Chapter 404: The First Death (Please Subscribe to the Big Chapter, Collect It, and Ask for Monthly Votes)

He Ao sat in the private room, watching the countdown behind the door gradually return to zero.

And just when it was about to return to zero, the hour hand quickly turned and pointed in the direction of '4' again.

?

what's the situation?

Is it because you wanted to go out but couldn't?

Yang De and the others took action?

So this car directly avoided the people at the institute?

This car is really bad.

He Ao slowly stood up and walked towards the door, quietly watching the movement of the clock.

At this moment, he vaguely heard slow and light footsteps outside the door.

The footsteps only appeared for a very short time and disappeared quickly.

He Ao frowned slightly.

He reached out and pulled the door handle, but the compartment door in front of him still couldn't be opened.

Can someone's cubicle door be opened? Allowing him to move freely while the train passes through the tunnel?

He Ao remembered what was on the card.

‘The murderer’ is among ‘us’.

Was it a murderer who opened the door?

When passing through the tunnel, it is the time for the murderer to hunt. The compartment door of the 'ordinary person' cannot be opened, but the compartment door of the murderer can.

Perhaps the killer can open not only his own compartment door, but also the compartment doors of other passengers.

In all these dark moments, all the passengers are like lambs locked in a sheepfold, allowing this murderer to choose and kill at will.

He Ao took two steps back and stared at the compartment door quietly.

The murderer should hold some kind of prop with the rule of 'must kill' in his hand, so as to bridge the gap between ordinary people and extraordinary people.

To fight against this prop is equivalent to fighting against the rules in this car, which is to fight against this B-class extraordinary train.

He Ao was just barely sure that he could destroy the compartment and escape, but he was not sure that he could destroy the train and escape.

Moreover, the 'tunnel' outside is probably some kind of mysterious realm that can shorten the distance in space. Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve such a terrifying speed of traveling thousands of kilometers in half an hour.

With the strength of this clone puppet, even if he escaped from the train, he might not be able to survive in the mysterious realm outside the train.

The worst result is that He Ao has to give up this clone puppet and use other back-up methods.

However, risks coexist with benefits. Judging from his experience in holding promotion ceremonies many times, the more dangerous and complex the environment, the better the effect of the ceremony.

This car is currently showing great unusual features, and there may be some kind of hidden existence behind it.

Breaking through in such a situation should be able to maximize the effects of the promotion ceremony.

He Ao really wanted to see what Chaoyi would look like after being promoted to C level through such a level of ceremony.

Click——click——click——

Time passes minute by minute, and the second hand returns to 12 again and again.

There was no more movement outside the door, and there was no movement in the entire corridor.

Finally, the hour hand returned to the origin, and the four additional hours also came to an end.

The murderer didn't kill anyone?

Or did you just not hear the sound?

He Ao reached out and grasped the door handle, turned it, and slowly opened the door.

"ah!!!"

A scream suddenly came from the corridor.

He Ao suddenly opened the door and rushed out.

The first thing that caught his eye was Lin Chi Chi, whose body was tense and trembling. In front of Lin Chi Chi, there lay a man covered in blood.

The man's eyes were wide open and his mouth was slightly open. He was lying at the door of cubicle No. 5, with a huge wound on his back, as if a sharp blade had stabbed his heart from behind.

This is the passenger in compartment five, the man with curly brown hair who was slapped by He Ao.

"ah!"

At this time Jin Ya also came out and was shocked.

"Don't move any of you!"

When the door of cubicle No. 6 opened, Luo Luo was shocked when she saw the corpse in front of her. However, she did not scream, but immediately shouted.

and immediately rushed towards the body.

At this time, the door of cubicle No. 1 also slowly opened, and a pale cheek poked out from behind the door.

The moment this face appeared, the entire train floor began to squirm a little, and the body lying on the floor began to sink.

Like pebbles sinking into water, the body quickly sank into the floor.

Luo Luo, who rushed to the body and was about to inspect it, missed it.

Everyone turned around and looked at the pale cheek sticking out of cubicle No. 1.

It was a man with short red hair, a thin and pointed face, and wearing a pink intersecting shirt.

The man saw everyone looking at him and waved his hands quickly, "Don't look at me. I don't know why his body sank."

With that said, he walked out of the cubicle.

His figure is thin and long, and from a distance, he looks like an upright bamboo pole.

He glanced at everyone and said slowly, in a low and sharp voice, "My name is Ruoti."

His temperament is a bit cold, giving him the impression that no one should enter.

Jin Ya glanced at him and slowly took half a step back.

Luo Luo moved closer to He Ao, stood on tiptoes to bring his head closer to He Ao's, and asked in a low voice,

"What did he mean?"

If Ti just spoke Tiya language, Luo Luo couldn't understand it.

"He said···"

"My name is Ruoti, my lovely little sister."

Just as He Ao spoke, Ruoti quickly interrupted him. The man smiled and introduced himself, "I have worked in China for two years and can speak a little Chinese."

"Did I ask you?" Luo Luo curled his lips, "Don't you know that interrupting others is a very uncultured thing? Hey, Tia Barbarian..."

Ruoti's face froze.

He Ao looked at Luo Luo.

"Why are you looking at me? I'm not protecting you,"

Luo Luo walked towards Lin Chichi and glanced at Ruoti, who looked stiff, "Little sister, little sister, your whole family is a little sister."

This 'little' sister is a bit irritable.

He Ao laughed dumbly.

His eyes swept across the four people present.

The deceased was a passenger in compartment No. 5, and there are four other people left besides He Ao.

The four people behaved differently when they saw the corpse. Lin Chichi was so frightened that she almost cried. Luo Luo was comforting her.

Jinya was also shocked, but she seemed to be adjusting her emotions on her own.

When Luo Luo found the body, he was only shocked, not afraid, and immediately asked everyone not to disturb the scene. He must have been used to similar scenes when he worked in the overseas department of the institute, and his behavior was very official.

And the 'Ruoti' who just came out of the No. 1 compartment seemed to be only slightly surprised, not afraid. He should have come into contact with this kind of 'dead' before, and he had come into contact with a lot.

And judging from Ruoti's interruption, He Ao felt that this Ruoti was either really rude or hostile to him.

If there is hostility, I don’t know where this person’s hostility comes from.

He Ao thought for a while and said,

"Let's go to the restaurant first,"

"Let's find an open spot,"

Another voice sounded almost at the same time as him.

It's just that He Ao spoke in Chinese and the other voice was in Tia.

It's Ruoti.

He Ao looked up and found that Ruoti was also looking over.

Their eyes met.

This person is competing with himself for the leadership of the team.

He Ao withdrew his gaze.

interesting.

The other party's goal in speaking Tia language was also very accurate, and he wanted to win the support of another Tia Empire member, Jin Ya, who was on the field.

However, this car was indeed a bit outrageous. It wandered around the Tia Empire's sphere of influence and attracted three Middle-earth people.

There were originally six passengers, three from the Middle Earth and three from the Theia Empire, a 50-50 split.

Now that a member of the Tia Empire died, the Chinese people made up the majority.

However, this arrangement also makes the internal conflicts among all passengers more acute.

Ruoti was also obviously aware of his disadvantage, and he also found that Jin Ya seemed to be closer to He Ao than to him, so he did not fight for power in the next words, but chose to remain silent.

The dominance has returned to He Ao's hands.

He Ao then greeted everyone to the restaurant.

Now all passengers need an opportunity to communicate with each other, share what they have learned in the compartment, their 'identity' and 'mission', and discuss what they 'heard' last night.

This kind of thing must have a leader to start it and set the pace, otherwise everyone will rush around like headless flies and the efficiency will be very low.

Maybe everyone died in the end without figuring out the logic.

Everyone came to the restaurant and chose a table in the middle. Then, under He Ao's arrangement, they sat or stood around the table, forming a circle.

At this moment, He Ao suddenly remembered a 'killing game' he had played before. A group of players gathered together, some pretending to be good guys and some pretending to be bad guys. The game was divided into two stages, 'day' and 'night', and reincarnation continued.

Bad guys can kill people at night, and good guys can vote for bad guys during the day and eliminate them.

The game on this car at this moment is very similar to that killing game. The only difference is that in this car, the 'murderer' can really kill people.

When people really die, the gameplay in many games is no longer practical.

He Ao withdrew his thoughts and looked at the other four people in a circle.

He first asked everyone if they had paper and pen. Luo Luo took out a small notebook and a pen that he carried with him and handed them to him.

He Ao tore off five pieces of paper from his small notebook and said,

"First, let's play a little game."

He distributed five pieces of paper to himself and everyone, "I will say a sentence later, and everyone will complete my sentence respectively."

Everyone was stunned, but nodded.

He Ao watched everyone put away the paper and said slowly, "There is one...please complete the words after these three words. Please be careful not to let others see what you wrote."

Everyone was stunned again, but they quickly took action, and the pen passed through everyone's hands.

He Ao also wrote one.

After everyone finished writing, He Ao asked everyone to open the paper at the same time.

On each one it says, "(There is a) murderer among us." ]

Exactly the same content.

Sure enough, the rules of the game filled this loophole.

He actually wanted to write the latter sentence, [I must find him, otherwise we will all die].

But when he was writing, he could not remember the complete sentence.

It seems that everyone in the first sentence is the same, and the following sentence is the sentence that identifies everyone's identity.

Maybe the two sentences of the murderer are just that.

[There is a murderer among us. ]

[I am the murderer. ]

He Ao sighed and returned the notebook and pen to Luo Luo.

"Well, Brother Hao Yi, I seem...can't write it..."

Lin Chi looked at He Ao and said slowly.

Her condition has improved a lot, and the current situation cannot tolerate her grievance.

The main reason why people are easily aggrieved is that they have something to rely on.

When there is no one to rely on and need to face their fears on their own, people rarely have time to feel wronged.

He Ao naturally knew what Lin Chichi wanted to say. He looked at everyone,

"This 'game' has rules and restrictions, and the information related to our 'identity' and 'purpose and mission' seems to be impossible to tell."

Then he tried again. He couldn't talk about the leaf props he obtained and the related content. Once he wanted to say it, he would forget the related content.

This car shows great power in certain situations.

Lin Chichi heard He Ao's words and felt a little relieved.

Then He Ao said softly,

"Now everyone, please describe what you discovered when you passed through the tunnel. Tell as much as you can.

"I came first. When I passed through the tunnel, I found my 'identity' and props in the compartment. The specific content cannot be said due to game restrictions, but I am a good person.

"Then at the beginning of the second four hours I heard slight footsteps outside the door and that was it."

He Ao repeated it quickly in both languages, Jin Ya was next, she paused, her voice was slow,

“While going through the tunnel, I discovered my mission and my props, and I’m also a good person.

"Then I sat on the bed and accidentally fell asleep. I didn't hear anything. I didn't wake up until there was more than an hour left to count down,"

She raised her head and looked at He Ao, "So the tunnel just lasted more than 'four hours'? I thought I only slept for an hour or two..."

"When the first four hours were reset to zero, they were reset again, for a total of eight hours."

This time Ruoti spoke again.

However, Jin Ya's eyes still stayed on He Ao and did not respond to Ruoti's words.

"Eight hours in total."

He Ao nodded slightly.

"Thanks."

Jin Ya nodded slowly

It's not that Jin Ya deliberately ignored Ruoti.

For Jinya, if she is always in the conversation, her attention will be more concentrated and her reaction will be much faster. If someone else interrupts, she will be stuck and unable to react for a while.

Just like an old CPU, other threads can only be processed after processing one thread.

He Ao also doubted whether Jinya was similar to his current body, some kind of 'puppet', but Jinya didn't show the mechanical and lack of vitality feeling of a puppet at all.

This feeling may be difficult for others to detect, but people who have controlled puppets can detect it immediately.

And for a puppet, Jinya's delay is really too high.

He Ao even felt that Jinya was the kind of person who was immersed in her own world and a little autistic. She was not stupid, but she just didn't care much about the input of information from the outside world.

Seeing that Jin Ya was not paying attention to him at all, Ruoti seemed to feel some kind of frustration. He took a breath and said in Chinese dialect,

"I didn't feel anything unusual during the first four hours. About the beginning of the second four hours, I vaguely heard footsteps at the door, but they disappeared quickly. I'm also a good person."

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There should be another chapter