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At 11:58, Lotus Ye appeared in the restaurant on time.

She wasn't fooled by the little boy's misleading "dinner at 13 o'clock", as Xuelu expected.

He Ye sat beside him, Xue Lu cut to the point: "Did you see the cyclamen come and go out?"

After He Ye thought for a while, she understood what Xuelu meant: "It's you?... Don't worry, I saw it with my cat's eyes and it didn't reveal anything. What did you say to her?"

"Hush..." Xuelu rolled his eyes, indicating that the ghost card was still there, "Secret. There are still a few minutes, and the surprise will come."

Twelve o'clock struck.

In the distance, the smell of roast suckling pig surrounded the closed dining room, and the sound of the heavy wheels of the trolley entered together with Aunt Xiaoyu's leisurely tune, but the smile of the sallow-skinned woman disappeared in the next second.

"There is one less?"

Her nervous pupils rolled mechanically, and then she was furious: "Why didn't you come! Why! I worked so hard to prepare delicious food and provide a good environment. Is that what they did to me!"

No one knew why there were kitchen knives on the trolley, the blades flashed coldly, and Aunt Xiaoyu went out with two kitchen knives.

The time in the restaurant became difficult, 1 minute, 2 minutes...

Soon, the woman's hoarse curse sounded, accompanied by the screams, ushered in an increase in the number of player deaths.

Cyclamen died, died of suspicion, and died of credulity.

The reduction of the number of players by one is clearly a bad thing, the lotus leaf is shocked on the surface, but her eyes are filled with joy.

She is indeed a player who pursues "Single Survival".

It is something irresistible for NPC to eliminate players; it is a complete moral corruption for players to eliminate players.

It wasn't the first Xuelu saw, nor would it be the last.Although Xuelu has no right to comment on the player's affairs, he hates this kind of person from the bottom of his heart.

"If you can get out alive, read more psychology books." Xuelu smiled and swallowed a mouthful of dessert, and said to Heye, "It's useful."

He Ye was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Xue Lu said that.

Anxiety welled up in her heart, and He Ye changed the topic under cover: "...the little boy is full of lies, but the watch can't fake. Today is the 13th, and the day after tomorrow is the 15th, which is the fourth day. The boat will come. When the time comes, you take You can pass the customs with the ticket."

Hearing this, Xuelu smiled inexplicably.

He Ye's voice was undisguised, not only Xuelu who was next to him, he swore that players with strong five senses who entered the A-level dungeon could fucking hear it!

Naturally, Xuelu kept the lotus leaf until the last round, not out of trust, but as soon as Xuelu got rid of the cyclamen, the lotus leaf killed the donkey, which made him sick to his stomach.

If the ghost card is really a player, then Xuelu will be close to death.

But He Ye's purpose of framing Xuelu was not limited to that - Uncle Houde, who was directly opposite, stopped eating and looked at Xuelu awe-inspiringly.

"Boat ticket, will the boat come? ... You mean, what boat?"

He Ye blinked innocently: "You heard wrong, we didn't say anything."

"How do you have a boat ticket? You stole into my room!"

At this moment, Aunt Xiaoyu came back with a kitchen knife covered in blood. She smiled and swept around the rest of the people: "Now, finally, there are only good people left, so you can rest assured. Come, let's eat... "

During the meal time, Uncle Houde suppressed his anger, and his honest face finally showed ferocity.

On the first day, the table was filled with 14 people, and there were only 7 people left.

The huge round table can no longer be covered with tableware, and the chairs are far away from each other. Seen from the sky, it looks like a flower with withered petals.

After the meal was over, Xuelu was the first to leave the table.

Uncle Houde slammed down the tableware and followed Xuelu.

The fish to be caught took the bait, Xuelu raised the corners of his mouth, and walked into the stairwell with quicker steps.He hid sideways at the corner between the escape door and the wall, waiting for the door to be pushed open——

In the darkness, a pair of slender but powerful forearms suddenly strangled the strong man's arms!

"You!...cough, let go! I've already called the police for you, and you still want to steal my boat ticket...don't dare to face the police, who are you! Sure enough, I knew that leaving you here would be to lure wolves into the house ..."

"Led the wolf into the house?" Xuelu was puzzled, "You killed the sharp knife, but we have never harmed your family. Your tone is so firm... So, before us, there are still victims asking for help, right? "

Uncle Houde resisted vigorously, but Xuelu's godhead was in his body, even though he was as slender as a teenager, his physique was beyond compare.

Uncle Houde knew that he had kicked on the iron plate, and sneered, "So what if it is, so what if it is not? Victims, it's funny... I don't know why you all wear the skins of victims. We were fooled once, so why not?" The second time at the meeting?"

"You admitted that other people came before us." Xuelu narrowed his eyes, "Where are they?"

Uncle Houde sneered and didn't answer, Xuelu pushed harder: "Say! Did you kill them all!"

He was looking forward to Uncle Houde's answer, so that he could judge the authenticity of Uncle Houde's words.

Fortunately, Uncle Houde shook his head: "Even though I hate the people who killed my family, I still believe that people's crimes must be determined by God, not by people. I will not be distorted by hatred and become a filthy man with bloody hands like you." By."

"You mean...you didn't kill the last batch of victims." Xuelu was a little confused, "I said, you can make up lies better, right? In the morning, I witnessed you killing sharp knives, but you said you couldn't Complicate with us?"

No matter how much Xuelu asked, Uncle Houde stopped talking. It seems that this NPC can reveal the plot clues, that's all.

Xuelu tended to say that Uncle Houde did not kill the last group of victims.

Uncle Houde's murder rule is probably theft. Currently, only the sharp knife is triggered, and the last batch of victims cannot all commit theft.

The current number of surviving players and the number of deaths are not deceiving. The last batch of players are probably alive.

But the sense of contradiction is always lingering in my heart: this group of players, it is only the second day now, and only three of them died. How did the last batch of players survive?

Therefore, Xuelu tends to think that among the surviving players who have not shown up, it is the next batch of players.

The contradiction is that they are not the first batch of players to enter the dungeon. Uncle Houde's testimony and Xiaohao's "death" in the preparatory stage are ironclad proofs.

and many more!

Xiaohao...is he really dead?

NPCs can lie, and there are even characters who "can only lie", such as little boys.However, the system prompt will not lie.

The death of Xiaohao is just the conjecture of Victor and Mammoth, plus the death toll is indeed 1.And the ghost card was the last one to float, and the time from entering the dungeon to floating to the shore was enough to end the safety protection in the preparation stage, and then drowned, so the ghost card was the 1!

Xiaohao didn't die, he just disappeared.However, Sanda "disappeared" after triggering the killing rule, making everyone mistakenly think that disappearing means death.

Xuelu's thoughts are clear.

With a wave of his hand, he let go of Uncle Houde, who fell to the ground in embarrassment and panted.

Seeing that Xuelu was about to leave, Uncle Houde roared angrily: "You attacked me and thought it was over? All the family members will regard you as a thorn in their side..."

To this, Xuelu replied with a bright smile.

He knelt down and stuffed a handful of cellophane hard candy in Uncle Houde's hand: "Taste it."

"Oh, by the way, you came to me because you thought I stole the boat ticket? Did you find out that the murder rule was not triggered? As an apology, I will secretly tell you that it was the lotus leaf who stole the boat ticket from your room."

"Are you in a panic and want to drag your companion into the water?"

"Keep listening... After He Ye learned about your murder rules, she hid the worn-out ticket found in the studio and gave me the brand-new ticket in your room, trying to bring trouble to the east. Unfortunately, your room I threw the ticket to 601."

"Then, is your killing rule like this—it can only be triggered when you see it with your own eyes, or if you get the stolen goods?"

"You kid is so fucking interesting..." Uncle Houde smiled instead of anger, "Get lost!"

"Hey, is that so?" Xuelu's voice was disappointed, "Then you can't kill Heye. I thought I could reduce my workload."

Saying that, Xuelu giggled, opened the door and went out.

At the entrance of the restaurant, He Ye was being held back by the ghost card to speak, her face full of impatience.Seeing Xuelu coming out of the escape stairs intact, he was stunned for a second.

She still didn't understand what happened, her gentle and beautiful face lost all color, she gritted her teeth, turned around and ran away.

As expected of a player who has lived until now, she seemed to have a rich family, and rushed to the window in the corridor with the acceleration props, and then jumped out of the window.

In the air, she used the flying prop bamboo dragonfly to fly towards the forest.

Xuelu shook his head, and met Huo Lvxing's gaze: "Don't choose your way in a panic? This is the real panic and don't choose your way."

The latter teased: "Tell me?"

"He Ye is a cunning, suspicious egoist. There are currently 11 surviving players, but there are only three of you, me and her in front of her, and the two of us know that it is actually Xiao Hao and herself. So, except The fact that the next batch of 3 or 8 players haven’t entered the dungeon yet, there is another guess—the villa is not the main plot point, but a smoke bomb that eats people.”

"She hasn't gotten the remaining five clues yet, so she wants to bet. Betting on the forest is the safest point. Betting on the forest is the main plot point where the other players are. Those people are all in the forest."

Huo Lvxing raised his eyebrows noncommittally: "Then her IQ and luck don't seem to be very good."

The simplest logic, if it is what He Ye thinks, the five members of the Brotherhood can go to the forest on the first day.

But there are too many smoke bombs, many puzzles, and life is hanging by a thread, and the lotus leaves are in chaos.

There was a smile on Xuelu's eyebrows, she was completely happy that the overall situation was under control.

The golden eyes are like the most ardent and pure sunlight, and they are as beautiful as the finest wine, flowing in the heart of the admirer, intoxicating invisible.

"Then, dear Mr. Joker, can you tell me... what are the five clues that the Brotherhood doesn't want to announce?"

7. Upside Down Forest

8. There are also guests

9. Put up the cross

10. One person at a time

"Ah...? Only four?"

Huo Lvxing nodded: "Yes. There are ten players in each batch, and each person has one clue. You used the identity conversion item to plug and take one away, so the last player who came in has no clues."

Xuelu understood: "Then you couldn't find any clues, so you weren't suspected?"

"I forged one at random."

Xuelu didn't care about this, anyway, this group of players will die soon, and what needs to be considered now is the second batch of players who will arrive at an unknown time.

In the plot, it is probably the second time in the villa, or even more times, that the victims floated to the island. The seemingly weird but kind-hearted family took in and helped the victims, but they experienced some things that made them hate the victims, and even turned against them. Come to avenge the victims.

Then, the difficulty of the dungeon for the next batch of "victims" is much higher than that of the first batch. Similarly, the strength of this group of players must be much higher than that of the first batch.

Xuelu read the remaining four clues over and over again, and came up with something wrong.

"How do you feel that Upside Down Forest is really a plot point? Upside Down Villa has another guest... Upside Down Forest also has guests. What does it mean to have one person at a time?"

Seeing the familiar routine, 551 regained his spirits: "Master, this house must have summoned devils, evil gods and the like! Isn't Aunt Xiaoyu just like the upper body of a devil, and then massacred the victims as sacrifices? The protagonist is Aunt Xiaoyu." , "The Life of an Oppressed Married Wife"!"

The corner of Xuelu's mouth twitched, he raised his hand and smashed 551 flat: "Stop watching dog blood dramas."

He turned to look at Huo Lvxing: "...So, what did the Brotherhood think after seeing these clues? Why not go to the forest but to the villa?"

Huo Lvxing said: "Probability."

"what?"

After a short period of incomprehension, Xuelu's beautiful eyes widened: "There are really fools who believe in probability theory!"

the reason is simple.

In the Upside Down Villa, the first three days are safe, "Check in on Monday, play on Tuesday, party on Wednesday" and "die on Thursday".And "one person at a time" in the Upside Down Forest.

Therefore, according to the probability, if the dungeon can be completed in the first three days, no injuries can be caused in the villa, but it is unknown how many people will die in the forest.

"Madman..." Xuelu couldn't understand, "Just because of this? Didn't even answer what it means."

"It's because there is no information." Huo Lvxing explained, "The opening without any clues, except for the literal meaning of the answer, any organization leader will do this."

Not only the leader, but everyone's life is involved, and the members will also seek advantages and avoid disadvantages and choose the way to pass the instance without injury.

But the price of betting wrong is losing everything.

After a brief silence, Xuelu stretched her waist, yawned thin and long, as soft as a small animal, and Huo Lvxing's heart melted from beating him.

"Tired?" Huo Lvxing suggested softly, "You're so tense, why don't you take a nap?"

"Hey, how long has it been?" Xuelu said with a smile, "I've been tense in the hospital for 7 days, and I haven't lost a piece of meat. I'm not tired."

Immediately, Xuelu was taken aback.

He quickly recovered his youthful smile, and Huo Lvxing didn't see the clue, but his heart was full of turmoil.

He... he understood the meaning of "tired".

It is not purely reading dictionaries, nor is it from training courses.

Tired, just like the unbearable mood when I was angry with Huo Lvxing, I didn't want to continue, but I didn't know how to stop.

Tired, just like Huo Lvxing racked his brains to solve David Celan's puzzle. The energy supply of the body is insufficient, the brain can't turn, and needs to rest.

Tired was also the word Huo Lvxing used when he heard him yawn inadvertently and felt sorry for his lack of sleep.

That's what it means.

The tip of Xuelu's nose was a little sore.

If Huo Lvxing hadn't gotten to know this word well, I'm afraid he wouldn't know its meaning in ten years.

However, there should be a reason why the system does not add "tired" to the primary vocabulary of bionics.

Just like now, when he heard Huo Lvxing gently persuading him to go to rest, he really didn't want to continue working, his limbs were weak and his mind was tired, he just wanted to curl up under the blanket and let Huo Lvxing cover him Quit, stay by the bed, and then feel at ease, relax, and seek shelter at work for a short nap.

……

He blinked uncomfortably, turned his face away, and looked towards the direction where the lotus leaf figure disappeared outside the window.

There, it is the diagonal line away from the initial coast where the players floated from, and there is the beach on the other side of the island, hidden behind the lush, uneven and dense shadows of trees, nothing can be seen.

If there are no flying props, it will take at least an hour to get there from the villa by walking alone, plus the possible dangers, it will be more.

Lotus leaf is very good at running away.

But she has calculated thousands of times, and she didn't count Xuelu's godhead with wings, and she can fly there in less than 10 minutes.

But...now, Xuelu doesn't want to hurry for these few minutes.

He glanced lightly at Huo Lvxing, who was lazily leaning against the window frame, playing with the glass candy paper folded into three-dimensional cubes.

"Let's go."

Huo Lvxing raised the corner of his mouth: "Where are you going?"

"Didn't you say that?" Xuelu looked at him, "I'm tired, I'm going to take a nap."

"Obey, little fairy king."

"...You..." Xuelu blushed a little, "You don't have to be so polite, Fairy Queen."

The man laughed out loud in a good mood, and raised his hands under Xuelu's shameful glaring.

When walking towards the stairs, the little boy suddenly appeared at the door of the restaurant.He smiled and called to him: "Xiaoxue?"

Aunt Xiaoyu, Uncle Houde, and the old man stood behind the little boy and looked at him with uncertain expressions.

It seems that Xuelu is an NPC's business, and almost all other NPCs can see it.

Xuelu didn't hold back anymore, but he couldn't say it directly, he just showed a cute smile: "Excuse me...Where is Wen Shuyu's room?"

The little boy raised his eyebrows: "I don't know."

But he gestured: 【101】.

Xuelu understood: the uninhabited room on the first floor turned out to be his own.

So, this is very interesting... Six NPCs, one person per floor, is there really no seventh NPC in the dark?

Wen Shuyu on the first floor, little boy on the second floor, Uncle Houde on the third floor, Aunt Xiaoyu on the fourth floor, unknown on the fifth floor, old man on the sixth floor...

From this point of view, the fifth floor belongs to the dead Shuiyue?

But on the night Victor and Mammoth died, Shuiyue was already dead, and was carried to a wasteland far away from the villa by the old man, the sharp knife, and Mammoth. Theoretically, no one lived on the fifth floor that night.

Either, Shuiyue really "defrauded the corpse" as guessed and her force increased, or, Shuiyue doesn't live on the fifth floor, and the one who lives on the fifth floor is a hidden NPC.

As for where Shuiyue lives... This is another plot breakthrough.

Xuelu thanked the little boy, hummed a little tune in a good mood, and went downstairs.

The decoration of room 101 is probably the most luxurious in the whole villa.

The master suite with three bedrooms and two halls has layers of silk curtains, elegant and luxurious furniture styles, and even retro and dignified appliances such as gramophones, aromatherapy machines, and hand grinder coffee machines.

This means that Xuelu's status is the most noble in the entire villa.

higher than the little boy.

Weird, really weird.

However, these mysteries are all things after waking up.

It was the first time for Xuelu to put her petty willfulness behind her favorite puzzle solving and work.

He jumped on the soft and delicate embroidered silk at a run-up, and buried himself in the fresh and fragrant fragrance: "It's so comfortable...the decoration here is so good, I will change my home like this when I go back."

"Do you like this style?" Huo Lvxing casually looked at the oil paintings on the wall, "I know a person who is good at interior design, wait out, I'll contact him for you."

"...Let's talk about going out later."

Feeling Xuelu's softening attitude, Huo Lvxing was very happy.

He brewed a pot of black tea, served it to the young master on the soft bed, adjusted the temperature of the centrally controlled air conditioner, and helped him tuck the quilt carefully.

"Go to sleep," he said softly, "we'll talk about other things when we wake up."

-

When Xuelu woke up, her bones were soft, and her thoughts were sticky like hot sugar water.

This is the first time in the dungeon, I had such a sound sleep.

In fact, I only slept for less than three hours, but there was no pressure. I smelled the incense that helped me sleep, and it was really comfortable.

Huo Lvxing stretched his arms for him: "Are you sleepy?"

"No... haven't you slept for a while?"

"You didn't invite me, so I will help you guard."

Xuelu wanted to call him a hooligan, but felt embarrassed: "You don't have to guard me next time, and it's not like the dungeon in the hospital..."

Throat sleep dry, not very comfortable.He cleared his throat, and Huo Lvxing brought him a cup of cold honey lemon black tea.

After gulping down a teacup, Xuelu felt much more comfortable: "Is the air not clean? What's wrong with your throat..."

Huo Lvxing smiled teasingly: "If you snore, of course your throat will be uncomfortable."

"what……?"

This is the first time Xuelu knows that she actually snores while sleeping.

He was so shocked that he felt ashamed: "No way?"

As he said that, he grabbed 551 who was serious about the honor of the deceased: "The surname Huo lied to me, how could I snore while sleeping?"

551 was almost beheaded by him, and broke free from him: "He didn't lie to you, you do snore. What's wrong?"

"I, I'm still very young, isn't it only greasy middle-aged men who snore...?" Xuelu's words became confused, "No one told me?"

No one told him?

Huo Lvxing's eyes darkened: "You... have slept with someone else?"

Xuelu didn't realize the gloomy voice of Huo Lvxing: "Sleep. It's just the internship copy before. One of the conditions is particularly bad. We sleep in the Datong bunk in the orphanage. Five or six ghost children sleep together, and no one is there. Say I snore..."

Datong shop...

Huo Lvxing sighed, that's all right.

Immediately, he gently rubbed the shocked little curly hair: "It should be that you are too stressed during the day, too tired, and slept too much."

Xuelu's cheeks flushed red: "Can't you just wake me up... It's too embarrassing, how disturbing are you?"

"Disturbing the people? How could that be?" Huo Lvxing thought he remembered a very interesting scene, his eyes were extremely soft, "It's very cute."

Seeing Xuelu's appearance of wanting to hide himself underground and never come out, Huo Lvxing comforted him: "I'm not lying to you, it's really cute. It's not the earth-shattering snoring you think. It's very shallow, It's very small. If you want to describe it, it looks like a little tiger."

"what?"

"Yeah. Fierce and wicked. In fact, it's still a cub that hasn't been weaned. Only when it's asleep, will it make grandma's purr with its throat."

"Huo Lvxing!" Xuelu yelled at him shamelessly, "Stop talking!"

"Okay, okay," Huo Lvxing knew that he couldn't tease the child anymore, and quickly poured him another cup of honey lemon black tea, "Drink some more, it sounds like your voice is still a little hoarse."

The sweet and sour black tea passed down his throat, and the fire on Xuelu's face burned down a little.

The little tiger's eyes were still fierce, and a dissatisfied "hum" came out of his throat. Huo Lvxing really wanted to grab it out and rub it in his arms.

He huddled in the quilt, like a carefully packaged gift that God pitied him for being lonely for thousands of years, and the bow tie used for packaging could be torn apart with a little force.

Unfortunately not.Huo Lvxing warned himself, wait a little longer, wait to get out, and explain Uncle Zhang's affairs clearly, and then...

tell him everything.

At 16:[-], the two packed up, and as soon as they opened the door, they knew that their plan to explore the forest and kill them all had failed: the rainstorm fell suddenly.

The bean-sized raindrops hit the embossed glass in the corridor in a hurry and in a disorderly manner, disturbing the chaotic people.

Xuelu turned her head subconsciously: "If it wasn't for the heavy rain...you can't tell, the sound insulation in the room is so good?"

This is the truth, in Wen Shuyu's luxurious suite, the cloakroom is a few meters away from the door, very close to the outside world, but the two of them didn't hear any sound of rain.

He gently opened a window slit and looked at the puddle under the window sill: "It's been raining for at least 20 minutes... How long will it take to stop?"

Huo Lvxing stared at the thick clouds in the darkness: "A few more hours."

The haze that had been suppressed on the sea level for a long time finally approached along with the sound of the wind, covering the entire sky of the isolated island in darkness, with extremely low visibility.

The torrential rain naturally carried strong winds, and the dark waves seemed to be vigorously stirred and vibrated violently. Xuelu could imagine how the victims were photographed in the air and fell into the raging waves.

Under the violence of nature, people and tools are as weak as insects.

With such a heavy rain, even if the forest has shelters such as caves and tents, it will not help.It depends on the forest under the rain, whether it is Xiaohao or Heye who can survive.

The rain was worse than expected.

During dinner, Uncle Houde smoked grass cigarettes worryingly. This was the first time he showed his anxiety: "This rain is too weird. It shouldn't be such a heavy rain this year. I didn't prepare for it at all, and I lost a lot... ..."

Xuelu raised her eyes indiscriminately: "There shouldn't be this year? You are very sure."

Uncle Houde knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and smoked in a muffled voice.

Xuelu glanced at Aunt Xiaoyu again, the latter ate a roasted pigeon roughly, making her face greasy.

Halfway through eating, Uncle Houde left the table, saying that he was worried about the crops and went to see if he could save them.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Huo Lvxing was looking through Aunt Xiaoyu's notebook that he found during the day at Xuelu, when suddenly, the intercom phone on the desk rang.

He Xuelu raised the microphone: "Hello?"

"Is it the radio station 'Saint'! The Marine Police stationed on Watergate Island...%￥&Rescue location [email protected] is sixty nautical miles away..."

Maybe it's bad weather interference, the signal is intermittent, and the noise of the current is extremely loud. Xuelu needs to concentrate a lot of energy to distinguish the words on the other side.

"We will land within... within 10 hours, but your weather is bad and it is difficult to land. If you have the conditions, please come to ￥%..."

"What are the conditions?" Xuelu asked sharply, "Be clear, where are you going to land? How many people, how many ships?"

"Beep, beep, beep—"

"Hang up." Xuelu lowered her eyes and looked at Huo Lvxing, "What do you think?"

"It's too fake," the man laughed, "Contact the radio station? Will you make an internal call?"

Xuelu also shook his head: "I guess they used a voice changer, so I can't tell who it is from the villa."

But the next morning, something incomprehensible happened.

And it's two pieces.

[-]. During breakfast, a hoarse and crazy man suddenly came from the lobby. Everyone went downstairs in surprise, and found that it was Xiao Hao who was naked and defending with scars!

He didn't know what he had experienced. His head was covered with mud and blood, as if he had returned from rain hell, and he was speaking incomprehensibly vague and crazy words. The wording and tone were extremely disgusting, like slugs slipping through his throat as disgusting.

Second, the marine police actually came.

The small boat in black and white, inlaid with the sacred national emblem, docked, and five uniformed and heavily armed policemen successfully landed under the sudden clear weather.

Xuelu had to admit that the new "anti-routine" reforms on the [-]th floor had successfully aroused his desire to win.

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