38.9 per cent for option I, 16.6 per cent for option II, 11.1 per cent for option III and 33.3 per cent for option IV.

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[Option 1]

[The number of participants in this round has increased, and there are a total of thirteen participants.] 】

……

Zheng Zhuo looked at the ballot.

More than 30 per cent of the people believe that there are more than 12 participants in this round.

Indeed, in addition to himself, the possibility of one person who was not eliminated remains.

Then finding this person will be the key, Zheng Zhuo thought.

His progress is 27.8%. If a thirteenth person exists, it means that his progress must be lower than his own.

Zheng Zhuo looked at the panel.

He has now discovered another role for voting: clearing his mind.

(The vote will show a driver man and a dirty old man...... Indicates that I subconsciously think they are the most suspicious, right? ）”

When Zheng Zhuo didn't react himself, the voting option helped him pick out the two people who were the most suspicious.

The driver man and the dirty old man.

On the first night, the driver's man offered to be alone while traveling with others, and then disappeared.

On the other side is the dirty old man.

"There has been a lot of rats in the store for a long time...... ? ”

The grocery store owner's words made Zheng Zhuo a little concerned.

It would be strange if the movement of the rat was really a dirty old man stealing: he couldn't have started before he arrived.

“…… Good. ”

Next, Zheng Zhuo plans to start with these two people and find the possible "thirteenth person".

……

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………………

Next.

Zheng Zhuo left the hotel early in the morning. He left earlier than two days before. Because this time, he's going a little farther.

Zheng Zhuo walked out of the town and headed northwest. After a short stretch of dirt road, he saw a fenced farm not far away.

(The journey here is about the same as going to the waterfall...... ）”

Zheng Zhuo thought and shook the bell next to the farm gate.

He picked a very early time, and the farm was still preparing. After a cacophony of footsteps, a couple opened the door.

"Ah, it's you."

The farmer's wife recognized Zheng Zhuo because Zheng Zhuo had also been here yesterday when he went door-to-door to ask questions.

"Hello."

Zheng Zhuo nodded, indicating his intention.

This time, he's going to ask some questions that he didn't have time to ask last time.

The most critical question.

"The tall man who left on Monday was probably someone I knew. I haven't met him since that day. I'm worried about him...... Can you tell me which direction he went to find the car? ”

Zheng Zhuo said something that he had been thinking about for a long time.

He didn't have much confidence in the way he was questioned, however, the farmer couple did answer him.

"I think it's the north."

They said.

"Other than that, we don't know much else."

……

Northern.

After receiving an answer from the farmer and his wife, Zheng Zhuo kept going north.

Cart......

However, no matter how he moved forward, he did not see the car.

(If four people come together, how can you tell whose car it is?) Is it the driver's? ）”

Zheng Zhuo thought in his heart. However, it is more likely that there will be no cars in the first place.

In the end, he didn't come up with a result either. To make matters worse, after a certain point in time, he didn't feel like he was moving forward.

The scenery around looks the same forever. Looking back, the distance from the farm hasn't changed much either.

“……”

It reminded him of the hopelessness he felt when he was trapped in a cave. After a while, Zheng Zhuo turned around.

When Zheng Zhuo passed by the farm again, he saw the farmer holding a nail rake and hoe, and several dogs surrounded him, constantly whirling.

Zheng Zhuo stood there and looked at it for a while. He found that the dogs were swooping up and down, catching rats that had sprang out of the ground.

"Have there been a lot of rats here lately?"

Zheng Zhuo asked.

"Every time I get rid of the rats, I don't feel much ......"

The farmer replied without raising his head.

"But it was noisy at night. Regardless of their words, every few weeks, they have to argue. ”

Mouse.

Zheng Zhuo captured this key vocabulary. It just so happened that he was going to ask this question where he was going next.

……

That afternoon, Zheng Zhuo returned to the town. He came to the grocery store.

The shopkeeper with a beard sat across the counter, and he was the one who told Zheng Zhuo in the inquiry the day before yesterday that "the store has been making trouble for a long time".

After entering the store, Zheng Zhuo politely asked the other side, "Has the thief come again?" After receiving a negative answer, he asked about the rats.

"It started a few years ago, and it was there!"

The store manager touched his beard and said.

"Locals are plagued by rodent infestations. Especially the rats that make noises under the floor late at night. ”

(Same as the ranch owner...... ）”

"The number of rats is probably due to the fact that the nearby underground cavity was blown out during the closure of the mine!"

The store manager said with a smile.

I mean, the abandoned mine near the underwater cave......

Zheng Zhuo thought.

Suddenly.

“……！”

Zheng Zhuo's face changed.

Because he saw his left, the window of the [Subconscious World] popped out.

The percentage is rising. It rose to 35.1%.

That's an increase of about 8% in a single sentence.

"Again...... Say more! Boss, what else? ”

Zheng Zhuo approached the boss violently, and the boss took a few steps back in fright.

"Oh, oh...... Do outsiders care so much about the mineral deposits? ”

"What?"

"On Monday, a young man with glasses kept asking me this question."

Monday? A young man with glasses?

Zheng Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted.

It was the man who broke into the hardware store on Monday night! Wearing glasses, he looks relatively weak.

And the winner of the second night, remember, is indeed ......

"...... [Wise Man] ......"

Just listening to the name, it does give people the impression of wearing glasses.

The secret of this world...... Hidden in a mine? The man made the most progress the next day, was it because he knew about it?

"Did the bespectacled young man ask anything about the mines?"

"Hmm...... I told him that it was originally a mixed copper and iron mine, and that gold had been dug up...... But it wasn't long before several miners wanted to steal the gold and got into an argument. One of them blew up the mine with explosives. After that, the mine was sealed forever—"

The percentage rose to 39.7 per cent.

The grocery store owner rolled his eyes and rubbed his hands.

- That's what the words say. But well...... I know of a route that hasn't completely collapsed and that it still leads to the gold mines. ”

He rubbed his fingers at Zheng Zhuo.

"As long as ...... A little bit of this. ”

“……”

Zheng Zhuo was dumbfounded.

“…… How much? ”

The boss gestured with five fingers. Then, he said a price that Zheng Zhuo couldn't afford in reality.

“…… It's really fake. ”

"You don't look as bold as the one with glasses."

“…… He paid for it!? ”

……

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………………

In the end, Zheng Zhuo failed to convince his boss to tell him the location of the gold mine.

He had no choice but to leave the grocery store.

"That glasses guy...... How could he afford it...... Could it be that the [power] he brought into this world was money? No, it could also be the ability to deceive others......"

The more Zheng Zhuo thought about it, the more he felt that his starting point was much lower than others. He couldn't help but hold his head.

However, at this very moment.

- Bang.

Zheng Zhuo heard a muffled noise from the grocery store.

“——！？”

He turned his head and ran towards the grocery store, pushing the door open with all his might—

Then, he smelled a strong smell of blood.

The boss fell to the ground. There was a depression in the head that had been hit by a heavy object. Blood gushed from his head, soaking all around him in the blink of an eye.

Rustle, rustle.

Zheng Zhuo took a step back.

Beneath his feet, beneath the floor, came the sound of rats crawling.

Meanwhile.

Zheng Zhuo saw a piece of floor at the end of the counter and moved.

It turned out to be a trapdoor!

It seems to be open just now! Now, it's slowly closing.

……

【Question】

[What to do?] 】

[Option 1]

【Hold the trapdoor and enter the underside of the door】

[Option 2]

[Grab the lighter in the store, light it, and throw it into the trapdoor]

[Option 3]

[Shouting for other townsfolk to help]

[Option 4]

[Don't make a noise, quietly leave here]