Abyss Game: I am covered with cheats

Even Xu Tong was taken aback by Pei Wenyu's words.

He pointed at himself and asked, "I killed Liang Fang? When did that happen?"

"Of course not you. You've been with me the whole time, with no chance to kill Liang Fang," Pei Wenyu turned around, preparing to walk towards the hall. "In that case, the real Guardian must have taken over Long Ruiquan or Jiang Yi's body. Let's see what they have to say. We should be able to confirm each other's identities as good people."

As they spoke, they walked out of the dining room and into the main hall of the castle.

Looking up slightly, they saw Long Ruiquan and Jiang Yi standing in the middle of the staircase, their faces solemn.

"You're here?"

Seeing Pei Wenyu and Xu Tong walking up the stairs, Long Ruiquan preemptively questioned, "Explain yourselves. What's going on here?"

Liang Fang's body lay in the center of the staircase, head down, with a shallow cut on her neck. A large amount of blood gushed out, almost covering the entire staircase.

"Looks like she died from blood loss," Jiang Yi carefully examined Liang Fang's body. "The killer probably cut her neck and pushed her down the stairs, but she stopped halfway, ending up like this."

Long Ruiquan didn't care about the body, but looked directly at Pei Wenyu and Xu Tong. "Tell me, which one of you did it?"

Pei Wenyu frowned slightly. "Xu Tong and I have been together the whole time. Shouldn't you be asking yourselves that question? Could it be that one of you killed Liang Fang when you were apart?"

Hearing this, Jiang Yi, who was squatting on the ground examining the body, looked up. "That's not right. Long Ge and I have also been together the whole time. We haven't been apart."

As soon as he said this, silence fell on the staircase in the main hall.

There were only five people in this instance. The murderous Guardian was lurking in one of them. Now that one person was dead, the remaining four had always been in pairs and never separated.

So who killed Liang Fang?

The key is that she died on the staircase leading from the first floor to the second floor. If she had died in the basement, then Xu Tong and Pei Wenyu, who were on the first floor, would naturally be more suspicious.

But since she died on the middle staircase, the possibilities for both sides were the same.

"Can I ask a question?" Xu Tong asked. "I just heard Long Ruiquan seemed to suspect that I was the killer. Why would you think that?"

Long Ruiquan raised his eyebrows slightly, seeming a little displeased.

Jiang Yi also nudged him in the ribs with his elbow. "Is Long Ge's full name something you and I can call directly? Call him Long Ge! We still need him to clear the instance!"

Raising his hand to interrupt Jiang Yi, Long Ruiquan began his analysis, "First of all, Jiang Yi and I have been together the whole time, with no chance to commit the crime, so naturally, I would suspect you and Pei Wenyu.

"And I asked you a question before, which was whether you wanted to act alone.

"You must think I was targeting you at the time, but actually, I wasn't."

Xu Tong: So you weren't targeting me?

Jiang Yi: So you weren't targeting him?

Long Ruiquan calmly explained, "Actually, this was a test. Normal people like Liang Fang would understand that acting alone in this situation is practically a sitting duck in the castle, so they would definitely choose to refuse.

"Except for one type of person."

He pointed his finger at Xu Tong.

"That is the Guardian who needs to kill people at any time."

He narrowed his eyes, revealing a detective-like expression. "And you, do you remember what your answer was? You agreed, you didn't refuse immediately, so… you are the most likely to be the Guardian!"

At first glance, this analysis made a lot of sense, at least it stunned Jiang Yi.

But the problem is that Xu Tong agreed to be a sitting duck because he had a side quest that required him to be killed by the Guardian.

Based on the information gap, it's understandable that Long Ruiquan would make this deduction.

"His suspicion has already been cleared," Pei Wenyu reiterated her opinion. "He and I were not separated during the grouping, he didn't kill her."

The entire reasoning went back to square one, after all, the people in both groups had never been separated, so how could anyone have had the chance to kill someone?

Unless someone was lying, but who would lie for the Guardian?

Wait…

Xu Tong looked up slightly and exchanged glances with Pei Wenyu.

Pei Wenyu asked, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

Xu Tong: "I'm about fifty percent sure I am."

The cold expression on Pei Wenyu's face showed confusion for the first time. "Why only fifty percent?"

Xu Tong: "Because I also want to fart."

Pei Wenyu: "…"

Seeing that the two seemed to have some opinions to express, Long Ruiquan asked Pei Wenyu, "What did you think of?"

"Side quests," Xu Tong took over the topic since Pei Wenyu had no interest in answering. "Don't we all have corresponding side quests? Maybe someone's side quest is to conceal the Guardian's identity, which is why there is no opportunity for anyone to commit the crime."

Hearing this, Long Ruiquan nodded, then asked Xu Tong, "Alright, which of you two has this kind of side quest?"

Xu Tong: You seem to have a big problem.

"I am not the Guardian, and my side quest is not this either, so in my heart, I naturally exclude myself and Jiang Yi from suspicion, so the real killer is still among you two."

Xu Tong revealed a firm look. "Sorry, I have the same feeling."

Jiang Yi was surprised. "You also think the real killer is among you two?"

Xu Tong: "Have you really received nine years of compulsory education…"

"How about this," Pei Wenyu glanced at the time. "There's not much time left. Why don't we continue to complete the main quest? There are only four people in total now. As long as we continue to act in pairs, the Guardian will inevitably reveal himself if he wants to act.

"The instance introduction requires us to have at least two players survive. There are three of us alive now, so there is still room for error."

This suggestion made sense. Looking at his pocket watch, a full day had passed in the instance, and the progress of the main quest was still unclear. It was better to continue searching for clues while advancing the main quest.

Long Ruiquan and Jiang Yi also agreed.

Xu Tong raised his hand. "Sorry to interrupt, can I switch teammates?"

His side quest was to be killed by the Guardian, and on his side, Pei Wenyu had already ruled out the Guardian's suspicion, so naturally, he had to switch to Long Ruiquan or Jiang Yi, who were more likely.

Unexpectedly, before Pei Wenyu could react, Long Ruiquan and Jiang Yi righteously refused.

"Sorry, our progress is perfect, our combination can be called a match made in heaven, switching teammates now is simply disrupting our progress."

Long Ruiquan and Jiang Yi hadn't found a single genuine treasure since the beginning of the instance. The price of the garbage they had on hand had reached a terrifying sixty-eight yuan and twenty-five cents!

Not even a hundred yuan!

If this kind of thing was known by either Pei Wenyu or Xu Tong, it would be a complete embarrassment.

So this teammate, absolutely cannot be changed!

Xu Tong was a little discouraged. When he walked to Pei Wenyu, he found that Pei Wenyu was looking at him with a puzzled expression.

"Do you dislike that I'm weak?"

"No, I dislike that you're not a monster."

Pei Wenyu: ?

Just as Xu Tong and Pei Wenyu were preparing to continue moving deeper into the first floor.

A series of information streams suddenly appeared in his vision.

[Your eyes noticed that in the previous conversation, Jiang Yi's micro-expressions were wrong. He seems to be concealing some kind of lie]

Xu Tong was immediately overjoyed. Could it be that Jiang Yi is the Guardian?

And the next second, more information streams emerged.

[Your ears captured that Long Ruiquan's voice trembled to a certain extent during the conversation. This is a sign of a lack of confidence. He is also concealing some kind of lie]

Wait? Two people are lying?

Before Xu Tong could react, another line of information stream appeared.

[Your nose smelled a peculiar scent on Pei Wenyu's body. This is the smell of lying. She is also concealing something]

Damn!

Xu Tong widened his eyes.

Except for himself, none of the three people present were telling the truth.

Everyone is lying!!