Infinite spooky game

Chapter 21 Rose Manor (Twenty) Time Paradox and Solution

The moment Qi Si stabbed the blade into Chang Xu's neck, Zou Yan's eyes widened.

And her expression was also frozen at this moment.

In other words, the behavior, development, and mood of everyone, things, and things in the entire space are all fixed at this moment.

The blood splashed on the shirt separated from the fibers and turned into blood beads and flew back to the wound on the neck of the corpse.

The pattering pool of blood on the steps flowed upwards, contracted into a small puddle and poured back into the blood vessels.

The corpse kneeling on the ground stood in a strange posture, step by step retreating along the track it had walked before, just like a movie played backwards.

Qisi looked at Chang Xu's pale face after losing blood, and his face was filled with the color of a living person. His tall and thin figure stepped on the steps like a zombie and disappeared around the corner of the stairs.

The vines that spread their claws in the corridor twisted and shrank towards the walls on both sides, winding back like insects and snakes into the shadows of the cracks in the stone wall.

The sound of rain stopped at a certain point, and the smell of water and flowers was transpiring in the air.

Zeiss found that he could not move, and only his thoughts could float freely in his mind.

He saw that Zou Yan in front of him was also unable to move, except that his right hand, which was entangled in vines, was still writhing unwillingly.

"Because it's not completely ghostly, so only the weird right hand can move?"

Keith took the discovery to heart.

As early as when he determined that the standard answer was hidden in the seventh rule [Only ghosts can kill humans, please believe that you are human], he began to think about what would happen if humans killed humans.

It is known that after Zou Yan got the clue of Chang Xu's quatrain, he immediately conducted an experiment to verify it, which triggered a time travel.

In other words, the trigger conditions for going back in time are not harsh, and are even within easy reach.

At the same time, it can be seen from the background story of the dungeon that Annie killed the man who loved Anna deeply, and made a deal with the gods, starting a three-day time loop.

By analogy, the switch that triggers time travel is likely to be related to "murder".

Regardless of whether this is the case or not, Qi Si intends to try to kill a person, after all, he is a person with strong hands-on ability and full of practical spirit.

There is no law in the weird game, and no evidence will be left behind. If you don't kill, you won't kill.

Therefore, when he entered the old woman's room and learned the clue that "ghosts are not affected by time reversal", in Qi Si's eyes, Chang Xu was dead.

Because of this, he almost blew himself up and told Chang Xu part of the truth, as if he had deciphered it before he died.

"At present, it seems that the killed and unrelated passers-by will not have the memory of going back in time, otherwise it cannot explain the fact that I have no impression of the first round of the game."

"In addition to ghosts, the ones who can keep the memory intact in time travel back are also the triggers of time travel, that is, murderers."

“We need to use the characteristics of ghosts to break the situation, but we also need to stick to our human identity, so we need to use the time reversal mechanism... What an interesting design!”

A complete plan gradually became clear at the bottom of his mind. Qisi looked at the slowly flying and rising dust in the darkness, and the strange excitement in his heart was hard to suppress.

But after all, it was difficult for him to make too big a move, and he could only slightly curl his lips, waiting for the end of the time-travel started by him.

The light around him dimmed inch by inch, and his consciousness began to sink as the light disappeared. In the darkness where he couldn't even see his fingers, the sound of rain rang in his ears again.

It is rainstorm.

Across the thick stone wall, only a thin "squeak" sound is left in the ears.

In an instant, the world has light.

Zeiss found himself leaning against the wall, in front of a double bed with a pile of bone fragments scattered on it.

It looked familiar. He remembered that the pile of bone fragments originally belonged to two skeletons.

Chang Xu on the side was trying to crush the bone pieces into more pieces.

The victim who had just died once straightened up, looked at Qi Si and said, "You were stunned just now. I speculated that the key was on the skeleton, so I smashed them."

Qi Si was only in a trance for a moment, and then matched the cause and effect to his memory.

He remembered that this was the first room on the third floor. He got the piece of paper with writing under the pillow, was stunned, and saw Anne's past.

Has time turned back?

Chang Xu really didn’t remember anything...

Qi Si smiled, a very bright smile.He asked, "Brother Chang, what time is it?"

From his tone to his demeanor, there was no difference from before. It was completely impossible to tell that he had just killed someone not long ago.

Chang Xu didn't know why, but he still looked down at the pocket watch in his hand and replied: "It's five minutes past one."

At this time, Zou Yan should not have had time to wait in front of the stairs.

It doesn't matter if she arrives, just let Chang Xu die again.

Qi Si made a decision, gave a soft "hmm", turned and walked out of the room: "I already know how to clear the level, so I won't go to the next two rooms."

He paused for two seconds, looked back at Chang Xu and said with a smile: "Of course, Brother Chang, if you are interested in solving puzzles, you can go sightseeing by yourself; if you are interested in Miss Anna, you can go directly to Room 3."

Chang Xu: ...I'm not even interested, thank you.

Even so, after Qisi walked down the stairs in a pretentious manner, he still hesitated.

This was a normal reaction. After all, the two of them had only known each other for a short time. It was impossible for him to believe whatever Qisi said with empty teeth.

There are obviously important clues on the third floor.

Qi Si had a clear understanding of Chang Xu's psychology, and he said calmly: "Considering the cooperation, I still suggest you go downstairs early. You should also know that our clues have been spied on by Zou Yan, and she has mastered this Most of the secrets of the dungeon may ambush at the stairs at any time and kill one of us, triggering the 'guaranteed death toll' mechanism."

Chang Xu caught the flaw in Qisi's words.

From the known information, it can only be inferred that the holder of the [Eye of Hermes] is one of Zou Yan and Ye Zi.

Qi Si was so sure that it was Zou Yan who was spying on them...

Chang Xu realized the crux of the problem, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did you trigger the time reversal mechanism?"

Then he saw that the young man in front of him was stunned, and he smiled helplessly and said, "You guessed it right, I came back in an hour. So, I suggest you follow the advice of those who have been here and leave early."

People tend to believe the "facts" they infer. Ziss knows this well, so he deliberately leaves gaps in his words.

Chang Xu took the bait without knowing it, and subconsciously asked: "How did you trigger the time travel?"

"Ah, it's actually quite simple..." Qi Si narrowed his eyes into a narrow line, his expression was extremely sincere and innocent, "It's a pity that I don't intend to tell you."

Chang Xu: The fist is hard.

Whether it was an illusion or not, he always felt that there was a hint of malice in Qisi's smile, which made him feel a chill on the back of his neck for no reason.

The danger warning he had developed since he was a child made him give up asking questions.

In a few seconds, Qi Si had already walked down to the corner of the stairs, stopped and looked back: "Brother Chang, your room is probably not safe anymore, go downstairs to my room and avoid it with Lin Chen .”

He lowered his eyes and added: "I'll go and verify my thinking first. If I fail, you can find another way."

(End of this chapter)