Chapter 14 The Runaway Rabbit
[Oh my god…what does that mean…oh my god…it can’t be what I thought it meant…]
[Ugh… I’m already vomiting…]
[Don't vomit, think about where your vomit comes from... Can you still vomit...]
Li Ziyue brought everyone back to the "Z"-shaped housing area.
"We have always thought too simply," Li Ziyue cut the machete into the gap at the bottom of the "Z"-shaped door, "and thought that 'I' was hiding in a fixed position in a complete human form, but we didn't think that maybe in 'I's' eyes, the entire underground space is a whole, it is a 'person', and 'I' am hiding in a certain part of this 'person's' body."
"Usually, when we meet a strange woman who is only five years older than us, we would choose to call her sister, but here we call her mom."
"What did mom do that made me think of her as a mother?"
"There were two of us when we went in, and one of us when we came out. My mother hid me, and my mother gave birth to me."
The scimitar collided violently with the rocks underground. Li Ziyue twisted his wrist and the blade penetrated deeper into the crack again. "Where else in the human body can a large object fit?"
The tip of the knife hit a sinister piece of finger bone, which was extremely thin and had turned yellow due to oxidation.
Li Ziyue looked at it carefully and said in a cold voice: "The belly with the intestines emptied out."
At the same time, the system voice sounded again.
[Congratulations to player Li Ziyue for completing the main quest, successfully finding 'me', and obtaining 2000 points. The system also customizes your player/pseudo-person information for you. I wish you a happy game~]
As soon as he finished speaking, a note suddenly popped up on the system interface with a blue light.
The note floated into Li Ziyue's hands, and it read:
[Rabbit that escaped: ■■■口]
[Strong tiger: ■口口口]
[Drowning fish: I 口 口 口]
[Scapegoat: 口口口口]
Li Ziyue was stunned.
What's the meaning?
The content on the note is the information of the player or pseudo-person related to him. According to this line of thought, it is obvious that Yang Hu corresponds to the strong tiger, and Yu Yu corresponds to the drowning fish, so...
Who are the runaway rabbit and the scapegoat?
And what does the black and white frame behind it represent?
Considering that he had been leading people to escape for the past two nights, the escaped rabbit could only be blamed on him, so who was the scapegoat?
Zhang Lian? Or Sun Yuancheng? Whose crime were they taking the blame for? What crime were they taking the blame for?
He had only dug a corner of this area before, and perhaps if he dug the ground a few more times he would have some new harvests.
Li Ziyue raised his hand and gestured to Zhang Lian on the other side: "Zhang Lian, please dig up the ground near the other houses."
He pointed his hand into the distance. Zhang Lianmo looked at him for a few seconds before walking to the other side.
The audience in the live broadcast room noticed Zhang Lian's abnormality and expressed their doubts.
[It’s a bit strange. Before, Zhang Lian would act immediately whenever the host asked him to do something. Why did he hesitate this time? ]
[Oh my god, is there something wrong with Zhang Lian... Is the host testing Zhang Lian? ]
[Testing what? Testing whether he can dig the ground? You guys are so imaginative]
[Don't panic, don't take things too lightly, I always feel like something is odd...]
Li Ziyue waited until the "clang clang" sound of digging was heard over there, then he walked into the house. The wall where they had previously made holes was still covered with black words, and the portraits of people with faces and dog bodies became more and more hideous. He touched those strange colors with his hands.
Feeling a sticky feeling at his fingertips, Li Ziyue narrowed his eyes and turned his hand over.
The colors on the wall were stained on his hands, and the wall changed where he touched.
Li Ziyue frowned slightly, as if he was thinking.
Unexpectedly, the next second, there was a hasty sound of a door closing behind me.
The whole room was dark in an instant. The old light bulb on the ceiling swayed as the door closed. The dim light flickered. The dogs on the wall had taken on 70% human shapes. They seemed to come alive, and their human-like claws quietly twisted and crawled on the dark wall.
He moved closer to Li Zi step by step.
The door was locked again, just like before, making it impossible to enter or exit.
He was deliberately trapped in this room by someone outside.
Apart from a loud clatter of objects colliding, there was no other sound outside.
The talkative Sun Yuancheng fell silent, and both inside and outside the house fell into an eerie silence.
The person who slammed the door shut just now was Yu Yu, who had been following them without saying a word.
It seemed that Li Ziyue was betrayed by Sun Yuancheng and Yu Yu, whom he had led to pass the level, without realizing it.
But why?
…
Sun Yuancheng has been in a daze since the moment he watched Yu Yu close the door silently.
His mind couldn't help but recall the Easter egg reminder he heard in the hall last night, and every word Yu Yu said to him after he found him.
At that time, he had just been forced to teleport randomly due to the triggering of the easter egg and was separated from everyone. Sun Yuancheng knew from the system prompt that he had to kill the patroller, but he also knew that the survival rate of ordinary players and patrollers in a head-on confrontation was only 7%. He immediately fell into despair, and at this moment, he happened to run into Yu Yu.
Before Sun Yuancheng had the chance to use his delicate technique of "crying for thigh protection" on Yu Yu, he saw Yu Yu moving quickly with a frown on his face, completely different from his previous cowardly appearance.
"There is a fake person among us." Yu Yu's eyes were stern, and his words contained an irrefutable meaning.
"What?" Sun Yuancheng asked in shock, "Yu Yu, what are you talking about? You..."
He looked Yu Yu up and down hesitantly, then took a few steps back, with a look of vigilance on his face: "Are you the real Yu Yu... Why does it feel like your temperament has changed so quickly..."
Yu Yu rolled his eyes at him and said, "It's a long daytime period now. If there is a transformation between a fake player and a real player, the system will report it."
Hearing this, Sun Yuancheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh my god, I thought you had split personality. No, you just said that. If you don't have split personality, you must have other mental illnesses..."
“…” Yu Yu took a deep breath and suppressed his impatience and anger.
"You also heard the Easter eggs and infected objects announced by the system just now, right?"
“Ah? Yes…”
"You're a newbie, so it's normal that you don't know about Easter eggs and infected objects," Yu Yu said coldly. "Easter eggs and infected objects are only found in mid- and high-level pseudo-human copies. Although I don't know why it appears in a primary pseudo-human copy, its appearance can confirm one thing."
"There is a traitor among us."
"You just heard the system say that if you don't kill the inspectors and remove the infected within a certain period of time, you will be killed by the infected and turned into a fake human."
"If all of us were players before, this wouldn't have happened. There's only the possibility that fake people are hiding among us, trying to infect and kill all of us and turn us into fake people."
Sun Yuancheng swallowed his saliva and said tremblingly: "Ah... that... is impossible... who could it be... everyone has verified their identities..."
"No," Yu Yu interrupted him firmly, "Think carefully, among the five of us, two of us actually never revealed our identities."
"Yang Hu just showed that he doesn't have a fake person mark, and you are also a real player confirmed by the system broadcast. Needless to say, my identity has been proven by my death once."
"I still trust Zhang Lian's words for now," Yu Yu said in a deep voice, "I have had a lot of contact with him. His strength is very terrifying. I have entered the infinite dungeon several times, and I have never seen anyone with half his ability. If he is a fake person, he is fully capable of killing us all, and he doesn't need any disguise at all."
“You…what do you mean…” Sun Yuancheng immediately understood who Yu Yu was suspecting. He cursed angrily, “Have you forgotten who rescued you from so many inspectors?”
"But he was the one who pushed me in!" Yu Yu also became angry. "If he hadn't pushed me in, there would be no need for him to be a hero and put on such a good show in front of you! He saved me and further solidified his status as a player!"
"Have you ever thought about it carefully?" He almost roared, "Li Ziyue has never been killed. He cleverly stands at the height of scrutiny. He scrutinizes your identity, mine, and Yang Hu's. He quietly oppresses us, makes us follow him, and makes us dare not doubt him."
"Look at you. You are angry for him right now. Doesn't that just show that you have been led by him? Can you provide ironclad evidence to prove that he is not a fake?!"
Sun Yuancheng couldn't come up with a reasonable rebuttal for a while. His face turned pale and his momentum instantly dropped. After a long time, he stammered: "... But I have been alone with him for a long time. If he is a fake person, he would have..."
Sun Yuancheng suddenly became speechless.
He remembered what Li Ziyue had once said to him.
[“If I were a fake person, I could completely imitate Yang Hu. I would play the long game and catch the big fish. I would first gain your trust, and when I was alone with you, I would not kill you but protect you at all costs. Then I would blend into the player group,” Li Ziyue lowered his head and laughed, “and kill all of you.”]
Could it be that...
He instantly got goosebumps all over his body. Could it be that he was not joking at that time, but testing him...
"You..." Sun Yuancheng stared at Yu Yu in disbelief, "No... this is impossible..."
"Brother is a very nice person. He takes me everywhere with him and doesn't think I'm a burden..."
"Are you stupid?" Yu Yu said angrily, "Do you understand the meaning of the word 'fake' in the fake copy? Everyone has two faces, and everyone has a mask on their face. How can you be sure that his personality is not fake!"
"Think about it carefully. Why didn't Li Ziyue dare to kill us directly? Instead, he chose to gather all the players he identified together and then use shameful means such as Easter eggs and infected objects..."
Yu Yu continued: "Because we have Zhang Lian."
"Li Ziyue can kill Yang Hu, and can kill you and me, but he is afraid of Zhang Lian."
Indeed...Sun Yuancheng recalled the past, Li Ziyue did tell him that he could not beat Zhang Lian.
but……
He shrank his nose, his eyes reddened, and he was about to cry unconsciously: "But Brother Li is very good to me...he..."
"That's the truth. If you can find a loophole in my logic, I will stop suspecting Li Ziyue. Otherwise, he will be the fake person," Yu Yu looked at Sun Yuancheng seriously. "Fake people are very good at disguising themselves. If they don't deliberately reveal themselves, they are basically no different from real people. If you want to pass this copy, remember not to trust someone easily without sufficient evidence."
"Then..." Sun Yuancheng bit his upper lip anxiously, hesitated for a long time, and asked, "What do you want to do..."
"Generally, after the main quest is over, if the player is still lingering near the quest, he will be forced to enter the main storyline experience. Simply put, he is trapped by the system and must enter and experience the main storyline before being released. During this period," Yu Yu said slowly, "the trapped player will be very vulnerable, and the slightest disturbance outside is enough to kill him."
"Ah?" Sun Yuancheng was stunned, "Death..."
Yu Yu held Sun Yuancheng's shoulder and said, "Li Ziyue is most likely a fake person. He can be resurrected immediately after dying once. We are actually saving him, not harming him."
Sun Yuancheng's face turned pale, and after an unknown amount of time, he nodded hesitantly.
"What is the relationship between Li Ziyue and Zhang Lian?" Yu Yu suddenly asked.
Sun Yuancheng thought about it carefully and frowned slightly: "According to my observation... they should have been strangers before, and their relationship was average. Li Ziyue didn't believe Zhang Lian... Zhang Lian's words... I don't know what his purpose is..."
"That's enough," Yu Yu nodded, "As long as they are not close friends or blood relatives, it will be easy to deal with."
He had met Zhang Lian before. Zhang Lian had a very good temper and patience, and was not an unreasonable person.
Although testing Li Ziyue was a bit sudden and arbitrary, I think it wouldn't be a big problem if I explained it to Zhang Lian when the time comes.
At this time, Yu Yu made an absolute mistake - without fully understanding the relationship between the players, he was too confident that he could control the powerful uncertain factors.
This mistake directly led to the breakdown of his relationship with Li Ziyue and his group.
…
Sun Yuancheng leaned against the wall, nervously looking at Zhang Lian who raised his spear and pointed it at the two of them.
The whole process of locking up Li Ziyue went very smoothly. Li Ziyue even sent away Zhang Lian, who was giving them a headache, before he took the initiative to step into the room. However, they did not expect that the only oversight was that they underestimated Li Ziyue's position in Zhang Lian's heart.
Sun Yuancheng couldn't understand. They looked like they were meeting for the first time. Li Ziyue had always been distrustful of Zhang Lian, so why did Zhang Lian always defend Li Ziyue?
Yu Yu was still trying to explain, "Have you ever thought that Li Ziyue might be a fake person? If you just analyze it a little bit..."
"I don't care what he is." Zhang Lian's expression had never been so cold. The tip of his spear was placed horizontally in front of Yu Yu's wide-open eyes, just millimeters away from his trembling eyeballs.
"If he doesn't make it out okay."
He looked at the two people in front of him expressionlessly, and the tone of his voice was like the almighty god of death judging mortals.
"You will all die."
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