"Where are all the people? Where have they gone? I will never believe a word from your resort again!"
Mr. Nick slammed the table heavily. His expression was distorted with frustration and anger, and his facial features were all twisted together.
Baili Xin and Hongyue sat at the back of the table, and Baili Xin silently observed the changes in these people with his eyes.
After noon, it wasn't just the son-in-law who disappeared.
In addition to the son-in-law, several other people were missing.
Gal, the philanthropist, and the actress who slept with his elder and younger daughters.
This time, as many as four people were missing at the same time.
The only people a wisher can sacrifice are those who travel with him. According to this view, the ones who entered the golden room in the dream last night were the eldest daughter, the philanthropist's wife, Richard, and the other three of the four actors.
Baili Xin's cold gaze fell on Richard's face opposite him.
Richard looked down at the table nervously the whole time, his mouth opened and closed, saying something silently.
As if he felt Baili Xin's cold gaze, he secretly looked up, then quickly lowered his head.
Baili Xin's gaze fell on the philanthropist's wife again. The philanthropist's face no longer had the radiant look it used to have. With the disappearance of her husband, she looked like a withered flower.
She should have realized why Mr. Philanthropist disappeared.
But what wish does the philanthropist’s wife want to fulfill
And Richard, what wish did you make
The sight shifted from the philanthropist's wife and soon came to the group of four actors. The director was still numbly recording everything with the camera. Among the remaining two actors, the actress Elizabeth's expression was a little abnormal, with a little panic and fear mixed in.
Will it be Elizabeth who makes the wish, or will it be the other two
"One person disappeared on the first day, one person disappeared on the second day, and today is even worse. Four people are missing. And you still say it's not your resort that did it? If the murderer is really one of us, who has the ability to make four people disappear quietly out of thin air?"
Compared to other families, Nick's family has the largest number of people, but so far, except for the O'Dea family at the beginning, Nick's family also has the most deaths and missing persons.
Fear made Mr. Nick unable to control his facial expression.
"Perhaps we should first figure out why they disappeared." Baili Xin spoke slowly. He tapped the table lightly with one hand. The rhythmic tapping sound hit everyone's ears one by one. Strangely, the seemingly simple rhythm miraculously calmed everyone's panicked hearts.
Mr. Nick's face flushed, and after being persuaded by the people around him, he took a deep breath and slowly sat down.
"How do we sort it out? There's no pattern or commonality among these missing people, right?" The director said in a very relaxed tone, and the backpack in his hand moved slightly, aiming at Baili Xin.
Baili Xin: "If you look carefully, there must be something. If these people have nothing in common, then maybe the people around him will have something in common."
"By the way, Miss Nick, you said this morning that you had a dream about the golden room."
Suddenly being called out, Nick's eldest daughter nodded in confusion, "Yes, what's wrong?"
Baili Xin: "I actually noticed that when you mentioned the golden room, the expressions of several people at the table were a little subtle. I just want to ask everyone, has anyone dreamed of the golden room?"
After hearing what Baili Xin said, everyone at the table looked at each other in surprise.
Mr. Nick: "So what if it's a dream? What does it have to do with this case?"
Baili Xin: "I don't know if it's related, but there are no other clues anyway. Instead of keeping ourselves in a tense state, it's better for everyone to talk and calm down."
One of them tentatively raised his hand slowly: "I saw the golden room, too."
It's Elizabeth.
"Actually, I saw it too." The actor next to Elizabeth also raised his hand.
"And me." The philanthropist's wife then raised her hand as well.
Then more and more people raised their hands.
At the table, everyone raised their hands except Baili Xin, Hong Yue, the director and the youngest daughter.
Apparently, everyone had not expected that almost everyone had dreamed of the golden room, and they were all somewhat at a loss.
Director: "Almost everyone has dreamed of the golden room. What is the commonality? Are you trying to guide everyone's thinking towards the supernatural? You don't think these people's disappearance is related to a dream, do you?"
The director sneered disdainfully, "Could it be that in this resort, not only can we not open the golden room in reality, but we can't open the golden room in dreams either? This is too weird. Will the next step be to say that these people opened the golden room in their dreams, so they disappeared?"
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
After hearing these words, the expressions of several people twisted subtly.
Baili Xin didn't say much. He just glanced at everyone's faces and said calmly, "It's not impossible."
"The more you say that, the more I think you're the suspicious one," the director suddenly pointed at Baili Xin, "Come to think of it, every member of our group has gone missing or died, but you three are the only ones who are still safe. Aren't you suspicious?"
The director suddenly thought of something and slammed the table. "Yes, friends, these three are really suspicious."
"The mysterious detective was only seen by this young man named Baili Xin."
"Our understanding of the existence of this mysterious detective is entirely based on the young man's oral account, but we still don't know whether such a person actually exists."
"Then because of this non-existent person, we were tricked into finding the craftsman, and then the craftsman was taken away naturally. It's hard not to wonder if you deliberately created such a fictional character just to find this damn craftsman?"
"Oh, and about Master Emile. We were all in the apple orchard at the time, and he was the only one who left. During that time, could he have done something secretly? For example, he could have teamed up with you two to secretly trick or take the four people away."
The director seemed to think this made more sense the more he spoke. Suddenly, he pushed up his glasses and pointed his finger at Baili Xin: "I know. There is only one truth. The murderer is you three. This is not a one-man crime, but a brutal gang crime!"
Baili Xin: "..."
Hongyue: “…”
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What a subtle sense of déjà vu.
I just want to say, how could stupid mortals know that if the Xinshen trio wanted to kill someone, it would take three days? They were completely wiped out on the first day.
In a sense, this director is really strong. He eliminated the most capable person right from the start. Is he an undercover sent by the other party
So, our Gal was also sacrificed? Demons can also be sacrificed
So the question is, after the devil is sacrificed, who will be the one to get what
… Suddenly I was a little worried about what was going on with the mysterious power in Jin’s room
What a subtle mood.
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Hong Yue looked at the director with an expression that looked like he was an idiot, and said lightly, "Four living people, one person couldn't do it, but three people could? Is it so difficult to believe that all this is a supernatural event?"
The director blushed and said, "How can it be supernatural? There are no ghosts or gods in this world."
"The director is right." Just as the director began to mutter, a timid voice sounded in the room.
Hongyue had a tense expression and followed the voice to see her little daughter in the distance.
The little girl twirled the corner of her clothes and carefully hid behind Mr. Nick. She said in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "When we were in the apple orchard, I saw Mr. Xin put Miss Carr on the ground, and then Miss Carr disappeared."
Hearing this, the director looked at Baili Xin again with a sharp gaze, "Did everyone hear that? There is no such thing as a perfect crime in this world. There are only clues that have not been discovered. As long as it is done, there will definitely be evidence left. Although I still don't know what method they used to make these people disappear, this matter must be related to them."
Hongyue: "Then what evidence do you have?"
Director: "What other evidence do you need? Miss Nick's words are the evidence."
Hongyue: "So, we saw Miss Nick and her husband together at the time, and then her husband disappeared. Miss Nick could be the murderer, right?"
The little daughter's eyes instantly turned red: "..."
Director: "That's impossible. Miss Nick is so thin."
Hongyue: "We are also very weak."
Director: “…”
Everyone: “…”
"Alright, that's enough!" Mr. Nick slammed the table, interrupting the quarrel. "I don't care who the murderer is. I'm leaving this damn place. Anyone want to leave with us? I don't trust the resort anymore. Is there anyone missing in your family? I'm going to report the case to the police myself."
Mrs. Philanthropist asked, “But how do we leave?”
Mr. Nick pointed at his legs and said, "Go out. Staying here will only lead to death. I don't want me to be the one who disappears tomorrow. I'm only in my forties. I don't want to die in the prime of my life and have all the money in my family inherited by outsiders."
"Dad, I'll go with you." The youngest daughter was the first to respond to Mr. Nick.
The eldest daughter frowned, but not to be outdone, she said, "Dad, I'll go with you too."
The philanthropist's wife stood up for the fourth time: "Then I'll join in. I only believe in myself now. I want to find the police station and call the police, so that they can help me find my husband."
"I want to leave here, too." Actress Elizabeth said slowly, "This place is too weird. I'm scared."
The actor said, "I want to leave too!"
The director watched as everyone chose to leave, hugged the black backpack tightly in his arms, and nodded: "Okay, I'll leave too."
"But these people can't leave," he changed the subject and pointed at Baili Xin and Hong Yue, "They are suspects."
Hongyue rolled her eyes: "Thank you for your concern, we don't plan to leave."
In the end, at the entire table, only Baili Xin and Hongyue did not choose to leave.
The tour guide stood aside with a smile on his face. After everyone had agreed to leave, he smiled and said, "Guest..."
"Why, do you still want to detain us?" Mr. Nick interrupted the tour guide without waiting for him to say anything. "We will not listen to you anymore. It is because of you that we have lost so many talents. You have no right to restrict our freedom. We are guests, not suspects. You are not the police and have no right to detain us."
"We have to go this way whether we want to or not."
The tour guide opened his mouth and replied respectfully, "Sir, I want to say that there may be danger on the road at night. Look at the sky outside, it is almost dark. If you really want to leave, you might as well wait until daybreak and let our people take you away. The road outside is winding and it is easy for you to get lost if you go out like this."
"No, we have to leave now." Mr. Nick frowned, "Who knows if I will be the one who dies tonight?"
Prisin stared at Mr. Nick quietly.
Ever since Mrs. Nick's death, he seemed to have suffered some kind of shock. Now with two people in his family missing at the same time, the fear in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
It is still unknown where his fear comes from, but it can be seen that he is eager to escape from here.
The tour guide did not insist too much: "Well, we are sorry that this resort trip has brought you such an uncomfortable experience. To express our apology, we will give each of you a flashlight for lighting. At the same time, you can take anything you want from this resort."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and the actress Elizabeth asked uncertainly: "Can we take anything away?"
The tour guide smiled and said, "Of course, ma'am. You can take anything you can move. Paintings, silks, jades, golds, anything is fine."
After he finished speaking, he walked to the door of the restaurant and opened it. "The resort has never thought of restricting your freedom. The door here is always open to you. You can come back at any time, and you can leave at any time. We welcome you with the warmest hearts."
Everyone looked at Mr. Nick with some uncertainty. Mr. Nick looked at the restaurant that contained countless treasures and swallowed hard. "Then let's meet at the fountain at the entrance of the resort in an hour? If you want to leave, come here to meet. If you don't want to leave, then stay here."
The group nodded quickly and rushed out of the restaurant like crazy.
In the huge restaurant, only Baili Xin Hongyue and the tour guide were left.
The tour guide looked at Baili Xin quietly, "The guest doesn't want to leave here?"
Baili Xin did not answer this question, but asked: "You just said there are dangers at night, what kind of dangers are there?"
Tour guide: "I don't know. You know, there are often many mysterious things hiding in the dark in the forest, waiting for an opportunity to spy."
Baili Xin: "..."
The tour guide smiled and asked, "Is there anything else you need, guest?"
Baili Xin: "... If we don't leave today, will you still send someone to watch us?"
The guide smiled wider. "Of course not. And guests, we sent people outside not to monitor you, but to protect your safety. But I don't know why you seem to have misunderstood our starting point."
Baili Xin: "Then can we still go back to our original rooms?"
Tour guide: "Of course, as long as you have the key."
Baili Xin: "One last question, can you tell me where our young master is now?"
Tour guide: "Of course, that's fine. Your master and the craftsman are both in the infirmary now. The infirmary is near the reception room on the first floor. You can see it at a glance."
Baili Xin winked at Hongyue and stood up. "Okay, thank you, tour guide. I hope we can meet again tomorrow."
The two eventually left the restaurant.
There were ping-pong sounds coming from upstairs, and a few more voices coming from time to time.
"Take the painting with you. This kind of thing is in short supply and worth a fortune."
"The same goes for jewelry. A blue crystal the size of a fist can buy a town!" "Don't take gold. It's heavy and worthless. Take silk. It's light and valuable."
It was already past three in the afternoon, and these people were busy, not daring to waste even a minute, stuffing what they considered valuable things into their backpacks.
Baili Xin and Hongyue stood at the stairs and looked up for a while, then turned around and left.
Just as the tour guide said, the two soon found Emir and Samael in the room next to the reception room.
Judging from the decoration of this room, it should not be a ward, but a temporary conversion into a ward.
When Baili Xin came in, Emil supported his temple with the back of his hand, and cold words popped out of his mouth one by one like nails.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, so you are the craftsman."
"I thought you were so capable, but you are such a poor little thing."
"By the way, do you like listening to stories? There was a bully who loved to tell me stories. Thanks to him, I know a lot of stories. Why don't I tell you some stories too?"
"What do you want to hear? Chopping the devil with a knife? Beating the master to death with a stick? Or tearing off the black cloak?"
The sound is very annoying.
Baili Xin and Hong Yue looked at each other silently: "..."
How deep must the resentment be
Opposite Emile lay a frail man.
The back of his dislocated hand had been reattached, and each of his ten fingers was wrapped in thick bandages.
Thin boards were clamped on both sides of his palms to fix them. From now on, the twisting of his ten fingers has been corrected. It is hard to imagine that his ten fingers had been deformed into the shape of chicken claws just half a day ago.
The man was awake. He was lying on his back on the bed, his sunken cheeks and a pair of dark golden eyes staring at the ceiling above his head.
Although he has lost a lot of weight, his handsomeness can still be seen from his sharp bone lines.
Next to him, Emil continued to speak, the man frowned slightly, impatience and forbearance flashed in the depths of his eyes.
very noisy.
"Haha, Emil, you look like you're in good spirits. Did your broken ribs heal so quickly?" Hongyue walked in. She first walked around the room twice, and after she found that they were the only two people in the room, she walked up to Emil and asked with a raised eyebrow.
Emil groaned and stopped talking, his face instantly changing into a dandy expression, "Well, actually it's nothing, I just scared myself."
"No bones were broken at all, but the craftsman was in a terrible state. He only had about 200 bones in his body, and nearly 100 of them were broken. Fortunately, we discovered it in time, otherwise he would have died."
"What a poor craftsman! Now he can only lie on the bed like a vegetable and listen to my stories. He can't resist at all."
After hearing this, the man frowned again.
Baili Xin & Hongyue: "..."
What a profound psychological shadow this is.
Baili Xin walked up to the man, who was wrapped in bandages with only his face exposed.
He couldn't turn his neck, and when he felt someone approaching, he could only move his eyes to see who was next to him.
After seeing Baili Xin's face clearly, the man's calm eyes suddenly flickered and his pupils began to tremble.
Baili Xin smiled slightly and said, "Hello, Mr. Craftsman, let me introduce myself. My name is Baili Xin."
Hongyue bent down and put her head closer to the craftsman. "Haha, my name is Hongyue. Do you know me now?"
The man was surprised and stared at Hongyue from head to toe for a long time.
He seemed to want to pull the corners of his mouth to say something, but in the end, after trying for a long time, he failed.
Hongyue laughed and patted the bedside lightly with her palms. "Don't worry. When you recover, we will have plenty of topics to talk about. Can't you speak now?"
The man tried hard to open his mouth, and after some pulling, his dry lips finally opened, revealing the dark mouth inside.
The moment they saw the empty mouth, Baili Xin and Hongyue were stunned.
The man's tongue had been pulled out. His mouth was pitch black with only two rows of teeth. His tongue had long disappeared.
Hongyue was slightly surprised: "How could this happen?"
Seeing Hongyue's expression, a hint of shame flashed across the man's eyes and he slowly closed his mouth.
The chat window prompt sound rang in everyone's mind.
Baili Xin and Hong Yue opened the chat window and saw the message from Emil.
Emil: He suffered for a long time before we rescued him.
Not only were all ten of his fingers broken, his spine was broken, both legs were broken, and his tongue was pulled out.
Just now the doctor treated his wound, and he didn't even cry out. It was so painful, I couldn't stand the pain even when I fell to the ground.
Samael is a strong-willed man, so you must not show any pity for him, otherwise he will feel even worse.
Hongyue: Tsk tsk, so you were actually comforting him by arguing with him just now, what a weird way of getting along with him. I don't understand.
Emile complained: Come on, I also don’t understand you and President Song.
Hongyue: We two are willing to fight and be beaten, this is called fun, what's it to you
Emil: You have no control over us.
Baili Xin: What is his current status? NPC? Or can he connect to the system
Emile: He is an NPC. He is different from Hongyue. Hongyue is a player, but was forced to become an NPC after entering the dungeon. But Samael is an NPC himself, but I don’t know how he got into the game lobby.
And the timeline seems different. From our perspective, he just left not long ago, but judging from his condition, a long time has passed.
Baili Xin: Since there is no way to chat privately, how do you communicate with him
Emil: By blinking, I can only answer simple yes or no questions. I was afraid that unknown forces would find out that I was not a filmmaker, so I didn't ask too much. And I didn't ask too many questions. His surgery had just been completed not long ago.
Emil: Baili Xin, I know you are very capable, is there any way you can bring him back to the game hall
I asked the doctor, all the bones in his body that can be broken are broken, and he can only lie in bed for the rest of his life. His disease can only be cured in the game hall. We can't leave him here. If we leave him here, he will definitely become the same as before.
He was once such a proud person, if he had to lie in bed for the rest of his life, it would be better to kill him. But did you notice that he doesn't even have the ability to commit suicide now
He could only lie there like a vegetable. Even if he wanted to bite his tongue, it was no longer there.
Baili Xin: ... Sorry, I'm not powerful enough to bring an NPC out to the game lobby. But give me some time, maybe there will be a way.
After sending this message in the chat window, Baili Xin looked at the man who was unable to move again.
The man had closed his eyes, unwilling to look at the two of them again.
Hongyue frowned tightly, took a deep breath, and quickly walked out of the ward.
After walking around the room, Baili Xin asked, "Where's the doctor?"
Emil: "The doctor has left and he won't be back for a while. There's so much noise outside, what happened?"
Baili Xin told Emile everything that had just happened. After hearing Baili Xin's description, Emile's eyes widened. "Fuck, those idiots actually wrongly accused us?"
“Is it so difficult to make them believe in the supernatural?”
"But since you knew that Nick's little daughter was involved in this matter, why didn't you speak out about it, but instead let her do whatever she wanted?" Emil frowned, "Are you also deceived by her pitiful appearance? You were not like this before, what happened?"
Baili Xin: "Because I found that it's useless even if I tell you. I found something interesting, but I need to confirm it."
Emil: "I knew you couldn't be that kind of person. By the way, Gal is missing too. How can you be so calm? Isn't that the person you love?"
Hearing the words "sweetheart", the man who had been closing his eyes opened them again and turned his eyeballs towards Baili Xin in confusion.
Baili Xin: "Hiss, it's not that I'm not worried."
“But I don’t know who to worry about.”
Emil: “…”
Awesome, the boss is the boss.
Samael: “…”
"And I've already told him that if he disappears, I will definitely find him."
"I came here to see you, not only because I care about you, but also because I want to ask you a favor." Baili Xin said very seriously, "I plan to open the golden room tonight."
"What?!" Hong Yue's high-pitched voice suddenly came from outside the door, "What are you doing?"
Baili Xin: "I have basically learned the rules of the Golden Room. If you want to make a wish, you need a sacrifice. Emil, do you want to be the wish-maker or the sacrifice?"
"…" Emil, "Is there no third option? For example, do nothing and live a good life?"
It’s so good to be alive, why would you want to die!
Hongyue also looked straight at Baili Xin.
Baili Xin: "Or you choose, Hongyue?"
Hongyue: “…”??? No, thank you.
Emil thought of the strips of meat hanging on the wall that day, and shuddered. "I, I have a question. If we become sacrifices, can we still go back?"
Baili Xin: "Theoretically, yes."
"The reason we can't go back is because we were mistakenly thought to be dead. When I was blocking Mrs. O'Dea to ask her questions that day, I took the opportunity to feel her pulse. Her pulse was beating very well, she was not dead, and she was breathing."
"And..." Baili Xin touched the necklace hidden inside his neck, "I also have this."
Mermaid's Heart, a resurrection item.
Emil asked tentatively: "Then... I will be the wish-maker?"
Baili Xin nodded seriously: "Okay, you want to be a sacrifice, right? Okay."
Emil: “…”
What's the point of asking me this question
Thank you fucking.
Hongyue: “…”
When God Xin gets really ruthless sometimes, he won't even spare his own people.
No, he didn't even let himself go.
"No," Hongyue looked at Baili Xin, "Did you forget something? The sacrifice can kill the wisher, and then you will become a pendant on the wall, do you know that?"
If there really is a monster, it is not difficult to kill it.
But if you kill the monster, you will definitely be judged as a character outside the movie, and you will still remain in the movie.
It's a dead end no matter how you look at it.
"The youngest daughter survived." Baili Xin chuckled, "Although she didn't tell me a lot, I think I already know how to hide."
Hongyue and Emil looked at each other in bewilderment. Even Samael looked at Bailixin curiously: "What on earth?"
Baili Xin: "By the stone statue of the Virgin Mary."
“If this place is really the Garden of Eden, then the owner of the Garden of Eden is God the Father.”
"The beings in here cannot attack the master-like beings."
"Each of the stone statues of the Virgin Mary is in a pregnant posture, and the secret door at the back is located exactly where the pregnant belly is."
"This is not a coincidence, but some kind of clever setup."
“When we enter that secret door, from the outside we become God the Father who is conceived in the belly of the Virgin Mary.”
"This is not just my own wild speculation. Remember when I went to the apple orchard, I secretly looked at each stone statue one by one? I saw a brand new mark behind one of the stone statues, a small scratch. At the same time, when I took the initiative to talk to my little daughter in the apple orchard, I noticed that her nails also had signs of wear and tear."
"As long as I hide in the statue of the Virgin Mary before that unknown strange force comes to me, I will be safe."
After hearing this, Emil and Hongyue looked at each other, and finally gave Bailixin a thumbs up: "Awesome."
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…Is this the difference between a top student and a poor student
When I saw the stone statue: It’s so strange.
When God Xin saw the stone statue, he said: Something is happening!
When I saw my little girl arguing, I thought: Damn, she is such a yandere bitch!
When God Xin was communicating with his little daughter, he said: Oh, so the nails are worn out.
It's another day of being suppressed by dimensionality reduction.
It’s exciting. Xin Shen’s live broadcast room makes me realize every day that I come to this world just to make up the numbers.
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"But didn't the tour guide say that no one left last night? Why did the little daughter appear in the garden again?"
There is still one thing Hongyue doesn't understand.
"There's nothing strange about this," Emile said before Baili Xin could answer. "Think about it, the eldest daughter can fill her stomach in reality through dreams, so it's not impossible for the youngest daughter to enter the back garden in reality through dreams."
"It's a supernatural event after all. In fact, once something is linked to the supernatural, many things can be explained clearly."
Hongyue suddenly realized, and after a moment she slapped her forehead and said, "I was so busy talking to you about this that I just went out for a walk and found that Mr. Nick had an argument with the tour guide."
Baili Xin: "Because of what?"
Hongyue: "Mr. Nick wanted the tour guide to drive the bus to take them to the place where the road was blocked by mudslides, but the tour guide said that the car keys had been taken away. Without the car keys, the car could not start at all. Mr. Nick scolded the tour guide, saying that he was deliberately trapping them, but the tour guide was still dead, just kept smiling and said nothing."
"Mr. Nick hit the cotton with his fist. Finally, he had no choice but to go back upstairs."
Emil frowned: "Baili Xin, do you think they can leave?"
Baili Xin chuckled, her smile blooming like a summer flower, bright and beautiful: "No one can leave, no one can leave."