Phi-Fic Chapter 534 Fatal Game 8
Chapter 534 Fatal Game 8
Upon hearing this, An Ruoyu said, "Perhaps it's because I'm insensitive and have poor empathy."
"Insensitivity?" Ruan Lanzhu read it aloud, and the explanation of these three words came to mind.
"Yes, oh dear, I'm in my room. Goodnight." An Ruoyu clearly didn't want to say more, and after saying that, she pushed open the door and went in.
After the door closed, Ruan Lanzhu spoke, "Good night."
*
The next morning, when An Ruoyu and the other two went downstairs, they found that everyone had already arrived, and the atmosphere was a little strange.
Ling Jiushi walked over and asked, "What's going on?"
"Another person died last night."
"What happened?" An Ruoyu also sat down.
"Like the person who died the next day, he died by the railing on the roof."
An Ruoyu and the other two exchanged glances, all knowing that the proprietress had made her move again.
After eating, they continued to go up the mountain to cut down trees, this time dragging them back in pairs, so no one got into trouble again.
Ruan Lanzhu then threatened the carpenter NPC and learned from him that the key was in the coffin, and they only needed to wait until tomorrow.
“We don’t need to ask about the landlady anymore. We can just get the key, open the door, and go out,” Ruan Lanzhu said.
Ling Jiushi asked, "Do you know where the door is?"
"Ah."
"In that case, let's do it your way."
An Ruoyu had no objection to this; she had already changed the plot a lot, and as long as she could get out, that was fine.
Just as the three of them were about to leave, they saw Xiong Qi and Xiao Ke coming over.
"If you have any leads, we can exchange them. Only through cooperation can we get out faster."
Ruan Lanzhu: "So what did you discover?"
Xiao Ke and Xiong Qi exchanged a glance and nodded. Finally, Xiong Qi spoke up: "We can confirm that the landlady is leading everyone to violate taboo conditions."
Although everyone had some suspicions that the landlady was misleading them based on the story of worshipping the mountain god and entering the temple, they couldn't be 100% sure.
"We don't know either," Ruan Lanzhu said, indicating that people shouldn't try to fool them with information that everyone already knows.
Xiong Qi: "Don't rush, let me finish."
"Then keep talking."
"On our first night here, Xiao Ke heard crying from the rooftop in the middle of the night. When she went up, she saw the person who died the next day and the landlady up there."
"and then."
"The situation was the same last night in the middle of the night. The person who died up there this morning also spoke with the landlady up there."
Xiong Qi paused for a moment, and Xiao Ke added, "And Cheng Wen, he said that when he was chasing after Wang Xiaoyi last night, he seemed to see the landlady talking to two people."
After the incident, they specifically sought out Cheng Wen to understand what had happened, since no one had witnessed how the two people got into trouble.
Cheng Wen said that at the time he was just chasing after Wang Xiaoyi, while the other person was terrified after seeing a ghost.
When he was feeling uneasy, he saw Cheng Wen with a knife and panicked. Then, the two of them listened to the landlady's words and ran towards the well.
Through these events, they confirmed that the landlady was harming everyone.
"Is it your turn now?" Xiao Ke said.
Seeing the two nod, Ling Jiushi said, "We can tell you the forbidden conditions."
"You said."
"Judging from the deaths in the past few days, one person died by the railing, one person entered the temple, two people looked into the well, and three people hugged a tree."
Xiao Ke asked, "So, it's all based on the number of people?"
Ling Jiushi: "Yes, so we think the taboo condition should be a proverb: 'One person should not enter a temple, two people should not look into a well, three people should not hug a tree, and one should not lean on a railing alone.'"
When did you find out?
An Ruoyu answered first, "Of course I only found out yesterday."
Xiong Qi: "People died in the fence, the well, and the temple, which makes sense, but how did you determine that the three people didn't hug the tree?"
Ling Jiushi: "You all know that what the landlady said were taboos. Before we went up the mountain that day, we heard her suggest to the others that three people carry the tree. We guessed it from that."
Since no one has ever tried lifting a tree with three people to see if anything will happen, but since nothing has happened, no one would insist on trying it. Knowing the taboo is enough to just be careful.
Xiong Qi asked, "Do you have any clues about the door?"
Ruan Lanzhu said, "Yes."
"where?"
"I can tell you when I get the keys tomorrow."
After saying that, An Ruoyu and the other two left, and Xiao Ke and Xiong Qi also returned to the inn.
On the way, Ling Jiushi suggested, "We don't have anything to do right now, why don't we go and chat with the NPCs in the village?"
An Ruoyu: "I don't care, it's up to you."
"Whatever." Ruan Lanzhu was fine with either.
So, they learned about the landlady's family from the NPC.
Through their account, it turns out that the landlady and the village chief were husband and wife, and the monster in the well was their daughter.
When the village was attacked by wolves, everyone instinctively hid in the well to avoid the disaster. However, Xiao Jiu, the daughter of the village chief and his wife, was attacked and killed by wolves when she went back to pick up a toy.
She was the only one who didn't go into the well at the time. If the well opening wasn't closed in time, the wolf would go in and kill everyone.
Between a group of people and one person, everyone chose to abandon the one person.
Later, Xiao Jiu died, but not completely. Instead, he turned into a man-eating monster and lived in the well, becoming a gatekeeper who guided and helped those who passed through the gates.
After hearing the story, the two fell silent. Ling Jiushi became somewhat agitated: "You're just going to sacrifice her like this?"
NPC: "We are sorry to Xiao Jiu, but there's nothing we can do. We can't sacrifice everyone to save her."
After hearing all this, Ling Jiushi became somewhat distracted on the way back.
An Ruoyu: "What are you thinking about? You seem restless?"
Ling Jiushi: "It's nothing, I just feel that Xiao Jiu must be very lonely all by herself in the well." He knew what it felt like to be abandoned.
Ruan Lanzhu: "Don't think about it too much. We'll get the key tomorrow, then figure out a way to lure her out of the well, and then we can open the door and leave."
“Yes, if we delay any longer, more people will die,” An Ruoyu said incisively.
"Hmm." Ling Jiushi put away her low spirits and cheered herself up.
*
The next day, when An Ruoyu stepped out of her room, she saw that Ling Jiushi and Ruan Lanzhu both looked listless.
"What's wrong with you two? Didn't you sleep well?" she said as she went downstairs, sat down at the table, and poured herself a glass of water.
Ruan Lanzhu: "Don't tell me you didn't hear the commotion last night."
"What's that noise?" An Ruoyu had blocked her hearing while sleeping last night, so she really hadn't noticed what was happening outside.
Ling Jiushi: "You really didn't hear it? Fine, I'll tell you. In the middle of the night, there were constant noises and shouts coming from one of the rooms, which woke us all up."
"and then?"
"Then everyone ran out to check and found that the room was empty, but there were two people living inside. Judging from the marks on the ground, they had been dragged away."