The broken cupboard doors, the empty wine cabinets, the scattered cups and plates on the dining table, the cloth handkerchiefs smeared with food stains … The mess left behind by the people who had left the hotel in the hustle and bustle of the crowd was still there, coldly waiting for them.
The fact that two of them had become mouthpieces weighed heavily on Lin Sanjiu's heart.
"Who became a mouthpiece?" Jiang Tian couldn't help but ask, "No one was promoting their own Message …"
"No one was persuading others to take anything," the caveman added, "I've been paying attention. Absolutely not!"
Henna furrowed her brows and thought for a moment before saying, "Why don't we all pour out what we have on us and see which two of us have the same thing? It could be … Ah, that's not right." She slapped her forehead and came to a realization.
If two of them took out different media, even if they poured out their stuff, they wouldn't be able to tell. Besides, since everyone had a common need for resources, there were quite a lot of people who took the same thing.
"It's impossible to guard against, impossible to guard against …" Roab murmured. "Everyone of us has been on high alert, but since when did Message and Media appear at the same time without us noticing?"
He lowered his eyes and looked at the black plastic bag that he had taken from who knew where. The urge to toss it away rose in his heart, but he resisted the urge.
"Then from now on, I won't take anything, okay?" Vanvolt, who happened to be looking at him, was inspired. "From now on, I won't take anything. I'll be safe …"
"I'm afraid not," Jiang Tian said slowly, "Didn't you guys notice?"
Everyone quieted down and looked at her.
"The traces we left in the hotel … have not been recovered." She gestured with her hand. "This means that the food we ate, the water we drank, and the resources we used will not be recovered."
"Ah!" someone exclaimed.
"Then let's all —"
"Even if you don't take anything, someone else will take it. If they take it, you won't have anything. "Jiang Tian sat down on the sofa and rubbed her forehead." As long as one person takes something, the others won't be able to control themselves. If they couldn't trust and cooperate with each other, how could they talk about being together? I just don't get it. Who did it in the dark and got hold of the microphone? "
Lin Sanjiu walked to the glass door of the hotel and peeked out while the crowd was whispering to each other. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't even open the door, she would have suspected that the scenery outside was also part of the scene: the streets, the tall buildings, the streetlights … She looked up and found that the dark blue sky was gradually covered with layers of orange and purple. She could already see the slowly setting sun.
Lin Sanjiu turned her head to take a look. In the following scenes, there were fewer brightly lit indoor scenes and more dark outdoor scenes.
On the surface, she still tried to remain calm and silent, but in fact, she was more anxious and annoyed than the others. She thought that she was only one step slower than the person in the dark. She really did not expect that the other party had already progressed to such a stage without her knowing …
But it was not too late to carry out her plan.
She glanced at the sky again and strode back to the hotel. When Lin Sanjiu walked through the crowd in silence, she attracted everyone's attention like a magnet. She walked to the back of the front desk and opened all the drawers and cabinets. Doctor Chen did not take all the white papers. She stuffed the remaining A4 papers into a new hotel bag.
"What are you doing?" Rat-Faced asked.
Lin Sanjiu didn't say anything. After she took all the paper products, she stood up and shouted at the caveman, "I know you have a few lighters. Give me one."
The caveman had taken three to four lighters from the hotel last time. When Lin Sanjiu shouted at him, he was still a little reluctant, "That's my lighter …"
"Give it to me," Lin Sanjiu repeated. She didn't threaten him, nor did she move. She just stood there and extended her hand. That was enough to make the caveman's jaw drop. He couldn't say anything else.
"Give it to her," Wen Ya gave him a way out. "I want to see what she wants."
After Lin Sanjiu got the lighter, she grabbed the second bag filled with paper and strode into the kitchen. Naturally, there were a few people following behind her. They kept asking her, "What are you doing?" "What are you looking for?"
Lin Sanjiu looked at the trash can in the kitchen from afar. She muttered, "No." Then, she turned around and walked out.
"What do you mean no?" Hana was getting anxious, "Say something!"
"That trash can is made of plastic," Lin Sanjiu said curtly, "It can't hold fire."
"Fire?"
"It will be dark when we reach the next scenario," Lin Sanjiu stopped at the reception area. She turned around and looked at the faces that were looking at her. "There are no lights on the beach. There's no need to mention the third scenario where Doctor Chen died. Don't tell me all of you have a flashlight? "
"No, we don't …"
Lin Sanjiu knew very well that none of them had a flashlight with them. The flashlight from the third scenario was in her bag. Other than her, only Roab had a rechargeable table lamp. When Lin Sanjiu found it, it was already on the verge of death.
"A residential area with no residents, a hospital during working hours, an amusement park with no tourists, a forest by the lake … Do you think there are lights in all of them? Do you think it's okay if you can only vaguely see them? "
Lin Sanjiu's words sounded more like an exaggeration than a threat. However, what she wanted to do was to instill fear in everyone's heart. Thus, she turned around and walked away after she finished her sentence. When she passed by the wall, she even took the newspaper that Wan Volt claimed to be Media and kept it in her bag.
"Yes, yes …" Guan Nan said with a pale face, "If we want to protect ourselves from that killer, we need to be able to see them first …"
Even an idiot would understand what Lin Sanjiu said. Besides, these ordinary people weren't stupid. By the time they realized what was going on, the primitive man had become the target of everyone. Everyone wanted to take his lighter. When he was left with only one lighter and was about to make a move, the crowd reluctantly dispersed and looked around for something that could start a fire.
However, if there were too many lighters, the caveman wouldn't have dared to keep them. After a thorough search, the hotel was turned upside down as if it had been plundered, and they were all discouraged. There were only four lighters, and the only other thing that could start a fire was the stove in the kitchen, which could not be taken away.
"The next scenario …" Roab's eyebrows were drooping. He said worriedly, "No, the next two scenarios don't have much light, and there isn't anything that can start a fire …"
The exhausted crowd looked at each other in dismay, unable to find anything after searching for it. There might be some dim light on the beach and some faint lights in the distance, but the third scenario was completely dark.
"No wonder she wanted paper," Eiderdown muttered. "There isn't anything on the beach that can burn. She wanted to start a fire in the third scenario, right? Besides, with paper, she can borrow a fire from someone else and use it as a kindling … She might be quiet most of the time, but she's really smart when it comes to the crucial moment. "
While the entire hotel was in a state of chaos, Lin Sanjiu found a corner and waited quietly for the next scenario.
She couldn't find any iron sheets or metal pails, so in the end, she poured out a pot of ferns from the lobby. She placed a few big bags of paper beside her feet and a porcelain flower pot beside her. Then, she went through her plan again in her mind.
She knew very well that none of them had any paper with them. They had thrown all the papers they used to make notes in the third scenario. Besides, the few papers they used to make notes were not enough to light the fire.
It wasn't that there were no papers in the next few scenarios, but the amount of paper was definitely not enough to make a fire. The paper burned very quickly. Even if Lin Sanjiu fed them one by one, it would take at least thirty minutes to burn. The amount of paper needed was huge. Lin Sanjiu had already used up all the paper in the hotel, let alone the beach …
In other words …
They would definitely take as much paper as they could find in the other scenarios.
Lin Sanjiu was waiting for someone to say, "What if the paper was her media?" However, no one said that until the second scenario.
Lin Sanjiu stood on the beach with her things in her arms. The sea breeze was blowing at night, and she shivered.
There were a few explanations for why no one suspected that the paper was her media. One of them was that most people probably believed that the paper was Doctor Chen's media. The same media wouldn't appear twice, so if Doctor Chen was dead, the paper was safe …
When the crowd dispersed under the night sky, Eiderdown walked to a table a few steps away and sat down with his back facing Lin Sanjiu.
"I did a good job, right?" Eiderdown asked without turning his head.
"Very good," Lin Sanjiu replied.
"What should we do next?"
"Just wait," Lin Sanjiu whispered, "In the next scenario, I need to catch the person who's acting in the dark."
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