872: Doubt yourself, sleep level

[A Man] with some strength, this is the fourth key item you've found today. You have more potential to survive until the end than others.

As [Mo De] obtained the broken paper, a piece of pitch-black writing reappeared.

Compared to the original disdain and neglect, it now held a hint of acknowledgement.

[The] hidden rules for today are gone. Cherish the following rule information; they are all correct.

After this silent writing appeared, information representing new rule hints was displayed before [Mo De]'s eyes.

Additional Information.

[The] way to break the situation is to kill the murderer. You only have one chance. If you choose incorrectly and kill an innocent person, you will pay with your life!

[The] total bureau has given you two days remaining to solve the case. To be precise, it's 50 hours. Your time is running out.

You have already met the murderer.

Three new rules.

The information contained within them was truly important!

All along, [Mo De] had been thinking about how to end his current dangerous situation.

He roughly knew the main direction was to solve this case.

But he didn't understand the specific actions.

At this moment, the information revealed that the way to break the situation was to kill the murderer!

Furthermore, the remaining time of just over two days and two hours highlighted the urgency clearly!

He looked at his watch.

Exactly ten o'clock!

In other words, before midnight the day after tomorrow, he must solve the case, find the murderer, and kill him!

Without considering the situation of finding subsequent key items, [Mo De] could rely on the passage of time to receive basic assistance and gain four more lie detection opportunities.

Among the three pieces of information, the most crucial for him at the moment was the third one!

He had already met the murderer?

In the past few days, [Mo De] had met many people, but he remembered them all.

[Evangeline] from the breakfast shop, [Old Tang Na], [Corey], [Bertha], and the mysterious person in the [Redwood Forest].

Of course.

Besides these most suspicious ones, there were also some original residents of the [Town] whom [Mo De] considered less relevant.

For example, the restaurant [Boss] he saw when he ate, the locksmith when he asked about locks, and the meat-selling [Fatty] at the [vegetable market].

These were all people he had met.

If these additionally added strange talk rules were really all correct.

Then the scope of the murderer could be directly narrowed down to [Old Tang Na], [Corey], and [Bertha]!

Perhaps the mysterious person he met in the [Redwood Forest] tonight was either [Old Tang Na] or [Bertha]!

Incorrect!

[Mo De]'s breath hitched, and he turned to look at the piece of shredded paper in his hand.

The suspect for the murderer seemed to be... himself!

His memory instantly returned to the strange talk rule he saw on the first night two days ago.

[You] are the culprit of the dismemberment case, but no one knows this. You should maintain your original enthusiasm and interact with the residents of the [Town].

Regarding this strange talk rule.

After seeing the many case files collected by his original self, [Mo De] no longer quite believed it.

Coupled with the continued discovery of more information he had secretly compiled in the police station, understanding the original [Sheriff]'s seriousness and urgency in solving the case, [Mo De] was even less inclined to suspect himself.

But just tonight.

Discovering his original self's attitude towards his [Lin Yue's wife] and [Hong Lei's daughter].

Finding this basement, seeing the various hidden traces within it, and obtaining this piece of shredded paper representing evidence.

All his previous thoughts and ideas began to be overturned!

He still had one lie detection opportunity...

Looking at this first strange talk rule, [A Man] paused for a moment.

"Darling, can you come to the room to sleep together tonight? You haven't come back to sleep for several days."

At the open basement window above, the [woman] stood gracefully, her voice gently conveying the meaning of the message.

Upon hearing this, the line of pitch-black strange talk information appeared before [Mo De]'s eyes.

[After] sleeping in the guest room for two consecutive days to organize the case, you should return to the master bedroom tonight to accompany your [Lin Yue's wife]. Be sure not to neglect her.

Just facing this kind of information reminder.

If it were at the beginning, in the situation before dinner yesterday, [Mo De] might have been fooled.

But after experiencing last night's horror, he no longer held any blind confidence regarding any rule related to how he should choose.

"[System], please help detect if this strange talk rule is lying."

[Mo De] communicated with the [System] in his mind.

He came here while his [Lin Yue's wife] was bathing, not only to search for some information but, more importantly, hoping to trigger the [System]'s lie detection opportunity after obtaining a certain key item.

Resting with his [Lin Yue's wife] in the room at night, [Mo De] hadn't forgotten this strange talk rule.

Rather than blindly searching for a way to break the situation, it was better to spend his energy and time searching for key items.

After obtaining the lie detection opportunity, the [System] would naturally tell him the correct answer.

"Ding~ [Host] has consumed one detection opportunity. The lie detection function has been activated for the [Host]."

"According to [System] detection, the content of Strange Talk Rule Group C, Item 8, is correct."

"However, there is a trap in the content. [Host], please be careful."

The [System]'s prompt this time was slightly different from before.

This strange talk information was indeed correct, but the [System] reminded him that there was a trap within it.

Why would there be a trap in accurate information?

While feeling puzzled, [Mo De] turned to look at his [Lin Yue's wife] waiting above in the basement.

"Darling, it's getting late."

His [Lin Yue's wife] urged him.

The [flashlight] went out. [Mo De] hesitated slightly, then followed the [woman] towards the master bedroom.

He should share a bed with his [Lin Yue's wife] tonight.

According to the [System]'s detection, this was correct.

So where would the trap be?

Arriving at the master bedroom.

[Mo De] was slightly surprised.

The master bedroom was lit with bright candles, and the decor was very warm.

It was like a corner of safety separated from this cold [World].

After arriving in the room, his [Lin Yue's wife] began to undress...

[Mo De]'s eyes flickered, and he could see the [woman] undressing completely.

As if no one was there, she lifted the blanket and lay in the bed.

"Darling, come here."

"It's already so late. It'll be even later after we 'exercise'. If we sleep too late, we won't be able to get up tomorrow morning."

"Hurry."

The [woman]'s voice carried a clear temptation.

This familiar posture instead made the somewhat dazed [Mo De] immediately snap back to his senses!

Trap! The [System] said this rule was correct, but there must be a trap in it!

Standing at the door, [Mo De] closed his eyes and rapidly thought about the information he might have missed.

That's right.

This [woman] seemed to have just said something.

"If we sleep too late, we won't be able to get up tomorrow morning."

Pausing, [A Man] grasped this key point.

The next moment, [Mo De] continued the sentence and immediately recalled the conversation he had with his [Lin Yue's wife] for a while on the first night he arrived in this [World] when he saw her.

At that time, he had said something to his [Lin Yue's wife] out of concern.

"It's already so late, you should go to bed early too."

And his [Lin Yue's wife]'s answer.

[Mo De]'s impression was already a bit faint, but still relatively clear.

"Ah, I'm already used to it."

His [Lin Yue's wife] said she was used to it!

She was used to sleeping late!

But the [woman] on the bed before him was urging him to sleep early!

Which of the two statements was true or false, [Mo De] had no way of knowing, but one thing was certain: the [woman] on the bed definitely had a problem!

Suddenly realizing something, [Mo De]'s gaze swept across the room. When he actually saw a certain item, he slapped his forehead and couldn't help but laugh at himself.

On the bed, the [woman] could see the [Man] walking towards her with large strides.

Just as she was slightly biting her lip, the [Man] directly bypassed her and picked up a photograph placed on the bedside table next to her.

This was a posthumous photo, his [Lin Yue's wife]'s posthumous photo!

That's right.

The rule told him to accompany his [Lin Yue's wife].

The [Lin Yue's wife] referred to here was the trap the [System] warned about!

The thing in the room was essentially a [Ghost]!

His real [Lin Yue's wife] was this posthumous photo!

Of course.

A more in-depth explanation should be his [Lin Yue's wife]'s grave.

But the requirement in the strange talk rule was to accompany her in the room.

It couldn't possibly mean finding his [Lin Yue's wife]'s grave and digging up her [Gu].

The posthumous photo was the correct answer.

His original self placing the posthumous photo here was enough to show that the previous companionship was in this form.

"You can leave now."

Turning his head to look at the [woman] on the bed, [Mo De] spoke without any fluctuation in his voice.

"It seems you've found the correct answer." Seeing the photo in [Mo De]'s hand, the [woman] in the blanket's attitude suddenly changed, and she let out a foolish, sinister laugh.

Wrapping her arms around the [Man]'s waist, the [woman] rested her chin on his shoulder, her tone more brazen than seductive: "That's nothing. You can still treat me as your [Lin Yue's wife] and have me to your heart's content."

Listening to the [woman]'s words, [Mo De] turned his head to look.

The [woman] before him no longer had the appearance of his [Lin Yue's wife].

This was a more exquisite and seductive face.

She had a pair of black and red horns on her head, a pair of dark-toned wings behind her, and a slightly flicking tail behind her.

Succubus?

The first time he saw this thing, although [Mo De]'s mind was clear, he couldn't help but swallow due to physiological reasons.

In this kind of [World], any species seems possible.

After driving the succubus, whose identity he had exposed, out of the room, [Mo De] didn't forget to lock the door.

He looked at the time.

11:00

There was still one hour until midnight.

Below, the door shouldn't open, so nothing dangerous should happen.

He sat on the bed, leaning against the headboard.

Only now did [Mo De] slowly relax.

Now, all the difficult challenges tonight were finally over, right?

It was truly getting harder to live day by day.

[Mo De] estimated.

Even if they hadn't given him a two-day time limit, it would be difficult for him to survive in such multiple crises after two days.

He also didn't know how many people would be left tomorrow.

After two days of elimination, the eight people who were still alive should all be quite capable.

But thinking about today's dangers, it was really hard to say for sure.

Getting meat from the [Meatpacking Plant] required courage.

Observing that the meat his [Lin Yue's wife] cooked was not what he bought required attention to detail.

Playing hide-and-seek with his [Hong Lei's daughter] was completely counter-intuitive.

In [Mo De]'s opinion, someone who could choose correctly and give his [Hong Lei's daughter] two big slaps was almost non-existent.

However, there was also a way to solve this challenge, which was the wardrobe.

It was relatively friendly.

Bathing and sleeping with his [Lin Yue's wife].

This was another test of whether [A Man]'s thinking could overcome lust.

"Ding~ Congratulations, [Host], for surviving another 12 hours. You are rewarded with one lie detection opportunity."

The [System]'s prompt appeared in his mind.

Hearing this, [Mo De] couldn't help but look at the very first rule among the strange talk rules.

[You] are the culprit of the dismemberment case, but no one knows this. You should maintain your original enthusiasm and interact with the residents of the [Town].