Chapter 113 Internal Support

The skill "Right Next to You" is arguably the most powerful of all the Box Girl's skill cards. It can directly kill everyone in a room. However, this skill has a very important activation condition - it must be used after unlocking six skill cards. This is the only good news at the moment.

The newcomer was not comforted at all. After hearing what Ruan Nanzhu said, he burst into tears and said that he should not have opened the lottery. He knew that he had bad luck and had never won even five dollars in decades of buying lottery tickets. But he got something like this.

Lin Qiushi didn't know how to comfort her. To be honest, he knew this girl was indeed unlucky, but at least she only got a skill and didn't get a box girl...

"What should we do? Are we all going to die here?" the novice girl cried, wiping her tears. "If we all stay in one room, will the Box Girl's skill card be unusable..."

"That's not going to happen," Ruan Nanzhu ruthlessly shattered her fantasy. "The door stipulates that everyone can't stay in the same room together. Otherwise, force majeure will occur. Besides, even if the door has special rules and everyone can barely squeeze into one room, if the accomplice finds an opportunity to slip out of that room, the woman in the box will easily capture everyone in one fell swoop."

"What should we do?" the girl asked pitifully, "Can we just wait to die?"

"Who knows?" Ruan Nanzhu did not give her an answer.

The three of them returned to the room. Liang Miye sighed and said that this girl's luck was a little too bad.

"It's really bad." Ruan Nanzhu said, "She can even come up with this."

"Do you think the box girl knows the location of the props in each box?" Lin Qiushi suddenly asked.

"It's hard to say." Ruan Nanzhu shook his head, "But at least the Box Girl knew when we were playing games outside the door." In the board game, the Box Girl plays a role similar to that of a judge. She is responsible for placing all the prop cards, but after placing them, they cannot be moved unless special skills are used.

But the situation inside the door was unknown. Ruan Nanzhu likely guessed that the box girl didn't know the location of these items, otherwise her accomplices in the crowd would probably be able to unleash all her skills at once. By then, no player would be able to escape.

Lin Qiushi nodded, feeling that this made more sense. At the same time, he was still thinking about the traitor. There were still eighteen people left in the room, which was still a large number. It would not be easy to find the traitor among them.

Liang Miye and Ruan Nanzhu chatted casually about the internal accomplice.

Ruan Nanzhu said that he had no idea yet, but Lin Qiushi heard a hint of flaw in his tone. He looked at Ruan Nanzhu and his eyes met his.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "I really don't know who the accomplice is now. They are hiding too well." When he said this, his eyes slowly fell on the wooden box in front of him, as if he was speaking to the box.

"I hope we can find the traitor as soon as possible." Ruan Nanzhu concluded the conversation with this sentence.

As night fell, the villa became quiet.

Lin Qiushi was lying in the darkness, closing his eyes and about to go to sleep when he felt someone squeeze into his quilt. It was undoubtedly Ruan Nanzhu.

The two began to whisper to each other again.

"Are you asleep?" Ruan Nanzhu asked.

"No." Lin Qiushi said.

"I know what you want to ask, but now is not the time." Ruan Nanzhu leaned close to Lin Qiushi's ear and whispered in a barely audible voice, "We'll need some time."

Lin Qiushi nodded. He was always like this. If Ruan Nanzhu didn't want to talk about it, he wouldn't ask.

Ruan Nanzhu also really liked Lin Qiushi's trusting attitude. He reached out and hugged Lin Qiushi, saying, "Go to sleep."

Lin Qiushi closed his eyes, and the two of them fell into a deep sleep.

Outside the door, early morning means the beginning of a new day, but inside the door, when the sun shines through the window and casts golden light on the floor, it means a new round of nightmares.

They were about to open the boxes again, choosing their target from over a hundred boxes. Everyone's heart was hanging high before opening the box. With a slight sound, the answer of life or death was announced before everyone.

Another victim appeared this morning. An old man was unlucky. When he opened the box, he opened it directly and was dragged in on the spot.

Then a terrible wailing sound came from inside the box, telling the others of his miserable end. His companion collapsed beside him, clinging to the box and crying.

Lin Qiushi happened to witness this scene and he sighed softly.

Ruan Nanzhu reached out and turned his face towards her, saying, "Don't look at him anymore. Why don't you look at me more?"

Lin Qiushi smiled: "Okay, I'll just watch you."

Liang Miye kept muttering that she wouldn't starve to death even if she didn't eat, because she had dog food to fill her stomach.

Before having breakfast, they selected two boxes on the first floor and carefully opened them after Lin Qiushi's confirmation.

After the box was opened, a black pen appeared inside.

"Pen Fairy?!" Lin Qiushi recognized this prop. To be honest, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it. This was the first prop they got.

The Pen Fairy is one of the props that players can bring with them in the board game.

The function of this item is to determine the floor where the box girl is, but this item has a huge flaw, that is, once it is used in the room where the box girl is, you will die immediately.

Lin Qiushi picked up the pen and felt a chill in his hand. It looked like just an ordinary fountain pen, but it exuded a vaguely ominous aura.

Lin Qiushi put the pen into his pocket and said, "I don't think it's very useful."

"It will definitely be useful at a critical moment." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Let's go to the restaurant first and see what they have to offer."

They walked into the restaurant and saw everyone sitting at the table in a lifeless state. Some were eating, while others were not even touching their chopsticks.

Ruan Nanzhu counted the number of people. Excluding the person who had an accident outside the door and the one who was crying, there were a total of sixteen people here.

"Did anyone get any key items today?" Ruan Nanzhu asked.

The crowd was silent for a moment, and then an old hand spoke up. He said, "I opened a password card."

"Really?" Ruan Nanzhu's eyes lit up. They already had three combination cards. If they had one more, they would be able to open the safe in the study.

"Really." The man took the card out of his arms and said, "Well... I can do without the key, but I don't want to open the safe." Someone had died before from opening a safe, and he obviously didn't want to take the risk.

"Okay." Ruan Nanzhu nodded.

It seemed that no one else in the room had obtained the props, and it seemed that everyone was unlucky.

Liang Miye also joked that if someone with good luck came here, they would be able to get out in a day or two.

Although this sounds a bit funny, it is true that as long as you are lucky enough, you can easily solve the current dilemma.

After Ruan Nanzhu got the password, he immediately went to the second floor and started unlocking the door.

The others in the room followed him. Sun Yuanzhou stood next to Ruan Nanzhu, watching his movements and asked, "Will there be any problems if you try this?"

"It shouldn't be." Ruan Nanzhu replied, "The password in the board game can also be deduced, and the password in the board game has no order, but the combination lock here does, so even if we get a four-digit password, we must try the order." As he spoke, his hands did not stop moving, and the combination lock in his hand made a clicking sound as it was turned.

About six or seven minutes later, everyone heard a slight sound, and the heavy safe door opened, revealing the things inside.

It was an antique bronze key, a shape they were familiar with - the key to the door.

"Key, key!!!" When people saw the key, they shouted excitedly, and some newlyweds even cried for joy.

After experiencing long-term depression and despair, this key seemed to ignite their desire for life, and everyone's expectant gazes almost became material.

Ruan Nanzhu frowned when he saw the key.

"What's wrong?" Sun Yuanzhou asked him.

"What should I do with this key?" Ruan Nanzhu asked, "Should I carry it with me?"

Sun Yuanzhou was a little puzzled. Who would be willing to hand over this key if they could leave here?

"I'm just afraid the key will be buried," Ruan Nanzhu sighed. "Because if anything happens to someone, all the items they carry will be destroyed...whoever holds the key will definitely become the target of the Box Girl."

"What should we do? Why don't you put the key back in the safe?" a girl whispered. "Once we find the door, we can come back and get the key."

There seems to be nothing wrong with this statement, because the Box Girl has no way to enter the safe, but the premise of this method is that there is no Box Girl among them, otherwise who knows what will happen.

"I'd better keep it with me," Ruan Nanzhu said calmly, "lest someone with ulterior motives take it away."

No one spoke. Ever since Ruan Nanzhu mentioned yesterday that there might be a hidden accomplice among them, the trust between them had become even weaker.

It could be said that for the entire team, Ruan Nanzhu was the only person they could trust. Because if he didn't tell them the purpose of the props and the card skills, they would be like headless flies, crashing into this terrifying house and dying.

Now that I have the key, all that remains is to find the door.

According to the setting of the board game, the key must open the underground passage before leaving, and the underground passage is also set inside the wooden box.

After the crowd dispersed, Ruan Nanzhu said he wanted to talk to someone.

Lin Qiushi said, "Let's go together."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Okay, Mi Ye, you just stay in the room. Too many people will easily attract attention."

"Okay." Liang Miye was very cooperative. She knew that Ruan Nanzhu would not harm her.

Ruan Nanzhu went to a bedroom on the second floor and knocked on the door. After a moment, the door opened, revealing a vigilant face. "What's wrong?"

Lin Qiushi recognized this man. He was the veteran who drove the gasoline prop yesterday. His name seemed to be Ren Ruyuan.

"I have something I want to talk to you about." Ruan Nanzhu said.

"Okay." Ren Mingyuan's attitude towards Ruan Nanzhu was still very good, but the look he gave Lin Qiushi was not so kind. It was obvious that Ruan Nanzhu's disguise provided him with convenience.

"Have you used up your gasoline?" Ruan Nanzhu asked.

"Not yet." Ren Ruyuan replied.

Although he said yesterday that he would use gasoline to open the box today, it seems that he is still reluctant to part with this precious prop.

"Great," Ruan Nanzhu said, "Didn't I tell you the underground passage is underneath the wooden box?"

"Yeah." Ren Ruyuan said, "What's wrong?"

Ruan Nanzhu said, "But what I didn't tell you is... the Box Girl can arrange for herself or the Box Men to guard the entrance."

There was a moment of silence, and Ren Ruyuan's expression twisted: "Are you serious?!"

"Of course I'm serious." Ruan Nanzhu said, "The only way to prevent the box girl from guarding the entrance is to find the key and then find the entrance." Only in this way can we ensure that the box girl does not have time to act, and can directly use the key to open the entrance and leave here.

Ren Ruyuan frowned and continued to listen to Ruan Nanzhu.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "But there is a problem here."

Ren Ruyuan also understood: "Is there an accomplice of the Box Woman among us?!" So they are not sure when the entrance was discovered. If the entrance has been discovered by the Box Woman's accomplice and hidden, then even if they find the key, they will have to face the Box Woman or the box man in the wooden box and will have no way to leave.

"Fuck." Ren Ruyuan couldn't help but curse, and said angrily, "Don't let me find him, or I'll kill him—" After he said this, he also understood Ruan Nanzhu's intention, "You came to me to ask me to leave the gasoline?"

"Yes." Ruan Nanzhu nodded.

Ren Ruyuan didn't say anything.

"This is the only item we've found that's lethal to the Box Girl." Ruan Nanzhu said calmly, neither aggressive nor righteous. "You opened this item, and you have the right to use it in any way you want. I'm just telling you that this item is extremely important."

Ren Ruyuan sighed softly, "Okay, I understand."

Ruan Nanzhu stood up and prepared to leave.

"Which door have you passed?" Ren Ruyuan suddenly asked.

"The tenth fan." Ruan Nanzhu responded.

"Oh." Ren Ruyuan said, "Okay, thank you for your reminder. I will think about it carefully."

Then Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu left Ren Ruyuan's room. Both of them were preoccupied with something. Lin Qiushi was wondering if Ren Ruyuan had used up the gasoline, but Ruan Nanzhu didn't know what he was thinking.

Getting the key was like a shot in the arm that cheered everyone up.

During lunch time, everyone had a heated discussion about the location of the entrance, saying that there were more than a hundred boxes that had not been opened, and as long as they were a little luckier, they would definitely be able to get out of here earlier.

"How can it be that easy?" Sun Yuanzhou poured cold water on the optimism of the crowd, "Aren't you happy too early?"

The newlyweds, all beaming with joy, were stunned when they heard this. One of them whispered, "Brother Sun, what do you mean?"

"We haven't found the insider yet." Sun Yuanzhou said coldly, "Have you ever considered that the insider has already opened a passage, but didn't tell us?"

The room suddenly fell silent, and the smiles on those faces seemed to freeze in an instant.

Ruan Nanzhu lowered his head and ate, not getting involved in this matter. Although he had similar thoughts to Sun Yuanzhou, it was not a bad thing to give these people hope.

"If this happens, we're completely screwed," Sun Yuanzhou said. "We won't open the boxes we've already opened, and the passage will never appear."

The dinner table was deathly silent. The elders were experienced, and most of them had already thought of what Sun Yuanzhou was talking about, so their attitudes were relatively calm. However, some of the newcomers could not bear this sudden blow and shouted loudly: "So what do you say? Are we just going to wait here to die?!"

Sun Yuanzhou glanced at him coldly and said, "If I knew what to do, would I still be sitting here chatting with you?"

Seeing that a fierce quarrel was about to break out, Ruan Nanzhu suddenly said, "Okay, stop arguing, Sun Yuanzhou, I want to talk to you alone."

"Okay." Sun Yuanzhou agreed.

Ruan Nanzhu stood up and walked out of the house with Sun Yuanzhou.

Lin Qiushi used his fork to pick up noodles, eating very seriously. Liang Miye whispered, "Aren't you curious about what they said?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Whatever you're curious about, he'll tell us anyway."

Liang Miye blinked and smiled when she heard this: "I really envy you."

Lin Qiushi looked at Liang Miye in confusion.

Then Ruan Nanzhu and Sun Yuanzhou went outside. Sun Yuanzhou was about to light a cigarette when he was stopped by Ruan Nanzhu: "Don't let me be exposed to secondhand smoke. Here, have some candy." He handed Sun Yuanzhou a candy.

Sun Yuanzhou stared at the small colorful candy with a half-smile on his face: "I didn't expect you to be so childish?"

"My love likes to eat." Ruan Nanzhu replied.

"Are you really in love with Yu Linlin?" Sun Yuanzhou seemed a little unconvinced.

"My second child is already three years old," Ruan Nanzhu lied with his eyes open. "The older one is already in junior high school." A motherly smile appeared on his face. "For them, I'm willing to do anything."

Sun Yuanzhou: "..." He was silent for a moment and sighed, "Being a mother is not easy."

"Yes." Ruan Nanzhu also nodded.

"By the way, what did you want to talk to me about?" Sun Yuanzhou brought the subject back to the main topic.

"I can be sure that you are not an insider, and you can also be sure that I am not an insider, so can we reach a cooperative relationship now?" Ruan Nanzhu asked.

"Why do you say that?" Sun Yuanzhou raised his eyebrows.

"Because I need your help to find an insider." Ruan Nanzhu said.

"How can I help?" Sun Yuanzhou asked.

Ruan Nanzhu pulled out a few pieces of notepaper from his pocket. These notes were all provided by Sun Yuanzhou, and he used them to record the contents of his unboxing. Ruan Nanzhu said, "You gave them to me, right?"

Sun Yuanzhou saw the note in Ruan Nanzhu's hand, and his eyes moved slightly, but soon returned to normal. He smiled and said, "What do you mean?"

"You are all old foxes." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Do you really need me to explain it clearly?" He felt something was wrong when he got the note paper, so he compared it in detail with Lin Qiushi Liang Mi Ye's note paper. Although there was nothing unusual from the outside, there was a very faint smell on the note paper. Ruan Nanzhu has always been sensitive to details, and he realized at the first time that there must be something wrong with the note paper.

However, Sun Yuanzhou's actions did not harm his interests, so he was too lazy to say anything. But it was different at this moment. He needed Sun Yuanzhou's help to determine which boxes the insider had opened.

"Okay." Sun Yuanzhou put the candy into his mouth, "I did tamper with the note." He took out a radiograph from his pocket, shone it on the note in Ruan Nanzhu's hand, and a number "8" appeared on it.

He carried these things with him just in case, but he didn't expect them to really work.

Ruan Nanzhu sighed and said, "Brother Sun, it's okay."

Sun Yuanzhou smiled and sighed, "How can I be as good as you." They all witnessed Ruan Nanzhu's strength. Anyone who could get the tenth clue was indeed not a simple person.

"So you have already determined who the accomplice is?" Sun Yuanzhou asked.

"Probably," Ruan Nanzhu said. "She doesn't look very smart, so how did she get chosen by the box girl?" He pulled another candy from his pocket, peeled it, and stuffed it into his mouth. "It would be so easy if you chose me. I guarantee you'll all be killed in no time."

Sun Yuanzhou laughed heartily. "Kill them all? I'm afraid you wouldn't want to." Anyone with eyes could see the atmosphere between Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi. "Isn't your husband here too?"

"He's not my husband." Ruan Nanzhu blinked and added drama to herself, "He's the one I cheated with."

Sun Yuanzhou's originally brilliant smile froze on his face.

"She's good-looking and good at acting." Ruan Nanzhu's acting urge was finally satisfied. He said, "You can understand, right?"

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Sun Yuanzhou: “…” Sorry, he really couldn’t understand. He seemed to hear the background music of Ruan Nanzhu’s husband change to: I hear the raindrops falling on the green grass.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore." Sun Yuanzhou touched his nose and decided to skip this embarrassing topic. "What are you going to do next?"

Ruan Nanzhu said, "Of course, we should first open all the boxes that the accomplice has opened."

Sun Yuanzhou: "Isn't this a waste of time?"

Ruan Nanzhu spread his hands: "If not this, do you have any other good ideas?"

Sun Yuanzhou: “No.”

"That's it," Ruan Nanzhu said. "Although it's a stupid method, at least it can ensure that we're not wasting our time."