Ren Xuan, a player who once reported to the Civil Affairs Bureau and had met Gu Moli once.
Li Shaohua, same experience as above.
Yun Xiaoyue, who appears when Gu Moli and Hua Qiong first meet, is connected to Gu Moli's former client Li Qin.
In other words... ..
"It's the extra male A, the extra female B, and the extra female C, right?"
"Of course not!"
Hua Qiong interrupted Gu Moli's confident inference viciously.
Except for these three people.
"Why are you here too?"
"Mr. Zhuge?"
In the corner of the sofa in the room, Zhuge, dressed in a suit and tie, slowly stood up and pushed his glasses to hide his embarrassment: "... I am here to investigate the Phantom City incident. My superiors suspected that this was a prank by the players, but I didn't expect to see it as soon as I came in..."
“These few.”
"Huh?"
Before Zhuge could finish his reply and before Gu Moli and Hua Qiong could express their opinions, Ren Xuan and the other two on the other side exclaimed in surprise one after another.
"Phantom City?"
"What is that?"
"No way...?"
strangeness.
Hua Qiong said in disbelief: "Don't you know the urban legend of Phantom City? It's very popular on the Internet now!"
“I’m usually busy with work… ”
"Who knows what urban legends there are."
“I don’t know.”
Yun Xiaoyue, Ren Xuan, and Li Shaohua answered in turn. Judging from the expressions on their faces, they really didn't know much about the so-called Phantom City, so Hua Qiong had to repeat the urban legend about the Phantom City. After listening to Hua Qiong's explanation...
"How is it possible...! I came here because the client asked me to."
"My girlfriend said this is her home..."
"I heard this is a good beauty salon."
All three of them gave their own reasons, if Gu Moli and Hua Qiong were included.
"We came here on an anonymous commission."
"In other words..."
Some people, for some purpose, in some way, gathered all the people who are doing this here!
In an instant, after sorting out this idea, the whole room fell into a brief silence, and an indescribable atmosphere spread.
"...Okay, okay! That doesn't have to be the case!"
"There's no point in bringing us here!"
“That’s what I mean!”
Ren Xuan and others spoke up to ease the atmosphere, but Gu Moli and Zhuge beside him had serious expressions.
... .the opposite may be true.
No point
wrong.
You have to know that everyone here... except Yun Xiaoyue, are all players, and they are high-level players who have performed well in the "Hero Trial" and obtained the privilege of exchanging abilities! How could it be meaningless to purposefully gather these players in one place
Thinking of this, Gu Moli couldn't help but look at the only ordinary person present who was not a player.
Cloud Xiaoyue.
As the only anomaly, will she have any problems
Or...
... .etc!
"Excuse me, when did you all come here?"
"when?"
Gu Moli's question stunned everyone. After thinking for a moment, they immediately gave an answer.
Ren Xuan: "I was the first one to arrive. After all, I was going to my girlfriend's house, and she asked me to strictly follow the time because her parents were not at home at that time, so I was quite cautious. As for when I came, it was around 11:15... .?"
Li Shaohua: "I was the second one, a little later than Mr. Ren, at about 11:16. When I came in, I saw Mr. Ren was sneaking around. I almost thought that Mr. Ren was also coming to the beauty salon for a beauty treatment. I was shocked."
Yun Xiaoyue: "I am the third one. When I came in, I saw Mr. Ren and Ms. Li. I was discussing the order with the client, so I prepared some documents. I came in around 11:17? Maybe later, but as soon as I came in, this gentleman followed me in immediately."
Zhuge: "... Yes, because I saw Miss Yun enter the Phantom City, I followed her in immediately just in case. The time was about 11:18, and not long after I came in, you followed me in, so the time was around 11:25."
The four people's comments made Gu Moli frown.
Three minutes.
The four people entered the Phantom City one after another, and the gap between the Phantom City and the appearance of the Phantom City was also three minutes. Now the timing is right, that is, the moment Hua Qiong went to the toilet, the Phantom City appeared, and then during this time, Ren Xuan and the other four came to the Phantom City one after another... .
... ..what a coincidence.
The coincidence is so surprising that one has to be suspicious.
Ren Xuan was keeping track of the time because of his girlfriend's request, for Yun Xiaoyue it should be the customer's request, and as for Li Shaohua, was it the closing time of the beauty salon
All in all, the person who invited them to Phantom City had calculated the time to a very precise level.
This kind of refinement is abnormal.
That doesn't make sense.
but... .
"I have no clue. The most important question is how did the Phantom City appear out of nowhere..."
Gu Moli scratched his head, a lot of doubts filled his mind, leaving him puzzled, but at the same time, an indescribable sense of excitement also arose.
At this moment, Hua Qiong also raised her own questions.
"By the way, have you ever thought about escaping from this house?"
"Can you escape?"
"no."
Ren Xuan waved his hand: "Do you think we haven't tried? Everything here is so hard that it can't be broken, and the windows are all sealed."
"Try to smash it with props? For example, tables and chairs..."
"We've thought about it, but we can't carry it."
"... Can't carry it?"
"Yes."
Zhuge continued, "Everything in the room, whether it's the tables and chairs, the chandeliers, or the vases, seems to be nailed in place. We can't take anything away. Only the food in the refrigerator is still available, but that food is also locked very tightly. It will take time to open it."
"Is that so?" Hua Qiong seemed a little disappointed: "Then... what about the cell phone? Can it be used?"
"I'm sorry."
Li Shaohua shook his head: "This place seems to interfere with electronic products. My cell phone doesn't work when I walk in, and it even turns itself off automatically."
"Automatically shut down... Wait, how do you confirm the time?"
"Look at the clock."
Li Shaohua pointed to the corner of the living room, where a huge clock stood, and the time showed eleven thirty-two.
"I also had an impression of the time before I came in, so the time error of this clock should not be very large."
"And to be honest, even if there is an error, we only have this one watch to look at."
“I don’t have a watch either…”
And just at this moment.
"How dare you... trespass into my territory without permission?"
A slightly shrill voice suddenly came from above everyone's head.
“Ugh!!!”
"who!?"
"Who is it?"
At this moment, everyone subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, but they could not see anything except the beautiful chandelier that was almost motionless. The slightly shrill sound began to echo throughout the living room as if it was played from a stereo.
"There is less than half an hour left until the stroke of midnight."
"Intruders."
"Enjoy your last moments before my minions arrive and tear you to pieces!"
"Hehehehe..."