Chapter 19 Proof and Solution (Starting from Inverted V)
"You...how did you find out..." Yu Yu's legs went weak and the intense fear made him sweat all over.
Sun Yuancheng had been with Li Ziyue since he left. There was no possibility that Sun Yuancheng, who was originally a player, was suddenly killed and turned into a fake person. So he had been alone with the fake person for a long time without knowing it. If Sun Yuancheng had any feelings for him during that time, he would have had a hard time escaping death...
Li Ziyue did not answer Yu Yu's question immediately. He looked at Zhang Lian, who had stood in the corner for some unknown reason, and pointed at the electronic screen hanging high on the ceiling: "Can you shoot it down?"
Zhang Lian nodded silently, and then a spear appeared in his palm.
The spear was thrown out cleanly and neatly, and the steel ropes on both sides of the electronic screen hanging broke instantly. With a loud "bang", the electronic screen suddenly fell among a group of old tables and chairs, stirring up several layers of dust.
Li Ziyue walked over, picked up the electronic screen that was broken into two halves, and threw it in front of Yu Yu.
The electronic screen had been cut off from power and should have been pitch black, but unexpectedly, a red segment as thick as a finger was left in the middle.
"What's this……"
Li Ziyue looked at Zhang Lian again: "Do you have red chalk or something like that in your... treasure box?"
Zhang Lian nodded and handed him a box of colored chalks.
Li Ziyue took the chalk, looked up and saw Yu Yu's shocked expression, and explained: "Zhang Lian loves to exchange these things with points. You can think of him as the second Doraemon. Basically... he has exchanged for everything that is available in the points store."
[I am dying of laughter. One is Doraemon 2.0, and the other is the first person to go to a dungeon with homework. I really don’t know who is more amazing.]
"Okay," Li Ziyue drew two lines on the electronic screen with chalk, "There are about five minutes left before the dungeon ends. I can use the remaining time to teach you an elementary school math problem."
Li Ziyue drew a V next to the red vertical line on the electronic screen, and the two together showed the normal number of players alive: VI
"The most crucial thing in the entire copy is this number."
"Since the system does not broadcast the specific number by voice, players can only confirm the situation through the electronic screen at the top. Moreover, the electronic screen is placed at the top of the room, giving people a sense of being 'high above' and out of reach. It is backed by the system and represents authority, so people will involuntarily and unconditionally believe the information provided on it."
"This makes it easy for others to tamper with the data."
"This red line was deliberately drawn. Because of this red line, if there are only five players on the field, the electronic screen will not show V but VI, which means there is one more player than there actually is. Who is this extra player?"
Li Ziyue coughed and said, "Sun Yuancheng."
“Why do you know it would be him…” Yu Yu was stunned.
"There are three points. The first point," Li Ziyue drew a circle next to it with chalk, "When he and I were at the ventilation duct in the fruit and vegetable storage room, he asked me about time."
"He just asked casually at that time, but I noticed that there was a circle of obvious white skin on his wrist, which was obviously left by wearing a watch."
"It means he is a person who really needs time data."
Li Ziyue yawned and continued, "Secondly, when we were crawling in the ventilation duct, I accidentally touched his calf and could clearly feel the muscles there were tense beyond normal. He reacted violently at the time, and I thought he was not used to physical contact with people, but then he hugged and pulled me, so it seems that was not the case."
"His calves are strong, and time is very important to him. We can roughly judge that he deliberately practices running and other sports in his life. But when he was escaping in the underground space," Li Ziyue paused for two seconds, "I was basically the one who pulled him to run."
"Do you know why he can't run fast?" Li Ziyue walked to the body of Sun Yuancheng's fake man. Since the fake man was already dead, the body began to rot automatically at a very fast speed. Li Ziyue frowned slightly, put on the mask handed to him by the sensible Zhang Lian, then covered the feet of the fake man's body with his hands and took off the shoes on both sides.
When he saw the abnormality, Yu Yu couldn't help but take a deep breath——
Six...six toes...
The fake man actually had an extra toe on both of his feet.
"That's why. His body can't balance on six toes well enough."
Li Ziyue left the body and spoke again, "However, it would be too hasty for me to conclude that Sun Yuancheng is a fake person based on the previous reasons."
He took out the note from his backpack that the system had given him after completing the main quest. It read:
[Rabbit that escaped: ■■■口]
[Strong tiger: ■口口口]
[Drowning fish: I 口 口 口]
[Scapegoat: 口口口口]
"There are two doubts in this note. First, who do the four animals correspond to? Second, what do the black and white frames at the back represent?"
Li Ziyue pointed at the drowning fish and the strong tiger and said, "You should have guessed that the drowning fish is you, and the strong tiger is Yang Hu. At first I thought the escaped rabbit was me, but when you suspected that I was a fake person and trapped me in the plot experience, I realized that my corresponding identity was a scapegoat."
"Then the identity of 'Escaped Rabbit' can only be attributed to Zhang Lian and Sun Yuancheng."
"The second question is, what does the black and white frame at the back represent?"
"This copy is a primary pseudo-human copy. When you write the answer to the question, you must stick to the question. There must be a strong connection between the black and white frame and the entire background. Look behind you," Li Ziyue circled a vertical line behind the "drowning fish", "there is something very strange behind you. You are just a black vertical line. Compared with other black squares, you seem too narrow and too hasty..."
Yu Yu looked at Li Ziyue, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, "You mean..."
"That's right," Li Ziyue nodded. "I pushed you into the room and killed you by the inspector, turning you into a fake human. I killed the fake human that was still incubating within two minutes, and you returned to being a real player. The time you were transformed into a fake human was very short."
"Following this line of thought, Yang Hu was a fake person on the first night, and all the rest were real players. He has been a fake person for much longer than you, so there is a black square. I have never been a fake person, so it is normal that there is no black line. This logic can reasonably explain the three of us, so we can try to point to the 'Rabbit that Runaway'."
"He has three black squares, which means he's always lurking around us."
Li Ziyue pointed to his throat and reached out to Zhang Lian again. Zhang Lian understood and put a box of pure milk in his hand.
Li Ziyue raised two fingers to indicate that he wanted two boxes. Zhang Lian thought that Li Ziyue was making a "yeah" sign to him, so he also made a "yeah" sign to Li Ziyue without hesitation and blinked innocently.
[Yeah, I'll do one too]
[Everyone follow the host and make a “V” sign. I didn’t expect Brother Li to still be so leisurely and elegant at the end. He is really old but his heart is still young.]
[…Is it possible that Li Ge meant the number “two” instead of “yeah”, and that other people over 26 years old felt offended (mumbling)]
Li Ziyue: "...No, I mean please give me two boxes, Yu Yu might want to drink it too."
Zhang Lian was stunned for a second. Although the second box of milk had been placed in Li Ziyue's palm, Li Ziyue could clearly feel that Zhang Lian's mood suddenly dropped.
Li Ziyue turned his head and continued to explain the whole process to Yu Yu while drinking milk, while also thinking about how to coax Zhang Lian later.
etc.
Why would he think of coaxing Zhang Lian? Why not just buy two bottles of milk and give them back to Zhang Lian? Why coax him?
Li Ziyue also stayed there for two seconds, then put this thought aside and continued explaining.
"Actually, there is one more thing, and I have to thank you for that." Li Ziyue handed the milk to Yu Yu, "You and Sun Yuancheng conspired together, and made me realize how good Sun Yuancheng is at acting."
"What's your impression of Sun Yuancheng?" Li Ziyue suddenly asked.
Yu Yu was stunned, and after thinking carefully for a long while, he said a little embarrassedly: "Well... a little crazy, and a little silly. Except for not making a scene to sleep, everything else fits the image of a simple newcomer."
"That's right," Li Ziyue nodded. "Based on his series of performances, if he was a real player, he would definitely not be able to hide his thoughts in front of me after you told him about your plan to test me. However, the moment he saw me, his performance was almost perfect."
"When he saw me throwing the negative status elimination fluid I dug out from the inspector to him, he immediately hugged my legs and cried bitterly to me. His intimacy with me did not decrease at all."
"Why is the performance so good?" Li Ziyue chuckled, "Because he also hopes to use you to kill me."
"But he underestimated Zhang Lian's support for me, so in the end... let me think, when I was trapped in the plot and couldn't get out, did Sun Yuancheng plead with Zhang Lian to save me?"
Yu Yu nodded silently.
Li Ziyue's smile was not yet visible: "He is very smart. He knows that he is no match for us in terms of force, so he didn't kill anyone in these three nights. He pretended to be a normal player. You can't accuse a murderer who wants to kill someone but hasn't actually killed anyone yet. This is his strategy."
"But in this instance, even if he doesn't kill anyone, as long as he disguises himself so that we can't guess he's a fake person, he can always outnumber us in terms of players and fake people."
"His second clever move was to use the 'infected substance' to break up our unity. However, every action has loopholes. His greed to kill someone with a borrowed knife led to his mistakes, which made me more certain that he was the fake one among us."
Li Ziyue drew a few lines on the other side with white chalk, and a prominent vertical "I" appeared in the white mist. That was where the number of pseudo-people was originally displayed: "Since the number of players has been changed, in order to maintain the balance of the total number of 12, the original red pseudo-people icon must be painted over with black paint."
Yu Yu nodded seriously: "I see...hiss...I'm really sorry for doubting you before. If you weren't in this copy...I really wouldn't have guessed these..."
"It's okay." Li Ziyue stood up and stretched, then walked towards Zhang Lian who was leaning aside without saying anything.
When the five minutes are up, the system prompt sound will automatically sound.
[So far, the primary pseudo-human copy has been completely completed. Congratulations to the players for successfully clearing the primary pseudo-human copy and obtaining 5000 system points as a reward, as well as 1 [Real World] fragment. Players who like pseudo-human copies are recommended to choose the intermediate pseudo-human copy and the advanced pseudo-human copy. I look forward to seeing you next time.]
[Next, we will proceed with the system settlement and reward of audience points in the live broadcast room. Please be patient, the settlement and reward will take three minutes in total. After three minutes, you will be automatically sent back to your world.]
Li Ziyue opened the live broadcast room, but his eyes turned to Yu Yu again.
He had an ambiguous smile on his face: "Do you think this is all?"
"Did you find any problems while listening to my story?"
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