Kaleidoscope of Death

Lin Qiushi was gentle in nature, but it was such a gentle person who was angry, but it made Ruan Nanzhu feel like there was nothing he could do. But in the end, Lin Qiushi didn't delay the main business because of some problems between himself and Ruan Nanzhu.

He told Ruan Nanzhu everything that happened after Ruan Nanzhu was locked into the house, about the reactions of other people, and Little Thistle's every move was the focus.

After listening carefully, Ruan Nam Candle asked, "Was he the first person to ask you about the location of the key?"

"Right." Lin Qiushi nodded. This was actually a bit strange, since Little Thistle had cooperated with the Box Girl, he should have been eager to have the key buried, but he was the one who stood out, wanting Ruan Nanzhu to hand over the key even at the risk of causing Lin Qiushi's disgust.

If Little Thistle wasn't an insider, then what he did would be understandable, but now that his identity as an insider was revealed, this action became abnormal and filled with a strange sense of disobedience.

"I think this Little Thistle knows something else." Ruan Nanzhu deliberately wanted Lin Qiushi to say more, "What do you think, Linlin?"

"Hmm." Lin Qiushi faintly said, "I guess he probably knows where the tunnel is."

With the knowledge of the key and the tunnel, he would be able to leave the house. Artichoke was probably afraid that something would happen on the box girl's side and was looking for another way out for herself.

"Just afraid not to say." Liang Mi Ye sat on the other bed, she said, "I wonder if Xiaomei has any way to make him say it."

Ruan Nan Candle was thoughtful.

They discussed for a while, then got up and washed up, planning to go to the restaurant first.

At this time, Little Artichoke was still tied up inside the restaurant, and at night they left Sun Yuanzhou and his partner two on vigil, there was no movement all night last night, nothing particularly unexpected happened.

Before going to the restaurant, Lin Qiushi went to the spot where Little Artichoke had hidden the fire extinguisher yesterday and listened to the movement inside first, but found that there was already a boxman hidden in the box.

"There's a boxman." Lin Qiushi Dao.

Ruan Nan Candle thought about it and said, "Mi Ye, you go and call Ren Ruyuan over."

Liang Mi Ye nodded and went upstairs to call Ren Ruyuan down, Ren Ruyuan also knew very well, and came over with gasoline in his hand, saying, "I'll use it on it."

"Use it." Ruan Nan Candle.

Ren Ruyuan then poured the gasoline on the crate and lit a fire. A moment after the wooden box caught fire, there was a miserable scream from inside, then the lid of the box opened and out crawled a man with pale skin, this man's limbs were twisted and his whole body was clumped together, writhing and struggling, but the flames lit up his body and he began to emit a disgusting smell of burnt protein.

The other people in the house heard this noise and gathered around to see this horrible scene.

Lin Qiushi, however, noticed something and licked his lips, his expression a bit unpleasant.

Only after about a few minutes did the boxman's screams diminish and turn into a charcoal-like appearance.

Everyone looked at the motionless boxman, but they fell into a long silence until Xiaomei's voice rang out at the door of the house and she said, "Isn't this Wei Xiu De?"

"This should be the box man he turned into." Sun Yuanzhou looked at Xiaomei, "Since he's already turned into a boxman, he's no longer considered a human."

"Is that so." Xiaomei responded vaguely.

Lin Qiushi held his breath and walked up to the box and looked inside, and sure enough, a red fire extinguisher was lying quietly in the depths of the box, he reached out his hand and picked it up, turning around and handing it to Sun Yuanzhou.

Sun Yuanzhou, however, didn't pick it up and said, "You guys take it and use it when it's appropriate, it's to save everyone's lives anyway."

Lin Qiushi looked towards Ruan Nan Candle and saw him nod before putting the fire extinguisher away.

The house was filled with the stench of burning human bodies, and after getting the fire extinguisher, everyone left not wanting to stay any longer, only Xiaomei stood at the door, not moving for a long time.

Lin Qiushi took one look at her and wanted to say something, but was unable to do so.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Lin Qiushi found that the eleven people who were supposed to be there were two short again. Lin Qiushi remembered that these two had been starving for about three days, and it seemed that they couldn't hold out any longer and went to open the box again this morning....

The number was now down to nine, and the whole house was covered with box women made of box people.

Fear, hunger, and despair were enough to destroy all a man's faculties, and do whatever excesses were normal here.

Little Artichoke hadn't eaten or slept much all day, and compared to yesterday, his whole body looked much more emaciated.

The first thing she did when she entered the restaurant was to kick the little artichoke, who was tied to the chair, down to the ground.

The others didn't comment on what they saw, after all, if they hadn't discovered the identity of Little Thistle's inside man, they might have been hurt even more by him.

Ruan Nan Candle sat next to Little Thistle, chewing the bread and said, "Little Thistle, tell us if there is something else you are hiding from us."

Little Artichoke remained silent, staring at them with resentful eyes.

"I think you'd better figure it out," Ruan Nan Candle said. "Your enemy now is not us, but the Box Girl, and we can't kill you, but the Box Girl can." He played with the remains of the fork in his hand, "Do you think the next box you open will be empty or the Boxman?"

Thistle reflexively tried to open his mouth to retort, but the words still didn't come out as he realized that what Ruan Nan Candle had said was indeed true.

Once he had no more use for her, the box girl would never be soft on him. Just like Tiangu Xue who was found out....

"Do you promise you won't hurt me?" Artichoke said, "If you can guarantee this, I'll say so."

"Of course you can." Ruan Nan Candle laughed, "Besides, you can't kill anyone in the gate..."

Little Artichoke was in deep thought.

Lin Qiushi, however, noticed that Xiao Mae, who was standing next to Little Artichoke, showed resentment after hearing their conversation, and Lin Qiushi thought she would say something, but in the end, she remained silent.

"Well, I can tell you the location of the tunnel," Artichoke said, "But I can't guarantee that the location of that tunnel has been replaced."

"When did you open it?" Nguyen Nan Candle asked.

"It opened early," Artichoke said, "Probably the first day in." He said faintly, "So I kept wanting to get the key after that..." as long as he got the key, he would be the first to leave the place, and there was no need to continue working with the tiger and the box girl.

Just didn't expect the key to end up in Ruan Nan Candle's hands.

"Let's go, take him over there." Ruan Nan Candle.

They all went to the room that Artichoke said, the kitchen on the first floor, there were eight boxes in the kitchen, three of them had sticky notes on them and looked like they had been opened. Mae stood next to one of the boxes and touched it with her hand, Lin Qiushi remembered that her lover had lost her life because of opening this box.

"Which one?" Ruan Nam Candle asked.

"This." Artichoke pointed to a box near the door.

"If you say the tunnel is in there, then please open it." Mae said coldly.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Little Thistle said furiously, "The Box Girl must have hidden a Boxer inside, wouldn't I be looking for death if I opened it like this? Don't you have a tool that can tell if you have a boxman? Get it out and use it!"

Sun Yuanzhou then took out the stethoscope he got from Artichoke yesterday, and after listening carefully, he said, "There's a sound."

"It doesn't matter if there's a sound." Ruan Nan Candle said indifferently, "As long as you are sure it's this box, you can directly use the White Wood Toon." He took out the prop.

The White Wood Toon could kill the Box Girl, and naturally, it could also kill the Box Man.

"That's easy." Artichoke said, "As long as you use the white wood toon on the box first, and make sure there's nothing else in the box, can't you just go out?" He laughed a little excitedly, "We'll be out of here in no time!"

There were now nine people left in the house, all veterans except for Artichoke and Mae.

Although the two newcomers had been tricked in by Wei Xiu De, as long as they could get out through the door, the gain was huge - they could just jump over the nine doors and gain a long survival time. It was simply a win-win situation.

"Want to use it?" Sun Yuanzhou looked at Ruan Nan Candle.

"Wait." Ruan Nam Candle, however, observed the box in the corner and turned his head to ask, "You drove out of the tunnel the next day, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Artichoke said.

"Then you know when Taniyuki turned on the skill to move around." Ruan Nan Candle asked.

Artichoke was stunned, "It seems like she found it as soon as she entered..." he seemed to remember something and his body shivered involuntarily, "What do you mean?"

Ruan Nan Candle said, "What I mean is, do you think there is any possibility of Box Girl using this skill."

Artichoke fell silent.

The possibility actually existed because Box Girl had cried once on the first day, when they arrived at this house. It was just that the crowd didn't take it to heart that time, and according to the rulebook, some skills could be used for long periods of time without howling at all, such as False Response for example.

Inside the real-life board game, the skill Box Girl False Response was her passive skill, and whenever and wherever a player questioned her, they might get the wrong answer.

As soon as Artichoke figured this out, cold sweat came down on his forehead, and he swallowed heavily, "You mean, the box might have been replaced?"

"Yes." Nguyen Nam Candle said, "That possibility exists." He said, "Of course it's also possible that we're overthinking."

However, in front of life, where is there any overthinking, if there is the slightest possibility, it is 100% death.

Everyone listened to the conversation between Ruan Nan Candle and Artichoke, and they all stared at the box in front of them and fell silent.

The skill of Box Girl moving around was a skill that could be used on top of the tunnel, and there were a total of eight boxes in the house right now, which meant they had a one in half chance of opening the contents.

"What do we do?" Xuan Zihui is a little devastated, she has lost her partner and hasn't eaten in two days, she knows she won't make it through the third day, she must open the box tomorrow. However, as long as she unpacked, she had to face the threat of the box people.

Artichoke froze in place, as if he hadn't thought he'd move a stone to smash his own feet, he said dully, "What should we do, or we should go open the chest again and see if we can open any useful items?"

But Ruan Nan Candle sighed, he said, "There aren't many unopened chests anymore, there are fourteen box people, plus the box girl is fifteen, they will definitely all be hiding in the unopened chests."

Unopened chests meant that there were still some items inside that they hadn't gotten. The Box Woman wouldn't let them get those so easily.

"Then what." Sun Yuanzhou said dumbly, "Are we just going to sit around and wait for them to die?"

Ruan Nan Candle didn't speak.

The difficulty of the tenth door was on display here, and it was impossible to pass through it easily. The door in front of them presented them with a tremendous problem, whether they should continue to spend time here or make a one-in-eight choice.

They had a one-in-eight chance of finding the tunnel, and if they found the wrong one....

Everyone stopped talking, and the wooden box in front of them seemed to have turned into an evil ghost that was claiming people's lives.

Ruan Nan Candle finally said, "Let's wait until tomorrow, by the time the stethoscope has a count, we can see how many boxes are open."

It seemed that was all that could be done, but the crowd who thought they could get out hung their heads and despair once again pervaded the air.

Everyone dispersed, leaving the tied up Artichoke alone in the dining room.

Liang Miye said, "Does the door mean that we all have to die?" There were still nine people and eight more boxes, and if you took your life to try it, it was really just right to try it out, just who would be willing to use their life as a springboard for others.

Ruan Nan Candle faintly said, "It's normal." He looked towards Lin Qiushi, but he saw that Lin Qiushi was thinking about something.

Ruan Nan Candle said, "Lin Lin, why are you silent?"

Lin Qiushi looked at him, "Say what?"

Ruan Nanzhu Dao: "Just say something."

Lin Qiushi Dao: "I have nothing to say."

Ruan Nan Candle Dao: "You..."

Lin Qiushi seemed to have guessed what Ruan Nanzhu wanted to say and made a stop gesture: "It's agreed, now we only talk about business."

Ruan Nan Candle was instantly aggrieved and said, "Lin Lin..."

Lin Qiushi didn't give him a chance to get on the stage, he just stood up and said, "I'm going to check on Xiaomei."

Ruan Nan Candle: "..." he sighed lightly, turning his head but seeing Liang Mi Ye's gloating expression.

Ruan Nan Candle: "Does it look good?"

Liang Mi Ye giggled: "Look good, look good." Ruan Nanzhu who was so cold outside but had little to do with Lin Qiushi, this gossip she was quite happy to see.

Lin Qiushi slipped around the house and went to the restaurant on the first floor.

At this time, the western house was not at all as lively as it had been a few days before, and at night, the entire building was in dead silence. But when Lin Qiushi walked to the entrance of the restaurant, he saw Xiaomei sitting inside the restaurant, holding a bottle of wine in her hand, slowly drinking it.

Across from her was Little Artichoke, who had a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth and was looking at Xiaomei with a frightened expression.

"Little Mae?" Lin Qiushi called out her name, "Why don't you go rest?"

Xiao Mei heard Lin Qiushi's voice, looked at him and smiled, "Can't sleep." She took another sip of wine.

Lin Qiushi walked to her side and sat down.

Xiaomei asked him if he wanted a drink, but Lin Qiushi refused.

"What did you think when you knew that Zhumeng was gone?" Xiaomei said.

Lin Qiushi said, "I want to avenge him."

Xiaomei said, "Get that traitor killed, right?"

Lin Qiushi looked at Artichoke and nodded.

"That's actually what I was thinking." Mae said, "If it wasn't for Artichoke, we might have gone out long ago, not only did he help the box girl, but he also tripped us up, this kind of person, ah, damn it." Her tone was understated, but Little Artichoke, who was sitting across from her, struggled violently and cast a look of distress towards Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi gave him an indifferent glance and didn't give any response. He wasn't a saint, and the thought that Ruan Nanzhu might die alone because of Little Thistle made him unable to feel any sympathy for the man.

Everything was his own fault.

"Go to bed." Xiao Mae said, "It's too late."

Lin Qiushi said, "What about you?"

Mae said, "I can't sleep, I'll drink some more, you have to be nice to Zhu Meng, she loves you very much." She said, "Of course, you love her very much too." She said this and reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Lin Qiushi stood up, "He definitely wants you to live well." He was talking about Mae's lover.

"Mm, I know." Xiaomei heard this, but smiled, "Who doesn't want to live well, I'm going to rest later, good night."

"Goodnight." Lin Qiushi turned around and walked away.

He always felt that there was something familiar about seeing Mae's face, and when he thought about it, that might be the realization that he would lose Ruan Nan Candle. Ruan Nam Candle's previous worries were justified, he wasn't able to be honest about his lover leaving, Lin Qiushi returned to the house and saw that Ruan Nam Candle was already asleep on the bed.

Hearing his footsteps, Ruan Nam Candle opened her eyes to look at him and called out in a low voice, "You're back."

Lin Qiushi said, "I'm back."

Ruan Nan Candle pulled the blanket off, "Will you come stay with me? I can't sleep without you."

Lin Qiushi walked to his side and said, "Next time, don't lie to me."

Ruan Nan Candle was stunned.

"You promise not to lie to me next time, whether it's going to be an act or whether you might die, you'll tell me everything." Lin Qiushi said, "I'm your lover, I have the right to know all of this, I don't need to be so-called for your own good."

Ruan Nan Candle reached out and hugged Lin Qiushi's neck, dropping soothing kisses on his brow and eyes, he said, "Okay, I promise, I won't hide anything from you in the future."

Lin Qiushi said, "Go to sleep."

Ruan Nan Candle was satisfied, although he didn't know why Lin Qiushi would suddenly want to understand, but Lin Qiushi was willing to pay attention to him in the end, and he also promised that he would never do anything like this again. Ruan Nan Candle thought that the luckiest one in his encounter with Lin Qiushi was actually himself.

Lin Qiushi hugged Ruan Nam Candle to sleep, their limbs entwined, and they fell asleep.

At six o'clock the next morning, a scream came from the restaurant, this scream woke Lin Qiushi up, he opened his eyes and saw Ruan Nan Candle's confused expression.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Nan Candle asked.

"Something's happened." Lin Qiushi said, "Let's go down and take a look."

They got up from the bed and hurried to the first floor with Liang Mi Ye, but they saw Xuan Zihui standing in front of the kitchen with a frightened face.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Nan Candle asked.

Xuan Zihui shook her head vigorously and pointed to the house.

Lin Qiushi looked up, but he saw Xiaomei standing in the kitchen with an indifferent expression, holding a dinner knife in her hand, and there were traces of blood everywhere. It would have been fine if that was all, but the most frightening thing was that there were body parts scattered all around her, and there were even some pieces of flesh that looked like they had been cut off with a knife.

The little thistle who was originally tied to the chair was now missing, and Lin Qiushi had already guessed what had happened to him.

"Little Mae!!!" Lin Qiushi was startled, "You killed Artichoke?!"

Little Mae faintly said, "There are four boxes that are empty, there is no tunnel, there is a boxman inside this box, there is also no tunnel, there are three left."

Lin Qiushi instantly understood what Little Mae was doing, she was forcing Little Thistle to open the box and use Little Thistle's life to try the location of the tunnels.

"Little Mae! There's no killing inside the door!" Lin Qiushi said dumbly, "You..."

"I can't kill anyone, I know." Mae smiled faintly, "Besides, I don't plan on living."

She smiled brightly as she looked at the three empty crates that had been opened next to her, as well as a wooden crate that was making artichoke screams.

"Wait-" Lin Qiushi guessed what she was going to do, however he didn't have time to stop her, he saw Mae walk up to one of the crates, her expression natural as she reached out and grabbed the lid, she smiled, "Actually my name isn't Mae! , his name has the word Mae in it, that's why I gave myself such an alias." She whispers, sighing, "Give me another chance."

With the slightest movement of her hand, she lifted the lid, revealing the boxman hidden inside.

However, seeing the boxman for a split second, Xiaomei revealed a brilliant smile, those white hands grabbed her body, and she didn't struggle, her expression actually became extremely happy, she hugged the boxman with her backhand, and was dragged in with a satisfied expression.

Lin Qiushi stood beside her and witnessed everything, he knew why Xiao Mei was so satisfied, because the box man in the box was her lover.

Ruan Nan Candle, who was standing next to Lin Qiushi, but suddenly spoke up, he said, "Is this a good thing?"

"It's good." Lin Qiushi said calmly, "At least for me."

Ruan Nan Candle no longer spoke, but held Lin Qiushi's hand with all his might.