CH 124

(I killed myself)

The small monster was equally unimpressed. 

It waved and gesticulated to the one on the ceiling, pointing at the brat and complaining.

After pulling faces, the brat retreated behind Zhou Wenyan’s back, clenched his fists, and exclaimed, “Father, come on, beat them up!”

Shen Dongqing cast a chilly glance at the brat.

When the brat realized something was wrong, he lowered his voice slightly: “It bullied me…” 

Shen Dongqing tsk-ed.

Although he disliked the brat, only his own people were allowed to bully him. If others attempted to bully him—

He rolled up his sleeves and prepared to teach the human-faced monster a lesson.

The human-faced monster dangling from the ceiling was unconcerned. It stretched its neck, scanned the crowd, and then locked its gaze on the brat. It quickly crawled across the ceiling, making small holes after small holes, and then jumped on Zhou Wenyan, attempting to seize the brat behind him.

It was only after it had detached from the ceiling and was about to jump in front of Zhou Wenyan that it was kicked in the midsection, and the human-faced monster flew upside down like a kite with a broken thread, and it didn’t stop until it hit the wall.

It let out a howl and slowly dropped to the ground, becoming a pair with the lawyer who was already there.

However, the human-faced monster’s ability to recover was far superior to that of the lawyer. After a brief pause, it crawled up and continued to attack Zhou Wenyan with a weaker body but a powerful will.

Its mouth split open, and the original delicate and beautiful facial features scrunched into a ball, as though there was just one large mouth left, emitting a stench. 

The affected young nurse let out a short scream.

However, as soon as the human-faced monster took a step, it was plastered to the wall with a tremendous noise that sounded like all of its bones were fractured.

It finally realized that the people in front of it were not to be trifled with. It braced its half-collapsed body and raced away from the hole in the study.

The bodyguard hesitated for a bit, then followed to take a look and discovered that the human-faced monster had vanished into the study. 

“Ssss— why did you let the monster run away?” groaned the lawyer, eventually gathering enough strength to rise from the ground.

The villa had three floors, and the monsters came and went unseen, posing a significant threat to the players.

Shen Dongqing: “Well…it’s too ugly.”

Mr. Lawyer: ? 

“It’s just too unsightly,” explained Shen Dongqing. “I’m not even going to touch it.” With a disgusted expression on his face, he rubbed the sole of the shoe that had just kicked the creature.

When the human-faced monster fled, the brat came out grinning and stepped on the small monster that was attempting to escape, put his hands on his hips, and jeered, “Humph! Want to run?”

The little monster who had no backer shivered.

When Shen Dongqing turned his head and saw the brat playing with the little monster, he frowned, “Stop playing.” 

The brat froze.

Shen Dongqing: “It’s too ugly to play with; change it to something nice.”

The brat could only let go unwillingly.

The small creature did not dare to flee. It huddled in a corner, watching the crowd with caution. 

“The door still can’t be opened,” the young nurse stated.

“Why do you have to open the door?” Shen Dongqing wondered.

The young nurse: “Uh… isn’t there a monster here? Isn’t it better to leave now?”

Although the monster looked like it would collapse at the first blow, it was still a touch frighteningly hideous. 

“I’ll do it,” Shen Dongqing said, rubbing his chin.

The young nurse took a silent step back.

The bodyguard remarked from behind: “I tried, but this door can’t be opened at all…”

Everyone in the room heard a “boom” before he finished speaking, and the double door that couldn’t be opened tumbled over loudly. 

Shen Dongqing meant: Can’t be opened? Then simply don’t open the door.

The players were all taken aback by the sight in front of them.

Shen Dongqing patted the dust off his hands and was the first to leave.

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“Are you sure that the condition for clearing the instance is to find the murderer?” Zhou Wenyan asked, bending his finger and lightly tapping the armrest of the sofa. 

The players looked at each other in dismay.

Finally, Mr. Lawyer inquired, “What do you mean?”

Zhou Wenyan: “Did you hear the game say it?”

According to his long experience playing the game, the game was especially fond of word games and liked to deceive players with word play. 

Shen Dongqing nodded at the side: “Yeah, this stupid game likes to cheat people the most!”

“It appears… no,” the young nurse said after a brief pause.

They just heard the game mention that everyone had a secret when they arrived. The first news they heard after meeting the NPCs was that Mrs. Shen had been attacked and died. They all assumed they were looking for the murderer because of the game’s hint.

“Does that mean we don’t need to find the murderer?” 

Shen Dongqing leaned back on the sofa and clapped: “That’s correct! Our task is not to find the murderer! If we truly needed to find the murderer, we could close our eyes and point, and anybody we point to would be the murderer. One of us will inevitably blind guess correctly. It’s too simple.”

The players: …It seems to make sense.

“Then what is our mission?” The bodyguard looked totally confused.

Mr. Lawyer began to get a headache. “Let’s analyze all the clues we’ve gathered so far,” he said, raising his hand and rubbing his temple. 

He pointed at the black leather book on the coffee table.

“Mr. Shen, Mrs. Shen, and the former Mrs. Shen were all members of this evil cult. They believed that if they suffered while living, they would be granted eternal life after death. Furthermore, there are sacrificial objects in the cellar, and numerous animal skeletons are buried in the garden.”

The young nurse was quick-witted and guessed: “Could it be that they wish to resurrect someone through a ritual?”

Shen Dongqing immediately thought of the human-faced monster. 

“Tsk…” He shook his head, “If it’s this kind of resurrection, it’s better to die.”

“It’s more disgusting than my ghouls,” the brat agreed.

“And our secrets are also crucial,” the bodyguard added.

Mr. Lawyer recalled everyone’s secret. 

Mrs. Shen, according to the young nurse, was devoured by a monster.

Mrs. Shen was pregnant, according to the bodyguard.

Zhou Wenyan’s secret was incest, while Shen Dongqing’s secret was killing mother and relatives.

The lawyer’s secret was that the Shen family had only three members. 

Then…

Mr. Lawyer came to the following conclusion: “The Shen family tried to create the evil god in this book but failed twice. According to Mrs. Shen’s ending, it can be determined that creation equals death, and once the monster is born, it will kill the mother.”

He looked at Shen Dongqing.

Killing mother and relatives. 

When they originally heard this secret, they assumed Shen Dongqing was Mrs. Shen’s murderer, but after treating this as the answer, the game did not respond.

In other words, Shen Dongqing was not the murderer, and his persona was a “monster” birthed by the former Mrs. Shen, therefore the secret of killing mother and family.

All of the other players instantly saw the light after hearing the lawyer’s inference.

Even Shen Dongqing sighed, “So that’s how it is.” 

Mr. Lawyer: “Therefore, you are also a monster.”

Shen Dongqing was quite unhappy: “Who are you scolding?”

Mr. Lawyer remembered his lower back, which was still aching from the previous kick, and promptly gave up: “No, nothing, I’m just saying.”

The young nurse: “Then what are we going to do now?” 

Mr. Lawyer: “The crucial aspect, I believe, is a family of three. Who are the ‘three’ members of the Shen family if there are only three?”

There were now six members of the Shen family, counting the dead, and the population had doubled in an instant.

If this line meant that there were only three humans in the Shen family, then what the remaining three were was open to debate.

“Mrs. Shen must be human; otherwise, how could she be pregnant?” argued the bodyguard. 

“I examined Mrs. Shen’s body, and she is absolutely human,” added the young nurse.

Shen Dongqing thought of something and asked curiously: “Aren’t monsters and humans reproductively isolated?”

The others said uncertainly: “There should be…”

Shen Dongqing made a hasty judgment: “Then Mr. Shen is also a human.” 

The young nurse coughed: “The former Mrs. Shen is also a human in this case. How could she have died so easily if she wasn’t a human?”

“I think it makes sense,” Shen Dongqing said, nodding.

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed the other three people’s eyes becoming odd.

“What’s the matter?” He cocked his head in bewilderment. 

The young nurse was hesitant to speak: “So, if those three are all humans, wouldn’t you three be… not human?”

“Of course I am not human!” declared the brat righteously and boldly.

The bodyguard: “Then what are you?”

The brat’s bright eyes were sly: “I won’t tell you.” 

Shen Dongqing paused for a moment before saying, “…Your words seem to make sense.” He then turned to face Zhou Wenyan.

“You guys guessed it right,” Zhou Wenyan said, placing his hand on Shen Dongqing’s shoulder and smiling.

The other players: “Huh?”

Zhou Wenyan: “I know how to clear the instance.” 

The topic shifted so abruptly that the players were unable to respond for some time.

“Kill all of you and clear the instance,” Zhou Wenyan stated airily.

Wait, wait, wait!

The bodyguard, the lawyer, and the young nurse were all stunned. 

Why is the shift like this?!

Shen Dongqing didn’t forget to echo: “It’s so simple, do you want to cooperate?”

The other players desperately shook their heads: Cooperation, my ass!

Over there Zhou Wenyan sighed: “That’s a pity.” 

Shen Dongqing was still a curious baby: “Why kill them?”

“Because the two of us are villains, not players,” Zhou Wenyan explained.

“What!” Shen Dongqing almost jumped up, “This stupid c*nt game dug a hole for us again?”

This was not the first time, okay? 

Replaying this routine!

Zhou Wenyan nodded: “I didn’t think of this because I didn’t have sufficient information. They just finished analyzing it and made it crystal clear to me.”

Mr. Lawyer wanted to cry but had no tears: Blame me, really blame me.

Shen Dongqing: “Oh? But it’s all a mystery to me.” 

Zhou Wenyan added: “The players’ task is indeed to find the murderer, and our task is—kill all the players.”

Mr. Shen and his two wives were members of an evil cult. They believed in an evil god and performed different rites to allow the evil god to descend in order to attain eternal life after death.

They succeeded once and failed once.

Eldest Young Master Shen was the failed product, whereas Second Young Master Shen was the successful one. 

The human body just couldn’t accommodate the evil god, therefore Second Young Master Shen’s body withered after reaching adulthood, and eventually died, although his soul was preserved using occult arts.

As a result, Zhou Wenyan was unable to leave the villa and couldn’t set foot in the garden until the game began.

As for incest.

Zhou Wenyan opened the black leather book, and a page within stated that the evil god had an indescribable fascination with worshipers, causing them to become obsessed and devote everything, including their lives. 

The evil god just misled Eldest Young Master Shen, who mistook it for incest. This secret also misled the players.

As a result, the Shen family had only three members, and the two sons were both unknown creatures.

There was also a brat, who was basically the small toy that comes with purchasing two and receiving one free.

Concerning Mrs. Shen’s death, the evil god had existed for a long time, and the flesh and blood of animals alone was not enough to keep him alive; he needed more… such as humans. 

Mrs. Shen was willing to be a sacrifice.

So, there was no murderer.

Purely “I killed myself.”

Mrs. Shen’s death was later discovered by accident, and the two Shen brothers played tricks. They pretended to be victims, enticed others into the villa, and slowly preyed on them one by one. 

The plot that the players had to tackle proceeded, but the game unexpectedly threw a twist at the end and handed the players the roles of Eldest and Second Young Masters.

Mr. Lawyer was dumbfounded: “Can you still play like this?”

“So you’re going to kill us?” gasped the young nurse.

There is no need to flee based on the performance of the two people right now. Everything would be over if you just sit tight and wait to die. As a result, they could die early, reincarnate early, and race to have a good birth. 

Shen Dongqing asked Zhou Wenyan, “Do you want to do it?” with the attitude of doing what you do and liking what you do.

Zhou Wenyan lazily raised his hand and waved: “Forget it.”

Shen Dongqing: “Yeah, they don’t want to cooperate.”

In their hearts, the players yelled: Who the fuck would want to go along with this? 

“But how can we clear the instance if we don’t kill them?” Shen Dongqing asked, cocking his head.

According to the nature of the game, if Zhou Wenyan and Shen Dongqing killed all the players, they would automatically become villains in this instance and lose their player status; if they did not kill the players, they would be unable to finish the objective and thus unable to exit the instance.

It was a conundrum.

But… 

“It’s not like we’re here to clear the instance,” Zhou Wenyan smiled as he pinched Shen Dongqing’s cheek.

“Then what are we here for?” Shen Dongqing said foolishly.

“You already forgot?” Zhou Wenyan couldn’t help but laugh. He said one word quietly, “Controller.”

As soon as Shen Dongqing came in, he was distracted by the “secret.” He was obsessed with discovering the secret, completely forgetting that his goal was never to clear the instance, but to find the controller! 

As long as you find the controller, you have temporarily gained control of the game. You can leave any game at any time, so why did you need to clear the instance?

“Yes, yes, yes!” Shen Dongqing nodded quickly, “I forgot about it.”

The brat rolled his eyes: “You can forget such an important thing.”

Shen Dongqing: “Why, do you have an opinion?” 

The brat flipped his face faster than flipping a book and even exclaimed, “Well forgotten!”

The players across from them were fidgeting: “So now it’s…”

“Hurry up and leave,” Shen Dongqing said, waving his hand. “You’ll get in the way here.”

The players: ? 

“How do we leave?” the young nurse inquired modestly.

Shen Dongqing: “Find the murderer. You don’t know such a simple thing?”

The bodyguard: “… Who the hell is it?”

Shen Dongqing: “It’s Mrs. Shen.” 

A series of question marks popped up on the players’ heads.

Is it really a case of ‘I killed myself’?

Mr. Lawyer tried it out: “Mrs. Shen’s murderer is Mrs. Shen herself!”