Chapter 97 Red Rose Manor 7

Lin Xiang opened his eyes.

It was still the familiar mattress, the same dimness, and the same familiar wheezing sound, as if in the next second, he would faint from being unable to breathe.

He no longer knew what he felt. He just felt physically uncomfortable, mentally empty, and numb.

He quickly sat up from the bed, his body suddenly stiffened, he cursed silently in his heart, and stood up with a stern face.

I picked up the phone on the windowsill and checked the time. It was just past eight o'clock.

He just changed his pants and hurried to the study to study. When he passed by the rules, he didn't even glance at them.

It has been changed beyond recognition.

When he first saw the study rules, he carefully studied them word by word many times, and then compared them with the "Red Rose Castle Life Rules". He memorized them completely clumsily, and recited them word by word while walking.

He originally thought that Xia Bai, Ling Changye and Hua Haoming were there, so he felt safe when he entered the game. But who knew that after waking up, he was alone in this weird castle full of traps. He suddenly became extremely nervous.

Without them, he had to rely on himself and he had to be extremely careful.

There are only rules here, leaving no room for him to use his imagination. He is not good at following rules. His parents have never made him follow any rules, so he can only use the dumbest method to be a good child.

That was the rule he kept in mind and pondered over and over again: he would not go to places he shouldn't go to, and he would not do things he shouldn't do.

First survive and observe, then think about completing the game.

When he first saw the study rules, he knew he had to read the right books, but he didn't know what the right books were for him.

He didn't even know his own identity. He had read the "Rules of Life in Red Rose Castle" and knew that he couldn't look in the mirror here. He looked down at himself and could only see that he had changed into black clothes, and everything else seemed to be unchanged.

In real life, he is a college student majoring in business administration, and there are books on economics and management on his bookshelf.

The study room said that the study time was from 8 to 9 o'clock. As for studying, it was better to read textbooks, so the first book he read was "Principles of Management".

Later, he saw that the number of pages required for reading in the code had changed again, so for safety reasons, he read the book in two parts at two times, and also read another book, "Organizational Behavior".

The same thing happened tonight.

He took out two books familiarly, read one, picked up the other and walked towards the bedroom. He was going to bed now, but he still couldn't give up studying.

When he saw the conflicting time between sleeping and studying, he immediately thought of the students who were doing physical exercises during class and memorizing words with mini word cards. He was grateful to those hard-working students who seized every minute and every second to study, which gave him the inspiration for the weird game and enabled him to know how to deal with this conflicting time.

After lying in bed and reading for a while, Lin Xiang felt that it was already past half past eight. He then got up and went to the study room, where he stayed until nine o'clock, completing an hour of study time and learning tasks.

Only then did he open his diary, impatiently.

The last time he wrote in his diary was his speculations about the internal organs.

He had seen other people's speculations about multiple personalities. In fact, at the beginning, when he first woke up, he had this speculation, because the directionality in the code was too obvious, always making people think that he had mental problems and schizophrenia was about to break out.

But he soon denied this speculation himself.

Because multiple personalities are meant to kill each other, it is too direct. The first three batches of players must have thought of multiple personalities.

If multiple personalities are real, why did they die?

If multiple personalities are fake, then they mistakenly thought they were multiple personalities and killed each other, resulting in total destruction. This is the correct inference.

He did not write in his diary that day, because he was afraid that he might accidentally write something in his diary that would be judged to be untrue or fabricated. He was cautious and would do less and make fewer mistakes.

After he finished reading the rules, the first thing he studied was what he didn't have to do in the rules, because he was just a weakling.

During these two times when he was awake, he spent most of his time lying in his bedroom, which he felt was relatively safe, and letting his imagination run wild. One point emitted countless possibilities, and then he matched them with reality and denied them one by one.

He came up with an idea that might be a bit outrageous, but it could correspond to a body, correspond to physical symptoms, and counter the game's "killing each other" routine.

The idea came from a cartoon he had watched, which was adapted from a comic. The cute protagonists in that comic were all working cells in the body, such as platelets. They worked very hard together to maintain the normal functioning of the body.

They may not be so exaggerated as cells, there are too many cells. Could it be other parts that are responsible for the normal functioning of various functions of the body?

Difficulty breathing means there is something wrong with your lungs.

Lack of energy, not going to urinate, may be a sign of kidney problems, etc.

Maybe it's the internal organs or something like that.

Of course he knew that his internal organs were no match for nine players.

By the way, what exactly are the five internal organs?

“…”

Heart, liver, spleen, stomach, lungs? And more?

Lin Xiang grabbed his hair hard. He regretted not having read enough books when he needed them, and felt stupid when he started playing games.

Xia Bai must know.

He couldn't figure it out, but he felt that his direction might be able to give Xia Bai some inspiration.

He believed in Xia Bai so much, firmly believed that Xia Bai could discover something and would tell them and save his life.

With this thought in mind, he couldn't wait to open the two diaries and saw five more entries.

The first one was written by He Ge, which only expressed her attitude, saying that she would live in peace with other players.

In the second chapter, Lin Xiang frowned and watched, still leading everyone to kill each other.

In the third article, Lin Xiang looked at the paragraphing pattern and started to put together the first word, "仰没是本单".

Lin Xiang: “?”

He read it twice with different intonations before he understood it to mean "Yang Mei is a fool."

Lin Xiang was silent.

Ling Changye would not say that, even though he might think so. Xia Bai would not say that either, he is a good student with excellent character and academic performance, he would not curse. Then it would only be him, Brother Hua.

What Hua said is a bit too much.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiang began to read the diary carefully.

Hua Ge is saying, don't cheat others, because if others die, you can't survive. This is also his judgment on this game.

Lin Xiang then looked at the fourth article, saw the paragraphing pattern, and began to put together words, "Two digs to open the little white flowers."

The second child has small white flowers. This.

This might have been written by Ling Changye and Xia Bai. As he read it, he was more inclined to believe that it was written by Ling Changye.

He is weird and just like Ling Changye who likes to say nice things but seems to be saying nothing in the end.

Xia Bai would tell him directly what was wrong with his thinking.

Lin Xiang also read the diary written by Ling Changye carefully. After reading it, he felt a little happy and a little confused.

He felt that Ling Changye's ideas were generally consistent with his, both related to things in the body, but what did it mean that God was in the body?

God in the body?

Is God in the human heart?

Are they all the gods that this body has worshipped and made wishes to? They have left their spirits in this person's body to bless this body?

No, if that were the case, even if they killed each other and only one god was left, people could still survive.

The study time had passed and Lin Xiang had plenty of time, so he was not in a hurry. He thought about it carefully and had no idea, so he turned to the last article. He guessed that this article must have been written by Xia Bai and Xia Bai would definitely reply to him.

He stared carefully at the first words of the first few paragraphs, and the first four paragraphs were indeed the information left by Xia Bai.

"He Xie Ying Yuan" is "Harmonious Cinema". Lin Xiang knows that Xia Bai has been to this game with Ling Changye. This is the game they know.

After knowing that it was written by Xia Bai, Lin Xiang felt inexplicably relieved and read the diary written by Xia Bai word by word.

When he saw the first paragraph, he frowned. He and Xia Bai had a different view on the first rule.

Xia Bai said that it was correct to keep the bathroom door open, but the rules he saw stated that it should be closed, and this had always been the case.

In the second paragraph, he and Xia Bai had exactly the same physical condition.

So they do share a body, and the problem with his body is not a punishment for breaking the code.

It's not a punishment, he has physical problems, that's the basis for the speculation about his "internal organs", these physical problems are caused by the deaths of other players.

There is indeed nothing wrong with his direction.

Lin Xiang's brows relaxed for a moment, but immediately frowned again. He and Xia Bai had different understandings of study time and sleeping time.

Lin Xiang, who was already having difficulty breathing, almost choked out his breath. This was even more terrifying than comparing answers with a genius student after the college entrance examination and making mistakes every time.

The next part in the math textbook was Xia Bai denying his own conjecture: 9 is 11-2, which was obviously a denial of him.

The following paragraph about mathematics being very direct and not requiring too much thought was directed to him. Mathematical science being able to dispel the metaphysics of ghosts and gods was directed to Ling Changye, referring to the gods in Ling Changye's diary.

These blows were not enough, and then there was another one: Does the sound under the bed need to be cleaned up manually? He pretended to be an obedient child and didn't care at all.

Closing the study door at the end is different.

Seeing this, Lin Xiang has calmed down.

This was not written by Xia Bai.

It is impossible that he and Xia Bai have different understandings of all the key rules.

He believed in Xia Bai and also believed in himself.

This person was deliberately imitating Xia Bai. His first character hint, Harmonious Cinema, was also something that anyone could check. At that time, there was a post in the player communication center exposing Xia Bai, and it included a photo of Xia Bai coming out of the Harmonious Cinema.

If Xia Bai wanted to use the first word hint method, he would not use this kind of information that everyone knows. If he wanted to tell everyone the content, he would not need to use this kind of hint. Now everyone knows that the diary was written by the player.

There is another obvious contradiction.

The time recorded in Ling Changye's diary is "I don't know how many days". He believes that every time he wakes up, more than one day may have passed, so he knows how many times he has woken up, but he doesn't know how many days it is.

This diary contains the words "tonight" and "last night", which means that the writer thought that one waking up was a day. Then why did the diary end with "I don't know how many days"?

It should be written directly on the fourth or fifth day like everyone else.

Lin Xiang was gasping for breath, it was so scary.

He had just broken out in a sweat and thought he was finished.

Fortunately, it was not written by Xia Bai.

But Xia Bai should have responded to him. It was unlikely that he would remain silent at this time just to avoid violating a rule.

Lin Xiang flipped through the pages again, but there was no diary written by Xia Bai on the last few pages.

He did not give up and put the diary in his hands, and searched through it again and again like shuffling cards and counting money. This flipping made him discover the problem.

This diary has a page torn.

Although it was torn very cleanly, a faint gap line could be seen from the side of the diary, indicating its incompleteness.

Lin Xiang cursed very filthyly in his heart.

The torn page was right before the last diary entry. It must be the diary written by Xia Bai, and it must contain a key response to him.

The person in front tore up Xia Bai's diary, and then imitated Xia Bai's diary to write this diary. Maybe he only thought about how to rewrite the content of his diary and forgot to change the ending time.

Where is Xia Bai’s diary?

There must be something important in Xia Bai's diary, which is why it was torn up.

He must find Xia Bai's diary, even if it is in the toilet, he must pull it out. Not only does he depend on the truth about Xia Bai to survive, he also cannot let Xia Bai's hard work be destroyed and let this person harm other people in Xia Bai's name.

The first place he searched was the study trash can. Rubbish cannot be thrown randomly, so he searched inside very carefully to make sure there were no torn diary papers.

Then he began to flip through the bookshelf. He could not look at the books randomly, he only looked at the gaps between the books and reached under the books.

After finishing this work, he almost fainted. Every breath he took felt like a punishment to his body.

It took him about ten minutes to walk from the study to the living room.

After slumping down on the sofa, he began to rummage through the trash in the living room.

He didn't have time. He still had to lie in bed for eight hours, and then go to the study to write in his diary, and write about Xia Bai's diary being torn.

Without energy, people can't do much. Lin Xiang not only felt dizzy, but also had dizziness.

His efforts were not in vain, as he found the torn diary papers in the trash can. However, when he picked up a few small pieces of paper that were torn into pieces, he almost fainted due to an overwhelming despair.

If each fragment is one-third of a word, he can try to put the pieces together. He loved playing jigsaw puzzles when he was a child. But there are only a few strokes on a piece of paper, and there may be hundreds of them in total. How can he put the pieces together?

Lin Xiang collapsed on the sofa in despair for a few minutes, then he turned over again, gritted his teeth and started rummaging through the trash can.

No matter how broken it is, it is still Xia Bai's hard work. It may be the result of Xia Bai's hard work at the risk of his life. He must at least try, try his best.

He put countless small pieces of paper in his clothes pocket and took them to the bed in the bedroom.

Lying on the bed and reading the scraps of paper one by one, when he felt dizzy, he would slap his head hard and pinch his temples. When he felt dizzy, he would do eye exercises over and over again and wipe away the tears that flowed out again and again.

Dirty human skin appeared on the bathroom door. I don’t know whose human skin has come to him again.

The thing under the bed should be crawling out as well.

He can't move.

If you move him again, you will be breaking the rules.

Just pretend not to notice anything and wait for sleep to come.

A few seconds later, Lin Xiang panted and rolled out of bed, and before the rotten hands crawled down from under the bed, he raised his feet and walked out. The human skin in the bathroom entangled his feet, and he was directly pulled down and fell to the floor with a plop.

The human skin was melted by the white light on his feet, and he had even less strength. Instead of standing up, he desperately crawled towards the door, purifying the rotten human skin wrapped around his feet again and again.

By the time he crawled to the desk, he no longer had the strength to stand up.

At this moment, Lin Xiang was extremely grateful to his mother for giving him such a tall figure and such long arms so that he could stretch out his arms with trembling hands to grab the diary on the desk.

But I no longer had the strength to reach for the pen inside.

Without any hesitation, he immediately lowered his head, bit his finger, and wrote his diary with the blood flowing from his finger.

[When I was writing in my diary today, I saw the torn diary. I found the page with "Inner... Notes"]

He collapsed before he finished writing the last word or the last stroke.

Before he fell into coma, Lin Xiang thought, Damn, there are really hundreds of pieces of shredded paper, who could be so cruel?

He couldn't spell it, but he saw the quotation marks.

When putting together a puzzle, one must first find the most core piece, or the piece that can be followed as a clue. The "《》" in this diary is the clue. When he saw half of the book title, he followed this direction to find the other half.

Six pieces of paper spelled out a complete book title, and based on the strokes on the two halves of the book title, he spelled out the two words closest to the book title.

"Inside Notes"

That was all he could do.

Lin Xiang was already feeling extremely uncomfortable, but he was a little happy, so happy that tears were about to flow out.

Next brother, you must give more support.

Ling Changye opened his eyes.

He got up and picked up the phone on the desk, and saw that the time was just past seven o'clock, just like usual.

He felt his body again, put his phone in his pocket, and left the bedroom.

Normally at this time, he would go to the study to read his diary first, but this time he didn't. He picked up the blanket on the sofa and walked straight towards the stairs.

Breakfast time is at 7:30. Normally, he could go to the study to look through his diary and see if there are any new clues. But this time, he couldn't do that because his health was too bad.

He couldn't be sure that his body could walk up two flights of stairs and prepare breakfast in less than twenty minutes.

The kitchen door was open.

The first time he saw the rule "Close the kitchen door" in "Red Rose Castle Cooking Rules", he wondered if this rule was false.

It was because after he finished reading the rules, he turned around and saw that the kitchen door was open.

If everyone here follows the rules, the kitchen door should always be closed unless someone is cooking in the kitchen.

He walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, saw a sandwich, took it out, heated it up, and put it on the dining table.

【2. Eat a balanced diet, don’t be picky about food, and don’t eat the same ingredients for three meals a day. 】

How to achieve balanced nutrition and avoid eating repeated ingredients?

In a safe way, eat your entire breakfast and avoid all the ingredients in breakfast for lunch and dinner.

Others may choose to eat less breakfast, but they may have more choices for lunch and dinner. There are many uncertainties here, and he always acts like this, grabbing everything he can get first, and the present is more important than the future.

He went back to his study to read after breakfast. When he saw that the study time was over, he came out immediately, threw the blanket onto the TV accurately, turned on the TV, and then took the blanket away.

He tossed the blanket back and forth twice on the TV, and then he took the blanket downstairs to eat lunch. The staple food for lunch was bread, which he had already eaten in the morning, so there was no staple food for lunch. You can imagine how weak he was in the afternoon.

I have a lot of free time in the afternoon, and the first thing I do is go to the study to read my diary.

When seeing the diary entry "He Xie Ying Yuan", Ling Changye, who was already listless, raised his eyebrows slightly.

After finding the diary that had previously said that "Twenty-Four Billy" was wrong, Ling Changye compared the two for a while, then opened the last diary and locked on the key clues inside.

The title of a book, what is inside.

While thinking in his mind whether this book existed, Ling Changye searched the bookshelf and soon found the "Notes on Inner Observation".

Without hesitation, Ling Changye took the book and opened it, because he knew that the torn diary was written by Xia Bai.

Xia Bai would definitely reply to Lin Xiang, but there was no new entry written by him in the diary.

This is the key evidence discovered by Xia Bai, and this bloody diary should have been written by Lin Xiang.

He had neither the energy nor the time to study the book carefully. He could only look at the table of contents and flip through it quickly. Even so, Ling Changye, who had the answer in his mind, soon found the undeniable truth in it, the three souls and seven spirits.

He immediately put down the book, left the study with difficulty and went to the living room.

If you stand in the living room and look up during bright daylight, you can see a hole in the roof.

This hole is a little deeper than the one he dug the last time he woke up. Another person helped him dig the hole. This person should be the player who came out during the day, that is Hua Haoming, and it must be White Hua, not Black Hua.

Hua Haoming has a dual personality. He doesn't like talking about this with others. He also doesn't like to use his core skills unless he is on the verge of death, because he hates his secondary personality so much.

Therefore, even the members of the assault team may not know what his in-game identity "Two-Faced Man" is specifically. They would even compare "Two-Faced Man" with "Thousand Faces Man" and guess that Hua Haoming has two faces.

His two personalities are completely different people. The main personality is the original Hua Haoming, a man with a sense of patriotism, the White Flower. The secondary personality is a devil, with a gene of destruction engraved in his bones, the Black Flower.

If a black flower appears during the day, it will not help him continue to dig a hole, so it is better not to seal it directly.

This hole is too difficult to drill. The most useful tools in the castle are the knives in the kitchen, but the kitchen has a rule of "putting things back to their original place".

He didn't have any useful props. Last time he used a stationery knife from the study, but he only drilled a shallow hole. Fortunately, Hua Haoming's soft sword helped him drill a lot, leaving only a thin layer for him, so that he could drill through the hole with almost no energy left.

After finding the right position and launching the surveillance props into the attic upstairs, Ling Changye didn't even have the strength to get down from the chair.

After resting for a few minutes, he got down from the chair with difficulty and immediately turned on his mobile phone to check the surveillance footage.

In the "Red Rose Castle Life Rules", "Don't go to the attic!" was said three times in a row, which was a serious warning.

When he woke up and saw it for the first time, he didn't know the situation and didn't go.

When he woke up the second time, he saw that the attic was the only non-public area he could go to. He had no intention of going there, but he knew that there must be key clues in the attic.

The warning is also a clue. If they want to get the final truth, they can't skip the attic.

He tried various ways to find clues in the attic, including climbing the wall, but none of them worked and he failed.

Now, he finally saw what was in the attic.