July 12, 2006, this day was the start of Zou Xia's mission, but in fact, as early as in the 'qualification test', Zou Xia had already experienced this day by himself.

The 'Eligibility Test' is simply a quiz used by the Overworld to screen players.

It doesn't interfere with the 'game plot', so even if theoretically, Zou Xia has been to Hongsheng's apartment, but now that the timeline has been 'reset', he is the same as he never came.

In Hongsheng's apartment, everyone you meet will not remember that you have ever seen this person.

This can barely be regarded as a 'newcomer' benefit.

He knew about the situation of Hongsheng's apartment, but it was the first time he had appeared here, including the original residents of Hongsheng's apartment.

Don't underestimate this setting.

Assuming that everyone in Hongsheng's apartment remembers Zou Xia now, he will be the first to be targeted by those two seemingly inhuman monsters, and become the primary target of being 'locked' in this apartment.

Although Zou Xia thinks he is very strong, it is definitely not the situation he wants to see.

He's a newcomer, and he's a newcomer who hasn't really experienced the game (only based on the current 'player image'), so it's not too much to hug your thighs and win a game in a team game.

And unless he has to, he will never sacrifice these teammates...... Right?

Hearing the knock on the door, Zou Xia slowly stood up, and he remembered the plot in the 'qualification test'.

Since it is the same date and time.

If there is no accident, then the same plot, he should go through it again.

So now the one knocking on the door is......

Zou Xia's expression was awe-inspiring, and he remembered that before Shan Bo went out, he asked him to help buy a knife and come back, under the pretext that he wanted to eat fruit at night, but the actual use was to defend himself.

There is no kitchen in the apartment, so it is natural that there can be such a dangerous item as a knife.

Once in danger, Zou Xia's only choice is either to run or pick up the bench and smash it.

But either way, it's better to let him feel safer with a knife in his hand.

However, depending on the situation, compared to Shan Bo's knife support, the first thing to find is another trouble.

Zou Xia opened the door, and a friendly smile naturally appeared on his face.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Young man, you just moved here, right?"

The dialogue is as if framed by the plot, and it unfolds exactly according to the 'qualification test'.

As soon as the old lady finished the introduction, Zou Xia shouted 'Auntie', and the rest of the words were still in her stomach, but she didn't continue.

Because in the crack of the entrance door opposite, a little girl has already come out, about five or six years old.

The little girl's eyes were timid, and she shook her head lightly at Zou Xia, and the double ponytail behind her head shook with it.

The little girl's round face is very cute, and her gestures give people a very polite feeling.

It should be due to the influence of the good educational environment at home since childhood.

The rest of the development, still the same as in the 'qualification test', the old lady scolded and pushed the little girl into the house.

Zou Xia closed the door quietly.

Cold sweat was already on his back.

Ever since he guessed that the old lady was likely to be a corpse, the smiling expression on the old lady's face was no longer kind and kind in Zou Xia's eyes.

It's stiff and false.

A few years ago, there was a photo on the Internet, which was very widely disseminated.

In the photo, a woman dressed in dark blue sits quietly in front of an antique door.

The beautiful woman has a clever smile on her face, her eyes are very spiritual, and as long as she stares at the photo, she will have the illusion that the photo is also staring at herself.

Therefore, many people on the Internet say that the woman in the photo is not a living person at all, but a corpse that has been posed for and spliced.

Many netizens took advantage of the topic and wrote a lot of chilling details, as if there was really some kind of terrible truth behind this photo.

Just an unverified normal photo.

is enough to scare thousands of netizens into a chill on their heads.

It should not be difficult to imagine how huge the pressure in Zou Xia's heart will be when he faces this real moving corpse.

In particular, he had to keep his expression natural and communicate with him.

Don't let the other party notice anything abnormal.

The distance between the two was no more than half a meter, and the rancid smell on the other party's body had faintly entered Zou Xia's nose.

So when I finally ended the conversation and returned to the room, I felt a deep fear in my heart.

After less than half a minute, Jiao Manqing knocked on the door again.

Opening the door, Zou Xia and Jiao Manqing's eyes met unexpectedly in mid-air.

But Jiao Manqing couldn't remember that he had met Zou Xia at this time.

This time, Zou Xia didn't plan to waste time to reveal the old lady's intelligence information, but when Jiao Manqing finished asking questions and was about to turn around and leave according to the usual practice.

I asked her this question:

"Officer Jiao, do you also live in this apartment? The last time I rented a house, it was like I had met you in the apartment. ”

"yes, I'll live above you, 702."

Jiao Manqing said enthusiastically: "Everyone is a neighbor, if you encounter difficulties in the future, you are welcome to come to me at any time!" ”

"Okay, thank you, Officer Jiao." Zou Xia bent his eyes, revealing a harmless smile of humans and animals.

Then close the door.

The expression on his face quickly turned serious.

Jiao Manqing is a ghost because she was originally a resident of Hongsheng Apartment......

Affected by the fire, Jiao Manqing, the little girl, and the old ladies chatting about gossip downstairs are all ghosts.

But why is the old lady opposite the door not a ghost but a corpse.

There is also a noodle shop owner......

In this way, they should be 'anomalous', so ghosts and corpses should each represent different things.

It may be the identities involved in the story, such as the killer and the victim......

It can be in different ways of dying, such as hypoxic asphyxiation, inhalation of lethal amounts of toxic gases, and burns......

"To understand the cause of the fire in the apartment, you have to understand the difference between the two."

Zou Xia sat back on the sofa and thought to himself.

In fact, it is not difficult to know the cause of the apartment fire, in the 'qualification test', Zou Xia's third task is to 'find and approach the file target'.

Profile goals usually refer to the more important characters in the profile (game).

Even if such a character is not a real murderer, it will be a very critical breakthrough point.

And Zou Xia has not been in many roles in the 'qualification test'.

So as long as the background of these characters is investigated, the truth should soon come out.

So in the whole series of missions, the focus is not on the main line and side quests, but on the last 'team mission':

'Find a way to survive until everyone's mission is over'.

The theme of this mission is not 'criminal investigation', but 'survival'.

It's a trip......

Apartment...... Survival.