Ruan Xiao's signal was never connected. Xia Xiqing looked at the time on his notebook and saw that there were only three minutes left until the first round of voting.
This one-to-one setting is really torturous. If the other party does not choose him, he will not be able to connect the signal no matter what.
In the last two minutes, Xia Xiqing turned off the red knob and selected the only blue knob.
What he never expected was that the moment the blue knob was turned, the noise from the radio disappeared.
"…Ziheng?"
"I am here."
His voice immediately calmed Xia Xiqing's restlessness as he couldn't wait for Ruan Xiao. Xia Xiqing took a deep breath and said, "The vote will be held soon."
"Yes." Zhou Ziheng's voice was very calm. "I hope no one will be voted out in the first round. Now no one has a clear understanding of the situation. It is too dangerous to vote rashly."
Zhou Ziheng's statement was safe and friendly, which was also what Xia Xiqing thought. He originally wanted to abstain from voting in this round, but to be honest, abstaining also had risks. If someone voted for him, he would not even have a chance to resist.
"Don't give up." Zhou Ziheng suddenly spoke, as if he had the ability to read his mind and immediately read his thoughts.
Xia Xiqing frowned, gave up the question of "How do you know I will give up?" and directly chose to ask the next question, "Why can't I give up?"
"I just spoke to Ruan Xiao. I know you really want to contact Ruan Xiao and use her to complete the information in the third space, but she probably won't connect to your signal for the time being."
"Why?" Although he asked this, Xia Xiqing actually discovered that Ruan Xiao and he had only communicated through signal once, and they had never been able to contact each other again after she forcibly cut off the signal. If he followed the strategy of others to cast a wide net and try everyone, it would be impossible for him to not be able to contact Ruan Xiao even once.
"She thinks you're a killer." Zhou Ziheng's tone remained calm. "We all know our identities now, but the criteria for a killer are not clear. There is no murder this time, and there is no literal murderer, but in Ruan Xiao's opinion, there is a perpetrator."
Xia Xiqing immediately understood what Zhou Ziheng meant. "She thinks that it was me in the first time and space who caused all this? Oh, I understand. If I hadn't turned off my phone, committed suicide, or chosen to travel through time and space, none of this would have happened." At this point, Xia Xiqing smiled sarcastically. "This idea is logically self-consistent. There's nothing wrong with it."
The next moment, he changed his tone again, "But why should I believe you?"
Zhou Ziheng didn't say anything.
Xia Xiqing continued to ask, "What if you are trying to sow discord? I voted for Ruan Xiao, and with your vote, I can vote her out."
Zhou Ziheng's tone remained unchanged, "Do you think I would resort to such a stupid trick? If I was just trying to sow discord, Ruan Xiao didn't really want to vote for you, and you didn't vote for Ruan Xiao in the end, and neither of you left, wouldn't I be exposed?"
Xia Xiqing didn't say anything. Although he doubted Zhou Ziheng's intention, it was true that this method of alienation was too direct and too stupid. The chance of failure was so high that it didn't seem like the way a smart person would choose.
"Don't worry, I will give up, Shang Sirui will definitely give up, if you give up too, you will be the one to go."
"What if you are the killer?" Xia Xiqing still doubted Zhou Ziheng's intentions, "Then I can't believe anything you say."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Ziheng directly retorted, "Even if I'm a killer, I won't lie to you."
He paused, and seemed to be giving up the lobbying. "Anyway, it's just a matter of risk. If you are willing to gamble your life on my sincerity, I don't mind."
The last sentence is so ambiguous.
Even though Xia Xiqing was so smart, he couldn't help but tremble at the tip of his heart when he heard this. He took a breath silently, pretending that he hadn't experienced any waves.
After the two-minute countdown, the program team’s announcement sounded again.
"Dear players, the first round of voting begins now! Please enter your favorite killer candidates."
Zhou Ziheng didn't say anything else to interfere with Xia Xiqing's choice. Xia Xiqing took out the program crew's mobile phone and clicked the input box.
If Zhou Ziheng really did not lie, his current decision would most likely get him eliminated.
But if he lied, he might vote Ruan Xiao out.
"Please confirm your choice. The countdown begins."
"three-"
"two-"
"one-"
Xia Xiqing finally clicked send.
"The voting results have been submitted. Please wait for the settlement."
The world suddenly became quiet, and Xia Xiqing felt that the one-minute silence was extremely long and difficult to endure. Until the announcement from the program team came again.
"In this round of voting, the one who was executed was—"
He couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"No one. This round of voting is a tie. Please continue playing the game. The next round of executions will begin in half an hour. Please hurry up and find the killer!"
Xia Xiqing lowered his head and stared at the two words "Ruan Xiao" sent on the phone. So Zhou Ziheng really didn't lie to him, Ruan Xiao really believed that he was a killer.
"Let's discuss the time and space plot now." Zhou Ziheng didn't mention the voting just now, and went straight to the next topic. "To be honest, I have only found two plot lines so far, and one of them coincides with Ruan Xiao's, so if you want to know Ruan Xiao's plot, I can tell you."
Xia Xiqing smiled meaningfully, "You saved my life and gave me clues." His tone rose slightly, with a sly sense of teasing, "Don't you think you are too biased?"
If it were the previous Zhou Ziheng, he would have been so angry at his teasing that he would not want to respond, but what Xia Xiqing did not expect was that Zhou Ziheng directly admitted it.
"I am biased."
This straight ball caught Xia Xiqing off guard. He failed to catch it and was almost knocked down.
"I think we should be considered allies." Zhou Ziheng added another sentence to make the former seem less ambiguous.
"Ally..." Xia Xiqing smiled, "Then I want to ask you, what is your first plot line? If you dare to lie to me, I will definitely not form an alliance with you in any episode of "Escape Plan" after this one."
After hearing this angry threat, Zhou Ziheng couldn't help laughing, "I'm not lying to you. To be honest, my first plot line is the time travel that started after you committed suicide in the first time and space. To put it bluntly, it is the plot line of the second time and space. By the way, Si Rui should have told you about your suicide."
"Yes." Xia Xiqing deliberately corrected, "It wasn't me who committed suicide, it was the male lead who committed suicide. Professional actors, please don't confuse the actor with the role."
"It will be clearer if I use you to explain it." Zhou Ziheng's voice was filled with laughter. "The purpose of my traveling through time and space in the second time and space was to save the heroine who committed suicide at the train station, that is, Ruan Xiao. So I traveled to the time when Ruan Xiao was leaving for the train station. At this time, Ruan Xiao was on the 420 bus."
"I drove after them, but I was driving too fast and nearly hit a truck loaded with oranges on a corner. The packaging of the oranges fell all over the ground, and I could only help them pick them up. When I got to the train station, I couldn't find Ruan Xiao. Later, I heard on the radio that the truck that almost hit me had collided with bus 420 on the way to the train station at another intersection. The truck overturned, and ten people on the bus were injured and two died."
Zhou Ziheng took a breath and said the ending with a sigh, "The heroine played by Ruan Xiao is one of them."
Sure enough...it really is the butterfly effect.
"Which number of Ruan Xiao's clue is this plot line?" Xia Xiqing asked.
"number 2."
No. 2... In clue No. 2, Xia Xiqing stayed at home all the time, turned off his phone, and did not go out. He was the boyfriend who originally existed in time and space No. 2, but did nothing.
The time traveler Zhou Ziheng entered time and space No. 2 and tried to save the ending but failed. Shang Sirui did not have clue No. 2, which means that Shang Sirui did not travel to time and space No. 2.
What about Zhou Ziheng after his failure
"Then what? Where did you go?" Xia Xiqing asked quickly.
"I'm suicidal. I want to try again, this time to stop the truck from appearing on the road where the 420 bus will appear."
"So... you entered Spacetime No. 3?" Xia Xiqing had always wanted the clue to Spacetime No. 3. He was a little excited. "What is the ending of Spacetime No. 3?"
"I'm not dead, and Ruan Xiao isn't dead either." Zhou Ziheng calmly defined this ending as "a happy ending in a sense."
Ruan Xiao in time and space No. 3 is not dead.
This important information gave Xia Xiqing the answer to the question of how to turn on the fax machine. Without saying a word, he walked to his notebook and entered the answer.
twice.
As the girlfriend of the original initiator, Ruan Xiao experienced two deaths in total.
Soon, an email reply appeared on the fax machine screen.
[Congratulations, the answer is correct.]
Soon, a piece of paper came out of the fax machine. Zhou Ziheng seemed to have heard the sound of the fax machine and asked, "Any new clues?"
"Yeah." Xia Xiqing waited for the paper, "Are you going to be able to go out soon? You only have two plot lines. You should be able to completely restore the puzzle now."
"… Soon."
Xia Xiqing took out the paper and frowned. The paper in his hand was blank. It seemed that the production team did not intend to let him know the truth so easily. Xia Xiqing, immersed in a sense of loss, did not hear Zhou Ziheng's voice, "What did you just say?"
"I said soon."
Xia Xiqing thought of what Shang Sirui said at the beginning, that he only got half of the ultimate clue, so the same should be true for Zhou Ziheng. He would not be able to get out relying on his own strength. Could it be that he is showing goodwill now because he knows that there is the other half of the clue in his room
But this is illogical. If the program team follows the principles of the butterfly effect and plot matching, the ultimate clues of a male and female protagonist should be pieced together to get the final key.
He should try to find Shang Sirui to see if the clues they both have match, and eliminate Shang Sirui's defenses against him.
Apart from this, Zhou Ziheng only mentioned the ending of the third time and space, without going through it. However, according to Shang Sirui, what happened in the third time and space was far more than a simple happy ending. As a time traveler, he died in the third time and space.
Everything seems calm, but in fact there are undercurrents.
"Then I have to catch up on the progress." Xia Xiqing said self-deprecatingly while holding the white paper, "I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to cut off the signal now."
"Are you looking for Shang Sirui again?"
"So smart." Xia Xiqing laughed, and his hearty laughter sounded particularly pleasant during the transmission of electric current.
Just before he turned off the signal, Zhou Ziheng suddenly spoke again, "Wait a moment."
"What's wrong?"
"After getting clue number 3, switch time and space."
Xia Xiqing was a little confused, "Why?"
Without waiting for a reply, Zhou Ziheng cut off the signal himself, leaving Xia Xiqing half-crouching in front of the radio in a daze.
What does he mean by this? How will the third dimension harm him
Without having time to think about Zhou Ziheng's mysterious words, Xia Xiqing immediately turned on Shang Sirui's knob and walked to the fax machine. He found that he had just overlooked a clue. When white paper appeared in the fax machine, a prompt actually appeared on the screen.
[Without a light, how can one see the words?]
It seemed like nonsense, but Xia Xiqing felt that it must have a hidden meaning.
"Xi Qing?"
"Why so fast?" Xia Xiqing responded, "Are you still in the room now?"
"Yes, I got a tip that if I leave the room, the door will close and I can't get back in."
"There is no regret medicine. The production team is too abnormal." Xia Xiqing touched the white paper with his fingers and felt that something was wrong. "What are you going to do now?"
"I don't know. I don't want to go out alone. It would be like being a target, especially since I have half of the ultimate clue in my hand."
From Shang Sirui's tone, it was hard to tell who he suspected, so Xia Xiqing asked tentatively, "Isn't there any hint about the other half in the clues?"
Shang Sirui was silent for a while. "You asked this question too directly. It makes me wonder if you know something?"
Xia Xiqing didn't expect that his random guess would touch upon Shang Sirui's sensitive topic. "If I knew something, I wouldn't still be stuck in the clues of the third time and space."
"You haven't collected all the plot lines for Spacetime 3 yet?"
Shang Sirui's question made Xia Xiqing so angry that he vomited blood. Why don't you try playing the most difficult copy? You have to collect information from all three time and space without being affected by the butterfly effect. It's all invalid information.
"No, but it should be soon. Zhou Ziheng just said that his ending in the third world was happy. He did not die and saved Ruan Xiao, but you died. Tell me, are you a cannon fodder?" Xia Xiqing was teasing as he sat in front of the desk with his elbows on the table, holding the two ends of the white paper with his fingers. He originally wanted to get closer to take a look against the light, but he inadvertently smelled a sour taste.
This taste is so familiar.
"I'm a cannon fodder? Who do you think I was going to save? If you hadn't committed suicide in Time and Space No. 1, would I have traveled through time?" Although Shang Sirui complained, he still had that childish tone, "But it was a pity that I died in Time and Space No. 3. If it was a car accident, it would have been fine, but I died while running because of the traffic jam."
Xia Xiqing was amused by him. What? Are you looking forward to a car accident
Car accident
"Wait a minute, you were on bus 420 and encountered a traffic jam due to an accident?"
"Didn't I tell you?"
No, Zhou Ziheng traveled to Time 3 just to change the collision between bus 420 and the truck in Time 2, and he successfully changed the ending. Why did Shang Sirui...
"I see... The 420 you were on was going in the opposite direction. You were going back to my house to save me..." The amount of information was too much, and Xia Xiqing couldn't help but mutter to himself, "So he used some method to change the truck's route. The truck didn't hit the bus, but it had an accident with another car, blocking the 420 going in the opposite direction..."
"Did you contact Ziheng just now?" Shang Sirui heard Xia Xiqing talking to himself and felt that something was wrong with him. "What are you talking about?"
Xia Xiqing hadn't figured it out yet, so he could only respond perfunctorily, "Yeah, I just lost contact with him."
"The tie in the last round of voting should be between you and Ruan Xiao."
The topic suddenly turned to voting for execution. Feeling that Shang Sirui was suspicious, Xia Xiqing asked back alertly, "You asked me after you knew that?"
"I guessed it. Ziheng mentioned that if he is not safe in the next round of voting, he will abstain."
He is such a good guy. Xia Xiqing laughed, "What is he trying to achieve by persuading this and that?"
Shang Sirui smiled and asked back, "You really don't know what he wants? If he hadn't intervened, who would have died in the last round?"
Xia Xiqing was speechless after being rebuked by Shang Sirui. He could only laugh dryly, "What do you know? This is for the gaming experience. I can't let an ordinary player like me who is innocent be eliminated in the first round like last time."
“Are you really an ordinary player?”
As soon as Shang Sirui asked this question, Xia Xiqing understood, and he also believed Ruan Xiao's statement a little. After all, under the premise that no one knew the killer's standard, that statement could indeed be justified.
"You're questioning a person who just escaped death. Isn't that a bit too cruel?" Xia Xiqing said with a sigh, "If you keep pushing me like this, I'll be like a mad dog biting people by the time the second round of voting for execution comes."
Shang Sirui kept laughing on the other end. Xia Xiqing's eyes were fixed on the words on the screen. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
[Without a light, how can one see the words?]
The light, the invisible words, the sour smell on the paper. These fragmented information kept circling in my mind, and I couldn't get out of it no matter what I did, except for a breakthrough.
He sniffed the paper again.
It's the sour taste of lemon.
It turned out that the words were written with lemon juice, and nothing could be seen after it dried.
Xia Xiqing finally reacted, took the piece of paper into the lampshade of the desk lamp, and stuck it on the hot light bulb.
Citric acid will cause the paper to carbonize more easily, causing scorch marks.
After staying for half a minute, Xia Xiqing took out the paper.
"I decided to go out." Shang Sirui suddenly said this without any reason, and Xia Xiqing's hand holding the paper couldn't help shaking.
"Why suddenly..." Xia Xiqing was about to complain about him, but after he saw the marks on the paper, he forgot to finish the rest of his words.
A few lines of burnt yellow handwriting appeared on the originally snow-white paper. It was not the plot line he expected, nor was it the ending of Time and Space No. 3 that was written directly in his imagination.
[Do you believe in the so-called fate
The converging world line, the inescapable fatalism, and the cycle of cause and effect make you a savior or an executioner.
Remember, there cannot be two "I"s in the same space and time, the ending will definitely be a fight to the death.]
These seemingly obscure words instantly connected all of Xia Xiqing's previous doubts and confusions.
What is the final outcome for myself in each time and space? Why do I seem like a marginalized person excluded by the butterfly effect? Why can't I find my final outcome in time and space No. 3
Why is Zhou Ziheng so persistent in letting him switch time and space
"Hello? Xi Qing? What's wrong with you?"
As Shang Sirui asked his question, with a beep, new questions appeared on the fax machine screen.
"Wait for me a minute."
There was a sentence written on the screen.
[What was the final fate of the male protagonist who originally existed in time and space No. 3?]
Xia Xiqing entered the answer in his mind without any hesitation.
[Congratulations, the answer is correct, please take your reward.]
A square cover on the upper right corner of the fax machine opened, revealing a small box with a four-digit combination lock. It was obvious that the last piece of the puzzle was inside. If it were someone else, they would probably cheer, because they only needed one step to complete the puzzle and escape from the room.
But Xia Xiqing knew very well that he was going to lose this round.
He felt it was a pity that the copy given to him this time was too difficult to conquer, and the opponent had taken advantage of the time and place, and even spared no effort to protect himself.
In the eyes of Xia Xiqing, who was proud and full of desire to win, such an act was simply alms, shameful and pitiful, but he had to praise him for doing a good job.
Zhou Ziheng is absolutely amazing.
The sound of a machine appeared in the silent room. What Xia Xiqing didn't expect was that new paper came out of the fax machine that he thought had completed its mission. He didn't care so much anymore. He took the paper out and found that there was only one sentence written on it.
[You who are defeated in the same time and space will sleep in endless darkness.]
Seeing this, Xia Xiqing suddenly curled up the corners of his mouth and chuckled.
There is always a way out.
The tactic of cutting off the source of the fire is a powerful move no matter how many times it is used.
"Actually, I can go out right away." Xia Xiqing said calmly to Shang Sirui on the other end of the line.
"Is this true? So what are you going to do now..."
"I'm not going out." Xia Xiqing interrupted Shang Sirui, "Sirui, if you want to win this game, there is only one way to go. Vote Zhou Ziheng out in the next sentence. He is a killer."
"How do you know?" Shang Sirui was very suspicious of his sudden change of tone. "Do you have any evidence? No, even if you say you have evidence now, I can't see it with my own eyes. Come out first and show us the evidence."
"It's too late." Xia Xiqing held the puzzle in his hand and put it back into the fax machine. "I only have one way to verify that he is the killer, and this is also the only way to win. If the situation I'm going to describe below happens, we'll win."
He told Shang Sirui what he expected. Although Shang Sirui didn't understand why Xia Xiqing was so sure, he still agreed, "Your method is really weird. By the way, your last attack was also a suicide attack. You are really a self-destructive player Xia Xiqing."
"I'm just taking a gamble, if I lose..."
If I lose, I can only say that I take myself too seriously. What he is betting on is whether Zhou Ziheng cares about winning or losing the competition with him, or his moral conscience.
Or rather, he doesn't care...
"If I lose, you guys vote me out." Xia Xiqing smiled, "Vote out as soon as possible, don't let me stay up too long."
After saying that, he turned off Shang Sirui's signal and left the last chance to talk to Zhou Ziheng.
Strangely, the signal between them was connected again in seconds.
"Ziheng, you have collected all the puzzle pieces, right?" Xia Xiqing spoke to him in the most relaxed tone, as if he was chatting casually.
"Well, I'm ready to go out."
"So you can't call me if you go out." He laughed, "Then hang up now."
"Wait a minute." Zhou Ziheng hesitated and stammered, but finally asked, "Which time and space are you in now?"
Xia Xiqing looked back at the numbers on the fax machine, then looked at the notebook screen which had gone black.
"number 2."
The program team's announcement suddenly interrupted at an inopportune time, reminding everyone struggling in the secret room, "Please pay attention, all players, there are only fifteen minutes left before the second vote for execution. Please hurry up and find the killer."
What Zhou Ziheng wanted to say was interrupted by the program crew, so he simply stopped talking. Xia Xiqing thought that this silence meant that he doubted the truthfulness of his answer.
"You go out first." Xia Xiqing stretched, walked to the bed and lay down.
"Um."
After a few seconds, the signal was interrupted.
Xia Xiqing stared at the ceiling, quietly counting the time. One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Suddenly, everything in his field of vision turned into endless darkness, with no beginning and no end. The boundless darkness was like a mountain range collapsing in an instant, pressing heavily on him, making it difficult for him to breathe.
The program team’s announcement sounded.
"Players Shang Sirui, Zhou Ziheng, and Ruan Xiao successfully escaped from the room. Player Xia Xiqing was trapped in time and space No. 3 and lost the right to escape. The room was locked and waited for other players to finally pass the level."
The discomfort reaction came too quickly and the brain began to feel dizzy.
Those desperate memories waited for an opportunity to sneak in from the darkness. When I was locked in the darkness as a child, my soft and timid heart was swallowed up by fear bit by bit.
No one cared whether he was scared or not.
When they knew his weakness of being afraid of the dark, they used it as a weapon to force him to tame him.
Every second in the darkness was extremely difficult, and with the infrared camera filming, Xia Xiqing could only try his best to suppress his fear and not go. He gritted his teeth until fine cold sweat oozed out of his forehead.
Even though I knew this would happen, I still wanted to take a gamble.
There was no timekeeping tool in the room without power. Ever since meeting Zhou Ziheng, he would lend a helping hand to him every time he was in the dark. Although Xia Xiqing knew that he should not put his hopes on others, he still couldn't help but test his heart.
Xia Xiqing didn't realize that he had changed subtly from the previous times when he was trapped in darkness. In addition to the fear that he couldn't hide, he also had a hint of anticipation. The darkness that engulfed everything was more like a bait at this moment, luring him and the person outside the door.
But no matter what, this ruthless bait still covered his mouth and nose, gradually taking away his breath.
Expectations are repeatedly lowered and repeatedly eroded by darkness.
In the illusion of no light, Xia Xiqing was only one step away from falling into the abyss.
"Player Xia Xiqing, dead."
"Player Xia Xiqing, dead."
The long-awaited death notice finally appeared. Xia Xiqing, sweating profusely, breathed a sigh of relief and could not help but reveal a weak but smug smile in the darkness.
The door opened with a click, and the light split the dark cocoon like a sharp blade.
"Player Xia Xiqing, please leave the room and go to the elimination seat to wait for elimination."
Xia Xiqing controlled his chest, which was rising and falling violently, and walked slowly to the door. As expected, he saw Zhou Ziheng standing outside the door, with his brows tightly furrowed.
He actually wanted to speak, but he had already been killed and had lost the right to speak. Sweat dripped from his forehead to his jawline, and he looked as haggard as if he was seriously ill. With a pale face, he curled his lips towards Zhou Ziheng, revealing a smile, then walked around him and looked at Shang Sirui and Ruan Xiao behind Zhou Ziheng.
"It's exactly the same as you said..." Shang Sirui was a little confused.
Seeing the confusion on their faces, Xia Xiqing couldn't explain any more. He could only smile and tilt his head, signaling them not to forget what he had said. Then he walked skillfully to the circular area with the words "Out Seat".
The program team counted down three times again, the floor of the circular area opened, and Xia Xiqing fell down.
Zhou Ziheng, who was still facing the dark room, finally turned around. He licked the corner of his mouth, folded his arms around his chest, leaned against the wall, and looked at Ruan Xiao and Shang Sirui.
The ending couldn't be more clear.
"Once I vote, you can get my half of the evidence." His sharp eyes made his already sharp face even more aggressive.
"Are you really a killer?" Ruan Xiao couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, the male protagonist I represented did save the female protagonist, Ruan Xiao, in time and space No. 3. In addition, I also indirectly killed Shang Sirui. But these are not enough to prove that I am the killer." He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled like a real murderer. "After I got what I thought was a happy ending, I killed the male protagonist who originally existed in time and space No. 3, Xia Xiqing."
"Because there can't be two of me in the same space and time."
He continued, "Originally my plan was going well. I deceived your trust, escaped from my room, got the other half of the clue, and killed the holder of the other half of the clue before opening the door. It was almost a sure win." At this point, he smiled self-deprecatingly and lowered his head.
It was almost a sure win. But he didn't expect that Xia Xiqing, who was subject to so many restrictions, would still see through everything in an instant. He didn't expect that his desire to win was so strong that he would rather use himself as a bargaining chip to prevent him from becoming the winner.
Shang Sirui, who didn't know that Xia Xiqing suffered from dark phobia, couldn't understand why Zhou Ziheng jumped into the fire pit when he had obviously guessed Xia Xiqing's plan
The second round of voting began. Without any surprise, Ruan Xiao and Shang Sirui, who knew the killer's identity, voted for Zhou Ziheng, who was just one step away from winning, and took away the last clue in his hand.
"My loss this round has nothing to do with my ability." Zhou Ziheng walked to the elimination seat willingly.
The winner of the last escape room contest became the killer of this one. He thought he could win again, but Xia Xiqing beat him. Shang Sirui still couldn't figure out why Xia Xiqing was so sure about what he said at that time.
"After Zhou Ziheng comes out, I will be killed within ten minutes. If everything goes as I said, you can vote for Zhou Ziheng in the second round and you will definitely win."
Why did Zhou Ziheng have to kill Xia Xiqing? If he didn't kill him, Xia Xiqing would have been locked in the room and would not pose any threat to him at all. Why would he risk exposing his identity and attack someone who had no chance of escape
These two people are so weird.
Zhou Ziheng, who fell into the basement, didn't expect that the first person he saw was Xia Xiqing again. Whether he won the last round or failed this round, the first person he saw after coming out was always Xia Xiqing.
However, in the previous episode, this person chose to self-destruct in order to allow him to escape, but in this episode, he used self-harm to force him to show up.
Xia Xiqing's complexion had not yet recovered, especially his pale lips. This time he did not rush over to hug Zhou Ziheng, but just stood less than a meter away and smiled at him, like a child who had succeeded in a prank.
Zhou Ziheng took off the microphone with a gloomy face and said, "What are you laughing at?"
Xia Xiqing, who was annoyed by him, stepped in front of him and tilted his head, "I'm laughing at you dying with me."
"If you do this again, I won't care about you." Zhou Ziheng lowered his eyes, not looking at the smile on Xia Xiqing's face. Xia Xiqing couldn't imagine how worried he was, so he repeatedly asked him to switch time and space, but he didn't expect that it would become a handle for Xia Xiqing to threaten him.
Zhou Ziheng really didn't like this method of sacrificing one thousand of his own capital to kill eight hundred enemies. He really didn't like it.
Seeing that Zhou Ziheng was not happy, Xia Xiqing, with his hands in his trouser pockets, gently kicked Zhou Ziheng's calf with his foot, "You are so old, are you so unhappy just because you lost a game?"
Zhou Ziheng nodded and greeted several staff members who were moving props underground, then walked around Xia Xiqing and was about to leave through the underground passage. "It has nothing to do with whether I lose or not. It's because you used me."
Because you don't care about yourself.
Xia Xiqing turned around, looked at Zhou Ziheng's back, and followed him for two steps. "Is this considered taking advantage of me? I just..."
"Don't deny it."
Xia Xiqing paused, "Okay, even if I took advantage of you." He had a rather nonchalant smile on his face, "You don't have to jump into the fire pit."
After saying this, he felt a little regretful. In fact, he was more testing than taking advantage, but even Xia Xiqing himself was unwilling to admit this.
Zhou Ziheng stopped, turned around, and walked towards him quickly. Maybe it was because he had been in the dark for too long, causing hallucinations in his brain, but Xia Xiqing felt as if Zhou Ziheng's body was burning with fire.
He grabbed himself by the collar, his voice low and filled with anger.
"I am willing to accept your threat, but that doesn't mean you can hurt yourself at will."
My heart felt like it was struck by fire, burning hot and violently as it beat.
With his collar loosened, Xia Xiqing stood there in a daze, as if all his strength had been devoured by Zhou Ziheng's powerful deterrent force. Although he was always eloquent, he was unable to resist.
Seeing Xia Xiqing stunned like this, Zhou Ziheng, who was furious just now, sighed, glanced at the not-so-crowded surroundings, and used his superb acting skills to pretend to be joking with his friends.
He hugged Xia Xiqing tightly, and their two hearts were beating wildly in their chests.
He deliberately played a gentle voice in my ears, accompanied by a helpless sigh lighter than the night wind.
"It won't happen again. I mean it."
The author has something to say: I'm updating more because I think this part doesn't need to be written separately. It's better to combine it into one chapter so that everyone can directly read the ending of the game. (And you all said you don't understand it and just want to see the romance, so don't urge me)
Hengheng is the most gentle killer in history. All the clues he told Xiqing are true (although they are concealed). Have you noticed that he can be connected to Xiqing's signal at any time, because he basically turns on Xiqing's knob. He doesn't want to kill Xiqing at all, and has been protecting him all the time. Although Xiqing will lose if Hengheng wins in the end, he at least doesn't want him to be voted out or killed. In the end, he was also afraid that Xiqing's room would lose power, so he asked him to switch time and space and not stay in the third time and space.
The copy Xi Qing got this time was really hellishly difficult. Let’s sort it out.
First of all, this script is divided into three time and space, which we call Time and Space No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.
Time and space No. 1: It is the original time and space. You all know it. Because of the conflict, the male protagonist turned off his phone and the female protagonist fell ill. The male protagonist regretted it and committed suicide.
The time travel has begun. The most important point in understanding this script is to always remember that Zhou Ziheng is the male protagonist who travels through time, and Xia Xiqing is the male protagonist who originally existed. Also, death is the trigger point for time travel.
Time and Space 2: The hero (Zhou Ziheng) came to Time and Space 2, where the tragedy had not yet occurred, in an attempt to reverse the original tragic ending, so he drove to find the heroine (Ruan Xiao). Don't forget that there was also a hero (Xia Xiqing) in Time and Space 2, who was in the room and had turned off his phone. The hero (Zhou Ziheng) encountered a truck on the road, which changed the truck's trajectory, causing the truck to collide with the bus the heroine (Ruan Xiao) was riding, and the heroine (Ruan Xiao) died.
Shang Sirui did not travel to time and space 2, he traveled directly to time and space 3.
Time and Space No. 3: At the same time, the male protagonist (Zhou Ziheng) also came to Time and Space No. 3 to complete his second time traveling. This time, he learned his lesson and stopped the car at the corner where he met the truck. The truck left unimpeded and the orange did not fall. He also went to the station smoothly and picked up the female protagonist (Ruan Xiao), achieving a happy ending.
However, he affected the trajectory of the truck, and the truck had an accident at another intersection, blocking the car in the opposite direction that the heroine (Shang Sirui) was sitting in. Shang Sirui, who traveled through time, tried to save the suicidal hero, but fell ill and died on the way.
Time and space No. 3 seems to be perfect, except that a time-traveling heroine who did not originally belong to that time and space died. So what is the most terrifying thing
There is an additional male protagonist in this time and space.
In order to avoid violating the time-space paradox, only one person can survive in the same time and space, so the time-traveling male protagonist (Zhou Ziheng) who knows everything kills the original male protagonist (Xia Xiqing) who is unaware and turns off his phone at home. In order to stay in this time and space without any worries and get a happy ending.
The male protagonist of time and space No. 3 also died, the male protagonist of time and space No. 1 committed suicide by gas, and the male protagonist of time and space No. 2 (Zhou Ziheng) also committed suicide. This is actually the [World Line Convergence Theory]. If you are interested, you can take a look at it.
Therefore, the endings of time and space No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 are actually similar.
So, will the murdered male protagonist of the 3rd time and space trigger a new time travel because of his death
(I don’t know if you understand this script. I have simplified it a lot. You can refer to the clues in the text for details, or we can discuss it in the comment section. It’s really hard to let everyone read such a complicated and convoluted plot! Thank you.)