Happy Halloween

The running water kept ticking, Mu Xuanying closed her eyes and thought, only the sound of her own breathing remained in her ears.

Ghouls are dark ghosts that don't need to rely on air to survive. Mo Yu also behaves slightly and moves silently. He closes his eyes, and it is difficult to detect the existence of his friends.Mu Xuanying's mood was pulled, and she was a little flustered.

Suddenly his palm sank, he opened his eyes in surprise, and found that Mo Yu was holding his hand firmly, and his crimson eyes were staring at him intently.

"Relax and think about it." Mo Yu didn't know that Mu Xuanying's thoughts had already drifted to him, and he thought he was troubled by the ghoul's puzzle, and comforted him, "Don't worry, Maomao, I won't let you I have something to do." If you are really Mao Mao...

Mu Xuanying's heart warmed, and she nodded vigorously.

Uh, Brother Mo Yu's hands are so cold...

Wait, what is he thinking about?The first thing to do is to solve the riddle of the ghouls!

Mu Xuanying woke up suddenly, quickly calmed down, and began to think deeply.

Condition [-]: There is at least one villain in the town.

Condition [-]: Everyone can distinguish the good and evil of human beings except themselves.

Condition [-]: If you realize that you are a resident of an evil person, you will become an evil ghost that night.

Condition [-]: On the third night, only the wicked will become evil ghosts.

Hidden condition: At the beginning, everyone defaulted to being a good person.

Assumption [-]: There is only one villain in town.

When the daylight of the first day passes, the villain will find that except for himself whose attributes are unknown, the town is full of good people.

If he is a good person, then condition one is not met.

So he is a villain, and on the first night, he will become a ghost.At this time, the assumption violates the fourth condition and is discarded.

Assumption [-]: There are two villains in the town, named A and B.

When the daytime of the first day passes, A finds out that B is a villain. Except for his own attributes, all other residents in the town are good. B will also find that A is a villain. Except for his own attributes, all other residents are good.

On the first night, A is convinced that B is a villain and other residents are good. According to the hidden conditions, he defaults to being a good person, so he will not change due to his awareness of his identity that night. At the same time, according to Assumption [-], A infers The only villain B will turn into a ghost on the first night.The same is true for B.

During the next day, both A and B found that the other party hadn't turned into a ghost.Facts violate assumption one, and both will find that there is more than one villain in the town.For A, B is a villain, and everyone else is a good person, so the only unidentified self can only be a villain.The same is true for B.

So on the second night, both A and B will become evil spirits.At this time, the assumption violates the fourth condition and is discarded.

Assumption [-]: There are three villains in the town, namely A, B and C.

During the daytime on the first day, A sees that B and C are evil people. According to the hidden conditions, he acquiesces that he is a good person. At the same time, according to the second assumption, he deduces that B and C will become evil ghosts in the second night.The same is true for B and C.

In the daytime of the third day, A finds that B and C have not changed at all, and the fact violates assumption [-]. At this time, he realizes that there are more than two villains in the town. However, except for B, C and himself, he is sure that the other residents are all Good man, at this moment he knew he was a villain.The same is true for B and C.

On the third night, A, B, and C who have already realized their identities will all become evil spirits.At this point, the assumption meets all conditions and is established.

"The answer is three people." Mu Xuanying said confidently, "There are three villains living in this small town."

"Answer, the answer is correct..." The ghoul opened its mouth wide in surprise, apparently quite surprised that Mu Xuanying could solve his riddle.The plan of using a human child to beat the teeth for the sacrifice fell through, and he sat back in disappointment, and the whole stone room was shaken by his action.

"Ghoul, now is the time for you to fulfill your promise." Seeing that the other party seemed to be planning to leave directly, Mo Yu narrowed his eyes and took a step forward, "You don't want to break your promise, do you?"

"Who are you as a monk? Even if I'm not a good person, I won't break my word!" The ghoul said angrily, "Hmph, take it!"

The two objects drew an arc from mid-air, Mo Yu caught the object thrown by the ghoul with one hand, and handed it to Mu Xuanying casually.

It was a pair of silver chopsticks and a notebook.

"Climb up from the fireplace in the hall on the first floor, and you can enter the canteen on the second floor."

After the ghoul finished speaking, he turned around in a sleepy manner, jumped into the cave he made through the stone wall when he came, and went nowhere.

Mu Xuanying put the silver chopsticks into the inner pocket of the cloak, and opened the old book in her hand.

"Good and Evil"

"The ghoul Monk Chen always mocks the zombie Tao Hanting.

Zombies often ask: "Humans in the world are always ignorant, how can we make them distinguish between good and evil?"

The ghoul smiled and replied: "It's meaningless to distinguish between good and evil. In the end of life, regardless of his goodness, evil, loyalty and traitors, he has entered the belly of the monk. Goodness is also empty, evil is also empty, everything is empty."

As the saying goes, you know the face but not the heart. If you say that you can see people's hearts over time, but you are most afraid of being confused by the authorities, you can't see yourself clearly.

If you do evil without knowing it, you are just a wicked person.

If you know yourself because of evil, you will become a great evil ghost.

The good does not change the body, but the evil intensifies, how to punish the evil and promote the good?

It's better to be muddled, chaotic, muddled and become a monk's meal, which is a great good! "

"...Nonsense, it's all nonsense." Mu Xuanying grunted, with a hint of dissatisfaction faintly visible between her brows.

Mo Yu was noncommittal, held his hand, clasped Mu Xuanying's palm with cold fingers, and said, "Let's go to the hall."

Stepping up the steps, Mu Xuanying was led by Mo Yu and walked forward quickly, with her ponytail flying.He listened to the monotonous sound of water in the stone room, and at the last moment, he looked back at the ruins deep in the dungeon.

Corpses...are real.

The ghoul didn't seem to be his hallucination either.

So, Mo Yu... who are you?

Are you a real person?

Light blue stone moss grew in the corner, and the rancid smell lingered on the tip of the nose. Mu Xuanying carefully pulled up the long robe corner, watching Mo Yu step on the hidden mechanism in the storage room.The opened stone slab is covered again, as if to separate the two worlds again.

"What's the matter?" Mo Yusu was always keen and alert, and when he noticed his gaze, he immediately turned his head and asked.

"No, no." Mu Xuanying shook her head hastily.

Mo Yu looked at him for a while, with a calm expression and indifferent eyes.As if he had seen through even the shady thoughts in her heart, Mu Xuanying could hardly maintain her nonchalant appearance, so she heard him say "Oh" slowly.

His heart was beating fast, and his chest was vibrating, a faint red color appeared unexpectedly on his cheeks, and he turned his head away nervously.

"Let's go." Mo Yu said.

"Hmm... ah, oh!" Mu Xuanying hurriedly followed.

The hall on the first floor was as silent as before, the light was dim, the windows were covered with curtains, and the clock hanging on the wall was ticking.Mo Yu glanced up inadvertently, and the nine dark ghost sculptures on the middle platform of the stairs were lifelike, as if they were carved out of real monsters.

Although she no longer had hope in her heart, Mu Xuanying took the pumpkin lantern to the only exit of the castle leading to the outside world, and pushed the door tentatively.

"...No, I can't open it." He showed obvious disappointment.

Mo Yu watched Mu Xuanying make a futile attempt.The candle was burning silently, and the flickering light outlined his handsome face, and his eyelashes cast half-curved shadows.

His lips moved slightly, and he said without emotion: "Don't try it, it's useless."

Before the game is over...before Reaper's test is over...

They can't get out of here.

Mu Xuanying didn't know what Mo Yu was saying in his heart, so he sighed in a low voice.

Mo Yu looked at the furnishings in the hall, but found nothing changed.They approached the fireplace that the ghoul had mentioned. The firewood in the furnace had long since been burnt out, leaving only some soot-gray ashes, and there were some traces of blackening on the walls.Entering the fireplace, Mu Xuanying raised the jack-o-lantern.Mo Yu looked up, and it was pitch black above, but there was a rope ladder hanging down, but the end was stacked on the protruding position of the brickwork inside the fireplace, which could only be seen after entering the fireplace.

Mo Yu raised his hand and hooked it, and the rope ladder fell in front of his eyes.

"Use this to climb up to the second floor." Mo Yu said.

Mu Xuanying nodded.

The jack-o-lantern was wobbly, and it took a lot of effort for the two to climb up to the second floor with this lighting prop.Stepping on the rope ladder, Mu Xuanying bit the handle in her mouth and held Mo Yu's palm protruding from above with her teeth bared.Mo Yu firmly grasped his hand and pulled it upwards.

"Huh...huh... finally came up."

Climbing out from the fireplace on the second floor, Mu Xuanying patted her robe in embarrassment, wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, and took a breath while holding her chest.

He thought that Mo Yu would laugh at him, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't say anything, but squatted down and gently stroked his back to help him feel better.

Smiling gratefully at Mo Yu, Mu Xuanying stood up and looked at the new room in front of her.

The windows are still covered with thick velvet, gilt and carved lacquer decorations can be seen everywhere, and several colorful oil paintings hang on the walls.This is a large restaurant lobby. There is an exquisite cabinet full of tableware in the corner of the room. A long table occupies more than half of the space in the center. Thick red tablecloths are hung with thin tassels. Silver candlesticks Holding three long white candles.

The white candle seemed to have just been lit, and there was a shallow pool of transparent wax under the candle flame.Because it has not been burned for too long, no wax drips to the candle body.

What a disgusting feeling.

It's like...every step of my own is under the control of others.

Mo Yu's eyes darkened, and there were many hazes in his eyes.

The long dining table should be able to meet the needs of a dozen or twenty people dining at the same time.There are ten chairs around, one is placed in the main position, facing the door, and the remaining nine are arranged around.

On the table, copper utensils are placed in front of each seat, but only the one on the left has food prepared.Mu Xuanying took a closer look curiously. The elegant wine glass contained a bright red liquid like blood, and a small piece of unleavened cake was placed on a small plate.

"This is... the sacrament?" Mu Xuanying guessed uncertainly.

Holy Communion stems from the Last Supper that Jesus shared with his disciples.When Jesus broke the bread and distributed the wine to his disciples, he compared the bread to his flesh and the wine to his blood.Every Sabbath he would go to church with adults to worship, so he participated in the communion ceremony.

It's been a long time since dinner time, since entering the forest till now, Mu Xuanying hasn't eaten a drop of water, the first time he saw the food in front of him, he suddenly realized the emptiness in his stomach and felt very hungry.

The young man looked at the food on the table. It looked very similar to the sacrament distributed by the priest, but it had a strange evil smell, as if it was full of filth, and it seemed to exude a demonic attraction.

The owner of the castle invited them to participate in the game of exploring the castle, and at this time a piece of food appeared in the restaurant, perhaps, this is the entertainment specially prepared by the other party.

He hesitated to touch the copper tableware at hand, should he eat the food on the table at this time?

"Eat the Holy Communion?"

〖yes. 〗

〖no. 〗

"Forget it..." Mu Xuanying sighed.

"What's wrong?" Mo Yu asked.

Mu Xuanying shook her head, before she could say anything, her stomach let out a growling sound.He froze, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

Mo Yu was also stunned, he didn't expect this to happen at all, he was stunned for a moment before he realized: "Are you hungry?"

As if there would be an inexplicable embarrassment for admitting it, Mu Xuanying kept her mouth shut.

"It's still a child's temper." Mo Yu smiled.

"That's not it!" Mu Xuanying retorted angrily, but unfortunately her stomach was too embarrassing, and it gurgled again.

A pumpkin candy was handed to his eyes.

"Here." Mo Yu said, "Don't touch the things on the table, the source is unknown, there may be something wrong."

Mu Xuanying looked at the pumpkin candy, then at Mo Yu; then at the pumpkin candy, and then at Mo Yu.

"Don't forget it." Seeing that he hadn't answered, Mo Yu retracted his gesture.

"I want it!" Mu Xuanying quickly took the candy, as if afraid of what Mo Yu would do again, he immediately peeled off the transparent candy wrapper and stuffed the lollipop into his mouth.

"Wow, delicious..." he said vaguely.

The candy tastes sweet, the thick sugar juice melts in the mouth, and the aroma of pumpkin lingers in the nose.

No child can refuse the temptation of candy, and the little unleavened cake is completely incomparable. Mu Xuanying blinked in satisfaction, deliberately ignored Mo Yu's teasing eyes, and changed the subject: "Why is it only in this position?" Where's the food?"

There are a total of ten seats at the dining table, but there is only one place where the tableware holds food.

It means that there are ten people in the castle, nine of them have finished their meal, but there is one person who has not eaten?

Nine... nine?Perhaps it was because the first time I entered the castle, the pictures I saw were too deep in my memory, and Mu Xuanying unconsciously recalled the nine ghost sculptures above the stairs on the first floor.

"Silver chopsticks." Mo Yu said suddenly, "Use the silver chopsticks that the ghoul gave you."

Mu Xuanying suddenly realized, he took out the silver chopsticks, dipped them into the red wine and stirred them, the shiny silver tips of the chopsticks turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Toxic..." If I really couldn't bear the temptation of appetite just now, would I be poisoned to death?He was terrified.

Using chopsticks, he fished out a fish bone with a complete shape from the red wine. Mu Xuanying and Mo Yu exchanged glances. brass key.

"With this key, we may be able to enter some rooms on the second floor." Mu Xuanying became happy.

Mo Yu nodded.

Turning the door lock from the inside of the room, only a "click" sound was heard, and the door lock was opened.The corridor on the second floor was dark and silent as usual. When the two walked out the door, a white shadow flashed by. Mo Yu immediately stopped Mu Xuanying behind him.

"who?"

Bai Ying landed on the ground, his limbs lightly stepped on the smooth marble floor, his gold and silver eyes looked at Mu Xuanying faintly, and let out a soft and soft cry.

The air was slightly cool, and the surroundings were pitch black. This eerie meow sent chills down the back of the person, his hairs stood on end, and goose bumps sprang up all over his body.

Mu Xuanying looked at the three claw marks on the wall in astonishment.The walls of the castle are all made of stone. How sharp is the cat's claws to leave such deep marks on the stone wall?

If Mo Yu hadn't pulled him away, these three claw marks would have fallen on her right now.

Mu Xuanying swallowed, and cold sweat dripped from her forehead.

The cat salivated at Mu Xuanying, stretched out its tongue and licked its paws, then bowed its body, fixed its eyes on his neck, made a gesture of readying to go, took a few steps back, and rushed towards them!

Oops, Oops, I can’t hide now——

In an instant, Mo Yu had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Maomao, throw out the fishbone!"

"Ah, oh!" Mu Xuanying subconsciously followed Mo Yu's instructions, reached into his cloak, took out a fish bone fished out of the poisoned red wine, and threw it into the air!

The Persian cat meowed, seemingly instinctively, or induced to change its target, grabbed the fishbone in mid-air, and then fell to the ground with a "bang".

Bright red blood flowed from the cat's body, and Mu Xuanying suddenly realized what his actions just now represented.His fingertips trembled, his breath trembled, and his face suddenly became ugly.

"Brother Mo Yu, I..."

"Don't relax, be careful!"

Mo Yu remained vigilant and stared at the cat lying on the ground indifferently.

After a while, the white cat opened its eyes and stood up from the pool of blood.

Blood dripped down its soft long hair without leaving any traces.

It held the fishbone in its mouth, and shook its tail uninterestedly. It didn't even look at the two people who were standing aside as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and Shi Shi ran away into the depths of the corridor.

The crisis of being attacked by a small animal... has it been resolved?

"What's going on here?" Mu Xuanying looked at a fluffy white tail in a pool of blood in disbelief, her fingers clenched Mo Yu's shoulder in front of her, still in shock.

"That's the witch's cat." Mo Yu explained, "It has nine lives."

"..." He was speechless.

According to legend, the enchanting and beautiful witch does not trust any human beings, nor does she trust the so-called compatriots. She is often accompanied by a cat.Its nature is also like a cat, arrogant, lonely, mysterious, lazy and low-key but self-willed - cats are always surly and withdrawn.

Following Mo Yu's gaze, Mu Xuanying looked towards a door on the diagonal side of the dining room, which was the direction where the Persian cat jumped towards them when the two walked out of the restaurant just now.The door of the room is closed, and there is a cat-shaped door plate with the words "The Witch's Room" (Witch's House) written in gorgeous cursive letters.

He noticed that the arrangement of marble floor tiles in an area in front of the witch's room door was quite different from the design in other locations—in this small space, white bricks with a width of no more than two inches were densely paved into a 20x20 square pattern.Mu Xuanying walked to the edge of this special area, squatted down, and lightly touched the bricks with her fingers.

With a sound of "knocking", the central axis of the white brick turned over, and the black brick on the back was on the ground.

A line of red writing was left on the nearby ground:

If you can't guess the correct pattern, even having the key is useless!

There is also a cute cat stick figure drawn at the end of the sentence.

It smells so sweet, Mu Xuanying sniffed it, it's the fragrance of roses... It seems that the other party wrote with rose sauce.

How should I say it?The taste of a witch is indeed on a completely different level from ghosts like ghouls and zombies.He slanders.

Mo Yu knelt on the ground, looked down at the floor tiles for a while, and said, "Conceptis Puzzles."

Conceptis Puzzles, also known as Conceptis Fill the Box, is a graphic logic puzzle game.Based on the coordinate clues provided by the puzzle, the puzzle solver replaces the white squares with black squares, and finally restores a black and white pixel painting.

Each puzzle is composed of empty grids, and the numbers on the left side of each row of grids and the top of each column grid are clues to solve the puzzle: the numbers represent the number of consecutive black cells, and the number of consecutive black cells in the grid in order.

For example, if two numbers 1 and 2 appear on the left side of a line, it means that there is at least one white space between one black box and two black boxes in this line to separate them.If there are only four grids in this row, the order must be: black, white, black, black.

Mu Xuanying put down the jack-o-lantern in her hand and began to observe carefully.

The floor tiles in front of the Witch's Gate look like this.

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