the community. If you can answer the phone, answer it. If you can't hold it anymore, just hang up."

"Okay." Jie Fangcheng was good-tempered.

Zhu Ping and his group looked at him. Zhu Ping nodded with a puzzled look on his face. "How about this first? Let's look for clues for a while, and call if there's anything?"

"OK."

"goodbye."

"Bye-Bye."

Jie Fangcheng waved his hand, turned around and left.

He was still walking with the stick in his hand, his image distorted on the scorching hot road at noon, and his back looked like a cowboy from a western movie, revealing a strange and unpredictable look.

The group just looked at his back.

Guan Yingying didn't say anything, she understood what Zhu Ping meant.

However, a player nearby asked: "Just let him go like this?"

Zhu Ping nodded.

"Damn... You don't really believe he'll get through to any calls, do you?"

Zhu Ping shook her head: "He won't. But we can't let him stay among us."

It was Guan Yingying's words that reminded Zhu Ping.

No one really knows what this guy is thinking, but no matter what he thinks, if this player follows them, it will be like a time bomb.

"If he is lying to us, then his purpose of lying is probably to harm us. If he is with us, he will harm us sooner or later. If he is not lying..." Zhu Ping smiled.

How is that possible?

Did he really think he was some kind of expert? If he was an expert, why didn't he go to the fifth-level dungeon? What was he doing in the third-level dungeon?

"Let's ignore him for now and go to Xinxin Home Community."

Everyone nodded and headed towards the Xinxin Home Community.

On the way, Iris asked, "Should we still call him?"

"No."

Zhu Ping was very decisive: "It's too uncontrollable for him to be alone in the hotel. Let's just pretend that this person doesn't exist in the copy."

Although Iris didn't understand why, seeing Zhu Ping's confident look, she could only nod thoughtfully.

But Guan Yingying glanced at her.

Zhu Ping didn't let anyone call the hotel. Others didn't understand why, but Guan Yingying was quick-witted and understood it very well.

That strange player named Jie Fangcheng, if he has ulterior motives, he will be the enemy of the players.

But if this person is telling the truth, Zhu Ping's position as commander will be unstable.

Strength is respected in the dungeon. Zhu Ping has always had a bad attitude towards this player. She was sarcastic when she called just now, and she didn't have a good face when they met.

The stronger the player, the worse his temper. If it were Guan Yingying, she would not bet on whether the opponent would retaliate if she became the commander if he was really strong.

"Let's go."

The gate of Xinxin Home Community is clearly visible in front of us.

After entering the community, the players quickly began to look for clues.

When Jie Fangcheng arrived at the residential complex, he was impressed by how huge it was and how hard it would be to find clues. He wanted to just lie down.

The players are quite experienced in finding clues.

There is no need to search building by building and room by room, you must first determine a general direction.

And just now, everyone watched TV in their respective rest areas.

There was a homicide at the gate of Xinxin Home Community.

This must be an important clue.

Everyone still remembers the victim's face clearly. Some players with some painting skills have even used their abilities to draw the victim's face. By following the face, they can quickly find the person's information at the property.

"Found it! Qiao Qiang, from Unit 2, Building 11, No. 104! He runs a community supermarket!"

On the bulletin board of the property office, there are several photos of the owners.

This Qiao Qiang is among them.

In the photo, Qiao Qiang was smiling brightly, holding a bag of vegetables in his hand, looking very simple.

His message was posted below the photo.

"Xiaoqiang Supermarket is committed to serving every owner, and welcomes everyone to come to the supermarket to shop!"

One player looked at the photo and muttered: "This guy runs a supermarket, and judging by the photo, he looks quite friendly and honest. How could he be killed at the gate of the community?"

Zhu Ping corrected him: "He was not killed at the gate of the community, but his body was found at the gate of the community."

There are people coming and going at the entrance of the community, so it is very likely the second scene.

"But there is a security room at the entrance of the community. There are security guards watching. Who would dump a body in public? Or why did they dump the body at the entrance of the community?"

Obviously, this question cannot be answered by just thinking about it in the property office.

Zhu Ping quickly came up with an idea.

"So, we split up..."

Like a movie with the play button suddenly pressed, there were sudden sounds all around.

Under the midday sun, the originally deserted streets were suddenly crowded with people. The sounds of vehicles driving, adults and children talking, and vendors shouting came together, and the players were all stunned by this sudden change.

Just then, the door of the property office was opened.

Two property management personnel wearing black work clothes and holding hand-pulled pancakes walked in. When they saw so many people in the office, they were stunned: "Hey? Are you the owners of the community? What are you doing in the office?"

Zhu Ping came back to her senses, responded quickly with a few words, and waved to the players behind her.

"Walk."

Everyone followed her out of the office.

When they got outside and looked at the people on the street, Zhu Ping and others frowned.

"What's going on?"

While they were still thinking, the people on the street suddenly disappeared again.

What is happening? ?

Before Zhu Ping could figure it out, a few seconds later, there were people on the street again.

? ?

No matter how quick-witted Ren Zhuping was, she was confused for a moment: "What's going on?"

But Guan Yingying thought of something.

"Could it be...that Jie Fangcheng who is calling?"

"???"

"Let's go and check out the security room."

Everyone seemed to float back to the door, and sure enough, they heard the sound of a phone ringing in the security room from afar.

It was noon and the security room was empty.

Zhu Ping answered the phone.

The familiar, itchy “Hello” sounds came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello? Is anyone there?"