Weird Regulator

Dressing room.

It is called a dressing room, but in fact it is just a temporary backstage on the first floor below ground.

There are many sundries here, including cables, tool boxes and other things.

It can be seen that this should not have been a room prepared for commercial performances, but a tool room for maintenance and construction.

As for why the fireworks show, a program that Orange Lake has always attached great importance to, has such a simple backstage, it is unknown.

In short, in this small room that is not too big, Bai Lang paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his figure flashed in front of rows of mirrors, and he muttered:

"The main force has entered the first floor below ground. With the ability of those people, I guess there will be a conclusion in another 2 minutes."

Bai Lang raised his wrist and glanced at his watch. The current time is 20:55, and his face can't help but become a little gloomy.

At 20:55, if they reserve 2 minutes to complete the first and second steps, then they will only have 3 minutes left to catch the real murderer.

This time has been saved and compressed again, but 3 minutes is the limit.

But this last step is the most difficult, and there is no clue so far.

Bai Lang has a lot of experience in tasks, but at this moment he can't help but be a little anxious. After going around in circles, he said stiffly:

"Fang Shenyan, what do you think of the method I mentioned?"

Before this, Bai Lang proposed his own plan for the step of catching the real murderer - catching the host's stand-in and counting him as the real murderer.

This is a substitute plan.

Because in his opinion, it is too difficult to catch Ta, the root ghost, not to mention that there are no clues now, even if it is really possible, the probability of failure will be very high.

Although Bai Lang looks very fierce, his style of doing things is actually very sophisticated and mature.

Especially in this severe situation, he still believes that using the "stand-in" method can better complete the project.

Bai Lang has said this many times, but it has not been fully recognized.

In front of the mirror, Fang Shenyan looked at his completely white right eye in the mirror. At this moment, even his eyes changed a little.

But it was not fear, but excitement.

Finally, after Bai Lang brought up the old matter again, he expressed his thoughts:

"The dressing room is the first crime scene, the scene where the host and Ta looked at each other for the first time, and the source of everything that followed, but there is no projection here.

I guess, maybe there is a secret about this case hidden here.

And after the first and second steps are completed, this secret will be revealed, so I have been waiting."

In response, Bai Lang did not deny it, and nodded repeatedly, and then said:

"But waiting does not conflict with my plan."

Fang Shenyan turned his face from the mirror to Bai Lang, raised a finger, and said in a deep voice:

"It is indeed not a conflict now, that's because we haven't got the secret yet.

Can you guarantee me that when the secret is revealed, there will be no conflict between the eye monster and the host?"

Bai Lang's heart tightened, and he was about to fight back, because he had thought about this problem a long time ago and estimated the possibility.

The eye monster and the host are two completely independent identities, but they can be regarded as one.

The host is called the living dead by the shop assistants because he can't tell whether he is dead or alive.

On the one hand, he has been replaced by the eye monster;

On the other hand, due to the replacement effect of the eye monster, he still retains a different projection, which has independent thoughts and actions.

In Bailang's mind, the eye monster and the host are the opposition between the real murderer and the dead, so this plan is formulated.

But Fang Shenyan's words reminded him that the living and dead, opposition and coexistence in people's eyes may not be recognized by the rules.

If the rules believe that the host is really dead, then Bailang can capture the eye monster.

But what if it is not?

If the host's way of existence is regarded as symbiotic with the eye monster, then capturing the eye monster is an invalidation act.

Bai Lang realized this, but he did not express his thoughts, but raised another puzzlement:

"But when the project was released, the email clearly stated that the host died during the fireworks show, and this definition was very strong."

Fang Shenyan did not respond, but just looked at him quietly with his black and white eyes.

Gradually, Bai Lang suddenly had an idea and dug out the answer to this puzzle by himself.

The host died during the fireworks show, but couldn't he "resurrect" after the fireworks show?

There is a high probability that the host was killed between 20:27 and 20:30, and then the eye monster appeared on the stage.

In the subsequent time, his body was somewhere on the negative first floor.

But I don't know what happened in these 3 minutes, causing the host to "come alive" and become a projection scattered in every corner.

This is a great possibility.

Because the reason for the sudden resurrection is very likely the secret of this dressing room.

So far, Bai Lang finally figured out why Fang Shenyan would rather do nothing and stay in the dressing room waiting for the completion of the first two steps.

That's because only by completing the first two steps can we uncover the secret and make the most correct judgment.

…

On the 5th floor, in front of the monitor.

Ji Li has been staring at the scene in the dressing room. He heard clearly the debate between Bai Lang and Fang Shenyan.

The reason why he didn't join was because Fang Shenyan's analysis was already quite mature and he had no objection to it.

Based on the existing clues and intelligence, Fang Shenyan's idea is indeed the most likely, and there is a high probability that it will appear in the future.

But at the same time, Ji Li was brewing another possibility in his mind.

This speculation may overturn all previous clues at the moment the secret is revealed, and tear up the existing situation in a more unexpected way.

To be fair, anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

In the current form, although time is extremely tight, it is still being carried out in an orderly manner and will definitely be successful.

That secret will soon be exposed to everyone. No matter what the possibility is, Fang Shenyan and Bai Lang, including Huang Banxian and Hou Guisheng, who are about to arrive, can completely solve it.

I'm just afraid... Ji Li's hidden guess will come true.

As for why Ji Li didn't reveal it to everyone, there was only one reason - even he himself didn't believe that this speculation would happen.

Because this guess is an unreasonable dead end.

Suddenly, reports from Gu Qingyun and Clyde sounded in the communicator.

"I found the fourth projection."

"The fifth projection also appeared."

Since then, except for the dressing room, all areas on the first floor have been explored.

Ji Li was also sitting upright at this moment, staring closely at the surveillance screen in the dressing room and giving timely feedback:

"Gather all the projections and pay attention to whether there is any abnormal movement in the dressing room."

According to normal calculations, when the projections in other areas are gathered, the starting point of the dressing room, the most core projection, should be unlocked, so as to know the root of everything.

The secrets about the host's death, resurrection, projection, staring, etc. will be completely revealed.

However, when it came to this step, everyone's wait became extremely long.

The clerks who have been working hard for this for a long time are listening to the feedback from the dressing room, but over time, they are surprised to find that "long" is not an adjective, but a real process!

Time has passed half a minute.

In the last two minutes before the group was wiped out, there was a dead silence in the dressing room, without any ripples.

Finally, Fang Shenyan's deep voice, with a questioning tone, echoed in everyone's hearts:

"No, our projection is not enough?"

Ji Li's face was cloudy. He never expected that when everyone was thinking about the third step, such serious flaws would appear in the first two simple steps.

Time is life, not an adjective, but a cruel reality.

30 seconds is enough to destroy all established plans and confidence, and is very likely to cause subsequent failure.

No one can accept this kind of consequences.

But on the entire negative floor, the area where the host is active has been checked with so many lives. How could something be missed?

"unless……"

Ji Li's hand shook violently. The ominous premonition was no longer a premonition. The guess he could not accept finally came true at this moment.

Because only that guess can explain why the projection is missing.

"Li Mochou, the eighth branch, and Gao Hang, the fourth branch, immediately go to the Orange Lake Plaza stage, where the last projection is."

Ji Li's voice became hoarse at this moment. He took a deep breath and said something to everyone on the public channel:

"Everyone, be prepared. The probability of our team being wiped out this time will be over 90%."