Chapter 226 Island (VIII)
If the other party was not Qin Yu, or if it was Qin Yu who was controlled by something else...
The more Qin Ning thought about it, the more frightened he felt.
Qin Ning's expression did not seem to be fake, and the doubts in the minds of several players were slightly dissipated.
However, Zhao Rulan still said, "Ghosts are very good at disguising themselves. I wonder how Miss Qiao knew that the other person was Qin Ning?"
Her words made the atmosphere, which had been somewhat relaxed, become tense again.
In fact, Qiao Yuan didn’t notice that someone had changed at first. After all, Qin Ning didn’t say much from the beginning, and his presence was not strong after he came back.
After hearing the system say that the copy merged with reality and that the dead islanders had returned, Qiao Yuan realized that there was a ghost on the island. Just as Zhao Rulan had speculated before, Qiao Yuan soon suspected Xiaoyu, who had disappeared halfway and now suddenly returned. When she handed over the towel, she touched the other person's fingertips and felt the coldness. But it was raining heavily at that time, and it was normal for the other person to have a lower body temperature after walking all the way in the rain.
However, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, Qiao Yuan did not speak directly at first, but observed first.
She quickly noticed a little blood on the inside of the other person's wrist, but the blood was translucent and obviously not real blood. It was more like the blood plasma that is often used as a prop in film and television crews.
Qiao Yuan immediately thought of the person who pretended to be a ghost and knocked on their window, and Xiaoning, the sister who looked exactly like her according to Xiaoyu.
It is obvious that the Xiaoyu in front of him is actually Xiaoning.
This made Qiao Yuan wonder where the real Xiaoyu had gone and why Xiaoning had remained silent.
However, Qiao Yuan was not prepared to tell Zhao Rulan about these reasoning processes. After all, although Zhao Rulan was an old player, he behaved very strangely.
She searched her mind and confirmed that she had never .
After all, not to mention that she was still in school the year the other party retired and lost contact, and the other party was in the sports circle before, so there was no possibility of any intersection between them.
The other party's inquiry was wrapped in the general environment, as if hiding its sharpness.
Qiao Yuan felt that the other party's question was not for the sake of wine, so he just said directly: "She has human body temperature."
Zhao Rulan: "Body temperature can also be faked."
"And she was the only one who entered the kitchen at that time. If she wasn't another ghost, then how did the other ghosts get in?"
Qiao Yuan: "Since you know that body temperature can be faked, then the ghosts can certainly find other ways to get in."
"Just like when it killed Uncle Zhong, we didn't hear any noise."
Zhao Rulan and Qiao Yuan looked at each other for a few seconds, then smiled and said, "You're right."
"Okay, then I will believe that she is Qin Ning."
Everyone's attention temporarily shifted away from Qin Ning and fell on Uncle Zhong.
At Qiao Yuan's suggestion, Song Yanchi and Sheng Guiye originally wanted to lower Uncle Zhong's body from the ceiling. After all, Xiaoyu's room was the only room with a kitchen, and they would definitely have to go in and out of the kitchen later. Seeing the hideous corpse hanging on the ceiling like this was indeed a huge shock.
However, the chopsticks were inserted much deeper than Song Yanchi and Sheng Guiye had expected.
Song Yanchi and Sheng Guiye were both very strong even among adult men, not to mention that they were working together at the moment. However, the piece of chopstick sticking out of the skin had been broken off, but they were still unable to lower the corpse from the ceiling.
After realizing this, they could only give up temporarily and let Uncle Zhong's body continue to hang on the ceiling.
Uncle Zhong's death was obviously caused by a ghost. There were no signs of fighting or blood in the kitchen, so Qiao Yuan and others walked out of the kitchen and went outside after taking a look around.
Aunt Zhong was temporarily placed against the wall, but she was still unconscious, and Xin Min sat next to her.
When Uncle Zhong's body completely disappeared from his sight, Chen Shi's condition seemed to be much better. He then realized that he had wet his pants without realizing it. With a blushing face, he rummaged around the small room to see if he had any spare pants.
Qin Ning originally wanted to walk straight to the door. After all, after knowing that there was a ghost, in addition to being terrified, she was also worried about Qin Yu's situation.
However, before Qin Ning had taken a few steps, she was stopped by others and asked what she wanted to do. When Qiao Yuan learned that Qin Ning was going to find Qin Yu, he asked about Qin Yu's performance at that time, and then told Qin Ning that Qin Yu had died at that time.
It must have been a ghost controlling Qin Yu at that time, and the one who was talking to Qin Ning from beginning to end was the ghost.
Moreover, from the deaths of Qin Yu and Uncle Zhong, Qiao Yuan had roughly deduced the limits of the ghost's killings -
The ghost can only take action when the player is alone.
This ghost didn't seem to care about day or night, so it didn't choose to attack at night like other ghosts.
The reason why the ghost didn't attack Qin Ning was probably because he needed the other party to cover him. Even if Qin Ning went out now, the probability of saving Qin Yu was very small, and he would be in danger.
Song Yanchi and Sheng Guiye also noticed this.
Zhao Rulan didn't say anything, but just smiled as if they were thinking the same thing.
After hearing Qiao Yuan's words, Qin Ning was filled with the sadness of his sister's death and the fear of being so close to the ghost just now.
Fei frowned: "Don't want to be alone?"
"It means that as long as a few of us act together, the ghosts will not be able to harm us. If that's the case, wouldn't it be too easy?"
Qiao Yuan: "It seems to be the case now, but the ghost must also know this, and will surely try every means to lure us out."
Chen Shi, who was standing by, finally found the pants after searching through boxes and cabinets. After hearing what Qiao Yuan said, he sneered in his heart, thinking that there was something wrong with what he said. According to Qiao Yuan, they all knew that it was the ghost's doing, and no matter how much the ghost tempted them, they would not be left alone.
Aunt Zhong woke up a few hours later.
Soon after she opened her eyes, she subconsciously called out "old man", obviously calling Uncle Zhong, but Uncle Zhong naturally could not respond to her.
Aunt Zhong also realized this. The confusion she felt when she first woke up faded away, and her previous memories resurfaced in her mind. After a brief moment of stunned silence, she came to her senses and finally realized that Uncle Zhong was dead.
She wanted to scream, but because she was in a coma for a while, her voice was hoarse, and she could only make a few intermittent moans. Qin Ning had just lost her sister, so she could naturally understand Aunt Zhong's feelings. She subconsciously walked over and leaned against Aunt Zhong.
However, the two did not have much time to grieve.
After all, they haven't completed the task yet, and the ghost is hiding somewhere, staring at them hungrily.
The sun gradually rose outside the window, indicating that daybreak had arrived.
It just so happened that the rain had stopped, so Song Yanchi quickly suggested that they go out to the island to look for clues.
Chen Shi was the first to object: "Can you take a break before going?"
Song Yanchi didn't have a good impression of Chen Shi, so he said bluntly, "Didn't I give you some time to rest just now?"
If it was Cheng Mengting, Chen Shi could still fight back. However, facing someone of the same sex who was stronger than him in every aspect, his tone lowered a bit: "I... I didn't get enough rest."
Song Yanchi: "Then you can stay here and rest. If you want to find clues, follow me."
Chen Shi wanted to, but he had not forgotten what Qiao Yuan said before that he could not be alone, so he wanted to find someone to stay with him. He first looked at Aunt Zhong and Qin Ning. In his opinion, these two people were the easiest to stay. But to his disappointment, these two people seemed to be still immersed in sadness and did not listen to his conversation with Song Yanchi.
Chen Shi looked at Xin Min and Zhao Rulan again. Xin Min simply ignored him. Zhao Rulan smiled friendly and said, "I also want to complete the task quickly."
Rounding it off, it’s approximately equivalent to rejection.
Cheng Mengting sneered: "Yeah, then you should rest here quickly, we have to look for clues."
Qiao Yuan also said: "The sooner we find a way to get rid of the ghost, the sooner we can complete the mission."
Chen Shi thought of something and quickly spoke up, trying to get support for himself: "Not necessarily."
"Didn't Qin Ning come here by boat? We can take her boat and leave after we have rested. And the director said that he will come to pick us up with a boat in four days..."
Before he could finish his words, Song Yanchi interrupted him directly: "Then you just wait here."
Then he followed Qiao Yuan and prepared to leave.
And the others followed.
No matter how unwilling Chen Shi was, he didn't dare to stay here alone, so he could only stand up and follow him out.
Qiao Yuan and others first searched other rooms in the village.
Although they had lived in the room before, they had never thought about it and therefore did not search carefully. However, after searching around, they did not find any clues.
Then they turned to look elsewhere on the island.
Although working in groups of two is more efficient, considering that one of them is likely to be replaced by a ghost and then return to the main group to pose a threat to the others, Qiao Yuan did not divide them into groups, but decided that everyone should work together.
The first leg is the woods near the village, which is also the place you must pass through to get to the other side of the island.
After the rain, the air became fresher and the remaining water drops on the leaves fell to the ground, making a dripping sound.
If it were before, a few people would still be in the mood to appreciate the nearby scenery, but this time when they set foot on the familiar road, no one was in that mood anymore.
Song Yanchi even said directly: "I didn't expect ghosts to appear in the real world."
This sentence expressed everyone's thoughts.
Qiao Yuan originally hoped that Qin Ning could lead them, after all, Qin Ning should have been familiar with the island with Qin Yu before. Unfortunately, Qin Ning was obviously hit hard by Qin Yu's death, and he took a while to answer Qiao Yuan's questions, so he was not suitable to lead the way.
Qiao Yuan and others could only grope their way forward slowly.
The falling raindrops and leaves blown down by the wind brought her a lot of obstacles, and Qiao Yuan kept paying attention to the movements around her.
Chen Shi walked among the crowd.
Although he had only seen one or two ghost movies, he knew that if he walked in front, he would be easily killed by the door opening, and if he walked in the back, he would be easily dragged by the ghost. So after some thought, Chen Shi wisely chose to stand in the middle.
In front of him were Qiao Yuan and his group who were searching everywhere, beside him were Xin Min, Zhao Rulan and Cheng Mengting, and behind him were Qin Ning and Aunt Zhong who were walking slowly because of sadness, as well as Huo Ling who was walking slowly.
At this time, Chen Shi no longer cared about being a gentleman and did not allow the girls to follow behind.
But fortunately, these two people didn't seem to care, or they didn't have the time to care.
Chen Shi was nervous at first, but as he walked along, he felt very peaceful. He finally couldn't help but relax. Not to mention that although he was resting, he didn't really sleep. He was just confused for a while, and then he was frightened. Now he was busy on the road, so he was naturally very tired.
Looking at Qiao Yuan who turned around and talked to someone next to him, Chen Shi also wanted to find someone to talk to.
Cheng Mengting was looking around vigilantly, Xin Min still ignored him, only Zhao Rulan, after hearing Chen Shi's voice, took up the conversation in a friendly manner: "Yes, I didn't rest well before, and now I do feel tired."
"But we have to get used to it."
As Chen Shi answered, his impression of Zhao Rulan improved a bit, and he couldn't help but feel elated. After all, from his observation, Zhao Rulan didn't chat much with Song Yanchi and Sheng Guiye, but chatted with him enthusiastically.
Before that, Zhao Rulan hadn't exposed his lies...
Chen Shi even thought with regret that it was all his fault that he had focused on Qin Yu and ignored Zhao Rulan who had always been by his side.
Wait until I get out alive this time...
Just then, a fragrance suddenly came close to him.
A faint scent like shampoo lingered directly at the tip of his nose, and in his ears was Zhao Rulan's smiling voice, as if only the two of them could hear it: "By the way, what you and Song Yanchi said just now, I think it makes sense."
"When we were on a mission before, we didn't have any means of transportation, but we have a boat this time, so maybe we can give it a try. But Song Yanchi was too fierce at that time, so I didn't dare to speak out."
The playful short hair falls on her cheeks, and the hazy morning makes her eyebrows and eyes look even more gentle.
After hearing what Zhao Rulan said, Chen Shi felt for the first time that he had met a close friend.
Whether it is the attitude towards the ship or Song Yanchi.
He couldn't hide his emotion as he thought to himself, he didn't expect that at that time there was someone who was silently supporting him in his heart.
Moreover, Zhao Rulan seemed to be an old player, and he always confirmed what he said, so he must be more experienced than Song Yanchi.
Chen Shili suppressed his excitement and said casually, "Hey, you think so too."
"Although Song Yanchi is fierce, he's actually okay. I just didn't want to cause conflicts within the team, so I didn't confront him head-on. Otherwise, I'd have practiced with him before."
