Chapter 10

     “What if a real ghost quietly sneaked into our group when we were in a mess, and stamped us, but we didn’t notice it at all…” The game anchor rubbed his arms and said, “It’s really scary when you think about it!”

     “When I was doing ghost hunting live broadcasts before, I went to collect materials and heard a supernatural story,” Brother Hu’s teeth began to tremble: “A tourist died of a heart attack in a haunted house, and then his soul wandered in the haunted house, looking for a substitute…”

     The singer panicked: “If it was a real ghost, I wouldn’t be dragged by it to be a substitute!”

     Lu Lanlan said with a stiff face: “Don’t be distracted anymore, there are no ghosts in this world. I think there should be a mechanism on the wall, and the NPC was hiding in the dark and quietly stamped a stamp!”

     “Shh!” Tang Niannian motioned them to be quiet: “Did you hear any sound?”

     Everyone quieted down and heard a vague scream. Jiaming: “Someone is screaming, and there is more than one person. The sound source seems to be the corridor we passed by.”

     At the same time, the live broadcast room cut the camera to the orthopedic clinic No. 3.

     A doctor NPC wearing a white coat and holding a bone saw rushed out of the dark room, scaring the guests to flee.

     The doctor dragged the bone saw and made a harsh sound on the ground. Half of his face was covered with blood. His cold gray pupils looked around the clinic and finally locked onto the movie blogger who was hiding under the table with a stethoscope in his hand as a weapon.

     The doctor NPC squatted down, and the movie blogger closed his eyes tightly.

     The doctor NPC smeared the blood plasma on the face of the movie blogger and said in a cold and hoarse voice: “Brother, open your eyes and look at me.”

     “I’m not scary at all. The people who came before were not afraid of me at all.” The doctor NPC became more and more complaining, and poked the movie blogger’s knee with the prop bone saw: “Threat me, intimidate me, and make me hand over the password.”

     The movie blogger couldn’t bear it anymore: “You don’t know whether you are scary or not! I’m so scared that I’m shaking, can’t you see? Just stamp it, please don’t humiliate me!”

     The doctor NPC was satisfied with stamping the death mark on him, and then dragged the bone saw to chase other guests.

     The movie blogger leaned back in the chair with exhaustion: “I…finally…got…off…work…”

 

   【Hei Zi’s previous prediction was completely correct. The doctor NPC, who was humiliated by the big devil player, began to humiliate the rookie player. 】

   【It’s so funny. This guy said he wanted to be the first before, but he was humiliated by the NPC and lost his desire to win. 】

   【So the scream heard from Xiaoshi came from here. The truth is so touching. I wonder if Xiaoshi and the others found out. 】

 

     The director was very knowledgeable and cut the camera back to Shixi, just in time to shoot Shixi walking back with Jiaming, probably to find out the source of the sound.

     At the corner, the nurse NPC and the patient NPC were standing in the corridor chatting.

     “I envy the NPCs who can scare people. It’s so fulfilling to hear the screams of these players.”

     “If every player is like the one holding the shovel just now, we should change our careers as soon as possible.”

     At this time, the two NPCs found Shixi and immediately became as quiet as a chicken, lying back as quickly as possible.

     Shi Xi: “…”

     The live broadcast room changed to a dual perspective. On one side, the guests were chased by the doctor NPC and ran around everywhere, screaming and crying. On the other side, there was an NPC lying on the bed pretending to be dead and Shi Xi covering the NPC with a blanket with an innocent look.

 

   【The director definitely did it on purpose! The perspective was switched completely according to Hei Zi’s prediction. It was so unethical. I love watching it. 】

   【The two NPCs pretending to be dead are very similar to me when I was discovered by my boss at work. I continued to work on the surface, but I was panicking inside. 】

   【She also covered the quilt for others. The harm was not great, but the insult was very strong. 】

 

     After confirming that the screams came from the clinic and there were no other abnormalities, Shi Xi and Jia Ming went back.

     This little episode eased the guests’ tense emotions. They temporarily put aside the mystery of the seal and continued to go to the operating room.

     As they walked, the hospital broadcast suddenly made a harsh noise. After the noise disappeared, the weird music box music began to play again.

     A sweet female voice mixed into the music, with a strange smile: “You are so slow~ Come to the operating room to find me~”

     The singer said vigilantly: “Did you hear that female voice? Is this broadcast for us?”

     The game anchor analyzed: “It may be the voice of the NPC in the operating room, trying to defeat our psychological defenses in advance.”

     The singer: “To be honest, I was not very interested in this live variety show. I think it must not be well done with such a tight budget, but now I have completely changed my mind. The details are so well done. My scalp tingles when I hear this voice.”

     The male actor agreed: “As soon as this voice came out, I felt that the operating room was very dangerous.”

     Shi Xi frowned. After inheriting the magic talent, her intuition became more acute. She felt that this voice was too weird and uncomfortable to listen to. It didn’t seem to be the work of the program team.

     Shi Xi asked the system in her heart: “You suddenly assigned me this task, is it because there is really a ghost here?”

 

   【Host, the task of recording a variety show rewards acting talent, which has no connection with supernatural events for the time being. I can’t answer your question. 】

 

     Soon, they found the No. 1 operating room.

     The door of the operating room was closed, and there were several long bloody scratches on the cold white door panel. The window was shining with a faint green light, which made people stay away.

     Brother Hu swallowed his saliva: “If everyone is afraid, it is better to prepare mentally first…”

     Shi Xi pushed the door open and went in.

     Tang Niannian and Jiaming followed closely behind.

     Brother Hu pointed at them and asked the game anchor: “Why are they all like strolling in the park? Didn’t that weird female voice just now make them feel a little scared?”

     The game anchor pursed his lips: “Brother Hu, do you remember the harsh words we said at the beginning? You said that ghosts would have to take a detour when they saw Brother Hu, and I said I could carry the whole game.”

     Brother Hu touched his face: “Didn’t I slap myself in the face before? Why are you bringing this up again?”

     “I’m just saying, these two sentences combined perfectly describe Xiao Shi,” the game streamer smiled, “For a ‘big demon’ type of player, playing escape rooms is like walking in a park.”

     Brother Hu: “You’re right.”

     Compared with the previous scene, the layout of this operating room is a bit sloppy. In the middle is an operating table covered with white cloth, equipped with several medical instruments, which are dirty and broken. I don’t know where they came from.

     In addition, there are various garbage bins, medical carts, cabinets, various discarded quilts and clothes piled together, and there is a smell of disinfectant in the air.

     Brother Hu was much more relaxed when he saw this environment: “Did the program team run out of time when they arranged it here? It was a bit perfunctory, and there was not even a trace of blood.”

     “But it’s easy to hide people here, there must be a lot of NPCs,” the game anchor looked around and said to Shi Xi with interest: “Xiao Shi, start your performance!” 

      Shi Xi: “If I get the card, it’s mine. Are you sure you want me to do it?”

     The game anchor received the glares from other guests and immediately changed his words: “Please don’t do it.”

     Lu Lanlan looked at Shi Xi worriedly: “You can’t threaten NPCs this time! No violence!”

     After that, she immediately went to look for clues.

     Others also hurriedly started to look.

     Lu Lanlan soon discovered: “The cart is locked, and we need a key.”

     The Singer: “The cabinet can’t be opened, and the medicine box above needs a password.”

     The game anchor walked to the front of the table, picked up a stack of white paper, and exclaimed after flipping through it: “Oh my God, come and see, these are our death certificates!”

     After the others gathered, the game anchor distributed the notice to them.

     Shi Xi walked over slowly and got her “death certificate”, which had her ID photo on it and a light red mark on it.

     She quickly browsed the text on it and soon noticed that there was a handwritten death time below, without the year, month, and day, only a hasty “22:30”, which did not match the real time, and it was not even eight o’clock now.

     Shi Xi wanted to get Jiaming and Tang Niannian’s “death certificates” and found that they also had this time, and there were two light red marks on the paper.

     She rubbed “22:30” with her fingertips, and the ink was not dry yet, so it was blurred. How did these red marks come from, and what does time have to do with it…

     Shi Xi looked up and looked around, and found a wall clock that was still running. The time was about 22:20.

 

   【What does this time mean? It’s still a long way from eleven o’clock.】 

   【The ink hasn’t dried yet, it was just written not long ago! Did she find it by chance or because she is so sharp? If the director hadn’t given a close-up, I wouldn’t have noticed it. 】

   【Can she really pass the level without violence? 】

   【Lan Lan asked her not to use violence, and she even gave up the search. I think she only knows how to use violence. She even admitted that she is an intelligent player before. 】

 

     “Wait, there seems to be something here.” The game anchor opened the drawer and found a new stack of papers, and said in surprise: “It’s still a death certificate! But it’s not ours.”

     Lu Lanlan said: “These ID photos are all wearing professional clothes. They may be the medical staff who were in charge of this operating room. I’m sure they are hiding in various places as ghosts now.”

     Da Hu: “Their expressions are too scary.”

     Shi Xi glanced at them. The death certificates of these NPCs were all printed, and the date of death was the same as that of Dr. Chen Ming before, specific to the year, month and day.

     She raised her eyebrows and walked away slowly.

     “Are these death certificates just to scare us, or are they hinting at something?” Lu Lanlan pulled the corner of the game anchor’s clothes, looked at him with big eyes, and asked softly: “Brother, do you see anything?”

     The game anchor was moved by this look and cleared his throat: “I am a professional game anchor, familiar with 800 game routines, this little trick is certainly not difficult for me, listen to me and analyze it with you.”

     “Yeah.” Lu Lanlan looked at him expectantly.

     The game host made a very clear analysis: “Look, we are the ones on this player notification sheet. The program team must have put it in after we split up. They definitely didn’t have time to prepare any useful information. It can be considered as something that is simply scary and disturbing to us. It’s all waste paper, and its function is the same as that sound just now.”

     Lu Lanlan praised: “You are so smart.”

     The male actor who was listening also said: “Anchor, your analysis makes sense. Do you have any other ideas?”

     “I think the focus is on the death certificates of these NPCs.”

 

    【Lanlan’s wife is very active in decryption. She is so cute!】

   【Hehe, if we don’t use violence, our Lanlan will win. 】

   【That Xiao Shi was completely silent. She is really a brainless violent maniac. 】

   【It’s so funny. Everyone thinks that this death certificate is a disturbing prop, but it only disturbs her. I think she will regret it later and go to violently grab the card again. 】

   【No audience defends her. It’s so pitiful hahaha】

   【Do you know why? Because we are waiting for a slap in the face. 】

   【I’m too lazy to even send a barrage of comments if Xiao Shi isn’t in the clip. Is that really so hard to understand? 】

 

     “Click.” A crisp sound of unlocking a lock caught everyone’s attention.

     The discussion, mainly led by the game anchor and Lu Lanlan, came to an abrupt end, and they all searched for the sound.

     Then they saw Shi Xi standing lazily in front of the cabinet, casually opening the lid of the medicine box, and two friends standing beside her with a calm face.

     The other guests were not surprised to see that it was Shi Xi who opened the box.

     Only Lu Lanlan’s eyes widened: “You opened the medicine box? How did you open it?”

     Shi Xi took out two travel cards and covered them casually: “Use the password.”

     Lu Lanlan said with a bit of a stern tone: “Of course I know, the question is how do you know the password?”

     Shi Xi: “Just now I heard someone say that the medicine box needs a password, so I tried it with the time on the death certificate.”

     The singer raised his hand: “I found the medicine box, but I didn’t connect it, I was just busy listening to their analysis.”

     Lu Lanlan was so angry that she vomited blood, and looked at the game anchor with resentment: “Didn’t you say those were interference props, waste paper?”

     Brother Hu: “It seems that you are as fierce as a tiger in your analysis, but when you see the record of 0 to 5, you have led us into a ditch.”

     The game streamer rubbed his nose with the back of his hand and laughed awkwardly: “It’s common to make mistakes in analysis, and I found those death certificates. I also contributed to her unlocking the lock.” 

     Shi Xi saw the red marks on her fingertips and blinked slowly. So that’s how the red marks on the paper came from. She seemed to have discovered something incredible.

     Shi Xi looked at the game streamer and handed over a travel card: “Since you also contributed, I’ll give you a card.” 

     Everyone looked at the game streamer enviously.

      The game host waved his hand: “I analyzed it wrong, how can I have the face to take it.” 

    “Forget it.” Shi Xi took back the card.

 

   【You can never fully understand Xiao Shi. 】

   【Where are all those Lu Lanlan fans who were saying Xiao Shi definitely couldn’t do it? Watching you get proven wrong has become one of the highlights of this show. 】

   【Do you know what it means to be both bold and careful?” 】

   【This password wasn’t that hard to find, but everyone else was misled. The game streamer and Lu Lanlan are mainly responsible. The worst thing in gaming is someone who’s both bad at the game and loves to show off, leading everyone astray.】

   【You have no face to take this. You’re the one who should take the blame. 】

 

     The male actor calculated: “We haven’t played a single card so far, and they have found six cards.”

     Brother Hu smiled: “But we should have stolen a lot of shots.”

     Shi Xi glanced at the wall clock and it was almost 30 minutes. She walked to the operating table and squatted down.

     Brother Hu shouted: “Xiao Shi, what are you doing?”

     Shi Xi: “I’m waiting for someone.”

     Lu Lanlan’s alarm bells rang, and she raised her voice and shouted: “Is there an NPC under the operating table? Listen, there is a terrible player who has bad intentions towards you!”

     The other guests almost laughed their heads off when they heard this shouting.

     Brother Hu: “Are you serious, Lan?”

     Game streamer: “Players remind NPCs to be careful of other players. This is the first time I’ve seen this.”

     At this time, the wall clock pointed to 22:30 and made a harsh sound.

     The operating table vibrated strangely, and a hand with a knife pushed away the cover, and then a doctor NPC with long hair crawled out from inside.

     The doctor NPC raised her pale face and saw Shi Xi’s friendly smile.

     Shi Xi said warmly: “You are here?”

     The doctor NPC: “…”

     Shi Xi looked at her for a while and pointed to the key shaking on her neck: “I want it, thank you.”

     The doctor NPC readily took off the key and gave it to her: “You win.”

     Obviously, this is a key that can get a travel card. Having not received a single card, Lu Lanlan was a little anxious: “Shi Xi! You actually threatened the NPC again, you have no credibility!”

     Lu Lanlan even overcame her fear and scolded the doctor NPC: “I told you someone was waiting for you, why did you come out?”

     The doctor NPC put her hair behind her ears and said seriously: “First, this player did not threaten me. I handed over the key because I judged that she was qualified. Secondly, I heard your reminder, but according to the regulations, I must appear at this time. As for the reason, you can figure it out yourself.”

     The doctor NPC came out and left the operating room in a chic manner: “I’m offline, bye.”

     The guests watched the NPC leave, and their mood was very complicated for a while, and they had many questions.

     Singer: “What does NPC mean by that?”

     The game streamer looked around, locked onto the wall clock, and began to reason: “The clock rings and the death time on the death certificate is consistent, which means that NPC will come out to ‘kill’ us at 22:30, so NPC said she must show up on time. If I were a game designer, I would place this important NPC in the most open and easy-to-move space – under the operating table.”

     The singer realized: “That’s why Xiaoshi was waiting for NPC there.”

     “You’re right,” Tang Niannian said: “NPC thinks Xiaoshi is very smart and brave, so she gave her the key.”

     “Xiaoshi always does what she wants, but she can always achieve her goals easily because she has deciphered the clues long ago,” the game streamer said. The anchor spread his hands: “I told you long ago that she is a smart player.”

     Brother Hu glared at him: “What’s wrong with you? You’ve become powerful again. Wasn’t that blind analysis before intentional?”

     Game anchor: “Of course not, I’m a wise man after the event.”

     Jia Ming handed the travel card he had just received to Shi Xi: “Two cards, and the next destination.”

     “We only need one card, so I won’t fight with you. Let’s go directly to the next stop. Before that, I’ll give you a gift.” Shi Xi looked at the game anchor and asked naturally: “Check, is your seal still there?”

     The game anchor moved his hand instinctively, but he quickly reacted and chuckled: “How can I have a seal?”

     Shi Xi walked towards him calmly and raised his right hand: “The seal is still there. When you wiped your nose before, I saw red marks on your fingertips. Your hands were clean in the clinic. Is this the ink you accidentally got when you attacked the player in the corridor?”

     Shi Xi rolled up his sleeves, and there were several red marks on his arm: “Sure enough, you hid the seal in your sleeves before, and it was you who stamped the singer in the corridor.”

     The game anchor defended: “It’s not me, I was stamped too.”

     “You stamped it yourself to clear yourself of suspicion,” Shi Xi said: “You bend your hand and touch your back now, you must have just reached the position of the seal.”

     The singer exclaimed: “I remember, he was indeed standing behind me at that time!”

     Da Hu rubbed his hands: “Okay, the program group actually played the undercover trick! There is no real ghost at all, he is the ‘ Ghost’!” 

     Shi Xi let go of the game anchor: “Admit it.”

     The game anchor looked at his fingertips and said angrily: “I was careless, so you wanted to give me a card before, just to test me. I learned it this time, but I have been eliminated.”

     Lu Lanlan blushed: “You really are deliberately misleading us, making us think that clues are waste paper.”

     The game anchor admitted frankly: “Yes, the program team calculated the time we arrived at the operating room before filling in the time of death, the timer alarm and setting the password. This takes time, so they set up NPCs to block the road in the corridor. Because Xiao Shi was solved it too quickly, I used the ‘ghost seal’ to help them buy time. The music that was suddenly broadcast was the signal that was arranged. “

     “In fact, I said at the beginning that 21 cards, at most 8 people can pass the level,” the game anchor pointed at himself: “I am the 8th person who can pass the level without a card-the premise is that he is not caught. Oops, I have no experience as an undercover agent for the first time. I will correct it next time. “

 

   【No wonder his ability fluctuates. He is an undercover agent. And he only started to make moves after building trust. He chose the right time every time.】

   【He may not have noticed that he would be exposed because of the seal. At the beginning, he said that 8 people would pass the level. I really thought he just made a mistake. Others must not have noticed it.】

   【Even if violence is prohibited, Xiaoshi can win by using brain power. But they passed the level so quickly. Won’t they be out of the camera like the players who were eliminated early?】

   【Does the atmosphere group care about the camera? And Xiaoshi is awesome.】

   【Okay, she is awesome. I apologize for my previous recklessness.】

 

     “Well… since there is no real ghost in the corridor, what’s the matter with this seal? “The actor who raised this question had a trembling voice.

     Everyone looked and saw a red seal hanging next to him. It swayed in the air, suddenly turned around and stamped on his face.

     The three words “You are dead” were glaring and blurry, and the wet red liquid slowly flowed down.

     The actor wiped his face, put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed, his face changed drastically: “It’s real blood!”

The seal was floating in the air, and a sweet voice rang out in the operating room: “Who will be chosen next?”