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Two months ago, when the Fan siblings were still in Yin Jun’s gang, they obtained a collectible item called the [Box of the Interdimensional Observer].
Although this item was only a grade “B,” it had an interesting purpose.
Seemingly an ordinary “box” outside, but once opened, it contained three items in total.
The first item was a sticker in the shape of an eye, called the [Eye of the Observer].
Once this eye sticker was placed on the forehead, the user could freely designate a smooth surface object with an area larger than 0.25 square centimeters within their line of sight. Their own visual and auditory perspectives would then be attached to that object, allowing them to see and hear everything outside of it. It was like having a portable “observation window” or a real-time audiovisual feed from a pinhole camera.
If the user removed the “eye” sticker from their forehead and tore it apart within three seconds, the object that the user’s consciousness was attached to would be destroyed simultaneously, and the user would appear in the place where the object was destroyed.
As for the other two items in the box, they were used together. They were a pair of small notebooks, one black and one white, and a pen.
With the [Eye of the Observer] operating, the user could record their observations on the black notebook with the pen, and the text would appear in real-time on the white notebook.
Of course, the [Box of the Interdimensional Observer] was a disposable item, and its usage time was limited, lasting for a maximum of eight hours.
It was precisely because they had this special collectible item that Yin Jun and the others devised a quite daring plan.
In their team, there was a person named “Liu Fei” with an ability called [Druidic Power].
His ability leaned towards healing, but in addition to healing—just like the legendary druids—he could also shapeshift into animals.
Liu Fei had three different animal forms – a little owl, a fierce cat, and a gray wolf. When in his animal form, his strength would significantly increase than when he was in human form; even his speed and resistance to attacks were greatly enhanced.
So last night, Yin Jun and the others seemed to have set off earlier than Ji Dong’s team and had gotten into the same car; when in reality, right after making a turn, they opened the car window and let Liu Fei—who had transformed into a small owl—fly back to the villa. He silently perched on a tree branch, waiting.
When Ji Dong and the others left, the little owl Liu Fei immediately activated the power of the “Eye of the Observer” and attached his “eyes” and “ears” to Fan Hemian’s hairpin. Liu Fei transformed back into a human and returned to the villa. He observed the movements of the Red Team, took notes in his notebook, and reported everything in real time to Yin Jun.
The Blue Team learned about Ji Dong and the others’ movements. After finding out that they all went to the museum, the Blue Team immediately took a detour to the convenience store with the number “8” and successfully obtained that card at 5 a.m.
At the same time, Liu Fei took advantage of when the Red Team were not on their guard after they saw the playing card. He promptly tore off the “eye” on his forehead and appeared in front of Ji Dong’s group in the form of a feral cat, snatching the number “3” card.
With this, the plan was perfectly accomplished.
Yin Jun and his group had successfully grasped their opponent’s weakness. They were confident and ready to eliminate Fan Hemian, Fan Luming, and the new teammates they grouped themselves with. They wanted to make sure that these people all perished in front of them.
The rabbit-faced man on the screen didn’t interrupt Yin Jun’s relentless provocation.
On the contrary, he seemed quite delighted to witness the conflicts among the participants. He even adopted a pose with his hands supporting his chin, listening with great interest.
It wasn’t until Yin Jun urged him to start the process of handing over the playing cards that the rabbit man resumed playing the music and delivered his lines:
[Since both participating teams are so eager, please hand over your playing cards!]
On the first day, the Red Team obtained an “A” card, while the Blue Team failed to get the “9.”
On the second day, the Red Team unlocked two locations, “J” and “7.” Yin Jun and the others suspected that they might have only obtained the “J” card.
Meanwhile, the Blue Team acquired a “10” on the second day and used their access card to prevent the “2” from being secured.
According to the calculations of the bald accountant from the Blue Team, by the end of the second day, which was last night when the game started, there were a total of seven locations remaining on the mysterious map: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, Q, and K.
The card combination that Ji Dong wanted to complete was clearly “11+10+3”.
Now that they have taken the “3” card, if they didn’t want to be eliminated for exceeding 24 points and “busting,” they could only use the “A” as “1,” which meant “1+10=11”.
In that case, if the Red Team wanted to earn 24 points, they were still short of 13 points. Looking at the remaining cards on the map, their only option was the combination of “5+8.”
Unfortunately, the “8” card has already been snatched by Yin Jun and the others.
According to the game rules, if there were no remaining playing cards on the map that could allow a team to reach a total of 24 points, it meant that the team had failed the game, and the other team would be considered the winner.
——Now the Red Team has been pushed into a desperate situation!
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Ji Dong gently shook the shiny golden playing card in his hand, tilted his head, and innocently said:
“How can you be certain we only got one card last night?”
Yin Jun’s forehead was then covered in a cold sweat as it slowly trickled down.
——He has another card!
——The card in his hand can only be a “7!”
Yeah, there’s no concrete evidence to prove that the Red Team only got one playing card on the second day!
Yin Jun and the others just used their abilities as a benchmark and thought it was already challenging to get one playing card in one night. They believed that their enemies wouldn’t have the ability to get two cards in six hours.
But now, that curly-haired little devil undoubtedly possessed another card!
It could only be the “7” obtained on the second night!
——Tsk, we were too careless!
Yin Jun ground his molars together, making a creaking sound.
Even if the Red Team lost the “3”, if they treated the “A” as a “1”, they could hand over the “7” today, and then “1+10+7=18”, but they still needed a “6”…
Yin Jun thought about this and angrily punched his thigh.
The Blue Team handed over a “10” yesterday and an “8” today—they wanted to make a total of 24 points, and what Yin Jun and the others were missing happened to be a “6”!
Now both teams were back to the same starting point, and they had already used up the “Box of the Interdimensional Observer”…
Yin Jun clenched his fist, his fingernails digging deep into his palm.
He was confident of their absolute victory, thinking they could eliminate the five members of the Red Team tonight. However, Yin Jun never expected that their adversaries would still have a hidden card, causing their plans to fall apart!
Yin Jun felt both angry and frustrated, wishing he could smash the glass partition right now and tear the opposing team into pieces.
——But it’s okay!
He reassured himself in his mind.
——Isn’t it just a competition tonight to see who can grab the “6” first?
——With our fighting power, how could we possibly lose to those few brats, a muscular man, and a sissy on the other side!
With that in mind, Yin Jun’s palm formed a vicious ball of flame; with a malicious and murderous gaze, he stared intently at Ji Xiao’niao, who was holding the playing card.
——Why wait? Let’s just kill them outside the villa!
Facing Yin Jun’s glare, Ji Dong simply flipped the playing card in his hand and revealed the number on it to Yin Jun.
What was on the card was not a “7,” but an astonishing “6!”
The Blue Team was initially completely stunned, and then they erupted into incredulous screams:
“No way!”
Yin Jun rushed forward in a single leap, using his flaming fist to smash the thin glass while shouting:
“How could it be a ‘6’?! How could you have gotten a ‘6’?! It’s impossible, you didn’t have enough time! It’s impossible!”
Even Liu Fei, who possessed the power of the druids, was going crazy.
He attached his consciousness to Fan Hemian’s hairpin, using his own eyes and ears to follow the Red Team throughout the night, from when they left the villa until he snatched the number “3” playing card himself. The Red Team stayed in the museum the whole time and didn’t have a chance to grab that “6!”
And by the time Liu Fei, who transformed into a fierce cat, grabbed the “3” and escaped the museum, it was already 5 a.m.
Even if the museum and “6” were separated by a bridge, the round trip alone would take about 40 minutes by car. The participants must return to the villa before 6 o’clock, leaving only 20 minutes, not enough time for them to obtain the card at the other mysterious location!
…Wait!
Liu Fei’s eyes abruptly widened, and his pupils contracted intensely.
That’s right! He now knew where the problem lay!
Despite all of the members of the Red Team entering the museum together, they soon split into two groups. The curly-haired kid and the long-haired guy went to the East Wing, while Lui Fei “followed” the muscular guy and the Fan siblings to the West Wing…
Could it be…
Liu Fei’s body started trembling, and his fingers nervously twitched.
He realized that he had fallen into a trap!
From the very beginning, his tracking, his surveillance, and even the final moment of snatching the playing card were all likely within the opponent’s expectations!
“I don’t know if you guys have noticed a rule,” Ji Dong remarked.
As Ji Dong spoke, he walked towards the enormous rabbit doll’s “hand” that was wedged into their compartment inserting the playing card “6” into the card slot.
“After using the ‘Access Card’ to open a certain supernatural location, once all the participants who previously entered leave the range of its ‘authorization,’ the location will automatically close.”
He turned and smiled at Yin Jun and the rest of his team:
“But as long as someone stays within the scope of its ‘authorization,’ others can enter at any time, we experienced this on the first night.”
After solving “Tzu Chi Hospital,” Ji Dong tested this point out of curiosity, pulling Mo Tiangen along when they left the abandoned hospital.
At that time, he didn’t expect that this small rule would become a crucial piece of their plans.
The [Dimensional Observer’s Box] was obtained by the Fan siblings; although it was later taken by Yin Jun and his group, the siblings knew how to use it.
So, in response to this special collectible, Ji Dong and his group devised a trap using a strategy.
From the moment they left the villa on the third day, the five of them have been acting.
Yin Jun and the others have a strong hatred towards the “traitors,” so Ji Dong and the others speculated that if they were to choose a target for surveillance, it would most likely be between the Fan siblings, particularly Fan Hemian.
To avoid any accidents, they specifically wore outfits without any “decorations” like buttons or badges. Only Fan Hemian wore a hair clip that could serve as an “observation window,” and Ren Jianmo even used the [Pedigree Identification Machine] to add a lucky BUFF to her that made her wishes come true.
Under this triple insurance, Liu Fei precisely chose to “attach” to the sister’s hair clip.
Then, according to Yin Jun’s plan, everyone went to the museum together. Afterward, using the excuse of searching the East and West wings separately, they split into two teams.
While Teacher Dagen and the siblings diligently searched the West wing, Ji Xiao’niao and Ren Jianmo, who were supposed to be in the East wing, had already left the museum and rushed to the supernatural location where the playing card “6” was located, just across the bridge. And within two hours, they obtained the playing card.
To avoid arousing suspicion from Liu Fei, Ji Dong not only maintained communication with Mo Tiangen but also used the collectible [Onmyoji’s Shikigami (Beginner Level)] obtained from Zhao Zhui in the previous [Film] to create actions like turning on the lights in the East wing, making it seem like they had never left.
At the same time, Mo Tiangen and the others pretended to still be unable to find any clues until Ji Dong sent the “success” signal through the little shikigamis. Only then did they finally “discover” the footprints on the ground and trace them to the orange cat parasitized by vines in the restroom.
Of course, in the end, letting Liu Fei transform into a ruthless cat and snatch the playing card “3” was also planned by Ji Dong and the others in advance.
At the crucial moment of determining who would be triumphant and defeated, if the enemy felt that they had no chance of winning, they would inevitably act like a trapped beast, breaking through the net.
On the other hand, if the Blue team felt that everything was under their control, they would lower their guards and allow them to smoothly collect the desired playing card without any mishaps.
The reason Ji Dong and the others set up such a convoluted plan was not because they were afraid of Yin Jun’s group; it was simply to minimize the possibility of casualties on their side.
Sure enough, after Ji Dong handed over the playing card, the man with the rabbit mask suddenly burst into a series of excited laughter.
[Congratulations, Red team!!]
On the screen, the rabbit mask on the man’s face, which was already extremely distorted, suddenly disappeared and turned into a bright red background.
Amidst the flashy and flamboyant light effects, the three playing cards were flipped open one by one, revealing the true faces of the cards that Ji Dong had handed over in these three days.
On the first day, the playing card was an “A”.
On the second day, the playing card was a “7”.
On the third day, the playing card was a “6”.
Perfect 24 points.
“You’ve won!!”
“Ahhhhhhhh!”
Yin Jun and the rest of his team burst out into hysterical screams.
They felt anger, fear, unwillingness, and an intense sense of hatred as they finally realized that they had fallen into a trap.
The five of them simultaneously unleashed their abilities and engaged in a frenzied attack within the confined glass enclosure.
They tried to break free from the room’s restraints, wanting to kill their opponents or escape from there.
However, despite appearing very fragile, the walls remained completely unaffected by the blistering flames, immense forces, and other abilities. Not even the slightest crack appeared as if its material was not glass at all, but the strongest diamond in the world.
The close-up of the man with the rabbit mask appeared on the screen once again.
His electronically processed voice no longer carried any hint of laughter, but instead spoke in a frigid and indifferent tone:
[Now, execute the losers.]
As soon as the words were spoken, the floor of the compartment where the Blue team was standing suddenly opened without any warning. Yin Jun and the others let out heart-wrenching screams as they all fell.
From Ji Dong and his teammates’ perspective, they couldn’t see how deep the hole was.
The five of them could only hear the screams growing fainter and smaller until they completely disappeared.
After about 30 seconds, the floor of the opposite compartment finally closed again.
[Now, let’s congratulate the winners!]
The voice of the man with the rabbit mask once again took on that false and deliberate excitement, while the background sound carried the cheers, roars, and wild applause of the “audience” that may or may not exist.
At the same time, the giant rabbit doll moved.
It retracted its hand that had reached into the red group’s compartment, flipped its bayonet, turned into a curled fist, and then reconnected into the glass compartment.
Ji Dong, who was standing at the front, reflexively took a step back and lightly bumped into Ren Jianmo.
“Don’t be afraid.”
Ren Jianmo reached out and held Ji Dong’s arm, giving it a reassuring squeeze. “It’s okay.”
[Now, let’s give the prize to these five winners!]
The rabbit-faced man on the screen stood up, raised his hands high, and waved his fists, sounding very excited.
The rabbit doll’s fist opened, revealing a small transparent box in its palm.
[Come on, take your prize!]
Upon hearing the rabbit-masked man’s exclamation:
[This is what you deserve!]
Ji Xiao’niao turned around and looked at his four companions.
Everyone nodded at him.
So Ji Dong stepped forward and took the small box from the palm of the rabbit doll.
In the next moment—between the seemingly endless cheers and applause—his vision gradually blurred and he fell into the darkness.
Before losing consciousness, Ji Xiao’niao knew that this [Film] had come to an end.
