11 Re-entering the exhibition hall
◎Whose face is under the mask?◎
Qi Qiuxue, Li Yiqing and others arrived at Room 204 a little later. Before they could see anything clearly, they smelled the bloody smell coming from inside.
Wang Shuo stood at the door with a stunned expression, motionless. Xiaoxiao seemed to think he was in the way and reached out to push him away.
"Wow." She covered her nose with her hand and walked into the room with a look of disgust. "What happened? Why is there so much blood?"
She snorted coldly and looked back at Wang Shuo behind her: "Brother, where is the sixteenth person?"
Wang Shuo didn't say anything, still staring in disbelief.
In fact, it was not just him. Other players were also shocked and panicked. Before entering this room, everyone imagined countless possible outcomes: Liu Dawei accidentally overslept, Liu Dawei could not break free from the rope and was still tied up, Liu Dawei was frightened by what happened last night and began to give up on himself and did not plan to participate in any activities, or at worst, maybe he was murdered and harmed by someone... But no matter which guess it was, there were only two possibilities.
Whether he is alive or dead, at least we can see him if he is alive and his body if he is dead, instead of disappearing silently out of thin air.
Where are the people?
Qi Qiuxue frowned and looked around carefully. There was too much blood in the room. There were traces of blood splatter on the floor, walls, and even the ceiling. With such a large amount of bleeding, any ordinary person would almost certainly die.
Of course, even if Liu Dawei was lucky enough not to die on the spot, if he wanted to survive, he would need to treat his wounds in time and receive proper treatment, otherwise it would only be a matter of time before he lost his life.
Qi Qiuxue didn't think the medical conditions on the island would be very good, nor did she think they would be kind enough to rescue the players. In fact, Liu Dawei's murder was actually related to them.
So even if he died, what about his body? Where did his body go?
"Brother Wang, were you really just trying to scare him yesterday?" In addition to Shen Wei, there was a woman and a man in the small group of four, one named Zhang Xin and the other named Dong Peng.
Zhang Xin is a quiet person and rarely speaks. Dong Peng talks more and is a bit silly. His words and actions always displease the other three people, but he seems to be some kind of relative of Wang Shuo, so he reluctantly stayed in the team.
"What do you mean?!" Wang Shuo finally came back to his senses after hearing Dong Peng's words, "You doubt me?!"
"No, no, I didn't." Dong Peng shook his head. He said no, but his eyes clearly revealed distrust. "I was just asking. After all, you were the last person to see Liu Dawei last night. He's gone now. I thought you might know something..."
"I know shit!" Wang Shuo pushed him and met the other players' gazes fiercely. Like Dong Peng, they were filled with questioning, suspicion, and nervousness. Wang Shuo was stung by those gazes and hurriedly defended himself, "I just explained it downstairs. I just tied Liu Dawei up to scare him. As for what happened afterwards, whether he's alive, dead, or missing, it has nothing to do with me!"
"Not necessarily." Geng Hao sneered and refuted him again, "Who knows if you are lying?"
"I didn't!" Wang Shuo stepped forward and grabbed his collar. "I swear!"
"Stay away from me!" Geng Hao seemed to have practiced martial arts before and was much stronger than Liu Dawei. He escaped from Wang Shuo's control in a few moves. "You killed Liu Dawei, and now you want to kill me?"
"I said, I didn't!" Wang Shuo spoke each word clearly, gritting his teeth, his eyes red as if they were about to bleed.
Geng Hao wasn't afraid of him, and his tone was still full of sarcasm: "Even if it wasn't you who did it, you can't escape responsibility. It's all your fault for tying Liu Dawei up for no reason. He was in danger and didn't have time to break free."
"You are the murderer," Geng Hao said. "Stop making excuses."
"You!" Wang Shuo was so angry that he was shaking all over, his eyes bloodshot. "I'm a murderer, but what about you? When Liu Dawei and I were arguing last night, did anyone intervene? Don't say you didn't hear it. The noise was loud enough to wake up a lot of people. Did anyone care? I'm asking you, did anyone care?"
"Don't try to change the subject." Geng Hao raised his hand to push up his glasses, his eyes serious and calm, as if Wang Shuo in front of him was some kind of clown. "We were just protecting ourselves, and there's nothing wrong with that. If two psychos fight, you never know what will happen. There's no need for us to rush in and die."
"Yes." His words resonated with the players, and more and more people in the crowd stood up and spoke up. "Geng Hao is right."
"You have your own problems, don't drag us into this!"
"Stop lying. You didn't kill anyone? Why are you so excited about not killing anyone?"
The power of human words is enormous. With so many condemnations coming together, it is enough to push Wang Shuo into the abyss.
Xiaoxiao seemed very happy to see this scene and didn't even notice Qi Qiuxue's actions until Qi Qiuxue had roughly checked all the suspicious points.
Afterwards, she returned to the team and stood beside Xiaoxiao, saying softly, "Are we still leaving?"
"Huh?" Xiaoxiao was startled by her, then she remembered the important matter, "Of course."
"Alright, alright, stop arguing." She waved the flag in her hand, separating Wang Shuo and Geng Hao who were arguing with each other, her impatience evident in her eyes. "What a waste of time."
"Everyone, come with me. Our island is neither big nor small, and it'll take at least a day to explore it all. I'm so glad you're all tired, I've borrowed a bus." She seemed to be turning back time again, waving a flag to guide the players out with her, saying the same words as yesterday, "Please board the bus in an orderly manner."
"It's not a cycle." Liu Ge said in a low voice as he was about to go out.
"I know." Qi Qiuxue nodded. She could still distinguish between a cycle and a trick. Everything that happened last night and this morning seemed like a time reset, but in fact there were many doubts. The most obvious ones were, for example, the delayed time, the masked man who did not appear in front of the door in the middle of the night, and the bus that had been parked in front of the hotel last night. If it was really a cycle, the bus should have appeared at this time.
She was more inclined to believe that this was the mechanism provided by this copy, deliberately creating a seemingly cyclical atmosphere to disrupt the player's mentality, arouse suspicion, and cause panic. More importantly, it could waste the player's energy and occupy the player's daytime time. If they wanted to explore freely, they might have to wait for nightfall.
But Qi Qiuxue remembered that the hotel owner had said that there were sacrifices being held on the island these days, starting at one o'clock every night, and that players should not go out unless necessary. Therefore, the time available for players to explore would be further shortened, only from the end of dinner to before one o'clock.
Maybe it's time to do some testing tonight.
“…”
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Everyone got on the car together, and Qi Qiuxue sat in the same seat as yesterday as usual, together with Li Yiqing.
Liu Dawei is now missing and his seat should have been vacant, but because of what happened this morning, Dong Peng, who was originally sitting with Wang Shuo, changed his mind and didn't want to sit next to Wang Shuo anymore, so he simply ran to sit with Geng Hao.
The seat that could originally accommodate sixteen people now has one seat empty. Wang Shuo sits alone on the seat with his head buried deeply, looking very pessimistic.
The car started to move gradually, and Xiaoxiao, just like yesterday, began to explain the history of the island to the players and introduce various natural landscapes. Her voice was slow and low, and the effect was really hypnotic.
But this time, Qi Qiuxue forced herself to resist the urge to sleep and tried her best to memorize the route of the bus. However, the bus was driving in a disorderly manner, and the more she memorized, the more confused she became.
Before I knew it, I arrived at my first destination - the museum.
Xiaoxiao got off the car first and led everyone to line up and enter, visiting one exhibition room after another until the last one, the Mask Hall.
Qi Qiuxue took a deep breath and stepped into the museum. What she saw was no different from yesterday. The light was dim, and the walls were covered with strange and terrifying masks.
"Axue..." Li Yiqing beside her suddenly shook the corner of her clothes gently, his tone nervous.
"What's wrong?" Qi Qiuxue looked at her.
Li Yiqing raised his index finger and spoke tremblingly: "You, look there."
"?" Qi Qiuxue looked in the direction of her finger.
——Since I don’t know when, there was a mask there.
“…”
She thought, even though she hadn't verified it yet, she might have guessed whose face was under the mask.
【Author’s words】
Here we come!
Thanks to the little angel who threw the rocket launcher: 2028. Qiu Lang is a beautiful fairy;
Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: Shi Yi 2;
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: Internet Addiction, Zheshang, Huaiyi, Zuixiao Peijun 30,000 Games, Tuhuhu, Langli's Dog, Yushiwuzheng, and Mancao1;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Jin Xi 6 bottles; Bu Xiang Going to Work 5 bottles; Zhe Shang 3 bottles; Jing Ran Qin Jia Ren Yi 1 bottle;
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