Xie Ze's face suddenly became confused, and after a while, he reacted and realized that this person was treating him as the murderer!

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not that twisted. If my girlfriend wants to leave, I would kill her? Am I still human?" He retorted impatiently, not panicking at this baseless accusation.

"Is that so?" Yu Xing looked skeptical.

"Of course, if you want to accuse me, you need to provide evidence." Xie Ze smiled and then paused. "How do you know that the person who died in reality was a woman?"

Yu Xing blinked. "I just guessed randomly. How do you know that only one person died in reality?"

This statement already sounded a bit confusing. Xie Ze was speechless, and the couple in the other cup also looked over.

"It's not good to make such guesses, Yu Xing." Ling Heng reminded.

Yu Xing immediately sat down, as if waking up from a dream, with a face full of apology. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. When Zhao Yijiu and I were on the bungee jump, we were cursed. Our emotions are amplified and uncontrollable. I just... um... I'm just a bit suspicious of everyone."

Anyway, it's free, so he can just make up some ghost stories.

The young couple exchanged glances.

"Forget it, it's okay... I understand." Xie Ze patted Yu Xing's shoulder, but the next second, he felt something was wrong.

It's hot.

The cup started to heat up.

Yu Xing's face changed, and he panicked. "It's starting. It's so hot. Is this cup an oven?"

Saying it's an oven is not accurate. At least the cup still had a large gap at the top.

"Damn." Xie Ze stood up abruptly. In a short period of time, the cup had become hot enough to fry an egg.

Yu Xing felt a wave of heat rushing from his soles to his feet and buttocks unstoppably. At this temperature, if no measures were taken, all the parts of his body that came into contact with the coffee chair would be ruined by the end of the game.

He had no choice but to stand up as well.

"Ah ah ah..." Chen Jiu also shouted, standing up and jumping in the cup. "It's so hot! What kind of deduction is this? It's all torturous activities. Do they want to turn us into roasted suckling pigs!?"

"Only you are a pig." Ling Heng wasn't panicking in this situation. He stood up and carefully avoided Chen Jiu's injured arm. "Come, I'll carry you."

"Bullshit, what about you if you carry me?" Chen Jiu spoke very directly and rudely rejected her boyfriend's kindness. "I take back what I said about the all-expenses-paid trip. It's too difficult, ah ah ah."

Ling Heng shook his head. Since the coffee chair cup was small, he turned around and supported Chen Jiu on his back.

"Forget that I have a sacrifice that can resist non-physical attacks?" He smiled, and a special cold aura emanated from him. Instantly, the heat coming from his feet and surroundings subsided a lot.

Xie Ze looked at them enviously.

"How long can you hold on?" Chen Jiu held onto Ling Heng's shoulder and asked worriedly.

"Which aspect are you referring to? If it's the sacrifice, it can protect two people and last for five minutes without any problem. As for me, I can carry you all day." Ling Heng's words were filled with a reassuring aura. Chen Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, but Xie Ze's eyes were filled with tears.

Well, he directly blocked his thoughts of taking advantage of the sacrifice.

He didn't have any suitable heat-insulating sacrifices. This is really... huh, why is it suddenly chilly next to him?

Suddenly, a wave of coldness came amidst the heat. Xie Ze subconsciously looked to the side and saw that Yu Xing's hand suddenly had a delicate Chinese-style lantern.

The candle inside the lantern was already lit, but it wasn't very noticeable under the artificial light ball in the dome. It could barely be seen through the cracks, with a translucent white candle body.

And as Yu Xing held the candlestick, a horrifying transformation slowly took place.

His handsome face gradually turned a grayish-blue color, and his eyes turned black.

The exposed skin that wasn't covered by clothing gradually emitted a strange luster, and his hair grew inch by inch. His whole person exuded a gloomy aura.

This change lasted for more than ten seconds. When Xie Ze was covered in sweat and his face was contorted, feeling like he was about to be cooked, Yu Xing finally stopped changing.

He had turned into a zombie.

His hair grew to shoulder length, his handsome face looked stiff, his dark circles were as prominent as a panda's, his eyes were completely black, emitting a ghostly aura, and his exposed nails were also black, sharp like small blades, giving off a strong sense of aggression.

"What is this!?" Xie Ze hadn't recovered yet and was already being carried by Yu Xing.

Yu Xing slowly spoke, his voice didn't change much, just became deeper. "Sacrifice, changing form, helping you out."

He just thought that this pseudo-ghostification form should be able to resist a lot of heat and make him more comfortable.

By the way, he could also take advantage of Xie Ze.

"Amazing." Xie Ze's feet finally escaped the torment. He wasn't tall, so being carried on Yu Xing's back didn't require much effort.

"Ghostification?" Ling Heng murmured in the other cup.

Chen Jiu noticed her boyfriend staring at someone and said, "Hey, Ling Heng, don't tell me you're..."

"Did you see it? It's ghostification! The ghostification of a living person! I've never seen a sacrifice like this before!" Ling Heng carried Chen Jiu on his back, but his gaze couldn't move away from Yu Xing. A suspicious eagerness appeared on his gentle face, and his voice became excited. "Yu Xing, is this the ability brought by the sacrifice?""Um..." Yu Xing noticed Ling Heng's abnormality and glanced over during the rotation of the cup.

He spoke slowly, paused for a moment, and continued, "After ghostification, my thinking... becomes much more rigid."

What a load of crap.

He's perfectly fine, thinking as lively as a rabbit.

But in front of these three people, he decided to put on an act.

Ling Heng didn't say anything more, the eagerness on his face didn't diminish, but instead intensified as he thought of something himself.

For the next four minutes, Yu Xing endured this gaze. By the three-minute mark, he even added Chen Jiu's resentful look.

Yu Xing: "..."

When the project ended, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The coffee chair quickly cooled down, and a white note appeared at the bottom.

"The deceased is among you."

Yu Xing's stiff ghost face showed no difference, but he keenly felt the change in Xie Ze's pupils when he put it down.

"Yu Xing, how did you end up in this state?" As soon as they left the facility, Ling Heng ran to Yu Xing's side and examined his corrupted body up and down. "A specter! It's a specter!"

"Um..." Yu Xing followed his examination.

"Are you still considered human or a ghost now?" Ling Heng became excited and eagerly grabbed his arm. "Can I ask you some questions?"

"Huh?" Yu Xing looked at him confusedly, perfectly portraying the appearance of his thoughts not keeping up, and nodded after two seconds. "Go ahead."

"How long can this state last?"

Yu Xing thought for a moment. "Thirty minutes."

"That long! Let's go over there. I want to ask you privately!" Ling Heng pointed in the direction of Alice Central Square. "Go to the middle, the safest place, okay?"

"Ah, here we go again." Chen Jiu looked at the two speechlessly, especially looking at Yu Xing with a gaze of pity.

"Is this your boyfriend...?" Xie Ze saw Ling Heng's posture and realized, "He's a biologist. Since becoming a deductionist, he has been studying certain things between humans and ghosts, uh, I can't explain it, but it's all sorts of messy stuff."

Chen Jiu looked at her abducted boyfriend with distress. "Don't be fooled by his usual normalcy. When it comes to scientific research, he's a complete science freak. He's always immersed in the laboratory all day long. That's why I said it's not a joke to have a government-funded vacation... He rarely gets a chance to take a break and accompany me. He finally took a break and came home last night, and I wanted to spend more time with him, anywhere is fine." She adjusted her bangs that poked her eyes and looked at Yu Xing, who nodded slowly, then was dragged away by Ling Heng.

It's not easy for Yu Xing to be chased after by her scientific research boyfriend.

She muttered to herself, "This dog... prioritizes work over his girlfriend."

Xie Ze laughed.

Since Ling Heng had questions to ask Yu Xing for research purposes, he and Chen Jiu couldn't follow them. They found a small round table in the rest area next to the coffee chair and sat down casually.

The four clues had already been gathered. Except for the detective, no one else needed to sit in on another project, unless there were too few clues and the suspect couldn't deduce two identities with certainty.

Ling Heng and Yu Xing's figures gradually moved away until they couldn't be seen anymore. Xie Ze covered his uncomfortable stomach, stretched his legs that had been tortured by the heat, and started a casual conversation. He asked Chen Jiu, who had been talking about her boyfriend's research results, "You care about him so much. You must love him, right?"

Chen Jiu paused and then nodded. "Of course, hmph, I was the one who pursued him in the first place. His personality is like this, indifferent to everything. I could feel that he liked me too back then, but if I wanted him to confess first, I'm afraid I was being delusional."

"Hahaha, he's quite interesting." Xie Ze laughed a few times and then asked, "If, I mean if. He's busy with his research and neglects you. Several promised dates were not fulfilled. Would you get angry?"

"Of course! How can work be more important than a girlfriend! And if you make a promise, you should keep it." Chen Jiu rolled her eyes in the direction Ling Heng left.

Xie Ze's expression became more serious. "Would you argue with him and break up because of this?"

Chen Jiu was stunned.

Being asked so many questions, she suddenly reacted.

Why was Xie Ze so concerned about this?

Chen Jiu felt a bit suspicious in her heart and couldn't help but look at Xie Ze.

She was now sitting face to face with Xie Ze, with a round table in between, somewhat similar in angle to when Yu Xing and Xie Ze were sitting in the coffee chair.

After sitting down, she noticed that Xie Ze's suit collar was slightly raised, revealing the lining that couldn't be seen when standing.

And she unintentionally glanced and found a thumb-sized dark red mark quietly stained at the collar where it would usually be covered by the suit.

What is that?

Chen Jiu wondered in confusion.

"Come on, tell me. Would you break up with your boyfriend because of this?" Xie Ze didn't notice her gaze and instead stared at Chen Jiu's lips, waiting for the answer about to come out of her mouth.

A faint fragrance of perfume, used by women, entered Chen Jiu's nose.

It was a cheap perfume, not elegant but rather a bit pungent.Chen Jiu thought, this perfume scent could have been left on Xie Ze by his girlfriend.

But, didn't Xie Ze say that his girlfriend had broken up with him? The fact that this scent was still present indicated that Xie Ze had seen his girlfriend not long before entering the game.

Well, it's not impossible that it could be from another woman... However, judging by the suit Xie Ze was wearing, his company must be decent. Would any female colleagues spray such cheap perfume?

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She then looked at the dark red stain inside Xie Ze's lining.

It must be blood.

A thought popped into Chen Jiu's mind, her gaze flickered, recalling the question Yu Xing had asked Xie Ze in the coffee chair.

Because your girlfriend wanted to break up, and you couldn't hold her back.

"Did you kill her?"