Thriller Trainee

In the restaurant, the blond saint is gathering all the teams that are searching the mental hospital and sorting out all the information they have obtained so far.

After the cold system prompt appeared, everyone was stunned.

[S-level trainee Zhuge An. Cleared]

No one can describe the mood of the other trainees in the mental hospital after hearing this system prompt.

Probably everyone is confused.

Not to mention the trainees, even the live broadcast room and the audience were shocked.

[Holy shit, no, how does Mr. Zhuge know the answer? What happened in those few dozen minutes? 】

[They just disappeared out of thin air, and then Boss Zhuge announced that the level was cleared. My head was full of black question marks]

【Wait a minute, me? ? ? ? ? I slowly knelt down, really knelt down. The second day was not even halfway through yet, and the difficulty was close to an S-level level! ! 】

[You are not alone upstairs, I am also kneeling and watching the live broadcast... Absolutely amazing]

[Did a group of people change in the infinite loop? If you think about what Boss Zhuge did in 'Curse Mask', you will think that this quick pass is nothing. Otherwise, you think that Boss The number 3 was picked up for free? 】

"Zhuge An has cleared the level?!"

After a moment of silence, everyone whispered in disbelief, and a heated discussion broke out.

At this time, Qin Ye happened to bring up all the search teams on the first floor.

"The two newcomers got new information in the bathroom not long ago."

He pointed to the two newcomers standing behind him, "You guys talk to Your Excellency."

"Holy, His Excellency the Holy Son."

Facing No. 7, the newcomer with a loud voice was obviously very nervous and hesitated when speaking.

"Don't be afraid," Messiah said gently, "just tell me the information you have."

"Just now, Xu Wenji and I were searching the toilet on the first floor."

The newcomer tried his best to straighten his tongue, "Then we found that the door of a toilet cubicle could not be opened... Just when we wanted to go and push the door, the door suddenly opened. The black-haired S-class and the The beautiful E-Class walked out together."

What else could two grown men do if they were sneaking around in the toilet or in a narrow toilet cubicle?

Many people showed meaningful expressions.

Messiah frowned, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Originally this sounded like a small thing, but combined with the system prompt just now, the profound meaning behind it is completely different.

"When we were in the stairwell just now, weren't Zhuge An and that white-haired E-level walking together?"

He Jianlan stared at his blurry reflection in the spoon: "White Hair must have told Zhuge An about the clues about the S-level item, otherwise he would not have been able to clear the dungeon so quickly."

If Zhuge An had the ability to escape from the dungeon, he would have cleared the level long ago, and there is no way he would have delayed it until now.

"In my opinion, the top priority now is to capture that E-class."

Jiang Yuan said fiercely from the side, "The clues on him must be crucial and directly related to the main plot of this copy."

Meng Tianlu also agreed, "Yes, we currently lack the necessary information. Now that a passer has appeared, this means that the clue to the S-level prop must be crucial."

Many elderly people are still secretly thinking about the black iron box they saw in the operating room.

Now that the first passer has appeared, no one is sure whether Zhuge An has obtained the mysterious S-level prop. If not...

"Indeed. Your Majesty the Holy Son, we cannot risk delaying it until the third day."

"Yes, no one can tell what will happen on the third day. Besides, there are so many newcomers here who have no ability to protect themselves. They all need the care of the elderly. If they are not protected, they will be overwhelmed. Your Excellency, the Holy Son, would you like to ask again? Think about it! This clue is really important to us!”

In normal times, how good would the outcome be for an E-level newcomer with S-level clues?

If you want to keep your treasure, you must have the strength to keep it. To be honest, if there was not a Messiah to protect him, the old people would have used force to coerce the white-haired E-class. How could he be so arrogant?

Everyone whispered and unanimously turned their attention to the Messiah.

In this situation of lack of clues and clues, the Holy Son was pushed to the forefront of the storm.

They all need a clear path, a clear path in front of them.

In the face of life and death, people will become despicable. Zong Jiu is only an E-level person. No one can be sure whether these old people will secretly disobey the Holy Son's order and use other means to force him to reveal the clue about the S-level item?

Under everyone's gaze, Messiah closed his eyes tiredly.

He finally spoke.

"He'll join us."

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Zongjiu pushed open the door of the ward.

The high school student was standing outside, glancing behind him constantly: "Brother Ninth!"

"Brother Jiu, did you hear the system prompt just now! Zhuge An secretly cleared the level!"

Sheng Yu's face was full of shock, and he even couldn't help but raise his hands to make gestures to fully express his current mood.

The white-haired young man gave him an unclear look, "Yeah, I'm surprised too."

In fact, Zong Jiu was quite accepting of it. Anyway, whether Zhuge Antong was successful or not had nothing to do with him. He only knew that he had obtained all the information he wanted from Zhuge An.

What really surprised Zong Jiu was Sheng Yu's flawless acting skills.

In fact, from the beginning, Sheng Yu and Zhuge An were Zong Jiu's top candidates to exclude the suspicion of being a traitor.

The reason for excluding Sheng Yu was very simple. Because there was no such person in the original text.

From Zong Jiu's perspective, this was actually understandable.

Because he replaced the original owner and said such a thing at the door of the trainee dormitory. Just like Lorenz's butterfly effect, a butterfly in South America flaps its wings, and two weeks later, a storm will set off in Texas, USA. Under such influence, it is not incomprehensible that the plot has reasonable deviations.

When Sheng Yu came to talk to him with a tray in the restaurant, Zong Jiu was surprised, but he did not suspect him. Moreover, there was a random task of finding the traitor in the original plot, so Zong Jiu had a preconceived idea that since there was a traitor in the original camp, Sheng Yu who joined later would certainly not have any problems, so he directly excluded him.

So why was Zong Jiu so sure that Sheng Yu was the traitor later?

It was because of the original owner's death mentioned in the original plot.

In the original text, the original owner, a cannon fodder vase, asked another newcomer to go to the toilet together. As a result, he unfortunately encountered the first horror event of the mental hospital copy in the toilet.

Zong Jiu didn't know what the specific horror event was. Because when writing horror articles, authors usually don't write about how they died for the first time, they will only continue to exaggerate the horror atmosphere and emphasize the miserable state of the body after death to maintain the atmosphere of mystery and panic.

But even so, Zong Jiu still got a very valuable piece of information from the original text.

The original owner went into the cubicle to go to the toilet, and the newcomer who accompanied him was guarding outside the toilet. Because he was too scared, the original owner deliberately didn't close the toilet door, and he died halfway through peeing.

The original owner's head fell off his neck, and naturally there was a thumping sound in the toilet. The newcomer who was guarding the door didn't even dare to go in to see, and turned around and ran away in fear, but was killed at the door of the toilet.

In the end, the newcomer's body disappeared, and the original owner's head was made into a human head mop and thrown into the dirty sink of the toilet.

According to this plot, the two people who went to the toilet should have died.

But Sheng Yu didn't die. Not only did he not die, he also accurately described the process of Glasses going to the toilet.

At that time, Zong Jiu clenched the ballpoint pen in his sleeve, his muscles tense.

Two lone people who came to them together, would the ghost pick them to kill? With plenty of time, it is impossible to kill only Glasses, not to mention that the original text achieved a double kill achievement, which is even more abrupt in comparison.

He became suspicious of Sheng Yu.

In order to verify this conjecture, Zong Jiu sneaked into the toilet of the different space alone.

By the way, Zong Jiu vaguely knew that there was another space in this copy. Because in the original text describing Vincent, there was a vague description of the scene on the second floor below ground.

But at the beginning, Zong Jiu thought that the second floor below ground was the only way to the other space, but he didn't expect that there was a chance that he would be dragged into the other space if he was alone.

Zong Jiu saw the body of Glasses in the toilet of the other space.

As expected, the incision on the neck was very smooth, and it looked more like a human hand than the so-called "ghost in the other space".

Although He Jianlan didn't look very smart and his inference was full of loopholes, he was really right by accident.

Glasses was murdered.

Now, who is the insider? The answer is about to come out.

But this does not mean the end. Because there is still an insider in this copy.

Zong Jiu didn't know whether Zhuge An knew about this matter, but Zong Jiu knew it very well.

Because after Zong Jiu kicked open the three toilet cubicle doors and checked that there was indeed no one inside, he also took the time to look at the sink in the bathroom.

The sink was empty. There was a big spider web under the faucet, and the black spider was spinning on it. If someone wanted to put a mop in it, they would have to break the spider web.

Not to mention that when Zong Jiu kicked the door, the head of the glasses was not made into a human head mop and put into the sink like the original owner in the original text. But later, after Messiah led the old people to search, the mop was put in again without anyone noticing, and it was impossible to say that there was no accomplice.

Moreover, Sheng Yu did not appear in the original text, but the main system still issued a random insider task. It is easy to conclude by reverse reasoning that in addition to Sheng Yu, there was another insider among the original trainees.

Who could it be?

Zong Jiu listened to Sheng Yu talking while thinking secretly.

Sheng Yu was vividly describing the scene in the stairwell to Zong Jiu.

After he finished speaking, he lowered his voice mysteriously, "Brother Jiu, did you see those two people?"

Not far from the corridor, two newcomers were approaching here intentionally or unintentionally, and they almost had the words "We are watching you" written on their faces.

Sheng Yu: "I think they seem to be watching us, what should we do?"

Zong Jiu shrugged indifferently, "What should we do? We have been abandoned by both big brothers now, why not go to the restaurant first."

Judging from various clues, the insider card obtained by Sheng Yu should have extremely high authority. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why an F-level person can easily kill someone and move the body to a different space at will before Zong Jiu.

He 100% possesses the key that Zhuge An said can open different spaces at will, and it is also the original text of the Vigenère cipher before it was encrypted by the key. As long as you get the key, you can clear the main mission of the ordinary card. Zhuge An is the best example.

Zong Jiu was very curious about Sheng Yu’s purpose and what the main mission of the ghost card he got was.

If he simply wanted to kill for fun, or kill all the trainees, Sheng Yu could have broken up with him, an E-level, in the toilet, or stabbed Zong Jiu before he discovered his flaw through the plot. One knife.

But Sheng Yu didn't.

Not only that, he didn't even have the slightest intention to add fuel to the flames or sow discord.

He almost perfectly played the image of a high school student who was ignorant of the world, with a ninth brother following behind him, pretending to have no scheming.

Zong Jiucai didn't believe that he had no agenda.

But... this reminded him of the prophecy Zhuge An made before leaving.

"Where are you going? Huh?"

A low voice suddenly came from high up.

The man in a white coat slowly stepped out of the shadows.

The dim light reflected his ordinary outline with great depth, like an extremely evil ghost escaping from the abyss.

The doctor glanced at the four people in front of him with interest, and his eyes stayed on the white-haired young man for a particularly long time.

Zongjiu felt as if he was being targeted by a poisonous snake, and a trembling electric current rolled up his spine unconsciously.

"The nurse has been looking for you for a long time. It's time for you to go upstairs and take your medicine."

Sheng Yu asked doubtfully, "Take medicine? What medicine? Isn't the time to take medicine at night?"

Dr. Chu did not speak. He pointed behind them, and the strange smile on his face gradually deepened.

Above the oil lamp hanging on the wall, the clock is slowly pointing to ten.

Ten o'clock!

Sheng Yu and the other two newcomers looked in disbelief.

How can it be? They clearly remembered that they didn't even have lunch!

[Damn it, why is it ten o'clock all of a sudden? I'm confused again]

[Wasn’t it just twelve o’clock... I’m dizzy, what the hell is this?]

[Is this a copy related to time decryption? But that’s not right. I saw Boss Zhuge reasoning in Zhuge’s live broadcast room that this was a copy of a space-based puzzle. What’s going on? 】

Zong Jiu stood aside, his eyes darkening.

The moment when the glasses died and Zongjiu was pulled into a different space was exactly ten o'clock.

This moment is likely to be a symbol of the opening of a different space!

The white-haired young man suddenly raised his head.

But now, the doctor with gold-rimmed glasses is still standing there, and the surrounding scenery has not changed at all.

"Go upstairs and take your medicine. Everyone is waiting for you."

The doctor's eyebrows arched, seeming to remind him with good intentions: "It is not a wise decision to hang around in a group of people."

"Oh, right."

He lowered his head and glanced at the gold watch on his wrist casually, "It's time for ward rounds soon. The head nurse should have told you that this hospital has regulations prohibiting night walks."

"If you violate hospital regulations and are caught wandering at night."

The man passed by Zongjiu, and his pupils hidden behind his glasses slowly turned dark and malicious.

"Disobedient patients ... will be punished."

After the corner of his white coat disappeared into the gap on the second floor, Sheng Yu said tremblingly, "Brother Ninth, why is it already ten o'clock in the evening? What should I do?"

Pretend, you continue to pretend, and I will quietly watch your performance.

Zong Jiu kicked the ball back: "Ah, it seems there is no other way. Let's go upstairs to find the Holy Son first."

Several people walked to the door of the restaurant and went through the process of taking medicine again under the eyes of a circle of nurses.

Zong Jiu swept the hand holding the pills through the pocket of the large hospital gown without leaving a trace, and raised his head just in time to hear the conversation between the head nurse and other nurses.

"Tomorrow is the third day since these patients came here. It seems we have another vacation."

Strangely enough, this seemed to be the first conversation they had heard.

The steady sound gradually faded away in the empty corridor. The newlyweds all felt horrified when they heard it, and their legs trembled.

In fact, the atmosphere in the restaurant isn't much better now.

Almost everyone had the same anxiety and fear on their faces, and they didn't even notice Zong Jiu and his party walking into the restaurant.

Messiah looked solemn, "Time has been sped up."

The old people were silent, and their expressions were not much better.

Just a moment ago, they were discussing the list of people to go to the second floor of the basement this afternoon in the restaurant. The next second, a nurse carrying a medicine basket appeared out of thin air and coldly informed them that it was time to take medicine.

Time sped up ten hours out of thin air!

What's even more frightening is that they don't know why time is accelerated.

No one knows whether it was because Zhuge An left the dungeon early, which caused the difficulty of the dungeon to increase sharply in the later stage, or because there were variables in the original dungeon.

"We can't delay it any longer. Everyone has to go to the second floor with me tonight."

The newlyweds were shocked: "Are we going too?"

"Didn't you hear what the nurse just said?" He Jianlan said coldly, "If it is delayed past tonight, no one can guarantee what will happen on the third day. After midnight, it is considered the third day."

"But, but..."

In the eyes of newcomers like them who have no experience at all, in this short period of time, the words "negative second floor" have become synonymous with a scourge.

"But what but!"

An old man said impatiently, "If it weren't for the kindness of Lord Shengzi, we wouldn't care about the life and death of newcomers like you. The selection of horror trainees is not a dungeon of ordinary survivors. In ordinary dungeons, there are rewards for helping newcomers. Helping you is not only Without rewards, you are disobedient and an eyesore. In other words, whether you live or die has nothing to do with us.”

The blond saint gave the old man a stopping look, turned around and reassured: "If you stay in the dormitory, given the current situation, it will probably be a dead end."

"Follow me and I will try to keep you safe."

When he said these last words, Messiah glanced out of the corner of his eye and looked at the door of the restaurant with his blue eyes.

Everyone looked over at the same time.

The white-haired young man stood there, calmly accepting everyone's gaze and scrutiny.

There was worry, greed, and unabashed covetousness in these eyes.

Zong Jiu, however, acted as if he didn't feel anything. He stretched his limbs and even stretched where he was and yawned.

Some old people wanted to speak angrily, but they were all stopped by Messiah.

The blond saint looked at him with sincerity in his eyes, "Now that Zhuge An has cleared the level, join us again, okay?"

Zong Jiu had no reason to agree.

Leaving the Messiah organization and turning to Zhuge An to seek skin from the tiger was the result of careful consideration for him.

but--

"OK."

Zong Jiu readily agreed.

【Hmm hmm? Why did he agree again? 】

A series of barrages were filled with question marks. [No, I thought he would still struggle a little bit]

[Damn, it’s different to be good-looking. After hugging the Holy Son’s thigh and hugging Zhuge’s thigh, the Holy Son was still willing to take over when he came back. I’m so impressed, sisters.]

【Is this okay? ? We, Ah Jiu, have agreed that we would rather die than surrender! Ye Qingjie! 】

As a result, Zongjiu not only agreed, he even took the initiative to release some information.

"Actually, it's useless for me to tell you the clue."

other people:? Then you say it!

"Think about it, our main mission is not to survive for three days."

Everyone nodded.

"But now, only two days have passed, and Zhuge An has run away. Why do you think he can run away?"

Zong Jiu was eloquent and persuasive, "Of course it's because - he is the traitor!"

Everyone was dubious, but after careful consideration, it seemed that this was true.

Yes, why is it that the main mission is to survive for three days, but Zhuge An ran away early?

This of course means that the identity cards and main missions Zhuge An got are different from them!

"Oh, you really misunderstood me before."

The white-haired young man was filled with indignation, "This old man Zhuge An is so despicable and shameless. He not only pretended to agree to cooperate with me, but also took the clues out of my mouth! It's true that the world is deteriorating and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be!"

"Well, after he, the mole, cleared the level, he probably took away the S-class props as well."

Zong Jiu pretended to raise his arm, "The clue in my hand is of no use anymore. It's okay to tell you. But I didn't expect that you would still be willing to take me to play even so. You are so kind."

Although Zong Jiu doesn't usually act much, but if he really does act, who wouldn't be a cross-border actor?

After hearing the news that the S-class props had been taken away, everyone looked like they had swallowed a bite of flies. The old people looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

To be fair, now that Dark Man Zhuge is not here, this is not something Zong Jiu can just say.

If Zhuge An's usual behavior was as upright as the Holy Son's, then probably no one present would believe him.

It's a pity that Zhuge An is really not a white character. This guy is both good and evil, has a perverse personality, is almost monstrous in his wisdom, and does not act according to common sense. Many people have very complicated feelings about him. There were so many victims who were used as pawns in the dungeon, and they hated him so much that they hated him.

The chess game they have played is huge, so grabbing an S-level item doesn't matter. Pretending to cooperate and then making false statements is really like Zhuge An's usual style.

Besides, Zhuge An was originally the number one candidate they strongly suspected of being the traitor.

So when Zong Jiu put on a great show and took the blame for Zhuge for free, the others actually believed most of it.

Not to mention the trainees present in the restaurant, the barrage also suddenly realized.

[Damn it, no wonder they pulled people into a small corner of the ward and used S-level props. It turns out that during the period when we didn’t see the live broadcast, they were trying to coerce and lure the newcomers]

[It sounds so miserable... I have heard about the story of Boss Zhuge betraying Infernal Affairs in 'Curse Mask' and screwing everyone over. This E-level is so miserable. I guess in the future You will also have a psychological shadow on Mr. Zhuge (dianwa.jpg)]

【Hahahahahaha! Am I the only one who felt that Zhuge An was the traitor from the beginning? ! Sure enough, the facts proved that my guess was correct]

Don't ask, if you ask, Feng Ping will be harmed. You deserve it if you ask.

"fine."

Instead, Messiah looked relieved, "We didn't invite you to rejoin us just for that clue."

The blond saint smiled lightly, "Anyway, welcome back."

Now that the Holy Son has expressed his stance, others have no choice but to accept it reluctantly and take precautions secretly.

The main reason is that the explanation given by Zongjiu is reasonable, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why Zhuge An could leave early.

He Jianlan, who had been shouting that Zong Jiu was the traitor, became silent. It looked like he was trying his best to find the loopholes in his words, but unfortunately he found nothing.

Zong Jiu curled his lips.

He thanked Zhuge An sincerely in his heart for being the perfect scapegoat.

Although Zongjiu can start looking for the key now and prepare to clear the level, there is no need to go to the negative second floor with Messiah to explore Laoshizi.

But in addition to clearing the level, Zongjiu also needs a lot of survival points.

The white-haired young man's eyes lightly swept over the high school student standing behind him.

He has always been a very greedy person.

Since there are such good conditions, why doesn't Zong Jiu complete the random tasks together?

This copy can only be obtained through outsmarting at present.

After this copy is over, he must heal his hand and let the cards fly and jump on his fingers again.

And... regain his reputation as a magician.