There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

Just then, the chatroom panel popped up again on the computer screen that was displaying the surveillance video, revealing a new message.

[The east gate of the amusement park will open at 5:30 p.m., but only one person can go through.]

The female tourist stood behind the computer chair, her attention drawn by the flickering computer screen, and she directly saw this message.

And immediately, she thought—this computer was arranged for them by the mysterious person.

So, the person replying could only be the mysterious person.

In addition to the meaning of that message...

Was the promoter just now communicating with the mysterious person?

Looking at this reply, it seemed that the exchange wasn't too bad, as the other side had revealed a way to leave the amusement park, but only for one person...

Wait a minute!

The female tourist suddenly realized something!

Only one person could go through, but now there were two people who had seen the message!

There were surveillance cameras in the security room, the other side should see what was happening inside, unless, this guy was attempting to make them turn on each other!

Even if she now declared that she had no intention of grabbing that spot, she figured the promoter probably wouldn't trust her. After all, the temptation to leave this amusement park that could explode at any moment was almost irresistible to anyone!

To be honest, she was also quite tempted.

But relatively speaking, she felt her life was more important.

The female tourist reacted quickly this time, swallowing nervously before hastily saying, "Um, I don't... I can find other ways to leave the amusement park, actually."

She had almost said that she didn't care about how to leave the amusement park, but then immediately thought that would contradict what she had argued before, fearing that no one would believe her.

Luckily, she was both quick and clever in her response!

However, to the woman's disappointment, her reaction was entirely for the benefit of thin air.

Because the young man hadn't even glanced over at her.

His gaze remained on the computer screen, his posture relaxed as he leaned against the back of the computer chair, one leg casually draped over the other, his expression calm, appearing completely indifferent to the information about leaving the amusement park.

The air in the security room seemed a bit cold.

After a while, Xu Shuo extended one hand and typed two lines on the keyboard.

[It seems like your sincerity isn't all that genuine. Since that's the case, I am quite happy to watch you continue to live with the pain of not knowing the truth.]

[Let's change the game's playstyle.]

After typing these two sentences, he suddenly leaned forward, his fingers dancing rapidly across the keyboard, pulling up the computer's operating code.

Then, before the woman standing opposite could see clearly, the computer screen flickered black a few times before reverting back to the surveillance camera's feed.

She was full of question marks: ???

What had this guy just done?

In the woman's view, only the young man's distinctively jointed fingers seemed to be dancing back and forth, as if carrying a unique rhythm.

Suddenly, the surveillance video autonomously captured facial features at a rapid pace, several frames overlaid on the screen.

In those frames, there were blurred figures.

Only the three-quarters profile revealed beside the greenery trail was somewhat clearer.

It was a slender man, who at that moment appeared to be looking along the greenery path, wearing thick black-rimmed glasses, his raised right hand resting on the frame, forefinger slightly curled.

The female tourist scrutinized for a moment before realization dawned on her.

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Was this the voyeuristic mysterious person?!

The quality of the surveillance footage was not very clear, but it could be faintly made out that he wasn't any one of their group of six.

He was — the seventh person in this story!

Right, she hadn't needed to worry about her boyfriend's degree of suspicion just because of one surveillance camera. After all, simply by combining multiple surveillance videos, it was possible to find the person who kept appearing around the victims.

So, had she just been played?

The female tourist: "..."

She stood silently behind, watching the young man perform a series of operations on the computer that she completely couldn't understand, then he turned off the surveillance system and reopened the chatroom.

At this point, the message Xu Shuo had just replied to the mysterious person had disappeared from the chatroom panel, leaving only the mysterious person's threatening statement, "Only one person can go through at 5:30."

It looked like a final notice.

Xu Shuo hung the chat panel on the monitor, then stood up from his seat as if he intended to leave the security room.

The female tourist standing behind him caught his gaze unexpectedly and paused, "That... this thing..."

She hesitated and pointed at the chat panel.

Xu Shuo gave a slight smile and softly said to her, "I just threatened him."

The female tourist was still a bit stunned, "And then...?"

"And I also cut off his connection with this computer. I think he must be very angry now."

"...Is, is that so."

"What do you think an angry person like him would do?"

Xu Shuo spoke softly, his head turning towards the entrance of the security room.

The dim yellow sunlight streamed in from the outside, casting a glowing square on the silver-white stainless steel door that was somewhat dazzling to look at.

Suddenly, the amusement park's broadcast emitted a piercing busy tone.

The mysterious person's strange synthesized voice sounded particularly sinister at this moment:

「"To the sinners who are still struggling on the verge of death, I regret to inform you that someone among you has attempted to break the rules of the game. Therefore, all of you must accept punishment!

「"The countdown to hell has been moved up, and by five-thirty this afternoon, you'll all be here to accompany her in burial!

「"Hahaha! You only have half an hour left to struggle!@@novelbin@@

「"What will you do? Will you cry? Will you regret your actions? Hahaha—how delightful!

「"Blame that damned guy for this!

「"All of you deserve to die!!"」

ZZZZ—

The mysterious person's broadcast grew increasingly frantic, and perhaps the last roar was too intense, the overburdened loudspeakers emitted a screeching electronic busy tone, then returned to calm.

At this moment, the other four people scattered around the park searching for clues all had their eyes widened in shock!

Half an hour?!

...

Half an hour to escape from the amusement park.

Forget about finding the murderer.

Xu Shuo's lips curled up in a smile, his eyes gentle and scholarly, "You see, he's mad~"

The female tourist: "..."

Suddenly, she thought of something and gasped for breath, turning her head tremblingly and nervously towards the computer screen, where the message left by the mysterious person now seemed extremely glaring!

"This..."

Before she could finish, the young man thoughtfully explained, "Everyone surely wants to leave the amusement park, but after half an hour only one person will be able to pass through the gate, which is truly regrettable!

"What should we do then?

"Hisss... I wonder if it's possible for everyone to rush out?

"But since the mysterious person is so confident, he must have a way to let only one person through, right?"

"So, who exactly should be allowed to pass?"

His rather distressed voice was still ringing in her ears, but at this moment, the female tourist seemed to be in another space, her whole being cold and somewhat dazed, her thoughts drifting aimlessly.

It took her a long while to come back to her senses.

Female tourist: "..." This devil!

He's using the mysterious person to deliberately provoke war among the others!

After the announcement that the time to survive had been reduced to half an hour, and seeing the message the mysterious person left in the chat room, what would the others think?!

Even if they knew it might be a trap, they would rush to it eagerly!

Even she, upon seeing that message, couldn't help but feel tempted because she really didn't want to die!

Nobody wants to die here!

Finding the murderer wasn't important anymore, the most crucial thing now was how to escape from the amusement park, how to survive by completing task two!

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