48 Hours a Day

"Are you trying to say that you didn't secretly put graphite in our backpack?" The doctor moved the muzzle to Zhang Heng.

"That's right." Zhang Heng said lightly.

"It's impossible," the doctor categorically said, "Everyone except you is experiencing rapid deterioration. If you are not the person who put the graphite in our bag, then he will only make you cheaper in the end. This is the fundamental explanation. Nowhere."

"This really doesn't make sense." Zhang Heng also nodded.

The faces of Kui Ye and the other players showed a surprised look. It seemed that someone would admit it so readily. As a result, Zhang Heng continued, "Unless... the person who secretly put graphite in your bag is not Players."

"It's not a player...what do you mean?" The mouse wondered.

The doctor said, "After we were separated, the maintenance worker and I drove directly away from Pripyat. We were very cautious along the way and tried to avoid contact with outsiders. I can be sure that no one has touched ours during this period. Bag, so that piece of graphite was in the backpack before we were separated, and at that time we were all together, except for our own, it is impossible for anyone to go into our backpack without knowing it. Stuff things, unless that guy is completely invisible."

Zhang Heng ignored the doctor's last mockery, and just asked, "Remember the name of this copy?"

"The invisible killer? Is there any problem with this? Haven't we already concluded that the invisible killer is nuclear radiation." Kui Ye said.

"Nuclear radiation indeed meets the definition of an invisible killer. What's more, we encountered a nuclear explosion as soon as we entered the dungeon. Instinctively we would think in this direction. At the beginning, I also tried to find the answer from this direction and proceeded to investigate step by step The cause of the accident, but the result... you have also seen that there is no change in the main mission."

"What else can the invisible killer refer to?" The Slash Service Youth asked.

"It doesn't mean anything, it means it literally." Zhang Heng said, "The background of this copy has been deliberately misleading us, making us complicate the whole thing."

"Literally? Don't you really think that there is an invisible killer lurking around us?" The mouse shuddered, and looked left and right, looking a little flustered.

"You guy, are you thinking of us as fools?" The doctor didn't eat it at all, and smiled angrily. "Are you really going to push all this to an invisible person?"

Even the Zhanfu Juvenile, who has always unconditionally supported Zhang Heng, seems a little unacceptable to this statement, "The invisible man...this is a bit too science fiction."

"No, you have misunderstood what I mean." Zhang Heng said, "The teacher who taught me assassin skills once told me that the best way to disappear quickly in this world is to completely integrate into the surrounding environment and become part of it. A member."

"So...for now, what is the fastest way to integrate into the environment?" Kui Ye said.

"Pretending to be a player."

Zhang Heng said indifferently, “This time the dungeon’s mode is a single-player collaboration, which means that the players in the dungeon are all cooperative. Although it is not ruled out that some players may kill and sell, but in general, the single-player collaboration dungeon players The relationship is relatively harmonious, not to mention that the background of this instance is the famous Chernobyl accident. From the first second of the game, the shadow of death has been hanging over our heads, especially in the main mission. Under circumstances, it is almost impossible for us to doubt our companions around us."

Zhang Heng paused and continued, "As I said before, this copy deliberately misled us from the beginning. When we first entered the copy, we had seven people in the same room. When you are surrounded by players on the left and right, you will naturally think that the seven are all players. This is a kind of mental inertia."

"But after that, we all introduced ourselves briefly. At least I didn’t notice any problems at the time. Even if the NPCs in the copy could be mixed between us, it would be difficult to imitate the tone and way of our speech, right? The important thing is to understand the real world." Although Kui Ye still disagrees with Zhang Heng's inference, she has indeed begun to think about this possibility.

"Of course normal NPCs can't, but someone can do it."

"Who?"

"The master behind this copy." Zhang Heng said calmly.

"The master behind this copy? Your story is getting more and more absurd." The doctor sneered, "It is not ruled out that some deities will appear in the copy, but I have never heard of a god who will end in person. Participating in the game."

"Others may not, but I know someone will definitely do. In fact, I won't be surprised at what he does." Zhang Heng said.

"Do you already know which deity is behind this copy?" Kui Ye moved his eyes.

"That's right, Loki, the god of lies and tricks in Norse mythology, he is the one who hides among us and makes troubles." Zhang Heng said, "This fits his style very well."

"You said that the god behind this copy is Loki? What about the evidence? So far we have heard only your nonsense." The doctor squeezed TT-33 in his hand and said with an unkind expression.

"The evidence is hidden in every corner of the copy. Although Loki has always appeared in an image that can ignore the rules and tease people everywhere, he can indeed break many constraints. This is why this copy is so peculiar. However, according to my speculation, he still needs to abide by some basic rules in the game, such as not being able to set up an unsolvable copy. He can increase the difficulty of the copy to a certain extent, but the corresponding answer must be left."

"Where is the mystery?" The Slayer Youth asked.

"It is recorded in Norse mythology that Loki is an excellent shapeshifter. He once appeared in different stories as seals, salmon, white mares, flies, and an old woman named Sock."

"White mare, the one we met on the way to the hotel?" the mouse asked in surprise.

Zhang Heng nodded, "An old woman named Suok lives in a small village not far from Pripyat. The small building she lives in is higher than ordinary houses, because in Norse mythology , She belongs to the giant clan, and the other building is half collapsed, corresponding to the cave where she lives in the story."

"Dolphin, is it the chain on our car?" Kuiye quickly thought of the dolphin interior hanging on the rearview mirror of Volga's car.

"Salmon, shouldn't it refer to the canned salmon we tuned." The mouse is also very capable of inferring other things.