The castle is too large, and the "missing guests" can be hidden anywhere. It is difficult to find every place in the castle by searching alone. In addition, the task time is limited, so player cooperation is the best solution.
But players cannot trust each other, and cooperation can be good or bad.
"Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to leave after completing the mission?" Baby Face said with a smile: "If I am the first to pass the level, I will definitely tell each of you the answer."
No one answered. The young man sitting next to the dark-faced man said impatiently: "Do you think this mission is easy? When we entered the villa, all our suitcases were searched. I searched the rooms on the first and second floors.
I didn’t see any suitcase at all, I don’t know where it was hidden.”
These players bought more or less "utility tools" before coming here, but when they came in, they were picked up by the servants and could not be found again, and they were not given to them even if they asked.
"The mute butler seems to be very powerful." The tall and thin man said: "Both he and the owner of the castle may be the key to the mission."
"Isn't it the owner of the castle who kills people and hides corpses?" the strong man said with a mouth full of alcohol as he picked up two bottles of wine.
The only female player in the lobby last night, the elegant woman moved to the side in disgust, "A dungeon will be opened for you to do such an obvious thing? If you don't believe me, you can submit a task and try it."
The strong man actually did it. The gentle female player rolled her eyes and looked at the dark-faced man, "You Qiwen, stop talking in circles. Everyone is here to complete the task. You excluded the person named Xu and the Ma couple.
This doesn’t look like cooperation either.”
They had already introduced their identities to each other, and the black-faced man, You Qiwen, said bluntly: "The Ma family met He Pu, the owner of the castle, alone. Why did He Pu meet them alone? Fang Min, that person surnamed Xu, what did you do last night?"
I’ve also seen people smelling like corpses, so I’m afraid it’s not a good thing.”
The elegant female player Fang Min frowned: "Needless to say, the surname is Xu, Mr. and Mrs. Ma, do you suspect that they are colluding with the owner of the castle?"
When a guest of the castle disappears, the owner of the castle is of course a suspect.
"This doesn't mean anything." Fry, a tall and thin man, thought for a while and said: "The owner of the castle may have spread suspicions and wants us to have internal strife. On the surface, the task of this copy is very simple. The missing guests are in the castle.
Inside, the murderer must also be in the castle."
"No matter what, I don't recommend cooperating with these three people." You Qiwen said with a straight face, "The Ma couple didn't come out to look for clues at all. They stayed in the room the whole time."
"Maybe these three people are waiting to pick peaches." The long-haired female player sitting in the corner combed her long black hair and slowly raised her pale face, "So you are not in a hurry at all?"
"It's possible." You Qiwen said: "Anyway, in addition to the people in the castle, these three people should also be on guard."
The topic turned back to cooperation. Although they excluded Xu Huo and the Ma couple, the remaining nine people could not let down their guard. After arguing for a while, the tall and thin man Frye said: "I have a prop.
Write the agreed content on it. No matter how you sign it, if you violate the content, the word "breach" will appear on your forehead, and only the person who signed the contract can see these two words until the promise is fulfilled or the time limit is exceeded.
It will be eliminated and there are basically no side effects.”
As he spoke, he took out a piece of brown paper and took the initiative to write down a very binding content on the paper, limiting the time, content and possible punishment methods, and then signed his name: "You can check it."
"Who's coming?" he asked.
There are so many weird props in the game, who dares to sign and name them rashly?
"I'll do it." The long-haired female player said, "Can the pseudonym take effect?"
Frye nodded, "Okay."
The long-haired female player wrote the words "Wei Lan Deng".
Others are waiting to see what happens.
After a few seconds, the signed words seemed to have invaded the paper, and the contract officially came into effect. The content was:
"Tell others a secret within three minutes, otherwise you will lose characteristics or props, or die."
Three minutes passed quickly. In each other's eyes, Frye and Wei Landeng both had "Breach of Contract" in white letters on their foreheads, but only those who signed the contract could see these two words.
Wei Landeng took out a small mirror and looked at his forehead.
"Everyone can only see others' breach of contract, but not their own. This contract is called the spirit of the contract, which mainly reflects the spirit, so even though I have written the punishment method, you will not really be punished even if you breach the contract."
Frye said: "And this contract is only valid for one month. Whether it is fulfilled or not, the contract will disappear after one month."
Now that both he and Wei Lan Deng have breached the contract, there are no punishment consequences in the contract. Wei Lan Deng also said to others: "You can indeed see the word breach of contract."
"Now let's fulfill the contract." Fry paused and then said, "I stole my father's money when I was a child and framed the blame on my brother."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two words on his forehead disappeared.
Wei Landeng nodded, "I like to peek at others sleeping."
As soon as she finished speaking, the contract on the vellum showed that it had been completed, and then the writing disappeared.
"Your hobby is really unique." Baby Face laughed and said, "Okay, I think this method is quite good, I agree."
Others thought about it briefly and agreed. This method can prevent eating alone and save everyone from being suspicious of each other.
Before formally writing the contract, they used a simple instruction to test the effect. Everyone participated and confirmed that the word "breach" could really be seen before fulfilling the contract and writing the actual contract content.
The contract was written quickly, and the player signed or stamped it, leaving his or her mark on the contract.
This contract is not very binding and does not even include any punitive measures. It only requires that players who find the "missing guest" must tell other players how to complete the task within two hours.
Frye held the contract, his eyes stayed on it for two seconds before putting it away, and said with a smile: "Then let's discuss the next thing."
After the cooperation was officially reached, everyone divided the work and divided the positions to be searched.
They spent a day searching the first and second floors, the botanical garden, and the garden. If they still couldn't find the "missing guest", they would go to the third floor and the maze.
"There is also a servant's room and a kitchen, but Mr. Dong, the housekeeper, said that you can't walk around on the third floor at will. In order not to alert others, it's best to tell anyone before going to the third floor." You Qiwen said.
The others nodded in twos and threes. At that moment, Xu Huo came down from the second floor, and everyone involuntarily cast their eyes over him.
Facing the crowd, Xu Huo smiled and said, "Are you guessing whether the next person to come through the door will be a man or a woman?"
Frye stood up and said, "Yesterday was just a misunderstanding. We have more important things to do here. I hope Mr. Xu will ignore the past grudges."