Chapter 111 Double Happiness Town (12) Crying Coffin
Words can kill.
The first person Qisi killed with words was a girl named "Qi Xinyue", who was his cousin.
Sixteen-year-old Zis huddled in a box in the attic, listening to the hysterical quarrels outside the house, and pieced together the whole story of a girl who was bullied and hoped for help from her parents, but was scolded instead.
So when the girl burned him with a cigarette butt, he stared at the former's arm seriously and intently and said, "You are injured."
Perhaps because she finally found someone to talk to, the girl cried, feeling aggrieved and recounted her tragic experience.
Qisi put on an expression of understanding, listened patiently to her, and finally said to her: "I can help you make a murder plan, and it won't be seen."
< br>The girl was startled and shook her head repeatedly: "What I can't do...I can't kill..."
People who are used to bullying the weak are often afraid of the strong, perhaps because they are instilled by the strong. Too much malice will only intensify and fall on the weak.
Qisi wanted to vomit, but he laughed: "I heard that people turn into ghosts after death, and most people are afraid of ghosts."
The girl committed suicide half a year later, perhaps not directly because of a reminder. After all, the human container is fragile enough. After enough pain is contained, it will crack like glass that expands with heat and contracts with cold.
But the girl did change into an ominous red dress before her death, and caused quite a disaster after her death.
......
During the wedding banquet, Shang Qingbei heard the news of Xi'er's suicide and immediately knew what was going on with his inexplicably completed side mission.
To ruin Xi'er's happy event, there is nothing wrong with the logic of letting one of the groom and the bride die, but normal people wouldn't think about it, right?
What's more, the voice in the dream said that the reason for ruining the happy event was because Xi'er would die after getting married. From what he heard, it was obvious that he wanted to save Xi'er's life...
Thinking of the strange and multiple dreams, Shang Qingbei shuddered and subconsciously looked at Qisi, who was walking towards a place with few people.
The young man was carrying pale sunlight, his white shirt was illuminated brightly, the edges were blurred by the faint light like the outline of a ghost, and his scarlet eyes were as evil as evil spirits.
Not far away, Mrs. Xu stood there like a ghost, with no smile on her wrinkled face.
The groom’s family members swarmed up to him, wiping their eyes pretendingly, saying something to each other:
"Why did such a good girl die? Didn't Sister-in-law Xu promise us that nothing would happen if we couldn't tell her?"
"We, Alin, are not lucky. We have a good wife, and it's just like that. ..."
They complained, not feeling sad, but more like making excuses.
Sister-in-law Xu sneered: "Old lady, I have been working for so many years. How many times have I not arranged everything properly? This time I am not being reasonable. I will definitely give you an explanation, but don't push it on my nose." My face, I’m easy to bully as an old woman!”
After all, it was the prestige she had accumulated over many years. She calmed down the noisy townspeople with one sentence, then turned her head, hunched her back, and whispered to a few people around her. Order something.
The conversation was so low that it could not be heard even two steps away. Du Xiaoyu, who was standing nearby to join in the fun, saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he lowered his body and squeezed into the crowd, hoping to have a listen.
As soon as he raised his eyes, he came into contact with Mrs. Xu’s warning eyes.
The eyes were as cold and sinister as a poisonous snake, leaving him no doubt that if he took another step forward, his fangs would pierce his throat.
Du Xiaoyu is not stupid. He figured it out in a few seconds. Nothing happened in the past decades. The bride died as soon as the players came. Mrs. Xu was 80% sure that it was the players.
Thinking along this line of thought, he suddenly remembered that in the early morning, Qisi seemed to have gone out alone and said a few words to Xi'er...
The townspeople gathered together and murmured to discuss countermeasures, while the players quietly gathered in the deserted alley.
They are all official players. Combined with the process of backward reasoning, it is easy to guess the whole story. The four of them looked at Qiss in unison, waiting for him to give an explanation.
"A red matter has turned into a white matter, can we consider it as a feast in advance?" Qisi made a joke that only he could understand.
Facing the fearful looks of the players, he gave up the idea of continuing to explain the fun behind the topic, and said calmly: "The time I went out in the morning, I gave Xi'er a blade. I wanted to come to her. He committed suicide with that blade. "
Of course you can continue to lie. Qisi can come up with countless reasonable explanations to remove himself, and he is confident that he can do everything from his expression to his behavior with his acting skills. All seamless—but not necessary.
The role of the team is not as great as imagined, and in many cases it becomes a hindrance.
Ziss felt that it was time for him to prepare for leaving the player group.
There are contradictions between clues and facts. The difficulty of solving this dungeon is probably not low, and there is no secret mechanism behind it.
The main mission is to rescue Xu Wen, but the information Xu Wen provided is unreliable, and her location may not even be in Shuangxi Town.
Once players find it difficult to crack the world view and complete the main mission, they will most likely choose to trigger the guaranteed death toll mechanism.
In the second dungeon, Yang Yundong's fate was clearly visible, and Qisi didn't want to be the target of public criticism at all.
He stated truthfully what happened in the morning and concluded in a humorous tone: "As for why she died so simply, it's probably because I said something to her and helped her figure it out."
Li Yao frowned: "Why are you doing this? Xi'er obviously did not threaten us."
"In order to create chaos and disturb the original plot line." Qisi He raised the corners of his lips and answered patiently:
"Haven't you noticed? We have been passive from the time we entered the dungeon to now. The places we went were all arranged by Mrs. Xu, and the clues we knew were told to us by our mobile phones. . Everything we do and see is within the dungeon’s arrangements and plans. If we continue like this, the best result will be NE clearance.”
"I have a bit of a perfectionist complex, and I really hate being arranged to get imperfect endings. So, I can only try my best to disrupt the layout of this dungeon and see if I can fish in troubled waters."
< br>How to gain advantage in other people's layout? Very simple. Shuffle the cards, cause chaos, flip the board.
As long as the situation is chaotic enough, the information gap will no longer exist, and the amount of information obtained by players and NPCs will be equalized. In this way, there will be room for unfair games.
"Why did you lie to us this morning? You clearly said you were just asking for clues..." Liu Bingding's voice trembled a little, "You can tell the truth."
"I Why tell the truth?" Qisi sighed softly, "It would not look good if one of you has a mother's heart and causes some trouble."
Of course, among the five people present, there was no Virgin who was unwilling to hurt even NPCs, but Zis's behavior of deceiving his teammates was still too deviant.
Shang Qingbei snorted: "You said before that we are a team. If you don't tell us anything, how can we trust that you won't hide key clues in the future? You take it for granted. You have killed others, now Xi'er, who knows if you will kill us in the future?"
A typical slippery slope fallacy, but it makes sense in this situation.
Chis looked around at everyone: "Are any of you vegetarians?"
The answer is naturally no. There was meat in the food for dinner yesterday, and no one ate less.
Zeiss continued talking to himself: "For the sake of appetite or nutritional balance, we kill animals; for a limited number of opportunities, we compete and squeeze out our opponents; in order to survive, we try our best to do whatever we can. Things that improve our survival probability."
"When there are enough interests, it is human nature to benefit oneself at the expense of others; there is no difference between you and me, but it is undeniable that in the short term we are a community of interests, I hide it. It would be harmful to me to give you clues and hurt you.”
“Before something happens, no matter how righteous it is, it is a kind of hypocrisy. After all, survival and pursuit of profit are engraved in the biological genes. Something, isn’t it?”
The players looked at each other.
Zis’s judgment and cognition are undoubtedly very consistent with the group portrait of massacre players, and his actions are indeed too careless. But if he really massacred popular players, why would he tell the truth?
Li Yao murmured to herself: "But we are humans after all, not beasts."
Qisi was amused and tilted his head to look at her: "Why can't humans be beasts? ”
There was a ray of scarlet in the young man’s dark eyes that spread into a dark patch, which was dark and dark, and the smile failed to penetrate his eyes, leaving a void without any fluctuations.
Li Yao felt frightened for no reason and opened her mouth, wanting to say something else.
However, Qisi had already looked away and said calmly: "There is no point in discussing these at the moment. There are only two things we can do: first, explore the entire Shuangxi Town; second, wait for Xu Wen's call and message."
"I suggest that we split up and go back to Xi'er's house to see if we can find anything from Xi'er's room; the others go to the Xi'er Temple together."
No People have objections to Qisi's arrangements. The Temple of Joy is obviously more dangerous, so there is nothing wrong with gathering more manpower.
"Let me go to Xi'er's house. I happen to have the skills in the stealth field, so I can avoid the townspeople and explore." Li Yao suggested according to the plan agreed with Qis before.
Liu Bingding then said: "I also went to Xi'er's house. I have a similar skill."
Qisi looked at Li Yao and made an arrangement: "Let's go first. You will follow Mrs. Xu later and act according to the situation."
"Okay." Li Yao nodded in agreement.
Although she was still a little worried about Chiss's previous remarks, she still kindly reminded: "The Feng Shui pattern of the Temple of Joy is very strange. I took a look inside when I passed by the temple gate earlier, and it was very dark. , raising ghosts and devouring themselves, as if fighting fire with fire to suppress something."
Qisi nodded: "I understand, thank you."
The players now parted ways.
On the alleyway paved with bluestone slabs, Qisi silently led the way, while Du Xiaoyu and Shang Qingbei followed closely.
After walking for a while, Du Xiaoyu said in a hesitant voice: "Brother Qi, are those words you said true?"
Since he entered the dungeon, his first priority was to hold Qisi's thigh. It was a priority, but now he was told that Zeiss was a massacre player who believed in egoism. What kind of joke were you kidding?
“That’s what I really think.” Qisi said with a smile, “After all, you and I are not familiar with each other. Don’t you think it’s too false to promise in advance that you will sacrifice your life to save others? Just lend a hand when it’s easy. Not bad.”
He didn’t say the second half of the sentence. There is a high probability that he is not a helper, but a stumbling block or a culprit.
"But Brother Qi, didn't you say you wanted us to unite on the first day?" Du Xiaoyu asked.
Zis said: "There is no conflict between unity and self-interest. This is a team dungeon. Unity can achieve the greatest benefits. What reason do I have to harm you?"
"In the prisoner's dilemma, as long as The best results can be obtained if neither prisoner confesses, but unfortunately, when there is a chain of suspicion, individuals making rational choices often lead to collective irrationality. For this reason, I hope to stop talking. The doubts among us allow us as a collective to make the most rational choice.”
Looking at the same thing from different angles, it is easy to reach completely opposite conclusions, even if it is a combination of generally accepted facts and reasonable deductions. The process may also lead to completely false results under the deliberate guidance of thoughtful people - this is the essence of rhetoric.
Qisi lowered his eyes at the right time and sighed helplessly: "I thought I made my words clear enough, but I didn't expect that it had the opposite effect."
Du Xiaoyu had already been led by Qisi's logic, and was stunned for a while. At this moment, he quickly expressed his position: "Brother Qi, I believe you!"
He glared at Shang Qingbei, who was standing aside, with contempt. Said: "To put it simply, an NPC died. If it weren't for some people's nonsense and rhythm, what's the big deal?"
Shang Qingbei was inexplicably pointed out and quickly argued: "Qi Wen doesn't know anything. If you don’t tell me, how do I know what he thinks? It’s hard not to doubt what he did, right?”
As he said this, he couldn’t help but mentally go through everything after entering the dungeon. , and found that Qisi really didn’t seem to do anything too extreme. After taking a closer look, it can be regarded as consistent with his words and deeds.
But why did he find this young man suspicious and annoying?
...
The roads in the town twist and turn. Houses with white walls and black tiles are arranged high and low on both sides. The same buildings give people the illusion of spinning in circles.
Qisi has always deliberately memorized the route, so he knows the direction back. Having just finished fooling his temporary teammates, he was too lazy to say anything more and just walked forward.
White fog curled up from both sides unknowingly, connecting into a vast white patch, blurring the scenery and objects in front of it so that it was difficult to see clearly. Soon the whole person felt like he was sailing in a sea of fog, his whole body was soaked in wet vapor, and even his breathing became moist.
A sharp suona sound came from the distance, sad and plaintive, accompanied by the singing of blessings with extremely thin throats:
"Whose daughter is stupid and ignorant, foolish and stupid, and wants to have children."
"Whose family is a run-down prodigal, and he buys his wife in glory."
"The coffin is carried as a red sedan chair. , the sky is full of white ghosts. "
"I hope that the couple will live and die together, and their souls will be buried in the same place on the same day."
The sound came from far away and reached my ears in a few breaths. Side, tirelessly playing and playing.
Chiss recalled the achievements of the "Folk Song Collector", pulled out the recorder from the toolbar, and pressed the record button.
"Brother Qi, look, look over there..." Du Xiaoyu's voice sounded distantly behind him.
Qisi looked far into the distance and saw a huge black shadow driving slowly in the fog ahead, approaching and then moving away.
That's a coffin.
Double happiness, double happiness, one is wedding and the other is funeral. The wedding has been staged with great splendor, and now, the "funeral" is coming.
Qisi walked a few steps quickly and approached, standing half a step behind the coffin, and followed unhurriedly.
Some sound came from the coffin, as light as a gnat, but one after another. It seemed like a small sob, mixed with an insubstantial cry for help.
"Help me...let me out..."
Qisi tilted his head and listened, suddenly wanting to open the coffin to see what was inside.
The coffin is for the dead, and the dead cannot speak, so what is the cry for help about? I really want to study it...
"Qi Wen, how about we open the coffin lid together and lie down in it?" Shang Qingbei's voice said in an encouraging tone.
Qisi touched his chin and started thinking. Two seconds later, he refused: "No, you didn't wash up yesterday, you are dirty."
"Lie in, we will never come out... "The voice is still persuading.
Qisi was a little upset by the noise and suddenly looked back.
Behind me, I don’t know when it was empty.
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(End of this chapter)