Half a minute later, a miracle happened.

The old yellow calendar, which was written as "the first day of the new year" by Qi Zheng, has changed, and the original vague handwriting has gradually come out.

"Huh?!" Qi Xiaonian's eyes widened in disbelief, and when the surprise faded, his eyes were full of surprise.

Because the original obscured column of the old yellow calendar should be taboo, now it is clearly written the precautions on the first day of the new year-

"Today: House cleaning, prayers, burials, speaking auspicious words, watching Chinese New Year movies"

"Don't do it today: messy room, visit relatives and friends, break things, send and receive New Year's text messages, look in the mirror"

Chapter 196: Year (15)

Just when the do-don'ts resurfaced clearly on the old yellow calendar, the system's prompt sounded-

[Heaven and earth are full of energy, ten thousand households are in the New Year, congratulations to all 407 players for obtaining the do's and don'ts on the first day of the new year, for the sake of your physical and mental health, please try to strictly abide by the relevant content, and consciously restrain your behavior]

[Please note, however, that as a guest, any decision must be made on the premise of completing the tasks assigned by Mrs. Hui]

Noticing the wording of the system, Qi Zhen frowned slightly, which means that the priority of completing the tasks given by Mrs. Xu is greater than obeying the rules.

But the rules themselves are used to protect the player, and breaking the rules without permission will definitely not be a good thing......

Qi Xiaonian obviously realized this, and asked in a low voice on the side: "What if Mrs. Xu's task conflicts with the do's and don'ts on the yellow calendar?" ”

Qi Yan was silent for a moment, and shook his head: "No if, I have a hunch that there will be conflicts." ”

Qi Xiaonian was stunned: "Huh? ”

Qi Yan pursed his lips helplessly: "So, this is the problem that we, the guests, should solve." ”

Qi Xiaonian's expression was slightly gloomy and he didn't speak.

The old yellow calendar has clearly written that the house should be cleaned today, and the room should not be dirty, everyone looked at this bloodstained room, and did not hesitate, exchanged for various cleaning props and quickly started to work.

The sky was not yet completely bright, but Mrs. Xu had told them to prepare according to the taboo before breakfast, so there was less than half an hour left for them to clean up.

Qi Xiaonian had been a little apprehensive since Qi Yan appeared in the dungeon, and now taking advantage of his free time to clean, he pretended to be chatting and asked Qi Yan, "Brother, how did you get here?" I don't think the coincidence of being involved in a bug will happen a second time......"

Here, of course, the reference is to this old apartment shrouded in the atmosphere of the absurd New Year.

In order to dispel Qi Xiaonian's concerns, Qi Yan did not intend to hide his purpose and operation, he yawned while working, and at the same time informed Qi Xiaonian of the burning talisman and the strange call.

Qi Xiaonian: "Brother, you..."

Qi Jiu: "Xiao Nian, are you worried about me." ”

"It must be fake to say that you're not worried, right?" Qi Xiaoyoung sighed, "But instead of worrying, I'm actually a little confused, brother, why did you do this?" I know you care about my well-being, but... Since this quest can involve players for no reason, anything can happen after that, and it won't even leave players with a way out of life like any previous quest..."

Qi Yan explained: "You also said that the opening of this copy itself is related to bugs, and if I come in and break through the level, maybe I can find the entrance to the bug, and this may bring me a different surprise." ”

Qi Xiaonian nodded hesitantly, and finally raised his eyes to look at Qi Yan fixedly: "Brother, what is your purpose?" ”

Qi Jiu: "Why do you ask?" ”

Qi Xiaonian's gaze was momentary: "You and ours have different purposes, right?" ”

Qi Yan seemed to smile lightly: "What's the difference?" ”

Qi Xiaonian: "You're not interested in survival coins. ”

Qi Yan smiled: "Who would not be interested in the survival coin, whether it is as the length of life or the circulation currency of the Dying City, it is a very important thing. ”

Qi Xiaonian shook his head and complained in a low voice: "Brother, you are dishonest..."

"I feel that whether it's cracking a copy or earning survival coins, your purpose in doing this is different from ours, or even different from Brother Li... You seem to be a little indifferent to getting out of here and staying alive, and you seem to enjoy the process of being here more..."

It was difficult for Qi Xiaonian to describe the feeling that Qi Yan gave people, he just honestly described what he felt, and frowned sincerely: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't rashly speculate about you from my own point of view, I'm too subjective." ”

Qi Yan didn't answer immediately, and the short silence made Qi Xiaonian next to him a little nervous, he was worried that his speculation had offended Qi Yan.

"Am I so obvious?" Qi Yan laughed easily, and he turned to Qi Xiaonian, "It's okay, you're not wrong." ”

Qi Yan admitted.

Qi Xiaonian looked at him deeply and asked seriously: "Brother, you want to fix the bugs in this world, right?" ”

Qi Yan smiled and nodded: "If I can do it, I am very happy." ”

Qi Xiaonian shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Brother, what you want to do, you can definitely do it." ”

Qi Jiu: "Thank you. ”

Qi Xiaonian: "If I have the opportunity, I really hope to meet the person who is so important to my brother." ”

Qi Yan was stunned, and then lowered his eyes: "There will be a chance." ”

He didn't realize it, but the corners of his lips lifted slightly as he said this.

*

With the cooperation of 407 players using cleaning props, the room that was originally contaminated by blood stains was completely cleaned.

At 6:55 a.m., they were finally able to open the door and breathe in the fresh winter morning air.

The wet and cold wind blew in his face, and Qi Zhen looked up, and the lead-gray clouds were low and low on the horizon, as if a long snow was brewing.

The red lanterns with the words "Happy New Year" written on them swayed in the wind, and the oversaturated red color was incompatible with the cold and gloomy background of winter.

The strong contrast brings an unusual sense of alienation and disconnection, which is obviously a familiar scene in the real world, but presented visually in a strange and strange way, and this contrast can make people instinctively feel frightened.

The concrete playground outside the apartment was littered with bright red debris, as if someone had set off firecrackers downstairs last night, and the damp confetti had stuck to the gray concrete floor.

But the rules clearly mention that fireworks and other New Year's customs have been banned.

Who set off the fireworks last night?

Mrs. Xu, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, heard the sound and immediately walked over, she stood outside the door of 407 and looked into the house: "There are not many young people like you who pay attention to hygiene now, the room is cleaned very well, and the two guests next door are not so well-behaved, I don't know what to do last night, the sheets on the wall are dirty, how unlucky it is for the New Year." ”

407 Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Qi Yan and Qi Xiaonian exchanged glances, it seems that the player next door also encountered an "uninvited guest" last night.

The place for breakfast was arranged in the corridor outside the kitchen, and Mrs. Xu had already set up a round wooden table in advance.

The round wooden table has been used for many years, and the top is pasted with a layer of watery oil.

The players of 407 hesitated to sit down, and the players in the other two rooms also came out of the room one after another, everyone was silent, but everyone was observing the number and status of survivors in the other room.

Qi Yan noticed that four people came out of room 405, the same number as when they checked in last night, and it seemed that room 405 spent a Christmas Eve last night.

But 406 wasn't so lucky, they were four players last night, and only two people came out of the room this morning, and it seems that two players died tragically last night, and the rampant player who killed people with scissors at the party also disappeared.

But it is not known if the rampant player was killed by the rules or by the "roommate".

The female player with 405's hair in the bun looked very good, she did not shy away from looking at Qi Jiu, who was already sitting at the dining table, and swept everyone in 407 again, and finally curled the corners of her lips and said, "It seems that you worked hard last night, and you lost a roommate." ”

"Fortunately, there is no danger." Qi Yan replied simply, and he didn't say much.

He made a brief count, and now there are four people alive in room 405, two people alive in 406, and five people alive in 407, adding up to a total of eleven players left, and from yesterday afternoon to this morning, the players have already killed five people.

Such a high mortality rate definitely does not bode well.

At the last of Mrs. Xu's breakfast, the players began to exchange information selectively.

Although 406 survived two players, they didn't seem to be in very good shape, especially the middle-aged male player, whose hands on the dining table kept shaking, and his eyes stared directly at the dining table with only empty dishes and chopsticks, his expression was blank and empty, as if the three souls and six spirits had left his body, leaving only a pair of walking dead skins.

Qi Ji asked another female player in 406 who seemed to be in a slightly more stable condition, "The lights in your room went out last night, right?" ”

The female player nodded tiredly: "It's probably the second half of the night, the lights that were originally on went out without warning, we followed the rules and prompts, and tried to find the extra people by reporting the number, but..."

She remembered the situation last night, and described with a gray face, "Time was running out, and the eldest brother in the bed next door to me was a bit of an experienced player, and when he heard the impossible number 5, he immediately picked up the gun and shot it in the direction where the sound came from, because the room was too quiet, and we all heard the sound of sharp weapons piercing into the flesh and blood splattering......"

"No, since that big brother is using a gun, why is there a sound of a sharp weapon piercing the flesh..."Soon, the player who listened to her description noticed that something was wrong.

"Here's the problem, the sharp weapon pierced... In fact, it's the heart of the big brother with the gun," the female player frowned deeply, "The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, no one expected..."

As she spoke, she glanced at her walking corpse teammate in the same room as her: "He didn't know what he was afraid of, so he suddenly stabbed the big brother in the heart with scissors." ”

Everyone exchanged glances with different expressions, and the air suddenly fell eerily silent.

"I don't know what's going on... I don't remember at all... I don't have scissors around me... But when the lights came back on, I held the scissors in my hand, and the other end of the scissors pierced the heart of the unlucky big brother... I swear I really don't know anything... I didn't do it..."

The identified player defended himself in a helpless and confused voice, his words had no logic or any confidence, and it was clear that he had been "tainted".

Qi Jiu: "But the bullet hit another innocent player, right?" ”

He'd just noticed that the player who had been injected with the tranquilizer didn't show up at the morning table, and that 406 had killed two people last night.

The female player nodded haggardly: "And the weird thing is that the player who was hit shouldn't have been in the position where the muzzle was pointed... Because of the accident at the party, the player was also injected with tranquilizers, and we were afraid that he would run away at night, so we fixed him with a rope to the door, but when the lights came on again, he was somehow moved under the mirror..."

From the other party's description, Qi Zhen confirmed his previous guess: only when the players in the same room are mentally unstable, the lights in the room will be turned off, and there will be "extra people".

If the "extra person" is not correctly identified within the allotted two minutes, at least two players in the room will die, with the misidentified player dying and the misidentified player dying.

If the extra person is found correctly, the mentally tainted player will die on the spot, as in the "drying clothes" scene that took place in 407 last night.

So if Qi Zhen made a mistake last night, he would also be in danger of being killed.

The mirror is obviously a key point of information, as the female player of 406 mentioned that the player who was originally shot was tied to the door, but when he died, he appeared under the mirror in the room.

Last night, Qi Yan also saw a mirror image of blurred facial features in the mirror of 407, which is absolutely impossible to be a coincidence......

At this moment, Mrs. Xu brought a hot breakfast, which was a large plate of fried rice cakes and a pot of rice cake syrup.

It's a very appropriate New Year's food.

Qi Yan also noticed that there were no paper figures involved in today's breakfast, and there were only Mrs. Xu and the eleven surviving guests at the table.

Qi Yan politely said to Mrs. Xu, "Why don't you ask us to help make breakfast together?" We're so embarrassed to sit here as guests and wait for our food. ”

Mrs. Xu smiled: "You young people have been busy outside for a year, and the pace of life outside is also fast, and you are tired, so take advantage of the New Year's holiday to take a rest, and occasionally sleep lazily to relax It's good, only by sleeping well, can you maintain a good spirit and spirit to pay New Year's greetings." ”

There are players rolling their eyes on the side, and they come over at half past six to knock on the door and ask people to get up, what kind of sleep is it?

And Qi Yan has a bad premonition about the word "New Year's greetings".

Qi Jiu: "Someone went home again last night, right?" I seem to hear movement. ”

Mrs. Xu nodded silently, the corners of her lips raising into a seemingly kind, but now chilling smile.

Qi Yan continued to probe: "Won't your family come over for breakfast together?" ”

Mrs. Xu raised her head and looked at the guests at the table with chaotic and yellowed eyes: "Our rule here is that on the first day of the new year, guests who come from afar should take the initiative to walk around, visit the door, and bring breakfast to the main family, especially the new home main family... So I think I'm sorry to trouble you today. ”