Chapter 21 Rose Manor (Twenty) Time Paradox
The moment Qisi thrust the blade into Chang Xu’s neck, Zou Yan’s eyes widened.
And her expression was fixed at this moment.
In other words, the behavior, development, and mood of everyone, things, and things in the entire space are all fixed at this moment.
The blood splattered on the shirt separated from the fibers and turned into blood beads and flew back to the wound on the corpse's neck.
The pool of blood dripping on the steps flowed upwards, shrank into a small pool, and then poured back into the blood vessels.
The kneeling corpse stood in a weird posture, retreating step by step along the path it had taken before, just like a movie played in reverse.
Qisi looked at Chang Xu's pale face after losing blood, and his face was filled with the color of a living person. His tall and thin figure stepped on the steps like a zombie and disappeared around the corner of the stairs.
The vines spreading their claws in the corridors twist and shrink towards the walls on both sides, snaking and retreating into the shadows of the cracks in the stone walls.
The sound of rain stopped at a certain point, and the air was filled with the smell of water and flowers.
Zeiss found that he could not move, and only his thoughts could float freely in his mind.
He saw that Zou Yan in front of him was also unable to move, except that his right hand, which was wrapped in vines, was still twisting unwillingly.
“Because it is not completely ghostly, can only the weird right hand be moved?”
Zis recorded this discovery in his mind.
After deciding that the standard answer was hidden in the seventh rule [Only ghosts can kill humans, please believe that you are human], he began to think about what would happen if humans killed humans.
It is known that after Zou Yan obtained clues to Chang Xu's four-line poem, she immediately conducted an experiment to verify it, triggering a time travel.
In other words, the triggering conditions for turning back time are not stringent, and can even be easily obtained.
At the same time, it can be seen from the background story of the dungeon that Anne killed the man who loved Anna deeply and made a deal with the gods, starting a three-day time loop.
Analogous reasoning, the switch that triggers the reversal of time is likely to be related to "murder".
If a human kills a human, time will go back an hour and the dead will be resurrected; only if the player dies in a strange way will the time-return mechanism not be triggered.
Therefore, "Only ghosts can kill humans."
Whether this is the case or not, Qisi intends to try killing someone. After all, he is a man with strong hands-on ability and a practical spirit.
As early as when he entered the old woman's room and learned the clue that "ghosts are not affected by turning back time", in Qisi's eyes, Chang Xu was a dead man.
Because of this, he almost self-destructed and told Chang Xu part of the truth, as if he had decrypted it before his death.
“At present, it seems that the person who was killed and the unrelated passers-by will not have the memory of going back in time, otherwise it cannot explain my lack of memory about the first round of the game.”
"In addition to ghosts, the ones who can keep their memories intact during time travel are also the triggerers of time travel, that is, the murderers."
"We must use the characteristics of ghosts to kill humans to break the situation, and we need to stick to ourselves. Human identity, so we need to use the time reversal mechanism... What an interesting design!”
A complete plan gradually became clear at the bottom of his mind, Qisi looked at the microscopic sky that was slowly flying and rising in the darkness! After all, Chen Chen couldn't make too big a move, so he could only slightly curl his lips, waiting for the end of the time-travel started by him.
The light around me dimmed inch by inch, and my consciousness began to sink as the light disappeared. In the darkness where I couldn't see my fingers, the sound of rain rang in my ears again.
It’s a heavy rain.
Through the thick stone wall, there was only a thin "squeaking" sound in my ears.
In an instant, the world has light.
Zis found himself leaning against the wall, with a double bed in front of him, with a pile of bone fragments scattered on it.
It looked familiar. He remembered that this pile of bone fragments originally belonged to two skeletons.
Chang Xu on the side was trying to crush the bone fragments into smaller pieces.
The victim who had just died straightened up, looked at Qisi and said, "You were possessed just now. I guessed that the key was the skeletons, so I smashed them." Qisi was in a daze for only a moment, and then he Cause and effect meet memory.
He remembered that this was the first room on the third floor. After he got the piece of paper with writing on it under the pillow, he was obsessed and saw Annie's past.
As expected, time went back, and Chang Xu remembered nothing...
Qisi smiled, an extremely bright smile.
He asked in a natural tone: "Brother Chang, what time is it now?"
Chang Xu didn't know why, but he still looked down at the pocket watch in his hand, and replied with some confusion: "Two o'clock...one o'clock Eight minutes? Just now, the hour hand seemed to have moved one more step. "
At this time, Zou Yan should not have had time to wait at the stairs.
It doesn’t matter if she arrives, just let Chang Xu die again.
Qisi made a decision, said "Yeah" softly, turned and walked out of the room: "I already know how to clear the level, I won't go to the next two rooms."
He paused for two seconds and looked back at Chang Xu: "Of course, Brother Chang, if you are interested in solving puzzles, you can go sightseeing by yourself; if you are interested in Miss Anna, you can go directly to Room 3."
< br>Chang Xu: ...I'm not even interested, thank you.
Despite this, after Qisi walked down the stairs in a pretentious manner, he still hesitated.
After all, the two of them had only known each other for a short time. It was impossible for Qisi to believe whatever he said in vain.
There are obviously important clues on the third floor.
Qisi had a clear understanding of Chang Xu's psychology, and said in a calm tone: "Considering the possibility of cooperation, I suggest you go downstairs early. You should also know that our clues have been spied by Zou Yan, and she has mastered this copy. Most of the secrets may be ambush at the entrance of the stairs to kill one of us at any time, triggering the 'guaranteed number of deaths' mechanism."
Chang Xu caught the loophole in Qisi's words.
From the known information, it can only be inferred that the holder of the [Eye of Hermes] is one of Zou Yan and Ye Zi.
Qisi was so sure that it was Zou Yan who spied on them...
Chang Xu thought of the weirdness on the destiny pocket watch and raised his eyebrows and asked: "Did you trigger the time reversal mechanism?"< br>
Then he saw that the young man in front of him was obviously stunned, and smiled helplessly: "You guessed it, I will be back in an hour. So, I suggest you follow the advice of people who have been there and leave as soon as possible."< br>
People tend to believe the "facts" they infer. Qiss knows this well, so he deliberately leaves gaps in his words.
Chang Xu took the bait without realizing it, and subconsciously asked: "How did you trigger the reversal of time?"
"Ah, it's actually quite simple..." Qisi put his hand in Pants pocket, looking up at the ceiling, "It's a pity that I don't plan to tell you."
Chang Xu: The fist is hard.
Whether it was an illusion or not, he always felt that there was a hint of malice in Qisi's smile, which made him feel a chill on the back of his neck for no reason.
The danger warning he had developed since childhood made him give up questioning.
In a few seconds, Qisi had quickly walked down to the corner of the stairs, stopped and looked back: "Brother Chang, your room is probably not safe anymore. Go to my room after going downstairs. Help keep an eye on Lin Chen, don’t let him be tricked and killed by Zou Yan.”
“I want to ask you to borrow the fate pocket watch - of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t agree, the worst is that no one can pass the level.”
Having said this, the young man lowered his eyes and sighed: "I'm going to verify my idea first. If I fail, you can think of another way."
Chang Xu didn't understand and asked: "What's the idea?"
Qisi raised his eyes to look at him, slowly put a finger to his lips, smiled and uttered two words: "Guess."
(End of this chapter)