absurd deduction game.

Chapter 833 The woman knocking on the door

It's a pity that even from the perspective of the branches, the voice can't be tracked, and Yu Xing has no way to get closer to those things.

We can only wait for the plot to continue to advance and see if there will be a chance to figure out what it is.

Now that he has confirmed that the hotel is not in any danger at present, and he doesn't really want to fall asleep, he must do something with the remaining time.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Xing's eyes lit up, he got up and opened the door.

He's going to talk to that old man!

……

Hua Subai wandered outside for more than an hour, and returned to the hotel at nearly [-]:[-].

The red dress was stained with the smell of the wind and snow, and it was more and more ironed on his body, and it fit as if it was tailored.

When entering the door, the oil lamp behind the counter was still on, reflecting two figures on the wall, one big and one small, very harmonious.

Wait, two ways?
Hua Subai paused on his feet, and the second he saw the shadow, the steady and gentle sound of reading also reached his ears.

"Lin Daiyu yelled, wrapped her arms around the thick tree trunk, twisted her waist, and pulled up the weeping willow by the roots."

"Everyone was shocked and cheered: 'Strong man!' Lin Daiyu smiled shyly: 'The family has made a fool of yourself.'"

Hua Subai: "..."

He recognized the voice, his forehead twitched slightly, he walked quickly to the counter, and leaned over to look inside.

Sure enough, both Yu Xing and the old man huddled behind the counter. The old man was sitting on his low stool, and Yu Xing simply sat cross-legged on the ground, with the oil lamp placed between them, hiding the light from the light.

Yu Xing held the comic book that should have appeared in the old man's hand, and "read" it expressionlessly. The old man squinted his eyes comfortably and listened carefully.

I don't know if Yu Xing bullied the old man and didn't know the plot, or if the pirated content of this comic book is really so against the heavens, in short, Yu Xing didn't change his face, with seriousness written all over his face.

After listening to him read a few pages of ridiculous stories, Hua Subai couldn't bear it anymore, and knocked on the table before laughing out loud.

The shadow came over, Yu Xing raised his head, and met Hua Subai's indescribably suppressed smile eyes.

Skillfully ignoring it, he lowered his head and continued: "Lin Chong was furious, and slapped the butcher's table with his palm: 'Hey, are you playing tricks on me?' Who would have thought that the butcher would pick up the butcher's knife and be full of ghosts?" Linger, actually started chasing him."

"Three passers-by were also affected, and ran wildly with Lin Chong. The butcher gradually lost his strength and stopped in front of the deep forest, and was run four times by humans."

"???" Hua Subai: "What are you talking about!"

This time, he was completely sure that even pirated villain books would not be able to bear the blame!

Hua Subai suddenly made a sound, which woke up the old man who was about to fall asleep. The old man stared at him for a long time with cloudy eyes before he recognized that he was his resident.

So he leaned back comfortably again, pressing his voice and urging: "... what's in the back?"

Yu Xing closed the comic book and chuckled: "Old man, it's time for me to go to bed. If I stay here tomorrow night, I'll read you a story again."

The old man seemed a little unsatisfied, thought for a while, smashed his mouth with few teeth left, pulled the villain back from Yu Xing's hand, and then nodded: "Okay."

Yu Xing got up leisurely, patted the folds on the windbreaker, glanced at Hua Subai, and signaled him to go to the corridor with his eyes.

After the two left, the old man struggled to turn the pages of the book by the oil lamp, but he couldn't find any description of the four humans fleeing to the deep forest, so he searched again and again unwillingly.

If he doesn't find it, he probably won't be able to sleep tonight.

[How wicked hahahaha]
[Looking at the old man's appearance, does he seem to have seen the broken one?]
[Of course not!At least we can know that it is a broken update when we read the book, this old man is looking for a piece of text that doesn't exist, die laughing]
[Lin Chong runs at night and encounters a temple on Fengxue Mountain. There is a mural in the temple. In the dead of night, a beautiful woman named Nie Xiaoqian floats out. ]
[Nie Xiaoqian said: "Now I am not the Nie Xiaoqian I used to be, I am Niu Hulu Nie Xiaoqian."]
[The concubine wants to accuse Concubine Nie of having an affair, making the harem dirty and messy, a crime that cannot be punished! ]
[Just here, what are you crazy about? ]
[Fortunately, I went to the old man for information, but the old man always looked like he was about to fall asleep, so he...]
……

Hua Subai followed Yu Xing all the way to his room, closed the door behind his back, and wondered, "Why do you want to torment the old shopkeeper?"

"I'm bored, let's carry forward the traditional virtue of respecting the old and loving the young, and help him study." Yu Xing spread his hands and opened his mouth.

Hua Subai scanned the room.

The furnishings in the house showed no signs of movement, and the bed had slight creases from sitting on it, but the warmth was gone.

Yu Xing had been harassing the old man for a long time.

"Do you think there might be information hidden in his comic book, so you checked it out as a way to help with the reading?"

Yu Xing nodded casually when he heard that he had already guessed.

In fact, he just wanted to talk to the old man. Since the old man opened this sleeping hotel, the old man must know the information about the hotel.

No matter how bad it is, the old man should always know who and what are the "people" who don't move in the house.

As a result, after finding the old man in the lobby, the old man only responded to him with a greeting, and buried himself in his book, pretending that he could not hear him.

Yu Xing saw that the old man was clearly struggling to read, but he still focused on the words in the book, thought for a while and said, "I'm bored right now, old man, your eyesight doesn't seem very good, why don't I read the story to you?" Bar?"

He just gave it a try, because he couldn't be sure whether the old man was interested in the stories in the book, or simply treasured the comic books. If it was the latter, then the old man would probably not be willing to give the book to him.

Moreover, the old man has been reading books since we met, which seems to be a reminder—maybe there are some hidden messages in the book?
Unexpectedly, when the old man heard it, he stopped pretending to be deaf, and quickly put the book into his hand: "Read..."

Yu Xing took this opportunity to look through all the books collected by the old man.

These books are very similar to the old books sold at the fifty-cent-a-jin stalls under the overpass. They are small and thin, ending in a dozen pages or so, and there are illustrations like pictures of ladies in the middle.

The stories in it are all simple little stories, because of the different worldview, these stories are not the ones that are familiar in reality, but they can still be seen at a glance-it has nothing to do with intelligence.

Yu Xing read two books seriously, and then tried to talk to the old man.

"Old man, are you the only one in charge of this store? Are your children here?"

Perhaps it was Yu Xing's behavior that won the old man some favors, and the old man thought about this issue for a while.

In the end, he said that his son had died a long time ago, and he was the only one left in the family.

How long have you been dead?do not remember.

How long have you been in business?Don't remember either.

Can a person be alone?
Regarding this question, the old man was silent for a long time, his thin figure looked a little pitiful in the silence.

In the end, the old man still choked out a sentence: "What do I have to be lonely, and these books are with me. Are you going to read it to me?"

So Yu Xing read a few more books.

At this time, he could already see that the old man's eyesight was really poor, and he might not be able to see most of the content clearly when reading a book. It was almost torn apart, but the old man still showed a serious and novel look on his face.

It seemed that he didn't really know what was written in his book until tonight.

The pile of books by the counter decreased one by one. Halfway through, the other four players who chose to stay in the hotel finally came. Seeing Yu Xing, they hurried away. After asking the old man for the key, they left in a hurry. Yu Xing called to stop him.

This little episode had no effect on Yu Xing. In the end, he couldn't find any useful information from it. Instead, he took advantage of the gap in reading to get some information from the old man's mouth.

For example—this old man who looked like he was going to die at any moment, he couldn't remember how long he had stayed in the hotel, it should be a long time.

Regarding the past, the old man's memory seemed to be forcibly shrouded by something, and he could not look at it.

He can only sit in the hotel day after day, guarding his storybook.

For another example, Yu Xing asked the old man if he would go out to see the excitement on the day of Ruixue Festival.The old man looked confused, he didn't know what Ruixue Festival was.

This is interesting.

Although the old man's body is very strong, he feels that he won't live long, but in other words - the old man is alive.

This was the first person Yu Xing had met in Nanshui Town that could be called a "living person".

And the rest of the townspeople, including the guide, the female owner of the tailor shop, the fat aunt, etc., don't have the breath of a living person at all.

Thinking about it this way, the old man must be a very special existence, and this kind of existence does not know about the Ruixue Festival. Is it because the news is blocked, or because... Ruixue Festival does not exist in the thinking of living people?
After getting this information, Yu Xing didn't think about anything else. He also felt a little pitiful for the old man alone, so he simply told some more stories.

The story of his free play.

The speech was very handy, and Hua Subai came back.

Hua Subai sighed exaggeratedly: "I knew that you are a very kind person."

Yu Xing: "...you are acting weird."

Huasu Bailian said that there were no three, adjusted his expression, and asked seriously: "Then you asked him, besides the tour group, is there anyone living in the rest of the house?"

"I asked, and he said he didn't remember."

The old man is not a goldfish, he cannot remember yesterday after today.

He said the people in those houses had lived there for a long, long time.

It had been so long that he had forgotten the faces of those people. If Yu Xing hadn't mentioned it today, he would have even forgotten that there were still ten rooms in the hotel.

Did those people pay to live so long?

The old man didn't know either.Because the notebook he used to record has been changed several times, and he didn't know where it was stuffed before.

"So that's how it is." Facing the strange time, Hua Subai was thoughtful.

"What about you?" Yu Xing squinted at him, "What did you do running out?"

"Me? The atmosphere in Baibao Street is good, so I just take a look." Hua Subai's expression remained unchanged.

Yu Xing understood: "It means don't tell me."

Hua Subai suddenly remembered Yu Xing's distrust of him, and cleared his throat: "Oh, I didn't do anything bad anyway, I promise."

"Tch." Yu Xing's response was a very obvious emotional particle.

Before Hua Subai could say anything else, Yu Xing had already waved away people: "It's almost twelve o'clock, go back to your own room, don't hang around here. By the way, look at Dian Lan Wu, don't let him die. "

"Okay, okay." Hua Subai sighed, and reluctantly rolled away.

Time passed by, and Yu Xing lay down on the bed, waiting for the time to come.

Twelve o'clock is not only the time that the guide specially reminded, but also the time when the system settled on the first day.

Speaking of which, this event adopts a point-based survival system. Whether it is following the main line of the tour group or triggering side missions, you can get certain points.

The strange thing is, judging from the current situation, Yu Xing can't see the role of points at all. After all, it's not the last place to be eliminated. Does the amount of points only affect the rewards after the event ends?
The benefits of getting more points are even more obvious than its disadvantages.

He felt that the points must have other functions.

Reminiscent of the timeline of death, Yu Xing even doubted whether the points would give people who did not think of the timeline of death a chance to make mistakes.

Spend points to buy real time?

Or by accumulating a certain amount of points, you can have props to spend the time of death safely?

Points must have some role to reflect.

After spending time and energy, and betting on their lives, they must obtain matching benefits. At present, the system hopes that they can live, so it will not set up a useless element.

He made some guesses about the role of the points, and Yu Xing sorted out several possibilities. He was not in a hurry, he followed the main quest all the time, and for the side quests, he received the past quests indirectly on the second floor, and he would not be worse than others. behind.

Maybe the system will reveal the function of the points during the settlement?
The wall clock in the hotel lobby was ticking.

The old man was tired from flipping through the books. He was still holding his little book in his hand, but his head was tilted to one side, and he fell into a deep sleep with a little exhaustion.

The hands of the wall clock finally moved slowly and slowly to zero o'clock.

clack clack...

The sound of the machinery running was amplified for a moment to the point where it could be heard by the naked ear. Vigilance flashed in Yu Xing's eyes, and a certain illusion of being shrouded shattered with a crash, as if something was slowly flowing in the air.

At this moment, he heard the breathing of humans in the rooms on the left and right.

[The end of the first day, now start to settle points. 】

The voice of the system appears at the same time, and the female voice is businesslike

[Main task points: 2000]

[Subquest Points: 900]

[Remaining Points: 2900]

[It is detected that you have usable points, now open the limited mall]

really.

As soon as he thought of this, the system confirmed his idea. While paying attention to the movement outside the door, Yu Xing clicked into the so-called limited mall.

[Limited mall: The remaining opening time is six days, it can only be used in the Nanshui Town event deduction, and the products in the mall can only be exchanged for the points obtained in the event. 】

There are not many things in it, there are only four kinds in total. They are said to be commodities, but in fact most of them are "status".

[Cognitive recovery: When you feel that you are no longer you, using the cognitive recovery state can help you stabilize your cognition.Use 5000 points once. 】

[Hidden Breath: You can use it when you need to hide yourself.Use 2000 points once and last for 1 minute. 】

[True key: Short access to ■■, which lasts for 10 minutes.Use 1000 points once. 】

【Pointer: You can use it when you need to find an object. After using it, it will precisely locate the location of the object and continue to form an arrow in the field of vision.Use 2000 points once. 】

Oh wow.

Yu Xing pondered in his mind for a while. The functions of these commodities are simple and clear, and the pointer may be needed tomorrow.

After all, tomorrow's activity is to find dolls or blessing card accessories.

He can also understand the real key, the place that was painted out is obviously the "real scene" or "real time",

There are no urgently needed scenarios for breath concealment and cognitive recovery, but looking at it from another perspective, the first appearance of these two products in the mall is to remind the deducer that there will be difficulties in this regard in the future.

Generally speaking, these things are very expensive. Even if you want to buy them, you must consider whether you will need other states in the future.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

The door was knocked suddenly.

Outside the door, a soft female voice trembled, tremblingly said: "Hi, sorry to disturb you, my child is very cold, please, can someone lend me a piece of cloth?"

Yu Xing regained consciousness and listened for a while. Sure enough, the breathing sound of the woman holding the child in the next room had disappeared.

He didn't even hear footsteps, and the breath had already teleported to his door, trembling, rushing, and interacting with his mouth and nose.

Yu Xing didn't get up, but strictly followed what the guide said - "be sure to lie down on the bed after 12 o'clock".

There was no response, and the woman was obviously more anxious. She knocked on the door harder and raised her voice: "Is anyone there! Is there anyone! My child really needs something warm, please, please Already!"

Yu Xing still didn't say a word.

The wind and snow has been shrouding Nanshui Town, and even the air is icy cold.

People with frostbite in the town were sent to the hospital constantly, and since he entered Baibao Street, he hadn't seen anyone troubled by the cold. The flaw in the water town.

I didn't expect there to be "frozen" in the brigade.

A branch passed through the wall silently, along the familiar route, and got into Zhang Yu's room.

The change has already begun, so he has to take care of this kid.

Of course, he wouldn't help unless necessary, otherwise Zhang Yu would be too relaxed.

He felt that this kid's mind was really good, unless it was a sudden brain twitch, he probably wouldn't get up from the bed at this time to give away his head.

Outside, the woman is getting more and more anxious.

"My boy is really...he's freezing to death, please! Please, please do me a favor! Give me something to keep me warm!"

Perhaps it was because there was no movement for a long time, and the woman put down her hand slumpedly.

Holding the baby in her arms tightly, she gritted her teeth and knocked on other doors.

This time, she knocked on the room opposite Yu Xing.

If Yu Xing remembered correctly, that room seemed to have been selected by a dark star player.

　One more chapter first, there is more at [-] o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)