Opening a Shop in the Nightmare World

When he returned to the hall, what Su Zimo saw was Xiao Huo holding a shovel and sitting down in front of the mirror in the hall, looking out of his mind.And Cheng Yun was covering the torn apart decorative mirror as quickly as possible.

"What's going on?" Dr. Jin asked in surprise.

"I don't want to see what will appear in the mirror?" Xiaohuo, who was screaming in fright just now, got up from the ground while scratching his nose, and said angrily, "If you hear it, don't let me do it." I always have an urge to try things.”

"I missed him." Cheng Yun apologized, and went back to the dining table to look at Su Zimo and the others who rushed back, "How is it? Did you find any new clues?"

Su Zimo looked at Cheng Yun standing there, and he didn't know why the trainee in front of him was standing here. If he was really a trainee who was escaping from the No. 20 nightmare world, then he definitely didn't want to pass this level. Nightmare world.

If the other party is one of those "beasts" that lunatics say kills and seizes treasures, then his staying here means that he has found the target he wants to hunt and is constantly looking for opportunities to make a move.

Su Zimo observed Cheng Yun's expression for a while, but he couldn't see any special emotions for a while.

"It doesn't matter if you don't find any clues." Cheng Yun took Su Zimo's silence for a moment of frustration, and an initial relieved smile appeared on his face, "After all, it is a five-day difficulty nightmare world, and the way to pass the level must not be easy. "

"Captain Cheng, Mr. Su doesn't have any nightmare points anymore, that's why he tried so hard to pass the level." Qi Xiaomin seemed to understand Su Zimo's active performance before as a strong desire to survive, which may be the reason why the trainees saw it. Su Zimo, a newcomer, is shining brightly, but he doesn't find it strange. "If you can't clear the customs, Captain Cheng, do you have any way to make Mr. Su avoid the death penalty?"

"Or it's okay to share some of my nightmares." Qi Xiaomin's eyes were a little determined, "Actually, I still saved a little bit."

"Sorry, I have never heard of a way to bestow nightmare points other than the Slave Mark." Cheng Yun shook his head, "There is no way to escape death penalty other than the Nightmare Points, otherwise those who dodge the No. Those who have experienced the world of nightmares 20 times will not have such a headache."

"Strange." Jin Lei resting her chin on her finger, looked at Cheng Yun meaningfully, "When the lunatic talked about the No. 20 nightmare world before, I thought you didn't know about those trainees."

"I've heard about it." Cheng Yun forced a smile.

"Actually, Mr. Fang and I discovered something." Su Zimo nodded gratefully to Qi Xiaomin, and then said, "There are at least four owners of the villa, a couple, a daughter and an old man."

"Is there an old man? This is a new clue. I don't know how it will help you find a chance of life?" Cheng Yun's expression looked serious, but if he added the maid outfit he was wearing now, there was no serious atmosphere. up.

"Everyone knows the layout of the first floor." Su Zimo looked around and found that even Mr. Fang Qin and Dr. Jin hadn't reacted, so he could only say, "There are some problems with the layout of the third floor. "

"The layout of the third floor starts from the stairs, which are the large washroom, the family doctor's bedroom, the study room, the toy room and the master bedroom." Su Zimo sighed, "If the master bedroom is a house for a family of three, then the sick old man should Where do you live?"

"Second floor!" Dr. Jin immediately reacted this time, "The people living on the second floor are old people!"

"And it may be an old man with a lonely personality and a little indifference to the things around him." Su Zimo looked at the manuscript in his hand, except for the sentence on the first page of the manuscript, "it is better to walk on lonely mountains than to live in a busy city". Other content in the manuscript also expresses the old man's indifference to the surrounding things, but because the manuscript itself is prose and the writing style is very abstract, Su Zimo did not resonate except for many seemingly gorgeous sentences and beautiful pens. Apart from the words, no useful information was obtained from the manuscript.

"Will the old man live in the master bedroom? Didn't it be said before that the owner of the villa may not live here and just leave the patient alone in the villa?" Dr. Jin asked.

"No." The answer was Liu Xu, who had been to the master bedroom once before, and he said with certainty, "There are no old people's supplies in the master bedroom, and there are indeed clothes for a family of three in the closet, but the amount is relatively small. It doesn't look like a long-term residence."

"Then we can be sure that only servants, family doctors and sick old people live in this villa most of the time." After three "days" of tossing, Su Zimo and the others finally came to the first definite conclusion .

All nodded in agreement.

"So the question now is, are the ghosts in this villa the servants headed by the housekeeper and the family doctor, or the old man who might be on the second floor?" Su Zimo said, looking at Xiao Huo over there, "Brother Xiaohuo, what did you see in the mirror?"

"Of course it's a ghost! A ghost covered in blood! The scariest kind!" Xiaohuo stretched out his left hand, which had a bloody handprint on it, and said with an exaggerated expression, "If it wasn't for my brother, I would react Hurry up, I was caught by a ghost and caught in the mirror!"

Did he think wrong?

After hearing Xiao Huo's words, Su Zimo felt that the first "Pay attention to the mirror" in the task prompt for their trainees might really just ask them to be careful of the ghosts in the mirror?Before Xiaohuo tried it himself, Su Zimo originally thought that the words "Pay attention to the mirror" could also be interpreted as——

[There are very important clues in the mirror, please pay attention. ]

But the fact is that Xiao Huo's hand was caught by the ghost in the mirror?

"We need to sort out the clues." Jin Lei took out her portable notebook again and spread it out on the dining table. "Because we don't know the chronological order, we sorted it out from the floors and characters."

"First of all, the servants who live on the first floor. We can reasonably infer from the contents of the safe that the villa's financial power and accounts are in the hands of the housekeeper. He may even be the mastermind of everything. Then it means that the housekeeper brought With the people and an irresponsible family doctor, occupying the villa like a bandit, getting money through fake ledgers, and living a better life than the patients they should be caring for." Dr. Kim struggled to straighten himself out ideas.

"And they may have sold the precious ancient books collected by the old man in the study at a low price, and obtained a large amount of wealth in the safe." Su Zimo almost forgot to tell the source of the money.

"That's why after getting the money, the ledger is not so important to them." Dr. Jin said, scratching his chin with the pen, "Handsome Su, the clue is here, can you think of anything else?" question?"

"The old man living here is an educated elder." Su Zimo thought for a while, "After encountering so many ridiculous things done by the housekeeper and the others, is it true that the old man has no way to resist? The owner has spent so much money, and never thought of asking the old man for verification? What made the housekeeper and the others so unscrupulous to play with the villa owner's family?"

"Maybe it's because the old man is very sick, or has lost consciousness? Turned into a vegetable?" Qi Xiaomin racked his brains for a while.

"If the patient is really seriously ill, the patient should not be left alone in the villa and only rely on a family doctor to take care of him." Su Zimo shook his head, "If the old man is in a vegetable state, the monthly medical expenses It should be fixed, and it is impossible for the housekeeper to tamper with the ledger so much."

"So one of the keys to solving the puzzle is what kind of disease the old man has." Dr. Jin recorded this point, "Is there anything else?"

"Also... what happened to everyone in this villa?" Su Zimo looked around at the dilapidated villa that had apparently been abandoned for a long time, "the key to a famous car is in the driver's room, and the bodyguard's room There is his favorite tactical pen in the room, and there is even a safe of money hidden in the butler's room, where will these people go in the end?"

When Su Zimo was thinking about it, he accidentally blurted out the information "the most beloved tactical pen" that can only be read from the notes, but the other practitioners around him didn't seem to notice it, and they showed thoughtful expressions together.

"Maybe something happened?" At this time, Xiaohuo raised his hand like a good student, "The ghost I saw in the mirror just now is not an old man at all, it may be one of those servants. After all, if it is In my case, as long as there is a chance to run away, I will definitely take the money, and take away my beloved things and the means of transportation."

"Then this story is..." Doctor Jin gestured in his notes.

"There were three generations of happy grandparents and grandchildren living here, to be precise, a possibly happy family of three and an old man with a bad temper. Later, the old man may have gotten sick, and the family of three also left the villa for some reason."

"At the same time, the old man's children left a sufficient number of servants and a family doctor in the villa. The purpose should be to take good care of the sick old man. They even gave the housekeeper the power to make advance payments every month. The children themselves It’s just checking the account book and the doctor’s work log regularly.” Dr. Jin added, “Many children think that this kind of care is filial piety, but accidents are really easy.”

"The self-conceived care of the elderly and children is actually full of mistakes and omissions. The housekeeper of this family took the lead in making false accounts. At the beginning, he deducted the medical expenses of the elderly to satisfy the personal desires of himself and other people in the villa."

"Later, the appetite of the housekeeper and others grew, and the money they needed finally exceeded the warning line for the elderly and children. Just one more step forward, their chic and comfortable life will be completely terminated. So the housekeeper and the others stopped doing it. False accounts, and instead... as Su Zimo said, secretly selling precious ancient books in exchange for money, so as to enjoy a more luxurious life."

"We don't know what happened afterwards, but the servants and the family doctor in the villa are probably no longer alive, and the seriously ill old man should also be no longer alive. What the housekeepers and their actions have finally ushered in is probably nothing It’s a good result, which is very welcome.”

Dr. Jin sorted out all the clues, told a story that can be woven with the current clues, and finally asked: "So, where is the lifeline of this world? We acted as these servants who have done many evil things , and for what?"

"I'm afraid we won't get any new clues until this 'day' has passed." Su Zimo felt that Dr. Jin had connected all the clues together, and there were indeed no new clues for now.

"You guys are really amazing." Cheng Yun was not relieved to hear this fairly complete story, and even had a thoughtful expression on his face, "I just feel that time flies, but I didn't think of you guys There are so many things to discover.”

Cheng Yun's tone gave Su Zimo a very bad feeling. He seemed to be surprised by the clues Su Zimo and the others had obtained, but this surprise was not mixed with surprise and relief, but rather unpleasant .

"After all, the Nightmare World really met a lot of good kids this time." Mr. Fang Qin stroked his beard in relief as if he didn't feel Cheng Yun's weirdness, "It's worse than the ones I met in the Nightmare World in the past." The child is much better, let an old man like me play games with a group of bratty children, this old bone can hardly bear it."

Apparently, like Su Zimo, Mr. Fang has encountered many troublesome newcomers.

"After all, not every newcomer is as good as Zimo." Sitting next to Su Zimo, Du Xin's eyes suddenly darkened, "I thought that after four years, I would become better, but I didn't expect The role in this world is not as powerful as Zimo. I used to think that you are from another world, but now I still feel that way..."

"Hey, Du Xin." Sensing that Du Xin's mood was a little off, Qi Xiaomin reminded him softly.

"It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly felt emotional." Du Xin narrowed his eyes with a smile, "After a while, the remaining connection between me and Zimo seems to be the words 'Shoushan No. [-] Middle School'. You actually think... If the reason for your transfer is the same as the rumors, the gap between us may not be so big. However, it seems that ordinary people cannot afford to hire a private doctor."

Du Xin kept squinting and smiling, but Su Zimo didn't feel at ease.

[squeak—squeak—]

At this time, the familiar creaking sound reappeared above the hall. All the trainees did not panic this time, but prepared to get up and sort their clothes as if they were used to it, hoping that there would be some new clues after waking up this time.

It's just that this time the drowsiness came more quickly and fiercely than before. Before Su Zimo even had time to reach out and grab the "The Butler's Self-cultivation" that he put on the dining table, he fell into an uncontrollable drowsiness.

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

In the darkness, just as Su Zimo regained consciousness, he heard the still vague and indistinct voice ringing in his ears again.

As before, there is still the "creaking" sound of heavy objects pressing on the wooden floor approaching, and the sound of something being slapped continuously, which makes people feel that "that" who appeared in the dark is in a very anxious state. state.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

Although he couldn't distinguish the other party's language, Su Zimo could feel the urgency more and more from the voice. When the urgency reached the extreme, it even felt like crying and whimpering.

"Is anyone there?" At this time, Qi Xiaomin's voice suddenly came from the darkness. Following Qi Xiaomin's voice, the vague sobbing and the creaking of the floor showed signs of slowly disappearing.

Su Zimo was obviously not in a room alone at the moment, so he responded subconsciously: "I am here."

Just the second after Su Zimo made his voice, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing from his back, because he knew that the whole villa was a "secret room" without wind, so Su Zimo rushed towards the wind without hesitation Throwing out the metal pen in the direction, guessing that the one who will attack at this time should be the ghost hiding in the villa.

"Well!"

But in the next second, Su Zimo felt that the stick in his hand had hit something real, not a ghost, but a person!He even heard a muffled grunt coming from that direction!

Although Su Zimo has never dealt with people with a stick, he has dealt with many ghosts, so he can be sure that the one he hit just now was not a ghost!

Did he accidentally hurt other trainees?

No, if it was an accidental injury, how could the person hit by Su Zimo be so quiet?It was as if he was restraining himself from making a sound!

In the darkness, Qi Xiaomin, who was hiding aside, suddenly turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, so that Su Zimo could clearly see that he was in the relatively large maid's room with the faint light, and sitting opposite him were Qi Xiaomin, Cheng Yunhe Du Xin, the three trainees in maid outfits.

Their previous guess was correct, and after wearing identifiable costumes, they appeared in the "correct" room.

But now the serious problem is...

It seemed that someone wanted to attack Su Zimo just now.

Su Zimo looked at Cheng Yun and Du Xin in front of him, but found that neither of them had any special expressions on their faces, they just covered their eyes because of the sudden light, looking dazzling.

Knowing that it is not safe to be in a dark room, Su Zimo took the lead in pushing away from the maids' room and walked out. He looked expressionlessly at the trainees who came out of the "correct" room, and nodded to Jin Lei and the others one by one. , was the first to return to the candlelit hall.

Even though it was already the third "day", the candles in the hall seemed not to be consumed, and they were still as bright as day.

"The clues of role-playing should be correct." Su Zimo's body seemed to be less gentle than before, and more chilly. He looked at the practitioners around him seriously, "There is not much time left, I think We can start thinking about forcibly removing the blockade on the second floor, there must be clues that everyone wants to find on the second floor of this villa."

At that moment, Su Zimo's eyes hidden behind the lens seemed to have an irresistible light, and his aura seemed to be a little different from before.

Not just clues, if Su Zimo can't find the ghost weapon on the second floor, then he doesn't need to continue to stay in this nightmare world.After all, he is not interested in somehow becoming a thorn in the side of humans when he is being targeted by ghosts.

"Leader Cheng Yun, please stay in the hall and wait." Su Zimo turned to look at Cheng Yun who was rubbing his eyes, and the corner of his mouth suddenly curled up, "With you here in charge, we will definitely be safer."