Infinite spooky game

Chapter 11 Rose Manor ([-]) Prisoner's Dilemma and Temptation
Qi Si walked down the stairs of the old castle all the way down to the first floor, but he didn't see Miss Anna.

Of course, the butler was not seen either.

These two NPCs seem to disappear into the castle out of thin air most of the time, never showing up unless necessary, leaving players with ample space for free exploration.

Miss Anna can't be found, so how to lure her away is undoubtedly a problem.

God knows if she will just sit on the third floor and wait for the players to arrive.

Qi Si sorted out the experience since entering the dungeon in his mind, and got a clue.

He pushed open the door of the castle and stepped out, and what he saw was the sea of ​​roses that he had seen countless times.

There is no sun outside the castle, it is cloudy.

Under the gray-purple sky, large areas of roses were in full bloom. Under the overlapping branches and leaves, there was a large area of ​​shadow, giving people the illusion that some secrets and horrors were buried and hidden.

The air is filled with steaming water vapor, as if it has just rained, and the fragrance of flowers ferments to make the whole garden dazzled.

Qisi tightened his shirt and looked up to see Zou Yan standing among the flowers not far away, looking towards him.

Zou Yan has a slender figure and stands upright. If she hadn't been wearing a white windbreaker, Zis would have hallucinated her as Miss Anna just at that glance.

After their eyes met, Zou Yan nodded in greeting, then lowered her head and bent over, reaching out to fiddle with the roses in front of her.

A warning with the four words [Beware of Roses] is engraved on the system interface. People with average psychological quality would never dare to touch the roses in the garden at this time.

Qi Si raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not make a sound.He walked over on his own, and poked open a bush of roses to clear a small place for himself to stand on.

What happened last night actually proved that the restrictions of [Beware of Roses] are not as strict as imagined, otherwise those who accidentally touched rose petals like him would probably have been cold.

There was no need for Miss Anna to knock on the door one by one and ask Shen Ming to pick roses for her.

It can be seen that picking roses is the key to incurring danger.

Keith stood still among the rose bushes and turned to face the direction of the castle.

The position where he stood was exactly where Miss Anna was standing last night, and what he looked at was the window of the guest room on the second floor.Looking in from the outside, one could barely see a large bed, and it was most likely impossible to see whether the person lying on it was asleep.

So, last night, what was Miss Anna looking at?
Qisi took a few steps back and took in the entire castle.

The exterior walls of this building are faded in many places and covered with countless tiny fungus and mildew spots. The huge stones are cracked and dead vines are growing in the cracks.For a moment, Zeiss felt that this castle was like a person, a person bound by chains.

Zou Yan who was beside her suddenly asked, "Qis, what do you think of Miss Anna?"

Qi Si turned his head and looked directly into Zou Yan's eyes. Instead of answering directly, he asked instead, "Which side do you think?"

"We can talk about anything, anything."

Two scenes flashed through Qisi's mind, the woman chewing flesh and blood on the dining table, and the sad and resentful shadow standing in the sea of ​​roses at night...

"Well, it's good to eat, and maybe a little insomnia." Qi Si replied truthfully.

Zou Yan: "..."

Seeing Zou Yan's strange expression, Qi Si added a more normal answer: "Of course, she is indeed very beautiful. If she is not a ghost, she is indeed the type that many men will fall in love with when they see it."

Zou Yan tilted her head and asked with a smile: "What about you? If she were a living person, would you be attracted to her?"

If she was dead, I might be a little interested in putting her in the collection.

Zeiss answered in his mind.He looked at Zou Yan with a sincere smile and shallow dimples: "For me, appearance factors are not necessarily related to love."

Zou Yan: "Then what if she is perfect in other aspects?"

This time, Ziss did not answer, but asked with a half-smile: "What do you think of Miss Anna? I think you seem to care about her very much."

Zou Yan was stunned and thought: "She is probably a pitiful person. I don't know how much more. After all, I haven't said a word to her."

Chiss: "Yeah, I only said three words to her."

At this point, the conversation could not continue, Zou Yan's face showed a few traces of imperceptible embarrassment and embarrassment, while Qi Si walked into the depths of the sea of ​​flowers without changing his expression.

This was a test, and Zou Yan undoubtedly hoped to find out the clues that Qisi knew without revealing the information he already knew.

But Qi Si is not ignorant of psychology, and she maintains a lot of vigilance. She spent a lot of time talking, but in the end it was fruitless.

Originally, as a team copy, the best way to pass the level was to make the clues public and everyone to work together to decipher the worldview.

But after Shen Ming's death, trust among players collapsed, and some people are probably already preparing for the possible fratricide.

The more clues you know, the more advantages you can have in the copy.

As a result, naturally no one would be willing to take the lead in sharing clues.

A typical prisoner's dilemma.

Qi Si suddenly felt that Miss Anna's idea of ​​dividing the players into three groups was a genius, and it easily aroused suspicion among the players.

"Qisi," Zou Yan said coldly from behind, "Actually, we are the same people, and we can completely cooperate in this situation."

Qisi stopped, looked back, and said in a joking tone: "Same people? Do you mean they are all above 90 points in appearance?"

Zou Yan was stunned, and smiled wryly after a few seconds: "Why do you pretend to be stupid? I can see that you are lonely and don't trust anyone. In front of reason, all emotions can be put behind - I have been doing it for a long time. That kind of people."

Qisi looked into her eyes and waited quietly for her to continue.

"If my guess is correct, most of your family members are probably dead, right?" Zou Yan paused for a moment, showing a pitiful expression, "I am an orphan. I was abandoned on the street when I was born. Fortunately, I was rescued by the church. To survive.”

"I've met a lot of people like me, and I can best understand this lonely state of mind. Because of the fear of being abandoned, I don't want to trust anyone's kindness..."

"That's right." Qi Si interrupted with a smile, but the maliciousness in his eyes was deep, "Then you should know that no matter whether you have good intentions or malicious intentions, I will not choose to believe you."

"Rationalists will never sacrifice themselves in a zero-sum game. What makes you think we can let our guard down and cooperate sincerely?"

"What's more, in my opinion, you and I have never been the same kind."

After he said that, he followed the previous path and sank into the depths of the sea of ​​flowers.

Behind Zou Yan's ears came a long sigh, regretful and compassionate.

The garden of the Rose Manor is very large, but fortunately only roses are planted, and the tallest rose plant only grows to the waist of a person, so it does not provide much shelter. The movement is in full view.

Chang Xu took a shovel and dug under the withered vines at the base of the castle wall, and seemed to have found some serious clues.

Ye Zi stooped to rummage through the rose bushes, aimlessly and distracted, as if she came to wander in the garden simply because she didn't want to stay in the castle.

Qisi walked nonchalantly along the path with few petals, walking away from the castle, and saw a rusty iron gate at the end of the road.

There is a heavy and heavy iron lock hanging on the door, which has rusted to death. With the player's strength, it must be impossible to open it.

It is naturally impossible for the weird game to allow the player to leave on their own, but I don't know what the purpose of this door is here, so that the player can't get what they want?
Qi Si noticed that there was a small bare space on one side of the iron gate, with no vegetation or roses on it, but a rectangular stone platform embedded with a few lines of words in English engraved on the stone platform.

He remembered that the butler said that he lived underground, and the castle did not have a basement...

Qi Si's eyes lit up, knowing that he had found the right place.

He squatted down in front of the stone platform, bent his index finger knuckle and tapped on the ground twice.

There was a sound of wind behind him, accompanied by a suspicious rustling sound.

Qi Si stood up, turned his head, and saw the butler in black uniform standing behind him at some point.

There was an exaggerated smile on that plastic face: "Mr. Guest, you can't leave the manor yet, otherwise Miss Anna will be angry."

Qisi looked at him and said: "I don't want to leave. I came here to find you, but I just wanted to ask, where is Miss Anna?"

"Miss is naturally where she wants to be."

"Is that so? What a pity." Zis lowered his eyes and started talking nonsense, "I think Miss Anna always avoids us. Except during meals, we don't know where to go if we want to see her. Could it be that...she hates it? We guests?”

The butler shook his head: "No, she doesn't hate you. Miss Anna likes guests."

Chiss: "Then I want to meet her in the garden now, is that okay?"

Seeing the embarrassment on the butler's face, he pursed his lips and added softly: "It won't delay her for too long."

When the words came to this point, the housekeeper had no choice but to bow and said, "I'll go and invite Miss Anna right now."

(End of this chapter)