Chapter 64: Lost cruise ship 2

The unexpected game arrangement has almost disrupted the plans of all players.
Whether they like it or not, they can only follow the NPC's arrangements and start the game reluctantly.
Under the leadership of the steward, the players came to the outside corridor one by one.
A row of rooms lined up in the corridor, there are two floors in total, and the keys of their respective rooms are hung on the doors.
Without a word, Ruan Bai and the others quickly found a room, took off the key and went in.
After closing the door, she looked at the room and found that it was a very common appearance, a bed, a lamp, a cabinet, a small study room, a separate bathroom and toilet.
In this game, she will live here for the time being.
Next, she will stay alone for 15 minutes.
15 minutes...Wait, why is there no clock in this room? !
When Ruan Bai noticed this, his eyes suddenly narrowed.
In other games, clocks are basically visible everywhere, but in this game, there is no clock in the room.
This must not be an accident, she thought to herself, maybe there are no clocks elsewhere.
The only thing that can time is the huge clock in the hall.
But why is this game designed like this?
Isn’t the manager afraid that their players cannot control the time correctly?
Ruan Bai was confused, but she did not waste too much time thinking about it.
Time is limited, she has other things to do.
After carrying the suitcase in, Ruan Bai closed the door and quickly opened the suitcase, trying to find some useful things in it.
Since the game gives players this thing, it must be useful.
She opened the things and found that there were several changes of clothes, a bottle of strange perfume, and a letter.
She opened the letter, which contained an invitation letter, clearly printed with lines of small letters--
[Dear Miss Bai Ruanruan:
Hello there.
I haven't seen you for many days. I wonder how you are?
I heard that you seem to have some small troubles recently. As an old friend, I can’t ignore your troubles. If you want, please come to a port in City A at noon on X, X, X, and there will be a ship there. The cruise ship is waiting for you.
Of course, with you, there are seventeen other old friends.
I will not mention your past grievances for the time being. I hope that in the future, you will spend two beautiful days on my cruise ship.
Of course, if you can stay on the cruise until the end, what you have mentioned with me before, I will fulfill it for you as promised.
Your friend,
X year X month X day]
The amount of information in this invitation letter seems to be quite large?
Ruan Bai carefully read the content twice and confirmed at least three pieces of information.
First of all, in the identity given to her by the game, she and the owner of this cruise ship are old friends (or people who have socialized before).
Secondly, her identity has recently had some "little troubles".
Finally, it is her identity, who made a request to the cruise ship owner before, and now, as long as she can survive to the end and clear the game, the owner will agree to her request.
After keeping these details in mind, Ruan Bai found a place to hide the envelope, and continued to search in the suitcase.
The clothes were shaken by her again, and there was nothing. She smelled the perfume, and it had no special effect.
Finally, she fumbled the inside of the suitcase, and then fumbled it from the outside to the inside.
She found a place with a strange bump.
Taking out the fruit knife from the side table, Ruan Bai cut aside the raised area, put his finger in, and then pulled out a piece of paper.
It was a report in a newspaper, which was cut off.
Ruan Bai took a closer look and found that the specific content here was about a female murderer who has not yet been arrested. She deliberately lurked into a family’s house a month ago and killed the elderly and children inside. .
The picture in the report is the back of the murderer captured by the surveillance camera. She turned her head and smiled arrogantly at the camera.
And this female murderer has a face exactly like Ruan Bai himself.
……So the "little trouble" mentioned in the invitation letter refers to that she killed someone a month ago! ?
Realizing that this game actually gave her the identity of a murderer, Ruan Bai was silent and secretly vigilant.
Undoubtedly, this identity can easily be suspected as a "murderer" by others, even if she is just a player herself.
After hiding all these things, fifteen minutes have not passed.
After confirming that this information was all he could find, Ruan Bai sat on the bed and waited for 15 minutes to pass.
I don't know how long it took, and the harsh, deafening bell came from outside again.
Ruan Bai knew that this was the time limit.
During this period, there was nothing unusual around her, indicating that she was not a "murderer" in the first round of the game.
After 15 minutes, everyone came out of the room.
Ruan Bai and She Xiaoxue and Ning Rou looked at each other from a distance, and they both shook their heads at her invisibly.
When the manager just announced the rules, he only said that the killer could not expose the "special abilities" he had acquired and his killing methods, but he did not say that he could not actively expose his identity.
Therefore, Xiaoxue and the others didn't need to hide their identities, nor did they need to lie to her.
Since they shook their heads, it means that they are not murderers.
In other words, the murderer is one of the other 15 people... all three of them are likely to be killed.
"Well, in order to catch the murderer as soon as possible and kill fewer people, we will all go to the hall for the next four hours and stop going out."
At this moment, a male player about 30 years old spoke up.
He looked at the players around him and proposed: "The murderer must kill people. It must take time, right? If we are all in the lobby and everyone looks at each other, then the murderer will not have the chance to kill."
This is a good way, Ruan Bai thought in his heart.
Since the murderer was given this status, he must kill according to the rules of the game.
In order to conceal one's own identity, the best way is to catch the single player and kill it.
When everyone is gathered together, they will definitely not be able to catch the single players.
The other players are obviously not stupid, and have agreed with the male players.
Everyone walked towards the hall together, and then each chose a seat and sat down.
Then, for the remaining three and a half hours, everyone sat in the hall in silence.
Considering that grouping is not a good choice in this game mode, Ruan Bai and Xiaoxue both pretended not to know each other and did not say hello to each other.
And because there was still a murderer among the 18 people, she didn't dare to talk to others, lest it be too obvious.
Maybe everyone is holding this idea, so none of them speaks or communicates.
In three and a half hours, it was completely abandoned in the hall.
But is this method really useful?
This kind of thinking can be thought of by almost everyone. If it is that simple, then the murderer can be caught. Is this game still S difficult?
Ruan Bai was at a loss, but she didn't know what to say.
She always felt that this game gave her a great sense of violation.
It's like, it shouldn't be so safe...
S-level games shouldn’t be dangerous, right?
However, Ruan Bai only dared to doubt these subtleties.
At least on the surface, she would not raise objections.
Otherwise, everyone will vote for her then it will be over.
When the last time passed and the bell in the hall rang again, nothing abnormal happened in the past time.
Everyone sat motionless in their seats, and no one showed anxious expressions.
Guan Shi reappeared in front of everyone, a pair of black holes staring at everyone blankly.
"Guests are asked to return to their rooms one by one," he said. "Next, it will be voting time. We will arrange for people to hand over paper and pen to the guests. Guests only need to write down the names of their suspects on the paper. That's it."
So the players went back to their rooms.
When she went back to the room and closed the door, Ruan Bai felt that something was wrong more and more.
Her instinct told her that the idea of ​​the male player could not stop the murderer from killing.
After about four or five minutes, Ruan Bai's door was knocked.
"The murderer has successfully committed the murder," the supervisor's voice came in from outside the door, "Please fill in the name of the suspected target by yourself."
Ruan Bai's heart sank suddenly after hearing the voice outside.
Sure enough, the murderer successfully killed someone!
Only a few minutes passed? Ta actually completed the murder!
Since the steward said that the person was killed, it means that the victim really died, rather than being seriously injured but still barely alive.
After speaking, the steward stuffed the note and pen through the crack in the door.
Ruan Bai picked up the piece of paper, only to feel that the whole person was confused.
"Can you abstain?" she asked.
"No," Guan Shi answered bluntly, "Everyone must fill in their names, and there can be no exceptions."
Ruan Bai pursed his lips after listening.
She didn't know a few players at all, and at most remembered the appearance and characteristics of other people.
Apart from She Xiaoxue and Ning Rou, there were only three or four names she could remember.
Half a minute later, she wrote the name of the male player who suggested that everyone gather together and handed it out through the crack of the door.
Ruan Bai sat on the ground as soon as he handed it out.
She knows that both she and other players will be circled by the game from now on.
According to the game's customs clearance regulations, they not only have to survive 48 hours, but they also have to explore the secrets of the cruise ship.
But in the last three and a half hours, they found almost nothing. This period of time is equivalent to being completely wasted.
After waiting, even if no one made any more mandatory requirements, Ruan Bai and others had to be cautious about everything in order to "avoid suspicion."
At the same time, in order to end the game early, they also thought about who the real killer was.
But what can she do?
Ruan Bai is clear about this point.
But if she wants to break through, if she wants to master the rhythm again, she will inevitably attract other people's attention.
This also means that the possibility of her being voted by other players will be greatly increased.
This game has completely disrupted the rhythm of their players.