See the Law of Deception

Chapter 108 Inheritance (14)

Nothing else went wrong in the latter half of the night, and Lu Jinzhao only dared to relax his vigilance a little when dawn broke.

Ever since the shadow standing by the window left, she had been wondering what it could have been.

I have several guesses in mind, but I can't be completely sure because of a lack of evidence.

She will definitely have to leave her room and go out to take a look during the day.

At times like these, a lack of information can be quite fatal.

After daybreak, Lu Jinzhao glanced at the human skin that was still drying in the shade, stuffed the unassembled shadow puppets into the toolbox, locked them up, slung them over his shoulder, and then left the room.

She went to Fu Xuesheng's room first.

Of her four teammates, the only one she was relatively familiar with was Fu Xuesheng, and she had only reached a cooperation agreement with Fu Xuesheng. In this situation, she naturally had no choice but to contact him first.

If the anomaly last night wasn't just happening outside her door, then Fu Xuesheng would want to exchange this information with her now; if the anomaly last night only happened outside her door, then Fu Xuesheng would only want to know more.

Perhaps it was some kind of unspoken understanding, but Lu Jinzhao encountered Fu Xuesheng on her way to her room. Judging from the direction she came from, she was probably also heading to her room.

The two women exchanged a glance and realized from each other's eyes that they had probably come for the same thing.

"Let's go see Master's room, and talk as we go?" Fu Xuesheng's dark circles were even more pronounced than before, suggesting she hadn't slept all night.

Lu Jinzhao nodded, but did not speak for the time being.

Actually, when the two met, there was no need to ask some questions, so Lu Jinzhao asked other questions directly.

"What do you think that is?"

Fu Xuesheng thought for a moment: "It's hard to say. We need to check on the other people's condition first."

Hearing her say that, Lu Jinzhao knew that she probably shared the same thoughts as him.

They all believed that what happened last night was definitely not a normal living person, and secondly, it was very likely another player.

You can tell from Fu Xuesheng's statement confirming the status of the others.

This was one of the many possibilities that Lu pondered last night.

Although the personalities and abilities of the other teammates are unclear, under the current circumstances, someone will inevitably want to give it a try.

But this is, after all, a Class B platform, and this is a mission where no absolutely fatal crisis has occurred before.

In a place like this, success is something she never dared to imagine.

In Lu Jinzhao's view, the greater possibility is that he will die after trying.

However, this is only the opinion of someone like Lu Jinzhao, whose style of doing things is more rational. Her thoughts do not represent the thoughts of everyone.

There are always some people who act in a more radical way.

Among her many guesses, some speculated that what appeared outside the window last night was "Master," while others guessed that it was some other possible ghost. Naturally, she also couldn't help but think that it might be a passenger who was eager to finish the shadow puppet but encountered an accident.

If it were a shadow puppet, the shadow would be too large; if it were a person, the movements would be too stiff.

Based on the sensations she experienced when touching human skin while making shadow puppets, Lu Jinzhao had a hunch that perhaps the moment the shadow puppets were completed, they would devour their creators.

Those who make shadow puppets are too much like puppets being led by strings.

The task was being pushed forward step by step, all to get them to make the shadow puppets as quickly as possible.

However, the moment the things they create are completed, they take their lives. Then, the inanimate objects possess the skin and bones of living people, and they will be left here forever, becoming new shadow puppets.

After all, the materials they use to make shadow puppets are taken from a "person," aren't they? And after they finish making the shadow puppets, will they also become that kind of thing?
Last night, someone took the first step to complete the mission, but was led and drawn by the mission to their death.

This explains why the shadow outside the door appears to be human in shape, yet behaves like a stiff shadow puppet.

However, these are just Lu Jinzhao's guesses. Even with various signs to support them, there is still a lack of the most direct evidence.

—The passenger who had finished making the shadow puppet and died.

"I feel like I need to start preparing myself mentally for the possibility of getting on the bus," Lu Jinzhao said, seemingly jokingly.

But Fu Xuesheng understood her joke.

"We might not even see the car coming," Fu Xuesheng sighed, expressing her deep frustration.

The two had confirmed their guesses were pretty much correct through a few glances and a brief conversation. If their guesses came true, then all the passengers would have to make shadow puppets in order to pass through the checkpoint, and making shadow puppets meant the arrival of a deadly crisis.

How many passengers will die in that event?

How many shadow puppets will "come to life"?

Could those shadow puppets just be ordinary ghosts?

Even if they succeed in the mission, survive the shadow puppet making process, and find their missing master, when the train arrives, will the shadow puppets, now ghosts, simply watch them board the train without moving?

Just thinking about it made Lu Jinzhao feel a heavy weight in her heart, and a suffocating atmosphere washed over her, making it hard to breathe.

No matter how you look at it, the chances of survival are extremely low.

However, only Fu Xuesheng would say discouraging things. Even though Lu Jinzhao knew that the chances of survival were very low, he did not have any thoughts of giving up on himself.

As they spoke, the two had already arrived at their master's door.

The door was still open, and the stench had spread into the hallway. Looking inside, the pile of minced meat was even infested with maggots.

The scene was rather disgusting, but Lu Jinzhao only frowned slightly, focusing more on whether the room had changed from before.

"It seems like nothing has changed," she said after looking for a while.

“Indeed, it seems the problem might not lie here.” Fu Xuesheng nodded. “Let’s go see if the others have woken up yet.”

Even at this moment, Fu Xuesheng still had the mind to make jokes, and it seemed that her true state of mind was not as depressed as she said.

"Where to go first?" Lu Jinzhao asked.

She doesn't mind taking advice from her seniors at times like these.

"Let's take a look at Ji Xiangchen first," Fu Xuesheng quickly decided, a decision that was also what Lu Jinzhao had in mind.

However, on their way to Ji Xiangchen's room, the two encountered another person.

Huo Ye.

He also seemed to be heading towards Ji Xiangchen's room.

The three exchanged a glance; all were experienced players, and naturally understood the current situation.

"It seems something happened to you too," Fu Xuesheng sighed.

Huo Ye nodded slightly, but his expression was not good. Perhaps it was because he possessed a destiny that made his feelings more intense. However, even though he had a trump card that no one else had, Huo Ye's expression was still terribly solemn.

Lu Jinzhao could tell that even he felt the current situation was quite troublesome.

(End of this chapter)