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Chapter 147 Acting Out the Whole Story: The Deceitful Master's Lies
[A diary, left behind by the previous visitors. Incidentally, many things here are relics of past visitors, such as the large condom on the top shelf to your left.]

Ji Yi didn't even look at it, and with a flick of her left hand, she pulled a square plastic bag from the bookshelf.

Miss Cat: "?"

Ji Yi quickly stuffed the things into her pocket, her eyes fixed on the diary.

Hsieh Chia-yi recognized that thing.

That night, after Ji Yi left, she went out out of curiosity, opened the box, and even took out one item to look at.

Disgusted by the oil smeared on her hands, she quickly threw them in the trash and washed them.

"abnormal."

Ji Yi pretended not to hear Miss Cat's whispers.

How is it considered perverted to just grab a child trap?

I didn't let you try it out.

I opened the first page of my diary.

[January 5th, sunny]

Taking advantage of the holiday, we decided to go camping at that lakeside house by road. After all, Xuanxuan had been asking to go for a long time, and we didn't know what magic that place had.

[But when I arrived that afternoon, I felt the trip was worthwhile. The scenery was beautiful, the houses were clean, and it was a great place for a vacation. It was strange that there were so few people here; it was almost as if the place had been reserved just for us.]

That night, our group of five had a bonfire party and had a great time.

[Couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, got up to add: He Yong and Wang Xiaoqing were making so much noise, it was getting me all itchy, but I held back. After all, I promised Xuanxuan I'd wait until we got married, and I want to be a good man.]

[The main problem is that the two sets of condoms He Yong secretly slipped to me were large sizes, and I couldn't put them on after trying them on.]

Ji Yi: "."

Nothing unusual happened on the first day.

Interestingly, what follows is almost exactly the same as the process that the five players are experiencing.

[May 2, Dense Fog]

[As night passed, a thick fog suddenly rolled in at dawn, obliterating yesterday's beautiful scenery; nothing could be seen except for a vast expanse of white.]

I was starting to feel a bit down, and Xuanxuan couldn't stand the dampness of the fog, so we decided to leave first.

There was clearly only one road we came by, so why can't we find our way out no matter how we drive? The GPS has also inexplicably stopped working. After going around in circles, we've ended up back at the lakeside cabin.

I asked Zhang Lang, and he's the smartest of the five of us.

He called this a "perceptual loop," similar to the principle that a person cannot walk in a straight line with their eyes closed. It's normal for this to happen in foggy weather with low visibility.

[Furthermore, what appears to be a straight route may actually have hidden branches. These branches might not be visible on the way there, but they could be very noticeable on the return trip. I mistook a hidden path for a main road.]

[Another possibility is that I'm under a lot of psychological pressure, which might have caused cognitive biases, etc. To be honest, I don't quite agree with his statements, but since we really couldn't get out, and another day would just be a waste of gas, we decided to stay another night.]

He Yong and Wang Xiaoqing are planning to play with the flowers by the lake tonight, how wonderful!

So far, not only are the number of characters and the gender ratio matched, but even the character attributes are the same.

There are single wise men and two couples.

One team of couples corresponds to a virgin and an athlete, while the other team corresponds to an idiot and a slut.

This can basically be seen from the words in the diary.

Even the sequence of events was exactly the same, but a different, crucial turning point occurred on the third day.

[May 3, Dense Fog]

He Yong and Wang Xiaoqing have gone missing.

They didn't come home all night, and we were all quite worried about them, so we went to the lakeside to look for them.

[Unsuccessful.]

Zhang Lang found a pair of boots, which should belong to He Yong, but there were no other clues.

That night, due to darkness, we had no choice but to return to our rooms to rest.

[Midnight update: Xuanxuan woke me up, saying she saw He Yong outside the window. I said, "How could that be? It's foggy and at night; it would be impossible for her to see him."]

Wait, there seems to be a knock on the door downstairs. I'll go check it out.

This is the end of my diary.

Clearly, this team didn't even survive three days.

No, not necessarily.

Perhaps what happened next was so terrible that the owner of the diary had no desire to record it.

After Miss Cat finished watching, she stood aside and spoke:
"The character tags match up, could it be related to the so-called sacrifice?"

Ji Yi simply shook her head: "Assuming that's the case, according to the diary, wasn't the last sacrifice already successful? Why are there newcomers like us again in just a few days?"

After saying that, Ji Yi continued:

"Of course, we cannot completely rule out the existence of some kind of 'sacrifice,' but this is not man-made. It is more like a mysterious disaster 'hunting' humans, only this hunt is targeted at a specific type of people."

There is a lot of information to be gleaned from the diary.

For example, why did Xuanxuan want to come to this place for so long in the first place? Was there some kind of inexplicable attraction that made the "chosen people" flock to it?
For example, why is this place so little known despite its intact and clean houses?
Having ruled out human intervention, the only possibility left is that it's a trap set by some supernatural element for humanity.

After a few minutes of silence in the room, Miss Cat spoke again:
"What are those people who look just like us in the middle of the lake? Are they the pseudo-human beings who knocked on the door on the third night?"

There are monsters in the night fog, but according to the diary and the actual situation, monsters don't knock on the door in the middle of the night.

The unusual circumstances that occurred on the third night naturally bring to mind variables such as disappearances and figures in the lake.

Ji Yi nodded: "That thing is called a 'Lake Man.' It appears whenever you get close enough to the lake."

"The people in the lake will look like the people they imitate, only mirror images. They will kill the original and take its place, then imitate the original by doing some stereotypical and repetitive behaviors."

"Logically speaking, the people in the lake wouldn't attack anyone other than the original owner of this body. So we can be sure that it was them knocking on the door, but there must be other reasons that led to the accident after the third night."

By now, we've basically exhausted all the analyzable clues inside the house.

We'll have to wait until daytime to check out the other houses.

There are quite a few houses by the lake. Besides the house where the five of them lived, there are many abandoned ones. Because the previous group of visitors had cleared out space here, the players also spent the night in the same house.

"Miss Cat, go to sleep."

"Okay, you'll sleep on the floor."

Ji Yi: "?"

How can someone with a mouth that's 37 degrees Celsius speak words that's minus 38 degrees Celsius?
Miss Cat moved quickly and took out the sheets and blankets and threw them on the ground.

Ji Yi: "Isn't this a bad idea? If Ye Luoyan sees us tomorrow, won't our disguise have been for nothing?"

Miss Cat nodded: "That makes sense. Then you can wear this to sleep."

She took out a collar from somewhere, with chains on it.

Ji Yi: "???"

"If you're going to put on an act, you have to go all the way, right?" Miss Cat pressed closer. "Since you've already started meowing, what's wrong with wearing a collar?"

"."

This woman's vengefulness is terrifying.

I really want to go back and go on a date with the gentle and considerate Miss Xie.
The next morning.

According to the timeline of the game, this is the third day since the five people arrived here.

"Wake up, everyone! Time for the exciting exploration dungeon!"

As Ye Luoyanyu spoke in a casual tone, she "accidentally" pushed open the door to Ji Yi and the other person's room.

"Oh my~ You two had a great time last night."

Ji Yi was curled up on the floor mat, the chain of the collar around her neck extending towards the bed and ending at a slender hand. Her clear, cold eyes looked towards Ye Luoyanyu.
"roll."

Leaves falling in the misty rain gave me a jolt:
"Oh dear~ that's quite a killing intent. I almost thought you were going to kill me. This isn't a competitive dungeon, we're all in the same boat."

I could feel the air getting colder.

"Alright, alright, I understand. It was my fault for being impolite. I won't disturb your tender moment any longer. Young man, you have a bright future ahead of you; I have high hopes for you!"

With that, he closed the door and left.

Inside the house, Ji Yi listened to the footsteps gradually fading away as she went downstairs.

Remove the neck collar:
"His persona is so convincing, I don't know how he plans to 'deceive' us."

He casually got up and tidied up the bedding on the floor: "Little kitty, pour me a glass of water."

Miss Cat: "."

But she still went and got a glass of water for Ji Yi.

"Right now, he is more dangerous to us than the copy. The only thing we can do is exploit his lack of knowledge about us to create an information gap and set traps for him."

Ji Yi drank some water and began to explain her thoughts.

"Gu Hong should have understood my hint yesterday, and he will warn Chang Kong. In other words, only Ye Luo Yan Yu himself doesn't know that the four of us are on guard against him. It's time for us to put on a show of acting skills here."

The mornings are colder than the nights.

Miss Cat took a pair of pants, sat on the bed, and slipped them under her skirt.
"Are you so sure he'll definitely sabotage us in this instance?"

Ji Yi smiled faintly: "Of course."

He also found a coat and put it on:
"Faced with immense temptation, someone like him will definitely be tempted. Even if he doesn't directly take action in this instance, he'll still be plotting something. I know the tricks of a skilled conman very well, which is why I painstakingly played the role of a useless gigolo, making him think I'm the easiest to fool."

As they spoke, the two finally got ready to depart, and Ji Yi gave them her final instructions:

"Remember, any information he provides in the instance could be false. Only I can be absolutely certain whether he is lying, so be careful when you are alone with him. If it is necessary to travel with him, I am undoubtedly the best choice."

Miss Cat nodded: "Okay, then be careful."

"Of course, little kitty."

As Ji Yi spoke, she grabbed Miss Cat's waist and then felt a struggle.

"When you're acting, you have to go all the way."

As he spoke, Ji Yi put his arm around Miss Cat's waist and went out, while limping towards the door as he pretended to press his anus.

Upon seeing this, the cat in her arms let out a pleasant sneer, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily curved up.

But when she saw Ji Yi looking at her, she pursed her lips and hid her smile.

'Girls aren't that hard to please.'

Thinking this, Ji Yi and Miss Cat came downstairs together.

Two minutes later.

"It's too slow~ We've been waiting for you all."

Seeing the two of them come downstairs, Xiao Yi Chang Kong stopped talking before he could finish his sentence.

hiss.
It hurts to look at it.

After all, it howled for a full two hours. Schrödinger's cat is too ferocious. It's one thing to play fancy tricks, but couldn't it be a little gentler?

Ji Yi will be beaten by the caregivers in the nursing home in the future.

No, that's not right. Anyway, this is in a game, and it seems like the two of them have never met in real life.

At this moment, Ji Yi removed his hands from his buttocks and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting. It's getting cold, and my hands and feet are not very nimble. It took me a while to change my clothes."

Seeing this, Ye Luoyanyu simply smiled and sat leisurely on the sofa.

Drunkard, not wanting to waste time, went straight to the point:
"Alright, now that everyone's here, Ye Luo, tell us what you discovered last night."

"Got it."

Ye Luoyan straightened her posture slightly and took out a notebook:

"This is an important record left by a man named Zhang Lang from the previous group of visitors. It mentions things related to 'sacrifice.'"

The voice just fell.

The other four people present each showed different expressions.

Zui Wan Gu Hong seemed to have undergone professional training; he always had a poker face, making it difficult to discern his thoughts.

Xiao Yi Chang Kong revealed more curiosity than anything else. He peeked out for a moment, then seemed to remember something and pulled his neck back in.

Xie Jiayi made no attempt to hide her disgust for Ye Luoyanyu; from Ye Luo's perspective, such a reaction was normal.

She believed that this attitude had achieved the best of both worlds, and that in the subsequent story progression, she could legitimately use "personal grudges" to refute all of Ye Luo's opinions.

So, what's going on with Ji Yi?
Feeling Ji Yi's affectionate gaze, Xie Jiayi felt her hair stand on end.

His gaze, so intense it seemed as if he might kiss her lips at any moment—whichever one of them.

Hsieh Chia-yi knew that this was just Ji Yi pretending to be clueless.

Previously, Ji Yi had remained calm and composed despite wearing various fancy styles underneath.

Acting in this kind of play is a piece of cake for him now.

Speaking of which...
All those erotic outfits I wore to trick him out of were always silently seen by him without a word.
There was an indescribable sense of shame and indignation.

Just pinch him.

"Hi~ah~"

Ji Yi let out a soft gasp.

Chang Kong took two steps back as if he had seen something dirty.

Gu Hong remained silent.

Ye Luoyan chuckled upon hearing this: "It's understandable that young people are hot-blooded, but we're in the Nightmare instance right now, so we need to focus on important matters. You can play when you have more free time."

Without waiting for Ji Yi and the other person to react, he began reading aloud from a page in the notebook:

"On the third night, He Yong and Wang Xiaoqing returned."

"But the two of them were acting strangely, like they were in a daze, and they wouldn't answer when asked what happened."

“I don’t believe they could survive in that kind of fog. There must be something wrong with them, so I argued with them and didn’t let Li Ming and Xuanxuan open the door.”

"The next day, we planned to investigate the lakeside cabin, and then I discovered some kind of sacrificial ritual in the basement of the largest building."

"The sacrificial ceremony requires five people."

"People need to be killed by the monster in sequence for the sacrifice to be completed."

“I think this might be the reason we were recruited here, but we have no chance to resist. We have all been to the lake, and the ‘Lake Man’ will relentlessly hunt us down. We can’t get out.”

"Everyone is bound to die here."

"Having learned the truth, I wrote these down, hoping they might help someone who accidentally wanders into this place in the future."

The poem "Leaves Fall and Rain Falls" has been finished.

[I'm sure you've already noticed that I've marked all the lies told by Ye Luoyanyu with quotation marks.]

[If you're thinking, "Wouldn't he explode if I just snatched the notebook from him?"]

Please take a look at this first.

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