There was no one outside the door, and the sea breeze brought a faint strange smell.
Sur looked into the distance and vaguely saw several figures, so he also walked towards that place.
Qu Qingming walked side by side with him, her hair was blown by the wind, just touching the side of Suer's cheek. The latter moved to her left side.
Qu Qingming smiled: "I can tell from looking at it that he has never had a girlfriend."
Soul nodded directly.
Qu Qingming changed the subject: "If... I mean, if Ji Heng is a love killer, what would you do?"
Su Er's expression was expressionless: "Passing the dungeon doesn't rely on guesswork."
"He seems to be taking good care of you," Qu Qingming smiled. "According to the usual wickedness of the game, isn't it appropriate to put you two on opposite sides?"
"We're here." Suer suddenly stopped.
Qu Qingming swallowed the rest of his words. When he saw the scene in front of him, the smile on his face immediately disappeared.
A man half-knelt on the beach, his hands folded and his head bowed in prayer. He didn't shy away from the occasional wave. The sand beneath him was already soaked through; a normal person's knees wouldn't be able to withstand kneeling in such a damp place for extended periods.
Suer guessed that the victim had likely been in an accident. The familiar clothing and the smooth lines of muscle in his arms revealed the victim's identity: Zhang Baitian.
The first thing she noticed was Qu Qingming. As Zhang Baitian's partner, her brows were tightly furrowed, and her usual calmness faded a little.
Suer walked quickly to the front. Ji Heng was standing not far from the corpse and talking to Lu Quanqiu. He raised his head when he heard the footsteps.
"He's dead." Ji Heng glanced at Zhang Baitian who was kneeling and shook his head.
Su Er was genuinely surprised when he saw the deceased just now, his expression solemn: "How could it be him?"
Qu Qingming and Zhang Baitian were undoubtedly a high-end team, and Zhang Baitian was a top-tier player in both strength and intelligence. In Su Er's subconscious, if there were to be casualties in the dungeon, the first would be Lu Quanzhong or Man Jiangshan.
Impulsive, slightly selfish, a little clever... no matter how you look at it, he's courting death.
While Suer was lost in thought, Qu Qingming walked over to Zhang Baitian and checked on him. The cause of death was easy to confirm: the heart was gone, leaving only a bloody hole.
The scene was not tragic, and I don't know why Man Jiangshan was screaming so loudly.
Lu Quanqiu helped explain: "While she was examining the body, a snake suddenly jumped out from the rocks and she was almost bitten."
Qu Qingming suppressed his emotions and looked at Yue Ji Gentleman again: "Now that our partner is dead, how are we going to continue with today's recording?"
"Of course, we'll replace him." Mr. Rose gently reintroduced the judges: "You will choose a replacement from among the four emotion teachers."
Filming a love variety show with a ghost?
Qu Qingming's handsome face couldn't help but be a little distorted.
Rose Gentleman: "We have a lot of filming to do later. I suggest you go back and grab breakfast." He then said to Qu Qingming alone: "Remember to tell me your choice after breakfast."
The judges didn't have the habit of eating breakfast and were wandering around outside the room. Ji Heng said something that made everyone look a little unhappy: "Maybe they are full."
Considering that Zhang Baitian's heart disappeared, it is self-evident what he ate.
Sur made soup with the fish he had processed last night. It tasted very delicious, but unfortunately, it was morning and his appetite was not very good, so he only ate a few bites.
There was a lot of noise outside; the staff were checking their equipment, which gave them some space for discussion. Zhang Baitian's death was undoubtedly the focus of the discussion.
Qu Qingming was mentally strong enough to be able to have a rational discussion with the ghost before teaming up: "There must be a reason for choosing him."
Lu Quanqiu curled his lips: "Why don't we first talk about what everyone was doing last night."
Man Jiangshan nodded in agreement: "The game doesn't allow players to kill each other, but since there is a love killer, perhaps he will be given separate rights."
Soul actually preferred that the love killer use ghosts to kill people, but he didn't express his opinion. He spoke first: "Before two o'clock, I was reciting love poems, then I went out for a while, and I came back at three o'clock to deal with a fish."
Lu Quanqiu: "Reciting love poems?"
Suer: "It's on the first floor, next to the host's door."
"…"
Su Er didn't want to explain, and only said, "A little after two o'clock, Ji Heng, the host, and one of the judges were all at the beach. There was no body at that time. Zhang Baitian must have died between three and six o'clock."
Although it was a one-sided story, it was easy to verify. Since the host was involved, the possibility of him lying was low. However, as a player, being so close to ghosts made one think twice.
Ji Heng was more concise. He first confirmed that he and Su Er had indeed met at the beach, and then added: "Before that, I spent some time repairing the lock."
When it was Qu Qingming's turn, she shrugged and said, "I stayed in my room and didn't go anywhere."
Unlike the others, Man Jiangshan didn't speak immediately. He seemed to think for a few seconds before saying, "Around four o'clock, I needed to go to the bathroom. I was a little scared, so I asked Lu Quanqiu to accompany me. We've been together ever since."
This statement seems a bit strange.
If a girl wants to find someone to accompany her to the bathroom, she usually looks for someone of the same sex. However, she did not call Qu Qingming. Instead, she called Shanglu Quanqiu, and even stayed in the same room with a man and a woman late at night.
Qu Qingming was about to ask about the doubts when Ji Heng suddenly attracted everyone's attention with a sentence: "Zhang Baitian's death may be related to yesterday's game."
As soon as he mentioned it, everyone quickly remembered the two small games yesterday, in which Zhang Baitian's group did not win any of them alone.
A few minutes after Ji Heng finished speaking, Qu Qingming's remembrance of her partner turned into relief. If this was the rule of death, one of the two would definitely die, and she would become the survivor.
"That makes sense." Lu Quanqiu was the first to confirm Ji Heng's statement: "Otherwise, why would we go to all the trouble of matching up a ghost as a partner?"
A ghost will definitely not actively cooperate with the player, and may even deliberately mess up the game. Once he fails, Qu Qingming will be in a precarious situation.
At this moment, Mr. Yue stepped out from the shadows with a smile, as if he hadn't heard the discussion. He asked Qu Qingming directly, "Which judge are you going to choose?"
The overly long eyelashes completely obscured the obscure light in Qu Qingming's eyes. After a while, he pointed at the blonde outside the window and said, "I choose her."
The blonde girl seemed to have noticed something, and when she came to her senses, she pushed her sunglasses down through the glass, and her eye sockets, which had become completely bloody holes, stared straight at Qu Qingming.
Soul also looked in that direction, but he was looking at the sound engineer who was not far from the blonde girl. After staring at each other for a few seconds, the sound engineer suddenly turned around and ignored him.
Su Er muttered, "Are you still hating my ruthlessness?"
I hate myself for only leaving behind a hasty sentence last night: "It's better to miss someone than to meet them."
"The walking dead." Ji Heng did not answer, but lowered his voice in his ear.
Su Er raised an eyebrow: "What is this?"
Ji Heng: "The information obtained by Lu Quanqiu's group."
Suer remembered that when he first arrived at the beach in the morning, the other party was talking to Lu Quanqiu. It turned out that they were making an exchange.
It was not convenient in the villa, so he glanced at Ji Heng, and they both stood up and walked outside. The scenery on the island was beautiful. Ji Heng looked at the lush forest behind him and asked, "Who do you think is the love killer?"
Su Er: "At first I suspected Man Jiangshan. She almost started a self-harm incident during the cooking competition. Later I thought Qu Qingming was also suspicious. She had a very strange aura..."
"gas?"
Su Er nodded. "To prevent any players from pretending to be ghosts, I took a puff from each one."
"…"
"The aura on Qu Qingming is very strange. It's not the kind of yin aura that comes from ghosts, but it's different from that of ordinary people."
Su Dun paused and said, "But Qu Qingming's spiritual value is very high, maybe it has something to do with this."
People with high spiritual values generally have weaker yang energy.
After saying this, Su Er stood quietly without speaking again.
Ji Heng's mouth curled up slightly: "Did I forget to mention a suspect?"
After a moment's silence, Su Er said in a very slow tone: "Indeed, you are a little strange too."
Last night he confronted the host and the blonde girl for a long time at the beach before Ji Heng finally arrived and explained that he was repairing the lock.
Going back further, Ji Heng's room was very close to the Rose Gentleman's, but when he was reciting love poems at the door of the Rose Gentleman's, Ji Heng did not appear. Su Er had a vague premonition that the other party was not in the room at all during that time.
Ji Heng did not avoid the topic: "I was busy with other things at the time."
Seeing that he didn't continue, Suer knew that the topic should end here.
The equipment was in place, and Mr. Yue clapped his hands, indicating that the recording was about to begin.
A player died, and the atmosphere today is much more subtle.
"A beautiful day is about to begin. I hope everyone's bond will deepen." The host's expression was gentle before he said this, but when his eyes stopped moving, a strange look took over. "Today there's only one fun part... finding the altar."
The format of the activity remains the same, with two players in a group, but the scope of the activity is no longer restricted, and there is a cameraman following each player.
Before leaving, Mr. Rose smiled and said, "Let me remind you that the altar can be destroyed."
As soon as the words fell, the tension intensified.
The requirement to pass the level is to place the love killer's heart on the altar. If the altar is gone, it is equivalent to declaring the game a failure in advance.
Qu Qingming's charming face showed a hint of fatigue, and she forced a smile: "This island is quite large, shouldn't you give us some clues?"
The Rose Gentleman said with a smile: "Those who have love in their hearts will naturally be blessed by the God of Luck."
The staff on the side started playing music that sang about love, making the whole scene look very funny.
Lu Quanqiu and Man Jiangshan set out first and walked towards the woods. For some reason, Qu Qingming returned to the villa.
Su Er glanced at Ji Heng: "Where to go first?"
Ji Heng looked at the coast. Zhang Baitian's figure was like a petrified sculpture, having not been toppled by the waves for so long. "Look at the direction he's kneeling in."
Sur looked over there...it was the sea, but the center of the sea was endless.
Ji Heng: "Let's go and take a look."
On the way, Ji Heng asked him to take out the tooth. The result of the test at the treasure appraisal point was that it needed to be nourished with blood frequently, and now was an opportunity.
Sur looked at the tooth he had exchanged from the little girl, and suddenly a bold idea emerged in his mind: Since ancient times, treasures have required a drop of blood to recognize their owner. What would happen if blood was dripped on the outer shell of the electric shock device?
Feeling the outline of the defibrillator in his pocket through the soft fabric, he seemed to see the door to a new world about to open.
Ji Heng caught a glimpse of the peculiar curve at the corner of Su Er's mouth. "What are you thinking about?"
Even from the perspective of teammates, this smile is a bit creepy.
Su Er scratched his head sheepishly: "I want to go to the bathroom first."
Witnessing the familiar shy smile, Ji Heng said meaningfully: "Go."