Chapter 227 Island (IX)
As soon as Chen Shi finished speaking, he met Song Yanchi's gaze.
His heart skipped a beat. He was so engrossed in the conversation with Cheng Mengting that he didn't notice when Song Yanchi turned his head.
Did the other person turn his head because he heard what he just said?
If that happens, given Song Yanchi's personality, would he do something to me...
Chen Shi was sweating profusely and said subconsciously: "I..."
But before he opened his mouth, Song Yanchi had already turned his head and lowered his head to talk to Qiao Yuan: "Sister, I heard it wrongly, I thought there was movement behind me."
It turned out that Song Yanchi just happened to turn his head.
After realizing this, Chen Shi felt relieved. But because Song Yanchi suddenly turned his head, Chen Shi also realized that he was too close to him, and he felt guilty when he wanted to say something.
He subconsciously slowed down his pace, and Cheng Mengting and Xin Min directly overtook him.
Fortunately, Zhao Rulan was still with him, and Aunt Zhong and Qin Ning were behind him, so Chen Shi was not panicked. He turned his head to look at Zhao Rulan, who was following him, and found that she came closer again. The soft female voice that was deliberately lowered sounded in his ears again: "I thought about it, why don't we take a boat and leave."
Because he was suddenly frightened by Song Yanchi just now, Chen Shi took a few seconds to remember the previous topic between him and Zhao Rulan.
The group soon passed by a stone tablet area surrounded by weeds.
Qiao Yuan had seen this area of stone tablets before, but she didn't take it seriously. Now she observed them one by one. After all, in her opinion, stone tablets were indeed the most likely things to record text.
There are quite a few stone tablets, and after being exposed to wind and rain for who knows how long, the words on many of the stone tablets have become blurred, making them even more difficult to recognize.
After realizing that the stone tablets were all in this area and not scattered, Qiao Yuan finally suggested that everyone separate temporarily and observe each stone tablet to see if there were any clues on them.
After reminding everyone not to go too far and to make sure they have someone close by, Qiao Yuan quickly got down to work identifying the stone tablets.
Qiao Yuan watched and translated in his mind: "The skinny guy who stole my buns is a big fool..."
It turned out to be a vengeance note.
Qiao Yuan: "Xiao Hua likes Xiao Hei, and they want to get married and be together forever..."
It turned out to be a young and naive love .
System: [Wait, there seems to be some text on the stone tablet next to it. ]
Qiao Yuan looked down and after careful identification, he finally successfully translated the text: "This is Xiao Hei's message: Sorry Xiao Hua, I already have a girl I like."
Qiao Yuan and the system fell silent at the same time, and unexpectedly they got involved in a love triangle.
No, the heroine they mistakenly thought was not even a role.
However, Qiao Yuan also realized that the direction of her investigation was correct, which meant that just as she thought, the people on the island did record some things on the stone tablet.
Just as Qiao Yuan was about to check the other stone tablets around him, a surprised female voice suddenly rang in his ears: "Hey, where are Chen Shi and Zhao Rulan?"
The one who spoke was Cheng Mengting.
Cheng Mengting had been bending over to look for the stone tablet. After a while, she felt that her waist couldn't bear it, so she wanted to stand up and take a rest. After subconsciously scanning the people present, Cheng Mengting soon found that two people had disappeared.
After hearing what Cheng Mengting said, Qiao Yuan quickly looked up and saw that there were indeed two missing figures on the field.
Fei frowned: "Was he taken away by a ghost?"
Qiao Yuan: “No.”
The distance between the people was not far, which did not meet the conditions of being alone, so the two people were probably not taken away by ghosts, but left on their own.
She recalled the positions of the few people when they dispersed, and turned to look at Qin Ning on the side. At that time, Qin Ning should have been the person closest to Zhao Rulan and Chen Shi.
Qiao Yuan asked Qin Ning if he noticed where Zhao Rulan and Chen Shi went. Qin Ning paused for a while, as if he understood what Qiao Yuan said, and then pointed in a direction and said, "Chen Shi and Cheng Mengting went that way."
Everyone looked in the direction Qin Ning's finger pointed and found that it was the area on the edge of the stone tablet. Walking to the side, they had completely left the stone tablet area and disappeared into the woods.
At this time, fog was spreading among the woods, as if it was going to cover the entire forest.
It's getting foggy.
Qin Ning said cautiously: "I thought they were going to check out other stone tablets..."
It was for this reason that Qin Ning looked away after taking a glance, trying to focus on the stone tablet in front of him, but failed.
Although Qin Ning did not remember the exact time, he remembered that it was probably after he had seen the two stone tablets.
Sheng Guiye: "Was he led away by a ghost?"
As soon as he said this, many people showed expressions of fear. After all, the other party's words undoubtedly embodied their fears, as if they had seen that in the secret woods, the ghost had been hiding there, watching them struggling to translate in order to find the stone tablet, quietly waiting to seize the opportunity and let them take the bait.
Sheng Guiye's guess is indeed possible, but Qiao Yuan thinks that Chen Shi might take the bait, but Zhao Rulan doesn't look like he would be fooled.
That left another possibility, that the two of them left on their own initiative. Although Chen Shi was reckless, from the fact that he did not choose to stay alone in the room before, it can be seen that he still remembered what Qiao Yuan said before and knew that he could not be alone.
Unless I leave with Zhao Rulan.
He thought he had convinced Zhao Rulan, or he was convinced by Zhao Rulan, both were possible.
Xin Min also said weakly: "Wait, Zhao Rulan and Chen Shi are already..."
She obviously didn't want to say the word "death", so she didn't finish her words, but everyone else understood what she meant.
After all, it took quite a while to identify a stone tablet, which meant that the two had been away from the main group for quite some time, and there was a high possibility that they would encounter danger. In addition, the fog also blocked their prying eyes, but it also left them with fear.
But before anyone else could respond to Xin Min's words, another female voice rang out: "I'm fine."
The sound of this voice instantly attracted a lot of attention.
Qiao Yuan and the others with astonished eyes turned their heads to look over and saw the figure walking out of the fog.
Zhao Rulan was just walking out of the fog, and judging from her response just now, she had obviously heard what Xin Min said.
Zhao Rulan's reappearance did not make the atmosphere any more relaxed.
Song Yanchi looked directly at Zhao Rulan: "What did you do just now?"
"Why are you alone? Where is Chen Shi?"
Qiao Yuan did not interrupt Song Yanchi, after all, this was also the question in her mind.
Zhao Rulan understood what Song Yanchi said, but he was not too nervous: "You suspect I am a ghost."
"We are all guests of the show and players in the same instance..."
Qiao Yuan said, "After all, just like Qin Ning, you were away for too long just now, so it's normal for everyone to have doubts."
Zhao Rulan obviously remembered that he had suspected Qin Ning before, so he did not continue to refute, but quickly said: "That's right."
"I did leave for a while with Chen Shi just now, because I thought about what Chen Shi said before about the boat. I felt that it was too dangerous to continue staying on the island, so I wanted to try to take a shortcut."
"And Chen Shi agreed, so we decided to go to the shore to take a look. But after walking a few steps, I suddenly regretted it, so I said something to Chen Shi, and then walked over here, and Chen Shi followed behind me."
Fei asked doubtfully: "Then Chen Shi..."
Zhao Rulan: "Missing."
"Chen Shi was originally following me at the time, but he suddenly screamed in fear and ran away from me. I thought he had come back first."
The words in the live broadcast room also heard Zhao Rulan's story clearly -
[I didn’t expect Zhao Rulan to be a gamer. Was it because he was busy with the Nightmare game when he retired the year before?]
[Zhao Rulan is indeed a player. I met her once when I participated in the game last year and wanted to ask her for an autograph.]
[However, if Zhao Rulan is an old player, isn't he a bit too stupid to think that he can leave the island without completing the task?]
[Maybe it's too depressing. I felt like vomiting when I saw Uncle Zhong's body through the live broadcast room just now, not to mention knowing clearly that all this happened in the real world. I feel even more terrified]
[Also, Zhao Rulan didn’t have a name in the forum before, which means her performance was mediocre, so I think it’s normal for her to make such a decision.]
[I think Zhao Rulan is weird, is she a ghost?]
…
In a series of "Zhao Rulan", some people also noticed another problem -
[So Chen Shi is really dead? ]
[Strange, according to Zhao Rulan's words, Chen Shi looked like she was seduced by a ghost, but why didn't the ghost choose her, but chose Chen Shi instead?]
[After all, Chen Shi is obviously a novice player, the type I hate the most, who thinks they are very good. This type of player is most likely to die in the game.]
Chen Shi did not have any proper job before participating in the variety show. He worked a daily job. He would lie down for a day after getting paid, and go back to work when the money was gone. The reason for participating in the variety show was also very simple -
If you are chosen, you will be paid a lot and have beautiful girls to look at.
He didn't have much hope at the time, but he didn't expect to be selected by accident. For this, Chen Shi made special preparations, but he didn't expect to encounter what happened in the game.
Chen Shi had a strong sense of self-esteem, which was first revealed when he was a child. When he was in elementary school, a skinny classmate exposed Chen Shi for stealing class funds. Because it was in public, Chen Shi punched the boy without hesitation, making the boy cry.
However, because the head teacher was afraid that the incident would be reported to the school leaders and affect his own teaching evaluation, he used threats and inducements to prevent the child from telling his parents, and Chen Shi was not held accountable.
What Chen Shi hates most are people like Song Yanchi and Sheng Guiye who are completely opposite to him and seem to trample on his self-esteem.
