sunk in yesterday

The first thing Xia Zhuo did after returning to his room was to take a shower. After all, he didn't know if he would have a chance to go into the bathroom again after tonight.

When I put on my clothes and came out, I saw that the time on the alarm clock was just past nine o'clock.

There was no TV or anything to pass the time in the room, and he had no doubt that when the TV was turned on in his dream, only snowflakes would fall. While wiping his hair, he stood by the window.

There is only this one window, and there is a protective net installed, but the mortise lock seems to be stuck by something, and it cannot be pushed open from the inside.He and Guan Yuzhou had tried this during the day, and now they would not waste their time tinkering with it. After wiping their hair half dry, they went back to the bed and yawned.

Only sleep can pass three hours, not to mention that when the game officially starts, the rest time may become scarce.After setting the alarm and checking the power of the flashlight, Xia Zhuo turned his face upwards and closed his eyes.

Ever since Guan Yuzhou was used to coaxing him to sleep by his side, the nights alone seemed extremely long.

He opened his eyes again after lying down for a long time, and the number on the alarm clock only moved forward by single digits.He was in a daze for a moment, then got up from the bed again, rolled up the sheet and hugged it into his arms, curled up against the wall and fell asleep.

Xia Zhuo hasn't had a dream for a long time, and since he realized that he likes Guan Yuzhou and is no longer alone, his sleep quality has greatly improved.

So when the broken fragments flashed in his mind again, even if he was not awake, his body subconsciously took precautions, and the finger bones holding the bed sheet protruded slightly.

He heard a meow, and the soft black animal brushed against his trouser legs, leading his eyes to the dark crowd.

Through the gap, he could only see red blood seeping in all directions with the drizzle, staining the white shirt of the person lying on the ground.

He tried to move his legs and feet, but his body didn't listen to his command, as if he had touched the fear hidden in the depths, he lowered his eyes in panic.

His vision was dark, and he thought the dream was over.

He couldn't tell what was in his heart, he just wanted to wake up quickly, but things didn't go as planned, and when he opened his eyes again, he met a pair of golden eyes.

The man in black disappeared, and the rain stopped.

The lifeless person on the ground still maintains the same posture, and the blood under his body has condensed into a dazzling flower.The black cat shook the water off its body, arched the man with its head with two pointed ears, and turned his face towards the ground.

Xia Zhuo held his breath and looked straight over——

[Drip, drop, drop——]

The alarm goes off.

23: 55.

Xia Zhuo gasped and got up from the bed, looked to the side in a panic, "Guan..."

His voice was stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter it.

He was really sleepy, there was no one beside him, and even the bed sheet that he was holding in his arms had been covered under his body at some point.

The quilt covering his body seemed to have added a few kilograms of weight, making him sweat all over his head.The fear brought out from the dream has not subsided, and the surrounding is so quiet that his heart is beating rapidly.Xia Zhuo grabbed the bed sheet and wiped his face carelessly, took a few deep breaths to force himself to relax, and when he looked up again, the time on the alarm clock was already displayed at 23:59.

Within half a minute, the overhead light in the room went out without warning.

All cabinets, tables and chairs are instantly hidden in the suffocating night.

Tips:

1. Day and night alternation

2. Sufficient supplies

3. [Announcement after being triggered by any participant]

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Xia Zhuo turned on the flashlight, and almost at the same time, there were three knocks on the door.

Tee, Tee, Tee.

He didn't make a sound, just raised his hand to block the light a little.

Fortunately, the people outside the door didn't expect him to respond, these three sounds seemed to be greeting him briefly.In the dim light that leaked out, another envelope was stuffed into the room along the crack under the door, and it landed firmly at the end of the bed.

The sound of leaving footsteps did not sound for a long time, Xia Zhuo gently moved out of the bed, stepped on the carpet and leaned against the door.He stood on tiptoe and looked towards the cat's eyes, but the corridor was also dark, with only a small flame flickering in front of him.

Xia Zhuo thought it might be a burning candle, but before he could think about it, the candlelight was blown out by a gust of wind that came from nowhere, leaving no trace of smoke.

He leaned against the door and listened carefully, and after confirming that there was no abnormal noise outside the room, he returned to the bed, crossed his legs to fix the flashlight, and unfolded the letter.

Compared with the first letter, the paper in my hand is obviously more heavy. There are densely packed texts printed on the A4-sized page, and the words "rules of the game" are written in bold red font in the middle of the top.

[Dear Mr. Xia, Hello:

"Beast Fighting Chess" is the favorite game played by the old head of the Xu family when he has nothing to do.

In the next three days, you will be given a hidden identity as one of the eight beasts to participate in this "beast battle".

Your identity is bound to the room you choose, please explore your hidden identity by yourself.

Next, please go to the writing desk and open the first drawer in the upper left corner.

...]

Xia Zhuo opened the drawer according to the instructions, and there was a square iron box the size of a palm in the center.

In addition, there is a pile of coins on the side. Unlike ordinary coins, the patterns on the surface of these coins have become several kinds of animal heads.

He put the iron box on the table, and found that there was a strip hole for inserting coins on the side. When shaking it, there was no sound inside, and it was still empty.

During the day, he clearly checked the table, every corner was not missed, and he had never seen such a prop.

But he didn't struggle for too long, and continued to read the letter along the way.

There is too much content, just like when he first came into contact with the light watch, it is full of head-scratching words. He carefully read the key points, and finally summed up three rules.

First, coins can be dropped every night from twelve o'clock in the evening to three o'clock in the morning, and one must be put into the iron box. The animal head on it represents one of the eight of them, but no one knows the corresponding coin now. who is the person.

Second, it is slightly different from the traditional Beast Fighting Chess. Each animal in the Eight Beasts can only "hunt" the lower-ranking animal next to it. Being "hunted" and "hunting" will increase or deduct blood. The initial value of the blood volume is 100, and if it drops to a negative value, it will be eliminated.

Third, during the time period from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm, one person can be selected for private interrogation with one question. At this time, the person being interrogated cannot lie.

Does that mean you can always lie?

Xia Zhuo recited these points silently, but was a little absent-minded.

【…

Then the game has officially started, please pay attention to the time and make the first round of coin-tossing decisions before three o'clock.

Finally, I wish you can survive to the end in this game and achieve good results.

——Old home owner's private property consultant. 】

He refolded the letter paper and stuffed it back into the envelope and put it back into the warehouse, fiddled with the coins that were shining silver under the light of the torch.

The participants got along pretty well throughout the day, and the blind selection added a lot of difficulty to him.If it happened that his subordinate was Guan Yuzhou, wouldn't it be that he got into a fight at home?

He thought about it for a long time, exhausted his patience, and finally stuffed the cat coin into the iron box irritably.

It has nothing to do with likes or dislikes, just because the black cat appeared in the dream he had.

With a clang, the coin slot disappeared.

After successfully inserting the coin, he put everything away, checked the lock of the door again, and took another look at the cat's eye.

……strangeness.

The candle was lit again.

Xia Zhuo stared at the fire ball for a few seconds, and suddenly a cool air blew across his feet.The temperature outside the room was a little low, blowing through the crack of the door made him shiver suddenly, and when he raised his head again, the firelight outside the cat's eyes disappeared again.

He pursed his lips, feeling that something was wrong, but he remembered what Guan Yuzhou said to him in the afternoon - just sleep tonight and don't make a sound about what happened.

Translated, it means that ignorance is happiness, even if you see it, you should not see it.

People feel anxious when they can't find something to do, and there are more than four hours before dawn.

Xia Zhuo didn't feel much sleepy now, he silently retreated to the head of the bed and wrapped himself into a rice dumpling.He thought, if he really went out and was locked up by Guan Yuzhou, he would have to prepare a TV, computer game console and other entertainment tools for him, otherwise he would not do it without these benefits.

After sleeping for a while and waking up for a while, when it was nearly six o'clock, his whole buttocks were numb, and his muscles were sore and swollen when he moved, and his eyes were so astringent that it was uncomfortable.

The sky outside the window was just getting bright, and the nearby scenery could not be seen clearly.Xia Zhuo climbed out of bed and walked to the pool, flicking on the flashlight and dazedly splashed cold water on his face, driving half of the drowsiness away.

The person in the mirror is not too emaciated, and the changes caused by the lack of sleep are not reflected on the surface.He lowered his head and grabbed the toothbrush to squeeze the toothpaste up, and when he lifted it up again, his heart beat violently.

In the mirror, there was another person behind him!

He swallowed lightly, stuffed the toothbrush into his mouth, stared at his expressionless face and washed it as usual, and observed the uninvited guest from the corner of his eye.

A little girl with disheveled hair had a knife stuck in her chest. The blood soaked the light green nightgown with the panda printed on it into bright red, and her face looked even paler than paper, almost the same color as the tiles on the wall.

It was Xu Mengzhi, but his appearance was quite different from the one in the photo, he was so thin that he almost lost his shape, so he almost failed to recognize him.

And the knife was right in the heart, so it should have killed him with one blow.

Xia Zhuo spit out foam and rinsed his mouth, wiped his mouth and turned to leave the bathroom, closing the door behind him.

In ancient times, there was a man from Chu who blocked his eyes with a single leaf, but now Xia Zhuo shuts the door to block ghosts.

Anyway, it's out of his sight, rounding up means it doesn't exist.

Xia Zhuo sat on the edge of the bed, there was only such a little space on the left and right, he had no place to hide.

At this moment, his wrist was grabbed.It was as if someone pulled him suddenly, and his heart, which was already beating fast, suddenly fell from a height, and his body also felt an inexplicable weightlessness.

He was obviously sitting on the bed, but he felt that he would fall face down in the next second.He glanced out of the corner of his eye as he struggled, and the bed sheet next to him was slightly dented, as if something was standing there.

The sense of restraint disappeared, but the cold and wet touch on the wrist still clearly remained.

He didn't dare to stay where he was, so he moved to the door of the room and stood close to the door, so that he could see the whole layout of the room.He felt a little strange, this was the first morning, and Xu Mengzhi's hostility towards him was already obvious.

He frowned slightly, maybe he should think about whether there are any details that have been missed.

Some time has passed, but the faint morning light outside the glass has no tendency to brighten at all, as if time has stopped at this moment.

Sudden silence always makes people a little uneasy, Xia Zhuo carefully sniffed, a strange smell poured into the nasal cavity along the air.This smell was indescribable, not as pungent as the rotting smell of corpses he had smelled in the past, as if the festering organs were covered with a layer of plastic bags, and it was not so strong that it made his stomach sick.

A chill slowly permeated his body from his feet up, and the soles of his shoes seemed to condense out of ice and stuck to the ground tightly.

He couldn't make a sound like last time, he couldn't even raise his head, he could only hear the door on the other side of the bathroom creak twice, and he could even make up the arc of its opening from the slight sound .

... Boom.

The door slammed against the wall, not loudly, but it made the glass tremble.

The footsteps sounded from far to near, and the skirt appeared before his eyes again. Blood dripped from top to bottom, fell to the floor, and splashed on the side of his shoes.

As the distance got closer, besides the strange smell, he also smelled a burnt smell.

There was a strong burnt smell, like the smell of meat being twirled continuously on the fire rack.

The oxygen in the air was reduced by half, Xia Zhuo became much more difficult to breathe, and was sweating all over.

He suddenly remembered Guan Yuzhou's words.

——If sugar is really the breakthrough point of this dream, then don’t carry it with you, take it back to the warehouse, or find a place to put it away after returning to the room.

He was stunned for a moment, and his heart skipped a beat.

At that time, he was interrupted by Zhao Bin, who unlocked the door in front of the room, and he did not take the candy back to the warehouse.

After taking a shower, he even forgot about it and put his clothes back on.

The candy is still in his pocket!