deadly round table

Before entering the game, Jiang Wenyuan checked the bone puppet. The bone puppet is exactly the same as when Jiang Wenyuan first got it. The oval head is round and smooth, and there are no details of facial features.However, at this moment, the bone puppet Jiang Wenyuan is holding in his hand still has no details of hands and feet at the end of the limbs, but a face with complete facial features appears out of thin air.This face is not drawn with a pen on the flat face of the bone puppet, it is more like the work of a very delicate artist, with three-dimensional features and a realistic human face.

And the owner of this face is Uncle Chen who visited the hospital the day before Jiang Wenyuan entered the game.

When Jiang Wenyuan recalled his reunion with Uncle Chen, he felt full of disobedience, but at that time he did not find any abnormalities on the doll, and Uncle Chen remained unconscious, so Jiang Wenyuan had no way of finding out the truth.Now on the bone puppet, Uncle Chen's face with closed eyes and painful expression, everything has the answer.

The door of the Chen family is equipped with peepholes, because Jiang Wenyuan has often come to Chen’s house for surprise attacks in the past two years without saying hello. Uncle Chen has developed a habit of looking at the peephole first when someone knocks on the door. Jiang Wenyuan has been shut down several times because of this. .That day, Uncle Chen opened the door for him directly, not because Aunt Chen was sick and needed Jiang Wenyuan to visit, but because Uncle Chen wanted to dismiss him and play tricks on him.

On the day Uncle Chen finished using his hands and feet on the bone puppet, he suffered a fracture, a high fever, fell into a coma and was hospitalized.Uncle Chen is 55 years old. He insists on morning exercises every day. His health is better than many young people nowadays. The attending doctor can't explain why Uncle Chen has been unconscious.

The doctor in charge couldn't answer the question, Jiang Wenyuan looked at the bone puppet's face and understood everything.

Uncle Chen would say to him "It would be great if the round table could be full of people", and he could establish an incredible connection with the round table game, and enter the round table game by attaching a bone puppet, most likely because of Uncle Chen or Uncle Chen's inheritance. In the blood, there is a life born from the combination of a female player and a round table game NPC.And Chen Mian also inherited the connection with the round table game in his blood, so he was able to devour the energy of the fusion doll and maintain self-awareness in the round table game in the form of a soul.

The note Chen Mian wrote to Jiang Wenyuan clearly felt the soul of Uncle Chen attached to the bone puppet and connected with his blood!For a moment, Jiang Wenyuan seemed to feel that the bone puppet in his hand weighed more than a thousand catties, so heavy that he had to use all his strength to keep the bone puppet from his hands.Jiang Wenyuan couldn't imagine that if Uncle Chen entered the round table game recklessly, would he still be able to return to reality alive?

Jiang Wenyuan's heart was split into two halves, one half felt entangled and pained by Uncle Chen's suicidal behavior; the other half began to coldly think about how to effectively use the bone puppet that Uncle Chen was attached to to fight against the round table game...

At that time, there were two dolls in Jiang Wenyuan's suitcase, a bone puppet obtained by Chen Mian that could quit the round table game, and a violinist doll obtained in the round of the game when Zuo Zhiyan died.Jiang Wenyuan and Uncle Chen had never exchanged questions about round table games, and it was the first time they brought a doll to Chen's house.Uncle Chen didn't know the meaning of the violin player doll, and it was not an easy decision to give up his soul. So what criteria did Uncle Chen use to choose the bone puppet from these two dolls?

Perhaps just as Jiang Wenyuan guessed, the bone puppet is a sweet trap of the round table game. In order to break the unbreakable bond between him and Chen Mian, the round table game spent a lot of money on this trap, giving the bone puppet the special ability to split the contract between the round table game and the players .In Uncle Chen's soul, there is an inherent connection with the round table game, and it resonates with the bone puppet's energy that is close to the origin of the round table game. Therefore, regardless of the danger of life, he abandons his soul and attaches himself to the bone puppet to enter the round table game.

Uncle Chen concealed his connection with the round table game from Jiang Wenyuan, because he clearly knew that his frank confession would make Jiang Wenyuan oppose his sacrifice.After Uncle Chen gave up his soul, he also had the opportunity to confess to Jiang Wenyuan that he had manipulated the bone puppet, but he didn’t say anything, because he was worried that the words would come out, and Jiang Wenyuan refused to bring the bone puppet into the round table. game.

In the closed loop between Jiang Wenyuan and Chen Mian, their memories will be restored after death, so Chen Mian has never had the memory of death. at what cost.Jiang Wenyuan couldn't imagine how many times Uncle Chen had split his soul in their endless cycle.

If Jiang Wenyuan hadn't made up his mind to bury the parts of the doll in the position of the thumb and phalanx, leaving a vague memory of the past; if Chen Mian hadn't devoured the doll crazily and stayed in the game in the form of a soul, and advance and retreat with Jiang Wenyuan .Jiang Wenyuan struggled to survive alone in the round table game and basically exhausted all his energy. How could he have the energy to calmly consider the bone puppet's job?Jiang Wenyuan might hold the idea that the bone puppet is an irreplaceable gift left to him by Chen Mian, follow the principle that the bone puppet's special abilities can only be used in reality, and protect the bone puppet in reality.

However, the various variables generated in the endless loop converged to create today's miracle. Jiang Wenyuan brought the bone puppet into the round table game.Uncle Chen's silent sacrifice is finally no longer silent today.

Jiang Wenyuan tried to talk to Uncle Chen who was attached to the bone puppet, played with the body of the bone puppet, and lightly touched the face on the bone puppet, but Uncle Chen’s face remained closed with his eyes closed, and his expression remained the same without any change. .

When the bone puppet was still in Jiang Wenyuan's personal special space, Chen Mian felt the abnormality of the bone puppet.If he wanted to wake up Uncle Chen, he might need Chen Mian's power.The most urgent task is to meet Chen Mian under the watchful eyes of the players.

Jiang Wenyuan didn't put the bone puppet back in the special space, but put it next to the pillow, hoping that after the bone puppet left the special space, Uncle Chen could also wake up from a deep sleep through the resonance of his blood, just like Chen Mian felt his existence Come.

The night passed, Jiang Wenyuan didn't sleep well, the first thing he did when he opened his eyes in the morning was to look at the bone puppet next to his pillow.Not to mention that the face of the bone puppet has not changed, even the posture of the bone puppet when Jiang Wenyuan put it next to the pillow last night has not moved at all.This was expected, Jiang Wenyuan was not too disappointed, he took the bone puppet back to the special space, got up and took a shower.

Compared with the previous two days, during breakfast time today, there were far fewer criminals in the cafeteria. It is estimated that they lost interest in the bad breakfast and focused on the sumptuous dinner reward after the sacrificial mission was completed.Jiang Wenyuan calmly recorded the numbers of the criminals present and put them into storage.

Jiang Wenyuan's movements of looking around were not concealed. A male criminal who looked like a thin bamboo pole was attracted by Jiang Wenyuan's actions, and sat down opposite Jiang Wenyuan with breakfast.The number on the orange prison uniform on the thin bamboo pole was covered by the handkerchief he fastened with four pins. In fact, the meaning of his covering up the number was not very significant. The faces and numbers of all criminals are public. It takes a lot of effort to find out.

The thin bamboo pole put the breakfast on the dining table, and stared at Jiang Wenyuan with protruding eyes due to his thin face, like a monster stalking its prey, "You have been observing us since you entered the dining hall, as a One of the observers, I want to know what are you looking at?"

"What am I observing? Isn't the answer obvious?" Jiang Wenyuan slightly staggered his eyes from the thin bamboo pole, and said while dealing with the unpalatable breakfast, "I am carrying out the task assigned to me on the 21st, looking for healthy, healthy people. A left-handed male offender with body odor. You don’t need to worry, you don’t meet any of these conditions.”

Although Jiang Wenyuan didn't say it directly, his words revealed that Shouzhugan was afraid of becoming an enemy of No. 21, so he came to him to go through the motions.Shouzhugan clicked his tongue a little unhappily, "No. 22, you feel superior to No. 21 when you treat him as a dog's leg? No. 21 has been guarding in the virtual scene, unable to move freely, and can't protect himself. Do you really think that No. 21 Do you have the ability to protect your dog leg?"

While Shouzhugan was talking, Jiang Wenyuan finished the rest of his breakfast. He wiped his mouth and looked at Shouzhugan, "Number 15, a patient with severe anorexia, who hates obese people extremely, in the name of training to lose weight They defrauded money, imprisoned 30 weight loss volunteers, and forced them to drink water and go on a hunger strike to lose weight until they died."

Shouzhugan's face was originally as terrifying as ET because of being too thin. When Jiang Wenyuan pointed out his crime directly, his facial features were wrinkled into a ball, and his appearance was very terrifying, "Don't think that you are the only one who knows my crime, I know it too Your crime, the truth of your crime is hidden there!"

Jiang Wenyuan had an indifferent expression, "It doesn't matter to me whether you know about my crimes, you just need to know that if you want to send me to the altar, I can send you to the altar in turn. In fact, I don't care who becomes the sacrifice. As long as you are capable enough, I have no problem with sending No. 21 to the altar, as long as I don't become a sacrifice. I still have things to do next, so I don't agree with you You talk too much."

The thin bamboo pole was blocked by Jiang Wenyuan and he had nothing to say, he understood that Jiang Wenyuan was dissatisfied with being defined as the dog's leg of No. 21, so he used the information he had to slap his face.The back of the thin bamboo pole was wet with cold sweat, and few criminals who could be candidates for sacrifice were simple.

After dismissing the thin bamboo pole on the 15th, Jiang Wenyuan fulfilled the agreement with the 21st, took today's breakfast, and went to the virtual scene on the 21st to deliver breakfast to him.This time Jiang Wenyuan didn't stand downstairs and shout for someone, but went directly to the third floor.Just as Jiang Wenyuan was about to knock on the door, he opened the door on the 21st, and very consciously took the breakfast tray from his hand, "Come in."

The complexion on the 21st looks much better than yesterday, it seems that he is not bragging, and the fight with the wraith last night did not cause him any harm. No. 21 is not a picky eater, and he quickly solved the hard-to-eat bread. On the 21st, I drank the weak coffee that came with breakfast, "Tell me, what did you gain last night and this morning, did you find the target person?"

Sitting across from No. 21, Jiang Wenyuan shook his head, "You can find people for each of the conditions you gave, but I haven't found anyone who meets all three conditions at the same time. I've checked all the offenders. Once again, only three offenders are found who meet the two conditions. The male offenders who are fit and have body odor are No. 10 and No. 37. The male offenders who are fit and left-handed are No. 31."

On the 21st, he looked at Jiang Wenyuan with a new look, "Have you checked out all the criminals? Such a huge workload." He looked up at the clock, and it was not yet seven o'clock, "What do you use? One night and a short morning?"

"To be more precise, it should be two days plus one morning." Jiang Wenyuan made up plausibly, "Criminals who can become candidates for sacrifices are not good people. Few people will honestly abide by them in order to survive." According to the rules, there have been incidents in which criminals impersonated other criminals on the altar, resulting in the failure of the sacrifice. The criminal’s number is completely correct only at the beginning of the ceremony. During this period, it must be as much as possible There must be no mistakes when the criminals match their numbers. This is the common sense of festivals, why did you come to the festival without doing any homework?"

Jiang Wenyuan spoke too confidently. On the 21st, he believed Jiang Wenyuan's nonsense, "Well, I believe you. You should not have lied on the 26th. You failed to find someone. Shidu was deceived by the target, and the information she said was all false; either the target hid the body odor or left-handed information. I think the former is more likely, did you encounter it last night and this morning What strange person?"

"Yes." Jiang Wenyuan told No. 44 exactly what happened to No. 15 Asian-African mixed-race female criminal and No. 21 thin bamboo pole male criminal.

No. 21 couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, and said in a very low voice, "You need to show some face!"

Are all the NPCs so shameless this year? No. 44 was clearly here to curry favor with him, but Jiang Wenyuan ran away with his poisonous tongue. Could it be his fault? On the 15th, he just came to test things out, Jiang Wenyuan directly exposed the other party's old background, should he also be blamed?Obviously it wasn't his fault.

After drinking coffee on the 21st, I made a new request to Jiang Wenyuan, "Help me investigate the relationship between the 15th and 44th, and see who they have been in contact with recently."

Jiang Wenyuan knew why No. 21 cared about the relationship between No. 15 and No. 44. The player who put No. 26 on the altar is very likely to be connected with No. 15 and No. 44. Maybe that player is No. 15 One of No. 44 and No. [-] may be. "This task is not within the scope of our cooperation. I am sorry that I cannot accept it. My goal is to live until the end of the ceremony. I still have some criminals whose crimes have not been determined. I must clarify their crimes as soon as possible."

On the 21st, he was not 100% sure that Jiang Wenyuan was an NPC, and he also knew that Jiang Wenyuan had not confessed to him some things, so he stared at Jiang Wenyuan for a long time, "Well, I believe you have more important things to do. Do, after all, you don't have time to go back to your virtual scene for two days to see if anyone has discovered your crime. You go, remember to bring your lunch over at noon."

The words "more important things" were bitten hard on the 21st. He actually didn't really believe that Jiang Wenyuan's important thing was to determine the crimes of other criminals. Otherwise, Jiang Wenyuan would waste his time helping him last night. Find the player who put player 26 on the altar.However, No. 21 did not continue to explore. Regardless of whether Jiang Wenyuan is a player or not, he is confident that he will be the one who stands at the end.

Jiang Wenyuan knew that his rejection of No. 21 would make No. 21 suspicious of him.But Jiang Wenyuan didn't explain further, picked up the tray after breakfast on the 21st, "Then we'll see you at noon."

After Jiang Wenyuan returned the tray to the dining hall, he turned back the same way. At this time, No. 21 was already standing on the periphery of the virtual scene, observing the criminals walking around the altar. No. 21 put his hands in his pockets and looked at Jiang Wenyuan who was approaching him, waiting for Jiang Wenyuan to greet him, but Jiang Wenyuan didn't say anything, just passed him by and walked into the virtual scene of No. 22 next to him.

Who swears that the best defense is offense, so there is no need to keep your crimes from being discovered?It's a real slap in the face now. No. 21 let out a smirk, then stopped talking about Jiang Wenyuan and continued his observation.

Jiang Wenyuan broke the established character settings and went back to look at his virtual scene. Of course, he was not worried that his crimes would be discovered, but wanted to find Chen Mian whose number was unknown.Chen Mian knew that Jiang Wenyuan was No. 22, and now the players were staring at each other. It was inconvenient for them to gather in Jiang Wenyuan's No. 22 room. It would be too conspicuous and easy to be targeted by other players. Chen Mian will come to the virtual scene to find him.

While waiting for Chen Mian, Jiang Wenyuan checked the first floor of the house by the way.On the floor of the public bathroom, Jiang Wenyuan found traces of movement that were different from the first time he checked.Although Jiang Wenyuan foresaw that his character's crime would be discovered, he didn't expect it to come so soon.

Jiang Wenyuan looked around the bathroom. The bathroom is not big, and there are not many things that can be used as the control mechanism of the basement. After trying one by one, he found the control mechanism in the roll of toilet paper. After rotating the roll 90°, A floor of the bathroom is shifted towards the void under the tub, revealing a subterranean staircase large enough for two adults to walk abreast.

Jiang Wenyuan took out the Swiss Army knife he was carrying, popped out the blade, hid it in the long sleeves of the orange prison uniform, and walked into the dark basement.

In general basements, the internal environment is basically damp and cold, and the ventilation is relatively poor.The storage in the basement has been stored for a long time, and it will emit a musty smell of decay.But as Jiang Wenyuan walked down the stairs, not only did he not feel the cold, but he felt a sense of warmth instead.The ventilation system in the basement is very good. Except for a faint smell of charcoal in the air, the air quality in the basement is almost the same as that of the outdoor air.

Walking to the end of the stairs, Jiang Wenyuan looked in the direction of the flickering fire. Under the wall lamp with three burning candles, an iron cage hanging from the ceiling was shaking slightly, making creaking sounds.The iron cage was covered with burn marks, and the interior space of the iron cage was large enough to accommodate two adults. Its function was self-evident.

The uninvited guest shaking the iron cage turned his back to Jiang Wenyuan's direction. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned his head and met Jiang Wenyuan's eyes directly. It was a serious Asian man, numbered 04. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the serial number on Jiang Wenyuan's prison uniform and his right sleeve where he hid his things, his expression became colder.

"You have seen the answer you want to know, can I trouble you to leave my virtual scene?" Coincidentally, Jiang Wenyuan found out the crime of No. 04 last night, but he did not directly use it like he did with No. 15 thin bamboo pole. The crime he found was to threaten No. 04, but he temporarily kept the crime of No. 04 as a trump card, in case necessary, he used the crime of No. 04 to threaten No. 04, a suspected player, by surprise.

No. 04 looked at Jiang Wenyuan carefully for a while, and after confirming that Jiang Wenyuan did not intend to fight him, he said coldly to Jiang Wenyuan who was blocking the stairs in the basement: "You are blocking the way. "

Jiang Wenyuan walked away from the stairs, giving way to the exiting path. When No. 04 passed him by, his cold eyes were like sharp cold swords, as if they were going to stab Jiang Wenyuan's whole heart.

Jiang Wenyuan actually didn't quite understand why No. 04 hated him. Logically speaking, it should be that he who was found guilty of the crime hated No. 04.Jiang Wenyuan even wondered if No. 04 was a player whose acting skills were so bad that he couldn't look directly at him, and he spoiled the emotions he wanted to express.

When the footsteps of No. 04 were far away, Jiang Wenyuan seized the time to check the iron cage. The iron chains fixing the iron cage were very strong, and it was very difficult to destroy them. In addition, the ground under the iron cage had multiple burn marks that could not be erased. It is enough to prove that there was an arson incident in the basement. The best way to cover up his crime is to completely destroy the control mechanism of the basement to prevent anyone from entering the basement.

When Jiang Wenyuan came to the basement, the passage in the basement was closed, so there should be another set of linked control organs inside the basement. In order to prevent other criminals from finding clues from the damaged external control organs, Jiang Wenyuan prefers to Destroy the control mechanism inside the basement, and damage the external roll control mechanism.

When Jiang Wenyuan was looking for the control mechanism inside the basement, he kept his movements to a minimum, pricked up his ears to listen to the movement above the basement, and was wary of criminal NPCs or players discovering the existence of the basement.Before finding the control mechanism inside the basement, Jiang Wenyuan heard a rush of footsteps approaching the bathroom. He left the basement decisively, spun the paper roll, and closed the passage in the basement, just in time to block the visitors at the door of the bathroom.

Jiang Wenyuan put his hands on the edges of the doors on both sides of the bathroom, and blocked No. 04, who was going back and forth, outside the bathroom door.

Before Jiang Wenyuan could ask about No. 04's intentions, No. 04 said to Jiang Wenyuan first, "I'm Chen Mian."

The expression on Jiang Wenyuan's face remained the same, "Is this a new type of cold joke?"

Jiang Wenyuan never thought that No. 04 was Chen Mian, because Chen Mian would never find out his crimes.Especially the opening and closing traces of the basement passage are very obvious. Once opened once recently, the traces will be difficult to cover up, and the probability of the basement being discovered by other criminals will increase.So when No. 04 said that he was Chen Mian, Jiang Wenyuan's first reaction was to not believe it. He even suspected that No. 04 used a doll with some special abilities to test whether he was a player.