Deceitful Game

Chapter 104 Blood Bathtub

Mingpo led Ai Shiping out and headed straight for the room opposite.

This was the first time Mingpo had walked ahead of Ai Shiping since they entered the game.

Ai Shiping knew why.

Although not all games have a combat phase... especially the games in which these two deceivers from the "Realm of Wisdom" and the "Realm of Balance" participate.

Based on the principle of fairness, it is very likely that the games they encounter will not require combat.

After all, it would be unfair to send a "detective" directly to the battlefield or to have him fight against zombies in the apocalypse.

But if there's a part of the game that requires combat, then it's definitely this next part.

They've largely figured out the truth about the Water Mirror Resort, and only one room remains to be investigated. If someone is indeed sabotaging them, or trying to keep them here... then this is their last chance.

Knowing that danger lay ahead—as a trusted leader, Mingpo would never intentionally let Ai Shiping step into a trap.

Mingpo took out the real room key.

A beeping sound rang out, and the power was turned on in the room, which had been without power for a long time.

At that moment, a strange idea popped into Ai Shiping's mind:

If we don't count the hallucinations caused by subconscious fears...

It seems that the only things the ghosts here have actually done are trivial things like "opening doors," "closing doors," and "opening windows."

It's roughly equivalent to Xiao Ai (Xiaomi's AI assistant).

"ha……"

Thinking of this, Ai Shiping couldn't help but laugh.

Just thinking about this possibility made him feel less afraid.

When Mingpo opened the room, red light seeped out from within.

The tightly closed white gauze curtains turned blood red, as if blood-red moonlight was shining in from outside, turning the entire room into a dim, blood-red hue.

Tick, tick, tick...

Mingpo heard a slow, dripping sound coming from the room.

Even through the hazy glass wall, you could see a person lying in the bathtub in the bathroom.

The bathtub is placed next to the sink, directly opposite the shower room and toilet, which are separated by glass. You can see the bathtub directly from the bed, and if you tilt your head slightly to the right from the bathtub, you can also see the TV directly opposite the bed.

At that moment, steam was rising from the bathtub, making the glass appear hazy.

Mingpo pushed open the closed bathroom door.

The warm, humid air hit him in the face, instantly fogging up his glasses.

Mingpo silently took off his glasses, found a spot on his clothes that wasn't stained with blood, and managed to wipe them somewhat clean. When he put his glasses back on, he could see the scene in the bathtub clearly.

A woman, not even wrapped in a towel, lay supine in the bathtub. Her face was pale, and her eyes were closed. Her limbs were submerged in water, and the faucet above her feet was still dripping water.

The water surface was now completely overflowing.

The bathtub was completely soaked in blood, which was gushing out. The white porcelain around the tub and the floor were covered in blood. If it had been before…

Ai Shiping thought to himself that he might worry that she would stand up, or that the water would gush out and drown them.

But now that he knows the mechanism of the "wishing machine" at the Water Mirror Resort, he finds it hard to feel fear anymore.

It's like saying, "Don't imagine a pink elephant."

Once you see these words, it's hard not to picture a pink elephant in your mind.

At this moment, the "pink elephant" here is not his fear.

On the contrary—that is the truth about this "wishing machine".

Once he realized that the ghosts here weren't even that hostile to him, it became almost impossible for him to even feel fear. No wonder Mingpo didn't tell him this suspicion when he asked him to test the mechanism. Once Ai Shiping knew this part of the truth, he probably wouldn't be able to induce fearful hallucinations anymore.

This is probably what they mean by "knowledge is toxic".

Ai Shiping thought to himself.

"This is probably the woman who committed suicide by cutting her wrists."

As Mingpo spoke, she looked at the blood-red curtains: "There must be a reason why we were the last to enter this room."

"It doesn't seem like there's a ghost."

Ai Shiping felt somewhat regretful.

...It seems to be a decryption process.

He thought he would see Mingpo go on a killing spree; upon hearing Mingpo's words, he had already gone berserk. However, Ai Shiping didn't witness the whole thing, which was a real pity.

"It's your turn this time."

Mingpo looked at Ai Shiping and hinted, "I'll rest for a bit."

Ai Shiping smiled and nodded: "Okay."

He moved his phone away, and a ghostly green light shone in the depths of his eyes.

Like a wild beast, it gleamed in the dim, blood-red room.

With the activation of the "Fox" title, his sense of smell was amplified many times over.

He circled the room, then deftly jumped onto the somewhat messy bed and found a cell phone under the pillow.

Unlike that man's old-fashioned phone, this one is already a smartphone.

"My phone is dead."

Ai Shiping walked over with his phone in hand: "But luckily it's an Android phone."

"Use mine."

Mingpo unplugged the power bank's data cable from the camera's interface and handed it to Ai Shiping.

Ai Shiping took the data cable and plugged it into the phone.

After a while, the phone screen finally lit up. Mingpo picked up the phone and started looking at the contents.

While waiting for his phone to charge, Ai Shiping casually pulled out a clean towel from the side, waded across the "river of blood" on the ground, and covered the woman's upper body with it.

"Do not look at what is improper; do not look at what is improper."

Seeing Mingpo glance at him, Ai Shiping responded with a smile.

Mingpo didn't react much—neither saying yes nor no.

They just kept their eyes glued to their phones.

"shop……"

The lock screen password popped up as soon as I turned on the phone.

Given the typical nature of puzzle games, there's a high probability that clues to the lock screen password can be found inside the room.

But Mingpo was too lazy to look through the things.

He simply held up his phone and waved it in front of the woman's face.

Face unlock successful.

"Luckily, this phone is a Samsung."

Mingpo said in a low voice.

If it were Apple's... Face ID probably wouldn't have been available 15 years ago.

At this stage, facial recognition unlocking is generally still 2D. It can unlock not only dead people, but even photos.

After unlocking, Mingpo looked through her various information.

Suddenly, he stopped moving.

He saw a familiar person in the chat history.

"If I were you..."

A sigh came from the doorway: "I'll turn off that live stream first."

"What's wrong?"

Mingpo raised her head and looked back at the doorway.

"Oh?"

He calmly replied, "So what if I don't shut it down, Master?"

"If you don't turn it off..."

The long-lost "Master Wang" sighed again and slowly walked in.

Ai Shiping's expression turned serious, and he gripped the hammer in his pocket.

Meanwhile, Mingpo stood in a relaxed posture, holding a camera in one hand and a phone in the other, looking down at the master who was almost two heads shorter than her. "...Well, I really have no other choice."

The master spoke earnestly, and Ku Tong suddenly knelt down: "I'll kneel down and beg you, brother?"