Card Room

Remember for a second

[Chapter 002, Rose Funeral]

Xiao Lou stood in front of the card wall, dazzled by the large number of cards. He was surprised to find that each card was an animation except for the 2 of hearts and 3 of spades in the upper left corner.

These cards seem to be countless condensed spaces. And each card face is like an abbreviated TV screen, playing a different plot.

The card directly in front of him has the clearest animation.

Xiao Lou took a closer look and saw that in the card world, a small girl was being chased by several ugly zombies. The girl slipped and fell to the ground. The zombies quickly surrounded the girl. , took off her head and chewed it with relish. The girl's terrified eyes seemed to look straight at Xiao Lou through the card window—

Xiao Lou's scalp was numb and his stomach felt nauseated. He clenched his fists hard, his nails pierced deeply into his palm, the intense pain told him that this was not a dream, it was another card composed of cards that he couldn't understand. different space.

That girl definitely won't survive, but the death method of "being eaten by zombies" is too cruel...

Is she also a human being who was inexplicably pulled into the card world just like herself?

Xiao Lou closed his eyes, unable to bear to look anymore.

The system asked coldly, "Have you seen the world in the card?"

Xiao Lou took a deep breath and said, "I see."

System: "You only have one chance to modify the options, A and B, what to choose?"

Xiao Lou did not hesitate: "I choose B."

System: "Options confirmed."

System: "Congratulations on becoming the 86587847th challenger in the card world. Before entering the new world, you can change your image and gender, and you will have 3 minutes to adjust the initial data."

A mirror appeared in front of him, and the young man in the mirror had a handsome face and gentle eyes, but at this moment, his face was a little unnaturally pale - it would be difficult for anyone to calm down when suddenly encountering such a thing. Xiao Lou is already a relatively calm person. At least he didn't scream when he saw the girl's head being eaten by a zombie.

Xiao Lou looked at himself in the mirror and said calmly, "There is no adjustment for appearance or gender."

Maybe a lot of people who died unexpectedly were sent to the card world. He was more than 80 million challengers. He thought that if he didn't adjust, he might be able to meet people he knew before. Although he can't understand this card world, all he can do now is to obey the rules of the new world and let himself live as much as possible.

"Challenger Xiao Lou, the initial data storage is successful." The mirror in front of him disappeared, and the cold mechanical voice of the system still came from his ears: "Then read out the basic rules of the new world."

"In the card world, each card is a different small world, you can understand it as a secret room."

"The type of the secret room is determined by the suit of the card. Hearts represent the secret room for solving puzzles, diamonds represent the secret room for organization, spades represent the secret room for survival, and clubs represent the secret room for challenge."

"The difficulty of the secret room is from low to high, which are D-level, C-level, B-level, A-level, S-level, and the most difficult SS-level. Only by clearing the SS-level secret room can you return to the human world and gain a real new life. "

"You can get rewards if you successfully pass the level. If you fail to pass the level, you will be sent to the Nightmare Room for punishment. Players who cannot survive in the Nightmare Room will be completely wiped out by the card world."

"The rules are only said once, please choose your cards next."

Four cards appeared out of thin air in front of Xiao Lou - 2 of Hearts, 2 of Diamonds, 2 of Spades, and 2 of Clubs.

These four cards are not like the cards on the card wall that have dynamic plots, but the most common poker cards in life, with suits printed on the front, and he has no idea what he will face after turning over the cards.

A card is a world, which one should I choose?

Xiao Lou thought about it carefully, stretched out his hand, and drew the "2 of Hearts".

He has loved to read detective and mystery novels since he was a child. Since he was dragged by his roommate to play a secret room game during college, he has liked this kind of thrilling, logical and rigorous real-life escape room game. Every time he went to a city, Xiao Lou would go to the secret room halls in major cities to check in. He had played hundreds of secret room games and had rich experience. But in the world he lives in, most of the secret room games are puzzle solving and mechanism-based, and he has never heard of a "survival" or "challenging" secret room.

Thinking of the picture of the girl being eaten by zombies just now, the survival room of spades is likely to face the crisis of not being able to survive; the challenge room of clubs, it is difficult to just hear the name, and you may die even worse if you enter the room rashly. . Relatively speaking, the tricks of Fang Pian and the puzzle-solving of hearts sounded more friendly, and they were also what Xiao Lou was good at.

To be on the safe side, he chose hearts first.

- The selection is over.

——The Secret Room of Hearts 2 [Rose Funeral] is now open.

——The challenger Xiao Lou, the data has been read.

——The time limit for passing the level is 30 minutes. If the time is exceeded, it will be judged as a failure to pass the level.

After the system prompted, a soft blood-red light suddenly appeared on the 2 of Hearts card, and the red light quickly formed a vortex, sucking Xiao Lou directly into the card world.

Xiao Lou's eyes suddenly darkened.

When he regained his vision again, he found himself in a narrow, empty hallway.

The hallway was dimly lit, and there was a door at the end. The surrounding walls are bare, the most

The common white walls, and the spotless off-white tiles at the feet, did not find any useful clues.

A transparent floating frame with "Countdown to 30:00" appeared in front of him. Xiao Lou found that the countdown had started, so he walked quickly to the door.

He pushed open the door and went in, his eyes swept across the room quickly—

This is a three-bedroom, two-hall residence with an area of ​​about 120 square meters.

The furniture is all warm tones and looks very homey. There is a soft fabric sofa in the living room, a thick carpet under the coffee table, and a large LCD TV opposite it; the dining room is neatly cleaned, and there is a bouquet of bright roses on the table. .

The doors of the three adjacent rooms are all open. One is the master bedroom, the other is a children's room with cartoon wallpapers, and the other is decorated as a study.

The whole house is transparent from north to south, and the unit is square. It is the most common layout for a family of three.

As soon as he entered the room, Xiao Lou smelled a strange odor, which seemed to be mixed with the aroma of roses.

He followed the smell to the master bedroom.

There was a double bed in the middle of the bedroom. At this time, the bed was covered with bright red roses. On the rose petals was sleeping a woman in white silk pajamas. Her hands were gently folded on her abdomen, looking like Slept very peacefully.

However, there was a large cloud of dazzling blood in her chest.

The pajamas on the woman's chest were stained red with blood, and the delicate face that was originally wearing makeup also had obvious corpse spots. Her lips were blue, her skin was as pale as paper, and the strong stench in the air was exactly the smell emanating from this female corpse.

——The secret room of Hearts 2 is actually a murder scene!

Xiao Lou was almost vomited out by the strong stench, he pinched his nose and began to look around carefully.

As a player of escape room games for many years, he has played many puzzle-solving secret rooms, and has seen many terrifying scenes. In addition, his forensic expertise has made him immune to corpses. Therefore, he suddenly saw a female corpse on the bed. Instead of panicking, he calmed himself down quickly.

——The card suit of hearts, representing the "Puzzle Room".

Since this secret room is the scene of the murder, the mystery to be solved is naturally the cause of death of the deceased.

Xiao Lou endured the stench of the corpse and stepped forward, and began to conduct a comprehensive examination of the deceased.

The deceased, a young woman in her 30s, died at home in her pajamas.

There was a large bloodstain on the chest, and the fatal injury came from a stab wound to the heart. The murder weapon should be a sharp knife, which directly pierced the aorta of the heart. The technique was very neat. Apart from that, there were no other scars on her body, and no signs of being abused.

Here is the master bedroom with a separate bathroom.

Xiao Lou started looking for clues in the room.

He went to the bathroom first.

A lot of long hair fell from the floor of the bathroom, brown curly hair like the deceased, it should be left when she was taking a bath before she was alive, and she had not had time to clean it up; in addition, there were clothes she changed in the bathroom, and there were some dark spots on the clothes. red traces.

Xiao Lou picked it up and checked it carefully. It looked a bit like blood, but it wasn't. It was obviously different from the blood on her pajamas.

【Countdown to 28:10】

[Special reminder for D-class secret room: Clue collection rate is 5%]

The moment I picked up the clothes, this line of characters suddenly appeared in the floating box in front of me—the degree of clue collection. This hint is very important, especially for newcomers who have just arrived in the card world, at least they can be sure that what they have found is not. related to the case.

It seems that this dress is indeed related to the case. Xiao Lou carefully rummaged through the pockets of his clothes, but there was nothing else to gain, but the dark red traces of blood on his clothes seemed to remind him of something.

He put down his clothes and continued looking for other clues.

The bathtub and toilet are clean, and the toiletries on the sink are not abnormal. There was some toilet paper in the trash can next to it, which looked dirty. Xiao Lou turned the trash can over without hesitation and dumped all the garbage on the ground.

He found some scraps of paper.

Xiao Lou quickly pushed aside the dirty toilet paper and found all the torn paper. He roughly pieced together the shredded paper, and actually spelled out a photo—the photo of the marriage certificate.

[Countdown 27:45, clue collection rate 15%]

Xiao Lou took the two clues in mind, turned around and walked out of the bathroom, and began to rummage in the bedroom.

The clearance time of the secret room games he played in the past was generally limited to more than one hour, and the difficult ones were usually three to five hours. Some large team secret rooms even took seven or eight hours to get out.

Half an hour to solve the puzzle, the time is too short.

Fortunately, this secret room is not too difficult, after all, it is a D-level secret room, and there is a prompt for "clue collection degree".

Xiao Lou rummaged through the closet while quickly analyzing it in his mind.

The photo of the marriage certificate was torn up and thrown into the trash can in the toilet, indicating that the marriage of the hostess had broken down. And her residence still has men's clothes and shoes, indicating that the two have not yet reached the stage of divorce, her death is likely to be related to her husband, and the focus of the next search can be on her husband's things.

Xiao Lou rummaged through all the pockets of the male owner's clothes in the closet at a very fast speed - only to find a wallet with no cash or bank cards in it, but a photo of the couple on the marriage certificate.

In the photo, the woman is wearing a pure white wedding dress, snuggling happily in the arms of the man, the handsome man and the beautiful woman look very well matched.

[Countdown to 24:06, clue search

Concentration 25%]

It took a lot of time to search the wardrobe, Xiao Lou calmed down and thought about it, then turned to look over the dresser and bedside table.

He saw an exquisite perfume bottle on the dresser, opened it and smelled the scent of roses.

A greeting card was found in the drawer of the dresser, which read: "My dear, this bottle of rose perfume is for you, I wish you a happy birthday, forever young and beautiful - your best best friend Liu Yun/July 17." On the greeting card The word "girlfriends" was drawn with a big red cross.

Birthdays, rose perfume, crossed out greeting cards, new character Liu Yun, these clues are all crucial. In the floating frame in front of Xiao Lou, the clue collection rate jumped directly from 25% to 50%!

[Countdown to 22:00, clue collection 50%]

[Clues are more than half collected, suspicious characters appear, do you confirm the murderer? whether】

[Hint: The shorter the clearance time, the more clues you collect, and the higher the reward will be]

Xiao Lou thought for a while and chose "No" in the floating box.

He still has 22 minutes, and the clues have not been found, and the identification of the murderer is likely to be wrong.

The few clues I have found so far all point the murderer to the husband or best friend—the husband cheated on the best friend, and was discovered by the hostess. The heroine tore up the marriage certificate in anger, and drew a big red cross on the greeting card sent by the best friend. . Perhaps there was a dispute on her birthday, and the heroine was killed by her husband or best friend.

If this is the case, most of the clues can be reasonably explained.

but……

Is it really that simple?

Xiao Lou glanced at the gorgeous rose bed and quickly turned around to go out.

This is not the first crime scene at all.

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