0014 Chapter 1: Confessions of the Dead (Section 8)
An unexplained heart palpitation hit her, and Zhen Cheng slowly turned her head back.
What gradually came into view was a lady in her thirties with curly brown hair. She was dressed in a standard maid outfit and her smile was unnaturally tight.
Through her experience in the detective industry, Zhen Cheng intuited that it was a kind of overly cautious, nervous and nervous attitude, as if she was afraid that if she did something wrong, she would be severely beaten by her master.
If you think about it carefully, such a thing might not have been impossible in that era a hundred years ago. Especially if your master was a perverted murderer.
"Miss...you, are you injured? Let...let me take a look." The maid said and stretched out her hand tremblingly, as if she was quite distressed and frightened, but suddenly accelerated at the last moment and pinched Zhen Cheng off guard.
Caught her wrist.
The force was so strong that Zhen Cheng felt as if her arm was being sucked into a meat grinder, causing pain and being unable to break free. It was hard to imagine that the maid's petite body, which was not much taller and stronger than her own, could burst out with such power.
"Miss...you, you've lost a lot of blood...Oh my God, this is not okay. If the master sees it...quickly, let me wipe it for you..."
The maid put her face close to Zhen Cheng's neck to observe. Her big eyes with slightly yellow pupils were round and round, like a startled owl.
As she said that, she did not let go of Zhen Cheng's wrist, but used the handkerchief in her other hand to reach for Zhen Cheng... Wait! What kind of handkerchief is that? It's obviously a dirty and wet one. How do you see it?
They all look like rags that have just been used to wipe the floor!
Hey! Are you just using this thing to help your lady stop bleeding? Will the wound be infected? You deserve to be punished by the baron!
Zhen Cheng wanted to struggle, but found that this body did not follow his will, but was at the mercy of the maid as if it had lost its soul.
She could only watch, but couldn't move. This strange feeling, which was like watching a holographic movie from a first-person perspective, greatly suppressed Zhen Cheng's instinctive panic. After she was sure that she couldn't resist in any way, she even started with a hint of joking.
Complain in your heart.
Then, she saw the maid covering "her" mouth and nose with a wet rag. She never let go until the corridor in front of her began to twist and blur, and then became clear from illusion.
The moment her eyes became clear again, Zhen Cheng immediately raised her hand to check. What hung on her arm were the familiar and wide robes of Hanfu, which made her basically convinced that she had escaped from the weirdness outside of reality.
I should have thought of it a long time ago. The Scarry family held a secret game with a golden mask as a barrier. Why would it only use ordinary realistic means to convey the secret clues in the game? A secret and abnormal display like just now is not possible.
Should this be the main way this game unfolds?
Instead of marveling at the mystery or horror of extraordinary phenomena, it is better to analyze the conditions and methods for obtaining these clues. The one who understands the rules first will definitely gain an advantage in this game that is difficult for others to catch up with.
As for the principles behind all kinds of weirdness, it will take a long time to explore and solve them in the future. The premise is that you must win the game first, and then survive in the [Secret Space] that may be involved again at any time.
The closer I get to the crazy truth hidden inside the world, the more fatal flaws it is to rely on common sense and lack of imagination. I should keep this warning in mind on the path I choose. Zhen Cheng warned himself.
In addition, the images I saw in the experience just now seem to indicate one thing. The assumption that everything would be fine if the [Baron] was locked up may be overturned.
According to the intelligence that just unfolded in the suspected illusion, it seems that the second player he will face next, [Maid] Ms. Navis, is the character who needs to do something to him according to the rules!
thump!
Just when she was thinking of the key point, Zhen Cheng's thoughts were interrupted by the sudden dull sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. Turning around suddenly, she saw a pair of big, owl-like eyes with yellow pupils looking at her in panic.
For a moment, Zhen Cheng's heart stopped for half a beat. She instinctively feared that the killer in the fantasy would cross the real barrier and a hundred years of time and catch up with her in reality.
"You, you, you...what are you doing?"
The woman fell to the ground as if she had been stimulated, and her voice was trembling nervously, as if she would do something terrible to her.
Just looking again, Zhen Cheng found that the only thing that resembled the woman in front of him was the eyes of the maid who killed "him" in the "illusion". The lady who fell to the ground did not have brown curly hair, nor did she have the rigorous and complicated maid on her body.
clothing.
Zhen Cheng recognized this lady and had just met her at a dinner party not long ago. She was Ms. Navis, the third player who played the [Maid] in the game.
Following the gaze of the female detective who fell to the ground, Zhen Cheng noticed that the cooking pot that had been knocked over at the door of the master bedroom had solidified, human skin-like gelatinous material all over the floor, and two clearly identifiable unidentified coins were sticking out of it.
Totally melting toes.
Recalling the dream-like experience just now, Zhen Cheng tried to put on a twisted smile like when a maid pinched her wrist, and responded: "Guess."
Ms. Navis on the ground was immediately frightened. She crawled back a few steps using her hands and feet, and said tremblingly: "Are you crazy? This is just a game. What did you do to poor Mr. Epilens?"
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Hey, why did you just associate it with him without me saying anything? Do you think I cooked that big living person? Even if I cooked him, it wouldn't be possible for him to turn into a plastic solution, right?
Speaking of Ms. Navis, she is also a legend in the industry. As a detective, she is actually known for being timid and reckless.
But such a guy has repeatedly solved a series of difficult cases due to incredible "luck", and uses illogical reasoning and unreasonable behavior to push things to the correct solution.
However, due to his preference for acting, Zhen Cheng was keenly aware of many unnatural aspects of Ms. Navis's performance after personal contact at the dinner party.
Rather than being favored by the goddess of luck, she is more inclined to understand Ms. Navis' behavior as a kind of secret observation and invisible guidance that specializes in placing herself in a harmless and vulnerable position.
In other words, she is better at finding breakthroughs and solving problems from "people" than rigorous logical reasoning and objective events. Faced with such an opponent...
Zhen Cheng put away his ferocious expression, sighed and put the identity card in front of the other party: "You also know that this is a game. Do I have to do anything to that old gentleman? In addition, have you made any mistake? I
He is the [victim]!"
After that, she confidently left the mess on the floor and walked towards the hall stairs.
As long as Navis is not really stupid, it is impossible to go to the trouble of releasing the competitor in the door. It would be better if she really did that. Zhen Cheng is still worried about how to restrain this real killer.
As if inspired by Zhen Cheng, Ms. Navis, who was sitting on the ground, also took out her ID card to check it. This gave Zhen Cheng, who was hurriedly passing by, an unexpected surprise at a glance.