Chapter 116: Connecting the Plot
Yin Chengjue's plan was very simple: to occupy the spot of an escape route player and lure out the other members of the escape route, especially the escape route's three-character Lockpick card. As a special skill card, the Lockpick was undoubtedly a powerful card for speeding up the escape route's progress.
Of course, if Wei Lu, who had already left, was this powerful card, that would be even better.
"You're on the escape route? But I clearly saw you investigating the murderer yesterday." Lei Miao looked utterly disbelieving: "Boss Yin, are you lying? You're actually on the detective route, aren't you?"
Yin Chengjue: "If I were on the detective route, do you think I would actively suggest that everyone work together to identify the detective route players?" Yin Chengjue neither admitted nor denied it, because if he denied it, the detective route players would know for sure he was definitely on one of the other two routes. And if the escape route players had previously encountered their teammates, they would immediately know he was on the treasure hunt route.
Only by being ambiguous could he keep both the detective and escape route players unsure of his allegiance.
"That's not necessarily true, maybe you're just being deliberate." Lei Miao took the bait, convinced that Yin Chengjue was a detective route player.
Yin Chengjue propped his chin with one hand, his other hand idly tapping the table: "You sound so sure, could it be that you..."
Yin Chengjue stopped here, as if he didn't intend to continue.
Everyone: "..." Don't just say half of it!
Guan Haifeng and Ling Ting were completely at a loss for words, with only one thought: they really didn't fit in with this group!
Fortunately, there was Liu Qingling, who was responsible for managing the overall situation and guiding the conversation. Seeing Guan Haifeng looking around, unsure how to jump in, he proactively offered a topic: "Since this game is somewhat similar to Werewolf, why don't we follow the Werewolf format, with each person making a statement, sharing something they saw or heard yesterday during the day or last night."
Liu Qingling said: "No matter which task route you're on, you need to follow the plot. So I think it's best if we all share the plot, piece it together, which will also be helpful for your own task routes."
After speaking, Liu Qingling looked at Guan Haifeng: "Shall we start from my left? Xiao Guan, why don't you start?"
Guan Haifeng gave Liu Qingling a grateful look and said: "Since we're sharing clues, I'll talk about what I saw yesterday morning. I searched the villa owner's room and the main hall. This villa owner really liked reading, and his interests were broad, covering everything from astronomy and geography, famous classics, to casual essays and even romance light novels. His room could truly be called a study. If I were on the treasure hunt route, I would definitely check these books carefully, the treasure we're looking for might be hidden among them."
Rong Yu said: "Did you find anything then?"
Guan Haifeng replied without thinking: "I don't need to check those."
Guan Haifeng still hadn't realized he had just given himself away, and continued: "Weren't we deducing something really scary yesterday? That we are actually all dead, and those dead skeletons are our corpses. And in the villa owner's room, I saw a very strange book that seems related to this plot. Here, I took a picture of it."
Guan Haifeng placed the quickly printed photo he had taken on the table.
It showed a book titled "Cycle of Dead Souls."
Synopsis: The vengeful spirits of those who were violently killed, burdened by profound bitterness, cannot be led to the underworld. They are trapped at the site of their death, condemned to endlessly relive the events they experienced just before dying. If their deep-seated resentment is not resolved, their confinement will never end. They remain bound there until, eventually, the passage of time erodes them away, and they vanish from existence completely.
Guan Haifeng said: "I think we are now the vengeful spirits trapped here. Because our grievances were too strong when we died, the underworld messengers couldn't take us away, so we are left wandering here, constantly repeating the events of our lives, year after year, day after day. This would also explain why our time is so different from reality, because this is a period from before our deaths."
Nine skeletons were left behind, and nine souls were left to wander. Because they bore a deep resentment, they lingered there, unable to find release, unable to be saved.
Yang Ji said: "So, for the escape route to truly leave this place, is it really just about finding the key, unlocking the door, and walking out of this villa? Everyone, don't forget, leaving the villa also counts as breaking the rules. So the real escape isn't about leaving this villa, but finding the root of the resentment, resolving the grievances, and obtaining salvation. So the escape route players this round shouldn't be called 'escape,' but 'transcendence'!"
Lei Miao's mouth twitched, "That analogy is really..."
Yin Chengjue glanced at Lei Miao, mentally noting: Lei Miao is on the escape route, Wei Lu who left is on the escape route, Yang Ji might be on the escape route.
The known detective route players definitely include Wei Shu and Guan Haifeng.
The treasure hunt route includes him and Rong Yu.
Ling Ting and Liu Qingling's expression control was quite good, nothing could be discerned from their faces yet.
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