jdhmnovel Chapter 1368: Hidden Way to Survive (Thanks to Sakiya for the great recognition!)
Chapter 1368: Hidden Way to Survive (Thanks to Sakiya for the great recognition!)
Faced with these two difficult problems, Dean Qi pondered for a long time.
In the end, he still focused on the rules.
He used all his wisdom to tailor new rules for the players based on the previous rules.
In the new [Shanqing Nursing Home Rules], the first welcome rule and the seventh chef rule are retained as they are.
The second rule, “No leaving the room at night,” has not changed.
However, this rule was previously used against the elderly, to murder them at night and dispose of their bodies. Now it has been used against players.
The fourth "mirror" rule, the fifth "blood stains in the room" rule, the sixth "old man in bloody clothes" rule, and the eighth "photos in the corridor" rule directly point to the ways in which the female ghost contacts the players.
These four rules 4, 5, 6, and 8 completely cut off the connection between the player and the female ghost.
All the ways the female ghost tries to contact the players are induced by the rules to make the players think that the female ghost wants to harm them.
As for the third rule, "knocking on the door at midnight", the female ghost will not actually use this method to contact players.
However, the dean and his team can knock on the door and kill the players inside, causing other players to misjudge the female ghost's camp and think that she is bad.
Every rule targets the players' weak spots.
Eight rules, true and false, intertwined, form a dense network that firmly controls the players.
Chen Mu admitted that among the villains in Guimen, Dean Qi was considered to have a "high IQ".
Dean Qi is a master who is proficient in rules. He knows how to design rules to lead to strange things and achieve his own unspeakable secrets.
As expected, when the players first arrived, no one could see through the problem with the rules.
Chen Mu thought of the evening when the players first arrived and Dean Qi was particularly enthusiastic.
He took the players to introduce the nursing home and chatted with them enthusiastically.
Now that I think about it, Dean Qi’s thoughts are so deep, it’s simply terrifying!
Beneath his kind face, he hides two unspeakable secrets:
1. Let players let down their guard and classify themselves as "good guys";
2. Select your target for the first night by observing and talking to the players.
Perhaps at that time, Dean Qi had already determined the person who would die on the first night -
Cui Ning!
Why did Dean Qi choose Cui Ning?
Looking back now, Chen Mu realizes the reason is actually very simple.
First of all, Cui Ning is relatively weak and alone without any teammates, making her the most vulnerable among the six.
The second and most crucial reason is that Cuining was wearing a watch on her hand!
That high-end watch that symbolizes identity and status has become Cui Ning's death warrant!
When Chen Mu said this, Zhang Shanyi beside him couldn't help but say: "It seems that being too rich is not a good thing. Wealth should not be exposed. Cui Ning showed her wealth and she was targeted by the greedy dean."
Chen Mu glanced at Zhang Shanyi, smiled and shook his head, "No, you are wrong. The dean didn't kill her for money.
We all came here empty-handed, without any valuables. The dean didn't even take the watch after he killed her.
The dean didn't earn a penny from killing Cui Ning."
"Ah? Then the dean..." Zhang Shanyi was a little slow in thinking and didn't understand this.
Chen Mu said: "It's still for his two purposes - to drive us away and prevent the female ghost from contacting us.
If six of us young people died in a nursing home overnight, it would definitely cause a big commotion and inevitably attract detectives.
So, at the beginning, Dean Qi didn't intend to wipe us out. He just wanted to drive us away with the least impact.
Killing Cui Ning is the way to scare us away.
This is why Cui Ning's death was so terrifying. It was a death threat!
The watch on Cui Ning's wrist is a kind of 'mirror'. Dean Qi must have noticed this as well.
He is indeed a smart man.
He wanted to link Cui Ning's death to the fourth 'mirror' rule, making us think that the female ghost was the murderer.
At the same time, it can intimidate us, making us afraid to break the rules and even more cautious in following them. This will make it even more difficult for us to establish a connection with the female ghost."
Zhang Shan opened his mouth slightly. "The dean killed Cui Ning. Did he have three purposes behind this? Killing three birds with one stone."
"Yes, the dean has a high IQ and his plan is almost perfect," said Chen Mu.
Xue Xuexue said: "If that's the case, isn't it very unfair to Cui Ning?
She had no chance to struggle at all. Just because she was wearing a watch, she was passively chosen as the dead person by the dean.
This strange door is a dead end for Cui Ning. She is doomed to die!"
Chen Mu shook his head again, "No, you overlooked one point. Cui Ning has a watch! The watch is a mirror!
After the dean set his sights on Cui Ning on the first night, the female ghost, as a friendly camp, would definitely remind Cui Ning.
The watch on her hand is the medium through which the female ghost contacts her.
If Cui Ning could realize that the watch is also a mirror, and if the ghost girl appears in the watch, Cui Ning could notice it and understand the ghost girl's hint -
This was not difficult, in fact, it was very simple for Cui Ning. As long as she realized that "a watch is a mirror", she actually found a way out.
Because she could realize that the female ghost had appeared in the watch mirror for so long and had not killed her, which meant that the female ghost's "hostile" camp was questionable and the rules were also questionable.
This is actually the moment when Cui Ning and all of us are most likely to break through.
It’s a pity that none of us noticed it, not even Cui Ning.
Cui Ning's own "way out" was just ignored.
With Cui Ning's death, the female ghost will no longer appear in the watch, because the owner of the watch is dead and she is going to remind other players.
This 'way out' went unnoticed."
Xue Xuexue was also surprised to hear Chen Mu say this.
She didn't expect that there was such a way out that no one noticed.
If Chen Mu had not brought it up, perhaps after leaving Guimen, she would never have realized in her life that there was such a way out in front of her.
What surprised Xue Xuexue even more was that Chen Mu, who had also ignored the way out, actually found this way out just by reconstructing and guessing.
Deep down, Xue Xuexue was secretly glad that she had handed over the props.
Fortunately, I didn't go against Chen Mu, otherwise I probably wouldn't even know how I died.
Zhang Shanyi asked, "If that's the case, how did Cui Ning die on the first night? Do Dean Qi and the others have the key?
But I didn't hear any door opening in the corridor at night.
If Dean Qi and the others want to kill Cui Ning, they must first go into her room."
Xiao Shi also looked at Chen Mu, but he actually didn't understand it either.
Chen Mu said, "In fact, Cui Ning's death has already told us how Dean Qi killed her."
Seeing the three people puzzled, Chen Mu continued:
"Cui Ning was dismembered. It's impossible to do it in a room with such a big noise.
So Cui Ning was certain that she was first killed in the room, then taken out to be dismembered, and finally taken back.
The place where the body was dismembered, if I am not mistaken, is the same place where other elderly people were skinned and boned, in the cafeteria of Shanqing Nursing Home!
Just to scare us, after Cui Ning was killed and dismembered, her body could not be shaved into bones, but had to be transported back and spliced together on the bed to create a psychological deterrent for us.
So the food in the cafeteria has become much worse these past two days, with no meat available.”
This perfectly corresponds to the complaints made by the elderly people in the cafeteria not long ago about the worsening food.
Zhang Shanyi was still a little confused, "But you just said where Cui Ning was dismembered.
The key is how the dean and his men entered the room and killed Cui Ning, and how they got Cui Ning's body out and back again."
Xiao Shi suddenly said, "Floor!"
"Smart!" Chen Mu said, "Have you ever thought about why there is a 6th floor in the main building, but we were placed on the 5th?
First of all, floors 1 to 4 are all full, and it is not convenient to ask other elderly people to move beds for us, otherwise it will arouse suspicion.
Between the 5th and 6th floors, the 6th floor is above the roof, which is slippery and difficult to move around on rainy days.
Only the 5th floor is the most suitable, they can slide down to the 5th floor balcony through the 6th floor balcony and sneak into Cuining's room through the balcony.
They could easily enter from the balcony while Cuining was soundly asleep. For the murderous Dean Qi, it shouldn't be difficult to quickly kill a sleeping girl.
I guess that at that time, Cui Ning's watch should have shown the figure of the female ghost. But Cui Ning fell asleep and did not notice the female ghost's prompt.
After killing her, it was very easy to carry out the body.
All we had to do was tie up Cuining's body with ropes and lower it down the balcony. It didn't matter if it fell or bumped into something; the heavy rain outside would muffle the sound.
As for dismembering the body in the cafeteria and then putting it back, it was even simpler.
Only one person needs to slide down, and then the remaining two people will tie up the body parts on the 6th floor balcony and lower them down. It will be easy to get back to the room piece by piece.
Finally, put it together neatly and wipe away the blood. Pay attention to the sound during the action to achieve the effect of Cui Ning's death.
After hearing Chen Mu's analysis, Zhang Shanyi's mouth twitched slightly. He hadn't expected that simply assigning rooms would be so calculated by Dean Qi, and even hint at a death signal.
"This Dean Qi is so scary..." Zhang Shanyi muttered to himself.
Xue Xuexue glanced at Chen Mu. She felt that compared to Dean Qi, the young man in front of her was even more terrifying.
Because this player named Chen Mu had never seen it with his own eyes and had no direct evidence, he was able to reconstruct Dean Qi's deep thoughts through clues and reasoning.
Xue Xuexue seemed to have thought of something, "According to what you said, Dean Qi has indeed achieved his goal.
But the key point is that we have to pay attention to the watch and associate it with a mirror, and then we will think that it was the female ghost who killed Cui Ning.
If it weren't for you, we might not have discovered this. Then Cui Ning's death would not be attributed to the female ghost, and the caregiver might even be suspected.
This is an uncontrollable variable, and Dean Qi is taking a risk."
Chen Mu laughed, "You are wrong, Dean Qi is a smart man, he will not take risks.
Even if I hadn't noticed, Dean Qi would have pointed it out. Otherwise, why would Dean Qi rush over when Cui Ning's death was discovered during the day?
He was afraid that we were too stupid to discover the metaphor of the watch.
If we are really at a loss, Dean Qi will surely have a sudden epiphany and point out that watches are mirrors."
Xue Xuexue was completely convinced. She felt that Chen Mu was like a god in the Guimen, who could see through the thoughts of everyone in the Guimen.
"Have you ever received a super god rating?" Xue Xuexue asked.
Chen Mu shrugged, "Maybe I took a little, but I can't remember clearly."
Xue Xuexue felt that a veteran like Chen Mu must have won the Super God rating once. This kind of reasoning ability was worthy of the Super God rating.
Chen Mu continued to restore:
After Cui Ning's death, Dean Qi's goal had been achieved.
The players did not dare to contact the female ghost and acted strictly according to the rules.
The impression that the female ghost kills people is also accepted by all the players.
However, Dean Qi did not expect that this group of exorcists would be so stubborn.
One of them has already died tragically, but he is still stubborn and insists on staying here to make money.
Is Xiao Zhang's little money really so attractive that they would risk their lives to earn it?
Dean Qi was very anxious. The longer these outsiders stayed, the more likely something unexpected would happen.
Shanqing Nursing Home cannot withstand the inspection, and Director Qi cannot withstand the inspection either!
Moreover, Xiao Zhang knew many secrets, including the identity of the murderer of Dean Qi and his gang. If Xiao Zhang told the exorcists about this, it would probably harm Dean Qi.
Therefore, Dean Qi urgently needs to drive away the exorcists and find a chance to kill Xiao Zhang. Only the dead can shut up forever.
"Perhaps those exorcists simply thought Cui Ning died due to negligence. If they had just been a little more careful, she could have continued to live." Dean Qi speculated:
“Then on the second night, I need to make them realize that no matter how careful they are, they are no match for the female ghost.
Only then will they retreat, only then will they feel fear, and only then will they flee in panic."
Yes, Dean Chen Murianqi’s thoughts can be guessed almost accurately.
Because Dean Qi's actions on the second night had already exposed his above thoughts.
On the second night, Dean Qi could clearly continue to slide down from the balcony like he did to Cui Ning.
But Dean Qi changed his tactics. He decided to open the door directly and go in to kill Jiao Yixue.
This way of death corresponds exactly to Rule 3 - the female ghost tempts you to open the door.
Dean Qi wants to let the exorcists know that the temptation of the female ghost is irresistible. If they can't help but open the door, they will die.
Faced with this kind of irresolvable temptation, exorcists will retreat.
This is a great idea. Dean Qi’s plan is perfect.
In fact, if it weren't for Guimen's request, any other exorcist would have been so scared that he would have run away after Cui Ning died.
It’s a pity that the opponent Dean Qi met was a player from Guimen.
Dean Qi is a highly intelligent murderer, while the players in Guimen are desperate criminals who are ready to risk their lives.
This is a confrontation between a "murderer" and a "desperado"!
The murderer is meticulous and the desperado will never retreat!
In order to carry out the second night's murder plan, Dean Qi needs to solve a key point.
How to prevent Jiao Yixue from talking and fighting after opening the door.