Chapter 240 Nightmare (1) Enter

Chapter 240 Nightmare (1) - Enter

After explaining the coffin issue, Yu Xing accepted Xu Shu's 2,000 points with confidence.

Although the reward points would be halved at the final settlement, even 1,000 points was still a very eye-catching number.

This was more than he had earned when he first completed a deduction.

Soon, the long table time came to an end, and the barrage made reluctant sounds. In fact, they could still watch and speak in the next stage, but they would not get any feedback from the participants.

[The long table time has ended. Please go to the door of the conference room and open the door one by one to enter the second stage of deduction.]

After the 20-minute rest time, Yu Xing and the other two filled their stomachs with various snacks provided by the system in the conference room, earning a lot of free points. After saying goodbye to the barrage, they followed the prompts and walked towards the door of the conference room with satisfaction.

The door of the conference room was a very ordinary metal door, and it didn't feel very hard. As soon as Yu Xing walked to the door, he heard the system start making arrangements.

[Please ask the fortune teller to open the door]

Zhao Ruru cleared her throat, pretended to be calm, and stretched out her slender hand to hold the door handle.

From Yu Xing's perspective, she opened the door easily. Outside the door was a white mist, and nothing could be seen clearly.

When Zhao Ruru stepped into the mist, the metal door seemed to have consciousness, closed itself back, and gently closed.

[Please ask Xing to open the door]

The second one was Yu Xing. Yu Xing turned back and smiled at Zhao Yijiu who was waiting behind her: "Since we are entering in turn, I am afraid we will be separated again. No matter what the situation is, try to reunite first."

Zhao Yijiu nodded slightly: "I know."

"Then I'll go first." Yu Xing turned around with confidence and pushed open the half-closed door.

A gust of warm wind suddenly blew in her face.

This time, unlike when she was watching Zhao Ruru, there was no white mist. The noisy sound rushed into the eardrum, and the eyes were bright, just like stepping into the world of Truman from a closed virtual space.

People in simple clothes sat in small squares. Desks, computers, and various piles of documents came into view one by one. The sound of keyboards kept ringing. The incandescent lamps on the ceiling were bright and dazzling, reflecting on the smooth tiles.

This is a large office with good lighting, which is easy to identify.

A woman in a hip skirt was bending over to get water in front of the water dispenser by the wall. A scolding voice came from a separate office in the distance...

Yu Xing was stunned for a rare moment, because this modern scene was too contrasting with the previous one. The things he saw were too normal, like a real world without absurdity.

He even wondered if there was a bug that made him jump to another live broadcast.

The next moment, a thrust suddenly came from behind him. He staggered and stabilized his body, blending in with everything he saw.

He lost the touch of the down jacket, but the warm air from the air conditioner kept blowing over him, and he was not cold at all.

Yu Xing looked down and found that he was wearing a well-designed white shirt, dark blue jeans and black sneakers underneath.

A pair of in-ear wired headphones hung around his neck. The two earphone tips were not plugged into his ears, but just loosely draped over his shoulders. The end of the wire extended to the left back pocket of his jeans, and a part of the phone was exposed, connected to the headphones.

He turned around, and as expected, there was a white wall behind him with a safety notice on it. He was like an office worker who had just read the notice and was about to leave after running to pay attention to safety on a whim.

And his presence was not low. People passing by would glance at him, wondering if they were wondering why he was standing by the wall.

He took the opportunity to look at these people. Basically, there were people in their twenties to forties. Most of them were men, and most of them wore glasses. What was heartbreaking was that... they generally had some signs of baldness.

Hiss...

At this moment, Yu Xing felt that this place was more real.

"Is the span so big..." He muttered secretly in his heart, his eyes sparkling with excitement caused by surprise.

He thought that after the "funeral", the next thing should be "marriage", after all, that's what the prompts said, there's no reason for it to go wrong.

But it turns out that the second stage of the deduction is indeed unfolding in the "modern" background. Yu Xing was very happy when he thought that the plot was not proceeding step by step.

This is interesting.

He didn't want to make himself look too strange, and walked a few steps towards the water dispenser against the backdrop of the surrounding environment-

In his mind, the prompt of the deduction system came at the right time.

[This stage is a role-playing mode]

[You will play an original artist, and the specific identity content has been transferred to the personality mask]

[Main task: Protect Zhou Xue to survive for three days]

[The time flow rate in this stage has changed, and the flow rate between the absurd world and the real world has changed from 1:1 to 12:1]

[There is a way to complete the main task in advance]

[There are side tasks in this stage, please explore them yourself]

[There are small gifts left by special guests in this stage]

[Role playing is mandatory in this stage. If the NPC finds abnormalities, the "world will" will take measures to eliminate them, and the system will not protect them]

[This stage adds a black box setting. Each player has the right to a "black box time" once. After it is turned on, the conversation between the player and people within a radius of two meters will be muted by the system and cannot be captured by the live broadcast room. The duration is three minutes. ]

A series of prompts made Yu Xing feel apprehensive, but he didn't show any surprise on his face, and didn't even pause.

Little did he know that after this prompt was made public on the screen of the live broadcast room, the audience following him were already going crazy.

[What's going on? Temporarily change the flow of time? ]

[This is the first time this has happened. Is there any emergency?]

[Everyone, something might have happened. I'm so excited.]

[It's over. I don't dare to go out to watch other live broadcast rooms. How much plot will I miss if I go out?]

[Maybe it's just a normal adjustment... After all, the three days of one-to-one will make some people who only have one day to watch the live broadcast miss the second half of the live broadcast.]

[But this has never happened before. It was stipulated before the live broadcast started.]

[No matter, it doesn't affect us anyway. You guys pay attention to the black box time.]

[Oh, the number of times the black box time is opened in the program Death Parallel is very few, right?]

[Black box time] is also called [absolute confidentiality time], which is a common concept in major live broadcast programs.

Once the program opens the privilege of black box time, the participants will have a period of time to get rid of the audience's blind spot and discuss many things that are inconvenient to be known.

[It's just a black box, it's not like it hasn't been opened before, why don't you take a look at it! Special guest! ]

[What is this! ? ]

[Mom, I don't understand this second stage task]

[Who will be the special guest? There was no news before]

[Those who are qualified to be special guests are all above the Despair level, so interesting]

[I always feel... something happened in private]

[The change in the flow of time, if it is not determined long ago, can only mean that the content of the entire second stage task has changed]

[Will the content adjustment be related to the special guest? ]

[The Despair level boss... I don't know if it is well-intentioned or malicious? ]

[In fact, it doesn't matter how we guess, the ones who will suffer will be Xing, they have to face unknown factors that did not exist before]

This barrage hits the point.

Not only Yu Xing's group, but other groups will also have to face additional unknowns when they enter the second stage.

Yu Xing has already thought of all the key points discussed by the audience. He raised his eyebrows, wondering if it was some kind of potential persecution delusion. When he saw the words "special guest", combined with the open black box time, he had a hunch.

This special guest who left a gift might be someone he knew.

And the black box is nothing more than a convenience for the other party to say something to him that others cannot hear.

...Will it be Lingren?

Or one of Lingren's subordinates?

If it is someone who can convey useful information to him during the black box time, then the visitor must know part of his situation and is someone who has a deep relationship with Lingren.

Is he coming to warn him, or is he just trying to get rid of him before he grows to the point of being uncontrollable?

Although he will not die, if the other party kills him in a way that makes him look like he has absolutely no chance of survival, then in the eyes of so many live broadcast room viewers, he is a dead man and cannot appear again.

Once he reappears, he will be studied by all forces. The ability of unlimited resurrection is enough to make the originally friendly forces completely expose their hideous side.

This is simply the best way to limit his growth rate.

Yu Xing's premonition is usually not wrong, especially when it comes to Lingren.

Thinking of these unfavorable possibilities for him, he lowered his head slightly, and his black bangs blocked the expression between his eyebrows.

However, the corners of his mouth could not help but slowly raised an arc.

Is it finally here...

Really...

Great.

He never thought that he would be the loser in the duel with Lingren.

Come on, although this timing is unexpected, but come on.

After so long, he can finally catch Lingren's tail, which is definitely something that makes him happier than the fun of deduction.

Suppressing the arc of the corners of his mouth, Yu Xing continued his deduction with a happy mood.

The identity information is already in the personality mask, he immersed his consciousness and had an understanding of the background of this stage.

First of all, the setting here is indeed "modern", but it is obviously on two different development lines from the real world. There are no games in this world in the real world.

The reason why the game is used as an example is that the role played by Yu Xing is a member of the art team of this game company called "Fengdu".

His name here is "Fang Xing", which is a bit coincidental. In the last rookie competition, he used the name Fang Xiaoyu, also surnamed Fang.

He is responsible for the original painting production of a horror game called "Nightmare". The art team of the entire project is under his control. In other words, he is the main artist of this game.

Fang Xing needs to draw the portraits and posters of several protagonists and several major ghosts in Nightmare. As for those that are not very important, according to convention, they have been outsourced to other companies.

And Zhou Xue——is the game world view architect of this game project, and is also the main plot.

That's all the general background. In the identity information, more ink is placed on the restrictions of Fang Xing's role.

Twenty-five years old, graduated from a prestigious university, top business level in the industry, but has a bad temper and is difficult to get along with. He dares to offend anyone, relying on his genius-like superior ability, and doesn't even listen to the words of the department manager.

Fang Xing works very seriously, but once he is free, he always seems to be immersed in his own world, and no one else can understand what he is thinking.

He is best at and likes to draw horror-related pictures. Therefore, since joining the company, the projects he is responsible for are basically horror games.

Yu Xing blinked and felt that this role arrangement was very coincidental and very demanding.

The system has said that this role-playing is mandatory, and it must fit the role completely and cannot be seen by NPCs.

Fang Xing's personality is very unique. It is not a deducer who can pass the test by just mixing in casually. His ability and status mean that he is not a person who can hide in this company.

Not to mention the rigid requirement of high original painting level.

But as for the skill of painting, Fang Xing unexpectedly fits Yu Xing's own ability, so Yu Xing suspects that when the deducers of each group enter the second stage, they play different roles suitable for themselves.

Otherwise, if someone else is randomly replaced to play the original main artist identity of "Fang Xing", I am afraid that he will be seen by others in the company because of his substandard skills.

He has digested all the identity information in a short time, and also learned his work station from it. He put one side of the earphone on his right ear, pressed play casually, and a ethereal and gloomy child's voice came out.

Good guy, is the music appreciation style so consistent with the painting style? ?

Yu Xing has no interest in appreciating this kind of music. He took out his mobile phone from his butt pocket, first changed a pure music in the music software that has been opened in the background of the mobile phone, and then walked to his work station with the mobile phone.

"Hello, Brother Fang!"

Sitting in the next seat is a girl who looks like she has just graduated. The girl is wearing a plaid shirt and a work badge on her chest.

Yu Xing glanced at her with a cold look.

The girl's name is Guan Xin.

He said "hmm", sat down at his seat, and put on the other earphone.

Hmm... the rule of not listening to music during work hours is bullshit to him.

Guan Xin was used to the personality of the boss Fang Xing, so she didn't say anything and turned around to perfect her drawings.

In her peripheral vision, she saw Fang Xing take out a stack of white paper from the drawer.

She preferred to complete her work on the digital tablet, but Fang Xing preferred to draw by hand, and then scan and upload it after drawing. No one in the company could compare with him in terms of hand-drawing.

It's quite admirable.

Yu Xing was not unaware of Guan Xin's attention. He calmly checked some of the drafts of the character's previous designs, and took the opportunity to check the information in his mobile phone with one hand free.

There were not many softwares, all of which were necessary. In addition, there were various drawing softwares on mobile phones.

There were only a dozen people in the address book, with clear notes, but the most recent call record was two months ago.

It can be seen that Fang Xing does not often use other contact channels except for social software such as WeChat and QQ.

"Brother Fang, Sister Zhou asked me to tell you that... she has a new idea about the setting of the ghost bride in Chapter 3. If it's convenient for you... she wants to talk to you about the design of the ghost bride at noon."

Suddenly, Yu Xing just sat down, and before the chair was warmed up, a nervous voice came into his eardrums.

Sister Zhou? Is it Zhou Xue?

In the supernatural space built by the ghost groom, Zhou Xue is a manifestation of Liu Xue.

And now, "Zhou Xue" really exists and has become a victim of the second stage of the task - she may die at any time.

Thank you all for your rewards!! The monthly ticket is very powerful. I have already rushed to the fifth place, and I hope to hold on to this position for a while (˙o˙) Don't be exploded too quickly~ Then... Chunmian has become the second leader, which is good to hear. I owe another 10,000 words for extra chapters...