Chapter 131 Who Killed Who
"Mirror Community has always pursued 'self-discipline, self-reliance and self-improvement'. We give everyone the greatest freedom, but we also require the residents here to have high quality."
"The landlord is the first person to know the rules of moving in. The community requires the landlord to introduce the rules to new residents. If the new residents have doubts about the landlord's identity, the landlord will be punished by the doorman. If the landlord successfully performs his duties, he can be rewarded with the key to Room 2."
Sun Yuancheng was dumbfounded: "There is such a way to play, why is this dungeon so lazy that it makes players work for it?!"
“…” No, isn’t this the point?
They were tricked by other players at the beginning of the game, and everyone was not in a good mood.
"The most urgent thing now is to find the room key," Zhang Xingzhi glanced at the clock on the wall, "It's less than three hours until twelve o'clock, "Except for the key to room 2, we don't know where the keys to the other rooms are. According to the rules, if we still can't find the room we're staying in by night, we may be the first to be attacked by the NPC."
The light outside the restaurant was getting dimmer, with layers of light grey clouds forming and the air becoming noticeably more humid. It was probably going to rain.
"Let's split up first and gather all the keys we can find together. We'll work out the specific distribution later."
Li Ziyue pursed his lips.
Finding the key is important, but there are still many questions that have not been resolved at the scene. He doesn't think Zhang Xingzhi is someone who can fool around easily.
"I don't agree to separate."
The man with glasses who had been hiding in the corner and trembling finally raised his hand.
“Collective action is indeed safer, but it is too inefficient.”
Zhang Xingzhi looked at the man with glasses.
The man with glasses is called Duan Yan, and he ranks tenth on the highest scoreboard. He is notoriously timid and cautious. He will not do anything unless he is absolutely sure. He is a risk-averse player and performs poorly in all dungeons related to gambling.
"At the very least..." Duan Yan swallowed nervously, his eyes wandering left and right, "Wu Tian...can't act alone."
Liu Yuche asked in confusion: "Why?"
Some of Wu Tian's moral concepts deviate too far from the normal track. He will do anything to achieve his goals. He is often called a "mad dog" in the dungeon. Perhaps Duan Yan is afraid that Wu Tian will attack players in order to pass the level.
Duan Yan lowered his head and remained silent for three full minutes. Wu Tian hated dealing with interpersonal relationships here. He sneered and was about to walk out, but was stopped by Liu Yuche.
"I don't want to beat a woman." Wu Tian said coldly.
Liu Yuche raised his eyebrows: "Really? You sound like you can definitely beat me."
"I saw it..." Duan Yan seemed to have made up his mind. He raised his head tremblingly, "I saw it, Wu Tian... at five o'clock..."
His eyeballs, which had shrunk into tiny black dots, were jumping up and down, with red blood covering the whites of his eyeballs.
"A fake person was created in your room... and you killed him..."
"No, no no, he killed you...no..."
"Who are you...are you a real person or a fake person..."
Everyone's eyes instantly fell on Wu Tian, the atmosphere froze in an instant, and Liu Yuche's right hand had already touched the handle of the gun at his waist.
There were two loud bangs of thunder in the distance, and the old electric fan above the restaurant was squeaking.
The air became increasingly humid.
Wu Tian didn't think that disaster was imminent, and his eyes were full of sarcasm: "Did you see it? What did you see?"
"Besides you, were there any other witnesses at that time? If not, I would have said that it was you who killed the fake person at five o'clock and framed me." Wu Tian said with a smile.
"At that time... at that time you refused Fang Yuan to write about the players who were in the same room with him," Duan Yan said unsteadily, "because you couldn't write it..."
Fang Yuan was proud: "Wu Tian, I knew it..."
"Idiot." Wu Tian cursed, "Now I can be sure that there are at least two high-level fake people present. One is you, Duan Yan, and the other... is Sun Yuancheng who colluded with you."
Sun Yuancheng, who had long positioned himself as a "spectator", was instantly confused: "No, what does it have to do with me? Huh? Why are you doubting me again?"
Zhang Xingzhi sighed, "Friends, let's be honest, we don't have time to worry about these things now. Can we just look for the key first? It will be harder to find it when it rains later."
He waved his hand: "Forget it, you guys can argue here, I'll leave first."
Zhang Xingzhi's departure broke the situation for the second time. The twins Fang Yuan and Fang Chi followed suit and left. Liu Yuche put down the gun aimed at Wu Tian. She turned her head and looked at the silent Li Ziyue for a few seconds, then left too.
Duan Yan said that he would not leave the restaurant on the first floor until he was sure.
As for Wu Tian, he had already swaggered out of the back door when Liu Yuche pointed a gun at him.
The remaining three people are Li Ziyue, Zhang Lian and Sun Yuancheng.
[Zhang Lian] has already revealed his identity. Li Ziyue must be tied to him. As for Sun Yuancheng...
Sun Yuancheng's face wrinkled into a bitter gourd: "I really didn't do anything, and I don't know anything. To be honest, I suspect Duan Yan. This guy has been staying in the room with me. How could he have seen Wu Tian kill anyone? Hey, why do I feel that the more I talk, the more suspicious I am. What should I do?"
“Is there anything different between a high-level pseudo-human and an ordinary person? How about I take off all my clothes and show you guys? Even though I’m shy and I’m a straight man, what can I do?” Sun Yuancheng was about to cry as he spoke. “Why am I so pitiful? It doesn’t matter. I can live well on my own. Brother, remember to collect my body when the time comes. I don’t want to die alone in the dungeon…”
"..." Li Ziyue sighed, "Don't be sad, I don't doubt you, come with us."
Sun Yuancheng's worthless tears were instantly taken back, and he followed Li Ziyue happily, grinning foolishly.
"But brother," Sun Yuancheng said with emotion, "even if you are a fake person, I will still follow you. You are very, very good, and you, a fake person, will not harm me."
Li Ziyue choked.
...It's true.
Li Ziyue's fake man has no bad intentions towards other people except wanting to kill Li Ziyue.
When we left the restaurant, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. Lights were on all around, and because it was going to rain, several women were busy collecting clothes hanging in the corridor and on the balcony.
There must be a construction project next to this residential building. The residents generally eat late. At nine o'clock, you can still smell the aroma of cooking coming from some doors.
The summer was sweltering, and despite the thunder, the residents who had been hiding in their rooms in the afternoon gradually came out to enjoy the evening breeze that had dissipated some of the heat.
In the center there is a five-meter-wide decorative pool with several colorful koi swimming in it. A few old men brought chairs and lay by the pool chatting.
It's really strange. There is no human habitation here in the afternoon, and it is not safe at night, but people come out for leisure and entertainment.
"I understand. For a life-style dungeon like this, there are generally three ways to get information. One is to turn everything upside down and eventually find the evil basement. The other is to chat with these uncles and aunts until you find out where their private money is hidden under a brick in their home."
Sun Yuancheng offered his courtesy: "Of course, the last method is only suitable for handsome people like me, through some sex/seduction..."
Li Ziyue: "...Where did you summarize this method from?"
""Escape from marriage 999 times, infinite flow boss husband loves me again"."
Li Ziyue: "…From the primary pseudo-human copy to the advanced pseudo-human copy, my reading taste has not changed."
"As a person, you must be loyal." Sun Yuancheng clenched his fists.
…
Unexpectedly, but not surprisingly, the key was not difficult to obtain.
Sun Yuancheng took a minute to create an image for himself as an outstanding young man who "cares for the elderly, hates young people who do not know what is good for them, humbly agrees with preaching, and understands world affairs." While chatting with the old man, he did not forget to send warm smiles to the aunties around him, and truly achieved "eating from the bowl and looking at the pot."
"The uncle sitting in the middle is in charge of the keys to the second floor. Currently, except for Room 2, all other keys are here." Sun Yuancheng whispered as he handed over a row of heavy keys.
The keys were not intact, and some of them were only half left. While Sun Yuancheng was trying to get close to the old man, Li Ziyue saw with his own eyes that key number 7 broke out of thin air.
There should be many copies of the key in the copy. When a key is confirmed by the player, the remaining copies will be scrapped by self-breaking.
The key is easy to get, but the difficult part is which one to choose.
The rules for all rooms are the same, and the only rule that is relevant to room selection is rule 4: Please choose your room based on 1, 1/2, 1/4
The keys are numbered from 1-12, and it is easiest to use 12 to establish arithmetic relationships with these fractions. For example, if you multiply 12 by 1, all twelve rooms can be lived in on the first day, 12 times 1/2, rooms 1-6 can be lived in on the second day, and so on.
But there is no other reason to support the above assumption, and he still has too few clues.
[Zhang Lian] had been walking around the pool and when he came back he handed Li Ziyue a new rule.
"I feel the rules in the water."
【Basic Survival Rules】
Pave it today, there are 0 people hiding inside
Fold it in half tomorrow, and there will be a person hidden inside
Fold it in half the day after tomorrow, and there will be 729 people hidden inside
The room is empty in the morning, where is the devil?
The pool is empty at noon, where is my brother?
The corridor is empty at night, where is my brother?
"Can this be considered a rule? This is so confusing," Sun Yuancheng frowned, "I don't understand it either."
[Congratulations to the player for finding the key rule*1, please go to the selected room in time]
Li Ziyue pondered for a few seconds: "Today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, these three days correspond to the three criteria for choosing a room."
"The rules state that you have to choose a new room every day, which means that the room conditions will change with the date, that is, the time. This residential building is strangely constructed, and the overall shape is round, like a clock."
"If we follow this line of thought... when we see the number 729, it's easy to think of 3 to the sixth power... but what does this mean? Does it mean that rooms 3 and 6 are safe on the first day? Then why do we use powers?"
"Or using modular arithmetic, the number 729 modulo 12 is 9, which could also mean that room 9 was safe on the first day." [Note 1]
"But there is a problem," Li Ziyue frowned, "Each room can accommodate at most 2 people. According to the first inference, only two rooms are safe on the first day. Does that mean at most 4 people can survive on the first day?"
Sun Yuancheng scratched his head in confusion: "How do you explain the 1 and 0 at the end? There is no room 0 here."
"I'm still thinking about a question." Li Ziyue looked at the row of keys. "The rules for moving in mentioned that the landlord is responsible for introducing the rules to other new residents. This shows that the landlord is an indispensable role. After completing this task, the copy directly gave the player the key to Room 2 without letting the player choose. Does this mean that Room 2 must be safe?"
Sun Yuancheng touched his head and said, "All of them are given to players as rewards... Logically speaking, Room 2 should be safe."
Li Ziyue shook his head: "Among all the dungeons, rule-based dungeons are the most likely to deceive people. The marked rewards may be 'Reward you to die early'."
“…”
Sun Yuancheng's expression froze: "I now think sleeping in the corridor might be a good choice."
"It's true that things haven't been peaceful lately," the old man next to him yawned, "We can't live in peace until the murderers are caught. But you newcomers are lucky."
He counted on his fingers: "One, two... Well, if I choose the right one, I can survive."
“Just happen to have them all”?
Li Ziyue thought for half a minute and said, "I should know."
"Uncle, can we take this bunch of keys away directly?"
"Not choosing now?" Sun Yuancheng was like a curious baby.
Li Ziyue shook his head: "We can't choose now. If I'm not mistaken, we have to see the results of the remaining players' choices before we can make a choice."
"Take it, take it." The old man stood up and put away the recliner. "Anyway, the people here will either be killed by the twins or by the crazy woman and her son on the third floor. I might die tonight, so there's no point in me having the key."
"Crazy woman" and "son"? Who are these two? Why have I never heard the system mention them?
"Uncle, on the third floor... Alas, we are new here and don't know either," Sun Yuancheng said hurriedly, "What's going on?"
The old man stopped packing and looked the three people up and down with his cloudy triangular eyes: "It's bad luck."
"Aren't you going to die tonight? It's okay to talk about it. Just think of it as accumulating blessings for your next life."
The old man picked up the fish feed bag next to him and beat Sun Yuancheng: "You talk exactly like my annoying grandson."
Sun Yuancheng groaned twice.
"My grandson died early, and I miss him too." The old man stopped.
He was silent for two seconds, then he spoke again, "The crazy woman's husband died two years ago, leaving her with a seven-year-old child. The woman was normal at first, but then one day she accidentally fell into the pool behind me."
There were a few red lights hanging on the rockery above the pool, making the water in the pool as black as ink, with no bottom to be seen and no idea how deep it was.
"This pool looks shallow, but it has drowned several adults who can swim. After the woman was rescued, she went crazy for no apparent reason. She was quiet during the day, but at night she would close the door and beat her son, pointing at him and scolding him, saying he ate his brother and that he was a murderer. The child was miserable too, often not getting enough food, and his body was covered in bruises."
"No, how could a seven-year-old kid kill someone?" Sun Yuancheng exclaimed.
The old man sighed and said, "At first, the woman was told during the prenatal checkup that she was pregnant with twins. Her belly was also big. When she was four months pregnant, she looked like other women were seven months pregnant. I bought two pairs of clothes at that time. Who would have thought that she would give birth to a single baby later."
Sun Yuancheng lamented: "This is a medical accident. The child is so pitiful."
"Okay, it's going to rain." The old man looked up and said, "I won't say any more. You should go back early. It's not safe on a rainy night."
As he spoke, the old man and the surrounding residents left one after another, and the area became much quieter.
The thunder became louder, and occasionally there was a flash of dazzling lightning.
As it stands, "twins" are one of the key pieces of information in the copy, so I have to go to the third floor no matter what.
Li Ziyue stared at the pool, thinking of the lake that Li Ziyue saw during his escape on a snowy night in "Snowstorm Manor", and then thought of the new rules that Zhang Lian had learned from it before.
It’s definitely not easy here either.
Looking at the time again, there was still more than an hour until twelve o'clock, so the three of them walked towards the guard room at the main entrance of the community.
On the one hand, it is to remotely view the player's room selection through monitoring, on the other hand...
Li Ziyue has always been concerned about the role of the "gatekeeper" in the copy.
"Brother, I find this a bit strange," Sun Yuancheng muttered on the way, "Why didn't you tell Zhang Xingzhi and the others about the key? In any case, we are closer allies."
Li Ziyue did not answer this question immediately.
"Do you think," he said in a low voice, "how many of the nine people present at the restaurant this afternoon were real people?"
"Uh... Wu Tian is a little unclear. Although Duan Yan is with me, I don't know how he saw Wu Tian. It's hard to say. I'm not sure about the others. I estimate that there should be 6 real people... right?"
"I disagree with you." Li Ziyue shook his head.
"Of the nine people present, perhaps only three were real people."
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