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"That's where another couple died... Go and have a look, if you just open the door, there should be no danger."

In the two innermost bedrooms, as expected, a mural like "Pineapple Inserted Upside Down" was found in each of them: In the same room as the monster, ordinary people have no chance of surviving, and they must be tricked into it together. It is eaten directly while sleeping.

"This kind of mural symbolizes the death of human beings and the birth of mimetic ghosts." It was only speculation before, but this time Ye Bai's tone is quite certain.

Beside the murals, there were large black stains, Ye Bai guessed that it should be blood, mixed with other things in human tissue.

Moreover, the windows in these two bedrooms were also tightly closed with wooden boards, leaving no gaps.

"There is another room with wooden boarded windows, which one is it?" Ye Bai asked.

"It's the bedroom in the middle on the left." Qiu Se pointed to the door.

"This is the bedroom where Reiner and Little Charlie escaped...Okay, then what happened is very clear. Let me sort out what happened at that time first, and listen to what is wrong."

Ye Bai tapped his forehead with his fingers, thought for a while, and said: "That day, a team of 12 people trekked hard on the snowy field, and finally found this castle before dark, and planned to stay here overnight. They sat in twos and threes. In the lobby on the first floor, the fireplace was lit, canned soup was cooked, and the fire started.

"Then, Mr. Blue went to the corner because of the urgency to urinate. I believe it was the darkest corner that was not illuminated by the light of the flames-this kind of thing must be solved in a dark spot. So he Lost sight of companions, got 'eaten' by mimics that popped out of the wall. I'm guessing that it came out of the wall, but it's a minor detail and doesn't really matter.

"Mr. Blue, who turned into a ghost, went back immediately, asked his lover, Miss Jenny, to any place where no one was around, and turned her into a ghost too. Then they separated, and took advantage of the opportunity to sleep in groups at night to find Another pair of lovers, Jack and Rose, started, and the place where they tricked people into eating was the two bedrooms with the locked door.

"Mr Rainer did not accept Mr Blue's invitation and got away with it.

"In this way, in the team of 12, four people have been killed.

"Then, in the middle of the night, there was a knock on the window. The author of the note, Reiner, and the clever Charlie should be sleeping in the bedroom on the left side. They heard the knock on the window, and immediately fled to the hall. Therefore, this The windows in three rooms are intact. What about the six people who are still sleeping in the remaining three rooms?

"Looking at the broken windows, it's easy to judge that they probably died in their sleep after the monster outside the window broke into the bedroom.

"After all, knocking on the window means two possibilities. The things inside want to go out, and the things outside want to come in. I personally prefer the latter, because if it is the former, an invisible thing knocks on the window from the room and smashes it. The scene where the plank rushes out and then rushes back to kill... is a bit ghostly.

"Combining the records in the notes, the broken windows and the remnants of the room scene, it can be confirmed that the ghosts who use the broken windows as a signal to kill people must exist, and the killing methods are very bloody and direct.

"To sum up, the mimetic ghost killed four people, and the broken window ghost killed six people. For the time being, only Mr. Reiner and Little Charlie survived. No, one of them also died soon.

"The analysis of the situation only ends here, because we still don't know how the author of the notes, Reiner, died," Ye Bai said in conclusion, "You can look for the rest of the notes, or where there is a large black smudge That's fine, it's probably where someone died, so you can focus on it."

While listening, Qiu Se and Tietou unknowingly turned into a posture of standing at attention. As soon as Ye Bai finished speaking, Qiu Se immediately raised her hand.

"Boss, I have a problem!"

"Say."

"Are the six heads in the fireplace the same six that were killed by the broken window ghost while they were sleeping?"

"The possibility is very high, because the death methods of these six people are almost the same. They were all grabbed their heads and pulled out of their bodies together with their spines. The movements were very rough." Ye Bai stretched out his hand and gestured to hold it. "Then the Broken Window Ghost probably held their bodies like this, squeezed hard, and squeezed out all the contents of the body and sprinkled them on the floor of the lobby on the first floor. Over the years, it became dry and sticky. Black smudge."

He paused, then added, "It's like squeezing a plastic bottle full of ketchup."

Mengmeng shivered immediately, feeling the goosebumps on her neck.Ye Bai, as if he saw it with his own eyes, described the scene that might have happened quite clearly, but he didn't feel anything, and the necks of the other three tensed.

Tie Tou then raised his hand: "Boss, I have a problem too."

"Say."

"Is it possible that they all died from the mimetic ghosts? After all, they must not be able to open their eyes and see each other while sleeping, which can be regarded as meeting the conditions you just said."

"'Seeing and being seen' is just my guess for loneliness, and we don't know what cross-behavior logic there is between these two kinds of monsters. What you said is a possibility, but that Come on, we shouldn't have found those six heads, and now the bedroom should be full of murals symbolizing mimicry ghosts, which are the traces that will be left after the mimicry monsters kill and kill." Ye Bai said.

"Uh, maybe pulling out the head was also done by the Mimic?"

"'Pull out the head' and 'eat the lonesome', these are two different attack modes, and the mimic monster most likely corresponds to the latter. For example, the first deceased, Mr. Blue, if his head was pulled out and he died Dead, that would leave too many traces, and the possibility that none of the remaining 11 people will be found is too small."

"Perhaps there is a second attack mode in mimic monsters, and they will also pull out people's heads." Iron Head felt a little embarrassed, but he had to mention this possibility, otherwise he always felt uneasy.

"Occam's razor principle, have you heard of it? If it is not necessary, do not increase entities. All our inferences must be based on known conditions. Don't add conditions without authorization, otherwise you will only enter the vortex of endless hypotheses and possibilities. "

Ye Bai looked at Tietou and said, "Abandon the clue of the broken window without authorization and stick to the mimic ghost, what are you thinking, or you can create another mural ghost, its ability is to create murals on the wall , the sound of knocking on the window is the ghost mother coaxing her child to sleep."

Tietou immediately put down his hand in shame - he had never heard of the principle of razors, but Ye Bai's plain tone when dealing with children always made him feel as if he was asking some childish questions.

"Looking at it this way, the context of the whole matter is still very clear." Qiu Se said happily.

"If Brother Bai Yi hadn't defeated those two monsters and got the notes, it would definitely not be so easy now." Although she was quite nervous, Mengmeng immediately stated her position, "Why don't you hurry up and say thank you, Brother Bai Yi?"

"Thank you, Brother Bai Yi." Qiu Se responded perfunctorily, "There are still two mimicry monsters, but we will not separate them at all, and there is nothing they can do. But how to deal with the broken window monsters, sir?"

"How do I know? The information in the notebook is only a little bit, but combined with the scene, there are still some simple speculations about the broken window ghost." Ye Bai said.

"Yes, yes, I just want to listen to your simple speculation." Qiu Se nodded repeatedly.

"Leiner and Little Charlie left the room immediately after hearing the sound of knocking on the window. The windows of the three unoccupied bedrooms were all intact. From this, it can be easily deduced that there should be at least two conditions for the monster with broken windows to act: One is that there must be a certain time interval between knocking on the window and breaking the window, and the other is that there must be someone in the room when the window is broken."

"Let me confirm," Tie Tou said cautiously, "Do the two conditions have to be met at the same time?"

"I reiterate that on the one hand, this is just my speculation - of course both must be met."

"That would be great!" Tie Tou breathed a sigh of relief, "Whether the knocking ghost is still there or not, we just need to leave the room immediately when it knocks on the window!"

As soon as his words fell, there was a rhythmic knocking sound on the window in the bedroom that was firmly sealed by wooden boards.

Hey.

Da da.

Chapter 10 Mutations

I have to say, in this old, dilapidated, dusty castle room, it was quite intrusive to hear a knock on the window suddenly.

Especially when the windows are completely sealed by wooden boards, all the light sources in the room come from flashlights. It seems that scary ghosts may appear at any time in the dark and gloomy environment. Experience, even the most daring people will emerge from the heart of anxiety.

Fortunately, a few seconds before the abnormality occurred, several people in the team had just heard Ye Bai's analysis, so although they were not shocked, they quickly filed out of the room.

When Autumn Color was the last one to step out of the room, the sound of knocking on the window stopped abruptly.

"It works!" Several people were more or less relieved.

Confronting monsters head-on is not the only way. If you can find out the logic of the opponent's actions and a way to avoid them, that would be great.

"Let's start exploring. Check every room to see if there is anything special." Ye Bai said.

The other three naturally had no objections. Rather, they were relieved to have a calm commander in such an uneasy environment, as if they had a reliance, and their mentality was no longer so tense.

Qiu Se and Tie Tou are reserve players organized by the players. They know a lot of information about monsters and players in the training center, but this makes them even more nervous because they know that the situation of this assessment task is not normal—what? Whose assessment task is this difficult?

They are still not quite sure why the difficulty of the assessment task has increased.

Qiu Se rummaged on the bed while carefully avoiding the black stains, and said quietly: "Hey, Iron Head, I remember that intelligence is a hidden evaluation of players, and it can be regarded as a part of personal strength, right? The difficulty of our assessment task this time So high, is it because some big bosses are using our brains for us?"

"It's hard to say, the assessment task is the first task for all players, and the hidden evaluation is usually only tested during this task." Tie Tou said sullenly, "After all, before the actual combat, who can say for sure about intelligence? What? Even if you have a doctorate from a university and an IQ of [-], what’s the point? If your observation ability is a little weak, your actual performance may not be as good as that of an ordinary detective.”

"That's right, comprehensive strength is the most important thing in the face of monsters." Qiu Se muttered, "Which Special Affairs Bureau are you from? Later, when I report such outrageous actions, the president will definitely not be able to believe it. You have to give I'm doing endorsements."

"I'm from the Special Affairs Bureau of Linhai City..."

Ye Bai was also wandering around the room, but he mainly stared at a few teammates, paid attention to their positions, and guarded against the reappearance of the mimic monster.

Just when Qiu Se and Tie Tou were whispering together, Meng Meng quietly leaned over and asked softly, "Brother Bai Yi, are you sure there are new ghosts?"

"It's very possible, and you've heard the sound of knocking on the window just now." Ye Bai said.

In fact, besides the mimic ghost and the broken window ghost, there might be a third kind of ghost, but Ye Bai didn't say it rashly, it might scare Mengmeng.He felt that he was a very gentle gentleman towards women.

"Then I think this should be shown to you." Mengmeng carefully glanced at the direction of Qiu Se and Tietou, raised the wallet in her hand, revealing a very flat square piece of paper inside, "You can use your finger Touch it, don't break it."

"Oh?"

Ye Bai stretched out his finger and touched the piece of paper.

"Spirit Talisman: Eight-Direction Spirit Binding Formation"

"Item Level: One Star"

"Attribute ①: Restraint. Select the target, create a 2m x 2m formation, and restrain it"

"Attribute ②: Bound Spirit. When the bound target is a monster, the toughness of the formation is doubled."

"Attribute ③: One-time consumable, valid for eight hours"

"Attribute ④: Stealth. Can block a certain level of detection"

"Requirements for use: it must be preserved very flat in order to exert the greatest effect"

"Attachment ①: A spell made by '****', limited to female users, with a height of 152cm, a weight of 47kg, and a single ponytail hairstyle"

"Remarks: When a little piece of paper has spirituality, it has its own mission, which is to protect a lovely lady in the critical moment that may come. But before that, it just wants to lie comfortably Pingping, is this wrong? Not at all!"

Fuck, awesome props.Ye Bai thought.

It even has the property of blocking detection!

Ms. Mengmeng actually carried props, and they were one-star props that could not be recognized by the red hearts, which caught Ye Bai a little off guard. However, after thinking about it carefully, it was not incomprehensible: after all, Miss Mengmeng had told him bluntly before, saying that she There is a girlfriend who is a player.

Since he is a player, it is reasonable to spare one or two one-star props, let alone judging from its validity period and usage conditions, these are tailor-made props for Mengmeng.

Moreover, the player who made this item seems to be quite special. In the attached ①, even the name is not displayed, but an asterisk is used instead.

Ye Bai withdrew his fingers, looked at the petite girl with a single ponytail in front of him, and said, "So your height is 1.5 meters."

"..." Startled for a moment, never expecting Ye Bai's reaction to be like this, Mengmeng's expression became annoyed at a speed visible to the naked eye, she lowered her voice: "It's 1.5 meters two!"

"Okay, 1.5 meters two." Ye Bai nodded, and continued without waiting for the girl to speak, "Only this one? You should have brought two props too."

"...Yes." Mengmeng said vaguely, "but the other one is useless."

In fact, it was very useful. That lucky card allowed her to hug the lucky thigh successfully, but how could she say such words.

Closing the wallet, Mengmeng murmured in a low voice: "Originally, I used this for self-defense. My best friend said that in the novice assessment, girls trot slowly with strength, so you must pay special attention to safety. But this assessment task seems to be very difficult. If there are new monsters coming down, you can take this item into consideration."

"Okay, thank you for your trust," Ye Bai nodded.

Although he has almost guessed where Mengmeng's trust in her comes from.

*

Because they were worried that after separation, the other two mimics would find opportunities, so the four of them acted and explored together, and Ye Bai asked them to explore very carefully, and the light was dim, and there was the sound of knocking on the window from time to time. When it sounded, various factors superimposed together, resulting in a very slow exploration speed.

But Ye Bai is not in a hurry. After all, this castle has only three floors, the bottom is wide and the top is narrow, and the third floor has only two rooms. It doesn't seem very big. No matter how slow it is, it can be explored within three hours.

The bedrooms on the second floor are not too big or small, and the furniture is only two beds and a small table, so it looks quite empty.However, there are more or less sundries in each room, such as backpacks, tents, bags, and Mengmeng even found two cans. I don't know how long the shelf life of those things has passed.

Most of the things they found were the relics of those 12 people. After the washing of time, almost all of them were useless, and only a few parts remained: for example, a very old book, a scroll with complicated symbols engraved on it, and some ancient books. Odd gadgets.

This book is also a notebook, depicting the experience of the adventure group in the castle from another perspective. The author should be one of the six people who were attacked and killed by the ghost knocking on the window. The specific content can be regarded as a supplementary version of "Reiner's Travel Diary". , the specific process is quite different from Ye Bai's guess.

If he hadn't been able to get the pages of notes in the hands of the mimic, this thing might still be useful.

I don't know what the scroll is for, so I put it in a bag and carry it with me.

Those utensils were carefully identified by the iron head, and they were not very sure that they were "items for worshiping gods"-the gods talked a lot, and they were identified as farts.

When the last bedroom was carefully inspected, the situation suddenly changed.

This is the bedroom that supposedly belonged to Reiner and Little Charlie. The room was completely dark due to the sealed windows. Iron Head and the others just glanced at it briefly, but when they checked carefully now, they were directly caught by the catastrophic scene inside. The sight startled me.

When Iron Head stepped into the room for the first time, there was an overwhelmed "creak" sound from the floor, which made him stiffen all over, and carefully retracted his calf.

Mengmeng and Qiuse immediately swept in the light of the flashlight, and after they saw the floor of the bedroom clearly, Mengmeng hurriedly pulled Ye Bai over: "Look here!"

The floor of the entire bedroom seemed to be cracked. Broken wooden floors and scattered sawdust could be seen everywhere. Among them, there were several quite striking arc-shaped holes on the floor. Those very obvious depressions almost pierced through the ceiling between the first and second floors, and even The lobby on the first floor can be seen through the incomplete gap.

The two beds were barely safe because they were leaning against the wall, but the whole bedroom was shaken by it, and the floor between the hollows was turned into tattered pieces, held together rather barely to maintain the existence of the floor, it seemed as long as Whoever stands up and jumps will immediately cause landslides, and people and boards will fall to the first floor.

No one dared to enter such a dangerous ground rashly, but Mengmeng soon discovered that there was a large pool of black stains in a curved depression in the room.

"Oh, you said this, I saw it just now," Ye Bai said, "That's probably where Little Charlie or Reiner died, they were slapped to death by something."

Qiu Se asked in a daze: "But didn't you say before that they fled to the hall after hearing the knock on the window?"

"So what happened to them, they were forced to run up from the first floor, such as being chased by a monster that suddenly appeared, which is easy to imagine." Ye Bai said, "The height is more than two meters, the weight is at least Five hundred kilograms, with long arms and short lower limbs, there is a high probability of rushing in from the main entrance of the hall on the first floor, chasing Charlie and Reiner up to the second floor, and messing up the stairs with those short legs."

Saying that, Ye Bai took Mengmeng's flashlight and shook it towards the place where the black smudge was: "Little Charlie or Reiner hid in the bedroom again, but the chasing monster stretched its arm in from outside the door , slapping randomly, slapping people to death, just like slapping a mosquito to death—in other words, think of the broken lock on the door on the first floor, the traces on the stairs, and this disaster-like bedroom , this process is easy to guess, right?"

"It's not easy!" Tie Tou complained loudly, "How did you reason this out? And there is a third kind of ghost? This is just an assessment task!"

"Let me ask a digression." Qiu Se was a little strange, "I can understand the short legs and weight. Why do you say that the possible ghost has long arms?"

"Guess, but I think it has a certain degree of credibility." Ye Bai stretched out his hand and gestured for a basketball pat, "How do you think those holes on the ground were made? Obviously they were smashed. How? Suppose it It was a humanoid, and I can only guess that it had long and powerful upper limbs."

"Understood, you continue." Qiu Se nodded.

"Having said that, there are still too few clues, so I didn't mention this when I summarized it just now, because this paragraph is just my personal guess." Ye Bai nodded his crutches, "It seems that this room cannot be entered by so many people, Who will go in and check alone? Be careful."

"I'll go." Qiu Se bit the flashlight in her mouth and leaped into the room lightly.He has the agility of a cat, so he is naturally more suitable than disabled people, strong men and little sisters.

The floor in the bedroom is not completely broken, but is maintained in a delicate balance, and some places can still be used. Qiu Se carefully avoids the holes in the floor, uses all four limbs, moves agilely and gracefully, and almost makes no sound in the room shuttle.