Chapter 118: Mermaid Elegy and Werewolf (8) Inch by inch...
With official endorsement, the slight unease that permeated the scene quickly dissipated, and everyone's face was filled with only excitement and curiosity about the new project.
The head waiter took the opportunity to say, "In order to facilitate the guests' preparation for the new game, this dance will end early. Please leave in an orderly manner."
The guests' attention was focused on the game that suddenly started. They nodded subconsciously and turned to leave the banquet hall.
The foreman successfully completed the task assigned by the headquarters and kept his achievements and fame to himself.
For the next few hours, nearly everyone on the island was busy exploring the new game. They discovered they had a new panel, visible only to themselves. Normally, it was just a small icon on the left side of their field of vision. Clicking it opened the panel, which then floated in the air before their eyes.
This wasn't something that could be explained by holographic projection; it looked more like retinal technology. Everyone was stunned by Fisher Technology's R&D capabilities. Some guests from the military and political fields even began to consider officially collaborating with Fisher Technology—such a partnership was far more appealing to them than Werewolf.
The resort officials were not happy at all. They knew very well that this was not something developed by Fisher Technology, so they suspected it was a virus invasion and immediately set up two emergency departments, one to investigate the invasion and the other to clarify the specific situation.
They soon discovered:
1. Communications on the island have been completely cut off. Although it appears that the Internet is still accessible, it is limited to browsing and downloading. All external communications are impossible, and activating passive facilities is of no use.
This means that this place has truly become an isolated island.
2. All guests and human staff on the island have received identity cards, but mermaids are not included in the game.
Unsure of what would happen next, they kept their findings secret to avoid further confusion. Occasionally, guests would call the front desk to ask why they couldn't communicate with the outside world. The staff explained that waves several miles away were affecting communications and that everything would be fine once the winds died down.
At midnight, most of the guests had fallen asleep, and the guests who were still awake and the staff on night shift were doing their own things. But the moment the time came to 0:00, those who were originally awake fell into coma as if a switch was pressed.
At the same time, players with the identity of "werewolf" will wake up in a second without exception even if they are sleeping soundly, and a line of words will appear in front of each werewolf: It's dark, werewolf, please kill people.
Then the panel suddenly enlarged, and the ID photos of all the players appeared on the panel, dozens of pages in total.
The note at the bottom of the page reads: The Werewolf Discussion Channel is now open. You can decide on a kill target with other Werewolves. A kill is considered complete if more than half of the players agree. A total of 20 people can be killed, and 20 are currently remaining.
On the bed in the master bedroom of a villa on the west side, a middle-aged man was flipping through the panel, frowning slightly.
Just as Si Ling had speculated before, the Fisher family sold mermaids mainly for money, but started this holiday carnival out of love. Now nearly 90% of the core members of the Fisher family are here. This middle-aged man named Johnson is the son of the founder. Since the founder is old, Johnson has become the actual person in charge of the Fisher family at this stage.
So, unlike other players who believed the foreman's lies, Johnson knew very well that this was not an experience project organized by the resort.
But after several contradictions, he felt that it was not wise to reveal the truth now.
Finally, Johnson cleared his throat and hesitantly said, "Is anyone there?"
Someone else's voice rang out in my ears: "...Is this the discussion channel? Where did you start the voice chat? Mr. Fisher, when did you come up with this high-tech thing?"
Johnson smiled calmly, "Just a little clever trick. Okay, let's play the game."
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At the same time, the ghosts gathered in the living room of Si Ling's villa, staring at the werewolves' panels.
——[Werewolf Killing Box] can freely target players, so in addition to the mermaids, of course their "own people" are also excluded from the players.
Li Qi fiddled with the hexagonal box, smacking his lips with interest. "Professor Mammon is quite playful, but does this method of claiming lives really not violate the laws of heaven? Or is his status in the Western Hell Realm high enough that he's not afraid of divine punishment?"
"If he really wasn't afraid of divine retribution, he could just kill them directly. There's no need to go through so much trouble." Aimeric passed by Li Qi and casually took the small box from her hand. "This thing is actually a 'good use of the mechanism'. Professor Mammon has infused a large amount of mana into the box. When the box is opened, it will cast various barriers. The largest barrier is the game venue, such as the current island resort, but as the game progresses, there will be more scattered smaller barriers."
Li Qi was curious: "What kind of small barrier?"
"For example, once the werewolf decides on a target to kill, the target will fall into a special barrier and be trapped in a dream, making it easier to kill him," explained Aymeric.
Li Qi was shocked: "This is not much different from killing people directly! Why are we even bothering with this mission? If we encounter bad guys next time, we can just use Werewolf and kill them all at once."
"You think it's simple." Ah Zhui laughed when he heard it. "Although Mammon's magic power is very strong, it also has a limit, okay? You make this every day, are you trying to kill him?"
——What's more, even if there is this good thing, the ghosts can't just sit idle.
Everyone chatted for a while, and then Si Ling suddenly said, "Let's start."
The ghosts all looked at the panel at the same time. The werewolves had indeed decided on three people, two men and one woman, namely Claude, Aiden and Caransha.
There was a small wolf head logo in front of Aiden's name. The vampire Clement was puzzled and said, "How could this man be killed when he is a werewolf himself?"
"Werewolf self-stab." Li Qi laughed. "A common way to play Werewolf, it can muddy the waters."
It seems that Aiden should know something about this game, but unfortunately, he is really going to die this time.
Si Ling chuckled and asked, "Azhu, Bai Ma, are you going to get one each?"
Both of them nodded readily. Si Ling looked at the others and asked, "Who's going last?"
Just as Aymeric was about to say that he would go, a charred figure took a half step forward from the corner of the living room.
It's Fredis.
She is not usually an active person, but this time everyone went to the island as humans. Elizabeth, who is not good at disguise, was unable to participate in the operation. Fredis was forced to transform for the first time in hundreds of years and turned into a young and beautiful white girl when she went to the island.
This made her very uncomfortable.
Thinking that he would have to look like that when he went out during the day tomorrow, Fredis cherished the opportunity to kill someone with his real body at night.
Si Ling naturally had no objection and nodded, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. You can set off now."
As soon as he finished speaking, all three of them disappeared.
The other ghosts continued to wait for the werewolf players to vote for other targets, and the three werewolf brothers claimed the next three targets to be killed.
In the dining room connected to the living room, the mermaids who were rescued today were either standing or sitting, eating the seafood on the table while curiously looking at the ghosts in the living room.
This was a rare moment of comfort for them after being captured by humans. Although most of them didn't know what the ghosts were busy with, they felt their kindness.
Irene, the little mermaid who was related to Queen Anna, ate another piece of scallop meat, then went to the kitchen to wash her hands, picked out some fruits, wine and sparkling water, made some drinks and brought them to the living room.
Elowine and Linnia, who were assigned to Si Ling, went to get some snacks. Millie, who was rescued in the restaurant, specially selected two pieces of Black Forest cake that she thought were the most delicious and gave them to Si Ling and Hyun Chi respectively.
"Thank you." Si Ling took the cake brought by Millie and was cutting off a small piece with a small fork when he saw the three of them looking at each other. He looked up and saw that the mermaids in the restaurant were also looking over here.
Si Ling coughed dryly and said, "I understand your curiosity. Wait a few days and I'll tell you what happened."
If all goes well, after 72 hours, the mermaids will become part of the "NPC".
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Not far away, Claude suddenly woke from his sleep. He seemed to have had a nightmare, but the moment he woke up, he had completely forgotten what he had dreamed about. He only felt his heartbeat was very fast, and the tightness in his chest made him take a deep breath.
He then smelled a strong burnt smell.
Claude's first reaction was that there was an electrical short circuit in the room, so he frowned and sat up, reaching out to the bedside table, trying to turn on the lamp on it.
After just two touches, Claude felt a spherical, soft, and slightly sticky object.
The subtle touch made Claude's hair stand on end instantly, and then he felt that the thing had long and thin legs, and it was moving. It seemed that one or two of them turned over and grabbed the back of his hand.
Claude turned his head with a choked look, and in the dim light, he saw that the place was not a bedside table, but just a stone, and what he touched was a spider the size of a palm.
"Ah!!!" Claude screamed and fell to the ground, and then he saw... he didn't seem to be sleeping in a bed, but in a coffin with a lid.
The unexpected scene caused Claude's SAN value to plummet by -20%.
Just as Claude began to wonder if he was still having a nightmare, the coffin lid was hit with a "bang".
Then there were even more violent crashes, bang bang bang, as if something was trying to crawl out of the coffin.
Claude's blood ran cold. He got up in a panic, threw himself on the coffin, and tried to hold the lid down.
but--
Boom!
The coffin lid was suddenly lifted up, and Claude was thrown to the ground with it. The heavy solid wood board made Claude dizzy.
Claude didn't even have time to catch his breath. He used his hands and feet to push open the coffin lid. With the pale moonlight shining in from above, he saw a black, charred corpse sitting upright in the coffin.
Inch by inch, she turned her head towards him.
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