Chapter 22: Happy Ghost Hunting
Anyway, they survived another night. And the good news is that all of the living Wendigo have been killed so far, which means that if there are no more dead people today, they will have a rare night's sleep.
If you don't think about the punishment mode after breakfast, Qiu Xuan is in a good mood for now, and this good continues until the announcement of the voting results at 8 o'clock.
"Now announce the voting results - Qin Jiuyuan 3 votes, Yang Luoluo 2 votes, Lu Xingzhou 2 votes, Zhao Ke 4 votes. Player Zhao Ke was detected to have the highest number of votes, and player Zhao Ke was eliminated! ”
"What?! Wait, this can't be! The man with silver-rimmed glasses panicked and slammed up from the table, "I can't have 4 votes, this must be something wrong!" I ask for a revisit! ”
"After verification, player Zhao Ke received 4 votes, and the voting result was correct." The electronic voice said coldly.
"I can't have 4 votes! No, I can't knock it out now! The man was still roaring hysterically, and the next second he watched as his right arm began to disappear, and this disappearance continued from his right arm to his upper body.
He hurriedly covered his arms, but he couldn't change the outcome of his body disappearing little by little. The man screamed and struggled in despair like a trapped beast.
"Wait, wait!" At this time, Liu Nian suddenly stood up and said to the electronic voice, "I use my ability!" I give 'life' to Zhao Ke! I, I can do that, right? ”
Qin Jiuyuan whispered in Qiu Xuan's ear: "Bodyguard." ”
"Player Liu Nian's ability to use identity has been detected...... The ability is used successfully and takes effect immediately. ”
The disappearance of Zhao Ke's body stopped, and the man trembled and touched his lost body parts, and the whole person fell softly on the chair. Liu Nian also breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to comfort him.
Damn/yes, I didn't expect this stubble. Qiu Xuan frowned and glanced at Lu Xingzhou, feeling a little depressed.
After deceiving Zhao Ke as the one who summoned Wendigo, on the fourth day, she and Lu Xingzhou used an "identity verification card" to coerce Zhao Ke to join Qin Jiuyuan in the bathroom.
In fact, what was deliberately leaked to Zhao Ke at that time was not an identity verification card at all, but a voting paper disguised as a verification card. They had never found a verification card before betting on Zhao Ke, so they didn't know what the verification card looked like.
They speculated from various indications that except for the people in the third camp, the other camps did not know their own camp information from the beginning, so the first thing they did when they got the identity verification card would definitely be their own camp a priori.
So they used the real verification card to know that Zhao Ke belonged to the "saboteur camp", and then used the verification card to quietly replace the voting paper written by Zhao Ke, and put the voting paper in the opposite position of Zhao Ke at night.
In other words, except for the three votes of Qiu Xuan, Lu Xingzhou, and Li Siyao, the remaining votes were "voted" by Zhao Ke himself.
Originally, everything went well, and if Zhao Ke was successfully eliminated, Wendigo's problem would be solved, but Liu Nian's sideways intervention made the situation return to the original place.
In addition to admiring their deep friendship, Qiu Xuan was really depressed. However, she quickly adjusted her mentality - after all, there are always accidents, and things can't always develop according to her expectations, and she just needs to find an opportunity in the future.
After breakfast.
"Now it's in penalty mode! ——
Happy Caged Bird Game! ”
"The rules of the game: the caged bird game, also known as the 'ghost hunting game'. A random player is selected as the ghost, and the rest of the players hold hands and surround the ghost in the middle and sing the nursery rhyme of 'Caged Bird'. After singing, the player who plays [ghost] has to guess who is facing him behind him, and the game continues if he guesses wrong, and if he guesses correctly, the player who guesses correctly becomes the substitute ghost of the caged bird. ”
"That'...... What's the end of the game? Gu Qingyue asked.
"The game has no end," the voice said maliciously, "and as long as the [ghosts] are in the middle of the crowd, the game will never end." ”
Tsk, what is this. The crowd suddenly boiled over and discussed enthusiastically.
The electronic voice continued: "This punishment mode will still draw a lucky bye immediately - congratulations to the player Li Siyao!" ”
Wow, watching the shy girl be teleported to a safe spot on the stairs in disbelief again, Qiu Xuan wondered if her ability was some kind of luck bonus. She quietly hinted at Qin Jiuyuan with her eyes, but the man shook his head at her, indicating that Li Siyao didn't use any ability just now.
It's pure luck. Alas, it's so good, Qiu Xuan, the lucky E, dreams of having some kind of lucky ability bonus.
"Next," the electronic voice continued, "each of the remaining players will have to learn the 'Caged Bird' ballad to ensure that the game runs smoothly. So saying, the voice began to sing: "O caged bird, when and when will it come out, and at dawn the crane and the turtle slip and fall." Who's directly behind? ”
All:......
Aren't you an electro-synthetic artificial intelligence, why are you still singing out of tune??
It seemed that seeing that the disgust on everyone's faces was too obvious, the voice paused, and then quickly said as if annoyed: "Then now the game begins!" ”
In the next second, similar to the last time, the building facilities on the entire first floor of the villa in the hall on the first floor disappeared in an instant. This time, the scene was replaced by an open and barren clearing, and when several people reacted, they had all spontaneously formed a circle.
In the first round, it was Gu Qingyue who stood in the middle as a [ghost].
She panicked for a second when she saw her situation, but quickly regained her composure, her eyes swept around the circle of the crowd, and secretly noted the position of the arrangement.
Qiu Xuan looked at his left and right, and it was Zhao Ke who was standing on his left. The frightened man, apparently not reacting from the danger of being eliminated in the morning, stood there nervously sweeping the crowd with his eyes, as if he had taken everyone for his enemy.
Standing on Qiu Xuan's right hand, alas, Yang Luoluo. Qiu Xuan almost suspected that the villa was deliberately manipulating her, since the last happy flying chess game and Yang Luoluo teamed up, Yang Luoluo seemed to stick to her. It's just that she hasn't done anything out of the ordinary, so Qiu Xuan can't really turn her face with her.
Yang Luoluo to the right is Liu Nian, then Zhang Hui, Zheng Yunyuan, Lu Xingzhou, Xiaolu, Qin Jiuyuan, Zhao Ke.
Qiu Xuan's side has just finished remembering the order, and the game has begun. People took hands and began to circle around Gu Qingyue, stumbling and repeating the out-of-tune ballad that the voice had just sung.
Qiu Xuan's whole person was not very good when she pulled her hand, she secretly turned her head and glared at Zhao Ke, thinking about why you/damn this dead man has so many sweaty hands. In contrast, Yang Luoluo's thin and tender little hands next to him are simply salvation, huh? Wait, Qiu Xuan rubbed his right hand, although it was not obvious, but he could still vaguely feel the thin cocoon on Yang Luoluo's tiger mouth and palm.
After all, Yang Luoluo looks like a spoiled little princess, why is it, or is there a cocoon in those two places?
"What's wrong with Xuanxuan?" Yang Luoluo turned his head and asked with a smile.
"It's nothing, uh, I'm a little cold." Qiu Xuan said casually.
"That's right." So Qiu Xuan's right hand was tightened a little tighter, and after the palm was completely fitted, the subtle roughness could not be felt.
After singing the whole ballad, the crowd stopped, and at this moment, it was Qiu Xuan who was facing Gu Qingyue directly behind.
"Hmm...... Is it Liu Nian? Gu Qingyue guessed.
"Answer incorrectly, the game continues." Electronic voice said.
Gu Qingyue took off her blindfold and turned her head, looked at Qiu Xuan, and then at Liu Nian, who was separated from Qiu Xuan by a position, and had some guesses in her heart.
And so the game continued.
Qiu Xuan probably counted it in her heart, and it took about 24 seconds to sing a song. I took a look at it just now, if it was Qiu Xuan as the starting point at this moment, it would probably be able to turn around in 24 seconds and more than two positions, which means that it could be transferred to Qin Jiuyuan.
Sure enough, after the crowd stopped this time, it was Qin Jiuyuan who was facing Gu Qingyue and behind him.
But because Gu Qingyue was blindfolded and couldn't stare at the crowd like this, she answered incorrectly this time.
However, after finding the pattern for the next two times, Gu Qingyue also successfully guessed that the person behind her was Zhang Hui. So Gu Qingyue stood in Zhang Hui's position, and Zhang Hui walked into the circle and became the new [ghost].
The next game is much simpler, just look at the person standing behind you before blindfolding, and then push two positions to the left to know the answer.
This game seems very simple, everyone who becomes a ghost can guess who is behind them smoothly, and then go on and on. But then?
And then the game just went on like this? Never stops?
Qiu Xuan stood in the middle blindfolded, thinking about what's the point of this? Everyone can guess that there will always be a new person to become the successor of the [ghost], and the [ghost] will always exist.
She suddenly remembered that the voice had said, "As long as there are [ghosts] in the middle of the crowd, the game will never end." "So is it possible to say that as long as the [ghost] disappears, the game will be over?
So, how do you do it?
Does "it" imply something? It is implied that the [ghosts] are mixed in with them, so who will it be?
At this time, the singing stopped, and before blindfolding, Qiu Xuan looked behind her, and the person standing behind her was Zhao Ke, so if she pushed two positions to the left, it was Xiaolu who was standing behind her at this time.
Xiaolu?
Wait, who is Xiaolu? She found that she couldn't remember this person a little, and all memories of this person seemed to be dim and blurry from the time she got on the bus to the present. She didn't remember what she had promised Zhang Hui in exchange for Zhang Hui's help, she didn't remember what she was collecting Yang Bo's body for, and she didn't remember who the two arms that stood in the shadow of the corridor and hugged Zhang Hui belonged to.
It seemed that Qiu Xuan had been silent for too long, and the electronic voice asked impatiently: "Who is standing behind you?" ”
“…… It's a ghost. ”
The black-haired young girl did not even take off her blindfold, as if she was afraid that no one would hear clearly, and she repeated again:
"Standing behind me is the ghost."