Absurd Deduction Game

 It’s okay to be seen... The speculation about the wrong time was directly overturned, and "Yu Xing" felt a little relieved.

  As for the doppelgänger, maybe, it’s not a very urgent matter.

He immediately raised a bright smile to the little Heavenly Master who spoke out, and said in a warm tone: "Welcome~ Do you want to come in and have something to eat~"

  Deducers: “…”

They all invariably fixed their gazes between the two Yu Xings, and saw that the young man named "Unknown" in the team had a confused look on his face, and took a step back timidly.

Everyone suddenly thought: The main body is timid and silent, and the ghost in the barbecue restaurant is enthusiastic and cheerful. Could it be that the doppelgänger has completely opposite personalities?

Well, they all entered the deduction together. It makes no sense that only one person has a doppelganger. Does that mean there are doppelgangers of all of them in the barbecue restaurant?

　　Except for some minor details that misled them, they got the rest right.

It can be said that the change of guard in "Yu Xing" has given the gamers a good reminder and allowed them to be mentally prepared in advance.

It was still the Little Heavenly Master who spoke. He was probably the oldest person here except for the two people who were pretending to be pigs and tigers. He coughed and came to his senses: "We want a table for eight people, thank you."

Since he was not sure about the abilities of these second-borns, the Little Heavenly Master spoke very politely and cautiously.

 After all, in the instinctive thinking of all deducers, the other self that appears in the location of the copy must be a ghost and must be the opposite.

"Okay, please come in!" Yu Xing, the welcoming guest with a smile on his face, tilted his head and respectfully made way for them to have a wide enough space.

 One, two…

The deducers walked into the barbecue restaurant. Qu Xianqing held his lips as he passed by: "Such a healthy and sunny smile really made me laugh to death."

 Her attitude towards him is the same as in reality.

"Yu Xing" also raised his eyebrows slightly: "Would you like to show me how to laugh to death?"

Qu Nianqing snorted noncommittally, following in the footsteps of others and passing him by.

 Another lucky one is at the end.

 Even if his doppelganger appears, he should be the focus of other deducers, but he only needs a few tricks to minimize his presence.

"Yu Xing" looked at Yu Xing. Just when he thought he was about to walk over, a pale hand suddenly placed on his white shirt uniform.

"Yu Xing" turned his head and met a pair of blue eyes at close range.

 The other self has lost his fearful look and is looking at him with a little curiosity.

His breath was stagnant. Facing his own face so close felt completely different from looking in the mirror. It was a weird, palpitating, and doomsday feeling.

"Why are you a receptionist?" He heard his other self ask, "Aren't you a waiter inside?"

"You know?" The welcome guest Yu Xing suppressed the strange feeling, his mind changed rapidly, and he had vaguely sensed something wrong since he woke up, including the candidates' proficiency... He maintained a smile, "Oh, this is not the first time. Once.”

"The seventeenth time." The other self sighed, "The system told me not to interfere too much in other people's deductions, so I have watched them make mistakes seventeen times..."

 Welcome Yu Xing: “…”

"You have all the memories of the seventeen times, but I don't." His smile did not reach his eyes, "Among us, I am the one who should not exist."

Some kind of realization suddenly came to my mind. He was not Yu Xing. He might have to change his name to Yu Shiqi.

"You are discovering this faster and faster. The reset is not without traces." The real Yu Xing took back the hand on his shoulder, relaxed and comfortable, completely different from the fake him.

Yu Shiqi thought that every time he felt weird, he would ignore it by saying, "Shut it up, don't think about it." This was just a self-suggestion of his being a ghost and a replica.

The real Yu Xing will not do this. Even if he remains silent, he will firmly hold the initiative of the truth in his hands.

Just like now, Yu Shiqi saw the calmness of knowing everything from Yu Xing.

"The time is almost up. If we let them reset like this, those candidates will be really hopeless." Yu Xing put his hands in his pockets and looked at Yu Shiqi's expression, "Do you want to help me?"

Yu Shiqi paused.    He understands everything now.

He is not Yu Xing, so if Yu Xing clears the dungeon, he will disappear as an extended ghost of the dungeon.

 He has his own thoughts, just like human beings. Regardless of his identity as a replicator, his relationship with Yu Xing is actually very simple - a ghost and a deducer.

He should prevent the real Yu Xing from passing the level, so that he can go to more parts of the world through the barbecue restaurant as "Yu Xing". He can always find something other than animal faces, or one day Discover a way to leave the copy and go to reality.

 This is what he should do, he and Yu Xing are enemies.

But…

Yu Shiqi had a genuine smile in his eyes.

 “I’ll help you. What to do?”

 He wanted to help Yu Xing.

Yu Xing showed a real expression and said with a smile: "Who are you?"

Yu Shiqi: "I am you."

 He has Yu Xing’s memory and personality, his thinking mode is infinitely close to Yu Xing’s, the emotions he experiences come from Yu Xing’s, he…

 He does not feel that he is a ghost.

After knowing what he was, Yu Shiqi never thought of becoming an obstacle to Yu Xing.

 On the contrary, he felt that he was now the person in the world who had the most tacit understanding with Yu Xing—even if it was only temporary.

 He wants to help Yu Xing pass the level, and then disappear in this space, as if he has never appeared before. This is the destination he wants. Even if Yu Xing is the end of the world for him, he will stand on the side of the end.

"It's very simple. Let's change our identities." Yu Xing glanced at his uniform. "Change your clothes. I need your identity to explore the barbecue restaurant. You pretend to be me and eat and drink as a guest."

 “Okay.” Yu Shiqi agreed simply.

Yu Xing has the ability to block cognition, and he is a crushing high-level presence in this dungeon. They skipped work and found a hidden corner to change clothes and swap identities.

"Except me and Xiao Ququ, everyone else's memories are also being reset. Pay attention to this when you get along with them." Yu Xing tidied up his new uniform and reminded, "Don't die, any clone will be killed because of the game." If you die in danger, everyone’s progress will be reset.”

“The progress has been reset, but the increased degree of alienation has been retained. That’s why you said that if this continues, the candidate will be doomed?” Yu Shiqi also tidied up his sweater.

"Yeah, speaking of it, seven or eight resets were all because of me." Yu Xing spread his hands, "You should understand, I want to try the taste of complete death for every copy."

 Yu Shiqi: “…”

 So you committed suicide by yourself?

That’s for sure.

 He wanted to try it too.

 The shielding was lifted, and Yu Shiqi had arrived at the table of deducers.

Qu Nianqing glanced at him, as if he knew everything, while others didn't realize that he was coming home late - this was the overwhelming feeling of being in a high position.

 The system slowed down for half a beat and gave the next task.

　　【You have successfully changed your identity and unlocked the real main mission. 】

　　【The only main mission: kill the other self with your own hands. 】

  【Task reward: Be yourself. 】

Yu Shiqi chuckled in his heart and ignored this task.

 (End of this chapter)