absurd deduction game.

Chapter 223 Funeral (1) - Paper Doll
The sky is dim, there is no sunlight, and layers of gray clouds are evenly spread in the sky, making everything fall into a lifeless tone.

When Yu Xing opened his eyes from a coma, he saw such a ridiculous scene.

The streets and alleys in front of me are simple and old, narrow and cramped, with white money floating everywhere in the shops on both sides. The plaques are written in black ink with highly directional words such as "funeral service" and "shroud hearse". The black and white portraits, with dignified smiles on old or blue white faces, stared straight at him.

He was sitting leaning against the entrance of the alley, and the sound of suona came faintly from the end of the alley, accompanied by a group of out-of-tune howls, lingering and sticking to his neckline together with the cold wind.

It seemed that Yu Xing came to a funeral alley somewhere.

but……

The decoration style of this alley is a bit too retro, just like the street scene 30 or [-] years ago.

He looked down at himself, the warm down jacket had disappeared, replaced by a pure white gown, the gown was old, the cuffs and other places that were easy to wear were washed and faded, revealing a color that was weaker than pure white, careless It's not easy to see.

The lower body is white trousers and a pair of simple flat shoes. Like the gown, it looks like it has been worn for a long time, washed, rubbed, and mended.

Except for this miserable white outfit, he didn't bring in all his belongings, only a small red cloth bag hung around his waist.

Zhao Yijiu and Zhao Ruru were not within Yu Xing's line of sight. After observing himself amidst the faint sounds of funerals in the distance, he looked around again. He didn't find his teammates, but he saw a small stool at the door of the nearest shop. An old man was sitting on it, wearing a vest and wide trousers.

Is it an NPC?

Seeing Yu Xing woke up, the old man glanced at him smoking a pipe, shook his head, and said in an old tone of laughter and sigh: "I can't go back, young man, I can't go back."

Yu Xing was not in a hurry, and asked with a smile, "Old man, what did you say?"

"I said, if you enter this ghost alley, you will die, and you will never be able to return to the human world! Young man, look back."

Yu Xing turned his head cooperatively and saw that the exit of the alley that was supposed to lead to other roads was blocked by a wall without a single gap.

In other words, he was trapped, and there was no other way out except to go to the end of the street.

But this is not bad news for him. The rule of Death Parallel is to complete the task in stages. He has to find the task target in the scene and then go to the next stage.

This alley has always been the scene of the first stage, cutting off a path for him, but eliminating time-wasting options for him, as long as he walks along the front, he can find what he needs to do.

Yu Xing stood up from the ground, patted the cobweb stuck to the corner of the long gown, and looked polite and casual: "It doesn't matter, old man, I want to ask, have you seen anyone else stray into the cobweb besides me?" here?"

There were two beads hanging from the palm-sized bag at his waist, and when he stood up with bent legs, they collided with each other, making a soft sound.

The old man took another look at him, and his eyes lingered on the small bag for a moment, only to see the word "ghost" embroidered in a correct manner.

"It turned out to be the little guy who was entangled in, cough, cough, cough..." The old man choked on his cigarette, covered his chest and coughed. After a while, he calmed down, and then continued, "There are two or three people who are the same age as you. , Didn’t you find a way out, cough cough cough... If you delay for two more days, you will die. You might as well stay here with me, an old man, and I can give you some food."

Along with Yu Xing's sobriety, the barrage in his live broadcast room also became active. He had been discussing the atmosphere of setting up the scene before. At this time, when he heard the old man's words, he watched the excitement happily, and people who didn't pay attention at all spoke one after another:

[Is this a hint?This old man definitely knows a lot, talk to him! ]
[Fortunately, calm down, I just followed his gaze and saw the old man was startled, this old man is too distorted]
[No way, the old man obviously wants to keep Xing, but Xing can't go to Zhao Ruru and Lengjiu? ]
[Accompany the old man, eat something, get clues, happy]
"It seems that someone has indeed been here recently, thank you for reminding the old man." Yu Xing didn't seem to hear the old man's dissuasion, and it was even more impossible for him to see what the barrage was talking about. And moved away quietly.

"You'll be hungry if you go in." The old man also had a pair of cloth shoes on his feet, and the soles of the shoes rubbed against the dusty ground a few times, seeing that Yu Xing didn't intend to stay, he said, "It's nothing to be entangled Good ending... let's go on the road after eating."

Yu Xing smiled gratefully, like a young man who is rejecting the kindness of his elders: "No, I'm not hungry."

The old man stared at him for a while, then puffed on his pipe, sat on the stool and hummed an out-of-key tune, as if he didn't intend to talk to him anymore.

"Then take your leave. I have something to do here. I'll light you some good cigarettes some other day." Nodding slightly to the old man, Yu Xing looked at the funeral shop in the alley, and walked a few steps forward.

[He declined? ? ]
[Such a good opportunity to inquire about news, it's a pity to miss it like this. Although it doesn't seem necessary now, it might slow down the progress]
[My God, shut up the upstairs, can't you see that the old man is weird? ]
[The handsome guy is at the scene, and he can see it much more clearly than you guys who don't mind. Of course he has his own considerations for not agreeing. This is a parallel line of death. It's not those unpopular small live broadcasts. I beg you to move Just think about it, don't lower the barrage IQ, okay? ]
[Didn't you hear?What Xing said was "I'll burn some for you another day", to emphasize the point, he thinks the old man is dead]
[I seem to see strangle marks on the old man's neck]
[real? ]
Yu Xing's white cloth shoes stepped on the dusty stone brick road without making any sound, but after walking about ten steps, he seemed to hear an old man's sigh.

Looking back, the old man just now had disappeared, leaving only an empty stool with a layer of dust that had accumulated for a long time.

A cloth shoe was tilted beside the stool, a drop of dried blood clotted on the toe of the shoe.

"..." Yu Xing's eyes moved, and he was right. The old man died a long time ago. If he agreed to stay with him, he might not even be able to hold on to the two or three days that the old man said, and escaped without using sacrifices. It's just a dead word.

As for the food, the food in the mouth of the ghost, I also know that it will not be something normal.

The atmosphere of this deduction is different from all the deduction he has experienced before. It is flat, but it seems that a crisis will come inadvertently.

At that moment, he quickened his pace and walked in the direction of the Suona.

The road was full of wreaths and flower baskets. I don't know who died, but the funeral was held on the funeral street, and the flower baskets received were one after another, connecting the whole street.

Sorrows and music are sonorous, not as sad as in the real world, but with an indescribable weirdness in it.

Yu Xing listened carefully, and even heard a touch of happiness and hatred in the music.

The appearance of the old man is not as simple as a trap. He told Yu Xing not to enter this street, which also represented a position to some extent, that is, the old man ghost and something on the street are in opposition.

He also said that Yu Xing was "entangled by ghosts", but he didn't know what that meant.

While secretly memorizing the information revealed in the old man's words, Yu Xing carefully observed the shop behind the wreath, trying to find traces of living people's presence. At least Zhao Yijiu and Zhao Ruru should not be too far away from him.

However, apart from the old ghost at the entrance of the alley, there was no shopkeeper who appeared, and they were all left unattended.

From time to time, a corner of the shroud sticks out from various shops, swaying with the wind, if you don't pay attention, it will be seen as a living person being hung on the beam and swinging.

The shelves in the shop are filled with paper money, ingots folded from golden paper, and white paper flowers in strings. Beside the shelf, a paper figurine with a face painted with inferior paint stares and stands there stiffly, dumbfounded. look outside.

There were still coffins next to some paper figurines. Yu Xing didn't go into the shop to check, but walked straight along the alley, approaching the end of the alley, and the sounds of mourning gradually became clearer. While paying attention to the surrounding shops, he listened some words.

"Woooooooo..."

"You died so miserable...hahahahaha..."

"Boss Liu, we all welcome you..."

"You are finally down, my son and I are waiting for you!"

"Woooooooo..."

Every line of crying and mourning sounds really sincere, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it with the word wail. I just corrected the lines carefully. No matter how I listen to it, I feel that the mourners have been looking forward to it for a long time and gloated.

After listening for a long time, Yu Xing couldn't help but want to tease: "Yo, you seem to be quite happy?"

"Woo, Liu—"

At the moment when he murmured, the crying stopped, and the suona stopped suddenly, as if he heard his voice, Qi Qi died.

Yu Xing was a little surprised.

Could it be that he could be heard even if he said something softly at such a distance?
He couldn't help but concentrate, and listened carefully to the movement at the end of the alley. A series of footsteps came from far to near, in a hurry. Yu Xing only felt a burst of great malice rushing towards his face. He turned his face away and quickly hid Behind the wreath.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, but Yu Xing still stood still. He felt that with his own skills, he should be able to ensure that he would not be discovered by the things coming, but a helpless and eager voice suddenly sounded in his ear: "Why are you so stupid?" I don't know where to hide, come in!"

Then, a thin arm stretched out from behind the wreath, grabbed Yu Xing's arm, and pulled him to the coffin shop next to him with Yu Xing's slightly surprised expression.

The soft long hair poked Yu Xing's neck. He looked up and saw a tired but faintly beautiful face.

This is a young woman with the appearance of 23. She is wearing the same white gown as him. She looks like she is going to a funeral. She also wears light makeup, but the makeup is a little off, her face is not so clean, and her temperament looks like reality. people of the world.

She quickly pulled Yu Xing to squat down behind the counter, and raised her index finger to "shush": "Don't make a sound, don't show your head, it's coming."

"Who?" Yu Xing obediently hid his figure, and when he looked into the store, he was a little surprised.

He and the woman were not the only two people in the coffin shop. Behind several coffins, there were many pale people hiding. They were also dressed in white shirts. Some half-kneeled, covering themselves in a daze, no wonder he didn't see anyone from outside the shop.

One of the thin middle-aged men emphasized: "It's a paper doll, and the paper doll is coming! Stop talking!"

Everyone else nodded, as if they were afraid that Yu Xing would make a noise and kill everyone.

Yu Xing understood, so he didn't ask any more questions for now, quietly listening to the sound of footsteps stopping outside the coffin shop, his mind was spinning.

Among so many people, none of them was a deducer participating in the live broadcast, not to mention that it was impossible for him not to meet his teammates when he came in, but to meet other teams first.

So... These people are all NPCs automatically generated by deduction?Just like Zhou Qinghai who was tied up by Carlos from the town to the village in Coffin Village with a dazed face?
should be.

When he came to a conclusion, he heard a very unpleasant voice from outside.

"Who is it?" The sharp voice was neither male nor female, with excitement and coldness, "I heard someone talking, who is here?"

The woman who pulled him into the coffin shop had an ugly expression on her face. She squatted on the spot and shrunk herself into a ball, with a drop of cold sweat oozing from her forehead.

Seeing the woman's reaction, Yu Xing knew that the people talking outside were the paper figurines in these populations.

The sound of footsteps lingered nearby, and it seemed that he didn't intend to leave for a while.

Speaking of which, what does a talking and walking paper doll look like?

Taking advantage of the woman's lack of attention on him, Yu Xing peeked out a little and looked towards the entrance of the shop.

——He saw a section of pale paper head.

It's really a paper man, a paper man of the same size as a real person.

The paper figurine was facing away from him at this time, and the brightly colored clothes were bright and shabby, on the contrary, they were a little brighter than the group of real people in white long gowns.

Its limbs are stiff, and every time it moves, it seems to be falling apart. Its figure is similar to that of a human, but it is not so natural, enough to show that the workmanship is rough.

It turns its head.

Yu Xing adjusted the angle and caught a glimpse of the paper figurine's face.

The white paper is pasted together, the face is flat, and the facial features are drawn in ink. It has no hair, narrow and long eyes, bright red mouth, and two blushes that are particularly happy on the cheeks.

The mouth was opened a crack, and a male and female voice leaked out from the crack: "Are you guys going to attend Boss Liu's funeral? Uuuuuuuuuuuu... There are people attending Boss Liu's funeral, who is it? Come out quickly... I'll take you there, shall we attend the funeral together?"

The people who hid shivered, not daring to breathe.

No one was found, and the expression of the paper figurine didn't change, it was an exaggerated laugh, but its tone gradually became irritable, and the tone became higher and higher: "Come out quickly! Come out quickly! Let's attend the funeral together!"

The sharp voice echoed in the ears of everyone in the coffin shop. Some people almost cried, but their mouths were immediately covered by the people next to them.

The paper figurine has been walking around on the street, staring fiercely at every nearby shop, as if searching for its own prey.

But it didn't enter the store to search, otherwise, Yu Xing and the people in the coffin shop would have been exposed long ago.

About five or six minutes later, the paper talent reluctantly left, and his footsteps disappeared towards the end of the alley.

It wasn't until the suona and mourning sounds sounded again that the people in the coffin shop breathed a sigh of relief. The woman sat back and wiped her face in a nondescript way.

Yu Xing stared at the horrific little face without saying a word, and felt an urge to remind him.

Noticing that Yu Xing was staring at her face, the woman was taken aback for a moment, and then she became embarrassed: "Handsome guy, if you want to tease me, go out of this alley and talk about it first?"

Yu Xing: "..."

He smiled politely: "I'm sorry, I have no such plan. I just want to ask, why are there so many people here?"

In a small coffin shop, including Yu Xing himself, there were seven or eight people crammed into it. In addition to the area occupied by the coffin, the place is already very crowded.

And Yu Xing glanced around, but didn't see Zhao Yijiu and Zhao Ruru - he had prepared for this before he came in, otherwise it would definitely be Zhao Yijiu who got him in.

"Huh, speaking of this—" the thin middle-aged man just now snorted angrily, "It's not that paper man. At the beginning, we didn't know that we would be heard when we talked on the street. We were discovered by it. In order to avoid It can only be trapped in the store. Later, more and more people came in, in order to prevent accidents, we quietly gathered everyone and hid together."

After the middle-aged man opened his mouth, the others also talked to Yu Xing in a hurry.

"Yeah, it's too dangerous!"

"Who says it's not? My husband and I are really innocent. We were scared to death when we strayed into this ghostly place!"

"I'm almost starving to death, thanks to Sister Xue, if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be alive now."

"That's right, it's really thanks to Sister Xue, she also gave me my medicine!"

Amid the quarrel, Yu Xingli realized what they wanted to express.

The seven or eight people present were all nearby residents.

At a certain moment, they may be on the way home, or they may be out for fun, and they step into a strange alley, so their eyes go dark, and when they wake up, they are here.

The original clothes were all gone, replaced by white shirts for funerals, and all the belongings were missing.

The entrance of the alley was blocked by a wall, and there were paper figures guarding the end of the alley, so no one dared to pass by. A brave man found a knife to chop up the paper figure, but the paper figure almost twisted his head off and the knife broke. .

After staying in this funeral alley for two or three days, without food or drink, many people were almost unconscious.

Zhou Xue—that is, the woman who La Yuxing entered the coffin shop. She came later. She originally went sightseeing in the ancient town with a tour group, but got lost on the way, and then entered this alley in a daze. A room full of people.

The only good news is that, as a tourist, Zhou Xue brought a backpack of food, water, and medicine when she came in, and she was kind-hearted and willing to share, so she was able to save the life of the first person who got caught in it.

But now, the supplies are gone.

Scared by the paper figurine again, Zhou Xue looked exhausted: "That's the way it is, handsome guy, you're out of luck too, um... don't be too desperate, since you've already come in, just adjust your mood yourself, instead of Desperate, why not work harder to find a way out."

Yu Xing nodded in agreement: "You're right. Do you have any ideas about how to get out these few days?"

"It's only at the end of the alley. Although we don't know if there is such a thing as a way out... But we can't give up hope, can we?" Zhou Xue was a little depressed, but she glanced at other people who were more decadent than her. The injured, the disabled, and the disabled obviously need spiritual support.

She paused and said, "I originally wanted to take a look at the end of the alley while I was still physically strong, but the more I went there, the paper doll's perception seemed to become stronger, and it would come out after making a slight movement. I tried twice but failed, so I don’t dare to go again for the time being, it’s too scary.”

Seeing that she seemed to be out of shape, Yu Xing seemed to remember the experience of avoiding the paper figurine at close range, so he comforted her and asked, "Is everyone in the alley here?"

"Probably, everything I've seen is there," Zhou Xue said.

Hearing her answer, Yu Xing narrowed his eyes slightly.

Strange, aren't Zhao Yijiu and Zhao Ruru here?Impossible, team deduction, within a stage, the team should not be separated directly.

He thought for a while, and told two nonsense: "But I met an old man before I came, and he said that there were two young people who came in."

Zhou Xue's eyes widened a little: "Huh?"

She recalled it carefully and shook her head: "I didn't meet you. When I came in, there were seven people in front of me. I took them to hide. You were the last one."

A sense of sadness welled up in her heart: "This ghost alley goes straight and straight, there is no other route. I have groped all the way to the end of the alley, but I didn't see anyone. If there are really two people, I'm afraid it's already..."

"No, it shouldn't be dead." Yu Xing wanted to say that she didn't see it before because Zhao Yijiu and Zhao Ruru hadn't come in yet.

But now, the two of them might reach the end of the alley when they entered the deduction, that is to say, there is definitely a safe area at the end of the alley, and there is a plot.

"They are my friends, I have to find them." After speaking, Yu Xing got up, as if he was about to leave the coffin shop.

Zhou Xue hurriedly pulled him back: "Well... are you sure you want to find your friend alone? The paper figurine is over there! Aren't you afraid? And...you can find a way out?"

She is usually quite timid, but when she gets close to the paper figurine, she will be so frightened that she will poke her head away. It can only be said that no matter how scary the ghosts in novels and other entertainment products are, they are not half as exciting as confronting real ghosts.

This young man looks about the same age as her, so he dares to go alone?
Yu Xing gently pulled Zhou Xue's paw off his arm, and promised: "I believe I can get out, but my friends are very important to me, and I must find them before I can feel at ease."

He looked at the ordinary people who didn't dare to intervene, and said to Zhou Xue: "I'll go find someone, you continue to hide with them, don't let them get hurt again."

Standing in the corner was the man who planned to make the paper figurine tough at first, and now he had the gauze brought by Zhou Xue wrapped around his neck, looking pitiful.

The others were also exhausted, all in a kind of starving weakness.

Zhou Xue could only say: "...Okay, then be careful."

　Me again!Going to write!Horror copy!Although the previous attempts have failed several times, it is not scary to be complained about (I admit it), but I still want to write!I don't care I don't care I'm going to write horror I can (_)
　　
　
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