Xiao Lou stood in front of the card wall and was dazzled by the large number of cards. He was surprised to find that in addition to the 2 of hearts and 3 of spades in the upper left corner of each card, the card surface was
An animation.
These cards seem to be countless condensed spaces. Each card is like a miniature TV screen, playing different plots.
The card located directly in front of him has the clearest animation.
Xiao Lou took a closer look and saw a short girl being chased by several ugly zombies in the card world. The girl accidentally slipped and fell to the ground. The zombies quickly surrounded the girl.
, removed her head and chewed it with relish. The girl's frightened eyes seemed to be looking straight at Xiao Lou through the card's window——
Xiao Lou's scalp was numb and he felt sick in his stomach. He clenched his fists hard and his nails dug deeply into his palms. The severe pain told him that this was not a dream. This was another thing composed of cards that he could not understand.
Different space.
That girl will definitely not survive, but the way to die "having her brain eaten by zombies" is too cruel...
Is she also a human being who was inexplicably pulled into the card world just like him?
Xiao Lou closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look anymore.
The system asked coldly: "Have you seen the world in the card?"
Xiao Lou took a deep breath and said, "I saw it."
System: "You only have one chance to modify options, a and b, which one should you choose?"
Xiao Lou did not hesitate: "I choose b."
System: "Option confirmation."
System: "Congratulations on becoming the 86587847th challenger in the card world. Before entering the new world, you can change your image and gender. You will have 3 minutes to make initial data adjustments."
A mirror appeared in front of him. The young man in the mirror had a handsome appearance and gentle eyebrows. However, at this moment, his face was unnaturally pale. It would be difficult for anyone to calm down when such a thing suddenly happened. Xiao Lou was already relatively calm.
As a person, at least he didn’t scream when he saw the scene of the girl’s head being eaten by zombies.
Xiao Lou looked at himself in the mirror and said calmly: "There will be no adjustments to appearance or gender."
Maybe many people who died accidentally were transported to the card world. He was the 80 millionth challenger. He thought that if he didn't adjust, he might be able to meet people he knew before. Although he couldn't understand this card world,
All he can do now is to abide by the rules of the new world and try to survive as much as possible.
"Challenger Xiao Lou, the initial data storage was successful." The mirror in front of him disappeared, and the cold mechanical voice of the system was still heard in his ears: "Next, the basic rules of the new world will be read out."
"In the card world, each card is a different small world. You can think of it as a secret room."
"The type of secret room is determined by the suit of the card. Hearts represent the puzzle secret room, diamonds represent the mechanism secret room, spades represent the survival secret room, and clubs represent the challenge secret room."
"The difficulty of the secret rooms from low to high is D-level, C-level, B-level, A-level, S-level and the most difficult SS level. Only by clearing the SS-level secret room can one return to the human world and gain true rebirth.
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"If you successfully pass the level, you can get rewards. If you fail, you will be sent to the nightmare chamber for punishment. Players who cannot survive in the nightmare chamber will be completely wiped out from the card world."
"I'll only tell you the rules once. Next, please choose your cards."
Four cards appeared out of thin air in front of Xiao Lou—2 hearts, 2 diamonds, 2 spades, and 2 clubs.
These four cards were not like the cards on the card wall with dynamic storylines, but the most common playing cards in life, with suits printed on the front. He had no idea what he would face after turning over the cards.
A card is a world, which one should you choose?
Xiao Lou thought carefully, stretched out his hand, and drew the "2 of Hearts".
He has loved reading detective mystery novels since he was a child. Ever since he was dragged by his roommate to play a secret room game in college, he has fallen in love with this thrilling and logically rigorous real-life escape room game. Every time he goes to a city, Xiao Lou will go to various places.
Checking in at a secret room museum in a big city, he has played hundreds of secret room games and has rich experience. But in the world he lives in, most secret room games are puzzle-solving and mechanism-based. He has never heard of "survival" or "challenge" games.
"The secret room.
Reminiscent of the scene where the girl was eaten by zombies, the survival secret room of the spades card is likely to face the crisis of not being able to survive; the challenge secret room of the club card is very difficult just by hearing the name. Entering hastily may lead to a worse death.
Relatively speaking, the traps of diamonds and the puzzles of hearts sound more friendly, and they are also what Xiao Lou is good at.
To be on the safe side, he chose hearts first.
——The card selection is over.
——The Secret Room of Hearts 2 [Rose Funeral] is now open.
——Challenger Xiao Lou, data reading is completed.
——The time limit for clearing the level is 30 minutes. If the time is exceeded, it will be judged as failed.
After the system prompts, a layer of soft blood-red light suddenly appeared on the 2 of Hearts card. The red light quickly formed a vortex, sucking Xiao Lou directly into the card world.
Xiao Lou's eyes suddenly went dark.
When he regained his vision again, he found himself in a narrow and empty corridor.
The corridor was very dimly lit, and there was a door at the end. The surrounding walls were bare, the most common white walls, and there were spotless off-white tiles at the feet. No useful clues were found.
A transparent floating frame with "Countdown to 30:00" appeared in front of him. Xiao Lou found that the countdown had started, so he walked quickly to the door.
He pushed the door open and walked in, his eyes quickly scanning the room——
This is a house with three bedrooms and two living rooms, with an area of about 120 square meters.
The furniture is all in warm colors and looks very warm. There are soft fabric sofas in the living room, a thick carpet under the coffee table, and a large-screen LCD TV directly opposite; the restaurant is neatly cleaned, and the tables are
There is a bouquet of bright roses on it.
The doors of the three rooms next to it are all open. One is the master bedroom, one is a children's room covered with cartoon wallpaper, and the other has been decorated as a study room.
The entire house is transparent from north to south and has a square layout, which is the most common layout for a family of three.
As soon as he entered the house, Xiao Lou smelled a very strange odor, which seemed to be mixed with the fragrance of roses.
He followed the smell to the master bedroom.
There is a double bed in the middle of the bedroom. At this time, the bed is covered with bright red roses. On the rose petals, a woman wearing white silk pajamas sleeps. Her hands are gently folded on her abdomen. It looks like
Slept very peacefully.
However, a large mass of dazzling blood burst out from her chest.
The pajamas on the woman's chest were stained red with blood, and her delicate face, which was originally covered in makeup, also had obvious corpse spots. Her lips were blue, her skin was as pale as paper, and the strong stench in the air was exactly the body of this woman.
The smell of corpses.
——The secret room of 2 Hearts is actually a murder scene!
Xiao Lou was almost vomited by the strong stench. He pinched his nose hard and began to look around carefully.
As a player of escape room games for many years, he has played many puzzle rooms and seen many horrific scenes. In addition, his expertise as a forensic doctor has made him immune to corpses. Therefore, when he suddenly saw a female corpse on the bed, he
I didn't panic, but calmed myself down quickly.
——The card color of hearts represents the "puzzle-solving secret room".
Since this secret room is the scene of a murder, the mystery to be solved is naturally the cause of death of the deceased.
Xiao Lou endured the stench of the corpse and stepped forward and began to conduct a comprehensive examination of the deceased.
The deceased, a young woman in her 30s, died at home in her pajamas.
There was a large amount of blood on her chest. The fatal injury came from a stab wound to the heart. The murder weapon was probably a sharp knife, which directly pierced the aorta of the heart. The technique was very clean and neat. Apart from that, there were no other injuries on her body.
, and there are no signs of abuse.
Here is the master bedroom with a separate bathroom.
Xiao Lou began to look for clues in the room.
He went to the bathroom first.
A lot of long hair fell on the bathroom floor. It was the same brown curly hair as the deceased. It should have been left when she took a bath before she was alive. In addition, there were clothes she changed in the bathroom, and there were some dark stains on them.
Red traces.
Xiao Lou picked it up and examined it carefully. It looked a bit like blood stains, but in fact it was not. It was obviously different from the blood stains on her pajamas.
【Countdown to 28:10】
[Special reminder for D-level secret rooms: clue collection rate 5%]
The moment I picked up the clothes, this line of characters suddenly appeared in the floating box in front of me - clue collection degree. This prompt is very important, especially for newcomers to the card world, at least they can be sure whether what they find is the right thing.
related to the case.
It seemed that this piece of clothing was indeed related to the case. Xiao Lou carefully rummaged through the pockets of the clothes and found nothing else, but the dark red traces on the clothes that resembled blood seemed to remind him of something.
He put down his clothes and continued to look for other clues.
The bathtub and toilet were very clean, and the toiletries on the sink were normal. There were some toilet paper in the trash can next to it, which looked very dirty. Xiao Lou did not hesitate to turn the trash can over and put out the garbage inside.
All fell to the ground.
He found some scraps of paper.
Xiao Lou quickly pushed aside the dirty toilet paper and found all the torn papers. He roughly pieced the shredded papers together, and actually pieced together a photo - the ID photo of the marriage certificate.
[Countdown to 27:45, clue collection rate 15%]
Xiao Lou kept the two clues in his mind, turned around and walked out of the bathroom, and began to search in the bedroom.
The clearance time of the secret room games he has played before is generally limited to more than one hour, and the more difficult ones usually take three to five hours. Some large-scale team secret rooms even take seven or eight hours to get out.
Half an hour to solve the puzzle is too short.
Fortunately, this secret room is not too difficult. After all, it is a D-class secret room, and there is also a "clue collection degree" prompt.
Xiao Lou was rummaging through the wardrobe while quickly analyzing in his mind.
The picture of the marriage certificate was torn up and thrown into the toilet trash can, which means that the hostess's marriage has broken down. And there are still men's clothes and shoes in her residence, indicating that the two have not reached the stage of divorce, and her death is very serious.
It may be related to her husband. The next search focus can be on her husband's things.
Xiao Lou quickly searched through all the pockets of the male owner's clothes in the closet - only to find a wallet, which contained no cash or bank cards, but contained a group photo of the couple on the marriage certificate.
In the photo, the woman is wearing a white wedding dress, nestling in the man's arms with a happy face. The handsome man and the beautiful woman look very well matched.
[Countdown to 24:06, clue collection rate 25%]
After spending a lot of time searching the closet, Xiao Lou calmed down and thought about it, then turned around to look through the dresser and bedside table.
He saw an exquisite perfume bottle on the dressing table. When he opened it and smelled it, he found the scent of roses.
I found a greeting card in the drawer of the dresser, which read: "Dear, this bottle of rose perfume is for you. I wish you a happy birthday and always be young and beautiful - your best friend Liu Yun/July 17th." On the greeting card.
The word "best friend" was painted with a big red cross.
Birthdays, rose perfume, crossed-out greeting cards, and new character Liu Yun, these clues are all crucial. In the floating box in front of Xiao Lou, the clue collection rate jumped from 25% to 50%!
[Countdown to 22:00, clue collection rate 50%]
[After collecting more than half of the clues, a suspicious character appears. Do you confirm the murderer? Yes/No]
[Tip: The shorter the time to clear the level, the more clues collected, and the higher the reward will be]
Xiao Lou thought for a while and selected "No" in the floating box.
He still has 22 minutes, and he has not found all the clues. There is a high chance that he will make mistakes in identifying the murderer.
Several clues found so far point to the murderer's husband or best friend - the husband cheated on his best friend and was discovered by the hostess. In anger, the heroine tore up the marriage certificate and drew a big red cross on the greeting card sent by her best friend.
.Perhaps there was a dispute on her birthday and the heroine was killed by her husband or best friend.
If this is a story like this, most of the clues can be reasonably explained.
but……
Is it really that simple?
Xiao Lou glanced at the gorgeous rose bed and quickly turned around and went out.