Star Trace Gate

"Props?" Ren also raised an eyebrow: "What props?"

"I got a gift from the bald guy, a fortune stick." Brother Hong did not hide it and said frankly, "I drew the lottery twice to get this. After the fortune stick is used, it can be used to calculate the good or bad luck of any mission point. If the fortune stick is good, then you can know in advance who the fragments of the autobiography rewarded at the mission point belong to, how many there are, and how many gold coins there are; if it is bad, you can know a small part of the rules of the mission point in advance. I haven't used this thing yet, so I don't know the details yet."

Ren Ye heard this and frowned in thought.

"Don't you think this fortune stick can trigger some associations?" Brother Hong added softly, "To put it bluntly, with scratch-off lottery, you can get anything. Look at me, I only got a 'hint' reward."

His words were clear, and he emphasized the word "prompt" very clearly.

"I understand what you mean. If someone is lucky enough to draw the prop reward related to the 'Secret Room Rules', then it is possible that they will master the ability to predict in advance? And thus kill someone with a borrowed knife?" Ren also looked up at him.

"Yes."

Brother Hong nodded heavily: "I suspected the woman before, because what she said cannot be verified, and she was the first on the first day, which means she may have obtained an important prop, but she died today, so it's hard to say. I think... anyone could be doing something secretly."

"There is indeed nothing wrong with your association." Ren also agreed and sighed: "It is difficult to break people's hearts in the star gate of personal competition."

"So, I asked you, have the two who went with you yesterday ever acted alone?" Brother Hong said softly, "On the first day, the two of us completed the school's mission together. I trust my intuition and I trust you. But those two... it's hard to say."

"We have been separated." Ren Ye replied truthfully, "But let me put it this way, we three didn't lie after we came back yesterday. All our experiences, inferences, and the props and clues we got back in the Taoist temple have been shared with everyone truthfully. In addition, we were on the verge of death several times during the battle. If one of us was offline, the other two would not be able to come back. If you say that we have concealed something, then there is indeed... After all, there is no need to disclose the prop rewards we each received to everyone."

"What Xiaoshuai said just now is right, but also wrong." He then added: "There's nothing wrong with individual competition, but it doesn't conflict with the three of us risking our lives to save everyone. Competition doesn't necessarily mean you have to kill your opponent in secret, it can also be relatively fair."

"Haha, this is just your idea, it doesn't mean everyone thinks the same way." Brother Hong shook his head helplessly and sighed: "It doesn't hurt to be careful."

"Yeah." Ren nodded.

"Well, I feel that this star gate is not that simple, and neither is the team." Brother Hong slowly stood up: "I'm going to go out and give it a try. If I can't find a way out, I'll bet all my gold coins tonight to see if I can get a life-saving item."

"I don't want to go out yet." Ren also shook his head: "In the past two days, we have been chasing outdoor clues, hoping to find the key to breaking the situation from the characters, but today... I want to stay and check the villa carefully."

Brother Hong was stunned: "You are really different from others. But it's good this way. You stay and investigate while I go out. It can be considered as two fronts at the same time."

"Don't worry, if I really find a clue, I will tell you." Ren Ye smiled helplessly: "After all, we are... brothers who fought together in the oil refinery, and you also have the potential to become a VIP customer of my house project."

"Don't mention your stupid project anymore. It's still unknown whether I can survive until I leave." Brother Hong said speechlessly, "The most important thing is that I'm already losing more than 4 million. It's like being beaten up for a year. When I finally settled the accounts, I found that I lost money. It's a double blow to me, both physically and mentally."

"Then aren't you happy too?" Ren Ye replied.

"You are sick..." Brother Hong said, waving his hand and saying, "Let's go."

"be careful."

"Ah."

After the two finished talking, Brother Hong also left the villa.

After everyone left, Ren sat alone on a chair, staring at the ceiling, trying to clear his mind for a while.

In fact, he was thinking in his heart, if he had some kind of initiative and could use the rules to eliminate his competitors one by one, would he do that?

This thought lingered in his mind for a moment, and then he had the answer in his mind.

He wouldn't do that.

Ren Ye seems to have no moral principles, acts shamelessly and vulgarly, and talks all kinds of frauds and deceptions every day. However, he is also good at building interpersonal relationships and is easy-going... But if you think about it carefully, you will find that he is a very proud person in his heart.

After the battle at Canyon Road, he obtained the Star Gate of Qingliang Prefecture. One time, he went to ask the Grand Master for help, wanting Shousui’s Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds to build Dangshan Pass and repair the prefectural city for him.

But the master flatly refused this matter, with the reason being, I can't help you with everything. You can't treat the New Year's Eve watcher as your ATM. Whenever you encounter any trouble, you have to rely on the organization. There is no such system of gods in the world.

After this incident, except for those things that he was really powerless to solve, Ren never asked the master for help no matter what difficulties he encountered. He just relied on himself and his team members to fight hard, including entering the Bulao Mountain, rushing to the capital of Southern Xinjiang twice in dangerous situations, and negotiating with so many big guys, he never lost face and asked the master and the second master to give himself an immortal body.

He was actually holding his breath, and was thinking, what others can do, I can do as well. If you give me, I will do it faster; if you don’t give me, I won’t starve to death. I just need to be self-reliant.

Therefore, his shamelessness, vulgarity, fraud and deception are based on the fact that he is able to do it with ease. So many people are willing to be "cheated" by him. Are they really stupid?

Oh, maybe Lao Liu, Xu Bangzi, and A Pu are really not very smart... But others may recognize Ren Ye as a person and are willing to invest in this shameless guy.

Therefore, Ren was unwilling and disdainful to engage in such petty cleverness and tricks behind the scenes.

Little Smart may win for a while, but it will definitely not go far.

A smart person cannot do this, and the Emperor of Man cannot do this even more.

After the battle at the Qingliang Mansion Star Gate, except for those few guys in the opposing camp, almost all the rest of the people became Ren Ye's close friends.

He was all alone after his father's death, but now he has a lot of high-quality friends, each of whom is an outstanding person. Was this achieved through calculation?

nonsense...

……

Ren Ye leaned back in the chair, and after a moment of emptiness, he slowly stood up.

He is also a human being, and he is really a little tired. He can think that if he doesn't work hard, he might die here, so he has no choice but to get up and fight again.

I haven’t slept in my beloved concubine’s bed yet...I have to be responsible for her.

Thinking of this, Ren Ye recovered his health again and went to the first floor with full energy.

He planned to start from here and look for some clues.

Investigating a case is a very time-consuming, labor-intensive, and patience-testing job, but fortunately, this kind of patience has long been cultivated by a wise organization, and this is also where he has an advantage over others.

Ren Ye started from the door, not leaving out any corner, and slowly moved towards the several corridors on the inside of the first floor.

At the same time, he also imagined himself as Song Mingzhe, trying his best to consider things from his perspective, so as to feel his personality and thinking, and finally try to understand his killing and habits.

The killing rules of the secret room must be related to Song Mingzhe's personal habits and character. After all, he built this place himself, so only by becoming him can you find the key to breaking the deadlock.

In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.

Ren also carefully checked most of the first floor, but still found nothing.

The furnishings here were very old, and the floor was covered with dust and stains, which greatly affected the search for evidence. However, he saw some dried vegetable soup spilled on the floor, all concentrated near the stairs. That should have been accidentally leaked by Song Mingzhe when he delivered meals every night.

The eight Bagua rooms in the villa will be refreshed at six o'clock every night and restored to the scene when everyone entered on the first day; but the space outside the eight rooms will not be refreshed.

Therefore, Ren continued to calm down and focused on searching on the first floor. He wanted to find the remaining soul of Song Mingzhe and see if he had left any traces when he came here these two nights.

On the north side of the first floor, in a dark corridor, Ren Ye was squatting on the ground, groping with a gloomy look, when he suddenly smelled a faint stench.

He was stunned for a moment, sniffed carefully, and found that the stench was not far ahead.

"brush!"

Ren Ye stood up and walked forward three or four steps carefully, and confirmed that the smell was coming from a hole in the wall.

He was a little curious, so he squatted down again and held up the light to look through the hole in the wall. He found a rat hole in the wooden baseboard, and a dead rat was at the edge of the hole.

This is an abandoned villa, so it is normal to have rats, but the fact that it died near the entrance of the cave made Ren feel a little strange.

He stretched out his right hand, gently grasped the body of the dead mouse, and took it out.

The scene was both disgusting and somewhat horrifying. The rat's body had no external injuries, but it was already emitting a rotten stench and its fur was very dull in color.

However, Ren not only did not dislike it, but he brought it close to his cheek and sniffed it carefully: "Hmm...it smells wrong."

He frowned slightly, and immediately released his awareness, slowly wrapping the mouse's body.

A very faint star source fluctuation emerged in the mouse's body.

Ren Ye's eyes froze. "The mouse didn't... had no external injuries, it just died at the entrance of the cave... There are still star source fluctuations in its body... Does this look like it was poisoned? But there is no smell of poison in its body."

As he spoke, Ren slowly stood up and prepared to take the mouse to a brightly lit area for observation.

"brush!"

Just as he turned his head, he suddenly stopped and looked at the wall again.

There were actually three finger scratches at a height of one person above the rat hole... The scratches were a little faint, but enough to be observed with the naked eye, and there was no dust at the location of the scratches, which obviously showed that they had only been there in the past two days.

Ren Ye's pupils contracted and he suddenly turned his head to look towards the stairs.