Absurd Deduction Game

 Chapter 240 Nightmare (1)-Enter

After Yu Xing explained the problem about the coffin, he confidently accepted the two thousand points from Xu Shu.

Although the reward points will be halved in the final settlement, even a thousand points is still an eye-watering number.

This is more than when he first cleared the game.

Soon, the long table time came to an end, and the barrage made a reluctant sound. In fact, in the next stage, they can still watch and speak throughout the whole process, but they will not get feedback from the participants.

　　【The long table time has ended, please go to the conference room door and open the doors one by one to enter the second stage of the deduction】

After the twenty-minute break, Yu Xing and the other three filled their stomachs with various snacks provided by the system in the conference room. They earned a lot of free points. After bidding farewell to the barrage, they followed the prompts and walked to the conference room with satisfaction. Door.

The door of the conference room is a very ordinary metal door, which is not very hard to the touch. As soon as Yu Xing walked to the door, he heard the system starting to make arrangements.

 【Ask the divination master to open the door】

Zhao Ruru cleared his throat, looked calm and relaxed, and stretched out his slender hand to hold the door handle.

From Yu Xing's perspective, she opened the door easily. There was a white scene outside the door, and nothing could be seen clearly.

When Zhao Ruru stepped into the fog, the metal door seemed to have consciousness, closing itself back and closing it gently.

  【Please open the door】

 The second one was Yu Xing. Yu Xing turned around and smiled at Zhao Yijiu who was waiting behind him: "Since we are entering one by one, I'm afraid we will be separated first. No matter what the situation is, we will try to reunite first."

 Zhao Yijiu nodded slightly: "I know."

"Then I'll go first." Yu Xing turned around with relief and pushed the ajar door open.

A gust of warm wind suddenly hit my face.

This time, what was different from when watching Zhao Ruru was that there was no white fog. Noisy sounds flooded into the eardrums, and the vision was clear, as if stepping into the Truman world from a closed virtual space.

People wearing simple clothes sit in small squares. Desks, computers, and various piles of documents are brought into view one by one. The sound of keyboards is constantly ringing. The incandescent lights on the ceiling are bright and dazzling, casting reflections on the smooth tiles.

 This is a large office with good lighting and easy to identify.

 In front of the water dispenser by the wall, a woman wearing a hip-hugging skirt was bending over to receive water. There were scolding voices coming from the independent office in the distance...

Yu Xing was stunned for a moment, because this modern scene was so contrasting with the previous one. The things he saw were too normal, like a real world without absurdity.

 He even wondered if there was a bug that caused him to jump to another live broadcast.

The next moment, a push suddenly came from behind him. He staggered to steady his body and became one with everything he saw.

 The feel of the down jacket has been lost on my body, but the warm air from the air conditioner is blowing constantly, so I'm not cold at all.

 Yu Xing lowered his head and found that he was wearing a well-styled white shirt, dark blue jeans and black sneakers.

A pair of in-ear wired headphones hung around his neck. The two earphone heads were not plugged into his ears, but hung loosely on his shoulders. The end of the cord stretched into the left back pocket of his jeans, and a part of his mobile phone was exposed. Connect to headphones.

He turned around, and as expected, behind him was a white wall with safety notices posted on it. He was like an office worker who came to pay attention to safety on a whim and was about to leave after reading the notice.

And his sense of presence is not low. People walking around will glance at him, wondering whether they are wondering why he is standing next to the wall.

 He ​​took the opportunity to look at these people. They were basically in their twenties to forties, most of them were men, and most of them wore glasses. What was heartbreaking was that... they generally showed signs of baldness.

　　　　…

 At this moment, Yu Xing felt that this place was more real.

"Is it such a big span..." He muttered secretly in his heart, his eyes sparkling with excitement caused by surprise.

He thought that after experiencing the "funeral", the "marriage" would be the next step. After all, that was the prompt, so there was no reason to make a mistake.

But it turned out that the second stage of the deduction was indeed carried out in a "modern" background. Yu Xing felt very happy when he thought that the plot did not proceed step by step.

 That’s what makes it interesting.

He didn’t want to look too strange, and after taking a few steps towards the water fountain against the backdrop of the surrounding environment—

 In my mind, prompts from the deduction system came at the right time.

 【This stage of deduction is role-playing mode】

　　【You will play the role of an original artist, and your specific identity has been transferred to the persona】

 【Main mission: Protect Zhou Xue from surviving for three days】

 【The flow rate of time has changed in this stage, and the flow rate between the absurd world and the real world has changed from 1:1 to 12:1】

  【There is a way to complete the main mission in advance】

 【There are side tasks in this stage, players are asked to explore by themselves】

 【There are small gifts left by special guests at this stage】

　　[Role-playing at this stage is compulsory. If the NPC sees an abnormality, it will be obliterated by the "World Will" and the system will not protect it]

　　【A black box setting is added at this stage. Each player has the right to a "black box time". After it is turned on, conversations between the player and people within a radius of two meters will be silenced by the system and cannot be captured by the live broadcast room. Lasts three minutes. 】

A series of reminders made Yu Xing feel concerned, but there was no sign of surprise on his face, and he didn't even pause in his steps.

As everyone knows, after this prompt was published on the screen of the live broadcast room, the audience who followed him had already exploded.

  [What situation does it take to temporarily change the time flow rate? ]

 [This is the first time this happened, is there any emergency?]

 [Everyone, something might have happened, I’m so excited]

　　[It’s over, I don’t dare to go out to watch other live broadcast rooms. How much of the plot will I miss when I go out]

[Perhaps it’s just a normal adjustment... After all, the three days of one-to-one ratio will make some people who only have one day to watch the live broadcast miss the second half of the live broadcast]

  [But this has never happened before, it was all stipulated before the live broadcast started]

  [Never mind, it has no impact on us anyway, please pay attention to the black box time]

[Yes, there are only a handful of black box times in the program Death Parallel, right? ]

 [Black box time], also known as [Absolute confidentiality time], is a concept common to all major live broadcast programs.

 Once the program opens up the privilege of black box time, the deducers participating in the program will have a period of time to get rid of the audience's blind spots and discuss many things that are inconvenient to know.

　　[It’s just a black box, and it’s not that it hasn’t been opened before. You are the Kangkang one! Special Guest! ]

　　[What is this! ? ]

  [Mama, I don’t understand this second phase of the task]

  [Who will be the special guests? No news has been released at all before]

　　[Those who are eligible to be invited must be at the level of despair or above, that’s so interesting]

 [I always feel like...something happened privately]

 [The change in the time flow rate, if it is not decided long ago, can only mean that the content of the entire second phase of the mission has changed]

  [Will the content adjustment be related to the special guests? ]

　　[Despair-level boss, hmm... I don’t know if he is benevolent or malicious? ]

  [Actually, it doesn’t matter how we guess, they will be the ones who suffer the disaster, but they need to face unknown factors that do not exist in the first place]

 This barrage hits the point.

Not only Yu Xing’s group, but other groups also need to face additional unknowns when they enter the second stage.

Yu Xing had already thought of all the key points of the audience's discussion. He raised his eyebrows, wondering if it was due to some kind of potential persecution paranoia. As soon as he saw the words "special guest" and the open black box time, he There is a premonition.

This special guest who left a gift may be someone he knows.

The black box is nothing more than a convenience for the other party to say something to him that others cannot hear.

Will he be an actor?

 Or one of the actor’s subordinates? If useful information can be conveyed to him in the black box time, then the visitor must know part of his situation and be a person who has a deep relationship with the actor.

Are you going to come here to warn him, or are you simply going to get rid of him before he grows out of control?

Although he will not die, if the other party kills him in a way that makes it look like there is absolutely no chance of his survival, then in the eyes of so many live broadcast room viewers, he will be a dead person and cannot appear again.

Once he reappears, he will be studied by all forces. The ability of unlimited resurrection is enough to completely expose the ferocious side of the originally friendly forces.

 This is simply the best way to limit his growth rate.

Yu Xing’s premonitions are usually right, especially when it comes to actors.

Thinking of these very unfavorable possibilities for him, he lowered his head slightly, his black bangs blocking the look between his brows.

 However, the corners of his mouth slowly and uncontrollably turned up in an arc.

 Is it finally here?…

It’s really…

　　That’s great.

 He never thought that in a duel with an actor, he would be the loser.

 Come on, even though the timing is unexpected, come on.

 After such a long time, he was finally able to catch the actor's little tail. This was definitely something that made him happier than having fun with the deduction.

 Suppressing the curvature of the corners of his mouth, Yu Xing continued his deduction in a happy mood.

 The identity information is already in the persona. He immersed his consciousness and gained an understanding of the background of this stage.

 First of all, the setting here is indeed "modern", but it is obviously on two different development lines from the real world. Games in this world do not exist in the real world.

 The reason why I use games as an example is because the character played by Yu Xing is a member of the art team of this game company called "Fengdu".

His name here is "Fang Xing", which is a bit of a coincidence. In the last rookie competition, his name was Fang Xiaoyu, and his surname was also Fang.

He is in charge of the original painting production of a horror game called "Nightmare", and the art team of the entire project is under his control. In other words, he is the main artist of this game.

Fang Xing needs to draw portraits and posters of several protagonists and several main ghosts in the nightmare. As for the less important ones, as usual, they have been outsourced to other companies.

And Zhou Xue is the game world architect of this game project and also serves as the main plot.

There is only so much general background. In the identity information, more pen and ink is put on the limitations of Fang Xing's character.

Twenty-five years old, graduated from a prestigious school, with top professional skills in the industry, but a surly personality that is difficult to get along with, a hot temper, and dares to mess with anyone. Relying on his genius-like superior abilities, he does not even listen to the words of the department manager.

Fang Xing works very seriously, but once he is free, he always seems to be immersed in his own world, and no one else can understand what he is thinking.

 What he is best at and loves most is drawing horror-related pictures. Therefore, since joining the job, the projects he has been responsible for are basically horror games.

Yu Xing blinked and felt that the arrangement of this role was very coincidental and very harsh.

The system has already said that this role-playing is mandatory and must fit the character completely and cannot be seen by the NPC.

Fang Xing’s character is very unique. It’s not something that a deducer can just come in and mix around. His ability and status mean that in this company, he is not someone who can be hidden.

 Not to mention the rigid requirement of a high level of original painting.

 But regarding the skill of painting, Fang Xing unexpectedly matched Yu Xing's own ability. Therefore, Yu Xing suspected that when the deducers in each group entered the second stage, they played different roles that suited them.

 Otherwise, if you randomly change someone to play the original role of "Fang Xing" as the main artist, I'm afraid that others will see that your skills are not up to standard in the company.

He had digested all the identity information in a short period of time, and also knew his work station from it. He put one side of the earphones on his right ear, casually pressed play, and an ethereal and eerie child's voice came out.

Hello guys, are music appreciation styles and painting styles so consistent? ?

Yu Xing had no interest in enjoying this kind of music. He took out his mobile phone from his hip pocket, first changed to a piece of pure music in the music software that was already open in the background of the mobile phone, and then walked to his workstation with the mobile phone in hand.

 “Hello, Brother Fang!”

Sitting in the next seat was this little girl who looked like she had just graduated. The little girl was wearing a plaid shirt and had a work badge on her chest.

Yu Xing glanced at him with indifferent eyes.

 The little girl’s name is Guan Xin.

He said "hmm", sat down in his seat, and plugged in the other earphone.

Hmm...the rule of not listening to music during working hours is just a fart to him.

 Guan Xin was already used to Fang Xing's character, so she said nothing and silently turned her head to perfect her drawing.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Fang Xing take out a stack of white paper from the drawer.

  She prefers to complete her work on a digital tablet, but Fang Xing prefers to draw by hand, and then scan and upload it after drawing. In terms of hand drawing alone, no one in the company can match him.

 It’s quite admirable.

Yu Xing didn't feel Guan Xin's attention. He calmly checked some of the drafts of the character's previous design, and took advantage of the opportunity to use his free hand to check the information on his phone.

There are not many softwares, they are all necessary. Other than that, there are drawing software on various mobile phones.

There are only a dozen or so people in the address book, and the notes are clear, but the most recent call record was two months ago.

 It can be seen that apart from social software such as WeChat QQ, Fang Xing does not often use other contact channels.

"Brother Fang, Sister Zhou asked me to tell you that... about the setting of the Ghost Bride in Chapter 3, she has a new idea. If it's convenient for you... she wants to talk to you about the design of the Ghost Bride at noon. question."

Suddenly, as soon as Yu Xing sat down, the chair was not warmed, and a nervous voice penetrated his eardrums.

 Sister Zhou? Is it Zhou Xue?

 In the supernatural space constructed by the Ghost Groom Young Master, Zhou Xue is a manifestation of Liu Xue.

 Now, "Zhou Xue" really exists and has become a victim of the second phase of the mission—she may die at any time.

   Thank you for your rewards! The monthly pass is very helpful. I have reached fifth place, I hope I can stick to this position for a while (˙o˙) and don’t be blown away too quickly~ Then... Chunmian has become the second leader. I’m glad to hear it, and I owe another 10,000 words. Even…

 (End of this chapter)