Yin Chengjue's plan was simple: to occupy the escape route pit and lure out the other escape route members, especially the three-character card Locksmith. As a special skill card, Locksmith was undoubtedly a strong card that could speed up the escape route.

Of course, it would be even better if Weilu, who has already left the game, were this strong card.

"You're the escape route? But I clearly saw you investigating the murderer yesterday." Lei Miao looked at him with disbelief. "President Yin, are you lying? You're actually the detective route, aren't you?"

Yin Chengjue: "If I were on the detective route, do you think I would proactively suggest that everyone work together to eliminate the detective route?" Yin Chengjue neither admitted nor denied it, because if he denied it, the people on the detective route would know that he was definitely on one of the other two routes, and if the people on the escape route had previously met with a member, they would immediately know that he was a member of the treasure hunt route.

Only ambiguity can keep the detective and escape storylines guessing who he belongs to.

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe you did it on purpose." Lei Miao was indeed fooled and thought that Yin Chengjue was part of the detective team.

Yin Chengjue rested his chin on one hand, casually tapping the table with his other hand: "You sound so certain, could it be..."

Yin Chengjue stopped there, looking as if he didn't intend to continue.

The others: "..." Don't just say half the story!

Guan Haifeng and Ling Ting were completely speechless, only able to sigh: they really seemed out of place among these people!

Fortunately, there was Liu Qingling, who was in charge of taking care of the overall situation and creating a lively atmosphere. Seeing Guan Haifeng looking around, unsure of how to interject, she took the initiative to say, "Since this game is somewhat similar to Werewolf, why don't we follow the Werewolf format and have each person give a brief account of what they saw or heard during the day and night yesterday?"

Liu Qingling said, "No matter which quest line you choose, you need to follow the storyline. So I think it's best if everyone shares the storyline together and connects them. This will help with your own quest line."

After saying that, Liu Qingling looked at Guan Haifeng: "How about we start from my left? Guan, why don't you tell us?"

Guan Haifeng gave Liu Qingling a grateful look and said, "Since we're sharing clues, I'll tell you what I saw yesterday morning. I searched the villa owner's room and the living room. This villa owner loves reading, and his interests are very broad, ranging from astronomy and geography to classic works, essays, and even romance novels. His room could easily be called a study. If I were on the treasure hunt route, I would definitely check these books carefully; maybe the treasure I'm looking for is in there."

Rong Yu asked, "Did you find out?"

Guan Haifeng casually replied, "I don't need to check these things."

Guan Haifeng, unaware that he had already betrayed himself, continued, "Didn't we deduce something terrifying yesterday? That is, we are actually all dead, and those skeletons are our corpses. And in the villa owner's room, I saw a very strange book that seems to be related to this plot. Here, I've filmed it."

Guan Haifeng placed the quickly printed photos on the table.

There was a book on it, titled "The Cycle of Dead Souls".

Synopsis: The vengeful spirits of those who committed massacres are burdened with deep resentment and cannot be led to hell. Instead, they are bound to the place of death, forever reliving the events that occurred a period before their death. As long as their resentment remains, their bondage will not be broken until the vengeful spirits are worn away by time and completely disappear from the world.

Guan Haifeng said, “I think we are now vengeful spirits trapped here because our resentment before death was too great. The ghost messengers could not take us away and could only let us wander here. So we keep repeating the things we experienced in our previous life, year after year, day after day. This can also explain why our time is so different from reality, because this is a period of time before we died.”

The nine skeletons left behind, and the nine wandering souls, are burdened with resentment and linger here for a long time, unable to find peace or be released.

Yang Ji said, "So, in the escape route, is it really just about finding the key, unlocking the door, and walking out of the villa? Don't forget, leaving the villa is also a violation of the rules. So, true escape isn't about leaving the villa, but about finding the root of the resentment, eliminating it, and achieving liberation. Therefore, the players in this escape route shouldn't be called 'escaping,' but 'rebirth'!"

Lei Miao's lips twitched. "Your analogy is really..."

Yin Chengjue glanced at Lei Miao and silently noted in his mind: Lei Miao is an escape route, Wei Lu who left is an escape route, and Yang Ji may be an escape route.

The detective storyline definitely includes Wei Shu and Guan Haifeng.

The treasure hunt storyline involves him and Rong Yu.

Liao Lingting and Liu Qingling both had good control over their expressions, so it was impossible to discern anything from their faces for the time being.

Yang Ji's words made a lot of sense. If the plot really was going to be supernatural, then the goal of the escape route might not be to unlock the door of this big villa, but to release the "resentment" on them and help them be reborn from the dead.

After Guan Haifeng finished explaining his clues, it was Ling Ting's turn to sit next to him.

Lingting shared the clues she had collected in the housekeeper's and maid's rooms, and then stated without hesitation that the person who killed the maid, Yang, was the housekeeper, Liu, and that she had seen the key clues.

Upon hearing this, Yang Ji suddenly looked at Liu Qingling, his eyes instantly welling up with tears: "Old Liu, I didn't realize you harbored such deep resentment towards me."

Liu Qingling chimed in, "That's right, I've disliked you for a long time!"

Yang Ji dramatically rolled up his sleeves: "Hey! Let's fight!"

Liu Qingling also beckoned to Yang Ji with her index finger: "You, come here!"

"Wait a minute! Does that mean the murderer has been found? The detective team has won?" Guan Haifeng exclaimed in surprise.

“No, there’s more than one murderer. Yesterday we saw a video of you moving a body, you know, the body in the refrigerator. That means you were the one who hid that skull. You killed Wei Yang’s daughter,” the guard said.

Lei Miao: "Wow! So, there's more than one murderer. Does the detective have to name several people? Even one wrong name counts as a wrong identification?"

"The difficulty has increased?" Guan Haifeng asked.

Yin Chengjue couldn't help but remind him, "The difficulty is indeed higher than before, but now each quest leader has two lives, and each quest has a three-character special skill card, which can be used to eliminate some unfavorable factors."

After a pause, Yin Chengjue looked at Ling Ting and Liu Qingling's faces and said in a seemingly casual tone, "The evidence-gathering dogs operate during the day, which is much more convenient than the one that operates at night. They only need to find those who haven't been identified as suspects yet."

Unfortunately, after hearing this, Ling Ting and Liu Qingling's expressions did not change much, clearly showing that they knew very well how to control their facial expressions.

Yin Chengjue's attempts to probe proved fruitless, so he had no choice but to give up.

Several people took turns sharing the plots they had found, and in the end, they came to the conclusion: Your household is truly chaotic.

Putting aside the supernatural elements, just looking at the identities of the heirs, there's an eldest adopted daughter, two sons from the original wives, two children from mistresses, and a cousin's son.

It's fair to say that everyone who could establish a close relationship with the family or friends came for this inheritance.

At the beginning of the story, the villa's owner was unable to conceive, so the couple decided to adopt a daughter.

The villa's mistress became pregnant in the second year after her adopted daughter came to live with the family.

At the same time, one of the maids in the household also became pregnant.

After having their own child, the owners of the villa stopped taking good care of their adopted daughter, since they didn't need her to eat, so they just kept raising her like that.

Until one day, the adopted daughter almost caused the mistress to miscarry because of her naughtiness.

The male homeowner flew into a rage, believing that the adopted daughter's existence would bring misfortune to his own children, so he sent her away to a distant place.

Later, the woman gave birth smoothly to a big, healthy boy.

The maid also gave birth a few days later, having a daughter.

The woman who gave birth to a boy was finally able to hold her head high in her husband's family, no longer having to endure her mother-in-law secretly cursing her as a hen that couldn't lay eggs.

The maids who gave birth quit their jobs to go back to take care of their children and gradually faded from everyone's sight.

Everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction.

Until one day, the eldest son born to the first wife was diagnosed with a hereditary disease when he was seven years old. Doctors predicted that he would not live to the age of thirty and would die due to the severity of the disease.

The woman was heartbroken upon hearing this. After consulting with several renowned doctors, she learned that if she could use umbilical cord blood with a matching blood type and genes, there was a possibility of delaying the pain or even curing the disease.

However, when they had their son, they didn't know they should preserve the umbilical cord blood. So, the woman came up with a solution: to have another child.

Even if she has another child, there is still a chance that the child will inherit a hereditary disease, and the woman wants to take the gamble.

She wanted to gamble on a future for her son.

Soon, the mistress became pregnant again, and during this time, the maid returned to the villa—she came back with a daughter by the hand and a baby son in her arms.

At the same time, the maid was brought before the mistress by the master of the house.

The man pointed to the maid and said that she was his true love all along. His true love had given birth to a son and a daughter for him, both of whom were healthy and had no hereditary diseases.

The husband cruelly asked the wife for a divorce and threw the divorce papers in her face.

The woman was angry, irritable, threw a tantrum, and threatened suicide, but all to no avail.

Finally, the woman gritted her teeth and swallowed her anger, taking her seven-year-old son and five months pregnant, and left this sad, disgusting, and repulsive place.