Abyss Game: I am covered with cheats

The so-called hunt for the murderer was just a misdirection in the dungeon introduction, designed to make everyone mistakenly believe that among the seven people, there must be a murderer besides themselves.

In fact, the one who needs to be arrested and brought to justice is not them at all.

All they have to do is confirm the murderer's identity and hand them over to the judicial authorities.

There's a big difference between these two ideas: the former requires you to be a good person and find the murderer among the remaining six.

The latter, however, means you don't necessarily have to be a good person; any of the seven could be the murderer, because the final capture will be done by a third party.

"Do you remember? Why was Ma Zewen so sure you were the murderer after Erbai Wu died, even demanding that we all vote you out?"

Xu Tong pointed at Jiang Bo directly in front of him, "Because at that time, you were indeed the murderer, and Erbai Wu did die because of you."

"After the second victim appeared, Ma Zewen shifted his target to that female player, because the second victim also died because of her."

"When the third victim appeared, Ma Zewen looked at all of us, suspecting that we were all murderers, because that female player died because of the three of us."

"And now," Xu Tong looked at Ji Sha's corpse, "Ji Sha is dead, and we two are the murderers. Do you know why?"

Memories raced through Jiang Bo's mind, and he quickly sorted out all the key points, including the story mentioned in the parchment.

Two words came out of his mouth.

"Secrets."

Jiang Bo slightly raised his gaze, meeting Xu Tong's eyes.

"Everyone who enters this manor has secrets, but those secrets can't be known.

"If secrets are revealed, the extremely evil thing will appear and kill that person, is that right?"

Xu Tong gave a thumbs up, "The first time was Erbai Wu, who told you his mission in the cellar, so he died.

"The second time, that male player confessed his mission to the female player, so he died.

"The third time, the female player told us her mission during the meeting, so she died."

Xu Tong then looked up at Ma Zewen, who was hanging from the ceiling.

"The fourth time, we exposed Ma Zewen's ability, and he revealed his identity himself, so he also died.

"The fifth time, we exposed Ji Sha's identity card, so he died.

"Once someone's secret is known, the extremely evil thing suppressed in the manor will appear and kill the person who revealed the secret.

"And the person who exposes someone else's secret, or knows someone else's secret, is the murderer."

Jiang Bo swallowed hard. Although he could figure it out with his own brain, he felt very uncomfortable being one step behind Xu Tong's thinking.

"Does that mean the dungeon will end as soon as we two are arrested?"

Xu Tong shook his head, "Have you forgotten that the dungeon also mentioned something else?"

Jiang Bo didn't react for a moment and had to recall the entire dungeon introduction before he realized.

The original words in the dungeon introduction were "Among you, there is a murderer who cannot suppress the killing desire in their heart."

"The dungeon introduction has already made it very clear that there is only one murderer, and now, we are both murderers."

Xu Tong seemed completely defenseless, standing there without even bothering to move.

"So, only one of us can survive."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Bo pulled out the fruit knife he had picked up from the ground behind his back.

"Then I'm sorry, I certainly won't give you a chance to go to the kitchen now," Jiang Bo said with a solemn expression, "I remember the knives in the kitchen very clearly. Two are missing in total, one in my hand, and one in Ma Zewen's hand.

"I'm very sure that Ma Zewen's fruit knife is still in the woodshed, so you should be empty-handed now, without any weapons."

The fruit knife gleamed in Jiang Bo's hand, eager to cut Xu Tong's neck immediately.

"Although the abilities you've shown in this dungeon are indeed better than mine, I'm sorry, but the final winner of this dungeon will still be me!"

Xu Tong spread his hands slightly, showing an indifferent expression.

"It's okay, I don't need to use the weapon inside the fruit knife."

Hearing this, Jiang Bo's expression became even more puzzled, "Do you mean that even without a weapon, you can easily defeat me? This dungeon doesn't allow the use of weapons and skills, so how do you plan to deal with me?"

"As the saying goes," Xu Tong said as he pulled out a long knife from behind his clothes, the same weapon he had hidden under his bed before, "an inch longer is an inch stronger, I think that should also apply to knives, right?"

Xu Tong shook the long knife in his hand, a smile unconsciously appearing on his face.

"Alright, let's talk again about who has the advantage?"

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Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

The blizzard gradually subsided, and the roar from the top of the snow mountain seemed to have stopped because of the end of some kind of sacrifice.

A man wearing a police cotton coat with a police badge on his chest walked up the snowy mountain path.

According to the villagers at the foot of the snow mountain, seven people had gone deep into the snow mountain and checked into the Snowstorm Manor.

The Snowstorm Manor has always been a very mysterious place. It is said that every time someone checks in, a murder occurs. Although the man has always scoffed at this kind of thing, he thought it would be better to take a look for safety's sake.

The blizzard on the mountain is always unpredictable. No one knows when it will start or when it will stop.

So, the man had to bring all his equipment and pray that he would not be swallowed by the blizzard on his way up the mountain.

Fortunately, from the time he went up the mountain to the moment he arrived at the Snowstorm Manor, the blizzard did not start, which was undoubtedly good news.

When he came to the gate of the Snowstorm Manor, his sense of smell, which had been suppressed by the cold, actually smelled a strange bloody smell.

The man immediately perked up and put one hand on the gun at his waist and the other hand knocked on the door in front of him.

"Hello, police, please open the door."

A calm voice came from inside the door.

"Please open the door directly, officer. It's not locked."

Hearing this, the man carefully pushed open the manor door in front of him.

A horrifying scene immediately came into view: the bodies of six people were neatly arranged in the hall.

And the surviving Xu Tong was sitting by the fireplace, warming himself by the fire.

The orange-red light shone on his face, but it made the man feel a little fear in his heart.

"What... what's going on?"

The man almost subconsciously pulled out the pistol in his hand, guarding his surroundings, afraid that someone would come out and attack him.

"Please relax, officer. I'm the only one here. Please arrest me. I killed the six of them. I'm the murderer in the rumors."

As he spoke, Xu Tong turned the chair in front of the fireplace and faced the police officer.

With the orange-red firelight behind him and Xu Tong's face in front, it was as if a layer of unsettling shadow had been cast over him.

A noise seemed to come from the corner. Xu Tong turned his head and looked into the darkness, at the extremely evil thing lurking in the shadows of the wine cellar.

He reached out his hand and made a gesture of silence.

"Shhh—

"Now... you also have a secret."