18 Extra Space
◎Three and a half dollars, one and a half dollars less◎
As if to verify whether she would die from the taboo, Qi Qiuxue stood outside for a long time.
The night rain was icy cold, and the gusts of cold wind almost blew people through from the inside out, but at the same time it also made the mind clearer.
Obviously, she guessed right, death did not come, and she was still alive.
Qi Qiuxue turned around and went back, shutting out the howling wind and rain outside behind her.
"Axue!" Li Yiqing quickly stepped forward and put a large coat on her. He then took out a towel from somewhere and carefully wiped the rain off her hair, taking good care of her.
The players present looked at her with shock, and Zheng Miao's worry turned to joy, and she was excited and excited: "Zhang Xue, that's great, I'm so glad you're okay."
"How did you do it?" She hurriedly asked the reason, "Why don't the taboos work on you?"
"Because I didn't break the rules." Qi Qiuxue responded, with a few water droplets still on her eyelashes. Her hair, wet by the rain, stuck to her neck and cheeks, making her look a little disheveled, but there was no trace of fragility in her dishevelment.
Qi Qiuxue: "Do you remember what the inn owner said about the precautions for the sacrifice?"
Zheng Miao quickly replied, "She said the sacrifice begins at one o'clock every night, and players are not allowed to go out during the sacrifice."
"It's not that you can't go out." Qi Qiuxue shook her head and opened her mouth to correct her, "It's that you can't go out unless you have something important to do. But what if I have something I must do?"
Zheng Miao was stunned after hearing this: "This..."
"We were simply fooled by the simplest of words," Qi Qiuxue said. "From childhood to adulthood, countless people have given us countless rules and regulations. We've long been accustomed to following them and don't dwell too much on the rules themselves, believing that as long as we comply, we can rest easy. Especially in a dungeon like this, where life and death are at stake, no one wants to gamble their lives. Compared to the possibility of death, the best option is to have a 100% chance of survival, even if that safety is only temporary."
"I didn't realize this at first, especially after two players appeared in quick succession who appeared to have died from violating the taboo. But then I thought, were they really all killed by the taboo of 'Don't go out after 1 a.m.'? From what I understand, breaking the taboo means instant death. If that's the case, why didn't that man die in front of the inn, but deep in the forest?"
After hearing this, Zheng Miao fell into deep thought: "Zhang Xue, are you saying that... the only one who actually died from this taboo was Wang Shuo?"
Qi Qiuxue nodded gently: "Yes."
"You're lying!" Geng Hao, who had been upstaged, was very unhappy and quickly pointed out the mistake in Qi Qiuxue's words. "If he had a reason to go out, then why did Wang Shuo die? His purpose for secretly going out without telling anyone last night must have been very clear!"
"Because the reason must be objectively true, just like that man really did lose his amulet, and I really did intentionally leave it outside." Qi Qiuxue sneered, her eyes sweeping across his and Dong Peng's faces. "Why did he die? Wasn't it because of that note you wrote with the fake clue?"
I see.
After he finished speaking, the system prompt suddenly popped up: [Congratulations to the player for achieving the achievement - The loophole behind the taboo.]
This achievement prompt was sent to all players present. This sudden surprise made many people stunned. After the shock, excitement followed.
No matter what, at least now they have the possibility of getting out and no longer have to be trapped in the hotel forever like trapped beasts.
"Zhang Xue." Geng Hao was also stunned, but after a few seconds, he suddenly laughed. "You have to thank me. If I hadn't pushed Wang Shuo out, would you have been able to figure this out? It's me. You have to thank me for this achievement!"
Li Yiqing was simply stunned by his shameless appearance: "Psycho."
"Ignore him." It was almost half past one. According to Qi Qiuxue's deduction, it would take quite a while to complete the entire route, so they couldn't afford to waste any time. "Liu Ge, Li Yiqing, leave as soon as possible."
"I understand." Liu Ge nodded and called Li Yiqing to walk out together. To be on the safe side, they followed Qi Qiuxue's approach and threw something out casually, using the excuse of finding something to successfully walk out the door.
The bus for tourists was parked outside the hotel. Liu Ge and Li Yiqing got on the bus and looked around, but found no trace of the car keys. But it didn't matter. Liu Ge took out the wire he carried with him and tinkered with it skillfully a few times, and the car started smoothly.
Li Yiqing was shocked: "You have this skill."
Liu Ge hummed proudly: "To survive in a dungeon, you need some skills."
Li Yiqing: "Why don't you also poke open the door in the southeast corner of the hall?"
Liu Ge: "You think I haven't tried? Many of the rules in this dungeon are unreasonable. Some can be cheated, but some can't. The condition for opening that door is clearly that you must find the key."
"Hurry up and sit down." Liu Ge didn't have time to waste time talking to her, "It's time to go..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw another person running out of the hotel.
It was Zheng Miao. The two of them had just observed the reactions of other players before leaving. Even though they had found a loophole in the rules and could go out exploring smoothly, most people were still afraid. After all, there might be more taboos beyond the taboos. Once they were not careful, they would die miserably like that man.
No one wants to take the gamble, especially since someone has already taken the lead.
All the players present avoided the two people's sight guiltily, only Zheng Miao was hesitant to speak, eager to try. At that time, Liu Ge guessed that she might also join in the exploration tonight.
She reopened the car door for Zheng Miao. Heavy rain was pouring all around them, thick fog was everywhere, the night was dark and eerie, and countless dangers seemed to be hidden everywhere. Of course she was afraid, but at this moment, Liu Ge felt more than just fear.
There is also excitement, the excitement of fighting for a chance of life for yourself and others.
"Get in the car quickly!" said Li Yiqing.
"Okay!" Zheng Miao nodded and shook the other person's outstretched hand tightly. This was perhaps the first time since she entered the copy that she took the initiative to choose to be brave and face the unknown fear, even though she was shaking with nervousness and even her hands were trembling.
But I have to say, it doesn’t feel bad.
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Qi Qiuxue was not worried about whether Liu Ge and Li Yiqing could complete the task. Just like when she chose to go out alone to verify her speculation just now, everything was just a gamble.
If you win the bet, you live; if you lose, you die. It’s that simple.
The life experiences of the past twenty years have made her lose interest in prayer. Instead of placing her hopes on something illusory, it is better to let go and do it, and then bear the consequences.
So while other players were still praying desperately that they could return safely, she had already walked upstairs.
She was still concerned about the footsteps from last night. The sound had appeared repeatedly for several nights in a row. Qi Qiuxue thought it was not a dream, but if it was real, how could the owner of the footsteps disappear in such a short time?
The first thing she noticed was the window facing her door. The window had been deliberately pushed open last night, giving the illusion that someone had left. Qi Qiuxue stood by the window and looked down. The second floor of the hotel was very high, at least four meters from the ground. If a person of such a large weight fell down, it would inevitably make a loud noise and would also be accompanied by certain risks. To be on the safe side, it would be safer to set up a ladder.
But Qi Qiuxue carefully observed the window sill and found no signs of climbing, no scratches, no footprints, nothing at all. It had been raining in the middle of the night. If the man had come from outside, his feet would have been covered with rain and mud, and there would have been traces left on the corridor floor.
Unfortunately, when Qi Qiuxue looked out through the cat's eye last night, she did not find any footprints or mud on the floor, only water stains, not many, but they continued to extend.
Is it rainwater? If so, how did it get here?
Or...it's actually something else.
Qi Qiuxue withdrew her gaze. She thought that the open window was just a cover. The owner of the footsteps did not come from outside. The person was actually in the hotel from beginning to end.
Somehow, Qi Qiuxue suddenly recalled the sound of a door closing that she vaguely heard in her dream that day. It was very close, so close that she even felt that the sound came from the next door, Room 204, which was Liu Dawei's room. In addition, Liu Dawei's behavior of going out to find food that night made it easy for people to misunderstand that he was the one who was playing tricks.
But now that he is dead, the voice still hasn't disappeared.
Qi Qiuxue raised her hand and opened the door of Room 204. There must be some information that she had not discovered. She carefully checked all the furniture in the room again. No, there was no problem anywhere.
Until she lowered her gaze and suddenly noticed the tiles under her feet.
If the wall lamp hanging on the outer wall between the two rooms is used as the dividing line, the distance from the center of the room to the wall lamp is five tiles from the outside, but only...
Qi Qiuxue held her breath, and a chill gradually crept up her body.
Three and a half dollars, one and a half dollars missing!
She quickly went out and returned to her room, and checked the tiles in the room again. They were exactly the same, with only three and a half tiles. In fact, there were more than just these two rooms. There were also tiles in Liu Ge's room, Zheng Miao's room, and Chen Wei's room.
In other words, there is actually a space at least three tiles wide between every two rooms.
“…”
【Author’s words】
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Thanks to the little angels who threw the grenade: Shi Yi and Qiu Lang are both beautiful fairies;
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: Don't Want to Go to Work 2; Mancao, Internet Addiction, Huaiyi, Lu Baibaibaibaibai, Spicy Rabbit, Rabbit Huhu, Langley's Dog 1
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Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Jin Xi (16 bottles); Yingbu (15 bottles); Don't Want to Go to Work (12 bottles); Sanyuyuyu and Luxunfeng (10 bottles); Shine Little Su (9 bottles); 12345 (3 bottles); Grape Juice (2 bottles); Jingran Qin Jiaren Yi, I Love My Motherland, Years, and Mountains (1 bottle);
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