The witch narrowed her eyes slightly and looked deeply at his mask: "It doesn't matter, I am very sensitive to energy, and I have a hunch that only you can do it here."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Qin Rang, "As a hotel staff member, your brother's connection with the hotel is very weak, but you are different."

Qin Rang:...?

After Qi Jiu was silent for a moment thoughtfully, he finally accepted the mirror and the 30-coin tip handed over by the witch: "I hope I can help you."

He was a little concerned about the witch's so-called energy field.

Since she can see that Qin Rang has no energy connection with the hotel, why can't she see that she is also a "temporary employee"?

Is it just like Mr. Lord and Miss Rossetti in the previous instance? Because they are very similar to that guy, so similar that their energy fields are the same, so they have a strong energy connection with a hotel they have never visited.

?

This also confirmed Qi Gu's judgment from the side: the guy who signed the contract with him once lived in the hotel.

But there is a high probability that this period of history has also become an abandoned plot line. He needs to collect relevant clues and trigger relevant branch lines, so that the abandoned plot can be re-exposed in the dungeon, and the guy can be released briefly.

Qi Jiu felt a little hopeful for a moment.

He thought that the next time he met the guy, he would thank him personally. After all, it was the guy who paid the wages of his temporary workers.

The divination ceremony officially began, and Qi Jiu used a mirror to shine on the array of cards according to the witch's request.

Another connector of the card array is the 115 girl with a bulging lower abdomen. At this moment, she can no longer feel the pain at all, but the curvature of the bulging belly seems to be more obvious.

The witch's fingertips passed over each card, her eyelashes trembled, and her breathing changed from calm to rapid.

Half a minute later, she drew three cards from the 22 cards, and then turned them over one by one from left to right——

"Death" in upright position, "Wheel of Fortune" in reverse position, "World" in upright position

The faces of the travelers who were watching the card formation darkened. Even if they didn't understand the cards, the appearance of "Death" was definitely not a good sign.

"How...how can we solve this?" the union leader asked anxiously, feeling uneasy.

The witch ignored his impatience and slowly raised her eyelids, her voice a little deeper than before: "Death, cycle and alternation, and..."

She looked steadily at the "World" card in the upright position, and after a while she said, "21."

""World" is the last card among the twenty-two Major Arcana, which usually symbolizes the beginning and end of the cycle, but I think its serial number "21" should be used here."

"Interpreting the three cards together, it can be understood that because of the need for a new reincarnation and life alternation, a death event is about to happen here, and the number of deaths is 21 people." The witch explained to everyone.

The union leader questioned: "21 people? But we only have 18 people..."

They who came with the tour bus didn't know that Qi Qiu and Qin Rang were also travelers, and they didn't even know that a traveler had been killed on the road before the dungeon was officially opened.

The girl in the 102 couple reminded: "Have you forgotten that when you first got on the tour bus, two people already died in the bus? I think those two unlucky guys should be included... But in this way,

There’s still one person left.”

Were two people already dead on the bus before arriving at the hotel?

After getting this information blind spot, Qi Jiu, who was pretending to be an NPC, immediately frowned. If these two dead travelers were added, the total number of players should be 23...

This contradicts his long-held inference that "21 players correspond to 21 accident victims."

But the number of people in the accident heard from the highway FM was clearly 21, so why were there two more people? Even if we exclude the unlucky guy on the highway who got off the car rashly and violated the conditions for death, the number of people still doesn't match...

Moreover, when he asked Xiaomi and her daughter last night why the bus was delayed, his wife did not mention that there were dead people on the bus.

Qi Jiu looked at Xiao Mi and his wife from the corner of his eye.

Are they deliberately hiding it? Or do they just feel that there is no need to mention it to him as an NPC? Or there are other reasons...

The lady standing by the shoji door also showed a surprised expression: "There is a dead person in the car? Why don't Xiaomi and I know about this..."

The couple girls shrugged: "Because you got on the bus halfway, the driver has already disposed of the body."

"You mother and daughter should be candidates for admission. I have encountered this situation before." The girl's boyfriend added.

"Ah, something like this happened. It's so terrible." The lady frowned slightly, her hands always wearing black velvet gloves curled up and pressed on her chest, looking uneasy.

"I think the one spot that is still missing is probably the fetus in her belly," the witch thought for a moment, then touched the belly of girl 115 and said, "After all, the fetus in the belly is considered a life, and the 21 spots symbolize 21

Living body, this explanation makes sense."

Everyone present did not know that the two massage interns were also players. After hearing the witch's explanation, they instantly showed expressions of realization.

The number of travelers plus fetuses is exactly 21.

"On the surface, this dungeon is a flexible dungeon without main quests, but in fact it just deliberately hides the main quests. We need to explore on our own to avoid crises."

"Only by cutting off the cycle of the 'Wheel of Fortune' can we have a chance of survival."

Everyone began to discuss in low voices. On their first morning in the dungeon, they had successfully unlocked the taboo on buffet meal selection, and had an idea of ​​how to explore the main plot.

Through the mask, Qi Jiu looked at Xiaomi and her daughter calmly.

Are they really alternate players? Is it possible that the death of those two players gave them a chance to play?

"Alternate" is true, but it's hard to say if you're not a player.

At this moment, the hotel proprietress appeared in the morning light: "Good morning, everyone. I believe you all had a good rest last night."

"I want to tell you some good news. The open-air hot spring pool will be open to tourists after seven o'clock tonight. Our hot spring street has the oldest and most unique natural mineral hot spring, which has excellent beauty and nourishing health care effects. Among them, the most famous

The "Iku no Yu" hot spring group is very popular. In the old days, aristocratic men would come from far away to take a bath. Please don't miss it."

The words of the boss lady are equivalent to releasing a new mission and opening a new map of the dungeon.

Everyone remained silent on the surface, but inwardly they began to make their own calculations.

Qi Ku noticed the contradiction in the words of the landlady: Since hot springs have excellent beautifying and nourishing effects, why are most of the people who come to bathe in the hot springs are noble men? Shouldn't they be their wives and ladies?

The boss lady specifically emphasized "men", could gender also be an important clue?

Is there any connection between the hot spring and the explosion that killed 21 people?

Although the current clues are too fragmented and scattered, Qi Jiu has a hunch that the hot springs, or this hot spring street, are the rope that connects all the clues.

The main plot and hidden branches of this dungeon are probably not as simple as the explosion.

It's possible that everything has just begun.

*

Next was free time in the hotel, and Qi Qiu, who had been working the night shift, decided to catch up on his sleep.

Although the sheets and duvet covers provided in the hotel were not new, they were clean and soft, and Qi Qiu quickly fell asleep wrapped in the quilt.

In the dream, he was in a bright and lively night.

The air is filled with a strong and pungent smell of powder. Ambiguous red paper lanterns are spread all over the eaves on both sides of the street. The light and shadow are swaying in the wind. Tourists in yukata are bustling through it. The "clucking" of clogs on the stone pavement is noisy.

.

The red leaves floating from nowhere fell like snowflakes in the wind, dyeing the night red.

Qi Jiu seemed to have fallen into a strange and bizarre ancient time and space.

This time he didn't panic, and soon realized that he was in a dream.

He subconsciously raised his hand to touch his face and found that the mask belonging to the hotel staff was gone.

After experiencing a dungeon, Qi Zhu guessed that the guy would give clues and hints by invading his dreams, just like in the "Rose Fish Canned" dungeon, he had assumed the identity of that guy in front of the operating table with Rose in his nightmare.

Miss Dee had a conversation, and that conversation was an important clue to solving the problem.

The dream scene is closely related to the hidden plot of the dungeon, and is even the key to cracking the dungeon.

Qi Qiu walked through the bustling crowds of tourists. The buildings on both sides of the street were brightly lit, and the laughter mixed with the ambiguous light diffused in the night, giving people an unreal feeling of being intoxicated.

This seems to be a place where Zhuhuan trades.

There were bright lights ahead. Qi Jiu looked around and followed the direction of the crowd.

Until he saw a long-haired young man wearing a "Sixteen" mask among the same faces, hurriedly walking through the crowd.

That mask originally belonged to Qi Qiu!

His heartbeat was beating wildly for no apparent reason.

The young man was wearing a loose yukata, with a tall and tall figure. He wore a long knife on his waist, and his long hair was tied loosely behind his head.

Passing through the hustle and bustle of people, the young man deliberately stopped and looked at Qi Qiu from a distance through the lights and noise.

For a moment all the sounds fell silent, and time seemed to stand still.

After briefly looking at each other, the masked young man turned around and rejoined the crowd.
Chapter completed!