“......”

The three of them looked at the small box, and they were all a little confused.

"Man's ....... Game? Death row inmate No. 2 frowned, then raised his head and swept over Lu Yuanhe No. 1 with a very cautious gaze: "What kind of doctor, I warn you, if you want us to satisfy some of your perverted hobbies, such as picking up soap and the like...... Then I'd rather go back and eat guns! ”

He yelled in a death-defying tone.

However, Dr. Victor apparently ignored him.

"Now, D-1 and personnel, please open SCP-5411." He said.

“scp...... What41? ”

"It's the box in front of you." Dr. Victor prompted, "Now open it, be careful not to break it." ”

"But....... I don't want to open it, I feel like if I touch it, it's going to fall apart......" shouted Death Row One.

"Turn it on...... Please cooperate with my commands, or I will start the electrode program. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll try!" Death row inmate No. 1 spread his hands: "Damn, I must have a bad brain to sign that contract." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and carefully opened the box.

At the moment when the plank was lifted, the three people present all subconsciously shrank back, as if they had foreseen some terrible monster flying out of the box.

But...... Not really.

Nothing flew out of the box, except for the smell of a little rotting wood.

"Hmm...... Nothing seems to have happened. Lu Yuan muttered, and then leaned forward, and then he saw that there was actually nothing scary in the wooden box, just a layer of sand.

At this time, two other people also came over, and they looked at the sand in the box, looking confused.

"Hey, I've opened the lid now, and then what?" Number One asked.

"Look at the sand...... Then read it out. Dr. Victor said.

"Huh? Read it out? What are you asking me to read? Death row inmate No. 1 yelled with an unhappy face.

But in the next second, he was stunned, and then he read out a word with a dumbfounded pig on his face.

"Uh...... [Enigma] ......"

Because, just as he was shouting, the word "riddle" slowly appeared on the sand table in front of him.

This phenomenon is very strange, it feels like there is a slender finger writing this word on the sand, but no one can see the word "riddle" ...... that hand, and it appears out of thin air.

", what the hell is this!" Death row inmate No. 2 shouted in horror.

"Quiet!" Dr. Victor raised his voice and shouted, "Don't panic, this thing is safe!" ”

"Damn, it's witchcraft! I'm getting out of here! ”

"I repeat, quiet, think about the contract you signed, we don't want to harm you, otherwise we wouldn't have rescued you from prison!" Victor said: "You are all death row prisoners, there are only two ways waiting for you, first, wait for death in a prison cell, and second, help us do a little experiment, and then happily live a normal life!" ”

Victor didn't roar, but his voice was clear to everyone's ears, and there seemed to be some inaudible music in the background as he spoke.

I don't know why, after listening to the doctor's words, Lu Yuan felt that his heart was very calm, as if his words had a calming effect.

And the No. 2 death row prisoner next to him also calmed down.

"Uh...... Well, I feel like you have a point. He muttered.

"Well, good, it seems that you have recognized the situation." The doctor said, "In that case, please pick up a needle next to the box, on the right side of the box, and you should be able to find it." ”

Death row inmate No. 2 listened to him, then bent down and fumbled around the edge of the box, and soon, he found a small groove, which he buckled open, and found that there was indeed a needle less than 10 centimeters inside.

"I think I've found it, and then what?" Number two asked.

"Stick out your index finger, prick it with a needle, and drip the oozing blood into the sand table." Victor said.

"What? You're going to let me prick myself with this thing? It...... It's got rust on it, I'm going to get tetanus. ”

"Trust me, you're not going to get any disease, and it's just a prick, at least it's much better than getting shot, right?"

"Uh...... Well, you're right. Death row inmate No. 2 nodded, literally plunged his finger down, and dripped the oozing blood into the sand table.

At this moment, another surprising scene appeared, the blood of the second death row prisoner seeped into the sand, or rather, the sand greedily devoured the blood.

Immediately afterwards, the word "riddle" on the sand was smoothed out by an invisible hand.

Then, a large paragraph of text appeared one after another.

[In a barren land, there is a corpse, he died of drowning, but there is no water source within a radius of a hundred miles, may I ask why? 】

Everyone looked at the words that emerged, and they were all confused.

"Uh...... What does that mean? Two asked.

"Is there a puzzle?" Victor's voice came from the headphones.

"Puzzles? ...... Is this a puzzle? ”

"Yes, please pronounce it, every word clearly, not a single typo."

"Okay." Death row inmate No. 2 nodded, then read out the words on the sand table.

After a few seconds......

"And then? What should I do? Death row inmate No. 2 asked again.

"Answer it." Dr. Victor said.

"......" Prisoner No. 2 was stunned, and after a while, he came to his senses: "What? You say let me answer that question? ”

"Yes, you need to answer the sand table question." Victor said, "You have ten chances to ask this sandbox, but the sandbox can only respond to you [yes] and [no]. ”

"What?" Death row inmate No. 2 was still in a state of bewilderment: "But...... But how do I ask questions, just talking to the wooden box? ”

Saying that, the second death row prisoner himself felt a little ridiculous: "Hehe, can this thing still hear me?" ”

The voice did not fall.

【yes】

On the sand table, a word emerged.

The smile of the second death row prisoner suddenly froze on his face.

"Damn, what is this, witchcraft?"

【no】

That's when ...... Headphones Riwick yelled.

"Don't waste your questions! Idiot! ”

Death row inmate No. 2 also panicked: "But...... , I'm ...... I don't want to play with this thing anymore, it's so wicked, can I quit? ”

【no】

“......”

This time, the second brother finally shut up, he covered his mouth, but from his leaky eyes, he could clearly feel frightened and helpless.

"Alright, looks like you've finally figured things out." Victor seemed relieved: "Please forgive us for not being able to provide you with any help, the puzzle must be completed by the person who drips the blood himself." ”

"But...... I ......" said Death Row Row Row Prisoner No. 2 laughing, as if he wanted to struggle for a while, but as soon as he spoke, he quickly closed his mouth.

The doctor's voice continued: "Okay, all your doubts are meaningless, now you have 7 more chances, use your energy to solve the puzzle, by the way, when you ask the sandbox, please try to pronounce it accurately, we will make a record." ”

After speaking, I only listened to the sound of '————'.

Victor seemed to turn off the microphone.

There were only three D-class personnel left, surrounding the box, bewildered.

......

After a while.

"Damn, I knew it wasn't a good thing to sign this contract!" Death row inmate No. 1 was the first to speak.

"Not necessarily, I think it's interesting." Lu Yuan accosted.

"That's because you're not playing!" Prisoner No. 2 groped around and made sure that what he was about to say was not a question, and then he shouted.

"Trust me, I'll play sooner or later, otherwise I wouldn't have brought three people in at once." Lu Yuan said.

"Well, it doesn't matter if it will be our turn to ...... later," said Prisoner No. 1 with disgust written on his face, "I just want to know now, what will happen if I don't guess after these ten chances are used up?" ”

Lu Yuan shrugged his shoulders, and then glanced at the second brother: "Heh, I guess I'll know in a while." ”

"What did you say?" Number Two yelled at Lu Yuan.

"Alright, alright, let's get to work on your puzzle." As he spoke, he pointed to the wooden box.

......After such a few minutes of relief, No. 2 finally stabilized his mind, and he stared at the sand table: "Drowning in a place without water, what kind of puzzle is this!" ”

He complained, then pondered for a moment......

"Okay, okay, I can do it!" He rubbed his hands together.

"Excuse me, then, was this deceased [water] drowned?"

【yse】

"Well, that's good...... 6 more"

"So, does this man have water on him?"

【no】

"Shhh.......hhh Oh yes! This person...... Is it suicide? ”

【yes】

"Huh?" Number Two was not well: "Committed suicide in a place where there was no water??? It's impossible! ”

A few more seconds passed!

"Haha, I thought about it, then, did someone move the place after he died?"

【no】

"! Damn it! Number Two scolded: "What kind of puzzle is this, it's just an impossible time to fool me!" ”

【no】

“......”

Two's face turned pale, and he took a few deep breaths before starting to pace back and forth.

"I can guess, there's one more chance, I'll definitely be able to!"

He was talking to himself as he walked, but after five minutes, he still didn't think about it.

Then......

"Uh...... Brother, I know I shouldn't bother you at this time, but...... The sand seemed to be descending. Number One looked at the box and reminded him quietly.

"What?" Number Two was startled and hurriedly ran over.

Sure enough, the sand in the box was decreasing little by little.

"Bastard, what does that mean?"

"Hmm...... I think it's a kind of timing setting, after all, it's a game, and you can't waste time all the time. Lu Yuan shrugged his shoulders and replied.

"But...... But...... Damn, I didn't think of it yet! ”

The sand is passing little by little......

"Damn, there must be some answer!" Number Two roared, "I see, this guy must have been drowned somewhere else, and then blown by a tornado!" ”

【no】

As this last question was dismissed, the sand in the box disappeared.

“......”

Death row inmate No. 2 was stunned, and it was obvious that he had not guessed this riddle.

A few seconds passed......

"Huh." He smiled, "I don't seem to be doing much...... Haha, it seems that even if this puzzle is guessed wrong, there is no punishment. ”

The words just fell!

"Woo~~!!"

The man suddenly stopped talking, he closed his mouth tightly, fell to the ground, and his limbs began to flutter wildly, and it felt like a drowning man.

But there was no water around him.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan and the No. 1 death row prisoner were also shocked, and hurriedly went up to save this person.

However, to no avail, Death Row Prisoner No. 2 threw helplessly on the ground, squirting a large amount of water from his mouth, his face gradually turned blue, and after a few minutes, he ...... And he drowned.

But the strange things don't end there.

After the death of Brother No. 2, the water around him quickly dried up, and his clothes quickly became old and almost weathered, and No. 2's corpse also dried up and aged like a video clip, and finally turned into a pile of white bones.

After that, some sand and dirt gradually appeared around the second corpse, along with some weeds.

The whole process lasted about 5 minutes before it finally stopped.

During this period, the whole person of Death Row Prisoner No. 1 was in a 'dumbfounded' expression, and after a long time, he finally said tremblingly: "This is ...... What's going on? ”

Lu Yuan pinched his chin.

"Obviously, that's the mystery."

"Mystery?"

"Yes, I guess, this so-called [man's game] is a guessing puzzle, and if you can't guess it, you will become a puzzle." As he spoke, Lu Yuan walked up to the corpse and kicked it with his foot.

"You see, this is a corpse in the middle of nowhere, and he is drowned...... It's just that he drowned a long, long time ago, when it was supposed to be a river, but after years of drought, the river became a wasteland, and his body was revealed. ”

Lu Yuan pursed his lips as he spoke.

"This game...... It's so much fun. ”