Chapter 084 1552 Haunted House (16)
Lu Wen went up and grabbed the actor's legs and took him down from the ceiling fan. The actor was already dead.
Lu Wen checked carefully and turned back to the two and said, "To be precise, the heart, liver, kidneys and tongue are missing."
Xie Chi's eyes flashed with understanding.
Ren Ze frowned, "Isn't this exactly the same as how Lu Ming died? Was it done by a cannibal? Why did she kill two people in one night? I thought the actors would have a short period of safety after Lu Ming's death..."
Lu Wen looked at Xie Chi.
Xie Chi said: "Let's talk about it when we get back."
The three returned to the room and closed the door. Xie Chi said, "My guess has been confirmed. For every tooth the cannibal obtains, he must kill one person."
Lu Wen opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief, "Aren't they helping the cannibals find teeth? Why would the cannibals want to kill them?"
Ren Ze reacted quickly and said, "You are wrong to think like this. You can think of it this way. The growth of power requires a price, just like some sacrificial themes. If the female ghost wants the tooth to have ghost power, she must sacrifice a person and let the tooth be stained with that person's fresh blood."
Lu Wen nodded: "I can understand if you put it that way."
Xie Chi leaned against the door. "At first, I was wondering what death condition was triggered when Lu Ming was killed by the cannibal. I originally guessed that the actor who handed in the tooth would be killed by the cannibal. The facts are a little different. I think it would be more appropriate to change it to another statement - for every tooth the female ghost gets, one person in the female ghost camp will die randomly, so the gray-named male actor died."
Ren Ze nodded, thought about it, and shook his head again, "I don't think it's appropriate to say 'random'. The probability of picking the weak ones should be higher, but the killing range must be within their camp. Otherwise, if each tooth really needs to be stained with a person's blood to exert its ghost power, and she doesn't want her own camp to lose members, wouldn't it be better for her to directly kill us who didn't join her camp..."
"It's not important." Xie Chi did not deny it, and raised his head and said, "The question now is how many teeth the ghost girl still lacks. With the one Lu Ming handed in and the one I handed in, she already has two. There are only Zhao Jinhua, You Jing, Xia Yao, Ma Heng and two gray-name actors left in the ghost girl camp, a total of six people. The number of teeth the ghost girl still lacks determines how many more people will die. I even suspect that if this continues, only You Jing and Zhao Jinhua will survive in the end."
Ren Ze felt a little gloating.
Xie Chi paused and looked at the two of them: "Actually, I suspect that the female ghost is missing six teeth."
[What the hell??? How did you guess this? ]
[I threw him as if I had peeked into the script.]
[Why is it that we have the God’s perspective, but he knows more than us? ? ]
Receiving the two's puzzled looks, Xie Chi said, "It's just an unfounded guess. You don't have to be too nervous."
Xie Chi looked at Lu Wen. "The other day, Lu Wen and I talked about how the Western numbers 13 and 6 are unlucky. It's not that 6 is unlucky, but the three consecutive 6s are unlucky. But I will just treat it as the number 6 being unlucky. The animal camp's requirement is to collect 6 dishes, so I guess their collection of 6 teeth is not groundless, but it is also far-fetched."
Lu Wen shook his head. "The hint about the number 13 has been confirmed - there was something wrong with the last supper, so I think your guess about 6 is still very credible!"
Ren Ze looked at Xie Chi, "Then you don't plan to tell them about the problem in the female ghost camp?"
"They can't withdraw. It's useless to tell them. Besides." Xie Chi shrugged and smiled gently, his eyes cold and emotionless. "They are so smart, of course they will slowly realize it. Then we can just watch them fight."
There was a commotion outside, probably because those people found the actor's body.
Xie Chi and the other two opened the door and went out to get tools to break the wall, just in time to hear their discussion:
"The male ghost strikes again!!"
"I've never encountered a ghost that kills two people in one night. Why don't you give us some buffer time..."
"Three people died tonight, three..."
"We have to find the tooth quickly, otherwise we won't survive until tomorrow night..."
"how so……"
Several actors looked pale, You Jing and Zhao Jinhua also looked unhappy, and Xia Yao remained silent, also worried about his own safety.
When Xie Chi passed by Xia Yao with tools in his hand, Xia Yao coughed.
Xie Chi paused and looked back at her without revealing any flaws. Xia Yao nodded at him imperceptibly. Xie Chi turned around and walked downstairs as if nothing had happened. Then he turned sideways and pulled the two of them into the bathroom.
"We are smashing the wall..."
Xie Chi: "Wait."
Five minutes later, Lu Wen hid behind a pillar and saw Xia Yao approaching from afar.
Xia Yao looked around and made sure that no one noticed her before approaching the three people.
Time was running out, so Xia Yao said bluntly, "You Jing and Zhao Jinhua are basically ignoring me now. They don't intend to care about me. I'm revealing this information to you because I hope you can help me out when necessary. Is that okay? After all, I don't have much fighting power, and I think I'm probably in danger."
Ren Ze raised his eyebrows in surprise. It turned out that Xia Yao was much smarter than You Jing.
Xie Chi said nothing.
Xia Yao knew that this was the time to show her value, so she was very sincere and told Xie Chi and the other two everything she knew about You Jing that she had overheard.
Xie Chi's eyes flashed with a strange light, "You mean, you handed in the tooth I gave you, and the progress has been completed... one sixth?"
"Yes." Xia Yao didn't understand why he mentioned this alone.
"Nothing." Since it was about the faction, even if he surrendered, Xie Chi would not easily exchange information with the other party. He just reminded: "If you believe me, don't rush to give the tooth to the female ghost when you find it. Hide it if you can."
Xia Yao nodded slightly in confusion.
Xie Chi asked Lu Wen and Ren Ze for their opinions. They both agreed to help Xia Yao when the time was right. Xie Chi no longer hesitated and said, "It's settled then. We will do our best, but the premise is that it will not harm our own interests."
Xia Yao happily gave him an "OK" gesture, then went back carefully.
"Xie Chi, you really guessed it right..." When Lu Wen heard Xia Yao say to find six teeth, he almost couldn't hold back, and now he said excitedly.
Xie Chi's smile was somewhat intriguing. "I used to think that You Jing and Zhao Jinhua were taking advantage of other actors for free. Now that I think about it, it's actually the cannibals who are taking advantage of everyone in their camp for free."
Xie Chi clicked his tongue, "He asked them to sacrifice their lives, and asked them to help find the teeth, and in the end he didn't even give them any reward. He is such an evil and cunning ghost."
Ren Ze: "No reward at all?"
Xie Chi: "There are six teeth to find in total. Lu Ming's tooth was found, but it is not counted. The actual progress is now 2/6, which means there are still four teeth to go. But she told the people in her camp that there are still five teeth to go. Where can they find the fifth tooth? When the progress is 5/6, the cannibals will have found all the teeth, and they will never be able to complete the cannibal's mission. Not only that, but four more people will die."
"But Zhao Jinhua still has a way out. Even a powerful ghost like the Ogre may not attack her."
Lu Wen sighed sincerely, "To put it bluntly, whether an agreement is effective or not still depends on one's own strength, right? If you are not strong, you don't even have the qualifications to negotiate."
Xie Chi did not answer, but just smiled and said: "So compared to humans, animals are much cuter, honest and loyal, and they won't bully honest people."
Ren Ze curled his lips and couldn't help but mutter, "How can you be considered an honest person?"
…
The three of them were about to break down the wall. Lu Wen was concentrating on finding a suitable place to break down the wall. He didn't pay attention to his feet and was tripped by a loose wire on the plug. He fell with a "bang" and got up in a mess, scratching his head in embarrassment.
Just as Xie Chi was about to ask him if he was okay, he lowered his head and his eyes fell on the loose socket, and his gaze suddenly froze.
He dropped his tools, squatted down, and called Ren Ze to come over and unplug the socket.
"What's wrong?" Ren Ze also noticed something was wrong.
Xie Chi said nothing and asked Xie Xinglan to come out. Xie Xinglan supported himself on the ground with one hand, turned sideways and looked into the dark hole behind the socket, and happened to see an eye with a bulging eyeball and dense red bloodshot!
Xie Xinglan's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously tightened his grip on the Evil Spirit Blade, but his eyes remained motionless.
They are the eyes of a corpse, not the eyes of a ghost.
Xie Xinglan stood up and said coldly: "Smash the wall, this side, there is a corpse behind it."
Ren Ze and Lu Wen's eyes lit up. Did they find the body of the male ghost with hidden teeth?
Xie Xinglan directly stabbed the knife into the wooden wall, exerted force with his hands, and pointed the tip of the knife upwards, but it didn't work. He let go and stepped on the handle of the dagger. With a "click", a piece of wood was pried open by his rough treatment.
The corpse lying upside down in the wall was suddenly revealed to the three people.
Ren Ze and Lu Wen immediately stepped forward to help pry off all the wooden boards on both sides.
The body was no longer supported by the wooden board and fell to the ground with a loud bang.
The noise was so loud that the actors gathered around.
Xie Chi and the other two were disappointed when they saw the corpse. This was not the corpse of the male ghost with hidden teeth, but obviously the corpse of a woman.
The woman's body had not yet rotted. It was as pale as wax, her eyes were wide open, the corners of her eyes were cracked, dark red blood was clotted at the ends of her eyes, and her grayish-white eyeballs were full of bloodshot.
The woman's belly was split in two and hung loosely on both sides of her body.
The scene was smelly and gloomy.
"Is it the corpse of a female ghost?" the actress was very excited.
Ma Heng sneered, "Are you blind? Can't you see that the heart and liver of this corpse are missing, but the teeth are there. How could it be the corpse of a female ghost who was tortured and killed by a male ghost who had her teeth extracted?!"
The actress shrank back.
You Jing hurried over and heard Ma Heng's words. He secretly agreed in his heart. The female ghost had told them long ago that her body had been burned, so this could not be the body of the female ghost.
The actors whispered, "Could it be the deceased who was killed by the cannibal ghost before?"
"This death is similar to Lu Ming and the others. Their hearts and livers are gone, and their tongues and kidneys must be gone too..."
"There are dead bodies hidden in the wall... How many people did the male ghost eat before?"
"It was probably difficult to dispose of the body, so they hid it in the wall."
You Jing was afraid that someone might get there first, so he went to check the body first. He finally came to the conclusion that "it was killed by the cannibalistic male ghost. It should be someone he had eaten before."
"From what I've seen so far, male ghosts like to eat hearts, livers, kidneys, and tongues. This woman must have been pregnant before she died, and the baby in her belly was cut out and probably eaten..."
Everyone shuddered.
Ren Ze was extremely disappointed. He moved closer to Xie Chi and lowered his voice, "I thought we had found the body of the Tibetan-toothed ghost."
After getting nothing for so long, Xie Chi touched his throat a little irritated.
Lu Wen pulled Xie Chi and Ren Ze aside: "Should we continue looking?"
Xie Chi stared at the corpse, "There is no other way."
You Jing obviously had no interest in an ordinary corpse. He checked it again and led everyone to continue looking for teeth with a dull look.
…
At 5.0x speed, the one hour of daytime passed quickly and they had dinner on the third day.
Everyone already knew the menu, so after quickly figuring out which dish was a variation of the problematic dish, they quickly finished the rest and went upstairs.
The three of them returned to the room, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.
They didn't find the body of the male ghost with hidden teeth at all. They checked almost all the walls and floors during the day but found nothing.
The only body found was that of the victim.
There were still about ten minutes before lights out. Xie Chi stood by the window, his arms resting on the sill, smoking quietly and organizing his thoughts in the floating gray smoke rings.
Is it true that there is no such thing as a tooth-hiding ghost?
Are animals the only ones who hide teeth?
This actually makes sense. The party that hides the tooth - the animal, and the party that finds the tooth - the cannibal. This logical chain is already closed. Whether there is a so-called third party or not seems to have no impact on this logical chain.
Was he too prejudiced? Was he complicating the issue?
He...is wrong?
The moment these three words floated through his mind, Xie Chi felt very incredible.
In fact, the so-called third camp has been just his conjecture and unfounded inference from the beginning to now. There is no evidence to prove its real existence. The fact that they have been searching for it for so long and have not found it further proves this point.
Xie Chi was very upset.
"Xie Chi." Lu Wen came over, handed him a glass of water, and said gently, "It's okay, you don't have to be too hard on yourself. We don't feel tired."
Lu Wen glanced at Ren Ze, who nodded in agreement, and comforted him uncomfortably: "It's not a big deal, it's just a prediction error. No one is a god, and there is always a loophole. Just correct the reasoning results again and again, don't take it to heart..."
Ren Ze felt that Xie Chi, who made mistakes, was more like ordinary people like them, instead of being always calm and composed, making plans and never failing.
Xie Chi took the water and remained silent. He was grateful for their understanding, but he couldn't let it go.
"Xiao Chi, I think you are right." Xie Xinglan said suddenly.
"Brother...?" Xie Chi looked a little stunned, and asked in his heart: "Why?"
"I don't know." Xie Xinglan's tone was so confident that it was outrageous, "Xiao Chi must be right."
A faint smile flashed across Xie Chi's eyes, "I didn't know you could still be so confident."
My brother always thinks he is right.
Ren Ze didn't understand why Xie Chi was so serious and indifferent one second and smiled so gently the next.
Xie Chi put out the cigarette, closed his eyes, and tilted his head slightly to think carefully.
This process took so long that Lu Wen was getting anxious. He thought Xie Chi was too deeply hurt and was considering comforting him, but Xie Chi suddenly opened his eyes and said something inexplicably and firmly: "I am right, that female corpse is the corpse of the male ghost with hidden teeth."
"Ah?!" Ren Ze and Lu Wen looked at each other in shock.
"This, the genders don't match. The female corpse and the cannibal ghost's husband..." Lu Wen was confused.
Xie Chi sneered, his eyes sharp, "If the psychic images can be faked, why can't gender be faked?"
Ren Ze and Lu Wen were stunned for a second, their hearts clenched.
"We have never seen the ghost girl's husband, the Tibetan-toothed male ghost. All our knowledge of him comes from the chef's words and Zhao Jinhua's spiritual communication. The chef said that a couple originally lived here, so we subconsciously believed it because what he said was the same as what Zhao Jinhua saw. But the chef lied to us and concealed his own death. So why should we subconsciously believe his other words? As long as he tells a lie in one sentence, it is possible that everything he says is a lie."
"As for Zhao Jinhua's spiritualism, according to her description, she saw a shadow, a shadow wearing men's leather shoes."
"But does wearing men's leather shoes mean he is a man? Since the whole picture could be fake, and the cannibal ghost is trying to deceive Zhao Jinhua, then maybe the pair of men's leather shoes was also fabricated by the cannibal female ghost. She has a good motive. She wants to mislead us into mistaking the gender of the Tibetan-toothed ghost so that we will miss the opportunity to join the Tibetan-toothed ghost camp."
"As for why the Tibetan-toothed ghost was not made into a man, it was probably because of the struggle between the weak Tibetan-toothed ghost and the cannibal ghost. In the end, the Tibetan-toothed ghost only showed a pair of extremely deceptive men's leather shoes."
"So there is no male ghost with hidden teeth, and there is no such thing as a couple. There were originally two women living here. The ghost with hidden teeth is a woman, the female corpse we found during the day."
