The sudden arrangement of the game almost disrupted the plans of all players.
Whether they like it or not, they can only obey the NPC's arrangement and start the game reluctantly.
Under the leadership of the steward, the players came to the corridor outside one by one.
A row of rooms are arranged in the corridor. There are two floors in total, and the keys of their respective doors are hung on the doors.
Without saying a word, Ruan Bai and the others quickly found a room, took off the key and went in.
After closing the door, she looked at the room and found that it looked very common, a bed, a lamp, a cabinet, a small study room, a separate bathroom and toilet.
In this game, she will live here for the time being.
Next, she will be alone for 15 minutes.
15 minutes... Wait, why is there no clock in this room? !
Ruan Bai noticed this, and his eyes narrowed immediately.
In other games, clocks are basically everywhere, but in this game, there is no clock in the room.
This must not be an accident, she thought to herself, maybe other places also had no clocks.
The only thing that can keep time is the huge clock in the hall.
But why is the game designed like this this time
Isn't the manager afraid that their players can't control the time correctly
Ruan Bai was confused, but she didn't waste too much time thinking about it.
Time is limited and she has other things to do.
After bringing the suitcase in, Ruan Bai closed the door, quickly opened the suitcase, and tried to find some useful things inside.
Since the game gives players this thing, it must be useful.
She opened her things and found that there were several sets of clothes, a bottle of strange perfume, and a letter.
She opened the letter, and there was an invitation letter inside, with lines of small words clearly printed on it—
[Dear Miss Bai Ruanruan:
Hi.
I haven't seen you for a long time. I don't know how you are doing
I heard that you seem to have some small troubles recently. As an old friend, I can't turn a blind eye to your troubles. If you want, please come to a certain port in city A at noon on X-month-X. There will be a ship The cruise ship is waiting for you.
Of course, there are seventeen other old friends walking with you.
I will not mention your past grievances for now, I hope you will spend two wonderful days on my cruise ship next.
Of course, if you can stay on the cruise until the end, the things you mentioned to me before, I will fulfill for you as promised.
Your friend,
X Year X Month X Day]
The amount of information in this invitation seems to be quite large
Ruan Bai carefully read the content twice and confirmed at least three pieces of information.
First of all, in the identity given to her by the game, she and the owner of the cruise ship are old friends (or people who have interacted with each other before).
Secondly, her identity has had some "little troubles" recently.
In the end, it was her identity. She made a request to the owner of the cruise ship before, but now, as long as she can survive to the end and clear the game, the owner will agree to her request.
After keeping these details in mind, Ruan Bai found a place to hide the envelope, and continued to search in the suitcase.
She shook the clothes, but there was nothing. She smelled the perfume, but it had no special effect.
Finally, she groped the inside of the suitcase, then from the outside in.
She found a place with a strange bump.
Taking out a fruit knife from the table beside him, Ruan Bai cut open the raised area, put his fingers in, and pulled out a piece of paper.
It was a newspaper report that had been cut out.
Ruan Bai took a closer look and found that the specific content here is about a female murderer who has not yet been arrested. She deliberately sneaked into the family's house a month ago and killed the old man and the children inside. .
The picture accompanying the report was the back view of the murderer captured by the surveillance camera. She turned her head and smiled arrogantly at the camera.
And this female murderer has a face exactly like Ruan Bai himself.
... So the "little trouble" mentioned in the invitation letter refers to the fact that she killed someone a month ago!
Discovering that the game actually assigned her the identity of a murderer, Ruan Bai became silent while secretly vigilant.
Undoubtedly, this identity is easily suspected by others as a "murderer", even if she is just a player herself.
After hiding all these things, fifteen minutes have not passed.
After confirming that the information was all he could find, Ruan Bai sat on the bed and waited for 15 minutes to pass.
After an unknown amount of time, the piercing, deafening bell sounded again from outside.
Ruan Bai knew that the time limit was up.
During this period, there was no abnormality around her, indicating that she was not a "murderer" in the first round of the game.
After the 15 minutes were up, everyone came out of the room.
Ruan Bai, She Xiaoxue, and Ning Rou looked at each other from a distance, and they all shook their heads at her invisibly.
When the steward announced the rules just now, he only said that the murderer cannot reveal the "special ability" acquired by ta and his killing methods, but did not say that ta cannot actively reveal his identity.
Therefore, Xiaoxue and the others didn't need to hide their identities, nor did they need to lie to her.
Since they shook their heads, it meant that they were not murderers.
In other words, the murderer was one of the other 15 people... All three of them may be killed.
"Well, in order to catch the murderer as soon as possible and kill fewer people, we will all go to the lobby for the next four hours and don't go out."
At this moment, a male player about 30 years old spoke.
He looked at the players around him and suggested, "It must take time for the murderer to kill, right? If we are all in the hall and everyone looks at each other, then the murderer will not have a chance to kill."
This is a good way, Ruan Bai thought in his heart.
Since the murderer has been given this identity, he must kill according to the rules of the game.
In order to conceal one's identity, the best way is to catch and kill the single player.
When everyone gathers together, ta will definitely not be able to catch the single player.
The other players were obviously not stupid, and they all agreed with the male player.
Everyone walked towards the hall together, and then chose their seats to sit down.
Then, for the remaining three and a half hours, everyone sat in the hall in silence.
Considering that in this game mode, grouping is not a good choice, so Ruan Bai and Xiaoxue pretended not to know each other and did not say hello to each other.
And because there was a murderer among the 18 people, she didn't dare to talk to others, lest it would be too obvious.
Maybe everyone has this idea, so they have no one to talk to, no one to communicate with.
Three and a half hours were wasted in the hall.
But, does this method really work
This kind of thinking can be thought of by almost anyone. If it is so simple, the murderer can be caught, will this game still be on S difficulty
Ruan Bai was at a loss, but she didn't know what to say.
She always felt that this game gave her a great sense of disobedience.
It's like, it shouldn't be so safe...
S-rank games shouldn't be dangerous, right
However, regarding these subtleties, Ruan Bai only dared to doubt in his heart.
At least on the surface, she will not raise objections.
Otherwise, if everyone voted for her by then, it would be over.
When the last time passed and the bell in the hall rang again, nothing abnormal happened in the past time.
Everyone sat motionless in their seats, and no one showed signs of impatience or anxiety.
The steward reappeared in front of everyone, staring at everyone with a pair of dark eyes.
"Guests are asked to return to their rooms one by one," he said. "Next, it will be voting time. We will arrange for someone to hand the guests paper and pens. The guests only need to write down the names of their suspects on the paper." That's it."
So the players went back to their rooms.
And when she went back to the room and closed the door, Ruan Bai felt more and more that something was wrong.
Her intuition told her that the idea proposed by the male player could not prevent the murderer from killing.
After about four or five minutes, there was a knock on Ruan Bai's door.
"The murderer has successfully committed the murder," the steward's voice came from outside the door, "Please fill in the name of the suspect."
After hearing the voice outside, Ruan Bai's heart sank suddenly.
Sure enough, the murderer succeeded in killing someone!
How many minutes have passed? He actually completed the murder case!
Since the steward said that the person had been killed, it meant that the victim was truly dead, not seriously injured but barely alive.
After speaking, the steward stuffed the note and pen through the crack of the door.
Ruan Bai picked up the piece of paper, feeling completely confused.
"Can I abstain from voting?" she asked.
"No," the steward replied simply, "Everyone must fill in their names, there are no exceptions."
Ruan Bai pursed his lips when he heard this.
She doesn't know a few players at all, and at most remembers the appearance and characteristics of other people.
Apart from She Xiaoxue and Ning Rou, the names she can remember are only three or four.
Half a minute later, she wrote down the name of the male player who suggested that everyone gather together at the beginning, and handed it out through the crack of the door.
And the moment he handed it out, Ruan Bai sat on the ground.
She knew that whether it was her or the other players, from now on, they would be drawn into the circle by the game.
According to the clearance rules of the game, they not only have to survive 48 hours, but also have to explore the secrets of the cruise ship.
But in the three and a half hours just now, they found almost nothing, and this period of time was equivalent to being completely wasted.
In the future, even if no one makes mandatory demands, Ruan Bai and the others have to be careful in everything they do in order to "avoid suspicion".
At the same time, in order to end the game early, they also had to think about who the real murderer was.
But what could she do
Ruan Bai is clear about the point that nothing can be broken or nothing can be built.
But if she wanted to break through and regain control of the rhythm, she would definitely attract the attention of others.
This also means that the possibility of her being voted by other players will be greatly increased.
This game has completely disrupted the rhythm of their players.