Chapter 19 Rose Manor (Eighteen) Subjective Time
"Assuming that my inference is correct, the time loop has occurred, and the number of players who initially entered this dungeon was nine..." Qiss rubbed the photo in his hand He threw it into a ball on the ground and looked at the rain outside the window.
“Based on what I know about myself, facing a one-third mortality rate, I should wait for three unlucky people to break the rules and die, while ensuring that I don’t violate the rules. Pass the level easily.”
What he said was actually only half of what he said. The real situation is even worse.
This is the first time he enters the game, but he is forced to pretend to be an experienced player. If he wants to survive in the cracks, he must be more cautious and cautious than others.
After learning about the "guaranteed number of deaths" mechanism of the weird game, in order not to become a victim of others, he would definitely strike first and find every opportunity to reduce the number of players; the three corpses in the garden, It is very likely that his handiwork is among them.
Of course, this situation only exists in inference. After all, he has no memory of the so-called "first round" game.
Chisi suddenly thought that when he opened his eyes, he appeared in the garden outside the castle, while other players were sitting in the castle.
In this way, because he arrived late, he could only sit closest to the main seat, which was the most dangerous position.
So, with the mentality of "the debt is too much, the burden is not heavy", he deceived and tempted unscrupulously.
And after Miss Anna took the initiative to strike up a conversation, she shook hands with her and attracted the latter's attention.
Under this premise, he then made the decision to explore the third floor and decipher the world view, in order to seek a chance of survival under the focus of the NPC.
All this is like someone arranged it. And that person has a very accurate grasp of his psychology...
The only one who knows him best is himself.
In an instant, the clues were connected, and Qisi felt that he understood something. All the fog suddenly cleared away, and his eyes suddenly became clear.
He gathered his thoughts and smiled brightly: "Now it seems that the method of 'dead Taoist friends but not poor Taoists' has most likely failed, otherwise it would not start a new cycle. If you want to pass the level, the only way is to crack the world view. "
Chang Xu was silent for a moment and said: "According to my intuition, my first choice should be to crack the world view and reduce the mortality rate as much as possible."
Qisi sneered in his heart, but. No intention of refuting.
He often says beautiful words that are upright and awe-inspiring. In real life, when facing police investigations, he can casually come up with a long paragraph, which perfectly reflects his personal label of "five good citizens who abide by the law and obey the law".
"It seems that it is more difficult to crack the world view. Brother Chang, you have not succeeded in two consecutive rounds." Qisi said in a correct voice, ignoring Chang Xu who had a question mark on his face, and went straight to the innermost room on the third floor. Room.
That was the last room that was not explored. Compared with the other two rooms, the appearance was much neater. The door was spotless and the keyhole was polished. It was obvious that someone lived inside.
Qisi pushed aside the windless vines in the corridor, stepped on the branches and leaves on the floor, walked to the door and stood there, staring at the dried petals scattered between the cracks in the door.
“There is someone inside.” Chang Xu raised his hand and pointed at the long finger marks on the door handle, “We may meet Miss Anna.”
In this context, the “Miss Anna” in his mouth "Of course it's the one the players saw at the dinner table, the sister in the bloody story.
Even in the context of the dungeon, the older sister and younger sister are both "Miss Anna", and bumping into each other on the third floor means a violation of the ninth rule, but in comparison, the younger sister in black is still more dangerous. a little.
"Normally you won't encounter her. She should be in the garden right now - we'll be unlucky if we encounter her." Qiss smiled and stroked the special bracelet on his right wrist, "Anyway, the punishment for violating the rules will be at night. We have enough time to crack the world view, right?”
He raised his fingers and knocked on the door three times unhurriedly.
The ghost knocked on his door last night, and this morning he came to knock on the ghost's door. When he thought about it carefully, there was a sense of drama and humor, which made him couldn't help but frown.
Chang Xu saw that the young man did not choose to pick the lock with a wire, but knocked on the door in a formal manner, his eyelashes slightly lowered, non-committal.
Although it is easy to alert the enemy, due to being polite enough, it may be able to effectively reduce the hostility of the NPC.
If nothing else, the person in the room is the real "Anna", the "Miss Anna" in red as mentioned in the rules. She is trustworthy and can be regarded as a relatively safe NPC.
When Qisi knocked on the door again, there was a long "squeak" sound, and the closed door slowly swung open from the inside out.
The rotten smell mixed with the rich floral fragrance hit your face. Intricate vines and branches like dragons were knotted in the room. Almost all the space was filled with black and green, and it could only be faintly felt. A red shadow can be seen between the leaves and stems.
It was an old woman with wrinkled skin, half of her face was rotten, and she could not be associated with beauty in any way. She moaned, unconscious, as if she would die at any time, but her cloudy eyes stared directly in the direction of Qiss.
She asked: "What time is it now?"
Qisi glanced at Chang Xu, who picked up his pocket watch and replied: "Two:02 in the afternoon."
The old woman tilted her head, struggling to understand the information she received.
After a while, she smiled "ho ho": "Today's one o'clock in the afternoon is longer than yesterday."
After saying this, she lowered her head and fell asleep, which was very strange. I would like to pay attention to the two uninvited guests again.
Qisi watched quietly for a long time, and a soft smile suddenly appeared on his face.
He pushed aside the vines in the room, walked towards the old woman step by step, squatted down in front of her, and asked one word at a time: "Do you want to see him?" The old woman was awakened, raised her head, and stared blankly. Ahead, no one's shadow was reflected in his eyes.
Qisi smiled, with the color of memories brewing in his eyes, and his voice was soft and slow: "After that day, he left the manor and returned to his fiefdom, but he never forgot you. He used It took many years to convince his father before he dared to come back to find you. Unfortunately, you are no longer alive."
As Qisi told the story, the old woman's eyes, which were originally like a pool of stagnant water, gradually became clear. waves.
She raised her hand and grabbed Qisi's sleeve and murmured: "I want to see him... I want to see him... Where is he?"
"I don't know." Qisi lowered his eyes with a warm smile, "But I have two companions who should know his whereabouts. Do you want to see my two companions?"
The old woman looked at it intently. he.
Qisi smiled and said: "You only need to say that you want Zou Yan and Liu Qingye to come to the third floor to see you."
"I want Zou Yan and Liu Qingye to come to the third floor to see you." Qingye came up to the third floor to see me..."
The moment the old woman finished speaking, Qisi pulled back his sleeves mercilessly and made a gesture to Chang Xu: "It's done. Let’s go.”
Chang Xu thought for a moment and understood what Qis was doing, and frowned: "Do you want Zou Yan and Ye Zi to also violate the rules?"
The old woman was also Miss Anna, so she asked her to give the order. Seeing Zou Yan and Ye Zi on the third floor, they were immediately put into a dilemma.
When they come, they violate the ninth rule:
[Please try not to go to the third floor. If you go, be sure not to be discovered by Miss Anna]
< br>If they don’t come, they violate the fourth rule:
[Don’t refuse Miss Anna’s request and try to satisfy everything she asks. Miss Anna hates disobedient guests]
No matter what, they will break at least one rule and equalize with the two people who have already gone upstairs. .
Qiss walked out of the room and turned around with a malicious smile: "The law does not blame everyone. We have all chosen the thankless path of deciphering the world view. I don't want to die alone. "
Chang Xu followed him and asked: "Why did you let Lin Chen go alone?"
"Ah, I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you before, Lin Chen was there before us? That's why everyone has broken the same number of rules now..." Qisi closed the door with his backhand, his eyes drifting to the top of his head, his expression innocent, "Oh, it's really not easy for me to balance."
Chang Xu:......6.
At this point, he finally realized that this seemingly harmless guy next to him didn’t say a word of truth!
If he hadn’t agreed to cooperate in exploring the third floor, this guy would probably have included his name in the order given by Miss Anna...
Qisi looked at Chang Xu’s wary eyes. , just smiled carelessly.
He has never had the righteousness to bear everything on his own. From the moment he decided to explore the third floor, he formulated a risk-sharing plan, determined to pull all players into the water.
It can be said that from the moment he asked Lin Chen to go to the third floor to investigate and set a trap in his words to induce him to violate the rules, all subsequent behavioral choices and events were part of his plan.
Now, he has undoubtedly succeeded.
An adventurous exploration brought a lot of useful information, and the mechanism of the copy became clear in my mind.
The old woman can detect the anomaly of time and conclude that "today's one o'clock in the afternoon is longer than yesterday", but she can still remain half-corrupted in the endless time loop.
This just shows that the action and status of individuals in this copy are separate.
The state of the body will return to the original state as time goes back, and as long as you become a ghost, you can maintain your memory and even move freely during the time back.
An hour that goes back in time is, to the ghosts, extra time that comes out of thin air at no cost.
At this point, the way to clear the level is obvious.
Chis looked at the seventh rule of the system interface.
【7. Only ghosts can kill humans, please believe that you are human】
Originally, he thought that this was a restrictive rule to prevent players from killing each other. He also wondered why a weird game full of the color of cultivating gu could be so well-intentioned.
Now it seems that the standard answer to clearing the level is actually written in this rule.
The main NPC, Miss Anna, who is malicious to the player, is set as a human, and specifically states that "ghosts can kill humans", the prompt could not be clearer.
(End of this chapter)