There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

Xu Shuo returned home, took a shower, and stretched out on the bed.

The Script Space was supposed to have completed its 24-hour upgrade by now, which meant he could go in and play a game.

It is worth mentioning that the yellow exclamation mark on the Player's Handbook was indeed very eye-catching.

Driven by curiosity, Xu Shuo clicked on it and then, still curious, clicked to start it.

However, Compass spun a few rounds and only displayed the message "No abnormalities detected" before it automatically shut down, leaving Xu Shuo without any experimental findings.

But this feature would have been very useful if activated the night before.

It seems that this upgrade to the Script Space did indeed include something interesting.

Besides that, Xu Shuo didn't find any other new functions in the Player's Handbook; it seemed like only the yellow exclamation mark was upgraded.

Xu Shuo flipped directly to the last page of the handbook and clicked to enter the game.

"Your mentor 'Hong Rao' has selected 'Explosive Amusement Park' for your next game script. Would you like to enter?"

"The Scripted Murder Game 'Explosive Amusement Park' is about to start, please prepare all players."

"Task One: Identify the person planting bombs."

"Task Two: Successfully escape from the amusement park."

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As soon as Xu Shuo opened his eyes, he was blinded by the glaring sunlight and quickly lowered his head and closed his eyes again, then he shifted his body a little.

At this moment, noises came from the side.

After adjusting for a while, he opened his eyes again and looked around.

His body could move, but he couldn't move freely.

In the spacious square, six chairs were arranged in a circle in the center. Four men and two women were seated on the chairs, with their hands shackled behind their backs and their legs also locked together with shackles.

The six people sat opposite each other, each only a meter apart, and just by lifting their heads, they could clearly see each other's condition.

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Soon after, someone shouted in frustration, "Why am I here? Is this a kidnapping? Someone help! Is there anyone else here? Hello—!"

The woman in the black knit dress looked around and yelled, but her voice echoed through the surroundings without a response.

This seemed to be an amusement park.

They could see the various amusement rides spread around: the carousel, the roller coaster tracks, the drop tower's top part, and the huge Ferris wheel in the distance, all highlighting the nature of this place.

The six of them were tied up in the Central Square of the amusement park, and beyond that, there was no other movement.

In the amusement park, it seemed there was no one but them.

The vast and empty square suddenly appeared desolate and eerie.

The deserted amusement park, the quiet square, the strange kidnapping—it all induced panic.

"Help! Is anyone there?!"

"Are you filming a show or playing some game? Why am I tied up here?"

"Damn it! Who's playing this prank?!"

"..."

As everyone woke up and became more aware, the sounds of struggle and cries for help became louder and more frequent.

Xu Shuo didn't bother to speak up; he just silently looked around.

Right then, the broadcast music from the amusement park suddenly began to play.

This was a chant from a nursery rhyme.

Do—do-do—do—do-do—mi-so-so-mi-do—

Come—come-come—come—come-come—si-come-come-si-so—

It's quite normal for an amusement park to play children's nursery rhymes.

The light and melodious piano music came through the loudspeakers. The monotonous yet pleasant tune immediately quieted the previously noisy and unsettled group, who exchanged glances.

"What song is this?"

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"A children's song, huh?"

"I've never heard it..."

"Someone's playing music; there must be other people in this amusement park!"

"Maybe it's the kidnapper!"

The repeating tunes and the clear high notes made it easy to recognize as a children's song, even though none of them had ever heard it before.

Xu Shuo actually found the melody somewhat familiar, but he felt there was no need to mention it.

"Hey! What song are you playing?" the woman who spoke first shouted angrily at the speakers, "Was it you who kidnapped us? I'm telling you, kidnapping is illegal!"

Right after she finished shouting, the children's song was abruptly silenced.

After a short pause, another eerie and spine-chilling laugh came out of the speakers, indistinguishable as male or female, like some kind of synthesized child's voice.

This unpleasant sound made everyone's skin crawl as it came through the speakers.

In broad daylight, they broke out in a cold sweat.

"Welcome to the Happy Amusement Park~"

At this point, the voice began to speak:

"Before the game starts, let me explain the content of our event.

"Just last month, on May 23rd, shortly after the bustling Valentine's Day, a heartbreaking incident occurred in our amusement park.

"A young innocent woman was brutally murdered here, and her killer has not been found to this day.

"I believe you all should know who she is.

"You definitely know, heehee~"

The first part of that eerie synthesized voice's statement was somewhat normal, but from the second half onwards, the voice became increasingly maniacal and insane!

"Because you killed her!

"Why did this happen—

"Those worthless idiots haven't found the killer to this day! Even though the murderer is one of you! It would be so simple to just execute you all!

"You are all the murderers who killed her!

"Hahahahaha...cough, sorry, I got a little overexcited just now."

The broadcast carried a crazy, terrifying laugh, laden with a shiver-inducing melancholy, until the speaker accidentally choked, bringing the voice back to normal.

"But actually, everything I just said is true, the murderer of that girl is one of you.

"But what to do? Since I can't find out who it is, there's nothing I can do, so I must let you murderers find out the killer by yourselves.

"I don't care how you do it, but once you find the murderer, take the evidence to the security office and submit it into the computer to send to me, and then I will let you leave.

"But if you can't find it...

"Heehee, there's a super, super big bomb hidden in this amusement park!

"So, if you don't find the murderer by 6 p.m. tonight, you can stay and keep her company!

"Don't even think about escaping the amusement park, because the gods who listen to the prayers have already sealed this place for me to judge you murderers!

"You will eventually pay for your sins with your lives!

"Heehee, every single one of your actions is under my watch; I will always be watching you.

"Now, let the game begin~"

As the final words fell, the broadcast ended with a harsh busy tone and then fell silent.

Immediately after that, the shackles that locked them clicked open automatically, freeing everyone from their chairs.

People quickly moved away from the chairs, either rubbing their wrists or walking around, taking in the amusement park, and then found themselves at a loss for words, only exchanging glances.

The prologue was over; rather than wasting time with idle chatter, it was better to quickly read their own scripts, since they didn't have much time left.

The sun was clearly tilting westward; the sunlight wasn't harsh or strong, so there were at most only four hours left until six o'clock.

Four hours to find the murderer among them.

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