Chapter 49 – Desperate situation?

Are the rules invalid when you close your eyes?

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 the arms of the fire demon, their faces extremely ugly.

As the roller coaster came to a stop, the six Lingjing travelers received a notification sound at the same time:

[Next round opening time: 04:58:20]

"In five minutes, the next round will begin..." Sun Wukong, sitting in the back row, looked at the headless body of the river god in front of him, his face tense.

"If the rule of closing your eyes is invalid, then in the next round, someone among us will still die. We need to find the rule quickly. Have you found anything?"

The fire demon still had a look of horror on his face. He threw the head out of the car and turned his head impatiently, saying, "If we have to close our eyes the whole time, who can find the rule?"

Kui Weiren furrowed his brows as a father, "If the rule of closing your eyes has already changed, then we need to find the rule again, or someone will still die in the next two rounds."

Xi Chi bit her flaming red lips and said, "From the moment we decided to ride the roller coaster, I have been paying attention, but I haven't found any valuable clues or information."

Without clues and information, it means that they cannot make targeted plans and can only use the dumbest way - trial and error.

But the cost of trial and error...

Sun Wukong's face was ugly, "How could an S-level Lingjing provide clear and specific clearance information? If it were that simple, it wouldn't be called S-level."

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

Her eyes were filled with tears, looking pitiful and guilty.

Sun Wukong quickly said, "It's okay, it's useless to say these things now. No information doesn't mean there is no way. While we still have time, let's discuss it..."

He paused and continued, "If the rule of closing your eyes has already changed, there are only two possibilities. One is that the rule of the roller coaster has become one death per ride, and the river god is proof of that. Two, we missed the opportunity to observe while closing our eyes."

Xishi's eyes brightened slightly, as if she was looking at him with new eyes. "So we can't close our eyes from now on."

Zhang Yuanqing listened to his companions' discussion, his thoughts drifting...

"First, exclude supernatural elements. Although the active skills are blocked, as a night god, I can still sense the souls. If it is caused by the spirits in the amusement park, I cannot be completely unaware."

"For now, the roller coaster still has three rounds. Since this hasn't changed, why would the rule of closing your eyes change? Maybe... the killer is not the rule..."

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

Could it be the work of an evil person hiding in the team? How did he or she do it?

At this moment, Kui Weiren looked at the fire demon and suddenly asked, "Why didn't you speak up when the river god died? Why did you wait until the ride stopped?"

The fire demon raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

The middle-aged man still had a simple and honest appearance, and calmly said, "I'm just curious."

The fire demon stared at him and said loudly, "Of course I felt it. It fell into my arms. But could I speak up? Could I open my eyes? What if the next one to die was me if I spoke up?"

Kui Weiren didn't say anything more.Zhang Yuanqing asked, "When did he die, or rather, when did his head fall into your lap?"

The Fire Demon didn't hesitate, "When we were going down the second slope."

Zhang Yuanqing immediately looked towards Xie Lingxi, "You were right beside him, did you feel anything strange?"

Xie Lingxi shook her head, "I...I have a fear of heights and was too scared to notice anything around me..."

Zhang Yuanqing frowned deeply.

From the distribution of the seats, the most likely suspects were Xie Lingxi, the Fire Demon, and the Shameful Father.

The Monkey King, who was one seat away, could be ruled out as his transcendent physical abilities made it unlikely for him to undo his seatbelt, cross over the Fire Demon and the Shameful Father in the front row, and kill the River God in the second row.

Not to mention that he would be easily noticed by the two of them, and the kinetic energy of the roller coaster alone could have thrown him out.

Thinking this, Zhang Yuanqing turned his head to the petite girl. With her height and arm length, she would have to undo her seatbelt to turn around and kill someone.

So her possibility was not very high.

Next was to verify if the Fire Demon was lying and to confirm whether the River God really died during that time period... While the second round had not yet begun, Zhang Yuanqing closed his eyes and visualized his father's profile in his mind.

If the River God did not die during the high-speed rush of the roller coaster, then the time period when the murderer killed must have been during the slow climb at the beginning when the roller coaster's kinetic energy was low.

And with his ability to capture sound, he could directly lock onto the murderer.

As his father's facial features gradually became clear in his mind, Zhang Yuanqing's heart skipped a beat, and his brain boiled. The images from when he first entered the Ling Realm played back frame by frame.

He chewed on these images while patiently waiting.

Finally, they got on the ride, and when the two-person roller coaster slowly started, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't see anything because he had closed his eyes.

But the sound didn't disappear, and he caught the heartbeats and breathing of the seven people.

Then, there was Xie Lingxi's short scream, and the roller coaster plunged straight down, rushing towards the second hill with a rumbling sound. At this moment, a heartbeat from the back row disappeared...

"Ah, what's wrong with you..."

Xie Lingxi exclaimed, looking at her companion with blood flowing from her nose in astonishment.

The other members stopped arguing and looked over.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!" Zhang Yuanqing waved his hand, wiped away the blood, and forced his brain to endure the pain. He smiled, "I've had a habit of nosebleeds since I was young, especially when I see a pretty girl."

Xie Lingxi blushed at his words.

Xie Lingxi and the Fire Demon gave him suspicious looks, the Shameful Father only glanced at him, and the Monkey King in the back row took the opportunity to glance at Xie Lingxi's face and Xie Shi's chest.

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

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

"To take someone's head without making any noise, that's a bit scary... we must find a way to stop him. If he kills one person per round, after three rounds, there will only be four people left in the team, and we still have at least one more entertainment activity. How can we play?!"

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It was almost a death situation.

If the killer was not an evildoer but the rules of the roller coaster, the outcome would still be the same.

Zhang Yuanqing became more and more anxious, and cold sweat began to form on his forehead.Everyone is a suspect, including Xie Lingxi beside me and the last-ranked Monkey King... Zhang Yuanqing's gaze swept over everyone.

There was a frowning and contemplative Xie Lingxi, an uneasy-faced Xi Shi, a middle-aged man who remained silent, a Monkey King with hidden panic in his eyes, and a grumbling Fire Demon.

For a moment, he felt that all these people were acting, all with sinister intentions.

The crisis of this instance is not just an entertainment facility, but also within the realm of Lingjing Walkers... The Primordial Heavenly Venerable grumbled in his heart.

At the same time, another doubt flashed through his mind: why did the River God die?

Was it the random killing of an evil person, or was there another reason?

If I were a werewolf and had a chance to randomly kill someone, who would I kill? With this thought, Zhang Yuanqing had an answer in his mind.

Kill the smartest person in the team!

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

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