It feels a bit off if we don't solve this problem.
"Let's call them Undead. After breaking the glass, where did these Undead escape to? When we arrived, we didn't find any extra boats around the island, and the Undead couldn't possibly leave by boat. They don't have a way to leave this island, so they should still be on the island." Nightmare recalled that there should be many unexplored caves and similar places on the island. Could they be in the caves?
Yu Xing remained silent for two seconds. He thought that this island shouldn't have any special places before the organization arrived.
And through the organization's cultivation of the "Undead" and the production of monsters, the island gradually gained the ability of "illusion".
The closer to the center, the stronger the illusion. It should be most related to the factor that the "Undead" stayed in the vessels for the longest time, so it should be related to something left behind in this organization.
If the illusions were brought by the organization's cultivated "Undead", then Yu Xing already knew the answer to where the Undead went.
On the first day, when all the deductionists just landed, the hint had already been given.
"It's the sea."
Yu Xing said.
"The sea? Are you saying that the Undead entered the sea?" Carlos was a bit surprised, but it wasn't impossible to think about it.
This ability, except for the lack of singing, was actually somewhat similar to the Sirens in Greek mythology, both using illusions to kill.
It's just that the Undead with physical bodies and the indescribable feeling of breaking the vessels and entering the sea, why did it resemble the Cthulhu style so much?
Don't think too much about it, thinking too much will drive you insane.
"But how do you know it's the sea?" Nightmare asked. At that time, she was focused on finding other deductionists when she got off the ship and didn't pay much attention to the sea.
Yu Xing smiled.
The illusion power in the sea was even stronger than the center of the island. He just took a few more glances at it and felt depressed all over.
That was the unstoppable and immensely powerful illusion.
If it wasn't for Old Liu covering his eyes with his hand, he would have felt uncomfortable for a while.
At that time, he didn't know what was beneath the dark and deep sea surface. Now, after some speculation, everything connected.
These Undead didn't go far and were always lingering in the sea area around the Undead Island, dragging anyone who gazed at the sea into the abyss.
This was probably the complete story of this deduction. As for what the Undead looked like and what the organization personnel encountered that made them leave in a hurry, it might be told in another deduction, experienced by another group of higher-level deductionists.
"Wait a minute." As Yu Xing was thinking, his eyebrows suddenly raised.
Carlos almost understood the plot in Yu Xing's analysis and made a questioning monosyllable sound, "Hmm?"
"Old Liu." Yu Xing narrowed his eyes and put his hands in the pockets of his casual clothes, murmuring, "Something's not right with this Old Liu."
Old Liu had been acting strange since the first day. Yu Xing originally thought it was a common behavior among the team members who were in the know, but later, after getting to know Wu Runhao and resolving Fang Yao, he found that these two were quite normal.
Even though they knew the purpose of coming to the island and knew that there were things in the world that science couldn't explain, they didn't seem to fear anything like Old Liu did.
Especially when Old Liu covered his eyes and didn't let him look at the sea, he said something.
"Don't laugh, this is a serious matter. Didn't Boss Fang tell you not to look at the sea?"
It was this sentence that made Yu Xing think that Fang Yao, Wu Runhao, and the others also had this "common knowledge".
But now, thinking about it, on the third day on the ship, he ran around and often went to the first class, but Fang Yao never mentioned not looking at the sea.
So Old Liu's understanding was different from the others. Did he know something?
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However, the three of them had been wandering in the organization for a long time, and it was almost dark outside.
The deduction was about to end.
After thinking for a while, Yu Xing felt that it was unnecessary to dwell on whether Old Liu had been a member of the organization before.
At least Old Liu didn't harm him.
Perhaps this was also a puzzle left for other deductions.
With a certain persistence, the three of them wandered between the various floors for a while, visiting the empty archives, the desks without power, and so on. When it was completely dark outside, the space became dim, and they couldn't see anything clearly, they finally left the organization.
The swarm of moths on the wall began to stir.
After finding a comfortable place to rest for a long time, the five-day countdown of the deduction ended, and three more doors appeared in front of them.
Opening this door would return them to the preparation space.
The system prompt appeared in a timely manner. Yu Xing stretched and nodded to Carlos and Nightmare, then casually pushed open a door and stepped in.
He returned to the pitch-black corridor with only one big screen lit up. The screen had changed, divided into two sections. The top was scrolling bullet comments, and the bottom was densely packed with reward statistics.
Congratulations on completing the deduction rookie competition - Undead Island.
Congratulations on successfully completing the hunting mission.
The following is the evaluation of this deduction open to the audience.Case truth restoration degree: 90. Due to the numerous plot branches in the Undead Island map, most of which require pre-quests from other maps in the absurd world where Undead Island is located, this restoration degree only calculates the exploration of the mainline abandoned institution on the island.
Congratulations on obtaining the title: Plot Enthusiast
Plot Enthusiast: Wearing this title, the score bonus for "Plot Expert" evaluation increases by 10. The title system can be unlocked by promotion of the Deductionist.
Personality Alteration Degree Increase: 1
Score: S
Deduction Points Earned: 600 fixed points for the newcomer competition
The total amount of reward points is: 8648
The reward points will be split fifty-fifty with the system, total points after the split: 4924
The final ranking is as follows:
Yu Xing: 4924
Magician: 3940
Nightmare: 2014, points halved due to unfinished hunt
Prophet, Ghoul: Dead
Note: To prevent the rhythm from being disrupted by factors such as sacrifices during live streaming, all live deduction will have the personality mask fragments of the deceased deductionists recycled by the system.
Yu Xing didn't show much interest in the mentioned title system. Instead, he was more concerned about the Personality Alteration Degree column. A one percent increase was something that had never happened to him before.
Previously, it was always zero growth.
It was like he had bought a health-lock cheat in a game, but this time, the health-lock cheat failed, and he lost health.
Where did the problem lie?
He remained calm on the surface, glancing at the barrage of comments.
The audience could also see the final statistics on the screen this time. They discussed the data from various aspects, and in the end, they also focused on the Personality Alteration Degree.
Yu Xing's Personality Alteration Degree only increased by 1!? This is the first time I've seen such a small increase!
Illusions like these are actually very mentally draining, constantly worrying about falling into the illusion, shouldn't the Personality Alteration Degree increase significantly??
Look at the Magician and Nightmare, one has 3 and the other 4, theirs are normal, it's not a problem with the deduction, it's Yu Xing's problem.
Yu Xing has something.
Yu Xing: Well, I can't figure out anything from the comments.
He recalled a bit and felt that this one percent increase should have occurred in the institution when he saw the glass vessel and couldn't control himself.
That scene reminded him of some very old memories, memories like nightmares.
After politely greeting the barrage of comments, Yu Xing chose to exit the space and return to reality.
It was still midnight in reality. Yu Xing felt a bit tired, said goodnight to Qu Xianqing, whose expression was slightly strange, and then yawned and went to sleep.