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I was in a corner of the church, quickly deciphering the cipher machine in front of me.

The cipher machine is half the height of a person and looks half-old, with a keyboard and a rotating shaft on it.A tall antenna was erected above, and it could be seen from a long distance.

I've heard some people say that this cipher machine is a military model.When I first came here, I didn't know how to deal with this thing, but my memory has always been very good. It can be said that I have a photographic memory, and I will get used to it after seeing other people decipher it a few times.After a few games, I gradually became familiar with this machine, and the speed of deciphering became faster and faster.

And in a game, the faster you can decipher the cipher machine, the greater the possibility of escaping.If I hadn't been found by the regulators, I wish I could decipher it forever.

The rotating shaft on the cipher machine rotates from time to time, and sometimes it gets stuck. At this time, it needs to be tapped a few times in the correct place.The force should not be too large, otherwise it will attract regulators, and it should not be too small, otherwise it will have no effect.Calibration may be triggered on the way of deciphering, and calibration failure will cause the cipher machine to leak electricity and make relatively loud noises.But I'm already proficient, a set of movements is easy, and I rarely make mistakes, and I even have the mood to think about other things-such as my lost badge.

The venue for this game happened to be the same venue as the last time the badge was lost.I thought that the badge should still be there, so I ran over to pick it up. It was unlucky to say that I happened to run into the regulator clown.

There are several venues for the game, each of which is randomized.There is far more than one regulator, and each regulator has different capabilities.

For survivors, the regulator is an existence that cannot be confronted head-on anyway.However, regulators also have to abide by the rules. Although their power is powerful, they are also limited.The curse lingering over Odiris Manor not only traps the survivors, but also restricts the supervisors.I can't think of the meaning of existence of such a place, and I can't think of why the regulators have come to Odiris Manor to play such day-to-day games since they already have such powerful power--but It doesn't matter and it has nothing to do with me.

I was thinking wildly, and when I pressed the last key on the keyboard, a small light above the entire cipher machine suddenly lit up.

Deciphered successfully.

There are two cipher machines left.

I carefully stick to the edge of the terrain, avoiding every crow perched on the branches, walls or certain objects.In continental Europe, people regard crows as an ominous symbol and pets of witches, but you can hardly see other birds except this bird in Otiris Manor.They are the minions of the regulators, and they like to stare at you coldly with their blood-red eyes.If any survivor alarms them, they will report the location of that survivor to the supervisor, which is very hateful.

I avoided those uncomfortable sights, and finally found another undeciphered cipher machine safely, but there was already someone working there.It was a man wearing a shirt and a bow tie. He looked about 30 years old and wore a pair of glasses. It was the lawyer who was eliminated in the last game - Freddie Riley.

Survivors who are eliminated in the game are usually called "lost".From this word, it can be seen that survivors who fail in a game do not necessarily die. It is said that death is probabilistic.But this does not mean that survivors can be unscrupulous.I was also lost, and I can’t forget that time until now, when my bones were broken and I fell to the ground, and the blood in my body was drained to death.Although the fact is that I returned to the manor as soon as I opened my eyes again, but the feeling of waiting to die, I don't want to try it again anyway.I don't want to gamble on the probability of real death, as long as there is a little possibility of escaping, I will never give up.

Lawyer Freddy also noticed my arrival, and immediately greeted me with a smile on his face.

"Miss Beth Fenley, it's great to see that you're fine. Let's quickly finish deciphering this cipher machine together, and then decipher another one, and we can escape!"

I didn't refuse, and walked over to help him decipher together.Nobody mentioned anything about the last game.Freddy Riley isn't very popular at the estate, and I don't like him too much.Because this guy claims to be a so-called upper-class person, treats people contemptuously, and always feels that he is superior to others.And later, when I found out that I was a nobleman, I couldn't help flattering—this is really ridiculous.He often quarreled with another philanthropist in the manor. One called the other a "little man", and the other called the other a "rat in the gutter", causing many troubles.Although the people in the manor are indifferent, it also left a bad impression on people, so that he was caught by the regulators in the last round, but no one came to rescue him.

Two people were deciphering the cipher machine, and the progress speeded up a lot. What's more, this cipher machine has been deciphered by Freddy almost halfway. The progress bar keeps moving forward, but a scream interrupted our next step. action.

The lawyer and I stopped at the same time and looked at the silhouette in the distance.Someone got caught by the clown, and Freddie and I looked at each other, neither moving.

"I don't know which one was caught?" Freddy raised his eyes: "But no matter who it is, it should be able to delay for a while. Let's continue to decipher, Beth Fenley."

I looked at it with some hesitation, but I couldn't tell which of the other two people was arrested.The deciphering continued in silence, and no one cared about the survivor who was unfortunately caught by the clown.

My silence probably caused the lawyer to misunderstand something. He added: "It's not that I don't want to save people. It's ashamed to say it, but that I really have no power to do it. In this manor, whoever is not for himself, Miss Beth Fenley also You don’t want to lose your life for an inferior person who doesn’t know where the dirty corner lives. People are born different, so there’s no need to feel guilty.”

"How long has Mr. Lawyer been at the manor?"

"Ah, I'm one of the first people to participate in the game, and I've been in the manor for a year."

"I've heard that everyone comes here for a reason, what's your reason?"

He probably didn't expect me to ask so directly. He paused his fingers slightly, avoided my eyes, and said with a smile: "My goal is very simple, to go out from here and open a law firm. This is my dream. "

He puts on an air of humility, and I'm noncommittal about that.The lawyer probably said a little less. I heard that some people come here for money—it is said that it is a large sum of money, which has attracted many people.But I didn't break it.

"What is Miss Beth Fenley coming here for?" Freddy changed his voice: "Forgive me, after all, you don't look like... have any urgent desires."

He said it tactfully, but I could tell he was talking about my aristocratic status, probably in the lawyer's mind, aristocrats are rich and powerful, so what reason can there be?

I smiled and said nothing.

The lawyer didn't ask any more questions.I turned my gaze back to the cipher machine, entered the last step a few times, successfully deciphered it, and the cipher machine lit up.

I quietly looked at the small lights above the cipher machine. The yellowish light dispelled the fog rising from the ruins. "I entered here by mistake." I heard my voice slowly resounding in the air: "After entering by accident, I found that this place is not a good place. I wanted to leave but I couldn't."

"Don't worry, Beth Fernley." Freddy said with a confident smile on his face, "As long as we work together, we will be able to escape."

He is really interesting.

Obviously just now I said that each is on its own, but now I said that we will work together, I smiled perfunctorily: "Now, let's go find the last cipher machine that can be deciphered."

The clown chose to guard the corpse.

The behavior of the supervisor guarding the survivors who are hung on the carnival chair until the carnival chair is activated is called "corpse guarding". people.If the person is not saved, and you also pay for yourself, it will be a big loss.But I know that there is a survivor in this round, who may be able to save the captured person—if she is not captured.

Martha Betanfill, an Air Force member.He has one of the best physical fitness among survivors, and he will carry a flare gun in each game, which can slightly hinder the pursuit of the supervisor.

Marta is very powerful. At the beginning of the game, the clown was the first to chase after her, but she was thrown off after she slipped away for a while.Thanks to her for delaying us, today's cipher machine can be turned on so quickly.

When the lawyer and I were repairing the last cipher machine, the guy who was caught was finally rescued, and then there was a "bang" gunshot, which could be heard loudly throughout the church.

"Miss Marta is really enthusiastic. She even went to save people like that." Probably feeling a little aggrieved, Freddy couldn't help saying: "Maybe he will be put under supervision again in the next second because he can't see the way clearly." caught."

I am silent.

The one who was caught and rescued was a newcomer who had just arrived in the past few days. He was blindfolded all day long, and everyone couldn't help wondering whether he could see obstacles clearly when he was escaping.But he was very lucky, he escaped successfully in the first two games, so although everyone guessed, he didn't really show anything.

But the lawyer guessed right this time, because we soon heard the screams of the newcomers again.The lawyer and I didn't bother to look at it this time. After turning on the last machine quickly, the siren sounded, announcing to all the survivors that the elimination gate had been electrified, and reminding the regulators that the survivors were about to escape.

As mentioned earlier, there are two escape doors, and the supervisors will definitely rush over as soon as they hear the whistle of the escape door being powered on.If you are unlucky and fail to open the gate before the regulator catches up, you will be in a dangerous situation; or the chosen gate is really close to the regulator.

But this time we're not too worried, because the Joker is being held back by Miss Air Force.As soon as the door was opened, the lawyer happily squeezed in: "Come on, Miss Beth Fenley!"

I smiled and watched him run away, then slowly walked into the door and waited quietly.

After a while, I saw Marta running here from a distance.She was in a bit of a panic, and the clown followed closely behind her, and his weird laughter could be heard from far away.

"Hahaha!"

"Marta, hurry up!" I yelled at her.I saw Marta trying to quicken her pace, but the clown behind her raised the bazooka—

The clown sprints!

The huge bazooka slammed into Marta's back, knocking her into the air.Obviously only a few steps away from the gate, she fell to the ground hard, spitting out bright red blood.

The clown paused, and began to wipe the blood on the bazooka.A pair of eyes looked at me jokingly, with a bloodthirsty smile on his painted face.

I rushed out.

Pulling up the air force who was trying to get up from the ground, he led her back towards the door with difficulty.

The clown stopped wiping.

He looked at us coldly, as if he wanted to chop us into pieces.Stepping heavily on the ground, he approached us step by step with a rocket launcher.He didn't wipe it carefully, and there were still blood stains on the huge bazooka.Even though the gate was behind us, it brought a great sense of oppression to Marta and me.I pulled the seriously injured Marta back desperately, and finally managed to retreat into the door before entering the clown's attack range.

My back was already wet with sweat, the clown stopped at the door, he laughed sinisterly, holding the bazooka, as if he could hit our heads hard in the next second.But no... The clown stared at us tightly, as if trying to remember our faces, and then laughed, the laughter became louder and more crazy.

I supported Marta and ran out amidst the crazy laughter, along the path outside the escape door, and soon the scenery in front of me turned into a fog that couldn't be seen clearly.We walked silently through the fog, and after walking for a while, the fog cleared, and a classical manor appeared before our eyes.

That's Odiris Manor.

The author has something to say: draw the key point - the badge.

It reminds me that the heroine is not a good person. Odiris Manor has complex human nature, no one is clean, and neither is the heroine.

Chapter 2 is the memory of the last game, everyone should understand it, right?I don’t know why this “Saving People” is similar to Jinjiang’s other fifth personality. They are all saving people outside the gate. The similarity is quite high, but my first 4 chapters were all published on lofter, and the date record is earlier than that one. Let me explain here in advance.

This time is still a chapter with foreshadowing.