Deceitful Game

Chapter 92 Bursting with Juicy Finger Cookies

Chapter 92 Bursting with Juicy Finger Cookies

"—Huh?"

Just as he was fiddling with his fingers, trying to examine its cross-section—

Ai Shiping, however, vaguely saw a metallic glint.

Reflected by the phone's light, it gleamed with a brass-colored glow.

"It looks like... there's something there?"

Could it be a key?

Ai Shiping was very quick-witted—he deduced from the snippets of the comments that Mingpo had probably skipped a level.

He found the necessary item to access the second floor: a master key. But retrieving it required a key.

Minpo solved the problem with brute force—but Ai Shiping's physical abilities weren't quite there. What Minpo could do, Ai Shiping might not be able to accomplish. Therefore, he still needed to find the key.

And now it seems that this is the puzzle on the first level.

The problem is —

How can I remove it myself?

The key was embedded very deep within the cross-section of the finger, taking the place of the original finger bone. It was like a deeply buried wisdom tooth, with only the pointed tip showing. In this situation, it was impossible to pull the wisdom tooth out without cutting open the gum.

Ai Shiping checked his belongings.

A stack of unused talismans, whose usage was unknown, a wooden sword, a bottle of water, and a bottle of cola. Besides that, there was only a cell phone—not even a pack of toilet paper.

The wooden sword wasn't even sharpened; it was impossible to cut your finger open with it.

Suddenly, a suggestion occurred to him, and Ai Shiping immediately tensed up.

"—No, really?"

But upon closer reflection—it seems that the answer he came up with is indeed true.

It seems unlikely that a sharp weapon will be found. Judging from the situation in Mingpo's area, most of the anomalies here can be resolved through physical means—therefore, the game is unlikely to provide effective self-defense weapons, as that would greatly reduce the sense of fear.

For example, if Ai Shiping were given a pistol right now, he wouldn't be so afraid.

If you give him a fully automatic rifle with plenty of bullets, then he'll be afraid of ghosts.

Then we can show the ghosts what it means to be instantly killed whether you show your face or not!

—Of course, that's just a casual remark.

If I were to actually give it to him, I'd rather not—after all, Ai Shiping has played some horror games.

Good news, you have a weapon now.

Bad news, you have weapons now.

In horror games, "having weapons" and "being able to run away" are two extremely unsettling signs. This means that the situation becomes one where "you can barely cope if you have these things."

If that's the case, then the news mentioned "choking to death," and the baby just now was vomited out of its throat—

Clearly, the answer lies within the riddle itself.

Ai Shiping grinned, but still reluctantly hardened his heart.

He put the pale finger in his mouth and bit down hard.

As blood spurted from his lips, flesh was bitten off by his teeth.

But you can't taste the bones inside.

Although when touched, it showed no signs of bleeding, and Ai Shiping's hand was not even dirty.

But when you bite into it, the finger biscuit even bursts with juice.

The rusty taste instantly filled his mouth, and he couldn't quite tell whether it was the taste of blood or the taste of a key.

"Pooh."

Ai Shiping did not swallow the flesh and blood; instead, he spat it out.

He took out the water he carried with him and rinsed his mouth three times before he felt the odor in his mouth had lessened considerably.

He said with a pained expression, "So that's why we prepared so much water here!"

He only bit off half of his finger, revealing the golden teeth at the front of the key, so the key could still be used.

Leaving a handle makes it easier to tighten.

Thinking this, Ai Shiping put the key into his inner pocket.

This should be the key to the security room. I just don't know if it's for opening the door, the table, or both.

He carefully investigated several more restaurants, but found no other clues or other keys.

"I hope I don't have to look for the fuse again—"

Ai Shiping said with some helplessness, "I hope this key can be used twice."

After all, he didn't know where to look for a second key if there was one.

We can't possibly look at every single room.

Even when the imperial court confiscated property, no one came to do it alone.

He wasn't referring to "finding a fuse" in the narrow sense, but rather to groping around in the dark looking for something.

In general, this type of horror game is set in a state of power outage to create a dark atmosphere. To restore power and thus restore lighting or activate mechanisms, players must collect fuses that are not known where they are located.

This kind of search is usually not like solving a puzzle like "finger biscuits" with clues; it's just a relentless search that deliberately makes you anxiously search every room.

After all, if you don't carefully examine all the details of the room, wouldn't the modeling time be wasted?

Ai Shiping stood at the restaurant entrance, slowly shining the lights into the entire restaurant, trying his best to remember all the details of the restaurant, such as how many tables there were, how many chairs there were, what the layout was like, and so on.

He didn't know what he might need later, or that he might not be able to come back. He could only use this opportunity to memorize everything he could.

Three minutes later, he memorized all the details, then grabbed his water bottle, hugged his doll, held up his phone, and followed the instructions from the live chat to turn around and leave.

Long after he left, a girl pushed open the door and came out of the restroom.

She gazed in the direction Ai Shiping had left, and after a long while, she let out a clear, ethereal laugh.

He seemed quite satisfied.

On the other side...

Mingpo has already gone up to the second floor.

After that strange monkey monster appeared, there were no other frightening elements in his room.

—No, to be precise, there are some.

However, Mingbo completely ignored elements such as "a slight noise suddenly appeared, like a marble falling on the ground", "a strange wind came from behind when turning the corner", and "the window in front suddenly closed by itself".

Because it doesn't make any sense.

If a room door suddenly closes, Mingpo will perk up – it clearly means that the room needs to be explored.

This wooden door can't stop him at all, and closing it is pointless.

Now that he has a hammer and screwdriver, he can force open the door lock even without a key card.

Mingpo felt a little nostalgic for "Frankenstein." If he had "Frankenstein's" blessing, he could have kicked open this flimsy plywood door with a single kick, saving a lot of effort.

I always feel that "detectives" are useless.

Ming Po cursed.

He now only hopes that the evolved form of "detective directly killing criminals" can give him a little surprise.

We tough detectives have to be able to fight!

If you don't hold a gun to a prisoner's head, who will listen to your reasoning calmly?

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