Role

It was not until the early morning, at dawn, that He Lizhou and Jiang Jiang returned to the room and reunited.

Xu Zian was waiting anxiously, circling in the room. As soon as the door opened, he rushed over, "You guys are finally back. I thought something happened to you. How are you? Have you found them?"

He Lizhou smiled and nodded, "Found it, it's in Uncle Zhao's room."

Xu Zian observed He Lizhou and didn't see any obvious injuries, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "Where's Jiang Jiang?"

Jiang Jiang released the poisonous snake Wenwen, who raised his head and spit out a letter to Xu Zi'an, "We found it, thanks to Wenwen who called many friends to help."

Late in the night, after Wenwen summoned the poisonous snake, a small green snake finally swam back and took Jiang Jiang to Bailiyi's room.

There was a very small stain on the carpet in Bailiyi's room. Wenwen sniffed it carefully and felt a faint poison. Perhaps because it had been too long and the stain was very small, it was not easy to detect, so Wenwen missed it the first time.

Then the way the NPC in the room where Baili Yi lived died was also clear: from poisoning.

Xu Zian smiled, "I've gained a lot tonight - I've researched other talismans, one of which is a talisman that can predict the future. After I burned it, the magician in the Western Tarot card appeared..."

His expression was hard to describe, and he was obviously still struggling with the strange combination of Chinese and Western culture. "I don't understand. What does the appearance of a magician mean?"

Jiang Jiang thought thoughtfully, "The Magician card is usually about showing creativity, performance, and talent."

But what does this have to do with foreseeing the future? Only by showing your talent can you get out of the dungeon?

This is something that everyone knows and there is no need for the cards to hint at it. The Tongtian Talisman will most likely not give everyone a very obvious answer.

He Lizhou remembered something, "Did you hear any sound when you first entered the dungeon?"

He was talking about the voice that asked him to persecute other players. He Lizhou even rolled up Chen Ling's bedding and hid it on the third floor.

However, when He Lizhou asked, no one responded. Looking at Xu Zian and Jiang Jiang, they seemed to be waiting for He Lizhou to speak.

Blocked.

He Lizhou was shocked. What he had just said was blocked by the copy, which meant that this direction was correct.

When they enter the copy, on the surface they are inside the copy, but in fact, they are playing a "role" and have arrived in another world. Outside are the "audience" watching their performance, and there will also be a "director" directing the play and pushing the plot forward.

This also explains the conflict between the tasks issued by the system and the tasks after arriving at the castle.

When the system issued the task, they were still not in the "actor" state, but after arriving at the castle, perhaps when they were preparing to go to the castle, they had unknowingly entered another time and space. If they had not thought of this, perhaps everyone would have followed the "script" and all would have died tragically.

Their mission is clearly to "recognize the original world and return to the correct world", so who is guiding them to follow the "script"?

Uncle Zhao.

He Lizhou figured this out, but before he could tell Xu Zian and Jiang Jiang, Uncle Zhao's voice urged him outside, "Come out quickly and gather some people."

Xu Zian and the others waited for a long time without waiting for He Lizhou to say anything else, and they were not anxious. They just waited quietly until Uncle Zhao spoke to break the silence. Jiang Jiang raised her head and said, "Xiao He, are we going or not?"

"Go." He Lizhou nodded. Even though they were already in a split state, only by contacting Uncle Zhao could they catch the other party's mistakes.

When Uncle Zhao saw the three of them coming out, a flash of surprise flashed across his eyes, but it soon turned into a fearless look as if he had won.

When He Lizhou saw his expression, he felt that something unexpected had happened. This time, Uncle Zhao did not stop in the hall, but took them directly to the third floor, which further confirmed He Lizhou's guess.

Uncle Zhao brought everyone to a very familiar door, which was the room where He Lizhou threw away Chen Ling's bedding. He pushed the door open and raised his hand to ask everyone to come in.

At the deepest part of the room, there was a roll of bedding tied up with ropes.

Sun Hanqi exclaimed, and when everyone looked at her, she slowly covered her mouth. Uncle Zhao grinned: "Sun Hanqi, what did you think of? Tell me."

Seeing Uncle Zhao's encouraging gaze, Sun Hanqi said tremblingly, "This seems to be the bedding in Chen Ling's room. I wanted to choose that room before, but I didn't choose it. Later, Chen Ling chose it, so I know it."

Uncle Zhao laughed, "Yes, that's right. When Dongping and I were looking for clues, we saw this. And - this rope belongs to Xiaohe!"

He changed the subject and looked at He Lizhou with sharp eyes, "Xiao He, explain why you moved Chen Ling's bedding? Did you kill Chen Ling, so you feel guilty and hide the evidence?"

As soon as Uncle Zhao said this, Baili Yi immediately cast a suspicious look at He Lizhou, but he did not speak rashly this time. Although he had no contact with He Lizhou, he could feel that He Lizhou and Chen Ling were different. He dared to confront Chen Ling, but did not dare to offend other old players.

He Lizhou didn't expect that Uncle Zhao was waiting for him here, and Dongping didn't expect it either. He looked back at He Lizhou with shock and helplessness.

Seeing that He Lizhou was silent, Uncle Zhao's smile grew wider. "Xiao He, you have nothing to say? Are you a member of the castle's relevant personnel? I suggest that everyone immediately surround Xiao He! Eliminate the dissidents!"

Uncle Zhao's words were very vague. He didn't say what "aliens" meant or what the difference was, but what he implied was that He Lizhou was a non-player.

Seeing Uncle Zhao's aggressive look, He Lizhou asked, "Then why do you think this rope is mine? There are many friends who bring ropes. When you eliminate dissidents, you are actually eliminating your dissidents."

Uncle Zhao was stunned. Unexpectedly, He Lizhou asked back the question. But he soon calmed down and said, "If you say it's not true, then take out your rope and we can compare it."

He Lizhou smiled, "Before that, I also want to take everyone to a place."

Uncle Zhao already knew where He Lizhou was going to take the players, and glared at Dongping fiercely. He couldn't even watch the door! If the others were not difficult to control, he would not have chosen Dongping, this idiot.

He Lizhou stood in front of Uncle Zhao's door and raised his hand with a smile, using the same gesture Uncle Zhao made when he invited everyone to the room on the third floor. "Uncle Zhao, please open the door and let everyone in to take a look."

Facing everyone's gazes, Uncle Zhao knew that if he didn't open the door it would prove that there was something wrong with him, so he gritted his teeth and unlocked it.

He Lizhou lifted the carpet with ease, pressed down the wood, and the wall flipped over again, revealing a secret passage.

He Lizhou went down first, followed by Uncle Zhao. Xu Zian followed behind Uncle Zhao, being careful not to let Uncle Zhao knock He Lizhou out halfway. Jiang Jiang covered the rear.

This time the secret passage didn't take long and everyone soon reached the basement, which was the fourth floor that had disappeared.

"I believe many people have discovered that the castle looks like it has four floors from the outside, but there are only three floors inside. This is the missing fourth floor."

When Uncle Zhao went down the secret passage, he entered He Lizhou's hotel, but did not reach the basement, so he became secretly alert.

He Lizhou led everyone to a huge easel, lifted the canvas, and what was revealed was a portrait of Uncle Zhao.

"If you have friends who understand painting, you can come and verify it. This is not something I drew temporarily, but a painting that has existed for many years. Uncle Zhao, can you explain this to me?"

Uncle Zhao was confused.

He is indeed a player, and he doesn't know why he appears in this painting.

He walked quickly to the portrait and examined it carefully. There was a layer of dust on it, so it was definitely not a new painting.

"This, this, this must be a coincidence!"

He Lizhou smiled and said, "Coincidence? Isn't it a dissident? What do you think?"

When everyone saw the giant portrait, they had already leaned towards He Lizhou, so slowly, the camp began to shift towards He Lizhou, forming a situation of two against many between Uncle Zhao and Dongping.

Uncle Zhao was so moved that he burst into tears when he saw Dongping didn't leave. "Dongping, I didn't bring you here in vain! When we get out, I will definitely...!"

Before he could finish his words, Dongping stabbed him in the middle of his forehead with a knife.

Dongping pulled out the knife and threw it away, watching Uncle Zhao fall down with his eyes wide open.

Then, Dongping took a few steps forward and stood next to He Lizhou.

This sudden change scared everyone, but Dong Ping's face was unusually calm. "I talked to Qianqian. She was killed by Uncle Zhao. Uncle Zhao asked her to change her clothes and lie on the bed. He just wanted to try the death point, but he got a clue by accident. So Uncle Zhao went even further and used the same trick to kill Chen Ling."

He paused, a look of pain on his face, "I became Uncle Zhao's helper. We originally wanted to harm Xu Zian, but Xu Zian left the room, so we simply planned to kill Chen Ling."

The task now is to leave the castle, leave this world, and return to the correct world before you can leave the copy.

As for the mission in the ancient castle, He Lizhou didn't plan to do it again.

Xu Zian and Jiang Jiang didn't know that the castle was actually a stage for them to perform a play for others, so they didn't understand He Lizhou's plan.

So He Lizhou quietly recited the task issued by the system: "Play your own role carefully, live according to the original script of your role, and return to the right world."

He asked in return: "How can we understand the truth about the castle?"

Xu Zian and Jiang Jiang suddenly realized that they had even confused the top priorities before.

"Then if we leave the castle early, doesn't that mean we are not following the original script?"

He Lizhou had doubts about this. He even thought that following the original script would lead to an unbreakable situation and staying in the castle would only lead to death.

Xu Zian smiled nonchalantly, "Just think of it as the end of the expedition, and go back early. There's no rule on how long we have to stay."

Jiang Jiang nodded and asked, "What's the matter with Uncle Zhao's portrait?"

He Lizhou: "Dongping and I painted it temporarily. As for the dust, it's actually because the basement has not been open for many years. There is dust everywhere. It won't take long for the dust to cover the whole basement."

After he finished speaking, he hinted that they should call other people when they left the castle. Jiang Jiang didn't hear it for a moment, but Xu Zian understood it and looked at He Lizhou with a smile, "Okay--"

He Lizhou smiled at Xu Zian and didn't say much. In fact, it was not only a problem of character setting. There was another point. Although the system kept reminding him that his character setting was ruined, he was not judged dead. So He Lizhou guessed that what really needed to maintain his character setting was the world outside the castle, the real world.

This is actually a hint that the world they are in now is not the right world, so no one has noticed that he has changed.