(This chapter is the real 397. The title of the previous chapter is wrong and cannot be modified, but the content is fine, so please feel free to read it)

Threatened by No. 8's voice, the killer could only stop killing and quickly enter his room.

Sure enough, the shrill scream didn't sound again, and then the call came immediately, and the living room was bright as day again.

Before Meng Fei opened the door, he heard the sound of the door opening. Then there was a series of heavy footsteps.

No. 8's bass-like voice came out again.

"Don't be afraid, everyone, the lights in the living room are already on. I just walked out of my room. Did you all hear the footsteps?

"I deliberately made the sound of footsteps to show you that I was not the murderer who stayed in the living room, but walked out of the room."

"Humph, this doesn't necessarily prove that you are not a killer, right? Why do you dare to run into the living room alone?"

Another girl's voice, different from that of No. 4, sounded in one room. It was No. 3.

"Because I know the time pattern of turning on and off the lights in the living room. I know that the lights will definitely be on now.

"If the killer comes to kill me, he will be finished if I shout out his number. So the killer will never take the risk of coming to the living room to attack me now."

No. 8 answered calmly.

But girl No. 3 continued to be emotionally unstable and asked in a trembling voice:

"You are not a killer, how do you know the rules of turning on and off the lights? I have never seen this in the system information!"

"The island where light and darkness intersect is fixed. Please pay attention to the two words fixed.

"I used to think that this was just a normal phenomenon of the continuous cycle of night and day. But it's not.

"After the accident where the lights were just turned off, I thought light and dark meant the lights on and off in the living room.

"Fixed interleaving means that their time periods are fixed."

"There is an alarm clock in every room, including in the living room. It is definitely not a decoration. This shows that time is very important, so I always pay attention to the time.

"Our game starts at 7:45, and the lights in the living room go out at 8:00 sharp. The lights come back on 15 seconds later.

"That is to say, every 15 minutes, the lights in the living room will be turned off for 15 seconds.

"So from now until 8:15, the lights in the living room will be on. We should take advantage of this time to find the killer.

"If everyone hides in the room and waits until the lights in the living room are turned off again at 8:15, the killer can enter your room while it is dark and kill you one by one."

"If the killer enters the room to kill, wouldn't he expose himself? Even if the guest can't be beaten, he still has time to call out his number, right?"

Another person in the room who didn't know what the number was asked.

"You are right. But he should have successfully killed someone just now, right?

"The opening remarks say that the killer can see through the darkness. So once it enters the dark time, none of us in the living room can be his opponent.

"The door can't stop him. We can't enter other people's rooms and can't rescue them, but he can go in.

"A killer with one face is bound to die. So as long as he can kill three people within 15 seconds, he will win!"

"In 15 seconds, run through three rooms and kill three people. It seems like time is a bit tight."

Meng Fei went through this scenario in his mind. It wouldn't be a big problem if he just ran through three rooms. The main thing is how fast the killer kills people.

Now he doesn't know the killer's method of killing, so it's hard to tell.

"What if he is willing to take a gamble?" No. 8 asked.

Everyone was silent.

The killer only needs to kill four people to win. Within 15 seconds of turning off the lights for the first time, he may really intend to kill four people in a row.

But everyone ran into the room at Meng Fei's reminder, and No. 8's timely threat interrupted his plan.

If he wanted to enter every room and kill people, he would not have enough time. So he could only give up the plan and wait for the next lights out.

But next time, he does have a chance to try to hit the "three consecutive kills" record.

The living room is invincible, and the guests cannot rescue without the keys to other people's rooms, so the fact is that no one will rescue them at all.

"Everyone clearly heard the screams just now, but I don't see any bodies in the living room now."

No. 8 continued to describe what he saw.

“It’s possible that the setting of the game is that the body will disappear after being killed. It’s also possible that the body was hidden by the killer.

"I suggested that everyone get out of the room slowly. I was in the living room and could see everyone coming out, and then we searched everyone's room.

"If a person is not in his room, or if there is a body in his room, then he is a killer!"

Meng Fei couldn't help but admire No. 8's series of reasoning.

"What No. 8 said makes sense, let's go out."

Meng Fei was the first to open the door and walked out.

At the call of No. 8 and No. 5 Meng Fei, others who were still frightened also came out.

No. 8's tall body stood in the living room like a policeman on guard, his sharp eyes constantly scanning all the doors.

But Meng Fei's heart sank because the door of Room 4 was never opened and no one came out.

There is only one possibility, and that is that there is a high probability that Tang Wenwen's No. 4 player was killed first.

It makes sense for the killer to choose to kill Tang Wenwen first. Tang Wenwen has exposed her experience in playing killing games, and her positive attitude can easily gain the trust of other guest players.

If he were a killer, he would also eliminate such opponents first. In addition, of course there is No. 8. But compared to the taller No. 8, No. 4 is just a girl.

Judging from the hints in the opening remarks, the killer does not use magic to kill, but through some physical means, and the victim can resist. Killing a weak woman is definitely safer than killing a burly man like No. 8

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In this way, the killer achieved a quarter of his goal and also eliminated a powerful enemy, reducing the possibility of mutual trust and unity among the guests.

"Everyone is due except No. 4."

No. 8 looked around, then waved his hand and said: "Time is tight, after all, we only have 15 minutes. Let's search every room as soon as possible."

Although that is said, in fact, every room has an unobstructed view and nothing has changed.

Except for the door of Room No. 4 which could not be opened without the key because No. 4 was missing, all other rooms were searched once.

There was nothing on the countertop, wastebasket, alarm clock, sticky notes, chairs, or anything else. There was no body, and no place where the body might be hidden.

"It seems that No. 4 must have been killed. Either No. 4's body disappeared due to system settings, or it was hidden by the murderer in Room 4."

No. 8 concluded.

Theoretically, if No. 4 is still alive in the room, she will definitely come out. Since she doesn't come out, she can only be in a dead state.

The killer must be among the remaining people.

Meng Fei has not yet considered who the killer is because there are too few clues.

He thinks about what he sees.

Countertop, wastebasket, alarm clock, sticky notes, chair. These items were swirling in his mind. What is the purpose of preparing these items in the game?
Chapter completed!