Island Murder
"I've been looking forward to it so much every day, and it's finally going to air!"
Main galaxy, capital star.
Ever since Jiang Xindong read "Sea of Mobius" during the Exiled Galaxy Dream Builder Entrance Examination, he has developed an interest in horror works and gradually become obsessed with them.
Shang Jingyan's style is so unique that there is no substitute for it on the entire Star Network. She can only watch her previous works over and over again, and recently she has become addicted to the horror hide-and-seek game, catching her fans to play with her every day.
Fans joked that she is about to transform from a food anchor to a gaming and broadcasting anchor.
"I also placed an order for fish bones and a music box, but I don't know when they will arrive."
She never thought that one day she would place an order to buy Exile Galaxy peripherals, but she could buy peripherals but could only sigh in despair when it came to the haunted house.
"It would be great if we could drive to our main galaxy..."
As the countdown draws closer, Jiang Xindong is both excited and nervous. What will the feature film of "Infinite Heartbeat" be like? Will it be like many other films where "the essence is all in the trailer"? …
While she was daydreaming, at one o'clock, music started playing and the title appeared in large letters on the screen.
Two episodes will be broadcast consecutively on the first day. Compared with Director Shang’s previous works, "Infinite Heartbeat" is also much more formal and has its own opening song.
Jiang Xindong quickly concentrated his attention. OP could often provide a lot of information.
[As expected, the music was composed by Yun Yongxue!! Yun Yun has been very productive recently. Has she been inspired by Director Shang? Hahaha.]
[It has an ethereal and grand feel, and a bit of excitement. It gave me goosebumps. This is a style that Yun Yongxue rarely created before.]
[It seems to smell like a snowstorm, so nice...]
Jiang Xindong noticed that there were only two types of backgrounds in the entire opening: the modern world where the heroine originally lived, and a mountain villa in a snowstorm, unlike the previous trailers that had a mixture of multiple eras.
"Does the theme song change for every world? That would be great!" Jiang Xindong guessed, and the barrage of comments echoed [Double Chefs' Ecstasy].
When the opening credits ended, a line of small subtitle words appeared under the title "Infinite Heartbeat" - [Witch in the Blizzard].
Just like in the trailer, at the beginning, the first thing that catches our eye is Lan Qing busy in the restaurant.
"Is the steak for table three ready?..."
"Okay, I'm coming!..."
But unlike the trailer, this shot does not shake randomly. It is a realistic scene, full of fireworks, trivial and daily.
It turned out that there were three people in Lan Qing's family. She, her mother and her sister depended on each other. Their family ran a small restaurant. Although their conditions were not rich, their life was fulfilling.
She has just got good grades in the exam, so her future is bright and full of promise.
But in this calmness, there are some unusual things mixed in, reminding the audience that this is not an ordinary work.
From the discussion among the restaurant guests, Jiang Xindong heard the following message:
Three months ago, a satellite-like sphere suddenly appeared outside the planet. It was silver-white in color without a single seam. Various countries sent instruments to detect it, but they could not find anything.
After three months, humans gradually returned to their daily lives after all the discussions. After all, the ball was just parked there and did nothing to humans. Even if humans were terrified, what could they do? There was still nothing they could do about it.
"The introduction says 'the trial field is coming', and I'm afraid that this is the white sphere that is manifested," said Jiang Xindong.
Everything seemed like an ordinary day, but when Lan Qing fell asleep that night, people all over the planet heard a mechanical child's voice -
"Ding - Planet A, Group 18, has been successfully loaded into the trial field program. The trial field is about to land. The first batch of 10,000 trial participants will be randomly selected... Ding - the selection is successful, 5,000 men and 5,000 women..."
Following this voice, Lan Qing in the picture suddenly opened her eyes and found that the ceiling above her head was no longer the ceiling of her home, but a crystal chandelier!
Jiang Xindong couldn't hide his excitement: "I've traveled through time, the main storyline is here!"
"Where is this? I seemed to hear some sound of 'Trial Ground' before I went to sleep..."
"Fuck! I'm freezing to death. Who is playing this prank on me..."
"I just took a nap, how did I get up and come here?"
What came into view was a huge, luxuriously decorated room with a total of thirteen people present. Six of them, like Lan Qing, were obviously confused about the situation; the remaining seven had woken up a long time ago, with solemn and serious expressions, and the two sides were clearly divided.
It was pitch black outside the window, with snow piled up on the window frames. Everyone was in a room of a building, which seemed to be a large villa.
From the conversation, we know that the six newcomers heard similar mechanical sounds before they came. After they discussed it for a while without a leader, the seven veterans spoke.
"Don't ask anything now, just keep quiet. It's most dangerous at night."
Through the brief explanation of the veteran, the newcomers and the audience roughly understood that they were pulled into the "Trial Field" by a force and could only get out after passing the level.
The commentators were still unaware of the dangers involved, and said with particular curiosity:
[It sounds interesting, but how do you clear the level? ]
[I think I understand. Trials are made up of copies like this. 】
[This kind of adventure theme is also very interesting, but according to Director Shang’s habit, there must be a lot of horror elements...]
The newcomers were dressed in all kinds of clothes, but fortunately they could understand each other. Among them was a young girl in a black round-necked robe, and Jiang Xindong recognized her at once: "She is Wu Rui's general! Was she with the heroine from the beginning? ... The other one is not here, she should appear later."
After hearing this, most people, whether they believed it or not, generally settled down and decided to listen to the old hand and wait in the room for one night. There was only one couple, the man was disdainful and the woman was arrogant. Both of them were wearing gold and silver, with the temperament of nouveau riche.
"Some production crew must have done this to tease us. I don't believe it. Come on, honey, let's go out and take a look! I think it would be dangerous to be with these people."
The two men slammed the door and left. Everyone heard the sound of them walking through the corridor, opening the gate of the villa and walking out.
The audience of StarCraft didn’t know the “Law of Character’s Self-Destruction” yet, so when they saw this scene, they could only sigh.
[Oh my god, these two are so brave. ]
[It feels so dangerous, will nothing happen? ]
[It’s better to stay with everyone…]
Jiang Xindong's premonition was playing tricks on him, and he had a gut feeling that something bad was going to happen, and the veterans did nothing to stop him. On the first night, Lan Qing curled up and slept uneasily. In the middle of the night, she heard the sound of snow and wind outside the window, and it seemed that there were also wild animals mooing.
Even if there is nothing else, it is very dangerous to walk alone into the snowy mountains on a night like this. Can those two people survive?
The next morning, the veterans allowed everyone to leave the room and opened the door of the building to explore. It was indeed a villa, built on a cliff, with a cedar forest at the foot of the mountain, isolated from the world.
The restaurant had ingredients, but no one knew who prepared them. As a food blogger, Jiang Xindong keenly discovered that the food was only enough for thirteen people for five days at most. So what should they do after that?
Lan Qing's family runs a restaurant, and from her expression, she had noticed this as well.
Throughout the morning, there was nothing unusual around, and no one knew where the couple had gone. The newbies were suddenly teleported here, and they didn't really believe the warnings of the veterans, so they started to complain again. The audience outside the screen were mostly curious at this point, and had no sense of crisis.
It was not until after breakfast when everyone started exploring the environment that Lan Qing walked down the snow slope and suddenly saw something in the snow reflecting the dazzling sunlight and flashing.
The heroine walked closer and found that it was a ring. To be more precise, it was a ring still worn on someone's hand.
It’s exactly the same as the one the woman in the couple is wearing!
The woman's severed hands were scattered on the snow. Lan Qing's pupils shrank and he slowly looked up, only to see a huge snowman at the foot of the snow slope not far away.
It is made of ice, snow, flesh and blood. The couple's limbs are tangled together, and their internal organs can be vaguely seen. It looks like a masterpiece of the devil!
The barrage was caught off guard and all went wild:
【Ah ...
[Help me! This scene almost made me vomit my food!!]
[What a high-energy start, it's too exciting! ! ]
Jiang Xindong's hands and feet were numb, and he rubbed his arms: "As expected of Director Shang, he sacrificed a couple at the beginning..."
She didn't know what she was thinking, but inspiration suddenly came to her mind, "How about you treat this as strawberry jam shaved ice?... Hey? I suddenly felt that I could replicate it."
As a food blogger, Jiang Xindong first became famous by using fondant to reproduce the wedding scene of the protagonist in a work, which was reposted by the crew.
Her favorite joke is "I think this xx can be replicated."
[? I actually kind of want to see it…]
[Ahhh Dongzi, you are the devil! ]
【Copying everything will only harm you! 】
After all, the heroine was a newly graduated student. Seeing this scene, she covered her mouth uncontrollably and her face turned pale. The others heard the noise and ran over, and there was a sound of vomiting.
The old people were still able to remain calm, and among the newcomers there was only one person who did not show a look of fear and disgust, but just a little bit of pity, as if she was already accustomed to similar scenes - that was the sister in the round-necked robe.
"The official code name given to her is also General. If she really came from an ancient battlefield, it would not be too moving..." Jiang Xindong suppressed his discomfort and analyzed, "Director Shang's character creation is really impressive."
Just from this one scene, you can see which people have higher psychological quality.
The heroine was also surprising. Apart from being stimulated at the beginning, she forced herself to observe the snowman carefully and look for more clues, and she didn't even vomit.
Just at this moment, the same mechanical child's voice as at the beginning sounded over the snow:
"Hello everyone, welcome to the 'Infinite Heartbeat' trial field. This trial field is called 'The Witch of the Snowstorm', and the difficulty level is Novice Field D."
"Passing condition: Survive for seven days."
"Additional question: Explore the secrets of witches."
"The trial has officially begun. I wish all the participants a happy test-taking. Good luck!"
An old hand said: "This is the treatment only for novice players. As long as you survive, it's fine."
She said in a complicated tone, "In C-level and above trial fields, in addition to the additional questions, there is also a main question. If this question cannot be answered, points will be given according to each trial participant's contribution. Those who fail to meet the required score will be eliminated. In some fields, no one will survive in the end."
Although the audience had some guesses, they could only feel that it was an adventure story at best, so when the rules were revealed, the barrage of comments became even more explosive.
[Fuck! This is too cruel. So this is what the so-called "trial" is like? ]
[It’s so scary, I’m already shouting to my mom, “I want to go home” QAQ]
[Two people died at the beginning, and it's still only at the novice level! ...]
The thoughts of the newbies were similar to the comments. Some were frustrated, some couldn't believe it, and some even shouted questions at the mechanical voice in the sky.
But the mechanical voice disappeared after it finished broadcasting, leaving only the corpse on the cold snow.
After inspection, Lan Qing discovered that the knife used to dismember the couple was most likely a kitchen knife. She went back to the villa to check and found that the box containing the kitchen knives was not full and two knives were missing.
The veterans concluded that the two men died last night, and according to the clock in the villa, it was between two and three o'clock in the morning.
Jiang Xindong couldn't help but say, "They can use tools and put the corpses together to look like a snowman. Only intelligent species can do that..."
This is much more terrifying than the beast's guess!
Under the command of the veteran, everyone managed to stay calm like headless flies. They first collected the bodies of the couple and then returned to the villa to look for any self-defense tools. Their goal was to survive for ten days.
There was no communication equipment in the villa. During this process, the audience also realized that the trial participants were indeed from different time and space. Some of them relied on letters, some on mobile phones, and some on optical computers.
Lan Qing chose his usual kitchen knife. Everyone ate very little at lunch and dinner, after all, they had seen such a scene.
At night, a member found a radio in the villa, and everyone turned it on with hope, but after trying all the frequencies, there was only noise.
Only channel numbered "13" was broadcasting food programs, and they were played over and over again with only one recipe.
A fat man said angrily: "Fuck! Why do I need to listen to delicious food?"
Lan Qing turned up the volume to the maximum and said solemnly: "No, listen carefully."
Everyone fell silent. A cheerful female voice came from the radio. Due to the bad signal, the voice was intermittent and repeated. Combined with the sound of wind and snow outside, it seemed a bit strange.
"...The dish I'm going to introduce next is called...Witch's...Delicious Soup...It's like magic...It's extremely delicious..."
"The first ingredient is... a couple's ring, to add to the flavor of love... The second ingredient is... yes, yes, it's Dad's lighter. Dad has bad lungs, and I hope that after drinking it, Dad will quit smoking... The third ingredient is... the driver's gloves..."
Everyone's face changed when they heard the word "couple's ring", and they became more and more shaky as they listened further.
[? ? What kind of weird soup is this? Will I really not get sick if I drink it? ]
[I am so scared that I am about to cry. Is it hinting? The first person to die is the couple, and then the next people will die in this order? ]
[No way! Help, what if the couple took off their rings in advance? Can they survive? ? ]
"The second one is about me?"
"…The third one is, it's me…"
"This is crazy, this is really crazy! What the hell is this!!"
"Dad" was referring to the fat man with yellow teeth who looked like a heavy smoker.
The female voice on the radio became more and more choppy as time went on, giving a feeling of spiritual pollution.
"The ninth taste is... the general's... finger... I hope I can also draw a bow and shoot an arrow... The tenth - tenth..."
"…The twelfth taste is the student's brain! I hope I can become smarter by eating it—mingmingming!"
“I’ve finished talking about my recipe. How is it? Isn’t it really delicious? Let’s all come and try it together!!”
Some people couldn't hold back and started to cry loudly. The fat man couldn't bear it any longer. He turned off the radio and smashed it to the ground: "Bah! What the hell, it's all fake!"
Blue River Moon.
All the mystery enthusiasts in Shang Jingyan's previous life knew that the Snowstorm Villa mode was also known as the Island Mode, which referred to a group of people being trapped in a place isolated from the outside world for various reasons, and a murder occurred in this place.
The most suitable method for this is of course the ballad murder method, which was first created by the queen of mystery novels Agatha.
Before Shang Jingyan made this first copy, he did some searching and found that a similar reasoning routine had appeared in this world as early as the last star calendar. It was only thrown into the pile of old papers when the reasoning declined in this star calendar. Except for scholars who specialized in research, most people had never heard of "Snowstorm Manor".
She brought out this model and it was like "reheating an old dish with a new one". She was a little unsure before the show started, but now it seems that the audience response is quite enthusiastic.
...Shang Jingyan didn’t know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. If so, why had no dream builder done this before her?
X71 was also watching with her. If there was a physical body, it would have huddled into a ball by now: [QAQ How scary! Yanyan, why aren't you afraid? ]
On the screen, after the fat man smashed the radio, he was accused of destroying important clues. Lan Qing said it didn't matter as she had memorized all the content.
Everyone found their own metaphor, and the last one obviously referred to the heroine. The element of "brain" seemed to dispel everyone's idea that "giving away such an item could save their lives", and no one mentioned this again.
In the live broadcast room, Jiang Xindong cursed: "The trial field really knows how to manipulate people's hearts."
Everyone seems to have reached a consensus, but is it really true?
The others are real items, only the heroine's will die if taken out, the ninth general will be disabled at most, but can still save his life. Why do others have to take Lan Qing's life into consideration?
[Rather, it's Director Shang who knows how to manipulate people's hearts. Now I feel that what's scarier than ghosts are our own kind! 】
[What can I do to survive? I’m so scared of what’s going to happen to the fat man QAQ]
[If the condition for survival is "everyone contributes the items on the recipe together", then the heroine is really in danger, breathe oxygen. ]
Everyone had planned to sleep together in the previous room tonight, but when the menu came out, the atmosphere became weird. Lan Qing was also wary and simply took the initiative to ask for separate rooms.
There were many rooms in the villa, and it was enough for everyone to live in. Lan Qing's room was next to the fat man's room.
Before closing the door, the fat man poured out all his lighters. He actually carried several lighters with him and piled them outside his door.
"Haha, I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, I'll try again..."
The fat man, as the person referred to in the second sentence of the recipe, must be the most panicked.
The next night, everyone went to sleep with their own thoughts. There was no movement that night, it was eerily quiet.
The next morning, before daybreak, Lan Qing had already woken up. She yawned a little as she put away the knife and opened the door, but after taking two steps, she suddenly froze.
There was a sticky liquid dripping on her face, which was so dark that it was almost black in the dim light. It was blood!
Lan Qing's pupils shrank, and he looked up -
Jiang Xindong's heart rate had already soared to the highest point, and he was anxiously waiting for the scene, but all that appeared before his eyes was a single line of words: [Episode 2·end].
"How come it's gone?!" she cried out in frustration.
[Ah! ! Damn Director Shang! ]
[Two episodes went by so fast, I just realized that I have been waiting till the day is almost dawn...]
[Ahhh, why can't I help but click on it? I wish I could finish it in one go!!]
Jiang Xindong was unable to come back to her senses for a long time before she realized that she had not thought at all while watching the movie "whether this was enough to meet her expectations" - there is no better annotation for "meeting expectations" than this!
So, what did the Star Internet say about Infinite Heartbeat? Jiang Xindong couldn't help but discuss it with others, so he switched to the webpage -
"Infinite Heartbeat" became a hit as soon as it was aired!
At this time in the early hours of the morning, its popularity and data quickly surpassed the TV series previously broadcast in the prime time of Exile Galaxy, and the tag on the hot search was simply #Infinite Heartbeats Not Enough To Watch#.
It is obvious to the naked eye that many viewers dare not watch the show in the middle of the night and will wait until the next day when the popularity will be higher.
There haven’t been any particularly popular works by dream builders in Exile Galaxy recently, but with the emergence of the newcomer Shang Jingyan, there is a tendency for him to become the leader of the season.
Before this, no new dream builder had ever become famous faster than her.
Shang Jingyan tentatively posted a message in the forum: [I just happened to know that Director Shang used the Blizzard Mountain Villa model in this copy, using the creativity of the previous calendar to put new wine in old bottles. Do you have anything to say? ]
Main building: [[data link][screenshot]. ]
The first post quickly received a reply: [Not everyone can become popular by using old memes, stop being sarcastic, who are you fighting for? ]
Shang Jingyan: “…”
To be honest, the person who stood up for justice you mentioned was Director Shang himself...
She held her forehead and added: [It’s not about yin and yang, I just want to ask why no one has done it before? ]
[This question stumped me, because I thought it was too scary before? ]
[What other reason could there be? Because we at Shangdao have innovative thinking! 】
[Maybe it’s too niche, not many people know about it…]
After realizing that the original poster was not here to cause trouble, the responses below became scattered. Shang Jingyan browsed through them for a while and felt that they all made sense at first glance, but upon closer thought, they seemed to miss the point.
The system didn't know why she asked this question, so it said cautiously: [Maybe it was just a coincidence?]
Shang Jingyan: […Maybe.]
She thought again of the tentacle that she had captured in Wei Wenbing's spiritual realm before. She rolled it away and brought it into her own spiritual space. Now it seemed to be completely inactive. The colorful surface had faded, and it looked like the raw material of some jellyfish salad.
Shang Jingyan drooped his eyelashes and stopped thinking deeply.
Shang Jingyan slept very comfortably and achieved maximum relaxation in his new home.
The next morning, she was awakened by a burst of messages. She opened her light computer with sleepy eyes and saw the messages were:
[Yanyan, you are on the trending search! ]
【Check out the hot searches! 】
[Hahahaha what a horrible trending search, I bet you can’t handle it (dog head).]
Shang Jingyan: “?”
Isn’t she always on the trending searches? What’s so strange about that?
After a closer look, I realized that it was not the Exiled Galaxy, but the top ten hot searches in the main galaxy.
In the message column, @爆棚 appeared. Shang Jingyan found the first one and saw that it was a food blogger.
Winter Ginger Tea v: [Bloody warning, I made a dessert from Infinite Heartbeat, and I dare to tag Director Shang. @惊雁所有]
The picture is the same as the original, and one has to be at least 20 years old to open it. Fans clicked on it out of great curiosity and were shocked.
This blogger imitated the snowman in the first episode. He used strawberry and cherry jam to make the blood, syrup and candy to make the shape of meat, and the outside was covered with sweet water frozen ice. Even the shape was restored one to one.
Among the secondary creations of paintings, editing, handwriting and dressing, this "fan work" stands out.
[Ahhh, before I clicked on it, I wondered why there was a bloody warning, now I understand!!]
[Xiao Jiangcha, you and the monk are both so scary! 】
[? ? Why did the food blogger I follow become as scary as the others? ]
[It's over. I feel like vomiting after watching this. I have no appetite at all!! ]
[The one above, if you have an appetite after reading this, then you are doomed! ]
[In that case, then the witch soup in the original book...]
Shang Jingyan: "I'll go."
Wow, her fans are really amazing.
She never expected that the first time her work became a hot topic in the mainstream galaxy was because of the mudslide in the food industry.
Jingyan everyone v forwarded: [You guys eat first, I'll wait a moment. @无限心跳剧组]
The most popular comment: [Hahaha, I am dying of laughter. It turns out that Director Shang is also afraid of something (dog's head).]
The hot search term is #Infinite Heartbeat Food#, Shang Jingyan: “…”
This is a scam, a scam!
What's even more outrageous is that when she continued to scroll down, she actually saw a well-known food program crew asking her if she wanted to co-direct a variety show!
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