There is strength in numbers, and without the interference of people with ulterior motives like 'A Zheng', the efficiency has also been greatly improved. No corner of this room was spared, and soon new discoveries were made.

Under a table, something wrapped in newspaper was found.

I took it out and opened it, and inside was a work ID and a photo.

The work permit was dirty, as if it had been soaked in water, the writing on it was barely legible, and the photo was distorted. The other group photo was intact, showing five young people at the gate of a factory.

The five young men are all very happy, and you can see that they have a good relationship and are as close as brothers.

Except that one of them had his head painted over with a ballpoint pen.

The originally normal photo looks a little weird because of this. Combined with the clues found before, it can be concluded that the person who was painted over is "Lao Wu".

"Five good friends, for some reason, four of them joined together, killed another one, and sank the body to the bottom of the river. But that person's ghost was still there, and came back for revenge... What do you think of my summary?" said the black man.

Everyone said you summarized it very well.

"Next, we need to figure out the numbers on the ground and what the three numbered doors are used for." Bingyangzi fell into deep thought.

Lin Mo was also thinking.

He glanced at the three characters at this time.

The muscular man and the green tea girl looked around nervously, while the other one was staring at the window in a daze. Lin Mo also looked over, but it was pitch black outside the window and he couldn't see anything clearly.

At this time, Bingyangzi said that he had played a game before, and the entire scene was in a house. If you open the door and go out, you will find that you have entered the same house again.

Although they look almost identical, there are actually differences. Some houses have ghosts, and if you are unlucky enough to enter such a house, the end will be death.

There is no chance of escape.

The requirement is to find a pattern and enter a safe room. As long as you enter a safe room six times in a row, you will pass the level.

Bingyangzi said that the current situation reminded him of the game he played back then.

"Have you passed the level?" the black man asked.

The sickly man nodded, looking very pleased with himself: "Of course, and in terms of clearance time, I'm ranked third."

At this time, Lin Mo said, "I have also played the game you mentioned, called 'Endless Haunted House'. The rule is to choose the time to open the door. The doors corresponding to different times will have different results, and this rule will change every time."

"Yes, yes, that's it. It took me two days to figure out the pattern. Hey, you've played it too, so where do you rank on the speedrun list?" asked the sickly man curiously.

"First!" Lin Mo told the truth.

"Is it true? You are the first, that LM?" The sickly man was really surprised.

In their gaming circle, the name LM is very famous, and it has a place on various rankings of many games.

He is definitely a god-level figure in horror escape games.

"Yes, I am LM." Lin Mo revealed his identity.

The sickly guy was suddenly excited, and even the black man came over as if he had seen his idol.

In their eyes, gaming masters are like so-called idols in the eyes of girls, absolutely idol-level existences.

Next, both the sick man and the black man said that Lin Mo should take the lead.

That is what to do next.

This was not the time to be polite or modest. Lin Mo did have some ideas, so he just spoke them out.

"The black man's previous summary was good, but those were relatively easy to find clues, which we can call background story clues. This kind of clue is the basis for further inferring the gameplay of the game scene, that is, what are the requirements for passing this scene, or more specifically, what we are required to do here."

"I think it's hiding." The black man expressed his thoughts.

Obviously, the other party's basis comes from the message on the poster.

We have to hide or we’ll die, that’s what it means.

"That's what I thought." The sickly man nodded, and then added: "And it must have something to do with the numbers on the floor and the door."

The three characters in the plot are just for show and of course they can't offer any valuable opinions or clues.

Lin Mo simply didn't hide anything and spoke out his thoughts.

"Let me ask you first, do you think the other four people in the photo are dead?"

This question seems simple.

"He must be dead." said the black man.

"Should?" Lin Mo asked back.

The black man thought about it and kept silent.

He was just guessing and had no evidence because he didn't see a body or blood. "Is he not dead? But even if he is not dead, what can happen?" the black man asked again, but the sickly man next to him seemed to be thinking about something.

"Of course it has a great relationship." Lin Mo began his lecture. He found that although the sickly man and the black man started playing this game earlier than him, their ranking, points and understanding of the game were higher than his, but that was only because they were pioneers.

In fact, in terms of talent, at least black people and I are not at the same level.

The sickly child is not bad, but still a long way off.

"The fundamental purpose of playing games is to achieve the ultimate 'goal'. Now we don't know this goal, we only know some background settings of this level, and there may be threats to our existence, that is, Lao Wu, right?"

Several people nodded.

This is something that is already on the table.

"The purpose of the two levels in the horror house was to find the exit, or to wait until the specified time limit was over, and then you would be considered to have passed the level, right?"

That's also true.

"So in my opinion, for the third level, I either have to survive here until the specified time limit, or find a way out, right?"

That's exactly the case.

But Lin Mo's next words directly overturned these people's three views.

"Then, let's assume that the one who can threaten us at this level is Lao Wu. He should be a vengeful spirit. I understand him. If I were killed by someone and my body sank to the bottom of the river, I would also be angry and want revenge, right? It's human nature. So I think, if the other four people are not dead, why don't we help Lao Wu and find those four people and let him kill them? In this way, Lao Wu can get his revenge and his resentment will be gone. Even if he doesn't become our sworn brother, at least he won't turn against us and kill us right away, right?"

The black man opened his mouth. He felt that this was nonsense, but every word Lin Mo said made sense.

The other three characters all took a step to the side at this moment, probably because they felt that Lin Mo was too dangerous.

The sickly boy's eyes were shining with gold.

"confidant!"

This guy came over and grabbed Lin Mo's hand, and he couldn't get rid of it.

"They all say I'm a pervert and that I'm mentally ill. I've lived a lonely life over the past few years, but today I finally met a close friend. From now on, you'll be my big brother, and I'll be your little brother, big brother!"

"Little brother!" Lin Mo also held the sick boy's hand tightly, and then pried open his fingers.

"We may be familiar with each other, but if you suddenly grab my hand next time, be careful or I might get angry with you."

Lin Mo has made it very clear.

A normal person would definitely choose to avoid Lao Wu. If they meet a survivor, they will naturally form an alliance. After all, this is the normal person's way of thinking.

We can't form an alliance with this evil ghost Lao Wu.

But Lin Mo did the opposite and made helping Lao Wu get revenge his top priority.

"Alright, let's make it like this. Let's all work together and try to find the four murderers. If you find them, pin them down immediately."

The sickly man is ready to fight at this moment, and the black man is also slowly accepting Lin Mo's way of thinking at this time, as for the other three characters in the plot.

They have no choice.

Now that the plan has been made, the next step is implementation.

Now there are three doors.

Door 2, Door 3, or Door 4, which one should we choose? Because we didn't quite understand the routine, we all decided to just pick one at random and try it out.

So, Lin Mo took the lead and pushed open Door No. 2.

When they went in, they found that they had come to a place exactly the same as the previous house. The furnishings, layout, furniture and everything were exactly the same.

The most obvious difference is the numbers on the ground.

At this moment, the word 2 is written.

There are still three doors on the front three walls.

At this moment, the three doors are written with numbers 4, 5 and 7 respectively.

"It feels like there's no pattern to these numbers at all." said the sickly guy.

Lin Mo asked everyone to look for things first to see if they could find anything.

There are no photos or diaries in this room, and even the beautiful girl poster hanging on the wall has been replaced with a man's.

Obviously, there are differences in these details compared to the previous House No. 1.

No one was found, no body was found, and no ghost was found.

"Where to next?" the black man asked.

Lin Mo said let’s go back and take a look.

After saying that, he stepped back again and opened the door before they entered.

They had come in from Room 1 and arrived at Room 2. Logically, they should have gone back to Room 1, but what surprised Lin Mo was that they actually ended up in Room 6.

This room is obviously different from the previous one.

There was blood on the walls, and it was a mess, making it even darker and more eerie.

There was a number 6 written on the floor, and on the three doors in the room were written 1, 5, and 7.

It's different again.

“Is this thing changing randomly?”

Lin Mo felt that this room was very dangerous.

Although he couldn't see what was specifically dangerous, he had experienced countless dangerous moments, and this sense of danger was already engraved in his bones.

He made an immediate decision and rushed towards Door No. 1 without looking for anything.

During this process, Lin Mo glanced at the wash basin over there and saw a black thing emerging.

As expected, it's a head.

The feeling of terror exploded at this moment. Lin Mo quickened his pace, calling everyone into room 1 and then closed the door.

That feeling of terror disappeared as the door closed.

It seems like we have returned to the starting point again.

But after looking carefully, they found that this room No. 1 was different from the room No. 1 they stayed in at the beginning in some ways.

First, the three gates are numbered.

Before it was 2, 3, 4.

But this time, it was changed to 5, 9, 7.

This means that every time you enter a room, the door number will change.

In fact, there is another door, which is the door they use to enter this room. This door has no number, but if you look closely, this door is pure black.

The black one makes people feel a little weird.

It is not certain which room you will enter through this door. As of now, you may enter any room.

Lin Mo labeled this black door as "random door".

This is like some kind of infinite maze. If you can't find the corresponding rules, you may end up wandering around here forever.

However, it is also for this reason that Lin Mo can now basically determine how to play the last level of the horror house.

The ultimate goal is to find the pattern and leave the room.

Of course the premise is to leave alive.

There should be side quests.

But this is something you can do or not, such as rescuing survivors or helping Lao Wu to get revenge.

Lin Mo asked who was good at math.

No one raised their hand.

"I knew I couldn't count on you." Lin Mo sighed.

He is also average in math.

But he still likes to play many math games.

In fact, from the beginning, he found that this house and those numbers were very similar to a small number game he had played before.

Nine-grid grid.

The door numbers we have seen so far are 1 for the smallest and 9 for the largest.

Except for number 8, he had seen all the other numbers during his recent run.

In addition, each room has three adjacent doors, so isn’t this a nine-square grid?

It’s easy if you know the principle.

At this time, Lin Mo looked around and asked everyone to look together to see if there was anything else they could find.

Sure enough, a box of red candles was found on top of the cabinet.

And matches.

Coincidentally, there are exactly nine red candles in this box.

"Understood!"

Lin Mo immediately took out a candle, placed it on the table, and lit it with a match.

In an instant, flames appeared.

A strange thing happened. The originally dark and cold house now had a hint of warmth and light.

Gives people a sense of security.

"That is to say, next, you need to light all nine candles in order, from Room 1, to Room 2, and finally to Room 9. Only in this way can you truly pass this level."

When Lin Mo expressed his idea, the sickly man and the black man both applauded.

"Wonderful!"

They are also old players, so they naturally know that Lin Mo's inference is reasonable and well-founded. Basically, this is the situation and there will be no deviation.

They admired the fact that he could find a way to pass the level in such a short time.

In other words, laymen watch the excitement while experts see the details.

Muscular men don’t think this is a big deal, that’s because they are outsiders and don’t understand.

The sick guy and the black man understood, so they knew how amazing Lin Mo was.

This is exactly what the saying goes.

When you are just entering the industry, you are considered a weakling; after you really enter the industry, people will respect you as a god.

As for how to play the Nine-Grid game, both the black man and the sickly man know it.

This itself is not difficult, the difficult part is finding the corresponding relationship from the clues.

"Then let's get started."

Now the three doors are 5, 9, 7, and there is no 2.

That is to say, you need to find door number 2, enter, and then light the candle.

And because the numbers and order will be disrupted every time you enter a room, if you are unlucky, you will not be able to find the room with the corresponding number after a long time.

"Go in number 5."

Both the black man and the sickly man agreed to this decision.

Because in the nine-square grid, number 5 is the most special one.

In most cases, 5 is located in the center.

The method of judgment is also simple. Under normal circumstances, in the nine-square grid, the adjacent numbers of other numbers are all three numbers, and only the number in the middle has four adjacent numbers.

Just go in and take a look and you will find out.

Push open door No. 5 and enter together.

"really!"

In this room, there are four numbered doors, 1, 3, 9, and 7.

There is no room 2.

If someone doesn't understand, he would be confused by now and might walk around aimlessly.

If you are lucky, you may get lucky, but if you are unlucky, then forget about getting out.

What's more, there are ghosts here.

Let me ask you, if you encounter a ghost when you open the door, would you still dare to go in? You can only close the door and go through another door.

This is also where the difficulty increases.

At this moment, the black man made a hushing gesture, and everyone looked at him. They saw the black man quietly walk to the wardrobe over there and suddenly opened it.

“Ah, ah!”

A person rushed out of the closet screaming, holding a knife in his hand, and stabbed the black man.

Fortunately, black people are quite strong.

He slapped the man in the face and knocked him to the ground.

Everyone gathered around.

The man on the ground covered his face and looked at Lin Mo and others with horror.

They have seen this person before. He is one of the other four people in the photo. "Zhang Dehan, Wang Quan, Liu Genbao, Zhao Dong, which one are you?" Lin Mo asked with a cold face.

"I, I am Zhao Dong!" said the man on the ground.

There was fear in the other person's eyes, and also a hint of cruelty.

It’s just that it’s hidden very deeply and can’t usually be seen.

“Tied him up!”

At Lin Mo's command, everyone rushed forward immediately, some pulling the bed sheets, some untying their belts, and soon, they had each other tied up.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?"

Zhao Dong screamed in horror.

"What are you yelling about? Just shut your mouth." Lin Mo gave another order.

Zhao Dong said he had important information.

"Wait a minute, don't do anything yet. Tell me what important information you have." Lin Mo asked.

Zhao Dong said there was a ghost here.

"I know about that."

"Got it? Then, do you know who that ghost is? Do you know how scary he is?"

"I know. If that's all you have, then keep your mouth shut."

"No, you tell me what you want to know. I'll tell you."

"Zhang Dehan, Wang Quan, and Liu Genbao, where are the three of them?"

"I don't know. Maybe he's dead, or maybe he's hiding like me."

It turns out you don’t know anything.

Lin Mo asked the black man to cover Zhao Dong's mouth and then carry him away.

"Remember, if you come across a haunted room, don't hesitate, just leave this thing behind and run." Lin Mo gave an order and the black man nodded. When Zhao Dong heard it, his eyes almost popped out and he shook his head.

The black man slapped them both and they became quiet.

After getting ready, Lin Mo led everyone to Door 7, then pushed the door open and walked in without hesitation.

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