16. Chapter 16

In the restaurant, the blond saint was gathering all the teams that were searching the mental hospital to sort out all the information they had obtained.

After the cold system prompt appeared, everyone's actions paused.

[S-level trainee Zhuge An. Cleared the level]

No one could describe the mood of the other trainees in the mental hospital after hearing this system prompt.

Probably everyone was confused.

Not to mention the trainees, even the live broadcast room and the audience from the God's perspective were also shocked.

[Fuck, no, how did Zhuge know the answer? What happened in those few tens of minutes just now? ]

[They just disappeared out of thin air, and then Zhuge announced that the level was cleared, and I was full of black question marks]

[Wait, wait, me? ? ? ? ? I slowly knelt down, really knelt down, it's not even halfway through the second day, and the difficulty is close to the S-level level! ! 】

【You are not the only one upstairs. I am also kneeling and watching the live broadcast... It's amazing】

【Did a new group of people change in the infinite loop? Think about what Zhuge did in the "Cursed Mask" and you will feel that this quick clearance is nothing. Otherwise, do you think that the boss's No. 3 was picked up for nothing? 】

"Zhuge secretly cleared the level?!"

After a moment of silence, everyone whispered in disbelief and a fierce discussion broke out.

At this time, Qin Ye happened to bring all the search teams on the negative first floor up.

"The two newcomers got new information in the bathroom not long ago."

He pointed to the two newcomers standing behind him, "You can talk to His Excellency."

"Your Excellency, the Saint, the Son of Saint."

Facing No. 7, the newcomer with a loud voice was obviously very nervous and hesitant when he spoke.

"Don't be afraid." Messiah said gently, "Just tell me the information you got."

"Just now, Xu Wenji and I were searching the toilet on the underground first floor."

The newcomer tried to straighten his tongue, "Then we found that the door of a toilet cubicle couldn't be opened... Just when we wanted to push the door, the door suddenly opened. The black-haired S-class and the beautiful E-class walked out together."

What else can two grown men do when they are hiding in the toilet, or in a narrow toilet cubicle?

Many people showed meaningful expressions.

Messiah frowned, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Originally, this sounded like a small matter, but combined with the system prompt just now, the deep meaning behind it is incomparable.

"Just now in the stairwell, didn't Zhuge An and the white-haired E-level walk together?"

He Jianlan stared at his blurred reflection in the spoon: "The white-haired guy must have told Zhuge An the clue of the S-level item on hand, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to clear the dungeon so quickly."

If Zhuge An had the ability to escape the dungeon by himself, he would have cleared it long ago, and it wouldn't have dragged on until now.

"In my opinion, the top priority now is to catch that E-level back."

Jiang Yuan said viciously, "The clues on him must be crucial, and directly related to the main plot of this dungeon."

Meng Tianlu also agreed, "Yes, we are now missing the necessary information. Since there has been a clearer, it means that the clue of the S-level item must be crucial."

Many old people are still secretly thinking about the black iron box they saw in the operating room.

Now that the first person to pass the level has appeared, no one can be sure whether Zhuge An has obtained the mysterious S-level item. If he doesn't get it...

"That's right. Your Excellency, we can't risk delaying it to the third day."

"Yes, no one can tell what will happen on the third day. Besides, there are so many newcomers here who have no ability to protect themselves. They all need the care of the old people, and they may not be able to take care of themselves. Your Excellency, please think about it again! This clue is really important to us!"

In normal times, how good can the fate of an E-level newcomer with an S-level clue be?

If you want to keep the treasure, you must have the strength to keep the treasure. To be honest, if there was no Messiah to protect him, the old people would have used force to coerce the white-haired E-level, so how could he be so arrogant?

Everyone whispered and turned their eyes to the Messiah.

In this situation where there was no clue and no clue, the Son of God was pushed to the forefront.

They all need a clear path, a clear path in front of them.

In the face of life and death, people will become despicable. Zong Jiu is only an E-level, and no one can guarantee that these old people will not privately disobey the orders of the Son of God and use other means to force him to reveal the clue about the S-level props?

Under the gaze of everyone, Messiah closed his eyes tiredly.

He finally spoke.

"He will join us."

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Zong Jiu pushed open the door of the ward.

The high school student was standing outside, glancing behind him: "Brother Jiu!"

"Brother Jiu, did you hear the system prompt just now! Zhuge An has passed the level!"

Sheng Yu's face was full of shock, and he couldn't help but raise his hand to gesture to fully express his current mood.

The white-haired young man looked at him with an ambiguous look, "Yeah, I'm surprised too."

In fact, Zong Jiu was quite accepting of it. Anyway, whether Zhuge An passed the level or not had nothing to do with him. He only knew that he had obtained all the information he wanted from Zhuge An.

What really surprised Zong Jiu was Sheng Yu's acting skills that could be called perfect.

In fact, from the beginning, Sheng Yu and Zhuge An were Zong Jiu's top candidates to eliminate the suspicion of being a traitor.

The reason for excluding Sheng Yu was very simple. Because there was no such person as him in the original text.

From Zong Jiu's perspective, this was actually understandable.

Because he replaced the original owner and said such a thing at the door of the trainee dormitory. Just like Lorenz's butterfly effect, a butterfly flaps its wings in South America, and two weeks later, a storm will set off in Texas, USA. Under such influence, it is not incomprehensible that the plot has reasonable deviations.

When Sheng Yu came to talk to him in the restaurant with a plate of food, Zong Jiu was surprised, but he did not suspect him. What's more, there is a random task to find the inner ghost in the original plot, so Zong Jiu preconceived that since there was an inner ghost in the original camp, Sheng Yu who joined later would certainly not have any problems, so he directly excluded him.

So why was Zong Jiu so sure that Sheng Yu was the inner ghost later?

It was because of the original owner's death mentioned in the original plot.

In the original text, the original owner, a cannon fodder vase, asked another newcomer to go to the toilet together. As a result, he unfortunately encountered the first horror event of the mental hospital copy in the toilet.

Zong Jiu didn't know what the horror event was. Because when writing horror stories, authors usually don't write about how they died for the first time, they just keep exaggerating the horror atmosphere and emphasize the miserable state of the body after death to maintain the atmosphere of mystery and panic.

But even so, Zong Jiu still got a very valuable piece of information from the original text.

The original owner went into the cubicle to go to the toilet, and the newcomer who was with him was waiting outside the toilet. Because he was too scared, the original owner deliberately didn't close the toilet door, and died halfway through peeing.

The original owner's head fell directly from his neck, and naturally there was a thumping sound in the toilet. The newcomer who was waiting outside the door didn't even dare to go in to see, and turned around and ran away in fear, but was naturally killed at the door of the toilet.

In the end, the newcomer's body disappeared, and the original owner's head was made into a human head mop and thrown into the dirty sink of the toilet at will.

According to this plot, the two people who went to the toilet should have died.

But Sheng Yu didn't die. Not only did he not die, he also accurately described the process of Glasses going to the toilet.

At that time, Zong Jiu clenched the ballpoint pen in his sleeve, his muscles tensed.

Two lone men who came to him at the same time, would the ghost pick them to kill? With plenty of time, it is impossible to kill only Glasses, not to mention that the original text achieved a double kill achievement, which is even more abrupt in comparison.

He became suspicious of Sheng Yu.

In order to verify this conjecture, Zong Jiu sneaked into the toilet of the alien space alone.

By the way, Zong Jiu vaguely knew that there was another space in this copy. Because in the original text describing Vincent, there was a vague description of the scene on the second floor below ground.

It’s just that at the beginning, Zong Jiu thought that the second floor below ground was the only way to the alien space, but he didn’t expect that there would be a chance of being dragged into the alien space if he was alone.

Zong Jiu saw the body of Glasses in the toilet of the alien space.

As expected, the incision on the neck was very smooth, and it looked more like a human hand than the so-called "ghost in another space".

Although He Jianlan didn't look very smart and his inference was full of loopholes, he was right by accident.

Glasses was murdered.

Now, the answer to who the traitor was is obvious.

But this doesn't mean the end. Because there is still a traitor in this copy.

Zong Jiu didn't know whether Zhuge An knew about this, but Zong Jiu knew it very well.

Because after Zong Jiu kicked open the doors of the three toilet cubicles and checked that there was indeed no one inside, he took the time to look at the sink in the bathroom.

The sink was empty. There was a big spider web under the faucet, and the black spider was spinning on it. If someone wanted to put a mop in it, they would have to break the spider web.

Not to mention that when Zong Jiu kicked the door, Glasses' head was not made into a human head mop and put into the sink like the original owner in the original text. But later, after Messiah led the old people in the search, the mop was put in again without anyone noticing, so it was impossible to say that there was no accomplice.

Furthermore, the original text does not mention Sheng Yu, but the main system still issues random insider tasks. It is easy to infer that in addition to Sheng Yu, there was another insider among the original trainees.

Who could it be?

Zong Jiu listened to Sheng Yu's words while thinking secretly.

Sheng Yu was vividly describing the scene in the stairwell to Zong Jiu.

After that, he lowered his voice mysteriously, "Brother Jiu, did you see those two people?"

Not far from the corridor, two newcomers were approaching here intentionally or unintentionally, and they almost wrote the words "We are watching you" on their faces.

Sheng Yu: "I think they seem to be watching us, what should we do?"

Zong Jiu shrugged indifferently, "What should we do? We have been abandoned by both big brothers now, so why not go to the restaurant first?"

Judging from various clues, the insider card that Sheng Yu got should have extremely high authority. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why an F-level can easily kill people and move the bodies to another space before Zong Jiu can do so.

He has 100% of the key that Zhuge An said can open another space at will, which is also the original text of the Virginia cipher before it is encrypted by the key. As long as you get the key, you can pass the ordinary card main task, and Zhuge An is the best example.

Zong Jiu is very curious about what Sheng Yu's purpose is and what the main task of the inner ghost card he got is.

If he just wants to kill people for fun, or kill all the trainees, Sheng Yu can completely tear his face with him, an E-level, in the toilet, or stab him before Zong Jiu finds his flaws through the plot.

But Sheng Yu didn't.

Not only that, he didn't even have the idea or intention of adding fuel to the fire and sowing discord.

He almost perfectly played the role of an innocent high school student, calling him Brother Jiu all the time, and pretending to be innocent.

Zong Jiu didn't believe that he had no plot.

However... this reminded him of the prophecy Zhuge An said before he left.

"Where are you going? Huh?"

A deep voice suddenly came from above.

The man in a white coat slowly walked out of the shadows.

The dim light made his ordinary outline look extremely deep, like an extremely evil ghost escaping from the abyss.

The doctor glanced at the four people in front of him with interest, and his eyes stayed on the white-haired young man for a particularly long time.

Zong Jiu felt as if he was stared at by a poisonous snake, and a trembling electric current rolled unconsciously on his spine.

"The nurse has been looking for you for a long time. You should go upstairs to take medicine."

Sheng Yu asked in confusion, "Take medicine? What do you mean take medicine? Isn't it at night?"

Doctor Chu didn't speak. He pointed behind them, and the weird smile on his face gradually deepened.

Above the oil lamp hanging on the wall, the clock was slowly pointing to ten.

Ten o'clock!

Sheng Yu and the other two newcomers showed an expression of disbelief.

How is it possible? They clearly remembered that they didn't even have lunch!

[Fuck, how come it's ten o'clock all of a sudden? I'm confused again]

[Wasn't it just twelve o'clock... I'm dizzy, what the hell is this]

[Is this a copy related to time decryption? But that's not right. I saw Zhuge's reasoning in his live broadcast room that this is a copy of space-type puzzle solving. What's going on? ]

Zong Jiu stood aside, his eyes darkening.

The moment when Glasses died and Zong Jiu was pulled into the alien space was exactly ten o'clock.

This moment is likely to be the symbol of the opening of the alien space!

The white-haired young man suddenly looked up.

But now, the doctor with gold-rimmed glasses is still standing there, and the surrounding scenery has not changed at all.

"Go upstairs and take medicine quickly, everyone is waiting for you."

The doctor's eyebrows curved, as if to kindly remind: "It's not a wise decision to hang out in a group."

"Oh, right."

He lowered his head and glanced at the gold watch on his wrist casually, "It's time for rounds soon. The head nurse should have told you that this hospital has regulations prohibiting night wandering."

"If you violate the hospital regulations and get caught wandering at night."

The man brushed past Zong Jiu, and the pupils hidden behind the glasses slowly became dark and malicious.

"Disobedient patients...will be punished."

After the corner of the white coat disappeared in the gap on the second floor, Sheng Yu trembled and said, "Brother Jiu, how come it's ten o'clock in the evening all of a sudden, what should I do?"

Pretend, you continue to pretend, I will quietly watch you perform.

Zong Jiu kicked the ball back: "Ah, it seems there is no way, let's go upstairs to find the Holy Son first."

Several people walked to the door of the restaurant and went through the process of taking medicine again under the eyes of a circle of nurses.

Zong Jiu swept his hand holding the pills across the large pocket of the hospital gown without leaving a trace, and raised his head to hear the conversation between the head nurse and other nurses.

"Tomorrow is the third day since this batch of patients came here. It seems that we have another period of vacation."

Strangely enough, this seems to be the first conversation they have heard.

The voice without ups and downs gradually faded away in the empty corridor. The newcomers were terrified and their legs trembled.

In fact, the atmosphere in the restaurant is not much better now.

Everyone's face was almost the same with anxiety and panic, and they didn't even notice Zong Jiu and his group walking into the restaurant.

Messiah's face was solemn, "Time has been accelerated."

The old people were silent, and their expressions were not much better.

Just now, they were still discussing the list of people who were going to the second floor below ground this afternoon in the restaurant. The next second, a nurse carrying a medicine basket appeared out of nowhere and coldly informed them that it was time to take medicine.

Time sped up ten hours out of nowhere!

What's more terrifying is that they don't know why time was accelerated.

No one knows whether it is because Zhuge An left the dungeon early that the difficulty of the dungeon increases sharply in the later stage, or because there are variables in the original dungeon.

"We can't delay any longer. Everyone has to go to the second floor below ground with me tonight."

The newcomers were shocked: "Are we going too?"

"Didn't you hear what the nurse said just now?" He Jianlan said coldly, "If it's delayed beyond tonight, no one can guarantee what will happen on the third day. After midnight, it will be the third day."

"But, but..."

In the eyes of these newcomers who have no experience at all, through this short period of time, the three words "second floor below ground" have become synonymous with a flood and a beast.

"But what but!"

An old man said impatiently, "If it weren't for the kindness of the Holy Son, we wouldn't care about the life and death of you newcomers. The selection of horror trainees is not a copy of the usual survivors. In the usual copy, there are rewards for helping newcomers. Not only will there be no rewards for helping you, but you are also disobedient and annoying. In other words, whether you live or die has nothing to do with us."

The blond Holy Son gave the old man a stopper's look, turned his head and comforted him, "If you stay in the dormitory, it will most likely be a dead end in the current situation."

"Follow me, I will try my best to ensure your safety."

When saying the last sentence, Messiah glanced at the corner of his eye, and his azure eyes looked at the entrance of the restaurant.

Everyone looked over at the same time.

The white-haired young man stood there, calmly accepting the baptism and scrutiny of everyone's eyes.

There was worry, greed, and undisguised greed in these eyes.

Zong Jiu stretched his limbs as if he didn't feel it, and even stretched and yawned on the spot.

Some old men wanted to speak indignantly, but they were all stopped by Messiah.

The blond Saint looked at him with a sincere look, "Now Zhuge An has passed the level, rejoin us, okay?"

Zong Jiu had no reason to agree.

Leaving Messiah's organization and turning to Zhuge An to seek help was the result of careful consideration for him.

But——

"Okay."

Zong Jiu readily agreed.

[Hmm? Why did he agree again? ]

The barrage was full of question marks. [No, I thought he would struggle at least]

[Damn, good-looking is different. After hugging the Saint Son's thigh and the Zhuge boss' thigh, the Saint Son was willing to take over after coming back. I'm jealous, sisters]

[Is this okay? ? Our Jiu said that he would die with a strong will! My youth is over! ]

As a result, Zong Jiu not only agreed, he even took the initiative to publish some information.

"Actually, it's useless to tell you that clue."

Others:? Then you tell me!

"Think about it, isn't our main mission to survive for three days?"

Everyone nodded.

"But it's only been less than two days, and Zhuge An ran away. Why do you think he could run away?"

Zong Jiu said in a rhythmic way, persuading, "Of course it's because - he is the traitor!"

Everyone was skeptical, but after careful consideration, it seemed to be true.

Yes, why is the main mission to survive for three days, but Zhuge An ran away in advance.

This of course means that Zhuge An's identity card and main mission are different from theirs!

"Alas, you really misunderstood me before."

The white-haired young man was indignant, "Zhuge An is so despicable and shameless. Not only did he pretend to agree to cooperate with me, but he also took the clue from me! The world is really going downhill and people's hearts are no longer the same!"

"Alas, after this insider passed the level, I guess he also took the S-level prop away."

Zong Jiu pretended to raise his arm, "The clue in my hand is no longer useful, and it doesn't matter if I tell you. But I didn't expect that you would still be willing to play with me even so, you are really nice."

Although Zong Jiu doesn't usually act, but if he really acts, who is not a cross-border actor?

After hearing the news that the S-level item was taken away, everyone's expression was as if they had swallowed a fly. The old people looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

To be honest, Zhuge An is not here now, so Zong Jiu is just saying it out of turn.

If Zhuge An was as upright as the Holy Son, no one present would believe him.

Unfortunately, Zhuge An is not a white character. This guy is both good and evil, has a perverse personality, is very smart, and does things unconventionally. Many people have very complicated feelings about him. Many of them are victims who were used as pawns by him in the dungeon and hate him.

He has played a big game, so what is the big deal about snatching an S-level item? Pretending to cooperate and then asking questions is really like Zhuge An's usual style.

Besides, Zhuge An was originally the number one candidate for the inner ghost that they strongly suspected.

So when Zong Jiu performed hard and put the blame on Zhuge An for free, the others actually believed it for the most part.

Not to mention the trainees present in the restaurant, the barrage also suddenly realized it.

[Fuck, no wonder they pulled him to the small corner of the ward and used S-level props. It turns out that during the time when we didn’t see the live broadcast, they went to coerce and bribe the newcomer]

[It sounds so miserable... I have heard about Zhuge’s betrayal to Wujiandao in the "Cursed Mask" and pitted everyone. This E-level is so miserable. I guess he will have a psychological shadow on Zhuge in the future (light wax.jpg)]

[Hahahahaha! Am I the only one who thought Zhuge An was the traitor from the beginning! ! Sure enough, the facts proved that my guess was correct]

Don’t ask, if you ask, your reputation will be damaged. If you ask, you deserve it.

"It's okay."

On the contrary, Messiah seemed relieved, "We didn't invite you to rejoin us for that clue."

The blond Saint smiled lightly, "Anyway, welcome back."

Since the Saint had expressed his opinion, the others had to accept it reluctantly and secretly guard against it.

Mainly because Zong Jiu's explanation was reasonable, otherwise it couldn't explain why Zhuge An could leave early.

He Jianlan, who had been shouting that Zong Jiu was the traitor, was silent. It seemed that he was trying hard to find loopholes in his words, but unfortunately he found nothing.

Zong Jiu curled his lips.

In his heart, he thanked Zhuge An, the perfect scapegoat, insincerely.

Although Zong Jiu could start looking for the key to prepare for the clearance now, there was no need to go to the negative second floor with Messiah for an adventure.

But in addition to the clearance, Zong Jiu also needed a lot of survival points.

The white-haired young man's eyes gently swept over the high school student standing behind him.

He has always been a very greedy person.

Since there are such good conditions, why doesn't Zong Jiu complete the random tasks at the same time?

This copy can only be won by wits.

After this copy, he must heal his hands and let the cards fly and jump on his fingers again.

Then... regain the reputation of a magician.