The puzzle on the wall was missing three pieces; only three pieces were put together!
Xia Tianqiong was somewhat surprised. The other five contestants had only found three puzzle pieces, and even with his, there were only seven in total.
But we're still missing seven pieces?
The group exchanged glances, all somewhat puzzled.
So far, nothing strange has happened, and no danger has been encountered.
Is the task not a jigsaw puzzle? Or is it hidden in a very secret place?
After a moment of silence in the room, the female contestant suddenly spoke up, "If we don't crack the code for too long, our entire group will be eliminated. Let's search each room again; there might be some we've missed."
After saying this, she left the room to continue her search, and the others, after a slight hesitation, did the same.
Xia Tianqiong stayed in the room, pondering the clues on the back of the oil painting puzzle.
Who is the real piece of the puzzle?
Could it be on the athlete's skin? Or inside their body?
Thinking of this, he quickly left the room to find the middle-aged man he had killed earlier.
I'm going to test my guess.
Meanwhile, outside the eerie hotel, in the stands, the audience was also having a heated discussion about where the seven missing puzzle pieces were.
The contestants were in a strange realm, unable to see the outside world.
However, the organizers used a special device to transmit the images from the ghost realm, just like a live television broadcast, and played them on a large screen so that the audience could see what was happening inside.
"Where did the organizers find such a bizarre and malevolent entity? Its rules are completely baffling; how are we supposed to crack them?"
Mo Ling sat in the chair, pouting and complaining.
She could also see that Chu Xu seemed unable to solve this strange phenomenon.
Not only her, but all the audience members who bet on Chu Xu were a little nervous.
Chu Xu is a popular player, and many people bet on him. If he fails to advance, many people will lose money.
Mo Beihan stared intently at the large screen and said in a deep voice, "There are countless kinds of strange phenomena, and therefore countless kinds of rules. They are all kinds of bizarre and varied. No one can guarantee that they can break all the rules."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly widened his eyes and quickly reached out to cover Mo Ling's eyes.
At the same time, the audience erupted in an uproar.
"What's wrong? Why are you blocking my eyes?"
Mo Ling was very unhappy and pulled away the hand that was blocking her eyes.
On the big screen, images unsuitable for young girls were being played.
In the high-definition footage, contestant number 56, Chu Xu, stripped a man's corpse completely naked, leaving him with no clothes.
That wasn't all. He lowered his head and examined the corpse inch by inch.
It looked like it was looking for something, and sometimes it would pinch it with its hands.
This scene is really quite strange.
But what followed was even stranger.
Chu Xu conjured a small knife in his hand, cut open the man's corpse, and reached inside to search through it.
They even took out internal organs such as the heart, liver, spleen, and stomach for dissection and examination.
Some audience members felt nauseous and vomited on the spot, but many others became even more excited, enjoying the gore the more they watched.
In the manager's office, representatives from all seven families sat by the window, watching the large screen and observing the audience's reactions.
Mo Xianglin smiled, looking to be in a good mood. "This player is indeed quite talented; he has finally found the right approach."
"Hmph, that's not necessarily true."
Wang Yichen directly refuted this, saying, "By doing this, he will fall into a trap and be unable to find the remaining puzzle pieces. Look at that female contestant; she has already found the remaining puzzle pieces."
The big screen simultaneously displayed footage of six contestants' actions. At that moment, the female contestant ambushed another male contestant.
But she didn't kill him; she just restrained him and then stripped him naked, searching his body for something.
Finally, a pattern the size of a stamp was found on the skin of the inner left thigh.
It looks just like a jigsaw puzzle!
The female contestant took out a dagger and cut off the skin along with the flesh.
He then killed the male player and went to ambush the next person.
Wang Yichen suddenly laughed smugly, "This female contestant will definitely advance this round. The people chosen by your Mo family and Huang family can't even make it to the finals."
Mo Xianglin gradually stopped smiling and didn't reply.
Huang Ze, sitting to the side, smiled faintly and said, "The competition isn't over yet, don't jump to conclusions so early."
Both the Huang and Mo families chose Chu Xu, and neither was willing to give up. In the end, they reached an agreement that if Chu Xu won the final championship, the two families would jointly run the arena.
In the realm of the uncanny.
Xia Tianqiong was still dissecting the corpse when he suddenly paused.
After Shadow Teleportation is upgraded, the effective range of his perception function also expands. Within a 250-meter radius centered on him, he can perceive all shadows.
Therefore, the entire eerie atmosphere of the hotel was within his perception range.
He clearly sensed that the female contestant had ambushed and killed him.
Although it was not clear at first what the other party had done, it was possible to roughly judge their behavior by looking at their shadow.
When the female contestant ambushed and killed the second person, Xia Tianqiong finally had a clear guess.
The puzzle pieces are indeed on each contestant, but they are only present while alive; they disappear once dead. Otherwise, the woman wouldn't have subdued her opponent first, cut off their flesh, and then killed them.
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