Waiting for this cup of water to turn from hot to warm, Diep Tich also filled the second cup with boiling water, then together they carried it upstairs.
Going up the last step of the third floor, she tentatively looked in the direction of the study room and leisurely said: "Thi Thi, come help me a bit?"
"Here!" The new team member Qin Shishi greeted her without thinking. Ye Xi handed her the cup of warm tea, her voice lowered as her eyes and eyebrows lowered: "You bring this cup of water to Team Xiao in three minutes, tell him how hard it was, make him drink the cup of water, tell him you specially warmed the water. But absolutely do not mention me."
"Ah?!" Qin Shishi had a dumbfounded expression. She had just registered in the team not many days ago, and had not heard about Xiao Leng chasing Ye Xi. Hearing Ye Xi say that, she did not think about any gossip, but was simply frightened, "Do you suspect that Xiao Team is contaminated?"
Diep Tich calmly shook his head: "No. It's just that his rules are different from ours, I want to get some clues."
"Is that so." Tan Thi Thi nodded, relieved, and saw Diep Tich carrying another cup of water in his hand, walking into the study first.
Xiao Leng was still sitting in front of the computer, concentrating on flipping through the folders. Ye Xi placed the cup of steaming hot water within his reach and said softly, "Drink some tea."
"Thank you." Tieu Lanh absentmindedly glanced at the glass of water, noticing that the water was continuously emitting heat, so naturally he did not drink it directly.
Diep Tich did not say anything more, quietly returned to the bookshelf, continued to flip through the books, and used the corner of his eye to observe Tieu Lanh.
Very quickly, Tan Thi Thi followed her instructions and brought the cup of warm water into the room, went to the computer table, and said to Tieu Leng: "Team leader Tieu, you've worked hard, have a cup of water, I'm here to warm you up!"
"Thank you." Xiao Leng's eyes stopped on the cup of water, a feeling of joy welled up in his heart. He leaned back in his chair, looking at Qin Shishi with great appreciation.
Tan Thi Thi and Tieu Lanh were not close, so he was stunned.
A smile appeared on Tieu Lanh's lips, he leisurely picked up the cup, and took a sip of the warm tea she had just brought over: "Sit down and rest for a while?"
"No, no need..." Qin Thi Thi was made uncomfortable by his tone, what was even more frightening was that when she heard those words, she had the nerve to sit on his lap.
... It was just a short kill, but Qin Shishi still felt a chill in her heart. She quickly lowered her head to avoid it, suspecting that she had gone crazy.
Beside Diep Tich, Vuong Tam Nhiem "Bang" closed the letter in her hand, making Diep Tich feel uncomfortable: "Hey, Team Tieu..."
Diep Tich turned around and grabbed her wrist.
Vuong Tam Nhiem was stunned and choked. Just as she put down her teacup, Tieu Lanh looked over and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Thinking of publicly condemning the scoundrel, Vuong Tam Nhiem hesitated and looked at Diep Tich. Diep Tich turned his head to glance at Tieu Lanh, his smile complicated: "Nothing, can you recall a bit of what happened just now?"
From Zhang Liping's reaction when he accepted the gift earlier, she felt that Xiao Leng should also be able to return.
As expected, after a brief moment of panic, Xiao Leng suddenly stood up and walked towards her, his face pale with panic: "No... I don't know why..."
"I know." Diep Tich paused, "That's not you."
"What?" Now it was Qin Shishi's turn to be confused, looking at Ye Xi then looking at Xiao Leng, "Was there a problem just now?"
Because she was not close to Tieu Lang, and her experience in talking about strange things was also limited, the sudden flash of strangeness just now was not enough to help Tan Thi Thi make a judgment.
But standing from Diep Tich's perspective is different, in her opinion, Tieu Lanh just has EQ that will go offline at certain times, but is absolutely not mentally retarded, and even less is he a shameless scumbag.
So EQ is offline again, he probably won't just use a cup of tea as if he wants to chase after the person in front of him, using almost ambiguous words to show concern to other women.
Ye Xi said solemnly: "Zhang Liping's reaction to receiving the gift, as well as your reaction just now, should all be 'clues'. The rules mention 'emotional value', she brought the tea to the appropriate temperature and gave it to you, obviously more careful than me directly bringing a cup of water, the emotional value she provided is also greater. So in this scene, you will like her even more."
"I don't!" Tieu Lanh swore in denial.
"... It's this weird 'you'." Ye Xi had no choice but to add, raising her eyes, she saw him staring at her without blinking, in his eyes besides haste, there was also a bit... A bit of grievance.
She was helpless, her voice carried a bit of comfort, meaning to remind him: "Let's focus on the mission first, okay?"
"Okay." Tieu Lanh also realized that there was a new team member in front of him, coughed, and adjusted his emotions.
Duong Ca and Nham Ninh Ninh went upstairs at this time.
Because he went downstairs without informing Tieu Lanh, Duong Ca was afraid that he would quickly mutate and injure his teammates. He waited half a day to make sure that nothing happened before daring to go back up.
The two people entered the study and were immediately met with an awkward atmosphere. Duong Ca looked at the rich man blankly: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Xiao Leng's expression was serious, remembering the noise coming from downstairs earlier, he turned his head, "What happened just now?"
"It was Wu Jiang who dug it." Yang Ge and Ren Ningning explained the previous experience to everyone in a few sentences. Ye Xi's eyes froze: "So, not reporting it is actually not dangerous?"
Xiao Leng's deep eyes relaxed when he heard these words: "... I won't be happy."
Duong Ca: "Ah?"
Xiao Leng's brows were deep, after the feeling just now, he said to her: "You didn't mutate, but when you mentioned it, you heard Ren Ningning's scream and rushed down. Then you remembered that you didn't tell me... I'm really in a bad mood."
"Why?" Duong Ca thought in confusion, "This is definitely a clue, but what does it point to?"
Xiao Leng said softly: "I'm not sure yet." He paused, "However, you mentioned Wu Jiang Dao... I want to do something."
Duong Ca: "What?"
Xiao Leng pondered and said: "My rule says that you have to add light red seasoning to every meal, and I have always done it like this. From the current situation, you have not encountered any problems, so this rule should be true."
"But this rule still seems very strange. Think about it, if we weren't teammates, but participants who didn't know each other, I most likely wouldn't have revealed this rule to you, so wouldn't this kind of situation look like I'm drugging you on my back?"
Ye Xi gently took a breath of cold air: "But right now we don't have any problems, so even if it is 'drugged' it is probably safe for the time being. So you want to try the Wu Jiang peach, if you eat something that doesn't contain this kind of seasoning, could it be dangerous?"
"Yes." Xiao Leng nodded, the corner of his lips curled up into a sinister smile, "I actually wanted to experiment from the very beginning, but couldn't find a suitable experimental subject. Now that someone has already made a move on us, I'll try him out, isn't that too much?"
"Don't go too far, don't go too far." The teammates looked serious.
So that day at noon, Tieu Lanh gave Ngo Giang Dao a lunch alone, the other ingredients were the same as everyone else, only lacking light pink seasoning.
In the afternoon, Ngo Giang Dao looked normal, as if the light pink spice did not have any effect on him.
Dinner, Wu Jiang's food was still without any light pink seasoning.
When it was almost time to sleep, Wu Jiang Tao started to feel uncomfortable. His room was not very close to Ye Xi's, so he could hear a little of their normal conversation, but the faint sounds were basically inaudible.
So he unusually spread the word through the big guy "Relay". Ye Xi heard that he was crying, crying really miserably, and would also mumble, as if recounting some tragic experience.
Before going to bed, Diep Tich took out a special drink from the refrigerator counter, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the drink bottle, as if thinking about something.
The rules said that this drink was an "important medicine for maintaining health", which was very similar to the description of the light pink spice in Xiao Leng's rules. This kind of wording made them speculate from the beginning that it might have the effect of inhibiting mutations, but there was no conflict with the other rules, everyone was using it within the prescribed dosage.
But now, perhaps because of Xiao Leng's guidance, Diep Tich began to doubt it. She began to imagine what would happen if she didn't drink this kind of drink.
Regarding this, Ye Xi's first thought was to let Ren Ningning verify that rule, but after thinking about it again, she realized that from the fact that everyone had been drinking it for the past two days without any dangerous incidents, that rule should be real.
In other words, this kind of drink should really be able to "maintain health" as the rules say, as to whether there are other problems, it is not something that can be explained simply by truth or falsehood.
Diep Tich thought for a while, looked at the drink, and started to use the [Module Prompt] for the second time.
She wanted to see what clues the key words provided by the [prompt] could give.
Very quickly, the first key word appeared before her eyes: Rich in vitamins.
These words at first glance really do keep you healthy.
Then the second word is: Emotional stability.
This description also fits the rule mentioned "Maintain healthy", so there is no problem.
Diep Tich held his breath, nervously waiting for the third word.
A few seconds later, she saw the third word on the mobile phone: Braiding dream scene.
Diep Tich was stunned, her eyes fixed on these four words, until the [Motion Prompt] effect automatically ended, the key words all disappeared from before her eyes, she still sat there without any damage.
Finally, she stood up resolutely, returned to the counter, and put the drink back.
She decided not to drink this kind of drink tonight. Although it was theoretically risky, the [reminder] had helped her eliminate some of the danger.
"Rich in vitamins" —— even if she had quite a medical history based on the strange talk, a lack of vitamins should not be a big problem.
"Emotional stability" —— her medical history mentioned that the illness related to "Emotion" was moderate depression. She had heard that depression required strict adherence to doctors' instructions and taking common scientific medication, but even so, missing a dose should not cause any life-threatening consequences.
"Dream scene" —— this is the reason she decided to take the risk and not drink.
Compared to the two common and easy-to-understand explanations of "Rich in vitamins" and "Emotional stability", "Dream of the Dead" exudes a poetic and poetic flavor, while also making the meaning seem vague. Therefore, she wanted to see what would happen if she didn't drink this drink and the effect of "Dream of the Dead" was lost.
The next day, Diep Tich was awakened by a voice saying "You're back!"
Xiao Leng had come to deliver breakfast, and everyone welcomed him according to the rules. Ye Xi sat up and instinctively shouted, his voice clearly filled with distress.
She slept so soundly...
She hurriedly got up to brush her teeth, and just as she spat out the last mouthful of water, breakfast was brought to her room. The small window above was opened, and Xiao Leng took the initiative to ask: "Do you want to go to the bathroom?"
"Yes." Diep Tich nodded. Tieu Lanh used the key to open the slightly larger barrier: "After eating, gather outside."
Diep Tich nodded, used 20 minutes to simply finish breakfast, stepped on the ladder and climbed up.
There were a few people who ate quickly and were already waiting in the alley, while some had not yet come up. Everyone waited together for about 10 minutes, and finally someone who asked to go to the restroom arrived, and Xiao Leng brought everyone out.
He arranged it the same as yesterday, first let everyone line up to go to the restroom, then bring the 17th fake participants back to the basement, the 17th team members go to the 3rd floor, continue searching for clues.
The boss sat on the ground, next door to Wu Jiang Tao, the new team member Huang Jing was the first to speak: "I heard Wu Jiang Tao mumbling for more than half the night through the wall… I wonder if it's the mutation process."
Last night, while sleeping, Zhang Liping asked: "Did he eat breakfast as usual this morning?"
Tieu Lanh shook his head: "I don't know, I opened the window a while ago and it seemed like he hadn't gotten out of bed yet. I used the basket to bring down breakfast and looked to see if anyone moved."
Yang Ge's expression became tense: "If he really mutates, what should we do? Shouldn't we first look for self-defense weapons? Logically speaking, this is a 15-person large-scale dungeon. If we wipe out everyone because one person mutates... Isn't that unreasonable?"
According to Duong Ca, the big shots were discussing the things in this room that could be used as weapons. If Ngo Giang Dao turned into a zombie, the big shots should deal with him.
Diep Tich silently listened to everyone's discussion, clearing her mind made her feel more and more that all of this was really funny.
... Actually, she should have discovered this kind of abnormality long ago.
The reason why she didn't feel anything was because from the deadline until last night, she was still one of the "Funny Army" members.
When Zhang Liping started to seriously suggest whether or not to destroy the barrier, Ye Xi finally couldn't help but speak up: "Why are you guys always worried about the 'mutation' problem?"
The atmosphere was so overwhelming that everyone suddenly became quiet.
Sitting on her right, Duong Ca turned his head, his expression puzzled: "Isn't there always this kind of thinking? Unless this kind of thinking is completely eliminated, otherwise of course we have to consider it, right?"
"Yes... Yesterday I dreamed about zombies." Ren Ningning said, "I dreamed about zombies jumping at me and wanting to bite me, so scary."
"I do want to consider this possibility." Ye Xi nodded as he recognized the location, "But, always only considering this one direction, don't you feel it's a bit strange?"
"In fact, we already know that 80% of the participants have mental problems. At the same time, the rule also implies that we should please Team Leader Xiao and not trust family and friends. These factors have nothing to do with mutations."
"In fact, from the very beginning, the only possible evidence of the existence of a 'mutation' was the rule's opening sentence, 'The world is full of danger, but you are lucky, there is someone who loves you and is using everything to protect you'."
"These words are indeed implying that this world is not normal, but everyone really feels that just by this one sentence, they can determine that a mutation will definitely occur, is that a normal thought?"
"It's just that..." Duong Ca cried and wanted to refute, but couldn't say a word.
She found her thoughts stuck again.
She had a very complicated feeling in her mind, on one hand she felt that what Diep Tich said made sense, on the other hand she really resisted this way of speaking.
But she couldn't tell if Diep Tich's analysis was wrong.
Diep Tich looked at his teammates' obviously sluggish reactions, thinking about how he was like this two or three thousand miles ago, he couldn't help but feel scared: "... Everyone, digest it a bit?"
In the quiet study room, a strange feeling spread in the silence.
Gradually, the teammates felt that what Diep Tich said made sense, but at the same time, they were still uncontrollably thinking about "mutation".
It was as if there was a curse in their minds, making them not want to think of other thoughts.
Wang Xinran was startled, discovering a blind spot: "I feel like my brain is not listening to orders... How do you control yourself?"
"I didn't drink that bottle of drink before I went to bed last night." Ye Xi paused, "I used [Reminder Gas] to verify that bottle of drink, the terms [Reminder Gas] gave were 'rich in vitamins', 'emotional stabilizer' and 'sick dream scene'. The first two made me feel that it didn't matter if I didn't drink them, so I wanted to research the latter."
"Now it seems, what 'dreamscape' means is..." She said halfway, absentmindedly glanced at her teammates whose eyes suddenly fixed on Xiao Leng's face.
He was staring at her, the veins on his forehead were bulging, his eyes were filled with viciousness and sinisterness.
Diep Tich had never seen him like this before. Except for when he punched her in the face to give Han Vien a punch during her interview, his emotions had always been very stable.
But his current appearance reminded her of a certain family-violent TV series. That series, because the male lead actor's acting skills were too sophisticated, it portrayed the family-violent man to the point of being like wood, becoming the childhood shadow of many people.
... Xiao Leng is now very intimidating. If there is any weird talk, everyone will change their appearance. Otherwise, Ye Xi will suspect that she will be like the female lead in that drama, and for many years after that, she will not dare to contact that male actor.
Diep Tich took a deep breath and looked at him, saying: "You scared me."
"?" Tieu Lang regained his senses in a second, his expression returning to normal, "I'm really sorry, I..."
Diep Tich's expression was clear: "Hearing that I didn't drink that drink, you also won't be in a good mood, right?"
"Yes." Tieu Lanh nodded helplessly.
Diep Tich sighed: "So the important thing right now is… Everyone, don't let this kind of drink control you. Once your brain is clear, then we can find the answer."
Xiao Leng nodded: "Then let's pause the discussion for today. We..." He looked around, "We can continue to check the things around us, but we can only record suspicious clues and not conduct any analysis."
"There is another problem." He said, stood up, walked to the computer desk, and looked through the previously stamped case file, finding the part that Wu Jiang had dug up.
"Wu Jiang Dao's current situation is very strange, but yesterday we discovered 14 individuals with psychological problems, 12 of whom were not included. So we need to review this medical history again to see if we missed anything."
"This is simple." Duong Ca reached out to take the medical case, removed the nail from the top left corner, and distributed dozens of pages to everyone.
After this is done, each person's page count is not too much, so even if you read each sentence and word, the amount of reading is still completely acceptable.
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The underground basement that Wu Jiang dug has begun to go crazy.
He felt hungry about ten minutes ago, so he got up from bed and went to the food basket under the table.
He nervously threw the cigarette basket on the table, ate while muttering to himself, then started laughing strangely, making all kinds of strange sounds.
Waiting until the hunger disappeared, he stared blankly at the breakfast in front of him, as if he was unfamiliar with the food in front of him.
He put his hand in the half bowl of millet porridge that he had not yet finished drinking, while smiling strangely and pouring porridge all over his face.
Then take the two pieces of tofu in the seasoning plate, hold them tightly in the palm of your hand and squeeze hard, making the tofu into a soft, smooth paste.
He put his hand on the wall, spreading tofu powder all over the wall.
He seemed to find it very amusing, the laughter grew louder and louder, and soon even the audience from quite a distance could hear it.
Although the rich people didn't know what he was doing, just this kind of sound was enough to make them scared.
The high school student was so scared that he almost collapsed. He curled up on the bed and hugged the blanket tightly, afraid that Wu Jiang Dao would turn into a monster in the next second, break through the weak wall and come here to bite them to death.
The king next door really wasn't that scared, but hearing Wu Jiang Dao's strange sound, a sense of anxiety gradually surrounded him.
Very quickly, he let out a sigh, raised his voice and said to the other participants: "You see, I said we can't place our hopes on those big shots, right? They don't care about our life or death at all! Now they've started sacrificing us to change our way out!"
Yesterday, Tian Wenwen and Li Xiaochu were a bit shaken when they heard this, but they still tried to convince themselves: "Impossible... Could there be another reason?"
Wang Zhen sneered: "What reason is there? Didn't you all hear that Wu Jiang Dao was forcefully taken back by those two women yesterday, and then today it happened again?"
Dien Van Van and Ly Tieu So were speechless.
From this sequence, Wu Jiang the Madman is indeed directly related to those people.
Trembling, Su Ran thought for a moment, suppressed her fear, sat up from under the blanket, and said to the wall that was facing the king's forehead, "Not right... I feel something is wrong."
Wang raised his eyebrows: "How is it wrong?"
Su Ran said: "Yesterday... Yesterday everyone went to the bathroom, then returned together, Wu Jiang Dao also returned together. Afterwards, 'Xiao Ming' did not go to the basement again, nor did he bring anyone to leave again, when did Wu Jiang Dao go out... Very strange ah!"
"We don't know when he left again, and we're not very clear about what happened in between. Just because those two sisters brought him back, we think they harmed him, isn't that being too arbitrary?"
"Moreover, the rules originally did not allow us to leave the underground basement on our own. His current state of madness is not normal… Why don't you feel that he was contaminated because he broke the rules, but rather suspect that others harmed him?"
Su Ran's rebuttal was backed up by evidence. Tian Wenwen and Li Xiaoshu felt like their hearts were like a wall of grass, repeatedly jumping between Su Ran and Wang's foreheads.
Wang forehead let out a disdainful laugh, momentarily unable to think of how to refute Su Ran so he stopped talking, but this did not hinder the contempt he felt towards Su Ran in his heart.
—— just a young high school student, even if he is a repeat student, he is only nineteen years old this year, and is still a female student.
A female student, can know what is "the big picture", can know what is "the evil of human heart"?
Right now she simply refuted him, but when something happens, she won't be able to cry.
So, no matter what you guys think, he feels that this is not right anyway, he will not sit around waiting to die.:,,.
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