Chapter 580: One in Seven
After hearing Huang Chao's shout, everyone gathered around him, but when Huang Chao counted the number of people, he found that there were only six trialists.
"Jang Hyuk is gone. Wang Ying glanced left and right and then talked to the others.
"Killed?" everyone looked at each other, looking a little nervous.
"It must have been the evil ghost who took advantage of the chaos just now to kill him!" Zheng Kai deduced.
"The problem now is not that Zhang He was killed, but that the pigs are gone, and there are only about a dozen left, and our task cannot be completed. Li Chen reminded everyone.
"Yes, in this situation, how can we complete the task?" Wang Ying spread her hands.
"There are two ways, one is to get the forty pigs back and continue the previous mission, and the other is to find a way to kill the evil spirits. Zheng Kai analyzed.
"The pigs scattered and fled, and if we get together to look for the pigs, we may not be able to find them back tomorrow at dawn, and if we go to find the pigs separately, we will definitely be killed by the evil spirits one by one. Li Chen replied to Zheng Kai a few words.
"Are you sure you're going to give up on retrieving those pigs?" Mr. Zhu's voice suddenly appeared above everyone.
"Can we have any other choice now?" Huang Chao replied to Mr. Zhu.
"Well, since you have given up on retrieving those pigs, the original second phase of the mission has failed, and now that the mission has been updated, you must find the demon before dawn and kill it, and at least let the seven pigs survive, so that this mission can be ended. Mr. Zhu re-announced.
"Seven pigs, are you scolding us?" Huang Chao replied to Mr. Zhu with some depression.
"Please work hard to complete the task, otherwise you will be wiped out!" Mr. Zhu didn't talk nonsense. After saying this, he disappeared from the sky.
"We were negligent just now, and when we were eating in the restaurant, the demon must have snuck out of the restaurant. After killing the farmer guarding the pigs and releasing the pigs inside, do any of you remember when you were in the cafeteria, which of our seven trialists left the cafeteria?" Li Chen asked everyone.
"How do you remember this?" Wang Ying shook her head.
"There's a way for everyone to remember who was sitting next to them, and the person at the table who can remember it, and they should be able to remember who left the restaurant at that time. Meng Jian opened his mouth and reminded everyone.
"Sitting next to me are Zheng Kai and Li Chen. And then...... On the opposite side is Huang Chao. When Wang Ying heard Meng Jian say this, she quickly remembered.
"Sitting next to me are Wang Ying and Zhang He, um. Sitting on Zhang He's side was Huang Chao. Zheng Kai also said.
"I'm small, I don't have such a sense of zài, right? I just sat next to Huang Chao. Zhang Zulan hurriedly stated.
"I proved that he did sit next to me. Huang Chao helped Zhang Zulan confirm it.
Then, everyone looked at Meng Jian together.
"I sat between Zhang Zulan and Li Chen. Meng Jian had to explain it himself.
"Next to me...... It seems to be an empty seat......" Zhang Zulan had a puzzled look on his face.
"Well, it looks like there's a vacant seat next to me. Li Chen looked at Meng Jian with a suspicious expression.
"There are indeed empty seats around you. No one sat next to me. But I have a few words to you...... They are not NPCs, they are natives living in this quest world, it's just that the system restricts their thinking in a certain way, so that they don't question some unreasonable things, I think you should remember, right?" Meng Jian reminded everyone a little speechlessly.
"I remember these words you said. Huang Chao patted his head and helped Meng Jian confirm it.
"Well, I think I've heard those words too. Li Chen also nodded.
"Maybe the evil ghost is Zhang He? He hid and made us think that he was killed by the evil spirit. Then they attack us when we are unprepared. Wang Ying saw that Meng was cleared of suspicion, so she speculated again.
"Damn, I'm a pig, I'm a demon again so soon?" Zhang He's voice suddenly sounded behind Wang Ying. frightened Wang Ying.
When Wang Ying looked back at Zhang He, she screamed in fright again...... Zhang He was holding a blood cloth in his hand and covering his head, and his face was bloody, looking like a living ghost.
"Where did you go just now?" Huang Chao asked Zhang He suspiciously.
"I followed you out of the restaurant, but I was directly hit by a pig, and I fell to the ground and fainted, I couldn't get up for a long time, and no one came to save me!" Zhang He said to everyone very unhappily.
"You didn't leave the restaurant early, kill the farmers and let those pigs go, did you?
"I'm too lazy to explain to you, it hurts me to death. Zhang He stroked his injured forehead and sat down on the stairs next to him.
"Let's not argue now, I just counted, there are still ten pigs left here, and in addition to finding the evil spirits and killing the evil spirits before dawn, we must also keep at least seven pigs alive, but don't make any more mistakes. Huang Chao reminded everyone.
"Can you listen to my advice?" Zhang He, who was sitting on the ground, said to the crowd.
"What do you have to say? Huang Chao walked up to Zhang He's side and asked him.
"Just now Mr. Zhu told us that the second stage of the mission has failed, and we must find the evil ghosts before dawn to complete the task, since this is the case......"
"Wait!" Wang Ying interrupted what Zhang Hezheng said.
"What's wrong again?" Zhang He was interrupted and glared at Wang Ying very dissatisfied.
"When Mr. Zhu told us about changing the rules, you didn't seem to be there, right?" Wang Ying debunked Zhang He.
The others also looked at Zhang He with a sudden expression, does this mean ...... He's a demon?
"Please, Mr. Zhu didn't just appear on top of your heads, he also appeared on top of my head just now, and it was he who woke me up from my coma with those words!" Zhang He loudly defended to everyone.
"This thing is quite bizarre, as soon as you came out of the restaurant, you were hit by a pig and knocked out, and then Mr. Zhu woke you up......" Zheng Kai teased Zhang He a few words, of course, his tone was full of doubt.
"You suspect that I am an evil ghost, so why didn't I take advantage of the chaos just now to kill you?" and instead hit myself with a hole in my head?" Zhang He asked everyone angrily.
"You just have to kill the farmers and let the pigs go. Wang Ying added.
"When the farmers were killed and the pigs were released, I, like you, still stayed in the restaurant, OK?" Zhang He immediately replied to Wang Ying.
"Well, he was indeed still in the dining room at the time, and I remember him sitting next to him. Huang Chao confirmed Zhang He's statement.
"I saw him too, and of course he was in the restaurant, and after hearing the screams outside, he rushed out with us. Zhang Zulan helped Zhang He prove it.
"You just said that you have a Jianyì here?" Li Chen brought the topic back to the topic.
"I won't say it!" Zhang He looked unhappy, and threw the piece of blood cloth in his hand to the ground.
"Okay, you're still stingy, who told you to be separated from everyone after you left the restaurant? Huang Chao walked over and patted Zhang He's back with a smile.
"My idea is very simple, from now on, we're going to divide people into groups of two, and then we'll go to the restaurant, the supermarket, the office, and the back of the gas station, and then come here in five minutes. Zhang He said to everyone.
"Isn't this going back to the old way?" Huang Chao shook his head.
"If we hadn't done it for me, if we had all stayed together like this, we wouldn't have been able to find that evil ghost even at dawn!" Zhang He shouted.
"He has a point, we must try this way to force the demon out, or we will be a complete failure in our mission by daybreak. Li Chen opened his mouth to support Zhang He.
"What about your opinions?" Huang Chao asked the others.
"Just do as he says, anyway...... It's hard to say who the evil ghost is now, after grouping, the chance of everyone being killed is 1 in 7, so it's better to bet on luck. Zheng Kai expressed his opinion.
"Can you choose your own group?" Wang Ying asked Huang Chao.
"Yes. Huang Chao nodded.
"Then I'll be in a group with him. Wang Ying pulled Zheng Kai's arm.
"Well, we're in a team. Zheng Kai immediately agreed.
"I'm in a group with the big black bull. Zhang He hurriedly stood up and grabbed Li Chen's arm, among these people, the one he least suspected was Li Chen.
"Then I have to be in a group with Zu Lan?" Huang Chao also made a choice.
And then...... Everyone looked at Meng Jian together.
"I'm in a group, no problem. Of course, Meng Jian had no choice.
"If you come here in five minutes and everyone is still alive, the demon will be the one left alone. Wang Ying reminded everyone.
"That's not necessarily, what if the evil ghost deliberately didn't do anything during these five minutes in order to achieve the goal of blaming others?" Meng Jian of course had to argue with reason at this time.
He has a point, if no one dies, it doesn't necessarily mean that the lone person is an evil spirit. Huang Chao agreed with Meng Conversion's statement.
"The most important question is, who will guard the remaining ten pigs after the grouping?" Seeing that the others seemed to have forgotten about this very important matter, Meng Jian had to remind them.
"In our three-person group, let's arrange a group of pigs. Huang Chao thought about it and replied to Meng Wei. (To be continued......)