Chapter 49: Desperate Situation?

 Chapter 49: Desperate Situation?

The rule of closing one's eyes is invalid?

After the amusement park was upgraded to S-level, did the rules of the entertainment facilities change?

Everyone looked at the body of the River God and the head in Huo Mo's arms, their expressions extremely grim.

As the roller coaster came to a stop, all six Spiritual Realm cultivators received a prompt:

[Next round start time: 00:04:40]

"Next round will begin in five minutes..." Sun Wukong, sitting in the last row, looked at the headless body of the River God in front and his face tensed.

"If closing our eyes is no longer a valid rule, then someone among us will die in the next round. We must quickly figure out the new rules. Have any of you noticed anything?" Huo Mo's expression still showed fear. He threw the head out of the car and impatiently turned his head, shouting, "Who found out about the rules while keeping their eyes closed the whole time?"

Feeling guilty as a father, Fu Yishen furrowed his brows, "If the rule of closing our eyes has changed, then we need to rediscover the rules. Otherwise, people will continue to die in the next two rounds."

Xishi bit her fiery red lips, "Ever since we decided to ride the roller coaster, I've been paying attention, but I haven't found any valuable clues or information."

No clues and information meant they couldn't make targeted plans and could only resort to the most foolish method - trial and error.

But the cost of trial and error...

Sun Wukong's face looked unpleasant, "S-level Spiritual Realm, how could it provide clear and straightforward clearance information? If it were that simple, would it still be called S-level?"

Xie Lingxi pondered for a moment and expressed her opinion, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. We were misled by the old strategy and missed a chance to find the rules."

Her eyes were filled with tears, looking pitiful and full of guilt.

Sun Wukong quickly said, "It's alright, it's alright. There's no use talking about this now. Just because we don't have information doesn't mean there's no solution. Let's discuss while we still have time..."

Pausing for a moment, he continued, "If the rule of closing our eyes has changed, there are only two possibilities. One, the roller coaster's rule has become 'one person dies per ride,' and the River God is proof of that. Two, we missed the opportunity to observe while keeping our eyes closed."

Xishi's eyes brightened, as if she admired his insight, "So from now on, we can't close our eyes anymore."

Listening to the discussion of his companions, Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts drifted away...

"First, let's exclude supernatural elements. Although active skills are sealed, as the Night Roaming God, I can still sense spirits. If it was a ghost haunting the amusement park, I wouldn't be completely unaware."

"For now, the roller coaster still has three rounds. Since that hasn't changed, why would the rule of closing our eyes change? Perhaps, the one responsible for the killings is not the rule..."

Zhang Yuanqing's heart trembled as he thought of a certain possibility.

Could it be that there's an evil person hiding within the team, a traitor who has started to kill? But how did he/she manage to do it?

At this moment, 'Father Full of Guilt' looked at Huo Mo and suddenly asked, "Why didn't you warn us when the River God died? Why did you wait until the ride stopped to speak?"

Huo Mo raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean by that?"

The middle-aged man remained plain and sincere, "I'm just curious."

Huo Mo glared at him and said loudly, "Of course, I felt it! The head fell right into my arms. But would I dare to speak up or open my eyes? If I did, I might be the next one to die."

Father Full of Guilt didn't say anything further.

Zhang Yuanqing asked, "When did he die, or rather, when did the head fall into your arms?"

Huo Mo didn't hesitate, "When we were going down the second slope."

Zhang Yuanqing immediately turned to Xishi, "You were right beside him. Did you feel anything strange?"

Xishi shook her head, "I, I have acrophobia and was very scared. I didn't pay attention to anything around me..."

Zhang Yuanqing frowned deeply.

From the distribution of their seats, the most likely culprits are Xishi, Huo Mo, and Father Full of Guilt.

Excluding Sun Wukong, who is one seat away, is reasonable. With his extraordinary physical abilities, it's unlikely for him to unbuckle the seatbelt and bypass Huo Mo and Father Full of Guilt in the front row to kill River God.

Furthermore, the roller coaster's momentum during the slow climb at the beginning wouldn't be sufficient to throw him out even if he were noticed. Therefore, the possibility of him being the culprit is slim.

Next, Zhang Yuanqing needed to verify if Huo Mo lied and if River God indeed died at that specific time. Taking advantage of the second round not having started yet, Zhang Yuanqing closed his eyes and visualized his father's profile in his mind.

If River God didn't die during the high-speed part of the roller coaster, then the time period when the coaster was slowly climbing at the beginning would be when the killer acted, as the coaster's momentum would be less intense at that point.

As someone who could pick up sounds, Zhang Yuanqing could directly pinpoint the culprit.

As his father's facial features gradually became clear in his mind, Zhang Yuanqing's heart skipped a beat, and his brain boiled as he replayed the scenes from the moment he entered the Spiritual Realm, frame by frame.

Chewing on these images, he patiently waited. Finally, when they boarded the coaster, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't see anything as it slowly started moving. However, sounds remained, and he caught the heartbeats and breathing of the seven people.

Then, Xishi let out a short scream as the roller coaster plummeted straight down, and at that moment, the heartbeat of someone from the back row disappeared...

"Ahh, what happened to you..." Xie Lingxi exclaimed, looking shocked at her companion whose nose was bleeding.

The others stopped arguing and looked over.

"It's nothing, it's nothing!" Zhang Yuanqing waved his hand, wiped the blood from his nose, endured the throbbing pain in his brain, and smiled, "I've had the habit of having nosebleeds since I was young, especially when I see beautiful girls."

Xie Lingxi blushed slightly at his words.

Xishi, Huo Mo, and the middle-aged man looked at him suspiciously. Father Full of Guilt only glanced at him, while Sun Wukong in the back row took the opportunity to sneak a few glances at Xie Lingxi's face and Xishi's chest.

Zhang Yuanqing maintained a calm demeanor, but in his heart, he was already cursing.

The death of River God proved that the evil person had a special method of killing!

"To take someone's head silently and without making any noise, it's a bit terrifying... We must find a way to stop them. If they kill one person per round, after three rounds, there will only be four of us left, and we still have at least one more amusement ride to go. How are we going to play?!" Zhang Yuanqing felt extremely anxious.

At this point, it was almost a certain-death situation. Even if the killer wasn't an evil person but rather the roller coaster's rule, the outcome would still be the same.

Zhang Yuanqing's gaze swept across everyone.

The contemplative Xie Lingxi, the uneasy Xishi, the silent middle-aged man, the secretly panicking Sun Wukong, and the grumbling Huo Mo. At that moment, he felt as though they were all acting and harboring ulterior motives.

The crisis in this instance wasn't just the amusement facilities but also within the team of Spiritual Realm cultivators... Zhang Yuanqing cursed inwardly.

At the same time, a question flashed through his mind again: Why did River God die?

Was it due to the random killings of an evil person, or was there another reason?

If I were the werewolf, and I had the chance to randomly kill someone, who would I choose? Thinking this, Zhang Yuanqing came up with an answer.

Kill the smartest person in the team!

"If that's the case, then the next one to die will be me..." Zhang Yuanqing's scalp went numb.