The bell rings at midnight.

In an instant, no matter which floor they were on, almost everyone was nervous, even the players with the ability subconsciously swallowed their saliva, and although Yun Xiaoyue, who was an ordinary person, was still forced to calm down, she still grabbed the hem of Zhuge next to her.

"Hahahaha......!"

"Let's get started! Come out! Let's fight! ”

"Only the last survivors can walk out of my castle!"

The voice that had sounded before reverberated again, and everyone took out the greatest vigilance, staring at the surrounding environment, for fear that something would suddenly jump out of the corner of the wall, especially Zhuge , as an official officer, his expression was extremely dignified.

Gradually, the voice of the Phantom Duke faded away, but the evil spirits of urban legends did not appear, and the whole villa tended to be silent again.

However, just when everyone relaxed a little....

..... Suddenly!

"Everyone! Can you hear me? ”

"Get downstairs now!"

"Meet on the ground floor! Don't get scattered! ”

Gu Moli stood in front of the staircase on the first floor, took out his usual volume of playing games and scolding people, and said loudly, and the voice echoed immediately after the voice of the Phantom Duke.

"! I'm scared to death! ”

“... Heard it! ”

"This is down!"

After a while, Ren Xuan, Li Shaohua, Zhuge and Yun Xiaoyue walked down from the upper floor, and Ren Xuan still had a little shame on his face.

Gu Moli glanced at the blonde young man calmly, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "It seems that your guts are the same as your dress, they are at the level of street gangsters." ”

"Less nonsense! Aren't men allowed to be afraid of ghosts!? ”

"Huh."

After ignoring Ren Xuan's rebuttal, Gu Moli looked at Zhuge and the others again: "What are the second and third floors of the villa. ”

On the first floor, Hua Qiong had already told herself just now.

Besides, Gu Mo is also on the first floor from himself, and the general distribution can be seen at a glance, it is nothing more than a large living room, and there is a bathroom in the two guest rooms.

"I'll do it first."

Zhuge took the lead in saying, in the end, it was official, and the explanation was orderly: "In general, there is not much difference between the second floor and the first floor, there is also a living room and a bathroom, there is no bedroom, only a study, and there is a large bookshelf and corresponding desk in the study." ”

"Do you have pen and paper?"

"No, not only that, but the books on the shelves also seem to be locked from the bottom, and they can't be taken down at all, and the desk itself is wooden, and there is a line of words engraved on it, such as [The knowledge of the Shadow Country is not allowed to be consulted by mortals], it seems to be carved by something like a knife, and it is not very neat."

"What else?"

"No, that's about it."

"That...."Gu Moli glanced at Ren Xuan, and then decisively turned his head to look at Li Shaohua: "Is there anything on the third floor?" ”

"Hey! What about me? I've been on the third floor, too, right? Ask me! ”

The noise is filtered out.

Li Shaohua, who was asked, looked at Ren Xuan quite strangely, and seemed to want to laugh, but in the end he still put on a serious look: "In fact, the third floor is a super-large gym with a lot of fitness equipment and a rather huge sand table. ”

“... Sandbox? ”

"Yes."

Li Shaohua nodded: "Similar to the one used in the war, a huge sand table, with a corresponding map hanging on the wall, and clear marks on it, it seems to be a model of the territory of the former Phantom Duke, from the house, to the mountains, rivers, there are corresponding markings." ”

"That's it.... Is there a bathroom? ”

"There's one too, and there's a window, but unfortunately it's also locked from the inside."

"Ahh Speaking of this, Li Shaohua continued as if he had just remembered: "There is a small staircase in the corner of the gym, I think it should lead to the roof, but unfortunately, that staircase is blocked, I tried to open it, but it doesn't seem to be very successful...."

Gu Moli frowned slightly, suddenly leaned into Li Shaohua's ear, and said in a low voice: "What about skills?" Have you tried to use the skill? ”

"Hmm...."Li Shaohua's expression was a little unnatural, but he still replied: "I tried, but I was warned by the system for the first time, saying that it was destroying private property...."

After speaking, Li Shaohua immediately distanced himself from Gu Mo.

There is a difference between men and women, Gu Moli didn't care, but lowered his head and pondered.

Destruction of private property?

Well....

"How? The Great Detective? Any ideas? We've been doing what you tell us..."

"Shut up, you're disturbing my thoughts."

"Uh...!"

Ren Xuan was still a little unconvinced, but after being glared at by Hua Qiong, who was standing behind Gu Moli, he still obediently closed his mouth.

And the other side.

Gu Moli already had a clue.

The player's skill cannot be used on this villa on the grounds of destroying private property, and it is clear that if it is the real Duke Phantom, his villa is definitely not private property, to ask why.... Come on! This turned out to be a construction site! Phantom City was built here without government permission....

.... At worst, it is illegal occupation of land, and at worst, it is the blatant destruction of private property!

In other words.

"Sure enough, this villa must have been built by some organization for something."

"And ....."

.... Not built by the player.

The reason is the same, it is impossible for players to use their own abilities to do illegal things, so it is obviously impossible to illegally occupy land to build Phantom City.

But....

Why?

Gu Moli looked at Zhuge with a nervous expression, it stands to reason that as an official, he knows the absolute rules of the Hero Trial best, but why? Why did he still look like he was worried about something? It's not life-threatening anyway, is it? Or is it ....

.... Gu Moli suddenly had a terrible answer in his mind.

No way?

The absolute and unchanging rules of the Hero Trial, it should be impossible for mere players to break.

“....！”

Throwing distracting thoughts out of his mind, Gu Moli took a deep breath, no matter what, there are five players here, one of them is still an official staff, even if there are really players lurking, with the current player's VIP level, it is impossible to have any terrible skills.

And compared to the player, Gu Moli still prefers that the murderer is an ordinary person.

But in this way, a problem arises that must be solved.

This Phantom City....

.... How did it come about?

In just three minutes, at the first time Hua Qiong left, he rose from the ground and accepted everyone within three minutes, how did this villa appear?

It's hard to come up with an answer with common sense, so it takes a bit of unsavory thinking.

Everyone's reasons are different and questionable.

It was originally a construction site that had been abandoned for several years.

A stationary chandelier.

Doors and windows sealed from the inside.

The clock in the corner of the living room is the only thing that can determine the time.

The voice of the self-proclaimed Phantom Duke.

The gym's territorial sand table.

Duke Phantom's cursed words.

On the back is the head of a demon, and the door to the villa closes automatically.

The corner of the gym is sealed with a staircase leading to the roof.

Five of the six invited guests were players.

The entire castle is private property.

Almost everything in the villa was locked and there was no way to reach anything except for a very few items such as food.

“........”

Gu Moli quickly crossed the clues he had known so far in his mind, thirteen clues were like a ball of hair, countless silk threads were entangled, only by finding the core clues, could he sift out the truth that was closest to the correct answer from this messy reality.

And the way to get out of Phantom City.... It must be hidden in these clues!