Chapter 65 The Farmer and the Snake
The projection of death No. 5 was transmitted to everyone's room.
He lay on the bed with a sharp dagger inserted into his chest. Li Ziyue compared the dagger with the one hanging on his wall.
Exactly the same.
Sure enough, this is the murder weapon.
Is it possible to catch the traitor by checking whether there are daggers left in other people's rooms?
Li Ziyue frowned.
This seems a little too simple.
[The second round begins. The current number of dead spectators: 1]
[Rules change reminder: In the first round, the host used up all four door opening opportunities without authorization, which caused dissatisfaction among some viewers in the live broadcast room. In order to balance the emotions of the audience, the host's number of door openings will be limited]
Li Ziyue's eyes turned colder.
The newly added rules in the live broadcast room are all to enhance the audience's experience, allowing the audience to go from simply "watching" to being able to personally participate in the dungeon. He originally thought that the previous changes were all, but he didn't expect that the audience could even change the dungeon rules...
Li Ziyue had never felt the gazes of the audience in the live broadcast room fall on him as heavy as they did today.
If he was the one who was killed in the last round... the blade was inserted into his heart, and the audience in his live broadcast room felt the pain with him, how chaotic would his live broadcast room be? If the audience was dissatisfied, how harsh would the copy be on him?
If there happens to be a heart patient in the audience...
[Who is unhappy? Damn, this completely disrupted Brother Li’s plan]
[I am not satisfied and I am complaining about what I did. What do you want? I don’t care about any plans or not. It was originally said that this part is for the audience and the anchor to participate together. The anchor has all the opportunities to open the door in his hands. Wouldn’t the audience become the background board? ]
[That is, the audience has no sense of participation at all, and can only accept being questioned. Why?]
[You are so good at talking in the barrage, you are awesome, go ahead, number five just happened to be dead, we will throw you in]
[The murder by the insider is really weird and unconventional. I couldn't believe it after watching the killing process. Now I want to see how the anchor breaks this game, haha]
[The host can open the door 3 times in the next round, 2 times in the next round... The remaining 5 people will have the chance to open the door.]
[Considering the difficulty balance, the host can choose any room door to open, while others can only go to the room that the host has opened before]
[That is: Room 3 has 4 rooms to choose from, and Rooms 2456 only have 3 rooms to choose from]
[The door opening information of this game is completely confidential. The system will no longer disclose the room opening status. Each door opening is independent. It is not allowed to open several doors at the same time.]
The door opening information is kept confidential...and several doors are not allowed to be opened at the same time.
In the last game, he held all the rights to open the door in his own hands, not because he didn't want to give the audience a sense of experience. The most important thing in the infinite copy is to survive and pass the level quickly. He was just looking for the best solution.
Now that these rules have been revised, they have completely given the green light to the traitor and restricted Li Ziyue.
And, obviously, there is more than one problem at hand.
① In the previous game, he was the only one who entered Room 5, and Room 5 died. He will definitely be questioned when the meeting starts next time.
② It can’t be delayed any longer. As the number of rounds increases, his chances of opening the door will decrease. If the system still keeps the door opening information confidential... then everything will be messed up.
Li Ziyue was in trouble and the live broadcast room was a mess.
[How else can we do this? Let everyone open the door at will? How can we find the traitor? How can we protect the audience from death?]
[I still died, haha, I don’t care, anyway, I didn’t get any experience… You guys can throw me in, I’ll make trouble when I get in]
[I am really impressed... How can there be such a person... Everyone, please don't reply to him. The higher his activity level, the higher his ranking will be. If we really send him into the dungeon, we will become the same stupid teammates as Brother Li.]
Despite this, the heat ignited by the previous war of words still allowed that person to top the audience activity rankings. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, he will enter the copy as the first in order and become the new No. 5.
Everyone just wanted to have fun in the dungeon, but they didn't realize that many things have both advantages and disadvantages.
[The comprehensive consideration of the live broadcast room audience will be announced in one minute. Please be prepared for the audience with the highest comprehensive ranking.]
[Real or fake?! The murder tricks used by this traitor are outrageous! If he is allowed in again...]
[Wow, wow, wow, I don’t dare to watch anymore]
[Is this really just an appetizer session? ]
…
Li Ziyue was unaware of the huge wave that had been set off in the live broadcast room. He was sitting on the bed at the moment, thinking while waiting for the notification that the door would open. During this time, he also ate an egg tart that Zhang Lian handed to him.
“It’s a bit sweet.”
Zhang Lian wrote, "I'll change it next time." He also drew a bowing bear wearing a chef's hat next to it.
After waiting for about five minutes and no one taking any action, Li Ziyue slowly sat up from the bed. He did not go directly to open door No. 5, but turned and went to room No. 4.
As soon as he entered the room, Li Ziyue's eyes fell on the dagger hanging on the wall.
The knife is still there.
Lawyer No. 4 had just finished his work. He looked at Li Ziyue coldly, turned around to take down the dagger on the wall, and pulled out the blade: "I know what you are suspicious of, but at the same time, don't you have to explain something?"
The blade shone with a sharp cold light, and Li Ziyue narrowed his eyes: "I will explain it at the collective meeting later."
"Also," he paused for two seconds, a faint smile on his face, and asked casually, "You won't open the door, will you?"
The lawyer stared at Li Ziyue without answering, but his face was gloomy and he did not hide the vigilance and scrutiny in his eyes.
Li Ziyue raised the corner of his mouth and closed the door, leaving a meaningful sentence.
"See you later."
The lawyer's intuition told him that Li Ziyue did not mean to meet at the meeting later.
[End of first door opening]
Li Ziyue returned to the room and heard [The second door opening begins, no one else is allowed to open the door].
good.
[Second door opening ends]
Li Ziyue then walked towards No. 5.
When his hand rested on the cold door handle, Li Ziyue inexplicably stopped pressing down.
He raised his eyebrows and stared at the door for two seconds.
For some reason, even though I hadn't entered yet, my body was resisting and some vague bad things flashed through my mind.
Is it an illusion?
He sighed slightly and finally opened the door.
No. 5 was sitting on the bed with his head down. When he heard the door open, he suddenly raised his head. The moment his eyes met Li Ziyue's, the gloom in his eyes had not yet dissipated and was captured by Li Ziyue.
Li Ziyue slowed down his movements without leaving any trace, pretending not to notice anything unusual.
Number 5 was a thin young man, about the same age as Li Ziyue. The two chatted briefly and Li Ziyue always felt that this man was a little familiar, but he couldn't tell exactly how familiar he was.
Until No. 5 tapped him on the shoulder.
"Brother! I'm your room manager! Are you impressed by my handsomeness——"
Li Ziyue's face changed and he immediately turned around to close the door, but No. 5 quickly stopped him.
"Brother! Don't be shy when you see a big fan!"
Li Ziyue: “?”
No. 5 smiled brightly: "Although under my management, you have thousands of brave and combative 'Li's Army', and you can get thousands of points just by the fan club after each copy, but I still can't be proud..."
"...Don't say anymore." When Li Ziyue heard the words "Li's Army", he wanted to burrow into the ground.
No. 5 followed Li Ziyue with a grin on his face, using joking ways to cover up the bloody storm in the live broadcast room just now.
In the last 10 seconds before the system announced the new No. 5, that person still occupied the top position. Everyone was panicking, and some people even started to praise Li Ziyue.
until--
[(House Manager) presents Brilliant Years*30 to anchor (Li Ziyue)]
[Oh my god! Housing manager! Thirty carnivals! Nearly 100,000 yuan...]
[Based on your points, barrage activity, and other audience votes, we now choose "Zhao Guangqi" to enter the dungeon and become the new No. 5]
【! It was the property manager! The last thirty carnivals he smashed directly pushed him from outside the top 100 in the audience ranking to the first place. As expected, the power of money is infinite (biting the handkerchief)】
[Housekeeper! Go in and tell Brother Li the truth about the murder! Although you usually speak in a mean way! But at this moment! Mom loves you! ]
Zhao Guangqi stared at the screen nervously. Li Ziyue and the others couldn't see it, but the audience in the live broadcast room outside the copy saw clearly the tragic death of No. 5 last night.
It was not his intention to enter the dungeon, but he just took a look at the real-time ranking. If he didn't spend money, the one who would be sent in as number five would be the audience member who wanted to cause trouble.
In his panic, he had no time to think. Fortunately, he saw the murderer's method of killing last night, and he could provide some clues to Li Ziyue when he went in.
However.
[System reminder: To avoid spoilers, viewers who have just entered the copy will have all their memories of the murderer erased]
It turns out not to be that simple.
While waiting for Li Ziyue to open the door, the property manager sat on the bed and finally figured out some things.
The basic reward for the "If You Can Do It, Then Do It" segment is 10 million. Without considering other audience members adding chips, each audience member who survives to the end can share 2.5 million equally.
This was only the first time that the audience participating in the copy was "changed". Many people were not prepared and did not have the courage to spend money, so he only spent 100,000 to come in.
The audience who are slow to realize the situation will gradually understand which is more important, 2.5 million or 100,000.
If they lose, the anchor is punished, but if they win, the audience is rewarded.
A totally profitable deal.
The room manager feels overwhelmed just thinking about how to maintain the balance of the live broadcast room.
The 100,000 yuan he spent may seem like a lot, but there are always people better than you, and there are many bigwigs who can easily spend 1 million yuan.
Moreover, the audience forum and the anchor forum are not connected yet. If one day the anchors and the audience can trade directly... it is too easy to foresee that some big anchors will kill small anchors by spending money to send novice audiences into the live broadcast room.
Now not only Li Ziyue was thinking about it, but the housing manager also started to ponder it.
What is the purpose of setting up the system like this?
…
Although it is not clear which one is the safe room, it is certain that Room 5 is not it.
Li Ziyue brought No. 5 with him. This time he was not in a hurry to open the door, but chose to start the meeting.
Someone died in the last round, and everyone's faces were not as relaxed as before. The meeting was shrouded in an inexplicable sense of heaviness.
Li Ziyue lowered his gaze to the center of the screen and spoke slowly: "No. 2, 3, and 6, please show me your knives."
All the knives in the room were intact.
Li Ziyue rubbed his temples. This answer was not surprising to him.
The murder by the traitor must be related to the core of this game. If the traitor can be found out only by looking at whose room is missing the knife, then the other rules of this game will be of no value.
Another expected suspicion arises.
"Please explain why No. 5 died in the last game," No. 4 raised his glasses. "I don't want to doubt you, but everyone knows that you are the only one who has been to Room 5."
Number 3 raised his hand: "But isn't this a bit too obvious... Is it possible that number 5 broke a rule?"
"Indeed," No. 6 nodded, "It is not uncommon to die in a dungeon due to breaking the rules."
"No," surprisingly, it was Li Ziyue himself who denied this speculation, "The system clearly shows that there is a traitor, and the traitor must ensure that someone dies in every game."
"The rules apply equally to everyone. If No. 5 died simply because he violated the rules, then we could also die by accidentally violating the rules. This has nothing to do with the traitor."
"What if it was induced by an insider?"
"The only person who had face-to-face contact with No. 5 yesterday was the anchor." No. 4 spoke again.
His meaning was very clear. No matter how you looked at it, the only one who could kill No. 5 was Li Ziyue.
"What's your motive?" Li Ziyue looked at No. 4. "Among all the people, I am the only one who has no motive to kill No. 5."
"My mission is to find the safe house and get all the audience into the safe house, during which I have to minimize the death of the audience."
"Not only will I be punished if the audience dies, but the survival chips I can get in the next dungeon will also be reduced. Killing No. 5 will not only do me no good, but will also put me in trouble in the next stage."
[! I finally figured out why Brother Li opened all four doors so quickly yesterday]
[Yes, if it was an insider who opened the door yesterday, it would be fine. But if a viewer opened the door out of curiosity... No. 5 died inexplicably, and Brother Li had no motive to kill, then everyone would just vote the viewer out.]
[Not only to catch the traitor, but also to prevent other viewers from being accidentally injured. I am crying.]
[Yes, so it would have been better if only Brother Li opened the door yesterday, but this is a crappy system, and Brother Li's operation will restrict his subsequent actions...]
"Okay, let's vote," Li Ziyue looked at everyone, "Will you vote for me?"
Number 2, who had been silent the whole time, raised his hand tremblingly: "I... I'm different from them... I'm not your fan."
No. 2 stared at Li Ziyue, his bloodshot eyes had lost their mind and were filled with greed.
He licked his lips: "...If you give me money...I won't invest in you..."
[Why is this guy like this? Brother Li just gave him a lot of food]
[…I have done charity donations before, and this kind of farmer and snake situation is not uncommon. Some people, once you help them, will bite your kindness and financial resources to death, and suck your blood for the rest of their lives]
Li Ziyue raised an eyebrow: "How much do you want?"
"Not much..." He laughed, "Let's start with one million. You know, if you don't have a million or so, it's not really an investment..."
Li Ziyue raised half of his mouth. He ignored No. 2 and looked at No. 3: "What about you? What's your choice?"
No. 3 shook his head: "...I'm still not sure. I abstain."
"Number 6?"
No. 6 took out the science test paper and said, "Brother, I'm still waiting for you to teach me chemistry. I'm voting for you."
Finally it was number 4's turn.
Now the votes for No. 2 and No. 6 are tied, and the decision of No. 4 is crucial.
He stared at Li Ziyue with his cold eyes for a long time, and then adjusted the frame of his glasses again.
"I want to vote for you, because judging from the current situation, no one else could have killed No. 5 except you, but... the evidence is indeed insufficient, and there is a possibility that cannot be ruled out."
No one spoke, and everyone looked at No. 4.
"Someone might have done something to you," No. 4's glasses reflected the light, illuminating white, "and used you to kill No. 5."
Li Ziyue just smiled and said nothing.
“So I abstained.”
This crisis is over for now.
Li Ziyue ended the meeting, sat on the bed, and stretched out his hand to Zhang Lian: "Zhang Lian, do you have any…"
Zhang Lian had just baked a plate of salt and pepper cookies.
Li Ziyue: "...No, give me a pen and a piece of paper."
"Don't you want to eat the cookies?" Zhang Lian tilted his head.
Li Ziyue turned his face away: "...Salty? If it's salty, eat it."
Zhang Lian's brows softened and he handed the thing over.
A piece of white paper was placed in front of Li Ziyue, and he was drawing on it.
Follow your thoughts.
The information currently available is:
①Room: Everyone has the same room, with four doors and the same length, width and height.
At the same time, there is another less obvious message.
There are only six of them in total. In the first game, the system mentioned that everyone can open their own room door and go to other people's rooms at will. What kind of room structure can meet this condition?
And the system also gave hints in disguise in this game.
Others can only go to the room he visited in the previous game. Under this constraint, players 2456 can only choose from three side doors. Why is player 3 special?
Why can all four doors in her room be opened?
② Note: [Facing each other, it seems impossible, but only you can kill him]
This note directly indicates how the murderer committed the crime.
"Relative", "Impossible", "Only you".
What do these three points mean?
Li Ziyue did not deny that No. 4's previous guess was correct to a certain extent. It was possible that when he went to a certain room in the first round, the traitor had tampered with him, but three problems arose here.
First of all, the first room he entered was Room No. 5, and he never had any additional interactions with Room No. 5 afterwards. Even if there was a traitor who did something, it should be other spectators who died, not Room No. 5.
Secondly, the inner ghost has a hard requirement that someone must die in each round. What if No. 3 is the inner ghost? If he has never entered the inner ghost's room in the beginning, how can the inner ghost kill someone by borrowing a knife?
Li Ziyue didn't believe a word of what the system said at the beginning of the second game: "The rules have been changed due to audience complaints."
According to his understanding of the system, the truth behind the system changing the rules was most likely that his operation in the first round killed the traitor. If the rules were not changed, it would be difficult for the traitor to complete the killing mission in the second round.
No. 5 is dead, which means that the room where No. 5 is is not a safe room. It is impossible for Li Ziyue to leave No. 5 in that room in this game. The traitor cannot kill No. 5 by the same operation, so changes must be made.
Finally, the copy has a strong obsession with the topic, from "Elementary Fake Human Game" to "Suicidal Farmer", the key to solving the problem must be strongly related to the link itself, and the method of "an insider killing someone with a borrowed knife" can be applied to other links, and cannot reflect the topic of this link.
The title of this section is...Looking at Each Other.
If we take Room 1 where Li Ziyue is located as the center, and Room 5 directly opposite him as the northernmost end, and rotate clockwise from Room 5, the room numbers around Li Ziyue are: 5, 2, 6, and 4.
Li Ziyue looked up at Gate No. 5, moved his lips slightly, and read the words on the note again.
If the room is flat...it is indeed impossible to meet the above conditions.
But what if it's not flat?
The black pen quickly moved across the paper. Zhang Lian, who was standing behind him, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and then handed him a second plate of cookies.
There was a 3D bird folded out of paper standing on the plate of cookies. Li Ziyue turned his head suddenly and met Zhang Lian's eyes.
"You are a genius," he couldn't help but sigh, "You really are a genius."
Zhang Lian blinked and said, "Would you like another cookie?"
…
[Anchor, have you found a safe house?]
[Before the end of this round, you can transfer the audience you think is yours to the safe house you think is yours. Please note that you are restricted in this round and can only open three doors.]
Li Ziyue nodded to confirm.
But in a moment, everyone felt the scene in front of them suddenly change. The computer in No. 4's arms emitted a bright light, No. 5 was holding potato chips in his hand, and he looked at No. 3 who was applying a facial mask in surprise.
"Ah?" No. 5 was confused. "No, why am I here? No. 3, you..."
No. 3 was also dumbfounded: "I didn't do anything, I swear to God."
Li Ziyue came over from behind and said, "I'm sorry for making this decision without permission. This game is about to end. Please wait for a moment."
Number 4 was the only one who understood. He looked up and said, "You should know that if there is a traitor in our room when 'night' comes, everyone will die."
"You can be sure that No. 5 is a spectator, but how can you judge No. 3 and me?" He narrowed his eyes slightly. "If there is a traitor between us, if this room is not a safe room...we will all die."
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