Chapter 80 Horror Live Stream (Part 17)
She had suffered a backlash.
Hang Man barely managed to maintain a calm expression as she swallowed the blood with its metallic taste. The bell she had been holding still throughout this time let out a faint sound. This sound seemed to come from ancient times, and the girl's eyes immediately shifted away from Qi An.
She had just tried to look at this boy's fate.
She saw a black thread wrapped around the boy's right wrist—a darkness so deep and sinister that it differed vastly from the boy's fair wrist. Hang Man had never seen such a dark, profound black, as if it came from hell.
This black thread was only loosely wrapped around once, as if it could be broken with just a light tug. So Hang Man could see that the black was trying to continue winding around the boy's wrist, but it seemed to have some hesitation. Whenever the progress quickened by even a little, the black thread would become particularly docile. Particularly careful as it silently wrapped around a small distance that could be ignored.
As if terrified of being discovered by someone.
Sneaking around.
This wasn't what surprised Hang Man the most. What confused her was that this thread, apart from its different color, looked exactly like the red string of fate she had seen before. And this thread... had been broken.
This was a red string of fate that had been re-mended.
Hang Man wanted to continue looking. She suddenly noticed Zhang Zhaoqi standing in the corner glance at her. Instantly, an unprecedented sense of crisis surged from the depths of her heart. The black thread within her sight suddenly vanished, and Qi An returned to what he should look like in normal time.
Hang Man's fingers trembled slightly. She lowered her eyes and said nothing.
"Where is Xue Qiuzhen?" Si Chenshao's throat rolled as his gaze inadvertently swept across the comments section. With years of acting experience, he could tell that the bloodstain on the ground was not fake.
The thick blood, the dried dark red mixed with vivid red. Fresh blood kept seeping from within the flesh and blood. More and more viewers were teleporting into the livestream room. Si Chenshao's gaze kept sweeping across the comments, the meaty smell in the room making people's stomachs growl, and his expression grew more and more grave.
"She's dead." Zhi Le said casually. When Si Chenshao looked at him in shock, he simply explained what had happened just now.
"Let's split up and search for clues now." After casually explaining the matter, Zhi Le suddenly licked his lips and naturally continued, "We still have some time before evening. We might be able to find quite a few clues. When night comes, we'll gather together and discuss this case a bit."
"Are we really just leaving like this?" Si Chenshao's voice was extremely uncertain. "We..."
"Yeah, don't you want to find more clues?" Zhi Le's counter-question carried a hint of a smile.
Si Chenshao's expression still held some hesitation, but Zhang Zhaoqi coldly made the final decision. "Let's go."
"Sure, let's go search for clues. An'an, I'll be with you. You know, the reason I came on this show is because of you." Ke Han also readily nodded, agreeing. Among all the civilians participating in this program recording, besides Qi An, everyone showed no reaction to the death that had just occurred. "You're such a kind person, you definitely can't bear to refuse me, right?"
"You're with me." Before Qi An could speak, Zhang Zhaoqi coldly said to Ke Han.
Ke Han's expression seemed to freeze for a moment. Just as the livestream comments exploded with discussions about what shocking move Ke Han was about to make, the man in the tailcoat and glasses nodded ambiguously instead. Using a voice that couldn't quite convey his emotions, he said, "Sure."
The eight people quickly divided into groups.
The other pairings didn't change. Zhi Le automatically teamed up with Si Chenshao. The phone that Xue Qiuzhen had thrown on the ground had completely broken. Zhang Zhaoqi and Ke Han tacitly didn't mention that they didn't have phones, and walked out of the room first.
[An'an, you said half a day just passed, what do you mean?] The system thought for a while without understanding its host's meaning, and immediately asked frankly.
Liang Xuan's complexion was terrifyingly pale. When Qi An walked over wanting to help her, the girl狠狠地 glared at him, pushing away Qi An's hand. She stumbled as she stood up, her face cold, and with strength that was completely at odds with her appearance, she snatched away the livestream phone that Zhi Le had handed to Qi An.
[The person asked me to play a game with him.] Qi An shrunk back his hand, seemingly afraid his presence would make Liang Xuan even angrier, and he even moved a few steps to the side.
"Before you find me, I'll kill someone every half day..." This was what the man said after Qi An came to this world.
Maybe many people would only remember the last few words of this sentence, but Qi An had always been especially sensitive to certain words. So he clearly remembered that the person said "I."
Half a day had already passed.
Now, besides Xue Qiuzhen who was killed by Wen Weichi, everyone was safe and sound. Moreover, Wen Weichi's attitude toward him was completely different from his attitude toward others.
He seemed to have some kind of affection for him. A very obvious and direct affection.
This would make people can't help but want to doubt him.
Qi An's long eyelashes trembled again. His hands unconsciously moved slightly. He thought of the girl who smiled tenderly after going mad, and also of Ke Han who had suddenly appeared claiming to have fallen in love with him at first sight.
Did he... miss something else?
The two walked along the corridor without exchanging any words. When they passed a room, Liang Xuan's expression suddenly changed. They had walked back to the room where the girl with the knife had been. Thinking of what the girl had said before she disappeared, Liang Xuan's brow tightly furrowed.
Then, she looked at Qi An with even greater disgust. The events of today had brought tremendous blows to Liang Xuan. She now had absolutely no mood or energy to maintain her persona. She just wanted to survive.
[An'an, the person the girl with the knife was looking for should be Wen Weichi, right?] The system had also thought of this. It had seen the girl's diary back then. Combined with what Ke Han had mentioned, it wasn't hard to guess that Wen Weichi was the person the girl loved.
That victim who had been dismembered.
[Mm.]
[Should we go find him? I think if you ask him to meet that girl, he would agree.] The system's voice carried a hint of happiness.
[I need to think about it.] After a while, the system finally heard its host's somewhat cold voice.
"Why do you have to be on my team?" Ke Han's originally gentle expression instantly turned ice cold. Vaguely, he had some similarities with Zhang Zhaoqi standing beside him. "I thought you disliked me as much as I dislike you."
"Of course I don't like you." Zhang Zhaoqi's voice carried no expression either. "What you're doing won't make him fall in love with you. Qi An doesn't like this feeling."
Ke Han didn't speak immediately. He paused for a moment before laughing, "I know, but if I don't do something, how can I get his attention?"
Zhang Zhaoqi glanced at him and said expressionlessly, "Let's split up and search for clues."
With that, he turned and walked away, as if he couldn't stand the sight of Ke Han at all.
"What are you pretending for?" Seeing his action, Ke Han mocked with a laugh. "We're essentially the same person. Whatever I want to do, of course you want to do it too."
"Even if you pretend to be all righteous and proper, does that make your thoughts nobler than mine?"
"You love him, love him to the point of... madness."
Zhang Zhaoqi's advancing footsteps seemed to pause for a moment, but he immediately continued walking in another direction as if nothing had happened.
"Dear, can you find me..." The gentle smile completely faded. The man laughed brilliantly yet wickedly, as if he was talking to himself. "I'm everywhere. Wen Weichi is me, Hua Lixi is me, I..."
As he spoke, some strange and obscure characters quickly scrolled across his eyes.
Like... some kind of data.
Cold, precise, and complex.
"I love you too, because I love you..."
"So, dear, I left these loopholes. I love you, so..."
"I want to give you a chance to win."
"Dear, can you grasp it?" The man seemed to sigh.
【System: Question segment begins. Please, viewers, predict which guest will receive punishment during tonight's case description? And you may also propose the punishment method you desire.】