It took about five minutes, and Tan Ying almost vented the previous pressure, wiped her tears, and restabilized her emotions.

I turned on my phone and took a look, and there were still nearly two hours before the stipulated call time that the "barbarian" said, and this period of time can obviously only be used to expand the plot.

"The prompt just now should be equivalent to a safety signal, which means that I can concentrate on collecting clues related to the plot without thinking about other factors...... As long as you don't enter the third floor of the house, you won't be in danger. ”

After calming down, Tan Ying quickly entered the state and began to analyze the information represented by the task prompt according to what Tang Juyi had taught.

"It's called (safe period), right? After a period of danger, there is a period of safety to adjust and access information...... It's like the dimensional mission he experienced before called Liu's Villa......"

Tan Ying quickly remembered the case that Tang Juyi had told and understood the situation in front of her.

Since you can't start a call yet, you should try to figure out the context of the plot within a safe time as much as possible, so that you can exchange information on the next call, so that Tang Juyi can also participate in it, so as to improve the chance of success in completing the mission.

Of course, Tan Ying knows that the key to the success of this mission is actually not herself, but Tang Juyi. Although Tang Juyi is now in a state of captivity, and the two have been forcibly cut off from each other, Tang Juyi is still the first candidate for plot analysis.

What she has to do is to collect information to the greatest extent possible and pass it on to Tang Juyi, and then sort out the context of this task from Tang Juyi's analysis process.

It can be said that the role played by Tang Juyi in the process of this mission is not a victim waiting for rescue, but a self-rescuer with information analysis and feedback. And Tan Ying plays Tang Juyi's hands, eyes, and ears. What she sees and hears, as well as what she obtains, will become the skeleton of Tang Juyi's mind to build the plot.

Of course, a character like Tang Juyi, who has nothing to do, will naturally not be willing to sit still, so he is also trying to induce NPCs to reveal information while being imprisoned, so as to help Tan Ying collect information.

In the house, Tan Ying looked at the candle on the table after getting out from under the dining table, and found the item left behind after the candle burned out: a small copper tube.

The copper tube was previously hidden inside the candle and was therefore only exposed after it had been burned. After picking up the copper pipe, Tan Ying found that there seemed to be something in the copper pipe, and a clear sound could be heard under the slight shaking.

Without any entanglement, Tan Ying directly unscrewed the lid on the top of the copper pipe, and then took out the things that were hidden in the copper pipe.

"It's ...... A photo? ”

This little rolled-up photo is a few years old, and not only is the image a little blurry, but the edges are already moldy.

There are three people in the photo, a tall woman, a slightly short man, and a child with a submissive posture. The child hugged the woman's arm and hid behind the woman, seemingly afraid of the camera.

The faces of the three of them are no longer clear, but Tan Ying can probably guess the relationship between the three:

"This is the family that lived in this house, right? This child is probably the one who wrote the handwriting on the bottom of the matchbox......"

Thinking of this, Tan Ying suddenly remembered something and looked at the chairs placed next to the dining table:

"But since it's a family of three, why are there four chairs? Is it to prepare an extra handful to entertain guests? ”

Doubts surfaced in her heart, Tan Ying took out the box of matches again, and read the handwriting on it again:

"No...... 'Daddy won't let us play with matches,' we should be referring to this kid and someone else...... And judging from the context, this person will most likely not be his mother...... In other words, there is another person in this family, but it does not appear in this photo? ”

[Task progress change: Collect four clues in the house within a safe time (1/4)]

The sudden prompt made Tan Ying stunned for a moment, and then she understood:

"That's the clue to one of the four messages? There is a family of three living in this house, and there is an unknown person? ”

Thinking of this, Tan Ying hurriedly took out her mobile phone and took a photo of the copper pipe, the photo, and the handwriting on the matchbox (because Tang Juyi believed in his memory very much, so he never used this kind of insurance measure to prevent forgetting), and then put these things away again.

"The clues on the first floor have basically been searched, and the copper pipe hidden in the candle should be the only special case, so there is a high probability that the remaining three clues are on the second floor."

After looking around a little, Tan Ying still gave up the idea of exploring the first floor carefully, because it was really a waste of time.

Later, she tried to push open the door of the house, but the message she got was still "The door is imprisoned by resentment, you can't open it", which means that although she is safe for the time being, she cannot leave the house.

"Can't leave, it looks like I was going to the second floor to explore......"

After hesitating for a moment, Tan Ying still suppressed the tension in her heart and walked to the steps leading upstairs.

This time, there was no danger warning, and she made it to the second floor without any problems. The layout of this floor is relatively simple, after going upstairs is a horizontal corridor, at the end of which is a balcony, and there are three gates on the corridor in turn, all of which are closed at this time, waiting for her to open.

Looking around, Tan Ying didn't rush to open the door, but walked to the balcony first, intending to verify a guess.

The balcony is not very large, only a few square meters of space, and the railing has been reinforced, leaving a narrow gap that cannot be crossed, apparently cutting off the possibility of escaping from the house.

"Sure enough, the way to escape from the balcony is not feasible."

Although she had expected it, Tan Ying was still depressed for a while.

There were several pots of dead plants on the floor of the balcony, and the soil inside had long since dried up, Tan Ying wanted to pour out all the soil in these pots to see if there was anything hidden in them, but after hesitating for a while, she decided to explore this place one last time.

This cautious behavior is actually out of Tang Juyi's warning - "Unless it has been determined, don't rashly destroy the original scenery in the plot environment."

Tan Ying has always believed in Tang Juyi, so she followed his words at this time.

Back in the corridors, the doors of the three rooms are bare, with no obvious markings, so it is impossible to distinguish what area is inside them. In order to avoid mistakes, Tan Ying could only follow the order, starting from the first room closest to the corridor.

The first room was not locked, so Tan Ying only needed to twist the doorknob to open the door easily.

Judging by the slightly childish layout of the interior, this is the room where the children of the family of three live. The bed is small, the sheets and pillowcases are cutely patterned, and next to the bed is a small desk with a dusted stationery box.

There was a wardrobe in the room, Tan Ying opened it and looked at it, there were only a few hangers in it, and there were no clothes left. The wall facing the end of the child's bed was plastered with awards, but many places were obscured by stains and mildew because of the age.

Tan Ying thought about it, but decided to go through these awards one by one.

Liang Wenbin...... Is that the name of this child? Looks like a very good boy......"

Sweeping her gaze over the certificates, Tan Ying quickly pieced together a complete name from several different certificates. Although it is said that each certificate is covered with stains, after all, there are enough of them, and it is not difficult to spell out the complete information.

was about to retract her gaze, but Tan Ying saw an abnormal blank space in the corner of the wall covered with awards.

There are traces of pasting on this piece of wall, and there is a very small piece of paper left, which looks like a certificate of merit, but it has been artificially torn off for unknown reasons, and it has not been torn clean.

Tan Ying leaned closer, observed carefully, and then frowned:

“…… In recognition of () () Sheng? Why does it end with Sheng? Shouldn't it be Bin? ”