Players with a little experience can analyze that there is a certain degree of "killing" between the players of this dungeon, after all, only by sacrificing other players in exchange for the return of Mrs. Xu's family, the surviving players can complete the main quest and leave here.

As for the extent to which they want to "kill each other", it depends on how many family members Mrs. Xu wants to go home.

Qi Ju shrugged unconcernedly.

Each man has his own choice, and he does not force it or judge it.

At this time, the light of the TV screen just hit Qi Yan's face, and the paper figure who was originally sitting on the seat and did not move was like a phototactic creature, and suddenly turned his head stiffly one hundred and eighty degrees, and finally its gaze fell on Qi Yan's face.

This is the first time that Qi Yan has let the TV light illuminate the contours of his facial features, and the paper man Niannian turned his neck in a distorted posture like this, looking at Qi Yan's pale face reflected by the screen light for a moment.

"Ahh Ahh

"What's wrong?" Qi Yan asked gently, at this time, several players around him noticed the abnormal reaction of the paper man's thoughts, and they were all unconsciously vigilant.

"Ahh

Everyone except Qi Yan was surprised by the scene that happened in front of them, including the female player with her hair tied in a bun who was always light and breezy, and Mrs. Xu, the most important NPC in the dungeon.

The reason why Qi Zhen was able to quietly accept the strange reaction of the paper man was because such a thing had happened to him more than once, thanks to that high-ranking guy, and the previous Miss Rossetti and the Rift Oiran also had this confused and fierce reaction after seeing his face.

It seems that the paper figure in front of me is an important channel for the copy to connect with that guy.

The female player with the bun frowned, she quickly took out her signature and scribbled a few words, and then handed the folded sticky note paper to Qi Yan.

Qi Yan was slightly stunned, but the change in the attitude of the female player with the bun was within his expectations.

Qi Ji opened the note -

"Don't talk about ghosts at midnight, if you're interested, meet tomorrow morning."

Qi Yan didn't turn his head to look at the other party, but just laughed in a low voice that the other party could hear: "No problem." ”

The time had come to eleven forty, and the clock was about to strike midnight.

"The bell of the new year is about to ring, and on this special night, we shared many unforgettable programs and beautiful moments together, and the performances of artists continue to awaken our love and blessings for the new year."

"On the occasion of the New Year, the program team of the party brought different "blessings" to the audience, I hope everyone will welcome the arrival of the new year with our "blessings" safely, please pay attention to listen and remember the specific matters of "blessings——"

"First, fireworks and other New Year's customs have been banned, if you can hear the sound of firecrackers after 12 o'clock, please immediately cover your head with a quilt and close your eyes and pretend to be asleep, and do not look out the window;"

"Second, no one will be drying clothes tonight, if you see it, please [beep-]"

A cacophony of cacophony covered the host's voice, and the subtitles were replaced by a flurry of garbled characters, a rule deliberately erased by the copy.

"Thirdly, don't go to the house tonight, don't go to bed hungry, please be respectful of the New Year;"

"Fourth, please don't turn off the lights to sleep tonight, the lights won't go out for no reason, if the lights don't go out very well, please find the extra person in the room within two minutes;"

After the host announced the fourth "blessing", he stood on the stage and smiled stiffly, but Qi Yan noticed that the subtitles at the bottom of the screen did not disappear, and an unusual line of red subtitles flashed, appearing at the bottom of the screen-

"Fifth, no one will come to knock on the door at night, if there is, maybe the children in the building come to ask for red envelopes, please don't be curious to look at the cat's eye on the door, and don't look at the guy knocking on the door in any way, you just need to put the paper money in the red envelope, seal it with blood, and finally hand the red envelope through the crack in the door."

Chapter 191: Year (10)

The red subtitles fade from the screen, and the beating white noise resurfaces on the TV screen.

At this moment, all the paper figure performers returned to the stage of the party, and they stood together in dense clusters, bowing to the audience in front of the television.

Qi Yan looked at the choir paper figure in a white performance uniform, turned sideways and whispered to Mrs. Xu on the side, "Look, what a joy and joy come out for a curtain call." ”

Mrs. Xu's expression moved slightly, she stood up from the sofa tremblingly, walked to the TV screen and bowed down, and tapped the noise on the screen with her dry fingers: "How happy and happy, good boy... Go home as soon as possible after the performance, I'll cook your favorite osmanthus red bean wine to brew Lantern Festival, good boy... It's not safe out there... Home is the safest place..."

Mrs. Xu's voice trembled, the words were blurred, and the whole person almost blocked the screen, and Qi Yan couldn't see the face of the person she was pointing to.

Everyone looked at each other, and Qi Yan pricked up his ears to carefully distinguish the words and sentences of Mrs. Xu's words, and paid attention to the words that were in her mouth.

The noise on the TV is getting denser and denser, and the party has entered the final New Year's Eve countdown-

"The bell of the New Year is about to ring, and on this festive occasion, we gather together to welcome a new beginning!"

“10、9、8…… 3、2、1”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The bell struck twelve, and unlike the temporary bustle and peace of the New Year, the whole apartment fell into an unsettling silence after the bell rang, and the evening program on the TV screen was cut off, and the noise of silently beating snowflakes completely covered the color picture.

The pendulum swayed from side to side, the stiff chime as the only source of sound, and the occasional "clang" of wind blowing the hangers in the hallway outside the window.

The New Year descends in absolute silence, and the bells that greet it at this moment are more desperate and sad than the death knell sounds.

Because it was so quiet, all the subtle sounds were infinitely amplified, and everyone finally realized that there was no drying of clothes in the hallway, so why was there a clatter of hangers colliding...?

Thinking of this, all the players shuddered.

After all, the rules clearly state that "no one will dry their clothes tonight......

When the New Year's bell stopped, Mrs. Xu came back to her senses in a trance, and she walked to the kitchen with a mutter: "I can't spend the first night of the New Year hungry, I'll cook a Lantern Festival for the guests as a supper." ”

Qi Yan hurriedly asked: "Can I cook the Lantern Festival with the flavor of osmanthus red bean wine?" ”

Just now, he pricked up his ears to distinguish and heard Mrs. Xu mention the Lantern Festival brewed with osmanthus red bean wine to Duoxiduole on the screen.

Mrs. Xu looked slightly stunned: "Yes, yes, fortunately, you reminded me, I almost forgot when I turned around after I just finished speaking, I prepared the Lantern Festival brewed with osmanthus red bean wine, if you like the taste of osmanthus, you can give it a try, my two little granddaughters are very fond of it..."

When Mrs. Xu went to the kitchen to prepare for the Lantern Festival, no one in Room 405 was still talking, everyone was silent, and the player who had been injected with anesthetics was still unconscious, and no one was sure if he could really wake up, but it didn't matter.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qi Yan confirmed with the young man who broke the dumpling plate again: "How many rules did you see on the screen just now?" ”

The young man glanced at him suspiciously: "Four rules, the subtitles and the host's lines are synchronized, what's wrong?" ”

This time, the subtitles he saw were the same as the host's lines.

Qi Yan was silent for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "It's okay, I just want to confirm a speculation, thank you." ”

Since the players who can also see the closed captioning did not get the fifth rule, it can only be explained that the fifth rule mentioned - "no one will come to knock on the door at night, if there is, maybe the children in the building come to ask for red envelopes" is a clue to the appearance of the "Duoxi and Duole" branch, after all, he is the only one who triggered this branch.

In this way, it is very targeted.

"Can I eat the Lantern Festival later?" Qi Xiaonian asked Qi Xiao in a low voice.

Qi Jiu: "If Mrs. Xu didn't specifically explain anything, it wouldn't be a big problem. ”

The player with the bun probably thought of one thing with Qi Jiu, and when Mrs. Xu brought the boiled Lantern Festival to the guests, she was the first to pick up the bowl and eat the osmanthus Lantern Festival with a spoon in an orderly manner.

Qi Yan politely praised Mrs. Xu's craftsmanship, and asked, "Mrs. Xu, can I pack another bowl of Lantern Festival and keep it for the evening?" I get hungry at night, but spending the night of Chinese New Year's Eve hungry seems to be disrespectful to the New Year..."

As he spoke, he smiled apologetically, as if he was sorry for his "gluttonous" behavior.

Qi Xiaonian glanced at Qi Yan with his spare eyes, and began to wonder what his brother had in mind this time.

While curious, he is also looking forward to Qi Jiu's next "performance".

Mrs. Xu nodded kindly: "Of course, there are still a lot of Lantern Festivals in the pot, you can eat as much as you want." ”

No one seems to be able to refuse such a polite and cheerful guest.

"Thank you," Qi Yan thanked politely, paused, and suddenly thought of something tentatively and asked, "When I watched the party just now, didn't there be 'people' who also came back?" Don't you need to leave a bowl of Lantern Festival for each other? ”

Mrs. Xu suddenly stopped the movements in her hand, her expression instantly became cold, and after a short silence, she answered the question: "Everyone eat more, don't starve yourself, the Lantern Festival and sugar water are not enough to add at any time, I boiled the thickest osmanthus syrup, not afraid of sweet and greasy, you can add a few more spoonfuls, it is very fragrant." ”

Qi Jiu's heart moved slightly, and it seemed that Mrs. Xu was reluctant to mention the newly arrived "family member", and turned a blind eye to the guest's inquiries.

Qi Yan asked again: "Do you know where to buy red envelopes?" I came in a hurry and was not ready to give New Year's red envelopes to the children. ”

Now that the important prop to lure the snake out of the hole, the "Osmanthus Red Bean Wine Stuffed Lantern Festival" has arrived, the next "Red Envelope Banknote" props must also keep up.

Mrs. Xu's face flashed with a blank look: "Ah, don't you mention that I forgot to prepare red envelopes for the children, we used to buy them at the commissary outside the community, but Aunt Chen, who runs the commissary, has disappeared, just like the master who picks the lock, I haven't seen them for a long time... I don't know if the store will be open on the sixth day of the new year, many shops will not open until the sixth day of the new year, and I will only go to see it then..."

"Okay, I see, thank you."

Qi Jiu's brows furrowed, he couldn't wait for the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, since the closed captioning of the party had already mentioned the rule of "children come to ask for red envelopes", it would be a waste not to do something tonight.

Moreover, he needs to accurately screen the children who come to "ask for red envelopes", so as to facilitate the breakthrough of the main plot line by pushing the branches.

Rather than being pushed forward by time and rules, Qi Ji is more inclined to figure out the logic behind the plot and rules, so as to grasp the initiative.

"Is it convenient to lend me these scissors?" Qi Jiu's mind turned quickly, and he looked at the scissors that had been wiped clean by Mrs. Xu and asked.

Mrs. Xu seemed to have a good impression of Qi Jiu, and nodded without any hesitation: "Of course you can." ”

On the other hand, for Mrs. Xu, it is also a very beneficial thing for Mrs. Xu to kill each other with sharp weapons in their hands.

Qi Yan smiled: "Thank you." ”

The female player with her hair in a bun squinted her eyes slightly and looked at him for a moment, silent.

*

After eating the Lantern Festival, under Mrs. Xu's arrangement, the surviving fourteen players went back to their rooms and settled down according to their groups during the day.

Qi Zhen and Qi Xiaonian's group did not die, and there were still six people.

The first thing everyone did when they returned to 407 was to turn on all the lights in the room, after all, the fourth article of the rule clearly mentions -

"Please don't turn off the lights to sleep tonight, the lights won't go out for no reason, if the lights don't go out very well, please find the extra person in the room within two minutes."

When everyone in the group was busy checking the lighting equipment in the house, Qi Yan put the osmanthus red bean dumplings at the corner of the corridor outside the 407 door, and the red bean wine was brewed just right.

There is a special thing about the New Year, you can't put leftover food by the window or door, otherwise it is to feed the homeless lonely ghosts, commonly known as Chinese New Year's Eve "ghost food", it is easy to attract bad things.

After placing the osmanthus Lantern Festival, Qi Yan returned to the room and was not idle, he opened the cabinet used by Mrs. Xu during the day through the lock-picking props, turned out a large stack of red paper that had not yet had time to make Spring Festival couplets, and began to pick up scissors and carefully cut them.

Fortunately, the paste used to paste the Spring Festival couplets during the day was also left in room 407, which made it convenient for Qi Yan to paste the cut red paper.

And the rule that you can't turn off the lights at night also helps a lot, otherwise it's not easy to do manual work when the light is blind.

The players in the same group looked at each other and felt a little uneasy about Qi Jiu's strange behavior, but because it was Qi Jiu who accurately judged the porter number of Mrs. Xu's family during the day, and he also had familiar teammates here, he naturally regarded him as a big man, and did not dare to ask rashly.

Qi Xiaonian sat next to Qi Yan and helped him with manual work: "Brother, you already have a candidate to give red envelopes, right?" ”

He had been by Qi Jiu's side before, so he naturally heard the conversation between Qi Jiu and Mrs. Xu clearly, and with Qi Xiaonian's understanding of Qi Jiu, he knew very well that every word Qi Jiu asked about NPCs had a reason, and even the plan was ready.

Qi Yan smiled: "As guests, we come to other people's homes for the New Year, so naturally we can't be empty-handed, right?" ”

Qi Xiaonian was slightly stunned, and then smiled helplessly: "Brother, pay attention to safety." ”

Qi Yan nodded: "Don't worry." ”

Qi Xiaonian: "Do you plan to put survival coins in the red envelope?" ”

Qi Jiu: "Since it's a red envelope for the dead, of course you can't put survival coins, which is too offensive." ”