Chapter 110 Blizzard Villa (13) (1st + 2nd update) [VIP]
No one expected that Zheng Ju's death would lead to such a secret.
The room and outside of the room were like two different worlds. Outside the room, Zheng Tan wanted to continue investigating Zheng Ju's death, but the three people who were most closely related to this matter were now in a stalemate at the door.
Ronghua and Fu Gui stood diagonally opposite each other at the door, and Ronghua's face never looked better.
Fu Guizi looked calm and composed, as if the person who was exposed was not him.
Inside the room, several members of the exploration team began to think about what Bai Jin said.
There are only a few high-level team members here now, so there is no need to be shy about saying such things.
"You mean, the rules of this space are not ordinary battle royale?" Yun Guang lowered his voice and confirmed in a low voice that the natives outside the room could not hear.
"Xu Zichen should know better than me what ordinary battle royale games are like." Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction of Xu Zichen.
"Ordinary battle royales... most of them will give strong clues right from the start, with an organizer and a strong driving force," Xu Zichen frowned, "The more common types are guilty trials, game variants, live events, or honor battle royales."
The core elements of this type of battle royale scene are an organizer and a group of participants who are brought together for similar reasons.
There are many details that need to be determined for the underlying rules of the battle royale, including confirming the final number of survivors, whether there will be forced elimination if the number of survivors exceeds the specified number, the cause of the battle royale, and the time limit of the rules.
Just as Guan Hongyan said, if you run into a battle royale game, getting out alive is not the end. The troubles you will face next will be hundreds of times greater than those in the unknown space.
Not to mention that this time they are playing in a group in an unknown space. If they really encounter a battle royale, the last person left alive will only appear among their group of high-end players.
This is not arrogance. Whether from the number of points or the experience of exploring the space within the foundation, the high-end team members crush the mid- and low-end team members. In Xu Zichen's few experiences in the battle royale space, once the rules are confirmed as a battle royale, the first to die are the mid-end team members.
The natives can also provide some clues related to the rules, while the mid-level players will be tacitly eliminated by everyone from the beginning under such rules, and their deaths will be used to obtain preliminary information.
After Skao said this, Yun Guang also sensed something was wrong.
At the beginning, Guan Hongyan blurted out that this space might be a battle royale, mainly because in that strange room, corpses were found arranged in different groups according to race, with nine people in each pile.
This clue is so directional that it immediately makes people think that before them, many guests came here, and in the end, only after a certain number of people died could the survivors leave.
However, the main reason why the death of three people in this space did not make them think of the battle royale is that in this space, new clues will only appear if the indigenous people die.
On the first day, architect Jian Zhu died, and the relationship between Wang En and Zheng Ju was exposed. On the night of Jian Zhu's death, at least five people who were not in the room were pushed out. Zheng Tan was exposed to have been accused of murder, and the discord between Fu Gui and Ronghua began to show.
The next day, it was the secretary Xiao Shu who died. Wang En and Zheng Ju completely fell out, and it was revealed that Zheng Ju was disguised as a woman.
The person who died on the third day was An Li, an explorer who was wearing the skin of Qiao Youlin. Nothing happened that day.
On the fourth day, Zheng Ju died, and the fact that Fu Gui forged his identity to deceive marriage was exposed. One of Zheng Ju's real purposes was exposed to be collecting evidence of Wang En's cheating.
Looking at the events of the past few days, it is only after the death of the indigenous people that a layer of their identity is torn off.
"New identity clues will only appear when the indigenous people die?" Yun Guang looked up at the indigenous people outside the room.
"So the rules of this space are indeed a battle royale..." Guan Hongyan followed his gaze and looked outside. Outside, Wang En was standing between Ronghua and Fu Gui at the door of the room. His face was full of a vengeful joy. When she looked over, he even smiled: "You never expected it."
He spread his arms to show off and gave Fu Gui a very provocative smile: "Mr. Fu, who always looks like a tall, rich and handsome man in Hong Kong, is actually just an ordinary person from a small city in Province Z."
"Just watch."
"I told you Fu Gui's secret today," he smiled confidently at Zheng Tan, "If he has the ability to kill Zheng Ju, he will have the ability to kill me."
"If I die, who is the murderer...you all know it, right?"
Wang En tilted his head and laughed a few times, then left the corridor without looking back, leaving Zheng Tan, who had not yet reacted to his words, and the others standing in the corridor.
Guan Hongyan finally finished her words: "...It's just that this battle royale has nothing to do with us."
This is a variant of the escape game against these indigenous people.
So far, apart from the secretary Xiao Shu and Qiao Youlin whose murderers have been identified, the remaining two deceased, architect Jian Zhu and man dressed as a woman Zheng Ju, and the murderer who killed them is still shrouded in mystery.
The fact that Wang En cheated on his wife had already been exposed among a group of people. In particular, in order to protect himself, he revealed the true identity of Fu Yi's biological brother Fu Gui. Once he leaves this castle, he will definitely not be able to return to his previous life.
Although Fu Gui's past was exposed by him, he still held a lot of Rong's shares. After he left, Ronghua could not do anything even for the sake of the stock price.
Wang En is barefoot and is not afraid of those who wear shoes. Since he has become an enemy of Fu Gui, if Fu Gui does not want to be charged with murder like Zheng Tan when he goes out, then the couple can only protect his safety no matter what.
"This guy usually looks like a mad dog... I didn't expect him to be so smart at the critical moment..." Xu Zichen lowered his voice and retracted his gaze as Wang En left here, "Is this space a perverse reasoning? Before all the natives died, how can we deduce the rules of why they were gathered here?"
"Isn't this embarrassing..." Guan Hongyan twitched her lips. "Now only when the natives die can we get the complex relationship chain between them. If only one person dies can a relationship be revealed, then how can we get all the information before they die?"
"I'm not sure," Xu Zichen shrugged. "What we can see now is that every time someone dies, all of his social network identities and relationships will be exposed, so what's next..."
When Xu Zichen said this, his face froze and he suddenly stopped talking.
He felt a hair on his back.
The comments that were still waiting for his analysis were all blank:
【So what's next? 】
【Go on, what's next? 】
[Fuck, I get it.]
[The rules of this space are very toxic... It feels like Minesweeper. ]
【What? What? Riddler, get out of the Foundation! 】
On the screen, Scaro's voice calmly took over Xu Zichen's words.
"So next," he raised his eyes slightly, "if we want to obtain someone's identity information, the best way is actually to kill him."
Once the right person is not killed at the right stage, resulting in the wrong order of death, it is very likely that the former is the one who knows the identity of the latter, and the identity information of the latter will be covered up forever.
Just like what happened today, if Wang En died before Zheng Ju, Fu Gui’s identity would be covered up forever.
If Ronghua died before Zheng Ju, then Zheng Ju's identity would forever remain that of a cross-dressing gangster.
And looking back...
Xiao Shu, the secretary who was killed by Fang Shaoning... Jian Zhu, who had contact with everyone but died inexplicably at the beginning, did they die at the right stage?
The order of death is irreversible. Before they even noticed, so many clues had disappeared silently from the castle.
If the wrong person dies in the wrong link...
It's like encountering a mine while sweeping for mines.
The clues of the entire space will be missing, and this exploration will be completely wasted.
Did the four people who died so far die in the correct stages? And what order should the six natives follow in order to obtain the correct information after their correct deaths?
"Hiss..." Xu Zichen saw that Scarao had said what he hadn't finished, so he could only frown slightly, "What if I kill the wrong person?"
"That's not something we need to think about," Guan Hongyan also had a headache, "I'm usually the one who kills people."
This time, it is obviously not a matter of simply killing the other party. They also have to put the blame on others, accurately killing the right person at the right stage and then putting the blame on the right person who knows the truth.
If there is a problem in any link, the entire evidence collection chain will have problems.
She has been in the foundation for so many years, and she has seen few places where not even one link can go wrong.
Fortunately, she knew what it meant to give up in time: "Yun Guang?"
Yun Guang's face was full of solemnity: "I don't know either."
The identities of many indigenous people are still shrouded in mystery, and he cannot guarantee whose identity has yet to be revealed.
Zheng Ju, the only person who knew Wang En's situation well, has died, and there is no one to reveal Wang En's identity.
Zhang San and Li Si didn't know what was going on. The two of them were restraining each other and other than that they didn't show any signs of knowing anyone else.
Zheng Tan doesn't seem to have any acquaintances among them, and the only mystery related to him is the murder accusation, so Ronghua Fugui must not leave before him.
Secretary Xiao Mi is Fu Gui's follower who has little presence. Her identity seems clean, but Ronghua and Fu Gui are forced to be tied together because of their shares, and any move can affect the whole body.
In this case, no matter who dies first, there will be problems.
"Skao?" He looked in the direction of Bai Jinshu.
"Let's go downstairs first," Bai Jinshu stood up and looked around the room. After making sure there were no clues they hadn't found, he walked towards the door. "It's still a few hours before nightfall."
His eyes swept across the faces of the natives at the door.
And he knew better than anyone else that among these people, there was someone hiding who was also planning the same thing.
Their mission is far more than just killing the right person at the right time and blaming the right person for the crime.
They are racing against time to snatch the person from the invisible organizer who is planning to wipe out everyone.
Moreover, he did not think that the deceased could be killed and then framed. Although these indigenous people were easily angered, they were not stupid.
The best way is to let them do it themselves.
He stood up, walked past Fu Gui, and waved to Lu Changfeng who was leaning against the wall: "Let's go."
"Your old fear of blood is not a solution," he said, intentionally or unintentionally, in the middle of the corridor, "You still come here when you know there's a death. If someone dies next time, don't come here."
*
In the banquet hall, everyone ate dinner in silence, and one of the stools on the long table was empty again.
The seat of Xiao Shu, the secretary beside Ronghua, was vacant again. She sat alone opposite Fu Gui and Xiao Mi. No emotion could be seen on her face, but one could vaguely feel that she was not in a good mood at the moment.
Without Zheng Ju, no one would want to bring bad luck to her.
Wang En sat down beside the table with a swagger, looking fearless, as if he had revealed shocking news this afternoon, making Ronghua completely realize that Fu Gui’s true face was not him.
It seemed that Zheng Tan finally couldn't stand the weird atmosphere anymore. He took the initiative to leave his seat and sat at the end of the exploration team members' seats, which was farther away from Zhang San and Li Si.
Due to Zheng Tan's joining, the exploration team members did not have the opportunity to integrate clues and make inferences at today's dinner table.
Everyone finished the meal in silence. The plates were slowly cleared away, but the guests, who had already returned to their rooms, did not move, showing any signs of leaving.
As the last dish was removed, Wang En, who was sitting alone at the table, stood up and looked at everyone: "It's nine o'clock."
"It seems that no one is going to sleep tonight?" He raised his voice, "That's great, let's all stay in this banquet hall together until tomorrow, and help me make a certificate."
"If I, Wang, die tomorrow, everyone knows who killed me, right?"
"Wang En." Under his repeated provocations, Fu Gui, who was sitting at the top, wiped the corners of his mouth with the napkin handed by the waiter, "We are in a society ruled by law now, no one will kill you."
"Even less so," he raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a very polite smile, "because I don't need to sacrifice the rest of my life for you."
"I didn't say who wanted to kill me. You just jumped out on your own." Wang En took the napkin handed to him by the butler and pulled it with a little too much force, almost tearing off the gloves on the butler's hands.
"Anyway, everyone is in this banquet hall tonight," Fu Gui raised his eyes and looked at the other guests at the table who were not going to move, "If anyone does anything to you tonight, everyone can see it clearly."
"Sure, I'd love to." Wang En smiled provocatively, leaning back on his chair and waving at Rong Hua, "I hope Miss Rong can open her eyes and look more tonight. If you can find evidence that Fu Gui killed me, you'll have one more handle in your hand."
Everything he said was about what would happen if he was killed, but every word he said was full of confidence, giving Fu Gui more leverage to prevent him from killing him.
Guan Hongyan couldn't help but complain quietly: "Oh my god, so arrogant."
The bizarre suicides a few nights ago were all caused by Fang Shaoning. If no one did it tonight, it would have been a Christmas Eve.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, even the most powerful person couldn't kill Wang En when everyone was awake.
The probability of Wang En dying tonight was already low, but he also pretended that Fu Gui would definitely attack him in front of everyone tonight, making people feel that if he didn't die in some bizarre way tonight, it would be a shame for his series of flags.
The above barrage also thought so:
[It’s decided, it’s decided, Wang En will die tonight. 】
[He can't be crushed to death. With so many people here, only a god can kill him, right? 】
[Crush to death, now that things have come to this, it would be rude if I don't die. ]
[He will definitely die. If Xiao Fang takes action, it will be useless even if there are people around him.]
[How dare Xiao Fang do it? This afternoon, when Aoshen and the others were discussing the next target, those mid-level players and Changfen didn't hear it. I guess Xiao Fang still thinks this space is a battle royale and regrets opening Pandora's box.]
[How can this not be considered opening the Pandora's Box? Secretary Xiao Shu died so early, who knows if she had any secret identity? ]
[The market has opened, why is there still a pressure on who to take action? 】
【Then I will give a small compliment. 】
【Just a light touch. 】
[Can't I kill him without someone to help me? I can't kill him. One person died today. If another one dies, the progress will be too fast, right? ]
…
The investors were discussing enthusiastically. As for the exploration team members, since Zheng Tan was sitting among them, Guan Hongyan's questions were very obscure.
They were willing to discuss it in the temporary group chat, but Zheng Tan, such a big man, was just sitting here, and a group of them were holding their watches and clicking here and there. Even a fool could see that there must be some communication channel between them, right?
"Skao," she called Skao's name softly, and then asked in a low voice after he looked over, "Will Wang En be killed by Fu Gui tonight?"
Bai Jinshu shook his head slowly.
"No?" Lu Changfeng guessed.
Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows.
"You don't know, right?" Yun Guang said gently, "It's only a little after nine o'clock in the evening. There are still at least nine hours until tomorrow morning. Who knows what will happen in these nine hours?"
That being said, if Wang En died tonight, what was his true identity and could it still be discovered?
Guan Hongyan looked at Wang En, who was still jumping around in front of the dining table, with some confusion. She felt that this man was just like an old general on the stage, with flags all over his back.
Whether the flag falls or not depends on tonight.
"Forget it," she gave up, "I'll lie down for a while, call me later."
These natives make up for their sleep during the day, but she doesn't.
In order not to miss the dog-eat-dog situation that might occur after someone dies at night, she should replenish her energy first.
Guan Hongyan lay down, and Xu Zichen next to her looked at the situation and also lay down.
It was fine when they had their own rooms a few days ago, but tonight everyone was gathered here, and there was no internet and they couldn't play board games. It was also not easy for these exploration team members to openly take out a bunch of things from the void to kill time. They just stared at each other, feeling extremely awkward.
Before lying down, he saw Lu Changfeng opposite him also chose to catch up on his sleep in a daze.
Xu Zichen glanced around and was surprised to find that the two big guys in the exploration team, Yun Guang and Skao, had no embarrassment on their faces. They even asked for a bottle of red wine from the servants. While drinking in the snow outside the window, they looked around at the natives in the banquet hall leisurely.
The corners of Xu Zichen's mouth twitched, and he chose to stay in autism and catch up on his sleep.
In the banquet hall, Bai Jinshu was holding a goblet in his hand, his eyes wandering over Wang En.
Of course, what he meant by shaking his head before was not that Wang En would not die, nor that he did not know whether Wang En would die.
Something is bound to happen to Wang En tonight.
If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences. If you let a mad dog like Wang En, who seems to know a lot, continue to live, he will only reveal everyone's secrets.
But in reality, does he really know that much?
Fu Gui was betting that he knew a lot, and Wang En was also betting at the same time.
He has already risked everything. If he knew information about other people, he would definitely drag more people down with him before he died.
The reason why only Fu Gui was found out this afternoon was probably because that was all he knew.
The more confident he acted, the less likely Fu Gui would dare to kill him.
The more exaggerated his behavior is, the more suspicious Fu Gui will be when he really dies.
However... Wang En probably never thought that if Fu Gui's identity were to get out, would he be the only one who would be affected?
Although Ronghua looked like a victim in this incident, it was true that he did not know people well. It was also true that if this news got out, Ronghua would become a joke. Once this rumor spread, the impact on Ronghua would definitely be no less than that on Fu Gui.
Once he came to terms with it, he realized that there were more people who wanted him dead than just Fu Gui.
Everyone could hear what he said to Lu Changfeng this afternoon.
He shook his head when Guan Hongyan asked him because he didn't know who was responsible for Wang En's death tonight.
In other words, it has actually started now.
With the howling wind and snow outside the window, time gradually moves towards late night.
The guests sitting at the table followed their example and asked the butlers to fetch some wine from the castle's wine cellar, so as to find some way to pass the time on this night that was destined to hide infinite murderous intentions.
As time went on, when the red wine in front of Bai Jinshu was about to run out, a very obvious vomiting sound suddenly came from in front of the table.
Wang En actually vomited after drinking?
Zhang San and Li Si who were sitting next to them stepped back a little with some disgust. Qiao Youlin and Ling Dai wanted to help him, but were stopped by Fu Gui's next words.
"Don't move," Fu Gui sat on the table, holding a wine glass, looking as if he was waiting for Wang En to put on a show. "Didn't Wang En say that I would kill him tonight? If you touch him and get blackmailed by him, you'll become my accomplice."
"You can get drunk by drinking red wine..." Ronghua's voice sounded with some disgust.
"Excuse me, let me have an empty seat," she stood up from her seat with disdain and sat among a group of exploration team members with a glass of wine in hand, "You reek of alcohol."
The smell of her perfume and the faint aroma of red wine formed an extremely rich fragrance. When she sat among the exploration team members, the two exploration team members who had originally stood up to help others looked at the obvious vomit in front of Wang En and hesitated, not knowing whether to move forward.
At this moment, Wang En's vague voice sounded: "Let me get up by myself."
The two looked at each other and had to retreat back to their original positions, looking in the direction of Wang En nervously.
However, after saying that, Wang En dry-heaved a few times, sat on the stool, propped up his upper body, and stopped talking. From time to time, he made some labored breathing sounds, as if he was trying hard to suppress the churning in his stomach.
A few minutes later, someone called out, "Wang En?"
"Push him!" Guan Hongyan almost jumped up from the stool.
Without her saying anything, Qiao Youlin, who was closest to Wang En, had already noticed something was wrong. He frowned and gently pushed Wang En.
As his fingertips moved, Wang En suddenly fell off the stool, revealing a stiff face.
Wang En is dead.
In full view of the public.
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