Chapter 113: Little Fox
The skull was relatively large, while the space behind the refrigerator door was small, usually meant for storing things like eggs and drinks. Therefore, the skull couldn't be placed stably there; if someone opened the refrigerator, the skull would roll out.
"But what does that prove?" Guan Haifeng couldn't help asking.
Rong Yu: "It proves that the person didn't actually want to hide the skull, but rather wanted us to find it."
Rong Yu: "First, we need to be clear about one thing: we are recording a show. Before the show started, the director said we should treat all prop corpses we see here as real corpses. So, we can rule out the possibility of a prank and directly treat this as a real human skull."
Everyone knew this, as the program crew wouldn't use a real skull anyway.
Rong Yu: "So, assuming this is a real human head, what is our first reaction upon seeing it?"
Wei Lu said: "Of course, fear."
The atmosphere became a little awkward.
Liu Qingling coughed lightly, trying hard to recover: "Well, being scared is indeed the normal reaction."
After he spoke, six pairs of eyes instantly turned to look at him.
Liu Qingling: "..." My fault for talking too much?
Yang Ji gave a hearty laugh and quickly said: "Forget about others. If it were me, upon seeing a human head, I would wonder where the body is."
Wei Shu: "Yes, I was looking around just now. I checked under the refrigerator and only found frozen meat, no corpse."
"Um..." Wei Lu said cautiously, "What kind of meat is that frozen meat?"
Liu Qingling: "It probably isn't, right? The program team said this is the ingredient we'll use for cooking in the next few days. It definitely can't be some strange meat."
Wei Lu: "I know it's not actually strange meat, but whether it's considered strange meat within the scenario is another matter!"
The others understood Wei Lu's meaning and showed complicated expressions.
Yin Chengjue spoke up at the right moment: "Since it's a skull, it means the person has been dead for a long time. Even if meat was cut off and frozen, it should have gone bad by now. So we don't need to worry about this meat. Instead, we should find a skeleton missing its head. There should be some clues on the skeleton."
"Makes sense! So while we split up to search, remember to look for a skeleton!" Wei Shu clapped his palm.
The group split up to search several rooms.
Learning from last time's experience, while searching, Yin Chengjue also observed everyone's behavior to confirm their objectives.
Those eager to find the corpse were definitely the detective-route players. Wei Shou had already accidentally revealed himself due to Yin Chengjue's deliberate guidance, though he himself hadn't realized it yet.
Now three people from the detective route were exposed: Wei Shu, Guan Haifeng, and one other. Yin Chengjue suspected Rong Yu, but couldn't rule out whether Rong Yu had the same intention as him—to make the detective-route players reveal themselves.
It couldn't be helped. This round started with a skull, which counted as an important prop for the detective route. It was understandable that everyone tried to lure the detective-route players out.
Having previously ruled out Wei Lu as a detective-route player, Yin Chengjue deliberately observed her and found her wandering around several doors, looking for keys everywhere. So, she was most likely an escape-route player.
"Brother, are you looking for a key?" Rong Yu's voice suddenly sounded behind Yin Chengjue. Yin Chengjue turned around to see Rong Yu's smiling face.
"You guess." Yin Chengjue pried a key stuck under the desk, held it up between two fingers in front of Rong Yu, and countered: "Do you want this?"
Rong Yu raised his hand, grabbed Yin Chengjue's hand, and lightly scratched Yin Chengjue's palm with his fingertip.
Yin Chengjue: "..." We're on camera!
However, Rong Yu only touched and immediately let go, smoothly taking the key from between Yin Chengjue's fingers.
"Anything brother gives me, I want it all." Rong Yu said in a voice only the two of them could hear.
After speaking, Rong Yu turned and went to search for clues elsewhere, leaving Yin Chengjue standing there, pressing the palm that Rong Yu had scratched, feeling a tingling sensation in his heart.
"You little fox..." Yin Chengjue shook his head helplessly and continued searching the room for treasure-hunt route clues.
Actually, after playing last time, Yin Chengjue had already considered what would be the fastest ways to complete the tasks for the three mission routes.
The detective route's task was clear: find the real murderer. The escape route's task was also clear: escape this place (cannot use abnormal methods). And the treasure hunt route was to find the treasure.
Previously, Yin Chengjue thought the treasure was a physical object. But after seeing the trial broadcast where Liu Qingling held that object and said the words "Pure White Heart," Yin Chengjue realized that the so-called treasure didn't necessarily have to be a physical object, it could be something abstract, it could be anything.
As long as it was said on camera and confirmed as the answer, the program team could judge the mission route as successful.
Yin Chengjue pulled a computer out from under the bed. When he turned it on, he found it required a password. After one wrong attempt, the password hint displayed: The Last Supper.
The Last Supper, thirteen people, one betrayer.
Yin Chengjue casually typed in Judas's name.
After pressing enter, the screen showed the password was correct, then the computer screen flashed, and the desktop appeared.
Yin Chengjue: "..." He just tried it randomly.
Qin Linlin watching from behind the camera: "..." This guy! Please at least explain your reasoning to the camera! I'm begging you! Don't keep it to yourself, the show needs effects, understand?
Yin Chengjue couldn't hear Qin Linlin's frustration and quickly noticed the only file on the desktop. Clicking into it, he found a video.
Just as Yin Chengjue was about to watch it, he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder.
"Juezi! What clue did you find!" Wei Shu's voice came.
This oblivious guy had actually leaned directly onto Yin Chengjue's shoulder.
Yin Chengjue clenched his fist, forcefully suppressing the urge to throw him off, and said: "Let go."
"Ah? What?"
Before Wei Shu finished speaking, Yin Chengjue felt the weight on his back lighten, the pressure on his shoulder instantly disappeared.
Yin Chengjue turned his head and saw that Rong Yu had appeared beside them at some point. He was now holding Wei Shu's wrist, pulling him aside, saying: "My brother had a stiff neck last night, so let's not add unnecessary burden to his shoulder."
Wei Shu, suddenly pulled away, was a bit confused. Hearing Rong Yu say this, he suddenly understood and immediately showed an apologetic expression: "Sorry, Juezi, I get it, I get it. A stiff neck really hurts. Eh? But the beds and bedding here are quite soft, how could you get a stiff neck?"
Rong Yu sighed beside him: "Sigh, it's all my fault. I don't sleep well."
Wei Shu patted Rong Yu's shoulder understandingly: "I understand, I understand. I don't sleep well either. Every time Huazi gets a stiff neck, it's because of me."
Why does that statement seem to carry a lot of information?
Wait! How did the topic drift so strangely!
Rong Yu quickly changed the subject: "What did you guys find just now?"
Yin Chengjue: "There's a video in the computer files."
The video was short, only thirty seconds, but contained a lot of information. It was a secretly recorded video showing someone furtively moving a black plastic bag. At first, the person was just a silhouette, then he suddenly turned around, revealing... a handsome photo of Guan Haifeng.
To be precise, it was a photo pasted on later, meant to tell the viewer that the person furtively moving things was Guan Haifeng.
Wei Shu was speechless for a moment before saying: "Could the thing inside that black plastic bag be the corpse?"
Rong Yu suddenly pointed to the lower right corner of the video: "Look, the time!"
The two looked and saw it said: July 12, 2014, 8:15 AM.
Yin Chengjue: "What's the current time now?"
Wei Shu subconsciously said: "2020..."
Rong Yu: "No, the time in my character's background setting is July 12, 2014. The time should be the time on the clock."
Wei Shu realized: "My character background is also July 12, 2014... So this is a video taken secretly this morning. Guan Haifeng was moving a black plastic bag at 8:15 AM today and was secretly recorded."
Rong Yu: "Whose computer is this?"
Knowing whose computer it was would tell them who did the secret recording.
Yin Chengjue: "This is Servant Yang's room. If nothing's wrong, this is his computer."
Wei Shou watched the video a few more times, searched the computer again thoroughly, and said speechlessly: "One computer, and it only gives this one video? Isn't that a waste of a computer?"
Yin Chengjue was about to say, "After all, it's a show. If all clues were given at once, what would we search for?" when he saw Wei Shu quickly tap a few keys on the keyboard, click the mouse, and select "Show hidden files."
Instantly, two more videos appeared in the folder that originally only had one video.
"Oops..." Wei Shu scratched his head apologetically: "Habit, habit... Whenever I get my hands on a computer, I just..."
Yin Chengjue: "Why don't you just go ahead and hack all the computers and surveillance in this villa? Wouldn't that make finding clues easier?"
Wei Shu rubbed his nose: "Ahahaha, President Yin, you sure know how to joke, ahahaha..."
Rong Yu's gaze lingered on Wei Shu for a few seconds before quickly turning to the additional videos.
When Yin Chengjue said this, he lowered his voice and deliberately turned off his mic, so no one else heard.
Wei Shu, wanting to change the subject, had already quickly clicked open the additional videos.
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