The fourth copy
Three o'clock in the afternoon.
Brother Li stood at the window of his room and looked at the small flower bed. After seeing the three figures as he wished, he sent a message to everyone.
The tasks had been assigned long ago. Du Ming's team was responsible for the rooms of the two villa owners on the third floor, and Li Ge's team was responsible for the family doctor's room and kitchen on the first floor.
After completing the assigned area, everyone will gather in the living room on the first floor.
According to the division of labor, everyone split into two groups.
Among the three people in the same group with Du Ming, two girls were not talkative and huddled together for warmth. They only said that they were in charge of the hostess's room and left in a hurry.
Du Ming and the other boy were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
The boy's name is Liu Tian, which is the name they used when they formed the team. He is not only talkative but also prone to complaining.
Look, before they even started working, they started complaining: "Brother Li and the others did it on purpose. They deliberately gave us such a troublesome task on the third floor, and they didn't even ensure our safety."
"There's something wrong with this team allocation."
"What can we, a bunch of weaklings, do?"
...
That little mouth is very talkative.
However...too much talk will lead to mistakes, which makes it convenient for Du Ming to ask questions.
As he rummaged through his things, he pretended to agree casually, "That's right, it was clearly all the information I provided."
Liu Tian hadn't expected that there were people who shared the same opinion. Usually, he was the only one talking about it. His interest suddenly brightened. "Yeah, you think so too, don't you?"
"Brother Li is just a respectful title given to him by everyone because of his age. He is not a real leader. Why should we listen to him?"
Du Ming showed a surprised look, "So you don't know each other."
"Of course I don't know him." Liu Tian blurted out.
Du Ming finally seemed to react, "So that's how it is. When I saw you guys gathered together at first, I thought you all knew each other."
"What the hell." Liu Tian casually tossed the pillow aside and began to search the entire bed, saying casually, "Aren't dungeons like this always entered randomly? But I see that Xiao Cao and Brother Li obviously know each other. Maybe they have some kind of team-up ticket or something."
Instances? Team tickets?
Du Ming's pupils suddenly shrank. How did these people know about the copy?
unless...
【You discovered the identities of these people. 】
The sudden appearance of the narration indirectly confirmed Du Ming's thoughts and also made him shudder.
No wonder they looked at him so strangely at first. Apparently, they entered through different channels, and judging by the current situation, the conditions for passing through were probably different as well.
Further speculation suggests that his mission is to complete the villa owner's mission according to the plot. These eight people did not enter the game at the same time as him, and were obviously not hired by the same person, so this group of people could only be hired by the villa owner or the family doctor.
But whether it was Xiao Cao and the others or the hostess, the word they said the most was "again".
It was obvious that their numbers didn't match.
But if we regard Du Ming as a heretic in the entire copy for this reason, it would be too hasty.
After all, each copy has its own basic rules. Just like in the previous copy, Du Ming will still lose his memory. It cannot be changed by controlling the core of the copy.
Therefore, the mismatch in the number of players clearly indicates that when this game copy was first established, there was a basic rule regarding the number of players entering the copy.
Du Ming initially saw eight people in the living room... If he himself occupied a spot as a player, then there was only one possibility, that one of the old demon king's subordinates had infiltrated the player team with the help of the damaged copy core.
After sorting out the entire logical line in his mind, Du Ming felt a headache about the current dire situation.
He secretly pressed his brows together and decided that it would be better to pretend to be in the same group for the time being.
So he pretended to say, "It would be great if I had a team ticket too."
Liu Tian smiled and said, "Who doesn't want a team ticket? But those are only for the big guys."
"But it's really strange that you didn't enter the game at the same time as us."
Hearing this, Du Ming's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to try to fool around, Liu Tian suddenly pulled out a piece of paper from under the quilt. "Oh my god, there's actually something there."
"But why is there only one time written on it?" Liu Tian picked up the paper and shook it in confusion. "What does this mean?"
"Let me take a look." Du Ming moved closer naturally and saw that the paper said twelve o'clock midnight.
Twelve o'clock midnight...
[In the middle of the night, all the secrets... sizzle~...]
The narration of the plot this time was very strange. It actually got stuck halfway through. Du Ming thought suspiciously but still remembered the time of twelve o'clock in the evening.
"Take it first, and we'll deal with the rest when we meet everyone else."
After that, there was no trace of anything in the entire room. Even the props Liu Tian wanted to find were missing. "Really? There are no clues, no props, how can we kill monsters?"
"It's really hard."
The man was in front, making demands, and Du Ming followed behind him with a flickering look in his eyes.
monster? !
It seems that Liu Tian and others' mission is to use props to do something to the monster. Considering that the two groups of people are employed by different employers, the identity of this monster is obvious.
The male owner of the villa is the monster in this copy!
After coming to this conclusion, Du Ming tidied the room back to its original state and then followed Liu Tian out.
As soon as they left the room, they happened to meet two girls who had also completed the task.
Seeing this, Liu Tian asked, "How are things over there?" His tone rose with obvious arrogance.
The girls shook their heads, and the man became more and more proud.
After the group finished searching and gathered in the living room, Liu Tian was so excited when he learned that he was the only one who had found the clue.
He casually handed the note out. Everyone saw the words, and someone immediately asked, "So what does this mean?"
Everyone looked at each other, all looking confused.
Du Ming casually mentioned, "Maybe they want us to look for clues at twelve o'clock at night?"
Liu Tian objected immediately. "Are you crazy? Everyone knows that it's the most unsafe to move at night, let alone at such a special time as midnight. If you don't want to die, don't bring trouble to us."
This statement was recognized by many people, and even Li Ge looked disapproving.
Du Ming had no choice but to raise his hand to signal that he would stop talking, turned around and walked to an inconspicuous corner to continue observing.
There were seven people present besides him. Xiao Cao and Brother Li were obviously acquaintances, and the Du family had just begun integrating outside personnel, so it was unlikely that they would insert someone into any ordinary copy.
So Xiao Cao and Li Ge can be excluded, and then there are only five people left.
Just now in the room, Du Ming was staring at Liu Tian, so the note couldn't have been left there by him... In this way, it should be ruled out.
Du Ming sat on the sofa and shook his head, his eyes sweeping over everyone, finally stopping on the two girls.
He seemed to remember that these two men had gone upstairs first before the search.
Because of the intervention of players, the entire copy is much more confusing than the previous one. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or something else.
Du Ming pressed his eyebrows, feeling the difficulty of the situation.
The discussion about midnight did not reach a conclusion in the end, and even the group began to favor Du Ming's suggestion.
Brother Li, surrounded by the crowd, thought for a long time before making a stern decision: "If that's the case, let's go and take a look tonight. The longer we stay in the dungeon, the more disadvantages we'll face."
Halfway through his words, Brother Li glanced at everyone with a warning look, "If anyone doesn't go, don't even think about getting any clues or props." This sentence suppressed many people's thoughts.
At this time, the hostess came in pushing a wheelchair, and the topic naturally ended.
Du Ming smiled at the woman's suspicious gaze and said, "We are currently conducting academic discussions, hoping to find some help with the master's illness."
"Thank you." Before the woman could say anything, the old man in the wheelchair said, "Zhenli, I want to rest."
"Okay, sir." The woman responded softly and led her people upstairs.
After that it was time for dinner and waiting, and several people in the room looked anxious.
Liu Tian bit his fingers nervously, looking at the door as if it were a monster. Finally, he mustered up the courage to go out when a text message alert sounded.
There were already people waiting at the door. Brother Li counted the number of people and after making sure everyone was there, he led the way to the third floor.
Because of the location of the room, Du Ming naturally walked to the end of the team and saw a group of people separating at the stairs.
Most people went to the first floor, only two went upstairs, namely Li Ge and Kang Kang.
Du Ming turned around and went to the first floor.
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