Kaleidoscope of Death

There weren't many things in the backpack, Lin Qiushi controlled his slightly trembling hands and quickly found what he wanted. It was a silver-white gun, which looked no different from a normal gun, with three bullets in the clip.

This was a prop that Lin Qiushi had obtained from the other people inside the door of the oil lamp. Although he had never used it, he and Ruan Nanzhu guessed that it was a rare and valuable prop of destruction inside the door.

The cries of the box girl came from the kitchen, which means she is definitely not on the second floor, so the contents of the box in front of them are probably the box man, who can be killed.

Lin Qiushi could only take a gamble, even if he lost, he still had a last resort. At this time, Liang Mi Ye could no longer control Ruan Nanzhu, she used all her strength to barely slow down Ruan Nanzhu's steps and could only look at Lin Qiushi with anxious eyes.

Lin Qiushi took a deep breath, stood up, turned to the box in front of him and directly pulled the trigger in his hand.

"Bang bang!" Three loud gunshots accompanied by miserable screams, the bullet sent out from Lin Qiushi's hand penetrated the wooden crate and blew out three large black holes on top of it, the crate holder hidden inside screamed, bright red blood spilled out of the holes and flowed all over the floor.

Ruan Nanzhu seemed to be scared by the loud noise and paused in his steps, but he still continued to go towards the box.

Seeing this, Lin Qiushi's heart sank as he gritted his teeth and pounced straight towards the box.

Liang Mi Ye was slightly stunned when she saw Lin Qiushi's action, at first she didn't understand what Lin Qiushi was going to do, but she soon woke up and said in dismay, "Lin Lin- you-"

Before her words could fall, he saw Lin Qiushi grab the lid of the box with his hand and open the wooden box in front of him before Ruan Nan Candle got close to it.

It had to be said that although he had prepared himself mentally, but the moment he really opened the box, Lin Qiushi's heart still paused, and he saw what was inside the box... It was a completely twisted man, with all his limbs broken, trapped in this small wooden box in a grotesque posture, his eyes turned a horrible grey... Like two black holes... they were now unwillingly opening wide. And on his forehead, a large bloody hole appeared, obviously blown out directly by Lin Qiushi's gun just now.

Lin Qiushi paused for two seconds before he realized that he was fine, and he let out a long breath, relaxing his tense body and turning his head to look at Ruan Nam Candle who had also stopped in his tracks.

Ruan Nan Candle stood still, he appeared in a trance, as if he was slowly pulling out of that abnormal state, and after about a moment, he opened his mouth in a hoarse voice, "What did I... just do?"

Liang Mi Ye heard his voice and knew that the skill time was over, she breathed a sigh of relief like Lin Qiushi and also softened on the ground, "Zhumeng, you almost lost it just now!"

Ruan Nan Candle was confused, he said, "I..." he was silent for a moment longer before completely pleading with the Box Girl skill, "I got hit?!"

"Yes." Lin Qiushi looked up at him, "It's a good thing I brought props..." he hadn't really appreciated the importance of props before, and now he finally felt that they really were life-saving, without this gun, at least one would have been cool between him and Ruan Nan Candle.

Ruan Nan Candle reached out and pinched the corners of his eyes, he looked towards Lin Qiushi and the already opened case, almost gritting his teeth: "Even if I get hit, you can't open the case first-"What if the gun destroys the case and it's useless? Wouldn't Lin Qiushi be gone already?

Lin Qiushi purposely made a dazed look and said, "But I'm sure the boxman is dead, what can't I open this."

"Don't treat me like Cheng Qianli." Ruan Nan Candle wasn't a fool, how could he be so easily fooled, how could he not guess what Lin Qiushi wanted to do.

Lin Qiushi wasn't sure if the prop gun was working, so he was gambling with his life, and if it didn't work, he was trading his life for Ruan Nan Candle's.

"Insulting Cheng Qianli, I'm going to report you with his brother." Lin Qiushi stood up from the ground and looked back at the box, "Can we dispose of this thing, it can't stay in our room, right?"

"According to the custom inside the door, we'll probably lose this thing when we go out for a while." Liang Miye was quite experienced, though.

"Alright, let's discuss it somewhere else then." Lin Qiushi stood up.

Ruan Nan Candle's expression was still not very pretty, Lin Qiushi quickly leaned in and kissed and hugged him, saying that he was really scared just now, if he hadn't brought this gun, then things would have been bad.

Ruan Nan Candle didn't say anything with a sunken face, allowing Lin Qiushi to coax him no matter how much he tried, obviously very dissatisfied with Lin Qiushi's self-inflicted unboxing just now.

Lin Qiushi had no choice but to think that Ruan Nan Candle wouldn't be angry after a while.

They switched rooms and started discussing the matter.

"Do you guys remember the box girl rules?" Nguyen Nan Candle frowned and said, "About the disclosure."

"Remember." Liang Mi Ye said, "What do you mean..."

Ruan Nam Candle said, "I suspect the rules inside the door are similar to those of that time."

"How so?" Liang Mi Ye asked.

When playing a board game, since everyone sits around a table, when a player draws a card in a box, they can choose to make the information public or not. A huge advantage of public information is that other players can also know about the props, but when the information is made public, the player playing as the box girl will also know about the information and the props the player has acquired.

"So you're saying that Box Girl can also know the information we make public?" Liang Mi Ye glared, "Right, oh, when we make public information it's in the dining room, next to the kitchen!"

"She must know, or she wouldn't have chosen me," Ruan Nam Candle said, "At least right now, I'm the only one who has shown that I know the detailed rules." If she managed to get rid of Nguyen Nan Candle, it would be very convenient for Box Girl's next move, since no one in the player even knew what the instruction card for that skill was for.

"But wouldn't that be too foul." Lin Qiushi frowned, the door wouldn't intentionally set up a deadlock, and inside a board game, wouldn't not knowing the rules be almost like having no solution.

"Right, so I think we're leaving out very crucial information." Ruan Nam Candle said, "If I wasn't here, there must be some other way to know the rules of the game, but at the moment we haven't found the rulebook, or..."

"Or it's been found, but the one who found it isn't public!" Liang Miye, "Isn't that so!"

Ruan Nam Candle nodded.

"But why did that man hide the rules?" Lin Qiushi said, "Or rather, what certainty does he have that he will go out..."

"It's purely a matter of probability," Ruan Nan Candle said, "He doesn't have to guarantee that he'll get out, he just has to guarantee that he'll be the last one to die."

As long as there was only one last person left inside the door, the door's rules would work, and then that person would have no problem opening the box any way he wanted, because he was already in a state of invincibility.

Both Liang Mi Ye and Lin Qiushi didn't say anything after listening to Ruan Nam Candle's analysis.

"Of course, this is just my guess." Ruan Nam Candle spread his hands, "Maybe we all guessed wrong, but the door just became more difficult."

"Ugh." Liang Mi Ye sighed, "I don't even dare to think about what it would be like to enter the tenth door without a clue..." let alone the eleventh one.

As the three of them were talking, they heard shouting coming from the hallway, someone was calling Zhu Meng and Yu Lin Lin, asking if they were okay, figuring that someone from downstairs had just heard the gunshots and came to check it out.

"I'm going out to take a look." Liang Mi Ye stood up.

"You go ahead and tell them we're fine." Ruan Nam Candle said, "I want to talk to him alone." He pointed at Lin Qiushi.

Liang Mi Ye felt that the atmosphere between the two of them wasn't right and knew that Ruan Nan Candle must still be angry at Lin Qiushi for risking his life just now, she smiled, "Alright, but don't talk for too long."

She stood up and walked out of the house, and also brought the door for the two of them.

How could Lin Qiushi not know what Ruan Nan Candle was going to say, he quickly made a stop gesture before Ruan Nan Candle opened her mouth and said, "Nan Candle, I'll only ask you one question before you speak."

Ruan Nam Candle: "Well?"

Lin Qiushi said, "If something like this were to happen to me, would you open it for me before I open the box?"

Ruan Nan Candle fell silent, the answer to this question was clear to both of them.

There was only one piece of chocolate, he would give half of it to Lin Qiushi and hide the remaining half and return it to Lin Qiushi tomorrow.

"So don't be angry." Lin Qiushi said, "We both know very well what the other will do." He reassured Ruan Nan Candle, "Okay, Nan Candle?"

"I just want you to live," Ruan Nan Candle said, "At least, don't die because of me."

Lin Qiushi looked into Ruan Nan Candle's eyes and whispered, "Was there ever such a thing?"

Ruan Nan Candle pursed his lips, and just when Lin Qiushi thought he wouldn't answer, he nodded, "Right."

Lin Qiushi didn't know what to say, so he could only reach out and hug him.

"He also has a three-year-old daughter." Ruan Nan Candle said, "I was still weak at that time."

These things Lin Qiushi had never heard Ruan Nam Candle mention, and I think they had been buried in Ruan Nam Candle's heart for a long time.

Words were thin at this point, and Lin Qiushi didn't speak, just held Ruan Nan Candle in a death hug, wanting to give him strength.

"Knock knock." There was a knock at the door, Liang Mi Ye was outside, "Are you two done yet, can I come in?"

"What's the fun in three minutes?" Ruan Nan Candle replied back, "You think I'm your boss?"

Liang Mi Ye: "...Friend, do you know too much?

But despite saying so, they opened the door and saw Liang Mi Ye and Sun Yuan Zhou standing outside the door, their expressions looking very subtle.

In particular, Sun Yuanzhou's eyes were darkly sizing up Ruan Nan Candle, as if he was trying to find any strange traces of him.

Ruan Nan Candle ignored his gaze and directly approached Lin Qiushi's bosom, saying, "Something wrong?"

"Someone has opened up the prop again," Sun Yuanzhou said, "Wanted to ask you how to use it."

Ruan Nan Candle said, "What kind of props." He asked.

Sun Yuanzhou said, "A fire extinguisher."

As soon as the three words "fire extinguisher" came out, all three of their eyes lit up.

"What, this prop is useful?" Sun Yuanzhou also noticed the trio's delighted expressions.

"Of course-" said Ruan Nam Candle, "This item can interrupt one of the Box Girl's actions."

"What do you mean?" Sun Yuanzhou said, "Be more specific."

"As an example, I just got hit," Ruan Nam Candle said, "The box girl used 'so bad I want to open it' on me."

Sun Yuan Chau's expression twisted, "What did you say? Then why are you still here - you've opened up other props?"

"No, it was something we brought in ourselves that cracked it." Ruan Nam Candle, "You heard the gunshot earlier."

"Yeah." Sun Yuanzhou calmed down only then, "You continue."

"As long as the fire extinguisher is used, the skill used by that box girl will be interrupted." Ruan Nan Candle, "That means that at least this round, her skills are nullified."

Sun Yuanzhou thought about it, "How many times can that Box Girl's skill be used?"

"It's not certain," Ruanan Candle said, "Inside the game, her skill can only be used once, so she has to put it back in the pile, and then she needs to make a card draw to continue using it." He tapped his finger to his chin, "But inside the door, I don't know."

"Oh." Sun Yuanju nodded.

"Right." Ruan Nan Candle said, "My friend did open a new item, so don't tell anyone."

"What?" Sun Yuanzhou didn't expect Ruan Nam Candle to suddenly come up with this.

"It's a rag doll called Miss Mary." Ruan Nan Candle said, "A prop for the Overwatch Box Girl... But if the Box Girl knew about it, it would be troublesome."

"Then why did you tell me?" Sun Yuanzhou looked around and knitted his brows, "Aren't you afraid that she's hiding in a box in this room?"

Nguyen Nam Candle said, "She's in the kitchen." He said, "If you find the remains of the box girl, be sure to let me know, and overtake her so we can get out."

"Good." Sun Yuanju nodded.

The two exchanged some more information before they dispersed.

When Sun Yuanzhou left, Lin Qiushi was appalled and looked at Ruan Nan Candle, "When did you find Miss Mary?" Miss Mary was Box Girl's favorite doll, one of the most important props in the game, and after getting Miss Mary and then finding Box Girl's remains, you can overdrive Box Girl to open the foreign room and leave here.

"It's not found." Ruan Nan Candle spread his hands.

Lin Qiushi was stunned, then he understood what Ruan Nam Candle meant, he said, "Are you suspecting..."

"Shh." Ruan Nanzhu made a gesture of silence.

Lin Qiushi then didn't say anything out loud.

Liang Mi Ye watched the interaction between the two of them with a foggy head, she also knew Miss Mary's usefulness, she just didn't understand why Ruan Nam Candle would lie to the others, he had found Miss Mary.

But it looked like Ruan Nam Candle had no intention of explaining, so Liang Mi Ye didn't bother to ask any further questions, as Ruan Nam Candle definitely wouldn't intentionally harm anyone anyway.

Today's day passed like this, no one opened the box again in the afternoon, so there were no special surprises.

But during the meal, Lin Qiushi clearly felt that the atmosphere in the house wasn't quite right, those who hadn't eaten for two days were almost staring at the table with green eyes as they ate.

Little Artichoke was a little distracted by the stares for a while, and said very rudely, "Are you guys looking useful? Might as well go find a box to open and come and have something to eat."

Two days was still manageable, three days was a bit difficult, and I have to say that the door really could come up with ways to force them to be active.

Lin Qiushi reckoned that they would be able to carry on for another day at most, and by the fourth day someone would definitely be unable to carry on to open the box.

"Wei Xiu De, you're really not a thing!" Those starving newcomers, seeing Wei Xiu De gorging himself, hated it, "You brought us in and did this to us? I thought you said you were experienced!"

Faced with this kind of questioning, Wei Xiu De simply ignored it and just tried to speak in a flat tone, "You can't kill inside the door, if you make a move against your companion, you will definitely die at the hands of your companion who has turned into a ghost."

He was clearly telling all of these people that if they wanted to kill him, they better weigh their own strength.

The crowd looked at him and wanted to tear him apart, but there was nothing they could do about it.

After dinner, everyone dispersed separately.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu also went back to their rooms and went to bed to prepare for rest.

There were now a total of twenty living people in the foreign house, of which only eleven opened the box and the remaining nine were still carrying hard. The three who died all became box people, but one was disposed of by Lin Qiushi during the day, all remaining two box people.

There were no losses for the boxmen today, but Lin Qiushi had a feeling that something would happen tomorrow, because hunger would drive people crazy, and the boxmistress would never miss this opportunity.

The current open box girl skills have two, the dao has three, one is a stethoscope, two is gasoline, the third is a fire extinguisher, and their daytime harvest is a safe password.

After sorting out the information, Lin Qiushi planned to go to bed, and Ruan Nan Candle slipped into his bed again, hugging his waist and whispering a rogue, saying, "Lin Lin's waist is so thin."

Lin Qiushi said, "......."

Ruan Nan Candle said, "It's so nice to touch."

Lin Qiushi lowered his head and kissed him: "Go to sleep."

Ruan Nan Candle laughed and closed his eyes and slept.

They had thought that these people would be able to carry on at least until the next day, but who knew that a miserable howl could be heard from downstairs in the middle of the night.

Lin Qiushi was stunned for a moment after being awakened by the cry, and when he saw that Ruan Nam Candle had also woken up, he spoke up, "They opened the box?"

"Guess so." Ruan Nan Candle rolled her eyes, "I thought I'd make it until tomorrow." There was also food in the kitchen fridge, but the same people who didn't open the box couldn't eat it either, these people probably didn't make it to tomorrow morning, but under the compulsion of hunger, they still opened the box, they just didn't seem to have much luck.

The cries came from the kitchen, and when Lin Qiushi walked in, he saw a girl howling on the wooden box, screaming, "Kian, Kian-"

Lin Qiushi remembered that she seemed to be one of the newcomers brought in by Wei Xiu De, and was closer to another boy named Xiao Qian, who looked like she should be a couple outside the door.

"Xiaoqian, Xiaoqian!" The girl was slapping the crates hard and convulsing with tears, and she had a card and half-eaten bread at her side.

Doubtless it was as they suspected, and the couple who could not stand the hunger came to the kitchen, and after selecting two boxes opened them, and after opening them were pulled in hard by the crate girl or the crate man.

Nguyen Nam Candle walked up to her and bent down to pick up the card and saw the words on it: my Miss Mary - this was another of the Box Woman's skills.

Lin Qiushi also saw the contents of the card, and he sucked in a breath of cold air: "This skill was actually opened."

"It's only a matter of time." Ruan Nan Candle was calm, and casually put the card away.

The girl was still crying, and soon the kitchen was filled with people inside, and Sun Yuan Chau was there, and he came over and said, "Did he open out the box girl or the box man?"

The girl did not reply and continued to beat the wooden box.

Sun Yuanzhou pulled her up and said, "Will you sober up, if you really want to accompany him, go open the box ah."

The girl numbly turned back, and the crying finally stopped.

"Is the box man or the box girl inside?" Sun Yuanzhou continued to ask.

"I don't know." The girl answered.

"How come you don't know?" Sun Yuanzhou knitted his brows.

"I was eating." The girl said, "As soon as he turned around, he was pulled in." As soon as she finished speaking, the miserable screams of her lover came from the wooden box.

"Help me, it hurts, Xiao Mae, I'm in pain, help me-" the voice was completely human, as soon as Xiao Mae heard the scream, she looked so scared that she turned around and was about to lunge towards the box, but Sun Yuanzhou grabbed her.

"Wei Xiu De, this is your human, don't you even fucking care?" Sun Yuanzhou was furious.

Wei Xiu De, however, laughed: "We're all adults, how come we always have to make others responsible."

Sun Yuanzhou said, "You fucking-" he jerked up his sleeves to go up and fight, but was stopped by the people around him.

"Forget it, don't bother with this beast." Sun Yuanzhou's friend said in disgust, "He's going to have bad luck sooner or later."

Sun Yuanzhou spat.

That Xiao Mae just sat there on the ground, staring at the wooden box in front of her, not moving at all, Ruan Nan Candle looked at her appearance and slowly walked over to her, saying something in her ear.

Xiaomei's dumbfounded look only gradually faded, her expression changing from sadness to anger, staring at Wei Xiu De who turned away with a gloomy look that sent chills down her back.

"What did you say to her?" Lin Qiushi asked.

"Nothing." Ruan Nan Candle said, "People always need a bit of sustenance to live, whether it's happiness or anger."

Lin Qiushi fell silent, not really knowing what to say for a moment.