About a second after they started their discussion, Anning suddenly received a message on her laptop.
The message was completely anonymous; she didn't know who sent it, but it was probably sent by the owner of the laptop.
But that wasn't what she cared about; she was more interested in the content of the information itself.
The message contained a line that greatly surprised Anning.
Unknown: All rules do not apply to you. As long as you can kill without revealing your identity, you can follow your heart when it comes to killing.
This directly overturned the rules of the game that Anze had told her.
She closed the page that suddenly appeared after only a second of thought.
Perhaps this person knew her true nature.
That's even better, she was feeling bored anyway.
That's how the burned half of a finger came about.
Anning had ripped the finger off her severed arm, then found a lighter in the attic, burned it, and threw it over the partition.
It's not for anything else, it's just to attract attention.
When Jiang Yu and Fang Qi's attention is drawn to something on the ceiling, everyone else's attention will also be drawn to the two of them, which is the perfect opportunity for her to make her move.
Li Xinran was standing closest to her. Once Ji Yan and the others' attention was diverted, An Ning immediately opened the partition above Li Xinran's head and dragged her inside without any warning!
She completed the entire process in just two or three seconds. Even the people in front of the screen hadn't reacted yet when An Ning had already succeeded, and the living people who were standing next to them just disappeared.
Only a few scattered drops of blood remained on the spot.
Ji Yan looked at the bloodstains that were only inches away from her head and felt a tingling sensation in the back of her head.
This feeling is really unbearable.
It gave her the feeling that she was being watched every moment, and the most crucial point was that she didn't know who this watcher was.
It must be a real person playing an NPC, right?
After a brief crackling of electrical current, they heard the announcement again: "Daughter Li Xinran has been killed by a vengeful spirit. The investigation continues!"
Only then did they realize that the announcements that played twice in a row included a prefix when announcing the eliminated contestants' names.
Zhang Xun is the grandson, and Li Xinran is the daughter.
It goes without saying whose grandson and whose daughter it is.
Of course, this applies to the three people who were just on the first floor.
The people who had been staying on the second floor searched the entire floor but found no information related to Grandma Lin.
Ji Yan, Feng Xingtai, and Jiang Yu exchanged glances, and after thinking for a moment, they finally decided to tell the others what they knew.
It took Jiang Yu several minutes to say this, and it took them a while to process what he said.
"So, one of us is dead?" Jin Nian blurted out whatever came to mind, only realizing his mistake after the words left his mouth. He quickly covered his mouth and looked apologetic.
She was not good at speaking, something her father had told her since she was little, but she always liked to call it being genuine. However, sometimes this inappropriate display of genuineness could upset others.
Just like now.
Fang Qi seemed to glare at her fiercely.
She didn't say anything particularly bad, did she?
Seeing that everyone was silent, Jinian volunteered to be the first to break the deadlock, "I'm not the one who died a long time ago!"
His tone was firm and powerful, as if he were making a vow.
People who don't know the situation might think she's reciting some super inspirational essay.
Still, no one paid any attention to her.
Jinian finally felt uncomfortable, and silently lowered her head, listening without saying a word.
Seeing the only other girl besides herself in such a state, Ji Yan raised her hand and patted her back, saying softly, "There must be a vengeful spirit, perhaps it's Grandma Lin's husband."
Her words were soft, completely different from how she usually spoke.
But Jinian felt as if she had been suddenly injected with boundless energy, and her previously listless state vanished completely. "I'm not that old partner either."
"..." Ji Yan was silent for a moment, "Yes, I know."
You don't need to explain it again.
Jinian Nian clearly didn't understand what she was saying. She was about to speak, but after her lips moved for a moment, she didn't make a sound. Her vision blurred, and everything in front of her began to slowly become unreal. Her body, which had been standing straight, slowly bent over and fell backward.
Before her body even hit the ground, the crackling sound of electricity that had stopped not long ago started again, bringing yet another piece of bad news.
Looking at the person in her arms, Ji Yan's pupils contracted slightly, her eyes filled with disbelief.
"Granddaughter, who was haunted by a vengeful spirit, is now dead. The investigation continues!"
Within just three to five minutes, another person was eliminated.
And nobody knows exactly what happened.
Even Jiang Yu and Fang Qi didn't know.
After hearing two announcements in a short period of time, Fang Qi even began to doubt whether An Ning would really be found.
Is he really of any use as a scapegoat?
Perhaps they really won't be able to be deployed.
Just one minute after she fell into a coma, someone came in and took her away from the scene.
But even now, they still don't know where Li Xinran went.
They didn't know why Jin Nian was suddenly eliminated.
At this moment, the fear of the unknown is like the Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, not knowing when it will fall or where it will fall.
For a moment, room 208 was deathly silent; apart from the breathing of the four people, there was no other sound.
Four pairs of eyes stared at each other in the air, but in the end, no one broke the silence first.
Don't you think this game is quite confusing?
Ultimately, someone chose to break the silence.
Feng Xingtai looked at the others with a questioning look in his eyes. "The rules of the game are that we find the murderer, but I now suspect that this is not our mission at all."
His tone was neither too light nor too heavy, but it subtly created pressure on everyone.
"Then what exactly is our mission?"
Jiang Yu pretended to be confused, his obsidian-like eyes fixed on Feng Xingtai.
"Find the murderer... Does it matter who the murderer is? Who divided up Grandma Lin's compensation? It was all her descendants. So, for Grandma Lin, who is the murderer who killed her?" Feng Xingtai stared at Jiang Yu, his gaze unwavering.
"If I were her, none of us would escape. We'd kill them all, leaving no one alive!"
"Aren't you right, Anning?" His tone changed so quickly that even Ji Yan didn't react in time.
"An Ning?" she repeated softly. "Who are you talking about?"
"He chose me."
A girl's lazy voice came from the ceiling. Ji Yan looked up abruptly and met a pair of bright eyes.
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