I'm afraid of non-human beings

The exclamation point that followed at the end was completely different from the period two days ago, and for some reason revealed a feeling of indignation.

The tall man: "Tie, kidnap other residents?"

Yu Chu: "...Will any of us do this?"

Lin You: "..."

The kidnapper was herself.

Don't ask her anyway, she doesn't know anything.

She didn't know what was in the storage box in the upstairs apartment, ha, ha, ha.

She stood on the side, trying her best to reduce her sense of existence.However, even this small wish was not fulfilled.

"Did the first person who came down find anything?" asked the oval-faced girl.

All eyes were on Lin You.

... a really familiar scene.

She thought about this time yesterday—although it was earlier now in terms of time, the only thing in common was that she was trying to avoid attracting attention.

"No," she replied truthfully, "I came down two or three minutes earlier than you, and I didn't even have time to enter the hall."

Speaking of this, Lin You naturally asked, "Did you gain anything from yesterday?"

She was the first to leave at the time, and it's normal to ask now, and the short man didn't suspect him, "Why, we turned over everywhere, we almost turned this building upside down to see the foundation, even a cockroach Ants can't be found."

Judging from his attitude, I'm afraid he really got nothing.

The other three also acquiesced to his words, Yu Chu shrugged, the tall man looked at the note, the oval-faced girl was still frowning, "So, the rules of the previous two days can still be followed. What did the guest say?"

A kidnapper surnamed Lin then put on a bewildered and puzzled look, pretending to be a normal person.With the previous suspicions as a base, and her guilty conscience, she actually saw that everyone present was having their own ulterior motives, which really answered the heart of the heart-even though she was the one who did the bad things.

But now at least two things can be confirmed.

First, the "others" in the first rule - "Do not let others enter your room" refers to all players except yourself, ghosts are not counted.

And the second point...

Obviously, the residents in this apartment are not limited to living people.

Except for their dozen or so rooms, there should be "someone" living in other rooms, but the activity time is diverged by rigid rules. The former is in the daytime, and the latter is in the night. It can be seen from the painting that is just around the corner.

But being unable to move does not mean it does not exist, just like a certain painting is still hanging in place, and the locked up hostage stared at her until dawn. The status of the two seems to be equal but there is a subtle difference.From her point of view, the players whose abilities are sealed are the prey with almost no resistance, and the other residents who come out at night are the hunters who come out to hunt.

...and ended up being kidnapped by her prey in turn.

But there are still things that don't make sense, for example, the sound of the chain she heard in front of her apartment, and the unknown object dragging the chain.

...Door?

Farewell.

While Lin You was still immersed in her thoughts, people came down one after another - it seemed that they might have made an appointment in advance yesterday.This time, her expectations were met. Everyone's attention was focused on the newly added rule just like the day before, and no one suspected her for a while.

Unsurprisingly, Yin Sheng was the last one. Everyone gathered at the entrance of the hall. He was still standing obediently on the stairs, but he seemed to have also seen the note, and then his eyes shifted for a moment. He caught Lin You's gaze.

Yin Sheng: "..."

Is it you?

Others couldn't see it, but in her eyes, his expression clearly said so.

Lin You: "..."

cough.

She thought and knew that the other party should have guessed it. The hint from yesterday was there. She also knew a little bit about her ability and acting style at the hotel, so it was strange that she couldn't think of anything.

"Let's put aside the new rules, it's almost complete, right?"

It was An Yuchen who spoke. She looked around, counted the number of people and then was taken aback, "No, there is one less."

Lin You was also aware of this - or, she noticed the violation when the new rules appeared and she was so quiet, and the one who would complain loudly was not there.

And what does it mean not to show up at this time...

Thinking of the previous situation, everyone's heart sank.

"Maybe you overslept?" The tall man's tone was obviously trying to adjust the atmosphere, "We live on the same floor, and we haven't heard any strange movements, so go up and have a look first?"

Yu Chu: "Then his door...?"

"It's closed."

The short man interjected: "I happened to take a look when I passed by, otherwise I would definitely feel something is wrong."

After waiting for a few more minutes, the man with the cropped hair still didn't show any signs of coming down, so the group of people went upstairs in a mess.Lin You just made up for the self-introduction that he missed yesterday. The tall man called himself Lu Chengcheng, the short man was Tang Zhi, the girl with the oval face and the one who lost her lover were Zhou Jingjing and Lu Ru respectively.

The rest of them had exchanged names with her earlier, and this simple conversation also reached the floor where they lived.The others didn't know where Cun Tou lived, but of course Lu Chengcheng and Tang Zhi knew about it, and led them to the door, which was locked tightly.

Lu Chengcheng knocked on the door and called twice: "Jiang Huo? Wake up?"

No response.

The rest of the people looked at each other, and he didn't hesitate any longer, and tentatively twisted the handle.

The door is not locked.

This is a bad thing.Lin You thought that the rules only said that entry was not allowed, and it should be allowed if you look at the door. The tall man obviously wanted to go with her, so he unscrewed the door handle and pushed forward, but encountered obstacles on the way.

It seemed that there was some heavy object blocking the back, stuck up and down so that he could only push open a little gap, there was no way, he put in a little more effort.He pressed half of his arm against the door and pushed hard inside.

Finally, with a muffled "bang", the heavy object fell to the ground, and Lu Chengcheng staggered a step forward before finally stopping the rushing momentum.

All of them watched as the door swung open slightly inwards, revealing "the thing" lying on the floor.

From trouser legs, to familiar clothes, to that face.

In fact, as early as when no one answered the door, you should be more or less psychologically prepared.

But at this moment of seeing it with their own eyes, some people present still felt unavoidable fear.

Bunny head—or his body fell to the ground, the door was still stuck with his feet and could not be fully opened.His face was blue and white, his eyes were wide open, his pupils were slack, and his facial features were frozen to a terrifying exaggeration, as if he had witnessed something extremely frightening before his death.

The only difference is that he is not stuffed with a ball in his mouth and stomach like yesterday, and it is more like a death from fright or sudden death than from being strangled to death.After gasping for air and swallowing saliva a few times, it was Lu Chengcheng and Tang Zhi who stepped forward first, moved his body away, and left some room for the entrance.

The room was very tidy, and there was almost no sign of a fight. Cuntou himself was well-dressed and even had his shoes on. It seemed that he walked over step by step and then slammed his head against the door to death.

"and many more!"

Zhou Jingjing called out, "Look over there."

Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing at, and they saw a little matchstick figurine painted on the wall in the blind corner behind the door, with the same brush strokes, but it was different——it fell headlong in an upside-down posture. Why, it is inexplicably similar to the corpse on the ground.

"Nine little Indian boys, sleepless late at night, so sleepy..." In the silence, someone suddenly murmured, "They fell asleep and died, and there are only eight left out of nine."

Lu Chengcheng: "What?"

"Isn't this a famous nursery rhyme?"

An Yuchen asked back as a matter of course: "Ten little black men."

"And," she pondered, "'Ten little Indian boys, running for food; one of them choked to death, and only nine of the ten remained'...It also corresponds to yesterday."

Add the two who died, and even the number of people.

The world classic that was used as the source, the ten people who came to the isolated island were killed one by one, and finally——

—No survivors.

-

The atmosphere was once very heavy.

They also couldn't find any valuable clues in the Cuntou's room, so they had to lock the body in the door like the day before, and went off to do their own things.After all, if you don't find a way to break the situation quickly, you can only wait to be killed overnight, leaving ten corpses in the end just like that island.

But—these are not the issues that Lin You is most concerned about now. When she passed by the hall door, she glanced at the note above again guiltily, and dragged Yin Sheng to murmur for a long time to finalize the action plan, and then borrowed it from him. something.

She waited at the door for Yin Sheng to bring it over, then went back to the tool room and her room to search around, and finally looked up at the storage box in the corner of the room.

Lin You couldn't help but lament her foresight in splitting the other party up. The haunted puppet had obviously struggled a lot, and several joints had been reconnected—for example, the bald head and a small piece of neck, Zhengning stared unyieldingly at this side.

"I have a question for you."

She smiled and walked over there with the bag in her hand, squatting down, "Don't rush to answer, let me tell you something first."

"This is a strong alkaline cleaning agent." Lin You took out the plastic bottles and jars she and Yin Sheng collected together one by one, and placed them in front of the storage box, "This is a carburetor cleaning agent, soaking it will definitely clean you Wash it clean, of course, if the concentration is too high and soaked for a long time, I won’t guarantee its corrosiveness—”

"Time to answer the question."

"You came here voluntarily?" she asked amiably.

Doll: ……………

I can go to yours.

It nodded with humiliation.