"Damn, there's no end to it!"

The four of them entered a state of full-scale combat, and then two more "prison breaking" puppets crawled out of the corridor, although these puppets were invulnerable, but none of the four were vegetarians, and the ability to protect themselves was more than enough to fight.

"Brother Qi, what should I do? It's not a way to consume the same things as these dog skin plasters, and it's too delaying us to find clues. Lu Zhi dealt with these unkillable puppets while seeking Qi Zheng's advice.

Qi Yan had been silent just now, and while he was engaged in the battle, he seemed to be observing the movements and demeanor of these puppeteers, especially the cross-section of the puppeteers' severed limbs, and a faint silk thread was faintly wrapped in the exposed filling and bones.

"Cut their hands, feet, shoulders, ears, and backbones, and get rid of the puppet's control wires." Qi Yan said as he took action himself, once the goal was determined, it was not so difficult to clean up the silk threads that remained in the puppet's body.

Sure enough, after the remaining manipulation wires in the body were completely removed, the puppeteer collapsed to the ground as if it had lost its support, and it rolled and wriggled like a bug for a few times, and then fell silent completely.

The remaining three of them cut the puppet's body according to Qi Jiu's method to clean up the broken thread, and soon, the five escaped puppets lay on the ground, and they not only lost their mobility after being picked off the control line, but the skin and flesh coated with special materials on their bodies also quickly festered and rotted, emitting a disgusting stench.

The stormy night was cool, but after a fight, all four breathed a sigh of relief, and raised their hands to wipe the remaining sweat from their foreheads.

"Although these gadgets are not difficult to deal with, once there are many of them, it is quite difficult to pick out their threads one by one."

"Indeed, it's like peeling vegetables, it's too much effort."

“… Little master, do you still know how to pick vegetables? ”

Qi Zhen lifted his glasses: "But now we know more about the characteristics of puppeteers, once the puppeteers are out of the cabinet, they will no longer be limited by the light, and they can attack freely under the light, unless the manipulation lines in their bodies are completely cleared." ”

"Speaking of which, all the rooms have been lit with spare lights, how did these gadgets get out of prison?" Lu Zhi looked puzzled.

Qi Zhen glanced at the deep corridor: "It's not all rooms, just all the rooms that are not locked." ”

"Don't forget, we have no way of knowing what's going on inside the locked rooms, they're likely jailbreaking from those rooms." Qi Yan analyzed.

"Yes, but in this way, as long as the power is cut off, there is a big risk... We were not allowed to enter the locked room. Qin Rang said suddenly.

"Maybe that's a good thing, too?" Qi Ji said thoughtfully.

Qin Rang: "Huh? What do you mean? ”

Qi Yan didn't answer this question for the time being, he continued to walk towards the first floor: "Let's go to the housekeeper to restore the power first, and by the way, go with him to visit the electric switch room." ”

They made it to the room at the end of the west corridor on the first floor, and luckily the old butler did not lock his door.

Qi Yan, who was carrying the ghost fire lantern, did not enter without permission, he stood outside the door and knocked lightly, waiting quietly.

"What's the matter?" About half a minute later, the old housekeeper in the house spoke.

Qi Jiu: "I took the liberty of disturbing it late at night, because the circuit of the Thunder Manor had a problem again, which made our visit a little inconvenient, so I want you to help us pull the electric switch back." ”

"Please wait a moment," came the sound of slow footsteps in the room, and then the sound of the door opening, and the old butler poked his head out, still with a wooden face, "I'm sorry, I slept too heavily to notice the trip, and those naughty little guests didn't bother you, did they?" ”

Qi Jiu's expression was complicated: "They are indeed very naughty. ”

The old butler glanced at him: "It seems that you have solved it well, so you should let those little things that do not know the height of the sky taste the taste of rot, otherwise they will be too noisy." ”

The old butler put on his pajamas: "I'll go and pull the electric switch up for you." ”

Qi Yan took a look at the old butler's house, the house was lit with dim candles, there was no bed, but there was a wooden bench near the window, it seemed that the puppet old butler was sitting on the stool and resting.

Qi Jiu: "Can you leave a door for the electric switch room?" That way, if you trip again, you won't have to bother you. ”

The old butler looked at him fixedly, as if he was hesitating something, and nodded for a while: "Okay, then I'll leave you the door of the electric switch room." ”

As he spoke, the old puppet butler yawned stiffly, and dragged Qi Yan towards the electric switch room.

"I'll give you a hand." Qi Yan followed behind the old butler.

The electric switch room is located on the south side of the manor's entrance, and the old butler climbs the ladder to reach the electric switch meter, while Qi Yan holds up the power station to illuminate the other party below, although he thinks that the other party does not need light as a puppet.

Through the light of the flashlight, Qi Yan could see the structure of the switch meter clearly, and to his surprise, there was a sub-switch in every room here......

The old butler skillfully pulled the electric switch up, and the bright light illuminated the manor again.

Qi Ji put away his flashlight and ghost lamp, and thoughtfully helped the old housekeeper come down with the ladder, and after confirming that the housekeeper was not locked this time, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's fine, I'll go back to sleep, good night, dear guest." The old butler bowed slightly to him, and went back to his room and closed his door.

"Let's ...... next" Lu Zhi looked at Qi Ji and asked for his advice on action.

Qi Yan glanced at the bright manor corridor: "Find the room where the puppeteers escaped from prison just now." ”

Lu Zhi frowned slightly: "What do you mean...?" ”

Qi Jiu: "Since all the players just now placed spare lights in the unlocked room in time, then the unlit room is only the locked room." ”

"Actually, we have to thank the puppets who 'escaped from prison' just now, they helped us open the locked door, and there may be more unlocking tasks to ask them in the future."

"It's this room!" Qin Rang paused in his footsteps and pointed to a hidden doorway in the corridor, "I remember that when I passed through this corridor before, this room was locked. ”

Qi Zhen stepped forward and pushed open the hidden door, the smashed cabinet glass door, and the empty cabinet after the puppet's "prison escape" were enough to explain everything.

Qi Ji took a closer look and found an old newspaper stacked in the corner of the cupboard, which looked like someone had deliberately hidden the newspaper here.

Is there any information in the newspaper that players don't want to see?

Qi Yan cautiously poked out his hand to get the newspaper from the hole in the glass, and the three teammates immediately surrounded him, and when the newspaper was spread out, the headline of one of the news items immediately made them feel that something was strange -

"It seems that the story of the twin puppeteer sisters did not end with her passing."

Chapter 161: Highway Circus (55)

At this moment, everyone's eyes are focused on the eye-catching newspaper news headline -

"Famous puppet artist Ms. Melissa made the most intimate puppet partner based on her deceased sister"

Judging from the information given in the newspaper, the surviving sister Melissa finally became a puppet artist in her own right after many years.

After she became famous, she unveiled a special marionette to the public at her twentieth birthday party and performance celebration banquet.

It was a puppet based on her sister who died many years ago, and it was one of the most elaborate puppets of its time, and was hailed by the media as "an artistic miracle that can only be created by twin sisters crossing death".

"My sister left the winter we were thirteen and came home on our twentieth birthday, a day I had waited so long for that day, I missed her."

"Catherine, you don't have to leave me, your favorite stage." When the media interviewed her sister Melissa, she was so excited that her eyes were in tears, and she did not hesitate to confess her affectionate confession to this "new partner".

The newspaper also attached a photo of Melissa and her puppet partner Catherine making her debut at that time, and it is said that because the public was very interested in the murder case seven years ago and the gimmick of the twin sisters puppeteer "working together again across life and death", coupled with the psychological blessing of curiosity and sympathy, every performance of Melissa was sold out after that.

And Melissa, who has become famous, and her new puppet partner Catherine have a very good understanding, and her puppet performance has reached a new level, and she has made it clear that Catherine will be her partner for life.

"I won't have a new puppet partner, I swear." Melissa said firmly in front of the media and the camera.

Judging from the photos recorded by the media, the puppet made by Melissa with her sister's prototype is the appearance of a twenty-year-old girl, although in reality, the sister's time is forever stuck at the age of thirteen, but in the eyes of the sister, the sister is already an adult like her.

"So... Like those corpse puppeteers in the cupboard, did the younger sister kill her sister to use her as her own marionette? Qin Rang's gaze swept over the large text that exaggerated the deep sisterhood, and suddenly shuddered.

Qi Yan shook his head: "Don't forget, my sister Catherine was thirteen years old when she died, but the puppeteer is clearly a twenty-year-old girl, so it's not realistic." ”

"And whose corpse will this puppet that looks exactly like Melissa be? Is there a third person? According to the plot design preferences of the system, it is rare for the plot of the heavenly gods to descend..."Qin Rang frowned and analyzed.

Qi Zhen: "Maybe it's not a corpse, but a serious puppet?" Otherwise, it is easy to show the horse's feet in front of everyone. ”

Gu Zhenzhen: "Judging from the presentation of the photos, I also tend to think that at least the puppet Catherine in the photo is a real puppet. ”

"That's... What was Melissa's purpose in killing so many children to make a puppet? Is it just to satisfy her perverted desire to kill? Qin Rang muttered.

Qi Ji shook his head thoughtfully: "There is no way to confirm the reason why the children were killed yet, even... We haven't found the killer yet. ”

Qin Rang raised his head: "Do you really think that the murderer may be someone other than Melissa?" ”

Qi Zhen pursed his lips: "Before the truth surfaces, it's really hard to say. ”

Qi Yan believes that since "Puppet House" is also a yellow tent, then the puppeteer is likely to have the same position and situation as the soothsayer, and they are not NPCs who take pleasure in abusing tourists and players, on the contrary, in the case of soothsayers, they are likely to be "trapped".

The reason for being "trapped" is related to the Kraken and the curse......

"Is our mission to help our sister Catherine escape from her sister Melissa?" According to the content of the newspaper, Qin Rang unfolded his boundless imagination.

Qi Jiu: "Don't forget that the wish released by the system is: "Please help the puppeteer realize his true wish", but my sister Catherine is now a puppeteer, not a puppeteer. ”

Qin Rang: "......"

"Based on the newspaper descriptions of their sisterhood, it can also be assumed that Melissa killed these children to make puppets in order to sacrifice her sister Catherine, or to achieve some kind of evil ritual, after all, religion and sacrifice are very well matched with the background of puppet shows." Gu Zhenzhen shrugged.

Qin Rang nodded in a trance: "Yes, this is also a way of thinking." ”

Just as everyone was brainstorming, light and rapid footsteps suddenly sounded outside the originally hidden door.

Everyone quickly exchanged glances and showed vigilance, Lu Zhi tightened his throat and asked against the door: "Who?!" ”

No one answered in the hallway outside the door, but the sound of hurried footsteps still lingered outside the door.

It sounded like the footsteps of a little girl.

Lu Zhi looked at Qi Yan nervously, and it was not until he was sure that the other party nodded, he opened the door of the void, and everyone immediately tiptoed up, but except for the light on the top of the corridor flashed, there was nothing in the empty corridor.

"There's no one at all..."Qin Rang got goosebumps when he landed, "Not even a puppeteer..."

At that moment, there was a faint knock on the door from the depths of the hallway, so soft that you had to prick up your ears with all your attention to hear it.

"Let's go and have a look." Qi Yan proposed.

Although Qin Rang hesitated for a moment, he finally followed closely behind Qi Yan: "Could this be the plot that was triggered after we found the newspaper?" ”

Qi Yan nodded: "I think so." ”

They walked along the wall of the hallway, and the closer they got, the softer the knock became, until the knock became a gentle tapping with their fingertips.

Finally, all eyes were fixed on the door of the penultimate room at the end of the hallway, the door locked, and the knocking continued.

It is a knocking sound from the inside of the door.

Qi Ji stepped forward, kept a distance of half a step from the door that was knocked, and asked in his usual polite tone, "Excuse me, do you have anything to do with us?" ”

The moment he spoke, the knock on the door stopped.

The hallway was instantly covered with a deathly silence.

Qi Zhen motioned for the three behind him to be quiet, and they waited patiently for about a minute, and the faint sound of scratching the door with their fingernails came from the room again.

"Open the door and help me." There was a slight scratching sound, and a young girl's cry for help.

Everyone exchanged glances and immediately became vigilant.

Qi Ji quietly leaned against the door and replied, "But we don't have the key to the room." ”

There was silence for a few more seconds.