It was just a short sentence, but Su Er felt like it was a torture to his soul.
He hesitated for a long time before deciding to expose the villain, but ultimately decided to show its existence. Firstly, the crew couldn't participate, but the child's role in the story was essential. Secondly, the villain might not be able to make it out of the replica. Since it had intelligence, it was barely a living being, so it couldn't be ignored.
If he really couldn't take it away, the ghosts would have no compassion, and the villains would have no ability to protect themselves, so they would be buried on the island sooner or later. Su Er pondered for a long time, but found that the only person worthy of trust was Mr. Yueji, who was at least honest and kept his promise.
Killing a villain to vent anger is vulgar and does not fit the host's style. With this as a premise, I believe there is still room for maneuver.
"I caught it on the island." Su Er said very subtly: "It's all fate."
Ever since he found some dirt residue at the door that night, Mr. Rose began to suspect that this person was secretly doing something bad. Who would have thought that the other party was really... doing something bad.
Instead of exposing the untenable statement directly, the host narrowed his eyes and instructed the cameraman to move the equipment away.
"Where is the clay figurine?"
Su Er looked up, only able to see the trembling eyelashes of Mr. Rose when he squinted, but the hidden gaze was unfathomable.
"Show him."
Ji Heng's low voice floated over, and Suer no longer hesitated and took out the little man from his pocket.
For the next few seconds, the Rose Gentleman stared silently at the little man who also had a rose.
The sound came from somewhere else.
The moment the villain appeared, Qu Qingming said sarcastically, "You are such a scheming person. You have fooled all of us."
She was so foolish as to vote.
Su Er smiled innocently: "I just want to listen to your voices."
No one wants to be calculated, Lu Quanqiu and Man Jiangshan are also not surprised, but their interests converge and they all want to leave the copy, so their reaction is naturally not as big as Qu Qingming.
Gentleman Rose finally took his eyes off the villain and waited for the 'culprit' to reveal his purpose.
"You are a gentleman, so of course I am willing to be frank with you." Su Er even used the honorific: "The person I least want to deceive in this world is you."
"…"
It was Ji Heng's idea to play Tai Chi openly. According to him, the host would soon know what they were planning, and not responding directly was in a sense equivalent to letting the other party make the conditions.
If it is appropriate, you can agree to it and leave a way out for the villain.
If it is not suitable, and the villain can't lead the dungeon... then make it into a peerless handsome man and take it to the top lane in a decent manner.
The two of them didn't deliberately conceal anything during their discussion. As an onlooker, I simply made a gesture of slitting my throat, saying that if I could become an extremely handsome man, I would "commit suicide" right then and there.
Perhaps it is because the source of the yin energy in its body comes from the cameraman, and the cameraman himself likes to capture beautiful pictures with the lens. This subconsciousness is infinitely magnified in the villain, so that the pursuit of beauty can be said to have reached the pinnacle.
The scene was too quiet for a moment, so Ji Heng spoke up to smooth things over: "Isn't it time for another group to present?"
The procedure still had to be followed, and the cameraman responsible for filming Lu Quanqiu and others began to show his new works.
The camera accurately recorded a fierce battle in the forest just now.
The film is 21 minutes long, and the protagonists are fighting each other for 20 minutes. According to Lu Quanqiu's request, the theme is finally revealed, with the wife beating up the scumbag and the mistress.
The fighting scenes are very good and the blood splattering is real. If we only evaluate the action scenes, they will definitely get full marks.
"The two groups' works each have their own unique characteristics, and what's commendable is that their creativity is completely different," said Rose Gentleman, adding perfectly as the video ended: "Next comes the exciting moment of announcing the rankings!"
Su Er really admired him. He could speak the lines so smoothly in this situation. The word "professional" was not enough to describe him.
"But before that, let's invite our specially-invited relationship expert to tell us about her life!"
Pa pa pa.
As soon as Mr. Rose finished speaking, only Soul and the villain applauded.
The dry applause made the atmosphere awkward, and Man Jiangshan belatedly pulled Lu Quanqiu to clap his hands symbolically.
The blonde wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth, removed her sunglasses, and stood before everyone, recounting the bloody story of her boyfriend's scheme: "...I'll never forget the sound of his laughter when he dug out my eyes. That man had the blood of a mermaid coursing through his body. He was cruel, paranoid, and yet he longed for unwavering love!"
Because he was too excited, two lines of dark red blood flowed out of his eye sockets, which had already become black holes.
"After we finished all this, he actually held my hand and cried... He said that long ago, mermaids could only live in the sea. Later, their ancestors tore off the fish's tail to seize the only chance to transform." To this day, the blonde girl still feels hatred when talking about the past: "Creatures like them should never go to land!"
Gentleman Rose offered a few perfunctory words of comfort, and using the blonde's ex-boyfriend as an introduction, he began to talk about the legend of the island, the content of which was roughly consistent with the "Tears of the Mermaid" that Soul had found.
His voice has a unique charm and he tells stories in a very pleasant way.
Su Er ignored it, looked at Ji Heng with a squint, and moved his lips a few times.
Ji Heng nodded.
The interaction between the two was seen by others, but they could do nothing about it. After all, not everyone has the ability to read lips.
The filming of this skit undoubtedly ended with Su Er and Ji Heng's victory. Just like the previous two competitions, the host gave out information cards to the winners of any competition-related events.
This time is no exception.
Su Er had no intention of eating dinner at all. After receiving the information card, he glanced at Man Jiangshan and went upstairs to the guest room. Ji Heng followed behind him, seemingly going into the room to discuss things, but in fact he secretly went to retrieve the heart he had hidden before the filming.
Once the door closed, they all relaxed a bit. Qu Qingming had played the werewolf trick and blew himself up. The atmosphere was bound to get awkward soon, and staying in the living room would only be a waste of time.
Suer opened the information card and saw a sentence printed on it: Love makes us walk upright.
"The first two messages were about the love killer himself," Ji Heng said after taking a quick look, "this time it's obviously not."
Su Er destroyed the information card and said, "It's probably related to the altar."
The story of the blonde girl mentioned that the mermaid had to let the fish's tail break before coming ashore. The shape of this island just happens to resemble a fish's tail, so there must be some connection.
"If cutting the fish's tail is the beginning of love," Suer thought for a moment and looked at him, "the location of the altar might be at the waist."
Ji Heng nodded: "Try to look along the eastern coastline."
Su Er hesitated: "Isn't the range too large?"
The island is quite large, and it would take a lot of time to search it.
Ji Heng roughly sketched a map: "Start from the middle of the coastline, which is equivalent to the breaking point."
Su Er thought it was feasible. The fish tail had to be torn apart in the middle to transform into legs, so the altar was likely in the center. Thinking of this, he reached out and touched the head of the little man in his pocket: "I'm counting on you."
It is difficult to determine the specific breaking point on land, but the little man can fly into the air and roughly circle the area.
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The atmosphere downstairs was even worse than Sur had expected. After they went upstairs, the remaining players completely stopped communicating.
Lu Quanqiu's eyes were bloodshot and he kept scratching the leather sofa. The harsh sound made people feel uncomfortable.
Man Jiangshan finally couldn't stand it anymore and frowned and said, "If it really doesn't work, put the death exemption certificate somewhere else first."
If this continues, I'm afraid I'll go insane.
Lu Quanqiu looked over warily and blurted out a rebuttal: "You want to take advantage of the opportunity to steal it, right?"
He knew he had spoken out of turn, but he couldn't help himself.
Man Jiangshan has always been able to control his emotions, but this time he suddenly got angry for some reason and stood up to start swearing at him.
On the other side, Qu Qingming leaned his head to watch the show, with a sarcastic smile on his face, and occasionally said a few words to add fuel to the fire.
The farce lasted for about ten minutes. Later, Man Jiangshan became furious and seemed even more excited than Lu Quanqiu. He actually grabbed the cup on the table and threw it over, venting his anger in the most primitive way.
Lu Quanqiu was hit on the shoulder, and the two sides started fighting in anger.
After watching the excitement for a while, Qu Qingming suddenly realized something was wrong. Man Jiangshan seemed to be deliberately provoking him, and he mostly avoided him during the subsequent exchanges, only to provoke Lu Quanqiu again whenever he was about to regain his composure.
Suddenly realizing something, she rushed to the second floor. A light from the room shone through the crack in the door, but no matter how hard she knocked, no one answered.
Her charming demeanor had cooled somewhat due to her exasperation. Qu Qingming tightly gripped the railing and looked down at Man Jiangshan on the first floor. "Are you deliberately stalling for time?"
Man Jiangshan pretended to be confused, but his heart was full of ridicule.
The altar was originally found under the guidance of a villain, but the villain was controlled by Suel, which undoubtedly proved that the altar they found was fake. The reality was that she currently had no bargaining chips.
Thinking of the hint Suer had given before going upstairs, Man Jiangshan couldn't help but curse that black-hearted man a thousand times, but he had to help delay time.
Having also figured it all out, Qu Qingming's eyes revealed murderous intent. He wasted no more time and prepared to go out to look for someone, blocking the way with Man Jiangshan.
"I can't beat you." Man Jiangshan smiled: "But you can't kill me either."
The other party spared her life during the day not out of kindness, but most likely because the conditions for killing her were not met.
Qu Qingming's expression was icy: "You think you can stop me?"
"I can't stop it," Man Jiangshan shrugged, his tone very rogue: "But I can delay it for a while."
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The woods at night give people an ominous feeling everywhere.
In order to hurry, Soul had no time to pay attention to this fear. He ran a long distance in one breath. When he stopped, his throat was a little sore: "Are we almost there?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a white shadow flashed before his eyes, clawing at his face. Su Er subconsciously took a step back. Ji Heng, however, grabbed the white shadow with his backhand and threw it directly into the big tree next to him.
The thick tree trunk shook violently, and the water ghost's waist was almost broken. He lay half-dead on the ground, howling in pain.
Ji Heng looked straight ahead without even looking. There was a piece of land that was concave inward, overlapping with the space given above where the little man was standing.
"Only a few hundred meters left."
Hearing this, Su Er took a deep breath and ignored the water ghost who had been beaten for causing trouble. He ran forward with all his strength. Seeing Ji Heng breathing evenly, he said under his breath, "No wonder you had the achievement of 'A journey of a thousand miles reveals a horse's strength' before."
The endurance is great too!
"It has nothing to do with long-distance running ability," Ji Heng explained. "It's because I enjoy exploring."
It was the first time Suer heard him talk about this topic and he pricked up his ears.
Ji Heng: "I've done similar sea voyages many times before."
"…"
Talking diverted a lot of attention to a certain extent, and I had reached my destination unknowingly.
The sea was not calm tonight. From time to time, the water would surge onto the shore, leaving a trace before quickly retreating. At first glance, the sunken area looked like a half-drawn heart. Sur squatted down, grabbed some fine sand, rubbed it, and then sniffed it, smelling a faint fishy odor.
He exchanged a glance with Ji Heng and cooperated with him to dig up the surrounding sand.
Hard work pays off. Just as his wrist began to ache, he finally touched the hard edge. Suer quickly wrapped his sleeves around his hands to speed up the work. The thing wasn't buried very deep, so most of it quickly emerged. In the end, he dug out a scallop the size of a disc.
Sur pried it open with force, and found dozens of strange organs and tissues scattered inside.
Ji Heng: "It's the eyeball."
Su Er frowned: "When will these ghosts stop messing with human organs?"
It's enough to scare people, why disgust them?
Ji Heng, without any psychological barriers, moved his eyeball aside, which had been stored for who knows how long, and stared at the groove underneath, a smile appearing in his eyes: "Found it."
The groove is just big enough to fit a heart.
At this moment, a cold wind blew over, scratching his face painfully. Ji Heng raised his head and saw Qu Qingming's figure in front of him. Her eyes were sharp, like a knife that could cut someone to pieces at any time.
"You're late." Ji Heng's smile didn't reach his eyes, as if he was looking at a dying grasshopper.
Qu Qingming's voice was hoarse: "When was the heart found?"
"Soon..."
The voice stopped abruptly, and Ji Heng felt a warmth on his hand. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Suer holding his hand and placing the heart directly on the groove.
"The villain dies because he talks too much." Su Er said seriously.
As soon as the heart returned to its place, the scallop automatically closed and slowly sank. Qu Qingming's pretty face turned pale, and she covered her chest with her hands, a painful expression on her face.
After confirming that the conditions for clearance had been met, Su Er said to Ji Heng, "You can now communicate with her freely." He then turned to Qu Qingming and said, "Any questions you have, we are happy to answer them."