You Wusi’s expression remained unchanged as he pushed Jiang Shishi inside.
It was only when they entered that they noticed the room looked like it had been robbed. The signs of searching were super obvious. Even the rows of bookcases on the walls had been rummaged through, not to mention several shelves in the museum filled with valuables that had obviously been tampered with.
Besides, there were signs of intense fighting in the room, with numerous mud marks suggesting that a heavy object was dragged across the floor.
This weird mud stain covered most of the room, even covering the big teddy bear. It reached all the way to the balcony with broken glass from floor to ceiling.
Everyone followed Zhou Qingxing into the room.
The strong wind blew the wooden door of the study room shut, and a clear locking sound followed. At the same time, dark red barrages, familiar to players, came from all directions.
[Congratulations to the ten players for successfully entering the Nine Days and Nine Nights.]
[Players are tasked with finding the real culprit responsible for this tragedy.]
[After night falls, please make sure to go to the living room on time to identify the murderer. Players who survive until the ninth night will clear the level.]
[The current time is Day Two.]
[Endless wishes all dungeon participants a happy game!]
Suddenly, big white letters appeared, along with mechanical sounds, echoing in everyone’s ears.
Along with it, there were countless mean comments from the audience.
“It’s already the second day and nobody’s dead yet!”
[Ah… ten people. I always thought there were only nine in this dungeon. Usually, there aren’t even nine people who can stay here for long.]
[Is this black pearl really so dull?]
[Where is blood, why the hell is no one dying!!!!]
[It’s because most of them are new players, and the start has been smooth. They haven’t seen death yet, so maybe they’re lucky enough to think that everyone can survive.]
[Sometimes it’s not a problem if the new players are too skilled. These days, it’s rare for players to enter a dungeon and commit suicide right away without leaving a whole corpse behind. What’s going on? Have the standards for selecting players gotten better?]
[Are you serious??? Can mentally challenged people be considered good players???]
[It seems like all the idiots have been picked, so now even the mentally challenged and disabled have to become players.]
[The policeman doesn’t seriously believe that his identity tag privileges can keep everyone safe, does he?]
[Let’s face it, Black Pearl isn’t just about a teddy bear killing people…]
[Could it be possible that if a suspect is killed during the day, the murderer will automatically be identified at night?]
[Do you think these newbies have the guts to do something like this?]
[Maybe someone will be tempted. There are endless opportunities here. After all, it’s Endless we are talking about!!!!]
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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After saying that, she noticed everyone turning their attention to her. She silently raised her voice a little and continued, “It’s a game like the escape room, usually to find the murderer. Typically, multiple people are involved in the death of the victim, and there must be an accomplice…”
Then, she recalled the ‘plot’ that had appeared in her mind yesterday.
She mentally added two sentences straight away.
This is definitely a scripted kill, the kind that’s fatally scripted.
“In other words, are we all implicated in the murder?”
Jiang Zuo had heard of escape rooms involving scripted murders, but due to his busy work schedule, he never had the opportunity to try other things except for complete medical records. As a result, he never delved into the details of such escape rooms. Unexpectedly, upon entering this place called Endless, he found himself playing games. And he seemed to be good at it.
Zhou Qingxing said seriously, “Please be more cautious and add the word ‘maybe’.”
They’re just innocent players taking part in the game. Even the suspect Chen Rong, whom he caught, won’t be the murderer in this scenario.
Lin Qiyue’s gaze shifted back to the large teddy bear, and she sighed, “It can’t be… that simple.”
Perhaps because the victim was a teddy bear, and the blood stains were replaced with exaggerated paint. There wasn’t much emotion, just simple confusion.
However, things are not as simple as they seem.
What exactly is Endless?
Will they really make it out alive?
Can they go back home after surviving?
Or will they be trapped forever?
“Don’t you two have anything to say?” Zhou Qingxing calmly asked the newcomer mentors, who had been silent for a long time.
Hearing this, Lin Haoguang took out a cigarette case from his pocket, retrieved a slender cigarette, toyed with it in his hand, and sneered, “Mr. Police, you don’t seriously think this is just a scripted killing game, do you? Fate decides our game. Let’s see who among them will truthfully tell you what happened. In fact, with such an identity card maybe tonight, the one identified as the culprit will be you, the most innocent policeman.”
Countless red messages echoed, agreeing with Lin Haoguang’s words, ruthlessly laughing at Zhou Qingxing’s naivety.
[Unless a contract is signed in Endless, there can’t be a real collaborator.]
[Mr. Police, there’s only competition here, no cooperation.]
[Family members turn against each other, and lovers become enemies. This is the dramatic show that unfolds every day in the endless dungeon.]
[It’s highly likely that you’ll be the one to die tonight!]
[Today, we’ll witness bloodshed, hehe! This time, it’ll be Mr. Naive Officer’s turn.]
Zhou Qingxing ignored the barrage of messages insisting on showing his presence in front of him, and he didn’t look at the players around him who avoided his sight. He walked straight to the big teddy bear, half-crouched, and began to check the teddy bear’s wounds.
“There’s nothing to hide. Officer, I’m willing to tell you what happened last night!”
You Wusi pushed Jiang Shishi towards Zhou Qingxing’s side.
He raised his hand to push aside the messages that were about to hit his wife’s face, put on a serious expression and said:”Last night, the doctor with this identity card was supposed to find Miss An An. When he found she wasn’t in her room, he got worried that the young lady, who wasn’t in a good state of mind, might do something foolish. So, he quickly started looking for her…”
“If something is labeled complicated, it’s not necessarily complex, and if it’s called simple, it doesn’t mean it’s easy.
When the doctor reached the second floor, he heard some noise in the study. He went over and found “Mr.Wang” arguing with his cousin. Suddenly, Mr. Wang brought up the deceased Mrs. Yun. After a while, his cousin hurriedly left the study.
For some unknown reason, he hid in a blind spot and didn’t let Mr. Wang’s cousin find out.
As the Doctor was about to leave, he heard the sound of a wheelchair rolling inside. When he looked towards the study, he saw Mr. Wang on the ground, blood clearly flowing from the back of his head.
Miss An An, who was in a wheelchair, came in from the balcony holding a ball wrapped around a string, with a gloomy expression on her face.
Upon seeing this scene, he ignored Mr. Wang on the ground, stepped forward, and pushed up the wheelchair. Before leaving, he didn’t forget to take away the half-drunk cup of coffee on the table.
“I don’t know the plot at all, but there are a lot of hypnotic drugs in Miss An An’s room. I suspect she hypnotized her father.”
You Wusi recounted all the plots that had unfolded.
He also explained that the character of the doctor was in Miss An An’s room in the middle of the night, listening to her beautiful singing accompanied by the thunder in the villa while sleeping closely with the lady.
[No way, right? Nobody really believes what the player is saying, do they?]
[This guy doesn’t seem trustworthy. He looks like a coward. He might be thinking of using his wife as a shield against the knife.]
[Are you innocent just because you claim to be?]
[A lie is always part true and part false.]
[Maybe he will need a touch-up in the middle of his sleep!]
As expected the negative comments from the live audience will come eventually.
Zhou Qingxing didn’t even look up, he ignored the comments and checked the back of the teddy bear’s head. Indeed, there was a hole stained with red paint, and some cotton wadding was sticking out.
Not only that…
There was an obvious gunshot wound on the side of the head.
Even though it was a cotton toy, he still recognized the gunshot wound due to his experience.
In addition, Zhou Qingxing also discovered that there were five huge fingerprints imprinted on the paint on the palm of the big teddy bear. The mud marks on the body seemed to come from reptiles and were at least as thick as an adult’s thigh.
Taking away the jet-black pearl, there was a large hole in the teddy bear’s heart. Not even cotton wool could fill it, and his heart was obviously gone.
It appears that there are many people who wanted Mr. Wang to die.
He followed the mud prints to the balcony, examining the grass below that was still messy from the heavy rain. Then, he turned and walked back into the house.
At that moment, Zhou Qingxing caught a glimpse of a red pigment out of the corner of his eye.
He hurriedly went to the table and opened the drawer with red marks. Inside, he found a bronze gemstone dagger covered in red paint, lying inside.
The tip of the dagger was sharp, and the handle was clearly marked with huge fingerprints.
There didn’t seem to be any other possible source for the fingerprints except the teddy bear lying on the ground in the distance.
Even so, Zhou Qingxing still carefully picked up the dagger, walked to the teddy bear, and started comparing the fingerprints. After checking again and again, he was certain they were consistent.
“Mr. Officer, don’t you think the expression on the big teddy bear looks unusually peaceful? Since we entered this dungeon, its smile has never been this innocent.” You Wusi held his wife’s hand which tried to pop the bubbles. He opened the reading machine on Jiang Shishi’s leg.
Soon, a gentle female voice echoed in the study.
He turned down the volume slightly and said with a smile, “That was Mrs. Yun’s voice. She always enjoyed this story.”
“The story of the Little Mermaid itself is a tragedy,” Lin Qiyue added.
Seeing that no one paid attention to her, and the police officer was still busy searching for evidence, she felt a little guilty. She trusted and appreciated him, but for some reason, she really couldn’t bring herself to tell her story.
Just after the mechanical copy sound ended, a mechanical prompt sound that only she could hear sounded in her ears.
Thinking of this, Lin Qiyue silently sighed in her heart.
She suggested, “Why don’t we go outside and take a look? Maybe we’ll find some clues there.”
“I advise you not to open this door now,” Lin Haoguang said coldly. He was half-leaning on the bookcase, playing with his fingertips. The cigarette in his hand emitted a faint glow, and he continued, “Everything outside has changed.”
They can seek death on their own, but it’s best not to involve him.
“What do you mean by this?” Wan Weimao, who was already irritable, felt a little overwhelmed. After accepting the plot, he was already in a daze. When he heard this, he became angry and said loudly, “Can’t you tell me what is happening?”
Lin Haoguang didn’t bother to explain. He glanced at the newcomer who was yelling at him, pointed at the door, and said, “You’ll know once you open it. Why not try it?”
[Hurry up and try it!]
[Maybe it’s just to scare you. There’s nothing outside.]
[Open up! Don’t fight over trivial things. Just take a deep breath and do it now!!!.]
[Look at how much he looks down on you. Can you still be a man if you can bear this?]
[Open the door now.]
Wan Weimao, lost in a trance, couldn’t contain his anger as his chaotic mind replayed the scenes from last night, feeling overwhelmed.
Unconsciously, his hand found its way to the doorknob, where he sensed a cold chill creeping up his back along his palm, while cold sweat dripped down from his head, and his heart raced so fast it felt like it might burst out of his chest.
Author wants to say something:
You Wusi: Every word I said was true, but they don’t seem to believe it. Why?
Absolutely innocent
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