"But, but it's probably weird," the girl said, her lips trembling.

Witch: "It's okay, it won't hurt you for a while. ”

The witch's process of relieving the pain of 115 girls was watched by everyone, including last night's time in the dining room when the witch used the pendulum to choose the right food, both of which proved the witch's natural advantage in the supernatural dungeon.

Now among the players, witches have become the big guys in their eyes, the object of copying homework.

After dealing with the affairs of the 115 girls, the older witch took out a piece of black flannel and spread it in the hallway of the hotel, and then she took out a pair of copper paper tarot cards and placed twenty-two large Arcanas on the black cloth.

Ready for all this, the witch ritually took out matches and candles.

Just when she was about to light the candle with a match, Qi Jiu, who had been struggling with no reason to stay and continue to observe, finally found an entry point.

He walked over and kindly reminded the witch, "I'm sorry, but we don't use open candles in our hotel. ”

Qi Zhen believes that the taboo of "forbidden fire" is not only used for "NPCs", because "fire" is the source of disaster, so the taboo will infiltrate the minutiae of the dungeon in various forms.

The witch's hand to wipe the match immediately stopped, she raised her head and looked deeply at Qi Zhen who was wearing a face, and nodded gratefully after a moment: "Okay, I see, thank you for the reminder." ”

The taboo mentioned by this "NPC" is not recorded in the "Guest Check-in Rules", but this does not mean that the other party is talking nonsense, and "no use of open flames" is likely to be a hidden rule.

"But my deck needs energy, can you do me a favor?" The witch said to Qi Yan, "I'm sorry for delaying your work. ”

Qi Yan bowed slightly, and asked very politely: "It is my duty to serve you, what do you need me to do?" ”

The witch handed the mirror in her hand to Qi Yan's hand: "When I set up the card array later, you help me hold it up and shine it on the card array." ”

"I need you to get this done, so please." The witch said sincerely.

"Of course it's fine, but why choose me?" Qi Zhen asked.

He wasn't worried about putting himself in danger, as the Traveler Rules prohibit players from harming hotel attendants in any way, but he was just curious about what they were thinking.

The witch replied, "Because you are a staff member who lives in the inn, it is very good to help me connect to the magnetic energy of the inn, which is important for divination. ”

The array needs to have enough energy for the soothsayer to get the right guidance.

Candles are objects that can gather energy fields, but if open flames are forbidden at the hotel, she will have to find another way.

Another object that can attract and emit energy fields is a mirror, but the mirror is weaker than the candle fire, and she needs something connected to the "hotel" as an energy connection.

The energy field of a person is larger than that of an object, so the "NPC" living in the copy in front of you is the best choice for energy connection.

Qin Rang standing aside: ?

It seems that this witch's skills are not very good, she didn't even realize that Qi Zhen was just a bad guy pretending to be an "NPC", and he came here like all players, and he didn't have the energy to connect with the hotel at all.

Qi Yan smiled apologetically: "But I'm just an intern who has just been here for two days, so is it okay?" ”

The witch narrowed her eyes slightly and looked deeply at his mask: "It's okay, I'm sensitive to energy, and I have a hunch that only you can do it here." ”

Saying that, she turned her head to look at Qin Rang on the side, "Also as a hotel staff, the connection between your brother and the hotel is very weak, but you are different." ”

Qin Rang: ......?

After being silent thoughtfully for a moment, Qi Ji finally accepted the mirror and the 30 yuan tip handed by the witch: "I hope I can help you." ”

He was somewhat concerned about the witch's so-called energy field.

Since she could see that Qin Rang had no energy connection with the hotel, why couldn't she see that she was also a "temporary person"?

Could it be that just like Mr. Lord and Miss Rossetti in the previous dungeon, because he is very similar to that guy, so similar to the point that the energy field is the same, so he has a strong energy connection with the hotel he has never visited?

This also confirms Qi Yan's judgment from the side: the guy who signed the contract with him once lived in a hotel.

But this history is likely to become an abandoned plot line, and he needs to collect relevant clues and trigger relevant branches, so that the abandoned plot can be re-exposed in the dungeon and temporarily release the guy.

Qi Yan was a little looking forward to it in an instant.

He thought that the next time he met that guy, he would have to thank him personally, after all, it was that guy who paid his temporary worker.

The divination ceremony officially began, and Qi Yan used a mirror to shine on the card array according to the witch's request.

Another link of the card array is the 115 girl with a bulge in her lower abdomen, and at this moment she has no pain at all, but the arc of the bulge in her belly seems to be more obvious.

The witch's fingertips swept over each card, her eyelashes fluttering, and her breathing went from calm to rapid.

Half a minute later, she draws three cards from 22 cards and turns them over one by one in order from left to right -

Positive "Death", Reverse "Wheel of Fortune", Positive "World"

The faces of the travelers watching the card array were all dark, even if they didn't know how to solve the cards, the appearance of the "Grim Reaper" was definitely not a good omen.

"It's... How to solve it? The small leader of the union was uneasy and asked urgently.

The witch ignored his impatience, unhurriedly lifted her eyelids, and her voice was a little deeper than before: "Death, cycle and alternation, and ......"

She looked at the "world" card in the right position for a moment, and then said, "21. ”

"'World' is the last card in the twenty-two large Arcana, and usually symbolizes the beginning and end of the cycle, but I think it's the number '21' here."

"Interpreting the three cards together, it can be understood that because of the need for a new cycle of reincarnation and life, there is an imminent death event here, and the death toll is 21." The witch explained to the crowd.

The small leader of the trade union questioned: "21 people? But there are only 18 of us..."

They didn't know that Qi Yan and Qin Rang were also travelers, and they didn't know that before the official opening of the copy, a traveler had been buried on the road.

The girl in the 102 couple reminded: "Have you forgotten that when you first got on the tourist bus, didn't two people already die in the car?" I guess those two unlucky guys should be counted as well... But in this way, there is still one person missing. ”

Were there two dead people on the bus before arriving at the hotel?

After getting this information blind spot, Qi Ji, who was pretending to be an NPC, immediately frowned, if you add these two dead travelers, then the total number of players should be 23 people......

This contradicts his long-standing assumption that "21 players correspond to 21 accident deaths".

The number of people in the accident who can be heard from the highway FM is 21, so why are there two more people? Even if you subtract the unlucky guy on the highway who rashly got out of the car and violated the conditions of death, the number is not right......

Moreover, when he asked Xiaomi's mother and daughter about the reason for the delay of the bus last night, Mrs. did not mention the fact that there were dead people on the bus.

Qi Ji looked at Xiao Mi and his wife with his spare eyes.

Are they deliberately concealing it? Or do you just feel the need to mention him as an NPC? Or is there some other reason......

And the lady standing by the shoji door also showed a surprised expression: "There are dead people in the car? Why didn't Xiao Mi and I know about this......"

The couple girl shrugged: "Because you got on the bus halfway, the driver had already disposed of the body." ”

"Your mother and daughter should be candidates for entering the book, I have encountered this situation." The girl's boyfriend added.

"Ah, it's terrible that this happened." Madame's brows furrowed slightly, and her hands, which had always been wearing black velvet gloves, curled up and pressed against her chest, looked uneasy.

"I think that the one place that is still missing is likely to be the fetus in her womb," the witch thought for a moment, touched the lower abdomen of the 115 girl and said, "After all, the fetus in the womb is also considered life, and the 21 places symbolize 21 life forms, so the explanation makes sense." ”

Everyone present didn't know that the two massage interns were also players, and after listening to the witch's explanation, they instantly showed an expression of enlightenment.

The number of travelers plus the fetus is exactly 21.

"On the surface, this dungeon is a flexible dungeon without a main quest, but in fact, it is just a deliberate hidden main story quest, and we need to explore it on our own to avoid crises."

"Only by breaking the cycle of the Wheel of Fortune will we have a chance of survival."

Everyone began to discuss in a low voice, and on the first morning of the dungeon, they had successfully unlocked the taboo of buffet selection, and they also had an eyebrow to explore the main story.

Through the mask, Qi Yan looked at Xiaomi's mother and daughter quietly.

Are they really alternates? Is it possible that it was the death of those two players that gave them a chance to play?

"Alternate" is true, but it's hard to say that you are not waiting as a player......

At this moment, the innkeeper appeared in the morning light: "Morning, everyone. I'm sure you all had a good rest last night. ”

"I would like to tell you the good news, the open-air hot spring will be open to visitors after 7 o'clock tonight, our hot spring town has the oldest and most unique natural mineral hot springs, with excellent beauty and tonic health benefits, and the most famous of them is the "Yu-no-yu" hot springs, which are so popular that the aristocratic men of the old days would come from far away to soak in the hot springs."

This passage of the boss lady is equivalent to the release of a new mission and the opening of a new map for the dungeon.

Everyone is silent on the surface, but their hearts have begun to calculate and estimate.

Qi Yan noticed the contradiction in the proprietress words: since the hot spring has excellent beauty and nourishing effects, why are most of the noble men who come to the hot springs to soak in the hot springs? Shouldn't it be their lady and miss?

The proprietress deliberately emphasized "men", will gender also be an important clue?

And does the hot springs have anything to do with the explosion that killed 21 people?

Although the current clues are too fragmented and scattered, Qi Zhen has a hunch that the hot springs, or this hot spring street, are the ropes that string together all the clues.

The main and hidden branches of this dungeon are probably not as simple as an explosion accident.

Most likely, this is just the beginning.

*

Next is the free time in the hotel, and Qi Jiu, who has been on a night shift, decides to make up for sleep.

Although the bed sheets and quilt covers provided in the hotel are not new, they are fortunately clean and soft, and Qi Yan quickly fell asleep wrapped in the quilt.

In his dream, he was in the middle of a bright and lively night.

The air is filled with a rich and pungent smell of fat powder, ambiguous red paper lamps spread all over the eaves on both sides of the street, and the light and shadow swaying in the wind, and tourists in yukata bustle through it, and the clogging sound of clogs stepping on the stone road is chaotic and noisy.

The autumn leaves that drift in from nowhere fall like snow in the wind, dyeing the night red.

Qi Yan seems to have fallen into a strange ancient time and space.

This time he didn't panic, and soon realized that he was in a dream.

He subconsciously raised his hand and touched his face, and found that the mask belonging to the hotel staff was gone.

After going through a dungeon, Qi Zhen guessed that the guy would give clues and hints by invading his dreams, just like in the "Canned Rosefish" dungeon, he had talked to Miss Rossetti in front of the operating table as the guy in a nightmare, and that conversation was an important clue to break the game.

The scenario of the dream is closely related to the hidden plot of the dungeon, and it is even the key to cracking the dungeon.

Qi Zhen walked through the bustling tourists, the buildings on both sides of the street were scorching, and the laughter mixed with the ambiguous light diffused in the night, making people feel a sense of unreality.

It seems to be a place for fun and trade.

There was a very bright light ahead, and Qi Yan looked around and searched while following the direction of the flow of people.

It wasn't until he saw a long-haired young man wearing a "Sixteen" mask hurrying through the crowd amid the same face.

That was originally a mask that belonged to Qi Yan!

His heart was beating inexplicably.

The young man was dressed in a loose yukata and stood out, with a long knife at his waist and long hair loosely tied behind his head.

Passing over the bustling crowd, the young man deliberately stopped, and looked at Qi Yan from afar through the lights and hustle and bustle.