Chapter 31 - two more
Recalling the first game, the reason why Jiang Xiuxiu was able to discover the importance of blood jade to Xu Bai was because she knew that the appearance of blood jade and Xu Bai were closely related.
Therefore, in today’s game, to restrain Xu Bai, she must first find out something related to him.
However, as soon as Jiang Xiuxiu thought of this, he realized that something was wrong.
No, the couple put all the more secret information in the basement for safety!
And just yesterday, when she and Ye Ming went to the basement, all the books in the basement were burnt down by a fire!
In this way, wouldn’t she have no way to get any news?
Jiang Xiuxiu’s expression changed after thinking about this.
She hurriedly went to the basement to have a look, and found that it was in ruins just like yesterday.
She went to the study to look for it again, and the books in the study were the same as the ones she had read before. Most of them were superficial and supernatural stories, and there were no deeper ones.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Xiuxiu’s heart instantly sank to a low point.
She couldn’t find out about Xu Bai’s past experience, and she didn’t even know how he was recruited by the couple.
Xu Bai’s fire directly cut off all the ways that could allow her to see the truth.
This is too dog, how can there be such a thing! ?
Under such circumstances… what should she do?
Jiang Xiuxiu’s eyes narrowed.
There will never be a dead end for her in the game, and she will definitely have other places to start.
She can’t panic, she has to calm down in order to do good things.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought for a while, then found a place to sit down.
Then, she listed all the things she needed to figure out in her mind—
The first and most crucial part is that she needs to know how the couple summoned Xu Bai.
For example, did they use any props, and what did they do before summoning.
Second, she needs to know the secret about the ancient house, that is, why the couple bought the house.
The first point, Jiang Xiuxiu is currently unable to detect.
But now, she can still try to start from the second point.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xiuxiu immediately set off and began to search in the study.
She originally wanted to look through the couple’s diary or something, but she looked around and found that all the notes they had made seemed to be taken away by other players.
This is very embarrassing, because Jiang Xiuxiu can’t be sure who took it.
Even if she went to borrow one by one, 80% of those players would not agree to borrow due to competition factors.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought for a while, then went to flip through the newspaper again.
The result is also obvious, the newspapers have been turned over in various places, and they are missing a lot.
Jiang Xiuxiu: “…”
She could understand why Xu Bai let these players die and stay in the game.
When she passed the customs alone before, although it was difficult, the information was there anyway.
But now there are a group of players left, competing with her for food and information, this is simply targeting her on purpose!
Jiang Xiuxiu was extremely angry, but she had no other choice.
She even regretted that she didn’t occupy all the food after dealing with Zhang Wei and others, otherwise it could still be used to exchange information.
But she thought about it later, Zhang Wei and the others were successful because there were four of them.
And she is alone now, so she can’t hide so much food, and she can’t deter other players.
There was no way, she finally bit the bullet and found other players, trying to exchange information with her own news.
In the end, nothing came of it.
As Jiang Xiuxiu expected, although the other players were friendly, they were mostly vigilant.
In the face of Jiang Xiuxiu’s request, half of the people hesitated and refused to agree, while the other half gave it secretly. Jiang Xiuxiu couldn’t read much information at all. .
All morning, Jiang Xiuxiu was doing useless work.
After she finished her food at noon, she returned to her room in despair and lay on the bed with a blank face.
What can she do?
What information can she get?
Jiang Xiuxiu tilted her head. In her room, all she had left was the little girl’s picture album.
On the first night she came to the ancient house, before going to bed, she flipped through the picture book. After that, she felt that it took up too much space in her backpack, so she put it on the head of the bed.
What kind of information can be recorded in a booklet that a girl uses to paint?
Jiang Xiuxiu thought it was a little funny, but it was indeed the only thing in her hand.
Maybe it was out of boredom, maybe it was because he was looking for something to do, Jiang Xiuxiu finally picked up the album and flipped through it.
She saw in the picture book that the little girl felt information about the birth of her younger brother at first, and then saw the scene where she was repeatedly accused and even beaten by her parents.
Then, after her brother disappeared, she was holding the hands of her parents and smiling.
But after this one, everything changed.
The parents, who are constantly on the run trying to find their missing child, are increasingly concerned about the other child.
After being happy for a while, the little girl gradually felt guilty and at a loss, not knowing what to do.
She didn’t dare to tell the truth and was afraid of being completely abandoned by her parents. However, her current situation was actually no different from abandonment.
She spent a long time in anxiety. She was taken by her parents and changed several residences. Then she came to the ancient house and stopped moving frequently.
But one night, her parents were suddenly overjoyed, called her name affectionately, cooked her a big meal, and told her that her brother was missing.
This is the last page of the album.
Jiang Xiuxiu had read the entire contents of the album before, and had a general understanding of the plot behind it.
Looking at it again now, it’s just really nothing to do, and it takes a little time.
However, when she saw the last page, Jiang Xiuxiu’s eyes froze for a moment.
Her fingers landed on this page, the words the little girl wrote down—
“My parents told me that my brother will be home soon. They are very happy, and so am I.”
Brother will be home soon?
Jiang Xiuxiu savored this sentence again and again, and looked at the painting again, and found that the two little people who belonged to their parents had a big smile on their faces.
But, isn’t it?
Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t know what to think, and was slightly startled.
Her mind was running fast, and all the details that had been ignored by her before gradually condensed into a line at this moment—
The deceased couple, no matter what they do, the purpose is very clear, that is to find their missing child.
But if she remembers correctly… this little boy is clearly dead?
Of course, the little boy is dead, and this is not uncommon.
When their players entered the game, the system told them that the owner of the ancient house took their children and set themselves on fire.
Whether it is the couple in the ancient house, or their children, they were dead as early as the beginning.
As for the little boy, maybe he died for various reasons while being abducted and sold, and his parents didn’t know it yet.
But what confuses Jiang Xiuxiu the most is not the fact that he died, but the fact that his soul still exists after his death!
It’s just that his soul exists, and it’s reasonable, but why does that little girl’s soul also exist?
Those who were burned to death by Xu Bai’s flames had no way of leaving their souls behind!
Jiang Xiuxiu’s breathing gradually accelerated, and she felt that perhaps she could already guess the truth.
Just as she had observed in the past few days, in this game, players who died after being taken away by ghosts actually still exist in the ancient house in the form of souls.
But the players who were burned to death by the flames, whether it was Ye Ming or Zhang Wei, were all clean, and no traces would remain.
The couple in the ancient house, after they prayed to the evil god, were also burned to ashes by a fire.
Therefore, they have never been seen in the ancient house.
But, with that, there’s a big problem here—
If the little girl was burned to death with them, then Jiang Xiuxiu would not have been able to see the little girl’s soul in the ancient mansion, in the basement!
… So, the death of the little girl is definitely before the couple.
The couple took her into the basement after she died, and eventually the whole family was burned to ashes by Xu Bai’s fire.
Looking at the last picture album, in order to find the trace of the little boy, the parents who had been silent about the little girl, but after the ecstasy, they specially cooked a large table of meals for her.
This in itself is an abnormality.
If they could really know the situation of the little boy in an instant, according to their paranoia, they would definitely rush into the basement to worship Xu Bai, and would not spend so much time in advance cooking for the little girl.
Not to mention, it is difficult for her to eat such a sumptuous meal even in normal times.
Unless, they want to make up for her.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xiuxiu only felt that everything suddenly became clear.
To pray to the evil god, how could ordinary sacrifices be satisfied with Xu Bai?
The biggest possibility is to exchange a life for a life, and use the life of a little girl to exchange the information of a little boy.
So, her parents would cook such a meal for her.
Therefore, even if all three of their family were burned by Xu Bai’s fire, she died early, not in Xu Bai’s fire, so her soul could still be preserved.
Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t know how to comment on this situation, and could only say that fate was too coincidental.
What kind of cause, what kind of fruit.
She deliberately killed her younger brother at the beginning, but now she has exchanged her life for her life, which is all retribution.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xiuxiu slowly stood up.
She pursed her lips and walked slowly towards the study room.
She came to the study, and came to the place where she met the little boy ghost before.
She stood there, raised her head, and looked directly at the top shelf.
The little girl died at the hands of her parents, and the little boy was avenged.
Even if he became a Specter after his death, but when he was recalled to the ancient house by Xu Bai, he knew that the little girl had done it by herself, and his resentment should be gone.
Under such circumstances, he could still show such resentment in the basement, which is a bit intriguing.
She recalled that the little boy asked her to pick up the book in the study before, but the book actually told her vaguely about the real reason for the little boy’s disappearance;
She thought that after she entered the basement earlier, the little boy ghost suddenly appeared and pulled the little girl to play football in front of her;
And finally, Jiang Xiuxiu discovered that the ball that could cause the little boy ghost to die was actually kicked to her feet on its own initiative.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought about it, and suddenly laughed.
The little boy’s cryptic reminder was actually in front of her long ago, but she had always been afraid of its identity and never thought about it.
If the book “The Selfish Gene” is really the book that the couple bought, then it should be like the books on the bookcase in the study of the ancient house.
It should be able to exist forever, and it will not disappear after Jiang Xiuxiu glanced at it twice.
It will disappear, which can only show that it is a book that does not exist, a book that has been virtualized by some means.
And at that time, besides her, there was only the little kid who was madly yelling for her to fetch the book.
Once the game is designed, it will inevitably give players the possibility to clear the level.
Xu Bai can be so lawless that he destroys all important information, so naturally, it will also help players and secretly smuggle the existence of news.
Jiang Xiuxiu looked at the top shelf of the bookshelf, where the book “The Selfish Gene” was previously placed, and at some point, an extra book appeared.
Without hesitation, she stretched out her hand and took it off.