[Chapter 002, Rose Funeral]

Xiao Lou stood in front of the card wall, dazzled by a large number of cards. He was surprised to find that in addition to markings such as Peach 2 and Spade 3 in the upper left corner, each card has an animation.

These cards seem to be countless condensed spaces. Each card is like a thumbnail TV screen, with different plots playing.

The card located directly in front of him has the clearest animation.

Xiao Lou looked closely and saw that in the card world, a short girl was chasing and running by several ugly zombies. The girl accidentally slipped under her feet and fell to the ground. The zombies quickly surrounded the girl, took off her head, and nibbled with relish. The girl's frightened eyes seemed to be looking straight at Xiao Lou through the card window-

Xiao Lou's scalp was numb and his stomach was disgusted. He clenched his fists hard, and his nails penetrated his palms deeply. The severe pain told him that this was not a dream, but another strange space composed of cards that he could not understand.

That girl definitely can't survive, but the way of dying "being eaten by a zombie" is too cruel...

Is she also a human being who was inexplicably pulled into the card world like herself?

Xiao Lou closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look at it anymore.

The system asked coldly: "Did you see the world in the card?"

Xiao Lou took a deep breath and said, "I saw it."

System: "You only have one chance to modify options, a and b, what to choose?"

Xiao Lou did not hesitate: "I choose b."

System: "Option Confirm."

System: "Congratulations on becoming the 86587847th Challenger in the Card World. Before entering the new world, you can change your image and gender. Next, there are 3 minutes to make initial data adjustments for you."

A mirror appeared in front of him. The young man in the mirror looked handsome and had gentle eyebrows. However, at this moment, his face was a little unnaturally pale - it would be difficult for anyone to calm down suddenly when they encountered such a thing. Xiao Lou was already a relatively calm person. At least he did not scream when he saw the scene of a girl eating her head by a zombie.

Xiao Lou looked at himself in the mirror and said calmly: "Don't adjust his appearance or gender."

Maybe many people who died accidentally were teleported to the card world. He is the 80 millionth challenger. He thought that if he didn't adjust, he might meet someone he knew before. Although he couldn't understand this card world, all he could do is to abide by the rules of the new world and let himself live as much as possible.

"Challenger Xiaolou, the initial data storage was successful." The mirror in front of him disappeared, and the cold mechanical sound of the system still came to his ears: "Next, read the basic rules of the new world."

"In the card world, each card is a different small world, and you can understand it as a secret room."

"The type of secret room is determined by the color of the card. Red peach represents puzzle solving secret room, square piece represents agency secret room, spades represent survival secret room, and plum blossoms are challenging secret room."

"The difficulty of the secret room is from low to high, from level d, level c, level b, level a, level s and the highest difficulty level ss level. Only by passing the secret room at the ss level can you return to the human world and gain a true rebirth."

"If you successfully pass the level, you can get a reward. If you fail to pass the level, you will be sent to the Nightmare Secret Room for punishment. Players who cannot survive in the Nightmare Secret Room will be completely wiped out by the card world."

"The rules are only mentioned once, please choose the cards next."

Four cards appeared out of thin air in front of Xiao Lou - Peach 2, Square 2, Spade 2, and Plum Blossom 2.

These four cards are not like the dynamic plots played on the card wall, but are the most common playing cards in life, with patterns printed on the front, and he has no idea what he will face after opening the card.

A card is a world, which one should I choose?

Xiao Lou thought about it carefully, reached out his hand, and drew "Hongtao 2".

He has loved reading detective mystery novels since he was a child. Since he was dragged to play secret room games by his roommates during college, he has fallen in love with this thrilling and rigorous real-person secret room escape game. Every time he goes to a city, Xiaolou will check in at the secret room halls of major cities. He plays hundreds of secret room games and is experienced. But in the world where he lives, most of the secret room games are puzzles, mainly mechanisms, and he has never heard of any secret room "survival" and "challenge" ones.

Thinking of the scene where the girl was eaten by a zombie just now, the living secret room of the spade card is likely to face the crisis of not being able to survive; the challenge secret room of the plum blossom card is difficult to just listen to the name, and it may lead to death even worse when you rashly enter. Relatively speaking, the mechanism of the square film and the puzzle solving of the red peach sounds more friendly, and it is also what Xiaolou is good at.

To be on the safe side, he chose Hongtao first.

——The end of the card selection.

——The Secret Room of Red Peach 2 [Rose Funeral] is in the process of opening.

——Challenger Xiaolou, data reading has been completed.

——The limit of 30 minutes for passing the level is verified as failure to pass the level after the time is exceeded.

After the system prompted, a soft blood-red light suddenly appeared on the card of Red Peach 2. The red light quickly formed a vortex, sucking Xiaolou directly into the card world.

Xiao Lou's eyes suddenly turned black.

When he regained his vision, he found himself in a narrow and empty corridor.

The light in the corridor is very dim, with a door at the end. The surrounding walls are bare, the most common white walls, and the spotless off-white tiles are found at the foot. No useful clues are found.

A transparent floating frame with "countdown 30:00" appeared in front of me. Xiaolou found that the countdown count had been opened, so he quickly walked to the door.

He pushed the door and swept his eyes quickly inside the house—

This is a three-bedroom and two-living room residence with an area of ​​about 120 square meters.

The furniture is warm tones and looks very warm. There is a soft fabric sofa in the living room, a thick carpet under the coffee table, and an LCD TV with a huge screen is placed opposite; the restaurant is cleaned neatly and a bouquet of bright roses is inserted on the table.

The doors of the three rooms next to them are all open. One is the master bedroom, the other is a children's room covered with cartoon wallpaper, and the other is decorated into a study.

The whole house is transparent from north to south and the house is square, which is the most common arrangement of a family of three.

As soon as he entered the house, Xiaolou smelled a very strange stench, which seemed to be mixed with the fragrance of roses.

He followed the smell to the master bedroom.

There was a double bed in the middle of the bedroom. At this time, the bed was covered with bright red roses. A woman in white silk pajamas was asleep on the rose petals. Her hands were gently folded on her abdomen, and she looked very peaceful.

However, a large cloud of dazzling blood bloomed on her chest.

The pajamas on the woman's chest were stained with blood, and her delicate face, which was originally wearing makeup, also showed obvious corpse spots. Her lips were blue, her skin was as pale as paper, and the strong smell in the air was the smell emitted by this woman's corpse.

——The Secret Room of Red Peach 2 is actually a murder scene!

Xiao Lou was so hot that he almost vomited out by the strong stench. He pinched his nose hard and began to look around carefully.

As a player who has been in the secret room escape game for many years, he has played many puzzle-solving secret rooms and seen many terrifying scenes. In addition, the forensic profession has made him immune to the corpse. So, suddenly seeing a female corpse on the bed, he did not panic, but quickly calmed down.

——The card style of Hongtao represents the "puzzle room".

Since this secret room is the scene of a murder case, the puzzle to be solved is naturally the cause of death of the deceased.

Xiao Lou endured the odor of the body and took a step forward and began to conduct a comprehensive examination of the deceased.

The deceased, a young woman in her 30s, died at home in her pajamas.

There was a large piece of blood on her chest, and the fatal injury came from the stabbing of the heart. The weapon should be a sharp knife that directly pierced the aorta of the heart. The technique was very straightforward. In addition, there were no other scars on her body, nor any signs of abuse.

This is the master bedroom with a separate bathroom.

Xiao Lou began to look for clues in the room.

He went to the bathroom first.

Many long hair fell on the floor of the bathroom, like the deceased, with brown curly hair, probably left behind when she was taking a shower during her lifetime, and had not had time to clean it up. In addition, there were clothes she changed in the bathroom, and there were some dark red marks on the clothes.

Xiao Lou picked it up and looked carefully. It looked a bit like blood, but it was not actually. It was obviously different from the blood on her pajamas.

【Countdown 28:10】

[Special tips for Class D Secret Room: 5% clue collection]

The moment I picked up the clothes, this line of characters suddenly appeared in the floating box in front of me - the degree of clue collection. This prompt is very important, especially for newcomers who have just arrived in the card world, they can at least determine whether what they found is related to the case.

It seems that this dress is indeed related to the case. Xiao Lou carefully searched the pockets of the clothes and had no other gains, but the dark red marks on the clothes that looked like blood seemed to remind him something.

He put down his clothes and continued to search for other clues.

The bathtub and toilet were all clean, and the toiletries placed on the sink were not abnormal. There were some toilet papers in the trash can next to it, which looked very dirty. Xiao Lou did not hesitate to turn the trash can and poured all the garbage inside to the ground.

He found some confetti.

Xiao Lou quickly moved away the dirty toilet paper and found out all the torn paper. He pieced together the shredded paper and actually made a photo - a marriage certificate photo.

【Countdown 27:45, clue collection degree 15%】

Xiao Lou took the two clues in his heart, turned around and walked out of the bathroom, and began to search in the bedroom.

The time for clearing the secret room games he played before was generally limited to more than one hour, and the difficulty was usually three to five hours. Some large team secret rooms even took seven or eight hours to get out of it.

Half an hour to solve puzzles, the time is too short.

Fortunately, this secret room is not too difficult. After all, it is a Class D secret room, and there is also a prompt for "clue collection".

Xiao Lou quickly analyzed in his mind while flipping through the wardrobe.

The marriage certificate photo was torn and thrown into the trash can in the toilet, indicating that the hostess' marriage had broken down. And her residence still had male clothes and shoes, which means that the two had not yet reached the point of divorce. Her death was probably related to her husband. The focus of the next search can be on her husband's things.

Xiao Lou searched through all the clothes pockets of the male owner in the closet at a very fast speed - he only found a wallet, which did not have cash or bank card, but had a photo of it. It was the couple on the marriage certificate.

In the photo, the woman is wearing a white wedding dress and snuggling happily in the man's arms. The handsome man and beautiful woman look very compatible.

【Countdown 24:06, clue collection 25%】

It took a lot of time to search for the wardrobe. Xiao Lou calmed down and thought about it, turned around and went to flip through the dressing table and bedside table.

He saw a delicate perfume bottle on the dressing table. When he opened it, he smelled it, and it smelled it. It was the fragrance of roses.

A greeting card was found in the drawer of the dressing table, saying: "Dear, I'm giving you this bottle of rose perfume. I wish you a happy birthday and always youthful and beautiful - your best friend Liu Yun on July 17." The word "best friend" on the greeting card was drawn with a big red cross.

Birthday, rose perfume, crossed greeting cards, and new character Liu Yun, these clues are all very important. In the floating box in front of Xiao Lou, the clue collection rate jumped directly from 25% to 50%!

【Countdown 22:00, clue collection degree 50%】

[More than half of the clues were collected, and suspicious characters appeared. Is the murderer confirmed? Is it]

[Tip: The shorter the pass time, the more clues you collect, the higher the reward will be]

Xiao Lou thought about it and chose "No" in the floating box.

He still has 22 minutes to go, but he has not found all the clues, so it is very likely that he will make mistakes when acquiring the murderer.

Several clues found so far all point the murderer at her husband or best friend. Her husband cheated on her best friend and was discovered by the hostess. The heroine tore off her marriage certificate in anger and drew a big red cross on the greeting card given by her best friend. Perhaps there was a dispute on her birthday, and the heroine was killed by her husband or best friend.

If this is the case, most clues can be reasonably explained.

but……

Is it really that simple?

Xiao Lou glanced at the gorgeous rose bed and quickly turned around and went out.

This is not the first crime scene at all.
Chapter completed!