200 Chen Yifei

◎It all connects together◎

After saying that sarcastic blessing, the system quickly disappeared.

A thrilling battle had just ended, and before everyone had time to breathe a sigh of relief, new difficulties arose. At this moment, everyone's face looked very ugly.

After a while, Qi Qiuxue lowered her eyes, opened her camera, and found the list of villagers she had photographed earlier.

"Here are the names and contact information of all the residents of Chigu Village." She looked at the photos one by one, her voice calm but with a hint of fatigue. "If we want to find someone, we can just call them directly."

"But now, who can we turn to?"

Su Wen clenched his fists after hearing this: "Is it possible that the missing little girl..."

"Are you talking about Chen Yifei?" Qi Qiuxue shook her head. "Although she was lost over twenty years ago, she returned to Chigu Village before the last few groups of returnees. She was even possessed by a paper doll. Undoubtedly, she carries a curse as well."

"It's not just her; all the villagers on the list are in the same boat. No one is spared."

Then there is no solution?

"What should we do?" Wu Shanyue lowered her eyelids helplessly and murmured.

"Let's try harder." Qi Qiuxue put away her camera and looked out at the village. "Let's go house by house, searching every household."

"There will always be clues." Qi Qiuxue's voice was firm, as if she was comforting her teammates, and also as if she was comforting herself.

“There are always clues.”

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Perhaps to create an atmosphere of despair, or perhaps to prevent players from extracting information from the villagers, Chigu Village was now completely silent and deserted.

They started searching from the house closest to the village entrance and moved inward little by little.

There are three small supermarkets in Chigu Village, each of which is stocked with a lot of food and utensils to meet their daily needs. They don't have to worry about starving to death in the short term.

In addition, they also found a lot of communication equipment, which could not connect to the Internet but could make normal calls. At first, Qi Qiuxue tried to use it to contact other villagers, but the system specifically warned them that players only had one chance to call villagers.

If they guess right, everything will be fine, but if they guess wrong, the mission will be directly judged as a failure, and they will be trapped in Chigu Village forever and will never be able to get out.

The day ended quickly.

Then came the second day, and the third day.

The carpet search is slow and laborious, and the players' energy and physical strength are constantly consumed and become increasingly exhausted as time goes by.

But the most painful thing is not these, but that they have not gained anything and cannot see the dawn of hope at all.

Soon, it was the fourth day.

They had searched half of the village but still found no useful clues.

"Is there really a way to clear this dungeon?" Even the usually strong and calm Bai Shien couldn't help but feel lost. "Perhaps, just like the system said at the beginning, everything from beginning to end is just a 'game', a way for the Lord God to amuse us."

"Perhaps there is no such thing as a final copy. This is the end."

She closed her eyes in despair: "We can't get out at all."

“…”

It was rare that Qi Qiuxue did not deny such self-pitying statements, and the atmosphere became depressed. Su Wen sighed, threw the rags he had found aside, and leaned over to sit on the bed.

Liu Ge and Wu Shanyue looked at each other and quietly found a place to sit down. No one can always be optimistic and strong. Things have come to this point, and their confidence is almost exhausted.

"I'm sorry." After a while, Li Yiqing spoke in a very soft voice.

"Why are you apologizing suddenly?" Qi Qiuxue looked at her and walked forward to smooth her messy hair.

Li Yiqing shook his head, his tone filled with guilt. "At least I am a god. I have worked beside the Lord God and with other gods. I have had far more opportunities than the players."

"But even so, I still haven't seen the true nature of the game. I haven't found a shortcut to clearing the game, or a way to protect everyone. Even now, I can't do anything."

"It's my fault. If I could be more useful..."

"It's not your fault." Qi Qiuxue raised her hand and covered her lips before she could finish. "Without your help, we wouldn't be here at all."

"Time and again, you've saved the lives of so many of us. Dungeons are inherently fraught with danger and uncertainty. We're all on the brink of death, and every second we survive is a blessing. Even if we do die one day, it's our fault, our decision-making mistakes and our inability to perform. It's not your fault."

"What's more, if you hadn't brought me into the dungeon, I wouldn't even have the chance to choose. I could only wait for the end of the world to come and die miserably." She smiled, raised her palm, and gently stroked her lover's face in a soothing manner, "Aqing, you have no idea how good you are."

"We will survive," Qi Qiuxue said. She turned and looked at the players behind her. "Have you rested enough? Let's continue."

"It's not the last moment yet." She said seriously.

"I believe things will turn around."

Maybe I was inspired by her.

The originally depressed atmosphere was dispelled a lot. Everyone stood up again and continued to work on the matter at hand: "Yeah!"

-

Soon, it was the fifth day.

They came to the village committee again. This was their third time exploring here.

The first time was "ten years later". They found an excuse to hide it from the village party secretary who was possessed by a paper man, and after a rough search, they finally found a list with the names, addresses and contact information of all the villagers.

The second time was not long ago. They explored this place more carefully under the pretext of an interview. The decoration of the village committee ten years ago and the village committee ten years later did not change much, except for the corresponding addition or subtraction of some things. At this point in time "ten years ago", they discovered ancient books that had been circulated for hundreds of years.

And now——

They searched the entire village committee thoroughly. A drawer in the village party secretary's desk was locked. After trying to unlock it without success, they did not find the key in the village committee. They then went to the village party secretary's home and searched carefully.

Finally, they found a silver key in the pocket of a coat, inserted it into the keyhole and turned it a circle, successfully unlocking it.

Several people quickly took out everything that was placed in the drawer.

They are some documents, letters, change, seals, etc.

Qi Qiuxue checked them one after another, and finally her eyes stopped at a rolled-up scroll. The scroll was carefully bound with high-quality paper, and it looked like it was quite old. When she opened it, there was a list, a list of villagers.

The original drafting date of this list was much earlier than the current time, and it was not the same as the list ten years later. The reason why they did not see it in Chigu Village ten years later was perhaps that it happened to be burned in the fire along with the ancient book.

Qi Qiuxue turned on the camera and quickly compared the contents of the two lists. The first list had been updated to the time point where they were now. It recorded the names of newborns over the years, and even the names of deceased villagers or those who had left the village were not crossed out.

After the fire, all the villagers in the village were replaced by paper dolls. No new babies were born within ten years, so there was no population increase. Logically, the contents of the two lists should be the same.

…

…

But no.

When she saw a certain place, Qi Qiuxue widened her eyes.

——There are actually two people with the name [Chen Yifei] recorded in the book, and it is not a writing error. The family composition, address and contact information of the two people are all different.

In an instant, Qi Qiuxue understood everything.

The Chen Yifei ten years later was not the lost Chen Yifei. Because a long time had passed, the person who returned home before accidentally confused the two. According to their previous verification, the family background of the missing Chen Yifei mentioned by the person who returned home should be correct, but the person was wrong!

The real Chen Yifei is still living abroad and has not been found over the years.

As for why all the villagers of Chigu Village returned under the influence of the curse, but she did not -

"Name and memory," Qi Qiuxue murmured. "The curse will be inflicted through names and memories, unless the person changes their name and forgets the memory of ever living in Chigu Village. Chen Yifei was too young when she went missing. Now, more than 20 years have passed, and she has long forgotten everything. As for her name, it must have been changed by her adoptive family long ago!"

"With her help we can get out of here and return to the right time."

"Very good!"

This discovery was like a long-awaited rain for all the players, making them happy, but soon, new problems emerged.

All the numbers recorded for contacting Chen Yifei are crossed out, as if they have been deactivated and have not been updated in time.

After a while, Qi Qiuxue stood up and said, "Let's go to her house."

"Okay." Everyone nodded in response, and soon, they arrived at Chen Yifei's home smoothly. Just as the villagers had said before, her mother and father died early, and her grandmother also passed away during the long search for relatives. The once happy and warm home had not been lived in for many years. There were cobwebs in it and dust everywhere.

Qi Qiuxue found piles of paper missing person notices in a cabinet that had not yet been issued.

Unlike the fragmented information on the Internet, this time she could clearly see the photo printed on it.

A person quickly popped up in Qi Qiuxue's mind. Then, she began to feel fortunate, but also terrified. What if she had gotten directly into Wang Shan's car and not tried other means of transportation? What if she hadn't met that person and accepted the business card she handed her? What if she hadn't memorized her face and the phone number...

It turns out that the last S-level copy tests not only personal ability, but also luck.

"It's the driver."

Qi Qiuxue showed the photo on the missing person notice to all the players.

"The Chen Yifei who went missing that year was the taxi driver we met near the train station that day."

At this point, the way forward is finally clear.

The clues spanning ten or twenty years were finally connected together at this moment.

【Author’s words】

Please praise me for being an expert at laying clues QWQ It’s chapter 200! Congratulations, I’m giving out small red envelopes in this chapter to thank you all for your continued support and companionship!

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