Chapter 1

The final question that Mr. X set for Gao Qian was very interesting.

A real-life murder scene.

As written in the script, Gao Qian's main mission is to perfect the method of killing Mr. X.

In a simpler mystery book, the murderer's book will contain a complete murder plan and murder process. The same is true for the character book that Mr. X gave to Gao Qian, which describes in great detail how Gao Qian planned to kill Mr. X, how to create a secret room, the real cause of Mr. X's death, and a series of other contents.

But there is a small loophole in this plan, which will make the originally perfect closed room murder case imperfect.

Gao Qian's main task is to find this small loophole, perfect it, and make this imperfect closed room murder case perfect.

In order to prevent Gao Qian from relying solely on imagination and theory, Mr. X thoughtfully prepared a laboratory for him.

The structure and decoration of this laboratory are exactly the same as Mr. X's room. There is even a simulated dummy with the same height and weight as Mr. X, which makes it convenient for Gao Qian to repeatedly experiment with his revised criminal plan.

Of course, in addition to preparing the laboratory, Mr. X also thoughtfully prepared all the weapons and drugs needed in the script for the contestants, including cyanide, an extremely dangerous poison that would require the contestants to sacrifice themselves if it was not prepared properly.

It can be said that if the police broke in to search at this moment, it would not be unfair for Mr. X to be arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.

After reading the script, Gao Qian and Jiang Qi were silent.

Gao Qian remained silent because he did not expect Mr. X to be so considerate that he had prepared a full set of weapons and poisons, and even made a murder plan and a secret room-making technique for him. He felt deeply that he would be sorry for Mr. X if he did not kill him this time.

Jiang Qi remained silent because he didn't expect Mr. X to be so suicidal and find five outlaws who were bent on killing him for their fortune to participate in a live-action murder scenario with the purpose of killing him.

This time it was truly a real-life killing, and even the dead were real people.

According to the script, Mr. X prepared a laboratory and a prop room for everyone, and the keys to these two rooms were in a small wooden box on the desk.

The high-paying room number is 1.

Gao Qian found the key in the wooden box. Without even looking at the map under the box, he went out and couldn't wait to study his tools.

Before Gao Qian went out, Jiang Qi noticed that there were at least 5 cameras in his house. So many cameras could ensure 360° monitoring of the entire house except for the bathroom.

When Gao Qian went out, he happened to run into Butler Zhuang and You Xi going upstairs.

Among the five contestants, only You Xi is a female, so she is very easy to recognize.

Jiang Qi, who had read the character story of You Xi, knew very well that this young woman who wore a red dress, light makeup, spoke softly, looked like a lady from a noble family, and was very kind to others, actually had a stronger murderous intention than Gao Qian.

She owed a huge amount of high-interest loans and was just waiting for a last-ditch effort to turn her bicycle into a motorcycle. It is not an exaggeration to describe her as a desperate criminal.

"It's really hard for you, Mr. Zhuang, to take care of such a big villa all by yourself. I really envy Mr. X for having such an excellent housekeeper like you." You Xi said with a smile.

Gao Qian couldn't help but slow down his pace.

"There are other servants in the villa, but Mr. X likes quietness, so everyone will leave after finishing their work. On weekdays, I am enough." Butler Zhuang said.

"Mr. Gao, are you going to the laboratory?" Butler Zhuang turned his head and asked.

"Yes." Gao Qian nodded.

"There are a large amount of extremely dangerous poisons stored in the prop room. Mr. Gao, please be careful when using them and don't hurt yourself." Butler Zhuang reminded.

You Xi's eyelids jumped when she heard him say that, and she said in surprise: "Really poison?!"

"When you see the topic of the finals, Miss You, you will understand what is going on. Mr. X likes reality, and he will do his best to provide everyone with the most realistic environment. Except for not being able to provide real dead people, I can satisfy all your wishes."

"I will pay attention. Could you please, Mr. Zhuang, help me make an appointment with Mr. X for a meeting at 9 o'clock tonight? I can't wait to meet my idol." Gao Qian pretended to be a fanatical fan again.

"OK."

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Gao Qian went to the prop room first. The prop room was not big, with only two rows of shelves. The shelves were filled with all kinds of dangerous items that could send people to jail, as well as the effects and instructions for use of these dangerous items.

It can be said to be very thoughtful.

Jiang Qi took a quick glance.

Arsenic: Pure arsenic is a gray crystal with metallic properties. It is a white powder in its natural state. It can be swallowed with food in solid form to kill people, and it can also be used as a poison in vapor form.

Datura: The whole plant and flower are poisonous, with the fruit and seeds being the most toxic. The dried leaves are less toxic than the fresh leaves.

Veronal: When used in large doses, it can cause respiratory depression and even death due to respiratory paralysis.

Strychnine: Colorless crystals, highly toxic, optically active (levorotatory), soluble in ethanol or chloroform. Red in concentrated nitric acid, used to test nitric acid. Flammable in open flames and high heat. Decomposed by high heat, it releases toxic gases, which are irritating to the eyes and skin; inhalation, ingestion or absorption through the skin may be fatal, and the victim will suffocate, become weak and have body convulsions. The victim's neck will first become stiff, then the shoulders and legs will spasm until the victim curls up into a bow shape. And whenever the victim speaks or moves, the spasm will occur again. The corpse will still twitch, with a hideous look, and the onset time will be 10-20 minutes.

…

Gao Qian was studying these poisons with great interest, and seemed very eager to use them to kill Mr. X tonight.

Jiang Qi also watched with great interest.

This is probably the only chance in his life to see so many poisons and contraband at once. If he doesn't seize the opportunity, he may miss it next time.

After studying the tools used to commit the crime, Gao Qian went to Laboratory No. 1 to try to recreate the crime methods written in the script.

Obviously, Gao Qian, as one of the only two reasoning masters among the five contestants who made it to the finals based on his true strength, wanted to compete normally first and then wait for an opportunity to take action.

While Gao Qian was doing the experiment, Jiang Qi went to hang out somewhere else.

Maybe because this is a hardcore mystery script world, Jiang Qi's range of activities is very limited, and he can only move within a range of 5 or 6 meters around Gao Qian.

Since the laboratory is very large, Jiang Qi can only visit the two next door rooms. Which room he goes to depends on where Gao Qian is. If he is not careful, he will be knocked back by the air wall or stuck in the wall.

To the left of Laboratory No. 1 is the prop room, and to the right is Laboratory No. 2.

If Jiang Qi's judgment is correct, Laboratory No. 2 belongs to Zun Ji.

Zun Ji is a gangster who used to be involved in gangs. Although he is well-dressed and looks like a gentle businessman, his temperament does not seem like that of a law-abiding person.

As a layman who relies on money to pave the way, has no ability of reasoning, and doesn't even know much about script-killing, Zun Ji appears to be very irritable in the laboratory, in stark contrast to Gao Qian who concentrates on studying the techniques.

"Oh shit."

After the delay device failed again due to improper positioning, Zun Ji angrily kicked the device off the ground: "Is this x a person who writes mystery novels with a problem in his brain? He really thinks that the things he wrote can kill people like this. Who would go through so much trouble to kill people? Why not just stab him to death with a knife!"

"No more trying, what's the use of this?" Zun Ji started to give up and kicked the door out.

Jiang Qi: ...

He thought this guy was not the murderer.

To be a murderer in a hardcore mystery book, you have to know some reasoning.

Five minutes later, Zun Ji came in again with a bunch of things, with a smug smile on his face and humming a little tune happily.

"Although this guy has a problem with his brain, he is still a bargain for me. He has prepared so much stuff, which is just right for me to practice my killing skills again."

Jiang Qi:?!

Then Jiang Qi saw Zun Ji starting to try his second killing method, which was extremely skillful and obviously he had practiced a lot before.

Jiang Qi: I’m sorry, he has a narrow mind.

He knew that in this book full of villains, none of them were easy to deal with.

Jiang Qi watched Gao Qian try out the techniques in the script in his room for a while, and then watched him practice his own techniques in Zun Ji's room. He felt that it would be better to buy less of this kind of hardcore mystery books in the future.

I learned a lot, but it was all useless knowledge.

If this knowledge ever becomes useful, he will be shot soon.

The two outlaws worked diligently in the laboratory for the entire day and even ate dinner in the laboratory without going downstairs.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, Butler Zhuang knocked on the door of Laboratory No. 1 and told them to take Gao Qian to Mr. X's room.

Mr. X's room is almost identical to the laboratory.

From the sofa, coffee table, bed, and desk to the gel pens in the pen holder, the tissue paper on the coffee table, and the computer on the desk, everything is the same. The only difference is that there are a lot of A4 papers piled on Mr. X's desk.

Mr. X is a middle-aged man with a kind face.

He had thick black hair and was wearing black pajamas. He had no intention of changing into formal clothes even when meeting a guest, and he didn't even stand up to greet him. When Gao Qian came in, he was sitting in front of his computer, looking like he was typing.

Although Mr. X seemed to be typing, Gao Qian was not surprised at all. Instead, he became more convinced that there was a team of assassins behind him.

Even when meeting someone, he's so pretentious, it's obvious that he's trying to hide something.

Gao Qian began to play along with Mr. X.

After some random flattery, Gao Qian finally got to the point.

Gao Qian pretended to have just noticed the thick stack of A4 paper manuscripts on Mr. X's desk, and asked curiously: "Excuse me, Mr. X, is this stack on your desk the manuscript you recently wrote?"

"These are all scraps." Mr. X said with a smile, "I always have a lot of wild ideas, and I will write them down whenever I want. But many ideas often cannot form a good story, and even if they are written, they are not a good mystery book, so they will eventually be discarded by me."

"Then you must be very tired." Gao Qian sighed, "Excuse me, do you have any ideas for your new book? After all, you haven't published a new book for several months, and the outside world has been saying that you are stuck in your ideas recently."

"I am currently writing my new book, and I am almost at the final stage. As for whether it will be a good book that meets my standards, that depends on the results of your competition."

Gao Qian:?

Mr. X smiled and said, "In fact, Mr. Gao, you have already seen part of the new book. The name of the new book is "Killing the Script Killing Shop Owner."

Without waiting for Gao Qian to respond, Mr. X continued, "I have been writing for so many years, and I have written countless mystery books. I have basically tried all kinds of styles."

"I often wonder what kind of orthodox mystery book can be considered innovative. I wonder if Mr. Gao is interested in listening to me talk about my new book? Maybe it will be helpful to you in this competition."

"certainly."

"My idea for "Killing the Script-Killing Shop Owner" is this: 5 script-killing shop owners who are proficient in various mystery book routines and familiar with various mystery book murder methods gather together."

"Each of them has a set of old-fashioned but perfect methods of killing people in a locked room. Each of them carried out his own murder plan, but in the end only one person was the real murderer. The other four people just used their perfect plan to add luster to the plan of the last person."

"That sounds interesting." Gao Qian said, "It's like an alternative version of Three Knives and Two Poisons."

The three knives and two poisons is a very old-fashioned mystery plot that has been used too much in the past. Simply put, everyone stabs the victim, and everyone thinks that they are the murderer, but in fact the one who delivers the fatal blow is the real murderer, and the real murderer knows that he is the murderer, but others do not know.

"But it's actually very difficult to write." Mr. X showed a distressed expression. "It's easy to write five old-fashioned but useful methods of killing in a locked room, but it seems impossible to find a thread to string these five methods together and make them a perfect closed loop, and modify a part of these five methods so that they can be integrated together to become the final and most perfect method of killing."

"I have been searching for this thread for a long time, and finally decided to hold a script reasoning competition. I would like to ask you to help me string this thread together." Mr. X took out a stack of scripts from the drawer, stood up, walked to Gao Qian and handed it to him.

"These are the scripts of the other four people. If Mr. Gao can be the thread that helps me connect the five cases, you will directly become the champion of this script reasoning competition. As long as it is within my ability, I will meet any request you make."

"This can be considered a hidden mission. I believe Mr. Gao must like hidden missions very much."

Gao Qian was stunned.

Jiang Qi guessed that Gao Qian was probably thinking about whether he should consider trying to complete the hidden mission first, then ask Mr. X to share the team of gunmen behind the scenes with him, and then kill Mr. X to silence him.

Mr. X did not urge Gao Qian to leave quickly. Instead, he smiled and sat back in front of the computer, giving Gao Qian enough time to think.

Jiang Qi also followed Mr. X to his desk.

He took a closer look and found that the A4 paper on the desk was indeed the script, with the script content printed directly on it. Mr. X was even more prolific than rumored to be.

Mr. X's computer was on, and the interface was a document interface. It could be seen that he was indeed writing a book before Gao Qian came in, and he was not just pretending.

The words on the document interface were too small and densely packed. Jiang Qi felt his eyes hurt after just a glance. I don't know how Mr. X managed to type on such a computer screen all day long. He was not nearsighted and did not wear glasses.

That's also outrageous.

Just as Jiang Qi was about to leave, he was startled by the sudden blankness on the computer screen.

This unmanned computer interface moves on its own!

There were more and more blanks, as if the Enter key was being pressed on its own, but Mr. X's hands were not on the keyboard at all.

Soon, the document interface became blank.

A row of capital Song typeface characters appeared on the computer.

[Jiang Rou's character has been generated]

[Starting to generate the host manual]

[Host manual is being generated... countdown 59 seconds]

Jiang Qi just stared at the computer screen, watching the 59-second countdown decrease second by second until it finally reached 0.

[Host Manual Begins to Begin Generation]

Small characters the size of ants began to appear on the document interface, appearing one by one quickly.

'Host Manual

Book props: character book × 6, small clue card × 79......'

This computer is typing automatically!!!

"What the hell." Jiang Qi was stunned.

What kind of magical computer is this!

This is really good news for thousands of coders!

Those fantasy-type things about the future world where authors use optical computers to type words, and the words that are written 100,000 times a day are not a dream. At least the authors need to think about it themselves, and the optical computer will generate whatever they think.

This computer is even more amazing than a light computer. The author doesn’t even have to think about it himself. It can generate the script directly. However, no one knows what the conditions for the generation are.

No wonder Mr. X is so productive, as if he has a team of gunmen behind the scenes. The scripts are all automatically generated by computers. How can they not be efficient?

Look at how fast this computer types. It must be at least 4,000 words per hour.

If I write a few books a day, it would be unworthy of the computer's typing speed!

What kind of wealth code is this!

It can be seen that Mr. X has restrained himself and only published 39 books in 5 years.

As long as he wanted, it would not be difficult to publish 3,900 books in five years.

Gao Qian, who was sitting on the sofa, didn't know that the code to wealth was right in front of him, he just didn't see it at all.

Gao Qian is looking at other people's character books.

After Gao Qian finished reading the other four character books, Mr. X asked, "I wonder if Mr. Gao is willing to take on this hidden mission?"

"Of course." Gao Qian said without hesitation, "It is my honor to help you, Mr. X."

"Brother, don't be so proud, just look at the computer." Jiang Qi advised Gao Qian.

Such a large ghostwriting team is right in front of you!

Of course Gao Qian couldn’t see it. He was not Jiang Qi, wandering around like a ghost who could not be seen by anyone.

Gao Qian said goodbye and left.

Before being knocked away by the air wall, Jiang Qi looked back at Mr. X's computer reluctantly.

What a great computer! I just don’t know if it can generate text other than scripts.

For example, if a graduation thesis fails the plagiarism check, it doesn’t matter, the plagiarism can be reduced manually.

Just when Jiang Qi was reluctant to leave, a white light flashed.

Jiang Qi left the memory.

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