"Do not touch anything in the room …" After Feng Bujue saw the dead body, he immediately turned back to warn them. "Based on the nature of this scenario, perhaps the next part will be a 'crime scene investigation' type of puzzle solving, so … it is better if we keep the crime scene intact."
"I say … Brother Bujue, is this even necessary to investigate?" Xiao Tan raised the flashlight and looked at the dead body that was pinned under the bookshelf. He said, "Looks like he was killed by the falling bookshelf …"
"Haha … Brother Xiao Tan, you are oversimplifying things." Mr. Buu, who was aiming to be a famous detective, told Xiao Tan confidently, "When investigating a crime scene, the most important thing is not to be fooled by the surface …" He shone his flashlight on the dead body and added, "Look closely … underneath the dead body, there are several books as well …"
He was right, there were several exposed book corners, indicating that there were at least two or three books underneath the dead body.
"If the bookshelf fell and killed her, how did the books get underneath her body?" Buu asked, "Isn't that suspicious?"
"Of course not …" Once Buu said that, Feng Bujue answered directly, "In a situation like this, I can immediately come up with two logical hypotheses …" He raised one finger and continued, "One, when the bookshelf fell, there were probably books that fell from it. Since the speed of the books falling is faster than the bookshelf falling, a few of them just happened to fall underneath the dead body. " He paused for half a second before raising a second finger. "Two … as you can see, this dead body was lying face down, in other words … when the bookshelf fell, she was facing away from the bookshelf. Considering that the dead body is female, we can make this assumption … Before she died, she just took down a few books from the bookshelf, hugged the books to her chest, and turned to leave. At that moment, the bookshelf fell … "
"Wow! No wonder you are Teacher Jue, your investigation of the crime scene is so deep … "Buu's shining eyes shone with admiration again.
"Hmm … No wonder you are Teacher Jue, your speed of deduction is also faster than normal …" Uub added.
"Hey, hey … I was the one who said 'killed by the bookshelf' first, right?" Xiao Tan laughed drily. "When I said that, it was' too simple ', but when Brother Jue said it, there was more to it …"
"Because you only saw the surface," Feng Bujue said darkly, "and Buu saw the hidden message underneath the surface." He paused for a moment. "As for me … I've seen the deeper truth reflected by the information hidden under the surface …"
"And the truth just happens to match the appearance, right?" Xiao Ling interjected.
"Yes," Feng Bujue answered, "Xiao Tan and I look like we agree, but there is a difference. He knows the truth but doesn't know the reason behind it, while I know the reason behind it. "
"You really know how to flatter yourself …" Rainy said coldly.
"You flatter me." Brother Jue admitted it shamelessly and changed the topic. "In any case … we should focus our attention on the room before us …" He used the searchlight in his hand to guide the group's gaze as he said, "Other than the furniture and dead bodies, the more interesting thing should be …" The light of the searchlight shone at the other end of the room. "That door …"
At that moment, Feng Bujue's searchlight was shining on a dark gray metallic door. There was a pirate symbol painted on the door — a skull with two crossed scimitars at the bottom.
"Why does it feel so weird?" Xiao Tan said. "The door is made of metal, but the walls on both sides are made of wood …"
"This has nothing to do with the materials …" Xiao Ling sighed helplessly. "If the system forbids us to break something, even if it is made of paper, we cannot break it."
"You are right." Feng Bujue said as he walked towards the door. "Even if the walls are made of paper, you have to open this door to get through."
Before he finished, he had already walked to the door and reached for the doorknob.
[Please enter the six-digit password.] The system prompt immediately sounded in his ears and a "password input menu" popped up in front of him.
At the same time, something strange happened … The dead body that was pressed under the bookshelf suddenly moved.
That scared the rest of the people in the room. Xiao Tan almost screamed again.
While everyone was still in shock, the dead body began to sing softly:
[One, two, three, start.
Four, five, six, walk vertically.
Let us sing the pirate's song.
Walk into the river that leads to the treasure.]
After singing, the dead body began to rot rapidly and emitted a nauseating stench.
Not long after, a corpse that was considered complete turned into a pool of pus that was wrapped in clothes.
"Ah, this is easy." Facing the stench that had not yet dissipated, Feng Bujue did not care. He was only concerned about the puzzle. "I can open the door now." As he said that, he entered the six letters [T], [S], [A], [T], [A], and [W] in the menu.
In the next second, the door with the pirate's mark really did open …
"What's going on?" Uub was stunned.
"Oh, it's like this …" Feng Bujue explained, "When I touched the doorknob, the system voice told me that I needed to enter a six-digit password to open the door." He glanced at the pus on the ground. "Then, the dead body gave an unusually obvious hint. So, I entered T, S, A, T, A, W … and the door opened. "
"Huh?" Xiao Tan was still confused. "Where did these six letters come from?"
Feng Bujue turned to look at him and said, "Do you still remember the pirate's song from earlier?"
Hearing this, Xiao Ling was the first to react. "Oh! I get it now! " She had a good memory. With Brother Jue's reminder, she understood the mystery. "In the pirate's song earlier, there was a clue to this puzzle. Leaving aside the chorus of YOHO, the first line, 'The king and his men,' starts with [T], and the second line, 'Steal the queen from her bed,' starts with [S], and so on … Then there are [A], [T], [A], and finally the sixth line, 'Where we will be, where we will be,' has six letters. "
"Oh … No wonder the song was sung in English," Buu said with realization.
"As for the 'one, two, three, start, four, five, six, go vertically', it is a hint for us to decipher the pirate's song."
"And after deciphering it, we will be able to reach …" When Feng Bujue said that, he leaned forward to push open the door. "… 'The river that leads to the treasure'."
Following his words, a golden ray of light poured in from the door.
Outside the metal door with the pirate's symbol … there was a three-meter-wide, golden river.
The river flowed slowly, creating a gurgling sound. The bottom of the river was covered with gold, silver, and jewels. The jewels dyed the water gold, and it glowed brightly.
At that moment, the Count of Script's voice suddenly appeared in Brother Jue's mind. "Don't be in such a hurry to leave. There is a hidden chest in this room, and there is a skill inside it."
After Brother Jue met up with his teammates, this was the first time he heard the Count of Script's voice.
"Hello? Can you hear me? " Feng Bujue repeated that in his mind. He wanted to see if he could communicate with the Count of Script in his mind.
But after he finished, he waited for a few seconds, and there was no answer. It looked like the answer was no …
"Listen, Feng Bujue. I cannot talk to you like this for too long, so I will try my best to tell you as much as I can … "After about ten seconds, the Count of Script continued." My current state is similar to 'barely maintaining my rationality in a dream'. Once I let my guard down, this state will be interrupted. I cannot hear the voice from your side, and even the image is blurry. You don't need to try to communicate with me, that is a waste of effort … In any case, at certain moments, I will actively contact you to give you some hints. And you … you'd better not disappoint me … "
This sentence echoed in Brother Jue's mind, and only he could hear it.
Feng Bujue did not plan to tell his teammates about his deal with the Count of Script because he knew … there was another powerful presence in this' mental world '. At that moment, 'it' had to be observing the players' every move. If Brother Jue told them about his cooperation with the Count of Script, 'it' would be alerted, and that would make Brother Jue's mission harder.
Therefore, after the Count of Script finished, Feng Bujue turned around quietly to look at his teammates. "Hmm … based on the situation before us … there shouldn't be any 'murder mystery' in this room. The dead body … is just a hint." His eyes scanned Room C again. "But this room is so big, and there are so many things here … there might be some hidden items. Why don't we all search for it? "
"I have no problem with that." Ruo Yu instantly agreed with Brother Jue's suggestion.
Xiao Ling and Xiao Tan looked at each other for two seconds before the former shrugged. "There is no time limit for this scenario, so let's search."
Buu and Uub followed Brother Jue's lead, so naturally, they had no problem with that.
Therefore, the six of them split up and started a carpet search of Room C …
…
Ten minutes passed silently.
Just as the group was losing their patience — only Feng Bujue knew that there was a 100% chance of finding a Skill Card in this room, but for the others, this was just a blind search — Xiao Tan suddenly said loudly, "Hey! Guys, I think I found something! "
Hearing this, the expressions of his teammates were all shaken. The five quickly gathered around Xiao Tan, wanting to see what he had found.
Seeing that his teammates had gathered, Wang Tanzhi took out the hidden blade on Altair's Touch and quickly cut open the television before him.
With the flashlights shining on it, the players realized … that the so-called 'television' was just an empty shell. Inside the lifelike shell … was a safe.
"Hmm … This is the first time I've seen such an anti-theft method." Feng Bujue touched his chin and said, "Compared to the method of 'hiding in the wall and hanging a painting in front of it,' this method of 'hiding in the interior of an old-fashioned television' is obviously more advanced."
"Brother Xiao Tan, you can even find this. That's amazing," Buu said to Xiao Tan.
"Haha … I was just lucky." Xiao Tan replied honestly, "Just now, I just wanted to move the television away to see if there were any clues on the surface of the coffee table. I didn't expect such a small television … to be so ridiculously heavy that I almost smashed my own foot. I felt that something was wrong, so I took a closer look … and realized that this television was very abnormal. Logically speaking, the casing of an old-fashioned CRT television would have some ventilation holes for cooling, but the casing of this television was airtight. I immediately thought … Is there something hidden in here? So, I cut a small hole with my hidden blade and shone the flashlight inside … "
"After playing for so long, I finally saw you solve a puzzle." At this time, Xiao Ling took half a step forward and patted Xiao Tan's shoulder, revealing a very gratified expression, "Hmm … keep up the good work."
"Hey! Don't make me sound so miserable … "Xiao Tan replied with narrowed eyes," Because I always have to line up with a group of god-like people like you, so I don't have the opportunity to solve puzzles! " He was telling the truth, it was not that he didn't know how to solve puzzles, but … every time he solved half of a puzzle (sometimes less than half), a teammate like Brother Jue or Xiao Ling would jump out and directly announce the correct answer and puzzle solving process … In this case, he really didn't have the opportunity or the need to perform.
"Okay, okay … I'll let you play next time, good boy ~" Xiao Ling simply put her hand on Xiao Tan's head, as if she was coaxing a pet.
"Hmm!" Seeing someone set off a flashbang before him, how could the single Brother Ub just sit there and do nothing?
He cleared his throat, took two steps forward, and squatted down before the safe. He stared at it without blinking … This series of actions allowed him to successfully chase the couple out of his sight …
Then, Ub said in a low voice, "Leave the job of opening the safe to me …" As he said that, he took out a hearing aid from his backpack. "I'm already familiar with this."
"Ah, good luck." Feng Bujue used this sentence to announce his decision to not do anything.
None of his teammates knew that several seconds ago, the Count of Script had already explained the way to open the safe in Brother Jue's mind. The password to the safe was hidden inside a book of different size on the bookshelf, and the key to the safe was split into two parts, buried inside the two withered bonsai plants.
However, Feng Bujue did not use the method provided by the Count of Script to open the safe and chose to play dumb …
There were two reasons for that. One, it was to show 'it' to make it lower its guard. Secondly … this kind of reward item could be unlocked outside the scenario. If Uub could open the safe without the use of the key or password, then so be it. What was so bad about letting his teammate gain more Skill Points?
Click, click!
After three minutes of work, with the aid of the medical tool, Hearing Aid, and the title ability, Magnetic Finger, Ub successfully opened the safe.
"Ah ha! It's done! "Ub wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood up.
He did not reach for the Skill Card inside the safe but took two steps back to allow his teammates to inspect the attribute of the card. From this, one could see that … Ub was a well-mannered player.
Item Name: Cell Strengthening Surgery
Skill Card Property: Active, Permanent
Skill Type: Medic
Effect: Increase the physical power of one of your teammates (excluding yourself) by two times (Cooldown: 3 hours, Duration: 5 minutes)
Consumption: 20% of maximum Stamina Points, 10 milliliters of normal saline (injected through a syringe)
[Prerequisite: Medic A]
Remark: Don't worry, we don't need you to cut your teammates open, and we don't need you to do it in a sterile place. The person who designed this skill is a programmer, not a doctor, so … you only need to grab a random syringe and insert it into your teammate's arm. That is the benefit of the game, isn't it?
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