Seeing that Yin Xiu did not answer, the little girl tugged at his sleeve again and said, "Brother, give me a knife."
Her unexpected move caught Yin Xiu and the chat completely off guard, leaving even the viewers watching the live stream stunned.
"What do you call this? Giving you a fatal blow when you're least expecting it? This girl really knows how to get what she wants."
"Yin Xiu has once again found himself in this dilemma."
"The little girl wants a knife. I don't think even Yin Xiu could handle this situation. No player could manage it either."
"But I think Yin Xiu can succeed. Can Yin Xiu be an ordinary player?"
"Just tell me whether you're going to give her the knife or not!"
"Giving it to someone violates the rules, and not giving it to someone also violates the rules!"
The live chat was filled with anxiety, almost erupting into an argument, but Yin Xiu on screen appeared quite calm. He asked in a low voice, "Need a knife?"
"Yes." The little girl nodded.
"Okay, wait for me, I'll go to the kitchen and find you one." He said, then pulled the little girl back to the living room, left her with Li Mo, and turned to go into the kitchen.
The live chat was filled with astonishment as Yin Xiu began selecting knives in the kitchen.
"He's really going to find a knife! We can't give a knife to a little girl! Has Yin Xiu forgotten?"
"Is it really true that Yin Xiu has forgotten the rules?"
"Oh no, I remember he shoved the rule sheet into his roommate's mouth right after reading it, so he probably didn't remember it very well! It was only a short time, how could he possibly remember the rules?"
"Hopefully someone will remind him later."
"Everyone saw him go into the kitchen. Nobody knew he was going to give the little girl a knife. Even if they wanted to stop him, they probably couldn't."
"Outrageous! What kind of sudden event is this? I had such high hopes for Yin Xiu, and he actually stumbled here."
"Shut up, all of you! Yin Xiu hasn't even given you the knife yet, what are you all trying to say now? Be quiet!"
The crowd hesitated, but could only continue watching Yin Xiu choose his sword.
After selecting a small fruit knife, he didn't give it directly to the little girl. Instead, he walked around the kitchen, picked out a bowl, and started sharpening the knife on the bottom of the bowl.
"I know that. When I was a kid, my family would sharpen knives with the bottom of a bowl."
"What? Does Yin Xiu want to sharpen the knife before giving it to her?"
The players were confused for a moment, and then they saw Yin Xiu begin to sharpen his knife.
Normally, this kind of operation involves holding the knife flat against the bottom of the bowl to sharpen it, but Yin Xiu does the opposite; he holds the blade vertically against the bottom of the bowl to dull the knife.
After Yin Xiu haphazardly sharpened the small fruit knife, the blade was not only no longer sharp, but almost completely blunt.
After torturing the knife, he gathered up the other knives and hid them on top of the cabinet, then took the knife and left the kitchen.
"Here you go, the knife you wanted." As soon as he left the kitchen, Yin Xiu handed the knife to the little girl.
Zhong Mu, who was standing nearby, was immediately shocked and wanted to snatch it away before the little girl could get it, but Li Mo stopped him.
"Yin Xiu! Don't give her the weapon!" Zhong Mu was shocked, his face turning pale as he watched helplessly as the little girl took the knife.
The other players in the room turned pale with fright when they noticed this. Anyone who remembered the survival rules knew that they couldn't give her a knife. How could this person know the rules but still break them?
"Thank you, brother." The little girl happily took the knife, but as soon as she held it in her hand, her brows furrowed.
It is indeed a knife, but it is so small and the blade is worn down. This blade is so sharp that it can't even cut a piece of fruit, let alone cut a person.
If you say this is a knife, how can it not be considered one?
Is this supposed to be a weapon? It can't even cut a finger, and it might not even hurt if you used it to poke someone.
The rules clearly state that weapons cannot be given to little girls. This knife can hardly be considered a weapon; it's more like a toy.
"Brother, I don't like this knife. I want to change it." The little girl muttered, holding the knife with dissatisfaction.
Yin Xiu calmly turned his head and pointed to the kitchen, "But I only found this one in there, there are no other knives."
The little girl peeked into the kitchen, rummaged through everything, but found nothing. She could only reluctantly accept the knife with a pout and put it in her pocket.
Those who had just been certain that Yin Xiu was dead were now speechless.
Who could have predicted this outcome?
"What do you need the knife for?" Yin Xiu stared at her and asked softly.
The little girl stammered as she hid the knife, "Um... for self-defense..."
Her bewildered expression clearly indicated she was lying, but Yin Xiu didn't call her out on it; he simply nodded and let it go.
Now that we've found the diary, learned about the town's background, and obtained the medicine for the little girl, we've completed the first three parts of the mother's note. There's only one left: to get the little girl out of town. Plus, the night happens to coincide with the period before and after Yin Xiu becomes a sacrifice, which will probably be the most difficult time in the entire instance.
"Go back first?" Zhang Si asked, staring at Yin Xiu, knowing that Yin Xiu had already obtained the medicine mentioned in the rules.
The crucial medicine is now in Yin Xiu's hands, as is the little girl. These people have no choice but to follow him, whether they want to or not.
"Well, let's go back over there first." Yin Xiu thought of the basement in that house; he needed to find a chance to take a look.
"Alright! Then let's all go back!" Zhang Si shouted, and the group of people reluctantly followed Yin Xiu back with him.
Yin Xiu and his group of four always stayed together, while the other players also gathered together, huddled in twos and threes, whispering amongst themselves.
With the dungeon about to end, they still hadn't figured out who the corpse in the rules referred to was, and with Yin Xiu in control, they were all rather unhappy.
Back in the lobby of the house, the players sat down and began the final deduction phase of the dungeon. At this point, whoever had the most information had the most say. However, Yin Xiu, who had the most information, was squeezed into a corner.
He glanced at the time on the wall, then at the basement door in the corner, and decided it wasn't time to go in yet. So he sat down in the corner and dozed off, listening to the group of players analyze the situation.
"After reading the diary, I think the monster's corpse in this game's completion condition must be the sealed woman in the square."
"The monster's corpse must have been a monster first, and that woman is the origin of the monsters in the town."
Another immediately retorted, "But the little girl is also a monster, and a special monster unlike the townspeople. Remember the last sentence in the foreground prompt when we entered the dungeon?"
"ah?"
"You must help your mother survive by following the note she left behind, and always be careful of the monsters around you."
"At that time, I noticed that the monster clearly referred to the little girl. At that time, the player was separated from the people in the town, and the most dangerous monster by his side was the little girl. This was obviously a hint."
The others seemed thoughtful, but the key point was that they hadn't actually noticed this point before, which wasn't impossible.
"But I still think the woman from town is more likely; there's so much information in the diary that points to her."
Zhang Si slowly spoke up, "It's either a little girl or a woman, it must be one of them, but I still think it's a woman, after all, the diary says that the woman is dead and her body is sealed under the statue."
"If we dig up the body under the statue, wouldn't that be the body mentioned in the rules?"
"Wow, that actually makes some sense."
A group of people began to nod in agreement.
Suddenly, Yin Xiu, who was sitting in the corner, asked quietly, "Could it be the town mayor?"
"That...that's probably unlikely, isn't it? The mayor looks like a weirdo."
Within the instance, the "ghosts" and the monsters mentioned in the rules are clearly two different things. Monsters are the identities given to players in the instance, while ghosts are a type of monster within the instance. In the rules, the one who kills is a ghost. The townspeople are essentially ghosts, but the instance gives them the identity of monsters and requires players to find monsters. Therefore, they must be looking for the ghosts who have been given the identity of monsters by the instance.
So far, this is the logic of the players, or rather, this is the logic of most dungeons.
If we want to categorize the mayor as a monster, we first need to find proof that the mayor is also a monster.
Yin Xiu stroked his chin, deep in thought. This was the information he had been searching for.
And no matter how you look at it, the proof is in the basement, but the rules don't allow players to enter the basement of this house.
He is still waiting for the right opportunity.
He would go to the basement whenever he had the chance, regardless of whether there was a sacrifice or not, or whether there was enough time.
"Speaking of which..." Yin Xiu suddenly thought of a completely new question, "What would happen to the town if the townspeople hadn't managed to make me their sacrifice tonight?"
There has been no information mentioning this so far.
His question immediately silenced the players.
This... is truly hard to imagine.