I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 622, pages 2.3-9: Guess Who I Am

Bertias crouched down and pulled open the corpse's trouser leg, only to see two teeth marks on the inside of her ankle. The blood from the wound had already congealed, but there were no signs of poisoning.

"It's because the wicked are afraid of hurting you, so they took the first letter of each word to get 'serpent,' which means snake or cunning person. Pull up your trouser leg to confirm whether the answer is snake or cunning person, but whichever it is, this might be a clue about 'ghosts.' Daolin, is that what you mean?" Shui Qi glanced at the wound on her ankle and said slowly.

"A clue about a ghost? So she was indeed killed by a ghost..." Chloe opened her mouth, then suddenly realized.

Dao Lin shook his head and said with certainty, "No, to be precise, he was killed by a ghost disguised as a player."

“But when Mu Yegui was dealing with the ghost, all of us were here,” Chloe said doubtfully.

"What if they exchanged them?" Dao Lin stood up, ignoring the corpse, and turned to walk back.

"You mean..." Chloe chased after her, her brows furrowed, unable to understand what it meant no matter how hard she tried.

"It was an NPC at first, but later it was replaced by a player-controlled ghost. After all, there's no rule saying ghosts can't switch roles. Of course, this is just one possibility. Another possibility is that other ghosts have always existed. After all, the rules don't say that only one ghost can appear in a dungeon; it's just something we've assumed all along." Dao Lin paused slightly and asked, "Which answer do you prefer?"

"The first premise is that all five ghosts are present. However, only one ghost can appear in a dungeon at a time, while the others are forced to hide themselves. But this doesn't mean the other ghosts can be ignored. They just can't use the identity of a ghost. Theoretically, they are still ghosts. Moreover, the dungeon doesn't prohibit killing each other, so it's possible that they didn't hinder anything but simply killed her because they didn't like her," Bertias said thoughtfully.

"So I think either answer is possible. I don't mean to force you to choose, I'm just reminding you not to underestimate us. We don't have enough information." Dao Lin said with a light laugh, slowly reaching into the pocket of his white coat.

“But that sentence…” Chloe asked, still not quite understanding.

"In any case, that sentence is a clue to the identity of the 'ghost'. She died because she discovered the clue and was thus targeted and killed by the 'ghost'. As for which ghost it is, it is definitely not the ghost mentioned in the clue, because it was not bitten by a poisonous snake, and it was bitten after death. It was probably to divert our attention. The real murderer is another 'ghost', the 'ghost' I mentioned that is mixed in with the players."

A dark glint flashed in Dao Lin's icy blue eyes, and he chuckled softly, seemingly pleased by something.

"I was just about to ask you this, Daolin, why are you so sure it's a player playing the ghost?" Chloe asked, frowning in confusion.

"Because I was seen." Daolin chuckled confidently, glancing at Chloe with his icy blue eyes before continuing to walk forward, showing no intention of answering again.

"Were we seen? Could it be because we were trying to cover it up?" Chloe asked in surprise.

"Otherwise what? It's only natural for a ghost to kill someone, there's no need for a reason like 'killing to silence a witness.' So what's left is that she saw the 'ghost' playing the player before she died, and to prevent her from revealing her identity, she had no choice but to kill her. That explanation should be easy to understand, right? This brings the answer back to the beginning: she died because she became someone's path." Mingxi sneered.

"It wasn't a 'ghost' that killed her," Mu Yegui suddenly said softly. "Hmm? Little Yegui seems to know some inside information?" Shui Qi looked at Mu Yegui with narrow blue eyes and said meaningfully.

“I passed by the initial location, and the players who were killed by the ‘ghost’ had all disappeared. So she wasn’t killed by the ‘ghost’, or more accurately, not by an entity with the identity of ‘ghost’,” Mu Yegui said slowly, glancing at Shui Qi.

"So it really was the ghost that Daolin mentioned, who killed her. It's just that she wasn't using the identity of a 'ghost' at the time, but the identity of a player, which is why the body still exists. I don't think there would be a reason for a player to kill someone to cover it up, since according to Shui Qi, the stone was still in her hand when she died. So the only answer left is that she was silenced because she knew that a certain player's true identity was a ghost," Kroya said with realization.

The group walked back, but no one spoke.

A faint 'click' sound suddenly reached everyone's ears, which sounded like a pistol being cocked.

Dao Lin abruptly turned around and pointed his gun at Shui Qi. A slightly confident and arrogant smile graced his handsome face, and his icy blue eyes were fixed on Shui Qi. One hand was tucked into his white coat, the hem of which swayed gently in the breeze, exuding a unique and indescribable aura.

"You're not lying, are you, Shui Qi?" His icy blue eyes were cool and indifferent, their depths unfathomable. His fair skin, illuminated by the silver moonlight, appeared even more translucent, like white jade.

Bertias frowned. Because his entire face was covered by the hood, no one could see his expression, and he was also protected from being spied on by others.

The atmosphere suddenly froze. Just as Chloe was about to draw her whip, Shui Qi grabbed her hand.

He took two steps forward, getting closer to the gun barrel, and spread his hands out as if he were completely unguarded. He chuckled helplessly and said innocently, "If you lie for too long, will no one believe you when you tell the truth? Brother Daolin is really strict with me. Bell was clearly there at the time, so why did he suspect me instead of him?"

Dao Lin slightly lifted his eyelids, gave a cold laugh that was ambiguous, and without making any reply, simply put away his pistol to indicate that he temporarily believed Shui Qi's words.

His narrow blue eyes were fixed on Dao Lin. He raised an eyebrow, a faint smile still playing on his lips. He showed no anger at being pointed at by a gun; on the contrary, he seemed quite pleased.

Kroya whispered a reminder, "Vice President, the person has gone far away."

Shui Qi chuckled softly, then suddenly burst into laughter, only to abruptly stop at a certain point. Her narrow blue eyes were dark and unfathomable, so much so that even though she was standing under the bright moonlight, she still seemed to be hidden in the shadows. Her whole demeanor exuded a cold and unpredictable aura.

"I see..." he murmured, then strode after him.

The mystery has been solved.

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(End of this chapter)