After some comments reminded them, many people realized that this game on the variety show really requires some acting skills to play.
Moreover, these guests were clearly hearing the game rules for the first time, and their reaction speed was obviously quite fast.
Some observant viewers, with their omniscient perspective, noticed that while everyone else was looking at their own quest lines, Rong Yu first observed everyone's expressions before going to look at her own.
Later on, no one's questline was revealed at this point. Only Liu Qingling's questline was revealed, letting everyone know that Liu Qingling was on the treasure hunt questline. The secret code between treasure hunt questlines was to hook your arm around the other person's neck and make a "V" sign.
Liu Qingling and Yang Ji are considered seniors here, so it's reasonable to use one of them as the "protagonist's perspective".
The program progresses from Liu Qingling's perspective, first showing her seeing Yang Ji, and then she and Yang Ji secretly hooking their necks together and making a "V" sign.
Later, they even added a red thread to their photos, holding their hands and tightly entwining them, along with the text "Match Successful!"
The scene then shifts, and Lei Miao has already pried open the door lock with a wire.
The production team added a line of text in post-production: "The production team didn't expect Mr. Lei to have multiple roles. Next time, we will definitely use a high-end combination lock!"
Comments: Hahahaha!
—I thought Liu Qingling and Yang Ji would have to find ways to save face for the young masters in order to achieve the desired variety show effect. I was wrong. The young masters are entertaining in themselves!
—Moreover, these young masters have no idol baggage whatsoever. Unlike some idol stars who are overly strict in managing their expressions and whose expressions are practically invisible, it's impossible for them to contribute meme-worthy expressions anytime and anywhere, start bickering and insulting each other at the slightest disagreement, or even roll up their sleeves and start fighting.
—That was so true!
As time went on, the secrets of this hotel were gradually revealed, and viewers with an omniscient perspective witnessed three players successfully matching and verifying with their teammates.
The detective's hand gesture is a heart shape, while the escape route's hand gesture is a high five and a thumbs-up.
These are all processes that Yin Chengjue couldn't see when he personally participated in the game; today, he finally saw everyone's performance.
Some players concealed their own mission lines, some disguised themselves as players of other mission lines, and some deliberately misled others to reveal their own mission lines. The game was played like a mission-espionage game, and the post-production editing focused on the subtle eye contact between the characters, making their confrontations even more intricate and thrilling.
When the three "detectives" arrived in front of the camera to vote on the murderer, they selected their favorite culprit, only to be told they had made the wrong choice and the real murderer escaped. At that moment, the camera zoomed in on Rong Yu's face and the triumphant smile on her lips.
"Sorry, I'm the murderer," Rong Yu said with a smile, scratching his head.
The post-production team immediately reversed the plot here, showing all the previously unaired scenes of Rong Yu seeing her own mission line and true identity, and then searching for evidence to guide others.
As the broadcast began, the live chat erupted in an uproar, with many failing to recognize Rong Yu as the true culprit.
Immediately afterwards, Yin Chengjue and another detective were gagged by men in black and dragged away.
The game's difficulty instantly escalated, switching to a mode where the murderer faces off against six players. Rong Yu donned black clothes and a mask, and began playing a game of intrigue with the remaining six.
Yin Chengjue didn't see the ending at the time because he had to rush back to deal with things, but now he can finally see Rong Yu's next performance.
Rong Yu appeared before Liu Qingling and the other two, holding the ultimate treasure box from the treasure hunt questline, and expressed her desire to cooperate.
Rong Yu's reasoning was very reasonable. He looked at Liu Qingling and the other two and said seriously, "When I first learned that I was the murderer, I only knew this identity. I had no idea about the motive or the process of the murder. It was only when I was searching for evidence with everyone just now that I found out the motive and method of the murder under my identity."
To show her sincerity, Rong Yu shared the clues she had hidden.
It turns out that this hotel murder case is connected to something that happened twenty years ago.
Jiao Yu and Xi Xi met at that time—they entered the same school, the same class, and became deskmates.
The real culprit, Jiao Yu, Xi Xi, and the hotel owner were a study group. However, as everyone knows, the relationship is usually best between the three of them. When the four of them hang out together, they will either walk side by side in pairs or one of them will be excluded.
The real culprit is the one who was excluded.
Moreover, because of his introverted personality and small stature, the real culprit was excluded from the entire class and suffered long-term bullying.
They locked him in the toilet, poured water on him from above the stall with buckets, listened to his cries, exaggeratedly imitated them, and then laughed.
Their innocent and pure smiling faces radiate a naive joy, yet their hands are engaged in acts that hurt and devastate others.
They don't understand empathy, they can't put themselves in others' shoes, and they only see bullying someone as a source of amusement and a way to pass the time after school.
Little did they know that their actions were tantamount to taking a knife and stabbing wounds into other people's hearts, drawing blood.
That day, they locked him in the mannequin room, a place rarely visited by anyone.
That night, there was a heavy rain, with thunder and lightning.
The sculpture room was filled with all sorts of human figures, which looked particularly terrifying under the flashes of lightning.
His terrified screams echoed for almost half the night, until his voice was hoarse and he could no longer make a sound. He could only stare wide-eyed in terror, curled up in a cold corner, until dawn.
When he was found, he was so weak that he was barely clinging to life. His eyes were starting to glaze over, and he was somewhat mentally confused. After being rescued, his mental responses became sluggish, and he could no longer reach his previous level of intelligence.
His promising life took a wrong turn from there, and he never looked back.
Thus, the retaliation took place twenty years later.
First, she wrote a letter to Jiao Yu under the identity of one of the people, namely Xi Xi, making Jiao Yu mistakenly believe that Xi Xi knew his unspeakable secrets.
Then they arranged for both of them to meet at the hotel, guiding Jiao Yu to make a move on Xi Xi.
Jiao Yu hadn't completely killed Xi Xi, so he had to finish her off with another move.
After this incident, the hotel owner's business will be greatly affected. The once bustling customers will quickly become deserted after learning about the mysterious death at the hotel.
Fearing exposure after believing he had killed someone, Jiao Yu immediately went home to pack his belongings and began his life on the run. Everything Jiao Yu once owned changed as a result.
The life on the run left Jiao Yu homeless and without a stable job. He couldn't and dared not have too much contact with anyone, so he could only do odd jobs while on the run to barely support himself.
The real culprit had planned to make these people suffer a terrible death, and now he has fulfilled his promise.
After Rong Yu shared this information, Liu Qingling frowned, as if she couldn't understand something, so she had to repeat her thoughts.
Rong Yu: "This real culprit had a tragic and pitiful childhood, which caused his mind to become twisted and he did the same things that his classmates did to him back then. And this kind of revenge is the most unacceptable."
This will turn him into someone like the perpetrator, someone he once feared and hated the most.
Revenge is a vicious cycle that makes people unable to see their future.
When a person's only goal is revenge, then when he gets his revenge, his life will completely lose its direction.
This could lead to a tragic vicious cycle.
At this moment, Rong Yu seemed to put himself in the shoes of the real culprit, stretched out his hands, put them together, and presented them to Liu Qingling. He said in a low voice, "So, now, I choose to turn myself in. The treasure you are looking for in the treasure hunt is in the ashtray by the elevator. That elevator is the place that players in the escape mission are looking for. There is a combination lock on the elevator. Only by unlocking the combination lock will the elevator work."
"Wait a minute!" Yang Ji noticed something was wrong and narrowed his eyes suspiciously: "You've already found the key item for the treasure hunt, which means that as long as you decipher the escape route and escape successfully, your murderer's mission will be considered a success!"
Rong Yu blinked: "If that's what you think, then I might as well figure out how to crack the code now. Why would I bother coming all this way to cooperate with you? Besides, I've already told you the location of the treasure. All you have to do is go there and get the treasure, and your mission will be complete!"
The guard slammed his fist into his palm: "Oh! Right! We're on the treasure hunt route; we just need to find the treasure to complete the mission!"
Yang Ji still looked at Rong Yu with disbelief: "Xiao Yu, are you really going to give us victory? But why us? You've already obtained the key item for the treasure hunt route, shouldn't you be working with the escape route to crack the code now?"
“They definitely won’t believe me.” Rong Yu spread her hands: “It’s precisely because my goal and the Escape Line’s goal are to crack the code that they have a lot of reason to doubt my motives, so they definitely won’t trust me. Your goals are different from mine, so we can each get what we need.”
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