deadly round table

Jiang Wenyuan raised his head, and his eyes fell on the center of the altar. The blood-stained chains shone coldly in the morning sun, and the ends of the chains were inlaid on the pillar of shame that was also stained black and red by blood.Every evening at six o'clock, a criminal will be tied to the pillar of shame and sacrificed to the collection of vengeful spirits full of anger and resentment.

In this altar, the altar that accepts blood baptism every day is undoubtedly the most special existence.Compared with the altar, the key evidence of the crime hidden in the virtual scene will become worthless.

What's even more paradoxical is that the meaning of the altar is so special, except for those players who became sacrifices, the other surviving players will not take the initiative to check the altar.

The game styles of No. 21 and No. 09 who directly reveal their identities are enough to show how strong their personalities are. They will not take the second game clearance route full of uncertainties. They prefer to firmly hold the initiative on their own Sacrifice in the hands of other players to clear the route.

As for those players who, like Jiang Wenyuan, clung to their vests, there must be someone coveting the second route to clear the game.However, even if some of these players are really aware of the special nature of the altar, they will not rush to the altar to check the situation unless it is absolutely necessary.The act of boarding the altar obviously violates the behavior pattern of the criminal NPC, and it is extremely easy to reveal the identity of the player——

Jiang Wenyuan stood looking up at the altar for a while, and then took another step, not on the way to the dining hall, but turned around and strode towards the altar.When the criminals got up and had breakfast one after another, Jiang Wenyuan looked very abrupt when he went to check the altar, and he was easily targeted by other players.However, Jiang Wenyuan couldn't care less about it anymore. It was less than twelve hours before today's sacrificial ceremony.

The steps leading to the altar are high and steep, one meter wide, and there are no protective rails on both sides. If there is a slight slip under the foot and you fall sideways, you will lose half your life if you don't die.

Facing the dewy morning breeze, Jiang Wenyuan stepped on the steps to the top of the altar, his back already covered with a thin layer of cold sweat.I don't know how strong No. 21's heart is. He can push struggling people to the altar again and again, but he never changes his face.Isn't he afraid that the sacrifice will have the idea of ​​burning both jade and stone, knocking him down the steps and smashing him into a pulp?Or does it mean that No. 21 has no heart at all, and he is the body of the round table game?

The place on the altar was not spacious, most of the space was taken up by the pillar of shame, and there was not much room for Jiang Wenyuan to settle down.Jiang Wenyuan looked at the pillar of shame that was close at hand. The whole body of the wooden pillar of shame was covered with thick dried blood, and there were still some rotting human tissue fragments on it.The stench emanating from flesh and blood was comparable to a mental attack, tormenting Jiang Wenyuan's exhausted nerves all the time.

Jiang Wenyuan's temples were throbbing non-stop. He searched for the body of the round table game all night long. Not only did he fail to identify the suspected object, but he saw that everyone who saw everything felt tricky. The more suspicious objects he searched, Can't figure it out at all.So now that Jiang Wenyuan was facing the most suspected altar, he couldn't find the courage to say the code word "I found you".

Jiang Wenyuan put his right hand into the orange prison uniform, and used the prison uniform as a cover to take out the bone puppet from the special space.Last night, Jiang Wenyuan filled the altar to search for the main body of the round table game. Occasionally, when he was unsure, he would seek Uncle Chen's advice, so Uncle Chen remained semi-conscious.So when Jiang Wenyuan took out the bone puppet, Uncle Chen opened his eyes under Jiang Wenyuan's prison uniform.

The entire piece of orange that entered his eyes did not affect Uncle Chen in any way, and he immediately understood where Jiang Wenyuan had taken him.An old voice sounded softly under Jiang Wenyuan's prison uniform, "Do you suspect that the body of the round table game is attached to the pillar of shame on the altar?"

Jiang Wenyuan put his left palm on the pillar of shame, and a few blood clots fell off with a light touch. He explained the distance between the player and the altar in a few words, "The altar is located in the center of the altar. The field of view is excellent. If the main body of the round table game is attached to the pillar of shame and overlooks the entire altar, you can have a panoramic view of the players' every move. And..."

Jiang Wenyuan suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, and there was nothing to say for a long time. Uncle Chen couldn't help but urged: "And what, why don't you continue talking?"

"This is just my subjective guess about the round table game, without any evidence to support it." The round table game pushed Jiang Wenyuan and Chen Mian into the abyss of painful reincarnation, taking pleasure in their pain and feeding on their souls, which can be seen from the round table game bad nature.So Jiang Wenyuan had a feeling that even if the round table game was tricked and dragged into the game by Chen Mian, it would still be inferior.Jiang Wenyuan took a deep breath, "Those sacrificial players who were handcuffed to the pillar of shame, they were painfully killed by the resentful spirits, but they didn't know that a miracle was behind them, how hopeless it would be. The player's Despair is the source of joy in round table games."

Uncle Chen was silent for a long time. Jiang Wenyuan's speculation brought his subjective impression of the round table game. It is actually very unwise to use his subjective impression to find the real round table game.But the part of Uncle Chen's blood originating from round table games made him secretly feel that Jiang Wenyuan's impression of round table games was not necessarily wrong.

Jiang Wenyuan stayed on the altar wearing a dazzling orange prison uniform, which was undoubtedly very eye-catching. After Uncle Chen's delay, some criminals who came out of the dining hall after breakfast noticed that there was an extra person on the altar .Even if they are not players, they are very interested in the people who appear on the altar.

Before more and more people gathered, Jiang Wenyuan had to get off the altar as soon as possible. He opened the special space and said to Uncle Chen quickly: "My subjective speculation about the round table game is just to broaden my thinking. In fact, the altar So conspicuous and immobile, the body of the round table game is likely to be hidden among the criminals, so I will focus my investigation on the criminals during the day."

Jiang Wenyuan told Uncle Chen the next action plan, and he wanted to put the bone puppet back into the special space. Just when half of the bone puppet's body had entered the special space, Uncle Chen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted Jiang Wen. source action.

Uncle Chen's deep voice seemed to have made a very difficult decision, "I think your speculation about the round table game is very reasonable, its body may be hidden on the altar." The last sentence he said with a sigh, "Xiao Yuan, speak the code word to the altar."

When Chen Mian was still alive, Uncle Chen, like Aunt Chen, called Jiang Wenyuan Xiaoyuan.But after Chen Mian's accident, Uncle Chen's address for Jiang Wenyuan became cold, and he no longer called him Xiaoyuan affectionately.After many years, fate played a big joke with them, and Jiang Wenyuan heard Uncle Chen call him Xiaoyuan again...

Jiang Wenyuan couldn't feel happy, he vaguely sensed what Uncle Chen's sudden change of attitude meant.Jiang Wenyuan opened his mouth, his mouth was full of astringency, and his throat was blocked, so he couldn't make a sound.

The orange prison uniform blocked the sight of Jiang Wenyuan and Uncle Chen, and they couldn't see each other's expressions.Jiang Wenyuan could have a feeling for Uncle Chen's plan, and Uncle Chen could naturally know what Jiang Wenyuan was thinking. His tone suddenly became severe, and he ordered Jiang Wenyuan, "Say the code word!"

Jiang Wenyuan's Adam's apple trembled, he swallowed the bitterness in his mouth, but he couldn't swallow the bitterness that kept coming out.Jiang Wenyuan's tongue is as heavy as a thousand pieces of gold, his teeth are like sharp knife points, and his lips have turned into stiff stones. He almost exhausted all his strength before he said to the pillar of shame standing on the altar, "I found you!" "Four words.

Jiang Wenyuan's mouth was filled with the smell of blood and iron. He stared blankly at the pillar of shame with chains on both ends, but nothing happened.Jiang Wenyuan still clearly remembers what happened after No. 44 said "I found you" to him. She waited for ten seconds with a panicked expression, and then lost control of her body and was manipulated by a round table game onto the altar. self sacrifice.

Ten seconds, each second became extremely long, Jiang Wenyuan counted silently in his heart, every time he counted, his heart suddenly tightened.Jiang Wenyuan kept counting the last second, but still nothing happened.

No, it's not like nothing happened.

Jiang Wenyuan's right hand, which had been hidden under the prison uniform, suddenly loosened. He didn't care that the bone puppet might be seen, and tremblingly pulled out the right hand holding the bone puppet.Although the bone puppet does not have the details of the extremities, its body parts are complete. However, the bone puppet Jiang Wenyuan sees now only has a head, and the body below the head has disappeared without a sound!

Without Uncle Chen opening his mouth, Jiang Wenyuan immediately understood what happened.The body of the round table game was not hidden on the altar, so his guess was wrong.Uncle Chen used the power of the bone puppet as a price to bear the mistakes Jiang Wenyuan made by himself.

The bone puppet's head rolled half a circle in Jiang Wenyuan's palm, and Uncle Chen's weak face was facing Jiang Wenyuan.Uncle Chen couldn't open his eyes anymore, his lips moved slightly, like a fish out of water, his voice was extremely weak, and he tried hard to speak to Jiang Wenyuan, "You...didn't..."

Uncle Chen couldn't finish his last words, the bone puppet's head was like a cracked egg, and the cracks instantly covered the whole head.The exploded fragments turned into light spots. Jiang Wenyuan reached out to grab them, but he was in vain. In the end, even those light spots disappeared.

Uncle Chen disappeared, and Jiang Wenyuan's psychological defense was almost overwhelmed by the sadness in his heart.His eye sockets were hot and painful, but he couldn't shed a single tear.He can't shed tears either, the road ahead will be more difficult, and he can only continue walking alone.Uncle Chen has already left, he can't lose Chen Mian anymore...

More and more criminals had already gathered under the altar, Jiang Wenyuan suppressed the turbulent emotions, put away his sad expression, put on the expressionless mask, turned and walked down the altar.Jiang Wenyuan made an abnormal behavior of checking the altar, so he never thought that he could continue to conceal the identity of the player.Actively exposing the player's identity is not a problem, the problem is that his time is limited, and he must not let other players hinder him from finding the body of the round table game.To achieve this, it depends on how Jiang Wenyuan will deal with the criminals gathered under the altar.

Jiang Wenyuan stepped down the last step and put his feet on the heavy ground again. He raised his eyes slightly and saw two acquaintances standing in front of him. No. 21 and No. 09 stood side by side, and their eyes were firmly fixed on Jiang Wenyuan.Probably due to the performance on the 21st these days, the power is very strong, and other people who are interested in Jiang Wenyuan stand far away, and no one dares to disturb them.What's more interesting is that the person who spoke first was not No. 21 who was very familiar with Jiang Wenyuan, but No. 09 who spoke to Jiang Wenyuan within three sentences.

The vest of player 09 is Caucasian, male and female, looks very feminine, and has mid-length hair over the shoulders, if he doesn't speak, he feels quite indistinguishable.But when his rough voice sounded, no one would doubt his gender anymore. No. 09 smiled at Jiang Wenyuan, "No. 22, are you a player?"

The simple and rude question on the 09th did not affect Jiang Wenyuan at all. He opened his mouth without blinking his eyes. The voice was quite loud, and the criminals near the altar heard it, "I am a player."

No player who can make it to the end is straight-hearted. The crime of Jiang Wenyuan's character is probably no secret to most players. When he hits a straight ball out of nowhere, it will make the players think too much.Among them, the person who thinks the most is No. 21 who has seen Jiang Wenyuan's various performances.

No. 21 looked at Jiang Wenyuan suspiciously, and said firmly: "I don't believe you are a player."

No. 09 hadn't reacted to Jiang Wenyuan's answer just now, but now he heard what No. 21 said, and became a little interested, "Oh? How do you say it?"

Number 21 is not in the habit of eloquently in public, so a few words point out the key points.

"The behavior pattern of No. 22 does not match the player's. His crimes are no secret among the players. If he wants to take the first customs clearance route, he must cover his identity as a player; even if he wants to take the second customs clearance route, he should Act low-key in the early and mid-term of the game, find a way to find other players, force them to find the main body of the round table game, and use them to eliminate some wrong options. Expose the identity of the player without any profit, and No. 22 can’t do this kind of thing.”

No. 09 stroked his chin thoughtfully, "No. 21, your evaluation of No. 22 seems to be quite high."

On the 21st, thinking about the fact that Jiang Wenyuan pointed out his flaws yesterday, his expression could not help but drop, "Then tell me why you think that the 22nd is a player."

Jiang Wenyuan's path was blocked by No. 21 and No. 09, one left and one right. If he fights hard, he will definitely be injured, and the injury will affect his actions. He can only stand there with a blank expression, listening to No. 21 and No. 09 as a talking point , criticize him.

No. 09 was still unable to completely give up his doubts about Jiang Wenyuan, but he could not convince No. 21. No. 21 believed that Jiang Wenyuan's abnormality was caused by No. 04 using a doll after learning that he was being targeted. Round table game There are tens of thousands of dolls, and it makes sense to have a doll that can control NPCs. Under normal circumstances, No. 21's reasoning is actually not a problem. It's just that Jiang Wenyuan has Chen Mian's accident, so it exceeds No. 21's imagination.

The conversation between the two finally ended with the words on the 21st, "Today there is already a candidate for sacrifice, even if you doubt the 22nd, I will not send him to the altar today."

No. 09 noticed No. 21's impatience, so he stopped talking, but before he left, he took a meaningful look at Jiang Wenyuan. As soon as No. 21 and No. 09 left, many other criminals who watched the fun but didn't understand also left one after another.Jiang Wenyuan didn't give the criminals who still wanted to have fun with him a chance, he found a gap in the crowd, and quickly left the altar.

Jiang Wenyuan missed breakfast. Fortunately, the drinking water in the dining hall was supplied 24 hours a day. He replenished the water, took out a table knife from the tableware recycling place, polished it and hid it between his left fingers.Next, he will try his best to contact every criminal who is still alive. After the commotion in the morning, there may be conflicts when contacting criminals. It is always right to bring self-defense weapons.

I don't know if it was because Jiang Wenyuan's behavior in contacting the criminal was too unimaginable, the throat-cutting killer had to be cautious, and did not continue to reap the life of the criminal NPC today.Although no one died from cutting their throats today, when Jiang Wenyuan came into contact with certain criminals, physical conflicts still inevitably occurred. After a long time, Jiang Wenyuan also had many wounds on his body.

The sun was setting, and the time was approaching six o'clock in the evening.

Jiang Wenyuan searched almost all the criminals and had a simple conversation with them. Now there are only a few criminals who are hidden deep and No. 04 has not been found.

The No. 04 sub-personality knew that Jiang Wenyuan was a player, and did not avoid Jiang Wenyuan on purpose, but Jiang Wenyuan never came to see him. The No. 04 sub-personality felt very anxious. He didn't know what Jiang Wenyuan wanted to do. Did he want to use him to act in a play, to clear himself of the suspicion of being a player? The No. 04 sub-personality is not as sharp as the main personality in many things, but he still realizes that he showed his flaws yesterday, and has been regarded as today's sacrifice by other players.

When Jiang Wenyuan went crazy everywhere, the No. 04 sub-personality did not sit still. When he announced under the altar on the 21st that Jiang Wenyuan would not be allowed to go to the altar today, the No. 04 secondary personality was nearby, and other players probably thought the same.Therefore, if the No. 04 sub-personality wanted to survive, he had to find another substitute. He frantically tried to find players other than No. 21 and No. 09, but the players who had survived to the sixth day and hadn't been eliminated were more cunning than each other.After a whole day, the No. 04 sub-personality could not find any clues.

Desperation almost overwhelmed No. 04 sub-personality, and when he had nowhere to go, he took the initiative to find Jiang Wenyuan.Jiang Wenyuan's arms, left shoulder, and right calf were all injured, and they were already wrapped in bandages. At this time, he was limping out of Room 46 and dragging out a corpse wrapped in a sheet.

The No. 04 sub-personality didn't know why he came to Jiang Wenyuan. Looking at Jiang Wenyuan's injuries, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable. He said in a hoarse voice, "Are you looking for the body of the round table game..."

The No. 04 sub-personality knew Jiang Wenyuan's player identity, so Jiang Wenyuan was not surprised that the No. 04 sub-personality could guess what he was doing.He slightly pursed his white lips that had lost too much blood, "Yes."

The No. 04 sub-personality felt very uncomfortable, and looked away from Jiang Wenyuan's injuries.The idea of ​​wanting to live finally overcame the distress for Jiang Wenyuan, and the No. 04 sub-personality made up his mind, and smiled at Jiang Wenyuan, "You and my main personality are in love, but unfortunately they are sacrifices to each other." Opponents. I have thought about it for a long time. Although you are destined to become enemies, there is no need to really attack each other. Let's make a gentleman's agreement, we will not sacrifice each other, and take the second game clearance route, so no matter who wins No complaints at all. You publicly admitted your identity as a player today, and I was also targeted by the players. It is destined that one of us will die today, why don't we say the code word today."

Jiang Wenyuan can guess what kind of bullshit gentleman's agreement with his toes. If he agrees, he will be the only one who said the code word "I found you" today. The No. 04 sub-personality just wanted to force Jiang Wenyuan to die because of Jiang Wenyuan's big misunderstanding of his love for his main personality.

In fact, even if the No. 04 sub-personality did not appear, Jiang Wenyuan would still say the code words before today's sacrificial ceremony, so he doesn't mind letting the No. 04 sub-personality continue to misunderstand.Jiang Wenyuan slowly adjusted his stiff expression muscles, and showed an ugly smile to the No. 04 sub-personality, "Okay, I promise you."

Sub-personality No. 04 suddenly raised his head and looked at Jiang Wenyuan in disbelief.

"I still have a small request," Jiang Wenyuan said with a wry smile, "Can you...let me meet your main character again?"

Facing the pleading Jiang Wenyuan, the No. 04 sub-personality was a little shaken, but he finally gritted his teeth and said, "I can't let the main character come out, he loves you so much, if he knows that your player identity is exposed, he will Say code words to your exclusion item without hesitation, and buy you an extra day to find the round table game itself. That would violate the fairness of the agreement."

Jiang Wenyuan really wanted to meet Chen Mian in the little time left, even if he didn't say anything or do anything, just look at Chen Mian through the eyes of No. 04.But Jiang Wenyuan couldn't realize this small wish.

Jiang Wenyuan shut his mouth and ended the conversation with the No. 04 sub-personality.He bypassed No. 04, and dragged No. 46's body to the altar before the bell rang at six o'clock in the evening. Sub-personality No. 04 looked at Jiang Wenyuan's back from a distance, and did not dare to follow.

At this time, there were still 5 minutes before the bell rang, and the criminals had not yet gathered, and the criminals under the altar were only in twos and threes.Jiang Wenyuan's abnormal behavior today has earned him the title of lunatic, and the perpetrators who saw him distanced themselves from him one after another, treating him like air.However, there was one person who did not escape, but walked to Jiang Wenyuan's side. This person was No. 09 who had never given up on Jiang Wenyuan's suspicion.

The focus of No. 09 first fell on the corpse at Jiang Wenyuan's feet. He tiptoed to remove the sheet that wrapped the corpse, revealing the pale face of the corpse.Before seeing the number on the prison uniform, No. 09 accurately said her number, "No. 46. What did you bring her here for?"

The time is getting closer to six o'clock in the evening, and Jiang Wenyuan seems to hear the countdown of life.It may be that things go against each other. Jiang Wenyuan was tense all day, but he relaxed at the last moment. He thought for a while and said directly: "This is the No. 1 suspected round table game body." He also suspected No. 46 by the way. The reason for the corpse was explained to No. 09.

Hearing Jiang Wenyuan's words on the 09th, he didn't control his expression. He looked at Jiang Wenyuan in surprise, "Tell me the results of your investigation, what exactly are you trying to figure out?"

"What else can I draw? I'm still not sure where the main body of the round table game is hidden." Jiang Wenyuan Xinda revealed all the remaining suspects, and asked No. 09 to analyze it for him, "No. 21 is also my focus. The object of suspicion, he was very strong in the early stage of the game, and as time went by, his strength was gradually weakening. And he failed to detect my player identity, obviously you have found that my identity is different, he and I'm so familiar, don't you have any doubts? All kinds of abnormalities on the 21st are really abnormal. What do you think of the 09th?"

No. 09 looked at Jiang Wenyuan with a very complicated expression, but at the end, he suddenly laughed twice, and analyzed it for Jiang Wenyuan, "No. 21 didn't realize that you were a player, it wasn't that he had a problem. You behaved strangely, If I didn't borrow the ability of the doll to hear you speaking the code words on the altar, I would not doubt that you are a player. You said the code words to the altar, but the game is not over, which proves that the round table game itself is not on the altar. I I also suspected that the main body of the round table game was hidden on the altar, thank you, you helped me rule out a difficult interference option."

No. 09 didn't deliberately lower his voice, and No. 04's sub-personality hid nearby to eavesdrop. When he learned that Jiang Wenyuan had uttered the code word this morning, and the verification failed, he couldn't help being shocked.Since Jiang Wenyuan was destined to become a sacrifice, why did he continue to search for the body of the round table game today?Is it for his personality?

On the sixth day of the ceremony, at six o'clock in the evening, the bells came from the void.

The distant bell sounded in the ears of No. 04 sub-personality, it was a series of reminders. He lowered his head and suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. When he raised his head again, the expression on his face changed to that of the person Jiang Wenyuan was familiar with. expression.

Under the altar where the crowd gradually gathered, Jiang Wenyuan stepped on the bell and came to Chen Mian, and gently wiped the blood from the corner of Chen Mian's mouth.Jiang Wenyuan deliberately let the No. 04 sub-personality dry these two days, gradually put psychological pressure on the No. 04 sub-personality, and finally used No. 09's mouth to deal him a fatal blow, which finally broke the No. 04 sub-personality's psychological defense.

Jiang Wenyuan stared intently at his lover, chuckled softly, his voice was full of firmness, "The round table game doesn't want us to meet, but I still snatched you here, I won. So I will continue to win in the future down!"

Chen Mian had just broken through the psychological prison, and his head was still in severe pain. He had a lot of things he wanted to say to Jiang Wenyuan, but he didn't have time to elaborate.Chen Mian reached out and held Jiang Wenyuan's uninjured left hand tightly. Jiang Wenyuan's palm was cold, and he was very nervous.Chen Mian intensified his handshake, and passed on his body temperature and strength to Jiang Wenyuan, "Don't be afraid, I will accompany you to the end of today's journey."

The warm atmosphere didn't last long before it was broken by an unfriendly voice.

No. 21 looked at Jiang Wenyuan indifferently, and snapped his knuckles, his posture was determined to send Jiang Wenyuan who lied to him to the altar, "No wonder you acted unreasonably, So you and No. 04 are player couples!"

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There should be one or two more chapters before the main text is over. Let’s guess where the main body of the round table game is (hint: the main body appeared in this chapter).