Isolated Island (27)

The players were unaware of the actions of the two people behind them and were still diligently lifting the lid off the coffins.

However, they were not without success. When one of the players was rummaging through the items, they opened a wallet, which coincidentally actually had a picture of their character on it.

"Hey!" The player's first reaction at that time was to hide it, but the others had already noticed, "What did you find? Tell us so we can help you."

With a bitter expression, the player had to say what they had found. The other players immediately gathered around and compared the photo in the wallet, "So that's it."

They also found a room card with a picture of the cruise ship in the wallet. There was a room card in basically every stone coffin, and the players were finally confident that they had indeed entered an unusual instance.

"It looks like we're trapped on an isolated island, but we should be trapped in some kind of unusual scenario. And we, the people, are actually passengers on a ship. We could be dead, or we could still be alive." dowfhs

The players have already made such speculations so far in the game, and today's discovery confirmed those guesses.

"The islander's identities are fake; that's why the NPCs felt so out of place. With this, we can connect several previous clues."

"Rising ocean, land ruptures, rainstorms, lightning, the undead... whose obsession would be so deep that they're trapped in the despair of a sunken ship and unable to get out?" Players each have their own thoughts.

"What happened to those bones?" Some players questioned, "Could they be the characters? Are the characters already dead?"

"It was a shipwreck, right? Don't you think the first day's events were very much like a stormy night where a ship could malfunction, hit a reef and sink?"

"If you say it like that, the group at the manor are very suspicious."

These players seem to be genuinely participating in a serious discussion. However, if you listen carefully, they only discussed the most basic speculations, while the actually important ones were not mentioned.

But these people lacked the clues linked to the ship model, and the most crucial evidence was not obtained. Thus, Ren Yifei's biggest enemy was still Saman. I9a od

How could he trick him?

These players began to look for the identity of their character in order to extract more clues and be a step ahead of the crowd. However, not everyone was left with something that had a photo and name to verify their identity.

In many cases, they would search for a long time and still find nothing.

Saman and Ren Yifei also have no advantages in finding their character's identities.

Ren Yifei carefully recalled and distinguished the tiny dolls in his memory one by one. There was still no impression of an athletic, tall young man.

Most of the people on the boat were middle-aged men with families, and there were plenty of young men and women travelling alone, not just the two of them.

"But there seems to be only one who was travelling with a black cat," Ren Yifei remembered the boy's room number.

663. G8S6je

However, Ren Yifei did not immediately go to confirm his thoughts. There were too many players, so it would be too abrupt for an NPC to mix in. Besides, his shoulder was still injured, and it hurt when he moved, so he could not really do any physical work.

Seeing that a few players were becoming disheartened while pushing the rows of stone monuments for so long, Ren Yifei sighed. He felt that, according to his own unlucky situation, he might not survive until tomorrow.

He had to make a quick decision and take a shortcut.

"Song Wei, wait a minute, look after the cat for me. I'll find more people!" Ren Yifei shoved the bag into Saman's hand with a sullen face and hurriedly ran down.

Saman, who was 'Song Wei', held the bag and looked up to see the surrounding people staring at him, "What are you looking at me for?"

"What is this NPC going to do? Trying to look for someone?" The players were confused by this development.

"Is he crazy?"

"An NPC is interfering with our game?!" xcs1Ui

In the past games, there were often times when NPCs would intervene in the players' game. But that was all caused by a person's actions, while this one was unexpectedly going to pull a handful of people over.

"Is your NPC favourability very high?" The players looked at Saman, "Are you trying to use the NPCs to gain an advantage?"

The players' voices soared, and they all looked at Saman with condemning eyes. Saman's eyebrows did not even flinch, "I found this place."

You have the face to say that when you're a freeloader? 3ihsDp

Saman did not even want to look at these people, but he was also curious. What exactly does 'A Fei' want to do?

More than ten minutes later, Ren Yifei returned with a group of aggressive NPCs. They were either holding hoes or shovels in their hands, cursing while running over, "Which son of a bitch moved our family's ancestral grave?!"

Saman looked at Ren Yifei, who was in the crowd. Ren Yifei blinked, turned his face away and began to speak solemnly, "I don't know what the situation is, but there are bones buried in each stone coffin, and there's no name on it. It's strange. Why don't you guys have a look?"

At that moment, the turfs on the grass skiing field had been cleared, and several rows of tombstones had been taken out; some of them had also been opened. cA4JVl

The NPC took a closer look, saw the bones in the stone coffin and instantly became infuriated.

"Bones?"

"I knew there was something weird about this damn estate! So she bought our land to do this evil thing? She's the reason we're trapped on the mountain, right?"

A middle-aged man who was carrying a hammer shouted angrily, "Folks, let's smash them!" AddHYo

The players were all dumbfounded. They were pushed aside by the NPCs and watched as they picked up their hammers and slammed them down, "Where did the hammers come from?... Crap, you guys, wait!"

Some NPCs used spades, and some used hammers. Some used shovels, and some directly pushed with their hands. The front removed the soil, and the back opened the mysterious boxes. The division of labour was clear, and the scene was buzzing with enthusiasm.

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The weak and helpless players could not stop the sea of people. They were directly expelled from the grass skiing field and blankly stared as the NPCs moved through the plot.

"Is this the right development?" ztRLTf

Ren Yifei, who had sneaked into the crowd of NPCs, was already standing beside Saman. He held the rucksack with one hand and used it as a cover while he handed Saman the phone. He wordlessly communicated: The pictures, find your character's identity.

Saman seized the opportunity.

Ren Yifei put the rucksack on his back again, he was cautious not to let the shoulder strap touch the wound, but it still hurt so much that his whole body twitched. Fortunately, no one paid attention to him.

The NPCs' efficiency was really high, and in just a few minutes, dozens of mysterious boxes were opened. In addition to bones, luggage, laptops, clothing, handbags, and other objects also appeared inside. iuIZDd

"Wait!" It was unknown what she saw, but the wife of the snack store owner, who was staying in the same house as Ren Yifei, suddenly jumped into a stone coffin.

The man beside her was startled, "Wife, be careful. You might get hit later."

The wife of the snack store owner trembled after she saw her bones just now and could not hear what he said. She could only begin to look through the contents of the small stone coffin wildly.

"Oh my god..." wFq34P

She is looking at the phone she just took out, which has a fancy case plastered with all kinds of pastel-coloured snacks; it looks very girlish.

She pressed her finger on the home button, and her fingerprint was able to unlock the phone instantly. The screen has a photo of her; it was her wedding photo.

The groom in the photo was clearly the same bewildered man next to her.

"Wife, this... why does this thing have a picture of us on it? He also jumped down and took out a ring box from the stone coffin. Inside was a gleaming diamond ring made for a female. WfaGLl

"Wife?" The man raised his head, and his eyes were slightly red, "Is this ours?"

There were more and more NPCs who were experiencing this abnormal phenomenon, so Ren Yifei was able to blend in seamlessly. He has already found stone coffin number 663. The bones inside were the remains of an underage male. It appeared incredibly familiar, like the thing he had kicked several times before.

Oh, it was a cleaned-up version of the skeleton.

In addition, there was a wallet, a pet bag, and a mobile phone. vldhUF

Opening the black leather bag, Ren Yifei found a thick stack of hundred-yuan bills, all brand new. There was also a row of credit cards, and a polaroid photo of a boy with an unhappy face.

It was very similar to the little boy on the ship model and very similar to 'Gu Xingye'— it was only smaller and two shades lighter.

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The boy was wearing a baseball cap and was dressed very stylishly. He held a black cat in his arms, and a familiar watch could be spotted on his wrist. However, his face appears rather grumpy in front of the camera.

He took out the photo, and on the back, written with a gel pen, was the date of a certain month and a certain year, followed by the name Gu Cheng. er McD

It was three months ago.

Ren Yifei squatted in the stone coffin and held the photo in his hand with his head lowered.

"Mimi," he fished the cat over with one hand.

"Meow~" the cat meowed as soon as it saw the photo. 2QsKWF

There is also a minor's ID card in addition to the photo, which also had the name 'Gu Cheng'.

He flipped through it again and found a key card in his wallet— Goddess of Starlight Cruise, Room 663. There was a beautiful picture of the cruise ship on it, which was basically the same as the model of the ship.

"Gu Cheng..." he murmured, "That's right, the phone."

The silver-white mobile phone looks simple and stylish. He tried, and it immediately unlocked with his fingerprint. Ren Yifei was almost sure in his heart. 1A8zrh

More than 60 per cent of the battery was left, and a picture of the black cat was shown on the screen. The date on the phone was actually three months ago as well.

The time on the phone should be the time the shipwreck happened.

"How did this happen?" If this young Gu Cheng is the real thing, what about this 'Gu Xingye' who was a soon-to-be adult?

He quickly found the notepad in his phone, which was in the exact location as the previous 'Gu Xingye's' phone. yBMJ6F

The earliest record was three years ago when his parents divorced, and he adopted a cat named Baby Gu. Ren Yifei turned his head and glanced at the quiet, well-behaved black cat, "Baby Gu?"

"Meow~~" The black cat turned its head and responded.

After that, there were many records that also talked about wanting to change his name but not succeeding in doing so. He also complained about the name Gu Cheng because it originally represented his parent's love for one another. But since they did not love each other anymore, he might as well change his name to escape from reality.

Ren Yifei could imagine 'Gu Cheng's' sadness turning into ridicule. dM9AGP

"It's so annoying. We haven't seen each other for so many years. What reason is there to call me if you're getting remarried? Am I not an orphan whose father and mother died?"

"I'm going to XX Island tomorrow. The wind outside is a bit strong, so I don't know if the journey will be smooth. I have to follow a temporary guardian when I go out. It's annoying. I want to grow up quickly. I don't have to be very big. Just eighteen years old would be enough to go anywhere without restrictions."

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"What will I look like when I'm eighteen? I must be very tall, about 1.8 meters tall, with strong muscles. Also, I would have a very healthy complexion and a little scar on the face, unlike my appearance now, which is like a white chicken."

This was the last message recorded. WETdqJ

Ren Yifei could not help but look at his honey-coloured skin, 1.8 meters tall figure, muscles and scar. He became silent.

All of 'Gu Xingye's' persona were speculations based on his appearance. But if this appearance was a daydream of some rebellious boy since the beginning, then what script did he play?

Was this a fail?

No no no, calm down first. wtLkr6

Ren Yifei turned off his phone and stuffed it into his pocket, pretending nothing had happened.

T/N: The explanation for this instance would be in next week's chapters.

p.s. Fish thinks panicking A Fei is very cute~