Chapter 173: Erica

Naturally, there weren't any strange and anomalous creatures behind them, but they both felt a chill behind them, and with the lightning and downpour rain outside the house, it really felt like a horror movie. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There was only one sentence in the album, and then the record began to play the famous song of Tango.

The gorgeous music is supposed to be pleasing to the eye, but the cold threat in front of it is a little harsh.

"The script setting looks like a detective novel horizontally and vertically, how can there be supernatural elements, shouldn't it......?"

"This ...... I can't say."

An Yizhi replied hesitantly, in terms of systematic urine, it is really possible!

Almost all of the temporary copies he has experienced have unscientific creatures, even the copy of Resident Evil has a shadow demon hidden in the sewers, and there may be some ghosts in the mountain annex that is easily haunted at a glance.

"Anyway, be careful, the system gives us a pistol for each person, it must not be used as an ornament, and it is likely that there will be a time when we need to fight."

From the initial items of the dungeon, you can actually see the general configuration of this dungeon, there are weapons that indicate that there is a high probability of a combat link, not to mention that the weapon is still a firearm rather than a cold weapon, which shows that the target of the battle is more dangerous, and the melee combat is very dangerous.

But it's not too vigilant, after all, there is only .357 caliber, which can't deal with large beasts, and it can only be effective against humans or creatures of the same difficulty.

And it's not impossible to avoid combat, and the pistol may also be a tool used to deter others.

All in all, there is nothing wrong with being careful, An Yizhi has played so many scripts and has never failed, this lesson is quite important.

The gramophone continued to play dance music from one step away, and the two of them explored the room again for a while.

Searching the corners, the latches of the windows, and the ashes of the fireplace, I searched all over them, but I couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.

"It looks like that record is probably just a cue from the system, reminding players that something big is coming"

"Really? Don't you think that record is a bit redundant? ”

An Yizhi and Tu Hongyu have different views:

"Generally speaking, normal people can make up a series of detective novel scenes as long as they see a few keywords such as deep mountains, western-style restaurants, and dinner invitations, and they know that something big must happen with their butts, and then use the record to remind them again."

Indeed, the system does not do useless work, and everyone knows that. If it's a useless hint, why would the system set up a record like this?

The packaging is made of white cardboard boxes with no markings, and players can easily spot it and play it by simply entering the door and looking at the record cabinet near the gramophone.

In other words, this clue is what the system wants the player to find the most, and it may be the one that runs through the entire dungeon.

"Do you want to take it away?"

Tu Hongyu put the finished record back in the box and said to An Yizhi.

Since it's an important clue, just take it with you, maybe when you can use it.

"No, there's nowhere to hide"

This temporary copy restricts the use of dimensional pockets, and the only place they can put their things is the coat on their bodies.

The record is not a posterity CD, and that size can't be hidden in a coat.

"What to do now? Waiting for the butler to call us to dinner? ”

"That's a waste of time, there should be other clues waiting to be discovered"

This free time before dinner is obviously not a simple cutscene, this Western-style pavilion has three floors, dozens of rooms, and there are many places to explore.

"Let's go our separate ways, the plot hasn't officially started, as long as you don't die, there shouldn't be any danger at this time"

An Yizhi hesitated for a moment and agreed with Tu Hongyu's proposal.

The Western-style museum is not small, and there are many places to explore, and if two people act at the same time, although the safety is high, the corresponding exploration efficiency is very low. Considering the current situation, dinner should be the trigger point at the beginning of the plot, and the more clues you can get in the period before dinner, the more beneficial it should be for the development of the next story.

As for the danger, there is a danger, but as Tu Hongyu said, as long as you don't die like those little experts in the movie who inadvertently see a hole in the ground and go down, it's okay, how to say that this is also a copy of ordinary difficulty, and the system should not set up a mortal plot before the plot officially starts.

The two of them decided on their next course of action, but before leaving the door, Ann tore off a note from a notebook and spatted it on the bottom of the record case, so that if someone took out the record while they were away, it would destroy the simple mark.

"I'll meet in front of the first stairs and go up to the second floor together."

"Well, okay"

Tu Hongyu's distribution was very reasonable, and An Yizhi nodded in agreement.

Their room was on the ground floor, along the hallway was a circle of rooms of unknown use, and on the other side of the hallway it led to the hall in the center, where they passed through the door. At the back of the hall is a luxurious red-carpeted staircase leading to the second and third floors.

Basically, this Western-style building is built in such a way that you can see the ceiling at the top of the hall, the chandelier hanging on it, and the room on the 2.3rd floor.

Tu Hongyu walked towards the room on the left, and An Yizhi also came to the door of the room in the opposite direction.

"Locked......"

He turned the doorknob and returned with a stiff feel.

The door lock was a very old-fashioned lock, the keyhole was large, and Ann pointed to see that no one was around, and slowly approached the keyhole to look into the room.

Very ordinary room, the main configuration is not much different from the room they live in, but this room does not have two single beds, instead of a double bed, presumably for those guests who come with couples.

Thinking of this, An Yizhi remembered that he should go to those NPCs who came in first to inquire about the information, it was better than wandering around like a blind man here.

Having said that, there was no one around, and he couldn't even ask someone if he wanted to.

He made his way to the next room, this time the door was unlocked, he knocked twice, and when he saw no response, he opened the door and went in sideways.

"Tsk, the life of a rich man"

In front of me is an entertainment room, which seems to function as a small bar, with a variety of alcoholic beverages behind the bar on one side, although the system does not translate the names of these wines, but looking at those old labels, you can see that there is no bargain for the wine here.

Opposite the bar are two pool tables, with a dartboard on the wall, and a leather sofa with a small bookshelf behind it.

An Yizhi walked over quickly to check the bookshelf, a person's bookshelf can reflect the person's personality.

In fact, this is also one of the ways to judge each other's personalities through hobbies, for example, people who like horror novels are often curious, people who like poetry are often more literary, and people who like to watch the world of the brave must be good people (serious face.

Most of the bookshelves were filled with popular prose and novels at the time, and occasionally there was a dictionary and law-related reference book, and Ann Yizhi accidentally found a first edition of The Hobbit, which had only been published for a long time, and the owner had not read it frequently. This convinced Ann that the copy was dated after 1936, after all, The Hobbit was a novel published in 1936.

Putting that aside, a thin booklet on the bookshelf caught his attention.

This booklet is not a book at all, it is too thin, only a dozen pages. However, the book is the most worn, with many creases and water stains left on the pages.

Ann opened it with a finger, and wrote a nursery rhyme in English on the first page.

Who killed cock robin?

I,said the sparrow.

Wuith my bow and arrow

……

Even Ann, who doesn't know much about English, understands the first three sentences, the name of this nursery rhyme is Who Killed the Robin?

This nursery rhyme has been quoted in countless detective novels and comics, and it is simply about killing people to pay for their lives!

So, what does the appearance of such a dark and eerie nursery rhyme, which implies the meaning of killing to pay for life, represent here?

An Yi pointed out that he smelled the feeling that the mountain rain was coming, and the so-called killing pays for life has another meaning, if the law cannot punish those who kill, someone will use other means than the law to retaliate against the murderer, that is, revenge.

Someone is going to die tonight.

Combined with all the clues, it is not difficult to guess the meaning of the system, and 100% of the people will die at the next dinner, but they don't know which one will die.

No matter which one it is, An Yizhi plans to wait and warn Tu Hongyu to try not to eat the things at the dinner party, the ghost knows if there is poison in it.

Organize the messy bookshelf and restore it to the way it was originally built. He continued to explore the house.

Of course, his search wasn't aimless, and even more time would not be enough to explore the entire room.

Of course, the most likely clue in the recreation room is the bookshelf, which has been found just now, except for here, only the bar counter may have a clue.

"Alcohol consumption...... Spirits consume the most ......"

He looked at the bottles on the shelves and saw that spirits like rum, vodka, brandy, and tequila were the most drunk, many less than half a bottle, while those with lower alcohol concentrations, such as sherry liqueurs, were barely touched.

The owner of this place loves to drink spirits? So why put so much low-alcohol wine?

Although the high alcohol consumption on the shelf is the largest, it is a bit difficult to say that there are more low-alcohol wines in terms of quantity.

Immediately, An Yizhi thought of another possibility, it was not the owner here who drank these high-grade wines!

Of course, there is not only one person living in such a large Western-style house, and even if there are no relatives or the like, there are still many servants, otherwise it would be troublesome to just clean it, and it is likely that those who drink these high-grade wines will be among them.

Ann, who had a clue that he couldn't use for the time being, turned his gaze to the fireplace on the other side.

This thing was common in the past, after all, it was very cold in the mountains, and there was a fireplace in every room for heating.

Judging from the clothes on his body and this heavy rain, the season in the copy should be in the time of autumn and winter, about the second half of October to the first half of November, plus it is in the deep mountains, of course, the temperature will not be very high.

However, there was no fire in the fireplace at this time, and Ann pointed over to check it, and used the iron hook on the side to stir the ashes in the fireplace.

He then thrust his finger into the ashes, feeling the slightest residual warmth, indicating that the charcoal fire in the fireplace was extinguished in about an hour or two, and someone had used it not long ago.

Then he felt as if he had touched something, and took it out of the fireplace with an iron hook and found that it was a ring.

Gently wiping away dust, this ring is crafted entirely from silver and set with a ruby the size of a grain of rice.

“Erica…… Elektra? ”

The inner ring of the ring is engraved with these letters, which should be the name of the owner of the ring, and it should sound like a woman's name.