Cao Yu quickly calculated in his mind and came up with the answer immediately: "Monday is mon, 131514." After he finished speaking, he looked up and found that Jian Jing was no longer there.
She was holding a red candle, shining it on the bloodstains behind the sofa: "Push the sofa aside a little."
Jiang Xiyan pushed the sofa hard, and a large patch of messy blood appeared in front of everyone. The multiple bloody handprints dragged on the wall realistically reproduced the unwilling struggle of the deceased before he died.
"Oh My God."
"So much blood..."
"What exactly happened here?"
The female guests covered their mouths, their faces pale with fright, while the male guests looked surprised and shocked.
Jian Jing's acting skills were not good enough to keep up with this group of professionals, and she looked confused.
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After the broadcast, the clip was edited with the background music of a horror movie and a close-up of everyone.
Barrage 1: The newcomers are not into the role at all, so embarrassing
Barrage 2: Normal people are embarrassed, the stars are too exaggerated
Barrage 3: Stop arguing, the new girl is a mystery expert, she must have taken a lot of bloody photos, celebrities are afraid if they haven't seen it
Barrage 4: I like the new girl +1, she can decipher the code very quickly and has a clear mind
Barrage 5: Newcomer: Do I also have to pretend to be a little scared to fit in
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Jian Jing didn't follow the guests' variety show effects, and couldn't pretend to be surprised, so she could only say: "So much blood, it disappeared on the carpet, this is not scientific."
She squatted to the ground and lifted up the cheap red carpet.
As expected, there were traces of blood at the joints between the wall and the floor, and a mottled brown stain could be seen in the cracks of the wooden floor.
"Someone was seriously injured, maybe in the thigh or abdomen, and he fled here while covering the wound and died." She said this was her own inference, but she was not very sure.
There is a certain difference between a real scene and a staged scene. If the production party is not careful, it is hard to say whether this place is a crime scene.
Han Bo asked: "Why thighs or abdomen?"
"There is so much blood here, weren't they killed here?" Zheng Keyan also questioned.
"The handprint is too low. I'm not tall, and I have to stand at least one meter above the wall." Jian Jing demonstrated in person, "This handprint is too low, it looks more like it was crawling over. Only bloodstains that have been dragged like this can leave continuous traces in the cracks of the floor. The bloodstains left by walking are dripping, just like when you shake water, the bloodstains are discontinuous."
She paused and continued, "This shouldn't be the first scene. With so much blood, it's probably caused by a sharp weapon, such as a knife or an axe. When injured, due to the pressure inside the body, a lot of blood could have spurted out, and it's possible that it flew onto the roof, but there are no such traces in this room."
"Ah..." The guests praised each other politely and warmly, "You are so awesome."
The atmosphere is a little subtle.
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After the broadcast.
Barrage 1: It was a big mistake for the program team to invite newcomers, which completely ruined the atmosphere
Comment 2: Yes, she seems out of place. Does she think she is the only smart one
Barrage 3: She doesn’t understand team spirit at all, she still likes her original team
Barrage 4: So jealous, is it hard to admit that your idol is not good enough? They make a living by reasoning, it is normal that they are not as good as them, and passers-by don’t think that celebrities are stupid because of this.
Barrage 5: I'm tired of celebrities screaming at every turn, except for Cao Junshi. It's so hard to find a serious reasoning star, but he is scolded like this. He will be forgotten sooner or later.
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Half an hour into the recording of the show, Jian Jing realized that she had messed up.
She swore that she had no intention of being in the limelight - to compete with a star for this would be courting death - she only answered when someone asked her. But the audience seemed to make no difference, and her words were full of the flavor of showing off.
This made Jian Jing feel embarrassed and even guilty.
Her ability was not acquired through hard study, but from a system cheat that allowed her to draw cards. It was more or less unfair to use the cheat code to bully others.
With this complicated mentality, she decided to keep a low profile as much as possible.
"According to this, the dead person should be a guest. The host killed the guest and destroyed the body." Cao Yu was the military strategist and think tank, who had been in control of the overall situation. "Is there any information about the guest in the registration form?"
Zheng Keyan said nonchalantly, "Their names have all been crossed out, leaving only their room numbers."
Cai Tong'er refused to be outdone: "Then should we go upstairs?"
"The key cabinet is open. Here are several keys." Cao Yu took out the key ring and checked the labels on it. "There are no guest rooms. There are only a few places such as the living room, kitchen, dining room, laundry room, and storage room."
Jiang Yanyan said: "Don't go upstairs, it's scary to go upstairs..."
Before he uttered the last two words, there was a sudden crisp "clack" sound from the stairs, as if countless marbles were rolling down the stairs, clinking and landing on the floor, like big and small marbles falling on a jade plate.
"Ah!" Jiang Yan screamed in surprise and quickly shrank to the side.
Hiding behind Jian Jing.
Jian Jing: “…” It comes from the illusion of having a strong back and broad waist.
The others also shrank back a little, looking at the stairs in doubt.
Tick-tick, a marble rolled down, approaching another one, and then another one, bouncing on the stairs with a gurgling sound, like a child dancing down the stairs.
Deathly silence.
"Hehe." A child's laughter came from upstairs, "Hehe, come and play."
Cai Tong'er put her hands on the sides of her head, looking adorably scared.
Han Bo: "Um...are there any children among the guests?"
"No, children don't need to register." Zheng Keyan replied.
"Let's not go upstairs yet." Cao Yu cleared his throat, "The guests may have become..."
ghost.
Everyone voted unanimously and decided to search the first floor first.
There is a door on each side of the hall, both of which can be opened with a key. The door on the left leads to the living room, and the door on the right leads to the dining room and kitchen.
After discussion, they decided to go to the living room first.
Cao Yu inserted the key, turned it, and slowly, slowly pushed open the old door.
"Squeak", the door made a harsh sound.
In the dim light, the overwhelming yellow talisman paper came into view.
"There are a lot of talismans posted here." Zheng Keyan thought this should be the safe house and became bolder. "They should be used to exorcise ghosts. The owner did something bad and is afraid that ghosts will come to find him."
Han Bo has always been different from them in analysis. He has taken a unique approach and specialized in searching for character settings: "There is a small generator here. There are operating instructions on it."
Everyone gathered around.
Operation Instructions: This is a mini generator that can supply a small amount of electricity to maintain simple lighting. It can only be started with the correct command.
Below he wrote a line of sloppy words: I have no intention of tying myself to this body, the solitary tree has already climbed the hall, the silk is dry and the water is clear, why am I left with so much tears
"Teacher Jingjing, who wrote this poem?" Jiang Yan asked in a low voice.
Jian Jing: "The program team."
He: 0.0
"This is the password, right?" Cai Tong'er said, "There are three buttons, red, yellow, and blue. They have nothing to do with each other."
"Is Wuxin 0?" Zheng Keyan immediately expressed a different opinion, "Gu Mu is 1, and Fen Si is 0.5?"
Cai Tonger retorted: "Buttons don't have numbers."
"The red one is 0, the blue one is 1, and the yellow one in the middle is 0.5." Zheng Keyan reacted quickly.
Jian Jing couldn't help but said: "These are the three primary colors."
"I know." Han Bo said, "The three primary colors are equal to all the colors."
"It has nothing to do with numbers." Zheng Keyan lifted her hair. "I think we shouldn't think too much about it. If we think too much, we will get lost. The answer may be very simple."
Jian Jing: "... I'll go somewhere else."
Jiang Xiyan followed her, and Han Bo knew that he was not the one who had to think, so he continued his search.
"There's a refrigerator here." He immediately found the supplies, "There's water, potato chips, chocolate..."
Jiang Xinyan pushed open a door, and inside was an overly clean bathroom. He introduced it to Jian Jing: "This room should be a safe house, ghosts won't come in, we can eat and go to the bathroom."
It would have been fine if he didn't say anything, but as soon as he mentioned eating, Jian Jing really became hungry.
She peeled a chocolate, let it melt on the tip of her tongue, and then joined in rummaging through the drawers.
Han Bo was experienced and quickly found the secret compartment in the bedside table and took out a notebook.
Cao Yu, Zheng Keyan, and Cai Tonger were studying generators, and she, Han Bo, and Jiang Xinyan were taking notes together.
"They are here again, looking for me. They are really haunting me! The old Taoist priest said that I have done too many evil things, and the wronged spirits are looking for me to take my life. Bah, I don't believe it. They couldn't beat me when they were alive, so what can they do after they die? I can kill them once, and I can kill them the next time. The old Taoist priest doesn't dare to do it, I will find a way myself."
"Damn it, the talisman can no longer control those guys. Every midnight, they start wandering around the building, scaring away all the guests and making them dare not stay there. Damn it, they actually dared to ruin my business!"
"Haha, I went to the temple to find a monk, and the monk asked me if I had done anything wrong. So what if I did? Killing people and setting fires will earn you a gold belt, while repairing bridges and roads will leave no corpses! Since you passed by my door, you deserved to be killed by me! How can they get rich while I have to guard this broken place?"
"Damn it, there is no business at all. It's not a good idea to just sit there and eat up all the money. But they are getting stronger and stronger. In the past, they could only make noise in the middle of the night and keep people awake. These past few days, things in the store have been moved to other places for no apparent reason. Can they now touch people? I was tapped on the shoulder that day and it hurt for several days. If this continues, they will sneak into my room and kill me, right? No, let's think of a way."
"After spending a lot of money, I finally got some real information out of the old Taoist priest: they have turned into evil spirits. If we want to completely suppress them, we must use the Seven Stars Demon Suppression Technique to truly trap them here and never reincarnate."
The three of them were so engrossed that they didn't notice what was happening on Cao Yu's end.
They have found clues to crack the code.
"This poem is a riddle: I have no heart to tie this body, no heart means no heart, tie it here, it is purple; the solitary tree has climbed the hall, it is a tree and climb put together, it is orange; the silk is divided and the water is dry, the silk is divided in half, the water is dry means there is no water, the twisted silk is added, it is green; the tears are dry, why are they so tearful, it is the word "deep" without the three drops of water, it is black."
Cao Yu analyzed the process in detail: "Purple, orange, green, black, according to the proportion of the three primary colors, red and blue, red and yellow, blue and yellow, red, yellow and blue, press it and try it."
Cai Tong'er pressed the switches in order.
Success, the lights in the room came on.
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After the broadcast, the barrage of comments ushered in another peak.
Barrage 1: As expected, the three primary colors, I knew it, this is elementary school knowledge
Barrage 2: If you can do it, go ahead. What’s so great about keyboard warriors
Barrage 3: The newcomer said, is that amazing enough
Comment 4: What a big deal, I won’t tell you anything, you think it’s fun to see other people make fools of themselves
Barrage 5: Selfish
Comment 6: If you say it, it's showing off; if you don't say it, it's selfish. Whatever a newcomer does is wrong. Only you, the real boss, are so great
Barrage 7: No matter what you say, I am a fan of the new girl
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The comments were bloody and gory, but in fact, the atmosphere was quite good.
After the lights came on, Jian Jing and the others shared their notes with the other three people. They basically confirmed the key to this mission: find seven copper coins, set up a formation, and suppress the resentful spirits.
But whether to do so or not is a matter of personal choice.
"This is unfair," said Cai Tong'er. "They were killed by their boss and will never be able to be reborn. It's so pitiful."
Zheng Keyan had a hard time agreeing with her: "Yes, can't we save the souls? Do we have to suppress them?"
Han Bo said, "Although they were wronged, they have become evil spirits. Evil spirits are harmful to people, and they will continue to harm people if they are not suppressed."
Jiang Xinyan: "Let's find the copper coins first. If we can persuade them to turn back, we don't have to suppress them."
"We can look for it again, maybe there is a way to save the soul." Cao Yu tried to smooth things over. "If we can't find it, we can use this method. After all, we have to ensure our own safety first."
Jian Jing watched them arguing.
She almost understood that everyone was not really disagreeing, and even the attitudes they expressed might not be their true attitudes, but were just done intentionally for the effect of the show.
Compared to Zheng Keyan and Cai Tonger, the reason they reached an agreement was probably to highlight the kindness of women. And Han Bo's coldness was not really cruel, but to show his rationality.
There is no script, but everyone acts.
"Jingjing, what do you think?" No matter what they thought in their hearts, the team could not ignore anyone. Zheng Keyan spoke in time and dragged Jian Jing into the topic.