Neverland

Yan Cen recuperated in Neverland for more than half a month.

There were no new self-cultivation tasks in the past half month, and there were no messy moths. Except for Song Yan who came once and sat down for a while, 317 was so peaceful that it seemed to have disappeared from Neverland.

In the first few days, Xu Muzhou always felt that with Neverland's level of caution, Yan Cen's suicide would not be taken lightly, and he would have to "investigate" a few times, who knew that Zhong Lu was like Forget that they are the same, and have never been here once.

Yan Cen didn't seem to bother to see her, he read and slept in the house with peace of mind, and even packed three meals a day from the cafeteria.

Xu Muzhou was inseparable from Yan Cen every day, even if he was going to the sink to wash some grapes, Yan Cen would intentionally or unintentionally flip through a book or write something in the bedroom, making some obvious noises, making Xu Mu Chau could always hear what he was doing.

Yan Cen is well versed in the way of consolation, after four or five days like this, Xu Muzhou finally recovered from the fear of the last mission world, and no longer wakes up several times in the middle of the night every day to touch Yan Cen's hand In order to continue to fall asleep.

On the eighth day after returning from the mission world, Yan Cen was finally able to walk around the ground.

Always confined in the house, good people will be stupid, so every afternoon at four o'clock becomes the tacit time for a walk, strolling outside for an hour leisurely, and returning just in time for dinner.

The scenery of Neverland is good, even though Xu Muzhou already knew clearly what kind of place this is and what kind of "people" are around him, but he still can't bring up any fear about it, as if things should be like this, and it's not worth it. Like all the fuss.

Xu Muzhou was also a little surprised by his logical state of mind, but thinking about it carefully, it might still be due to his preconceived impressions.

At the beginning, Yan Cen forced himself into his world as a savior, and then the Song Yanzhonglu and others he met in Neverland, they looked no different from real people—they worked, rested, Own emotions and ways of thinking, and occasionally, like social animals, complain about the wonderful task objects encountered.

——Although the staff of Neverland are a little withdrawn, overall, they don't look much different from the people in Universal.

After accepting Neverland, which is an unnatural phenomenon, it is difficult for Xu Muzhou to create a estrangement inexplicably because he knows that each of them is not a living person.

The weather in Neverland in the evening was pleasant, Xu Muzhou only wore a thin linen shirt today, and he only felt a slight coolness.

He and Yan Cen walked side by side on the beach, they were very close to the sea, and occasionally the waves would be a little more violent, and the sea would rush to the shore, splashing Xu Muzhou's trouser legs.

"...a bit pretty." Xu Muzhou said.

The brilliance of the setting sun is not as clear as the moonlight, but it looks very warm, like the color of a softened flame. Most of the sea level is covered by the afterglow of the setting sun, as if coated with a layer of gold leaf.

"I'm a little curious, what the outside of Neverland looks like when it's windy and windy, it must be very spectacular." Xu Muzhou said with some regret: "I didn't know the details last time, and I didn't even think about coming out to take a look, and I don't know what the next time will be." when."

The little fox has become more and more courageous recently, Yan Cen shook his head and smiled without saying a word.

"I suddenly thought about a question." Xu Muzhou said: "In Song Xueyao's world, I influenced the world line and knew the meaning of the actual existence of Neverland. In theory, I have not returned to the original world. Worldline qualifications."

Yan Cen was not surprised that he would ask this question, and replied without thinking: "Zhong Lu still has a request from you. She always keeps her word. As long as you have this request, you will have a way out."

The tide crashed onto the beach with a crash, the waves were so strong and fast that Xu Muzhou couldn't dodge in time, he almost stepped into the water.

Yan Cen pulled Xu Muzhou's arm quickly to save him from the fate of walking on a pair of wet shoes.

The tide receded quickly, leaving some beautiful gravel on the beach.

Yan Cen was still recuperating, and his body temperature was cooler than usual, Xu Muzhou casually glanced sideways at his slightly pale lips, then lowered his head to wipe the water splashed on the hem of his clothes.

"The last mission..." Xu Muzhou suddenly said, "What about the poker serial case?"

A few days ago, when they were both physically and mentally unstable, both Xu Muzhou and Yan Cen tacitly avoided this topic, but this matter is always there and will not disappear for no reason.This is a case that "Xu Muzhou" has never solved, and it is impossible for Xu Muzhou to pretend that it never happened.

"As you found out, the seven of them were adopted by the same psychiatrist. The older they are, the longer the adoption time." Yan Cen said: "These seven people have different personalities and different occupations, which represent Different classes and social groups - and at the same time, they all have certain psychological disabilities."

"But in fact, when these children were first selected, their psychological defects were far less serious than what you saw later. For example, Xu Kang was just purely introverted, and Fu Sihan was just not sensitive to blood and death—but later Stephen Lang Qi manually helped them magnify this defect." Yan Cen said: "Stephen Lang adopted them because he wanted to manually create a 'defective micro-society' for his little conjecture research."

"...Employing people for research?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"Well." Yan Cen said: "Stephen Lang is a very extreme person. He firmly believes that people can be raised. It's like a ball of mud. As long as the theoretical conditions are met, people can be rounded and flattened as much as possible. , act strictly according to the ideas of the 'commander' - even if this 'command' violates morality and law, and even violates human instinct. So he doesn't think there is anything wrong with using humans for experiments, after all, he firmly believes that he can control these people .”

"Oh yes." Yan Cen added: "In fact, he did."

Since the Song Xueyao incident, Xu Muzhou has been able to think rationally and calmly about these crazy situations. He asked calmly, "Advanced hypnosis practice?"

"About that." Yan Cen said, "Among these seven people, each of them has incomplete personalities, but complement each other... This kind of deliberate incompleteness makes them more like a kind of experimental props."

"But this experiment died." Xu Muzhou said, "He died."

"Yes, he probably didn't expect that he would die so unexpectedly." Yan Cen hooked the corners of his lips mockingly, and continued: "But as I said, Stephen Lang is the best psychologist , He is good at controlling human beings, so in fact, he has prepared himself for "disposing of experimental waste" in the subtle experiments."

"What preparation?" Xu Muzhou said, "Let you kill each other?"

"Almost." Yan Cen said, "He put a catfish in the tuna bucket."

Xu Muzhou was taken aback: "Huh?"

"Among these seven people, there is a person who has been severely brainwashed by Stephen Lang...that is the Ace of Spades." Yan Cen said: "You can understand this as a realistic killing game, and the Ace of Spades is the killer. , except for the Ace of Spades, the six players are players of other identities, and if they want to win the game, they must ensure that they are not killed and at the same time find the killer."

Xu Muzhou pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a bit incomprehensible: "...In modern society, there are still people playing this kind of Iron Jungle Battle Royale? I can understand if those people are brainwashed in captivity, but their Freedom and ideas are not subject to any restrictions, and they live in normal social circles and social circles, how can they still take this 'presupposition' seriously?"

"It seems that seven people are involved in this game, and it is a bit more difficult to make seven people's brains abnormal." Yan Cen said: "But it is not—as long as the killer's brain is not normal, this game will automatically be established. , other people have no other choice but to play along."

In fact, before leaving the mission world, Xu Muzhou had found out the truth as much as possible. If it hadn't been delayed by misleading clues, Lin Yi's killing of Qin Huai and even taking Yan Cen away later could have been completely avoided.

--and many more.

"...Did you get the fingerprints in Forensic Doctor Yan's car and on the umbrella by yourself?" Xu Muzhou asked suspiciously.

Yan Cen: "..."

Well, this question that has appeared thousands of times in Yan Cen's presets really came up.

"...Well, yes." Yan Cen said: "I made it that way on purpose, including the Ace of Spades in the book, which I put in on purpose. On the night of Xu Kang's case, I called him at the convenience store It was Qi Yuan, Qi Yuan's conference call was actually driven in the forensic doctor's car. I asked him to park the car at the gate of the community, and he drove away later."

"Besides, I met Lin Yi when I returned to the police station that day." Yan Cen continued: "I told Lin Yi that the reporter was Qin Huai and Qi Yuan. Qi Yuan is all of us. The recognized 'judge', he is the helper of this game, just like the referee of the killing game, his identity has been disclosed from the beginning, and he will help anyone, so Ji Dong will not doubt him at all. After that Lin Yi instigated Fu Sihan, who had a good relationship with him, to secretly investigate this matter—oh yes, there is actually one thing you don’t know. That night, Fu Sihan who went to investigate clues took a flower of Qin Huai from Xu Kang’s door. Decorative flower, later this flower was taken away by He Beibei, so Qin Huai also killed He Beibei who had the 'evidence' in his hand."

"Flower?" Xu Muzhou frowned and asked: "What kind of flower, why don't I remember, I obviously did a spot inspection at that time."

"Of course you don't remember." Yan Cen said very calmly: "I put the flowers."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

Again!

What is unclear about this is that Yan Cen first misled Lin Yi to suspect Qin Huai, the first reporter, and then left Qin Huai's physical evidence to be taken away by Fu Sihan. He Beibei met Fu Sihan at the scene of the crime, so he naturally became suspicious Fu Sihan, so he killed Fu Sihan and took her things.

But in fact, if He Beibei knew about Xu Kang's autopsy, she probably wouldn't place her suspicions on Fu Sihan—but unfortunately, she didn't have any channels for this information.

This is a degenerate version of the Prisoner's Dilemma - everyone does not trust each other, so that in the absence of information, everyone's doubts and judgments are artificially guided.

Everyone made irrational misjudgments in the panic of dying at any time, and the player who played the Ace of Spades in front of him actually only killed one person, but he played everyone around.

It's like the witch poisoned the doctor, the hunter took the witch away, and the police killed the hunter again. The whole game was messed up, but none of them found the master.

It's like a werewolf killing senior players!