"What you mean is, in the process of walking from the cinema to the convenience store, and then from the convenience store to the toilet, Chu Ting borrowed a lighter from someone. And the person who borrowed the lighter might be the fake staff member in the cinema that we need to find in main mission 1?"
The man in shades shrugged.
"This is a mouthful, but what you just said only explains one possibility. It's also possible that Chu Ting deliberately showed her fire attribute enhancement for the sake of convenience or even to win over her newly formed ally. This is to show everyone's sincere attitude and sincerity to get through this story world together."
"But, do you have any other clues?" Su Bai asked. "I can be sure that Chu Ting didn't have a lighter at first. She borrowed it from me once, but it was nearly twenty minutes after I saw her throw the cigarette butt for the second time. That cigarette was definitely not from me."
"Where is Chu Ting now?" asked the man in sunglasses. "Find Chu Ting and ask her. That should be enough."
"She's at the coffee shop." Su Bai suddenly frowned at this time. "Two people have already died. Why did they die?"
"They were killed by the suspect."
Su Bai smiled. "So, the suspect can be defined as infinitely powerful and can easily kill all of our listeners this time?"
"I don't think so." The man in shades shook his head. "That would be boring. If we find him, he'll die. If we can't find him, the mission will fail."
"The suspect shouldn't be infinitely powerful, or maybe, he really isn't that powerful. There won't be a situation where a weak listener finds the suspect and wants to tell him face to face that he's not real, but gets killed. Then, a strong listener finds the suspect and tells him face to face, but the suspect can't beat the strong listener. This scenario shouldn't happen. Otherwise, the fairness of main mission 1 would be completely destroyed. It would be too unfair to the weaker listeners. It's obvious that you don't want them to play, so why did you let them enter this story world?"
"Then, what do you mean?" The man in shades was a little confused. "I find it hard to talk to you. Are you a detective in the real world?"
"Yes, a private detective." Su Bai replied without blushing.
"Oh, not bad." The man in shades was interested. "Does that mean I can ride on your coattails? By the way, I understand what you said just now. For example, the things that are destroyed here will be restored immediately. Those NPCs that seem to be working staff also have their own set of procedures. For example, if you guess wrongly, you might be punished and devoured by them. "
Su Bai nodded. "It should be like this. They probably guessed wrongly."
"…" The man in shades said, "You've been arguing with me for so long, and the only conclusion you've come to is that guessing wrong can also lead to death?"
Obviously, the man in shades was a little speechless. Although this conclusion was very accurate, it was unlikely that the audience would deliberately guess the wrong person. It was just like how if the audience wanted to return to the cinema from the coffee shop, they would have to buy another ticket to enter. The audience was not stupid, and they would not deliberately provoke the NPCs here.
"Anyway, we'll know the answer if we ask Chu Ting now, right?" The man in shades grabbed a handful of popcorn from Su Bai's hand. "Let's go back first."
The two walked out of the cinema. However, there was only one person left in the coffee shop. It was a woman. In front of her, there was a chicken chop and a purple potato ball. She sat there and ate quietly.
The two of them walked out of the movie hall again. However, there was only one person left in the coffee shop, a woman with a chicken chop and a purple potato ball in front of her. She sat there and ate quietly.
This woman looked to be in her forties, but she was well taken care of. Her figure was somewhat similar to Zhao Yazhi.
"Where is he?" The sunglasses man walked in and asked.
"The man in the cap said he found a clue. He took the girl named Chu Ting with him, and the others followed him." The woman continued to eat her food slowly.
"Then what are you doing here?" asked the man in shades.
"I'm hungry, so I'm eating here." The woman looked at the man in shades as if he was an idiot.
The man in sunglasses and Su Bai glanced at each other. Seeing that Su Bai had no intention of leaving, he walked directly out of the coffee shop, probably to find a crowd.
Su Bai sat down opposite the woman.
"Little brother, why don't you go?" The woman asked while eating.
"If they succeed, it will be the same for me."
"Hehe, it seems that you are not interested in the story." The woman finished eating and took out a tissue to wipe her mouth. "My name is Zheng Yue. What's your name?"
"Su Bai."
"I've heard someone mention this name."
"Who?"
"A Fatso. He said that if he meets someone named Su Bai in the story world, it's best to stay away from him because his mind is sometimes abnormal."
"Hehe." Su Bai laughed dryly. Seeing Zheng Yue get up, he asked, "Where are we going?"
"I'm going to take a walk. Why, little brother, do you want to go together?"
"Okay, let's go together."
Zheng Yue was wearing high heels, which surprised Su Bai a little. Most of the audience would deliberately choose suitable sports clothes before entering the story world. High heels would obviously affect the audience's movement speed. Except for those who entered the story world without notice, the audience who were informed in advance of the start time of the story should not make such a low-level mistake.
"In front, we are about to leave the cinema."
Su Bai reminded her because he saw Zheng Yue walk out of the coffee shop but did not go to the cinema. Instead, she continued to walk out.
"It's okay, I'm just looking." Zheng Yue held the railing with both hands and stood on the inner edge of the fifth floor. "The next floor should be an amusement park, and the two floors below should be a clothing store. The bottom floor looks like a large supermarket."
Su Bai stood next to Zheng Yue and looked down. Zheng Yue looked really good, but there were lights on the fourth floor, but there were no customers or waiters. It was very strange. Of course, this cinema was not much better.
"Since the first main mission takes place in the cinema, the next mission should use the environment on the lower floors." Zheng Yue smiled. "So, there's no harm in taking a look in advance."
"Then, are you going to give up on the first main mission?" Su Bai asked.
"Aren't you the same?" Zheng Yue looked at Su Bai. "You don't seem to care about the reward of the main mission. In the story world, it's better to explore your own opportunities than to fight for the story point reward. However, that group of people has been there for so long. Have they really not solved the first main mission yet? "
Zheng Yue looked at Su Bai. "Let's go and take a look. It is said that two people have died. If too many people die in the first main mission, the subsequent missions will become more and more difficult."
Su Bai and Zheng Yue bought movie tickets respectively, walked through the ticket gate, and passed by the convenience store.
Further ahead, there was a group of people who seemed to be analyzing and discussing something together. Chu Ting was surrounded by everyone and was constantly being questioned. It could be seen that Chu Ting was on the verge of going crazy and violently beating someone up. However, she still endured it because she didn't dare to offend everyone.
The man in sunglasses saw Su Bai and Zheng Yue coming over, so he immediately left the crowd and walked over.
"How is it?" Su Bai asked.
"They're still bickering, but I'll get an answer from them. Do you see the cleaner standing over there? He's the only person Chu Ting and Wang Zhixun had interacted with on their way back from the convenience store to the toilet. At that time, Chu Ting borrowed a lighter from him, but it couldn't be lit. There was oil in the lighter, so Chu Ting used her own ability to light up the cigarette.
According to Chu Ting, she deliberately showed off her enhanced attributes to gain the trust of the other two people.
But look, the cleaner is still smoking there, which proves that his lighter can be used. So, the possibility of him being a fake is very high. Because a fake person, everything about him actually doesn't exist, right? "
"Then what are they still arguing about?" Zheng Yue asked.
"The problem is that Chu Ting, who was using her fingers to light the cigarette, didn't see it clearly, but the other two people next to her saw the cleaner come out with a cigarette in his mouth. So, so, so, Wang Zhixun and the man should have also guessed that the cleaner was a fake, but you saw what happened to the two of them. So, now, no one dares to walk in front of the cleaner and say that you are a fake. Instead, they are threatening Chu Ting to walk in front of the cleaner and say that you are a fake. Chu Ting is not willing, and she is not stupid.
However, if she doesn't go, everyone will think that she is a fake, and they will probably attack her. "
"The main mission 1 mentioned the staff in the cinema. She shouldn't be counted." Zheng Yue was puzzled.
"This statement is actually very flexible. What if Chu Ting is not a listener, but the behind-the-scenes shareholder of this cinema? Other people in the cinema don't know who she is, but in a broad sense, she can also be regarded as an employee of the cinema, a high-intelligence NPC implanted. "Su Bai explained.
"Hehe, the mission hint given by the main mission 1 is too simple, so it can be interpreted so casually. Oh, that girl is going." Zheng Yue pointed over there.
Sure enough, under the threat of death, Chu Ting walked towards the cleaner.
Then, Chu Ting stood in front of the cleaner and said something. Immediately, the cleaner shook his head with a confused face and turned around to mop the floor. Chu Ting turned around and looked at the people in front of her. Her face revealed a horrified expression. Immediately, Chu Ting's body began to break into pieces and fell to the ground.
She guessed wrong.
She died.
Everyone was silent for a while.
This meant that Chu Ting was a listener, which also meant that the cleaner was not real.
Then, the death of Chu Ting, Wang Zhixun, and the middle-aged man only proved one thing, and that was that the cleaner was real?
The man in sunglasses suddenly smiled. "What a waste."
Yes, it was a waste. All the employees in the entire cinema added up to about fifteen people. Even if they used the life of one listener to guess one by one, then the lives of three listeners could at least prove the authenticity of the three staff members. Now, three of them died, and one of them was real. It was really a loss.
Zheng Yue shook her head at this time. "It shouldn't be. This doesn't fit the aesthetics of a horror broadcast. It's just the first main mission, it shouldn't be so difficult. Three listeners have already died. If a few more die, how many people will be left to complete the second and third main missions?"
As Zheng Yue spoke, she took the initiative to walk towards the cleaner and gestured for Su Bai and the man in sunglasses to follow.
Su Bai and the man in sunglasses followed behind Zheng Yue.
Even though Chu Ting's corpse was right there, the cleaners couldn't see anything. These NPCs only knew how to do their own thing, ignoring any unusual phenomena.
"Master, I lost my lighter. Can you lend me a lighter?" Zheng Yue took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket and took out two. She held one for herself and handed the other to the cleaner.
Smoking was prohibited in the cinema, but for smokers, this wasn't a rule.
The cleaner saw that Zheng Yue was so polite, so he took the cigarette and lit it for himself. Then, he handed the lighter to Zheng Yue, and Zheng Yue also lit it.
There's no problem?
Obviously, Zheng Yue was now pretending to be Chu Ting, and Su Bai and the man in sunglasses corresponded to Wang Zhixun and the middle-aged man. But the plot was wrong from the beginning. What was going on?
Su Bai seemed to have thought of something at this time and asked, "Master, why do I remember that when a girl borrowed your lighter, you couldn't light it?"
"Oh, that girl. She just said something to me, and then she disappeared. Yes, yes, yes. That girl also borrowed my lighter, but today I wore the wrong uniform. I wore Ah Kun's uniform. He also had a lighter in his pocket, but it couldn't be used. Later, I asked Ah Kun to exchange our lighters.
His lighter is still a branded type. It's worth a lot of money, but sometimes expensive things aren't necessarily useful, right? Look, the one who just came out of the toilet with a bucket is Ah Kun. "
Another younger cleaner walked out of the toilet with a bucket of water in his hand.
Su Bai immediately walked over,
"Hello, can I borrow a lighter?" Su Bai handed over a cigarette.
Ah Kun took the cigarette and took out a lighter to light it up, but the cigarette couldn't be lit no matter what. Then, Ah Kun shook the lighter with the Zippo logo speechlessly.
"There's something wrong with the lighter. It can't be lit."
However, Su Bai clearly saw the lighter emit fire, but when he put it on the cigarette butt, the cigarette butt didn't change at all.
"Let me do it." Su Bai took the lighter from Ah Kun's hand and lit it up. He didn't light the cigarette, but placed the flame in his palm,
No temperature,
No feeling,
No pain at all..
