Chapter 83: Horror Stream (Part 20)
The girl seemed to simply want someone to accompany her. She took out another set of bedding from the cabinet and bent down to lay it on the floor next to the single bed. In no time, she had made herself a spot on the floor.
The girl raised her head, her eyes curved into crescents as she looked at Qi An, and naturally lay down on the bedding she had just prepared. "Then let's rest."
She had given her own bed to him.
A flicker of contemplation passed through Qi An's dark eyes. He lay down cautiously on the pink bed. The bed was exceptionally soft. Although the location where their show was being recorded seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, the room now had none of the foul smell from when they first entered. Instead, there was a rather refreshing fragrance.
The black-haired boy gradually closed his eyes. It was evident that despite the environment and time being perfectly suited for sleep, he was extremely tense. His body wrapped in the blanket was rigid, and at first, the boy didn't dare to move even slightly.
The night grew deeper, and everything outside the window became exceptionally quiet. All the lights had been turned off.
Drowsiness seemed to wear away the boy's tension. His stiff body gradually relaxed, and his heartbeat and breathing sounds became calm and steady.
After some more time passed, the girl who had been sleeping soundly suddenly opened her eyes in the darkness. At first, she didn't move much, only slightly turning her head to look at the sleeping boy.
She watched for a long time. The boy沉浸在睡梦中 completely unaware of this炙热的视线. The girl used her hands to push against the ground, allowing her upper body to rise upright.
She stood up from the bedding, standing motionless with an expressionless face. Qi An's breathing remained steady. The girl finally relaxed, walking step by step to the bedside.
She slowly extended her hand.
The slender hand reached forward but ultimately paused just before the boy's cheek. The girl's fingers trembled slightly. She seemed to want to touch him, but something was holding her back. A fierce look of struggle appeared on her face.
"Really… contradictory." The girl pulled her hand back. Her figure was the delicate and cute kind that a girl should have, but her eyes suddenly turned extremely dark, black like some kind of undilutable ink, "I clearly hope you can stay here with me, hope your eyes can truly see me…"
"…But I also hope you can win, look forward to you being able to find me…" The girl's voice seemed to suppress something, "Although I can't stand him, and he can't stand me. However, fundamentally we are… the same person, so…"
"Clearly want to possess you completely, yet don't want to bind you…"
"Really… contradictory…" The girl repeated the words from the very beginning, but the emotions contained within were now much more complex.
The炙热的视线 still locked onto Qi An's face. The girl stood by the bed like a sculpture for a long time until a faint light appeared in the sky. Only then did she quietly slip back into her blanket.
[Is that person this girl?] The system knew its host was only pretending to be asleep, so it quietly asked in his mind.
[…If we're only looking at what she said just now.] A hint of something else appeared in Qi An's voice. His voice was still very pleasant, and after shedding the timidity from the real world, it sounded somewhat distant, [However, there's one thing I haven't figured out yet.]
The morning sun shone through the window as promised. By the time Qi An opened his eyes, the girl had already disappeared. Pressing his temples, Qi An went to the living room where they had discussed the case before.
The other six people were still sitting in their original positions. The floor had been restored to a clean state, as if someone had swept it.
"Qi An, you're back." Si Chen Shao forced out a smile. "Let's have breakfast."
Qi An smiled and greeted him, sitting on the stool he had occupied before. The moment he sat down, he saw numerous plates appear out of thin air on the table, laid out with very standard breakfast items. There was soy milk,油条, fried eggs, milk, and the like.
"…Much more normal." Si Chen Shao was the first to pick up a piece of油条, his tone carrying a hint of emotion.
—Normal?
Qi An turned to look at these steaming dishes. They looked as if they had just come out of the pot, appearing extremely fresh and appetizing. Ke Han placed one of the dishes in front of Qi An, his eyes brimming with warmth. "An An, you like this, right?"
"…Ah, thanks." The boy clearly hesitated for a moment before responding somewhat belatedly with thanks.
【放长线: Do you guys feel like Qi An is receiving rather special treatment in this show?
大逆不道: That's right. The scene just now looked like everyone was waiting for him to come have breakfast together. The other people had gathered early, but the food didn't appear at all. Only when Qi An sat down did it… Besides, the difference between this and last night's spread is really too big. One looked like treating distinguished guests, the other like serving… servants.
九点半: Let's just compare him with Liang Xuan. The girl directly chopped off Liang Xuan's arm the first time, and Qi An had nothing happen except being startled. The second time, Liang Xuan was eliminated, and although the girl took Qi An away, he… also seemed to have rested very well. Again, nothing happened to him.
下班到家: emmmm… I feel like if the girl hadn't taken Qi An away yesterday, the one being punished should have been him.
自己去看: ahhhhh, why can't I close this live stream, I still have work to handle on my computer!
这女的: The person upstairs is not alone! I don't want to watch this boring show either! But it just won't close no matter what.
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"After you left, the production team required us to continue exploring the plot." After the meal, Zhang Zhaoqi proactively followed beside Qi An. "We were taken to separate small compartments and told to describe the case we had deduced."
"Mm." Qi An held the phone that Si Chen Shao had distributed.
"In the end, the production team judged that Si Chen Shao lost." Zhang Zhaoqi's voice was very calm. "And left us with a question—who bears the greatest responsibility in this case."
"He… lost?" Qi An was stunned.
"Ah!"
While they were discussing this matter, a loud scream suddenly rang out from a room on the second floor. This sound instantly echoed throughout the quiet floor. Qi An and Zhang Zhaoqi exchanged a glance, then headed toward the source of the sound.
Si Chen Shao was dead.
The luxurious chandelier in the room had fallen. The boy's body was densely punctured with glass shards. The shards cut open his skin, and a pool of blood immediately formed beneath him.
Moreover, a wide piece of glass had landed directly on Si Chen Shao's eye. The boy's wide-open eye had become mangled flesh.
From the boy's expression, one could see he had been extremely terrified.
"When we walked over here, the chandelier that had been fine just moments ago suddenly fell, landing right on his head." Ke Han, who had been paired with Si Chen Shao, explained the situation to Qi An. A faint smile still lingered at the corner of Ke Han's mouth. "The incident happened too suddenly. I couldn't save him in time."
Qi An glanced at him. Ke Han suddenly thought of something, quickly adding, "However, if it were you, An An, facing this kind of situation, I would definitely be able to save you in time!"
"Another person has died." Zhi Le was one of the second batch to arrive. His expression was as gentle as ever. "But it's only been a day and a half, and we've already lost three people. At this rate of one person every half day, in a few more days, we might all be dead."
Qi An glanced at the extremely troubled boy, maintaining his frightened appearance without saying a word.
Lian Zhou and Hang Man were the last to arrive. Upon seeing Si Chen Shao's gruesome death, Lian Zhou couldn't help but contract his pupils. It was the oddly dressed Hang Man who remained calm. The girl glanced at him lightly before saying something meaningful, "It's almost ending."
Qi An raised his eyes to look at the pretty girl. He had a vague feeling that Hang Man's words had been directed at him.
"Since we can't get out anyway, let's continue looking for clues. Perhaps when the truth of the case is revealed, the recording of the show can end." Seeing everyone remain silent, Zhi Le smiled lightly and spoke up in a tone where no emotion could be discerned.
Several groups searched through the various rooms for clues. Qi An walked into Wen Weichi's room and looked around. He walked to the bedside cabinet and picked up that book.
His hands flipped through the pages rapidly. Qi An's expression grew more and more serious.
This was a book about psychology. But the deeper he went toward the end, the more perverse the viewpoints described became. And the marks made by the owner had also increased more and more.
If this were just someone with an interest in psychology, they wouldn't read this kind of book.
His psychology must be very twisted.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to eat human flesh so calmly.
However, according to the girl's and Ke Han's descriptions, the male teacher had been a very gentle person.
Wen Weichi… was pretending.
Qi An put the book down, his gaze shifting to the live streaming phone. The comments were updating rapidly. Besides the original viewers, there was a flood of people complaining about not being able to close the live stream.
—Wait.
The hand Qi An was holding the phone with suddenly tightened.
He had been overlooking one point all along.
The background of this world is… holographic technology.