Officer Li did not look at Qiao Jiajin, but instead turned to Qi Xia and asked, "I do have something about Han Yimo ... Did you not finish something just now? What does Han Yimo's death mean? And what does that sword mean?"
Qi Xia narrowed his eyes and carefully sized up Officer Li, "Officer, you specialize in criminal investigation and I specialize in fraud, now you're asking me for advice on a case, won't that be strange?"
Officer Li helplessly lowered his head and said, "Having come to this kind of haunted place, how can 'criminal investigation' still come in handy?"
Qi Xia was slightly silent for a while after hearing this, and decided to tell him the clues he had thought of, "Officer, I can only say ... that it's possible that Han Yimo recognized that sword."
"Recognize?" Officer Li frowned, then nodded in a slightly thoughtful manner, "You're saying he's seen that sword before?"
"None of this is for you to consider anymore." Zixia said, "You're better off caring about your own situation."
"What do you mean?"
Qi Xia sighed and turned around to leave, but Officer Li pulled him back.
"Don't you go, what exactly is my 'situation'?"
Ringo covered his mouth and nose and came up to Officer Lee's ear, then whispered, "Mr. Officer, if Zixia doesn't want to say, I can say it for him, there are two places you have to be careful."
"Two?"
"That's right, first, the only one who can easily lift that huge sword is the crazy shopgirl present, and she's extremely strong, in other words, if Han Yimo was really killed by someone, then the shopgirl is the biggest suspect. You guys need to leave this place before it's too late."
Officer Li nodded with a heavy face and asked again, "And second?"
"The second is your 'teammates', they don't look trustworthy."
Officer Li's lips moved slightly as if he had thought of something.
Nowadays, on his side, there was Xiao Ran, a kindergarten teacher who was swayed by her emotions and didn't seem very smart, Zhang Chenze, a lawyer who was indifferent to everything and only looked at the pros and cons, and Dr. Zhao, who had once confronted himself and was somewhat self-centered.
Can the combination of the four of them trust each other if they encounter a life-threatening ordeal?
Officer Li did a long mental struggle before he finally spoke, "Qi Xia, in any case, I will use the convenience store as my home base and explore several nearby areas, and if you have any information ... you can also come to me to exchange it."
Qi Xia didn't agree or refuse, faintly glanced at him and turned to go.
The remaining few people didn't know what to say and followed.
Officer Li looked out at the backs of the four people for a while, and returned to the convenience store with Dr. Zhao and Xiao Ran.
How could he not know that the four people outside were more trustworthy at a critical moment, but they were going to collect the 'Dao', in other words, they were looking for death.
It wasn't safe to follow them.
If he wanted to survive smoothly nowadays, he could only find a base first and then think long and hard.
...
Qi Xia led a few people to keep moving forward, and it didn't take long for him to arrive at the square where he had descended yesterday.
He wanted to come here to confirm one thing.
That was the loud bell that he heard early in the morning.
Here, just like yesterday, there was a huge electronic display in the center, while a bronze bell hung above the display.
The giant bell rang when Han Yimo was assassinated.
Ringo blinked and spoke, "I seem to have heard the bell several times ..."
"Several times?" Qiao Jiajin gave a start and asked, "When?"
Ringo's pupils turned slightly as he recalled, "Do you guys remember ... the man whose head was shattered by the 'human goat' when we first woke up in the room? He also seemed to have a bell ringing as he died."
Sugar seemed to understand something, "Does that mean that ... every time someone dies, a bell is rung?"
Several people nodded their heads, feeling that this direction of speculation should be correct, and the bronze bell in front of them seemed to be like a funeral bell, informing the crowd of the number of people who had died.
"Not correct." Qi Xia shook his head, "That corridor we experienced, there are at least thousands of rooms, and while we were experiencing the 'game', people were dying in all the rooms, if this thing is a death knell, it's impossible that we would only hear the bell twice."
"This ..." Sweetness felt that what Zixia said made sense, but in that case, what exactly were the conditions for the giant bell to ring?
"Huh?" Ringo looked up at the display and realized it was empty, "I remember there was a line on this yesterday."
The crowd looked up and the words on it had indeed disappeared.
"It's like ... echoing or something ..." Joe said as he rubbed his chin, "I echoed Invocation?"
"I heard the echo of 'Inviting Disaster'." Zixia said.
"Ah yes ...," Qiao Jiajin nodded, "What does that mean?"
Qi Xia shook his head.
It wasn't something that you could know the meaning by 'guessing', they knew too little about the city.
What was the invocation of disaster? What was Echo? "And who was 'I'?
"Forget it, let's go look somewhere else."
Zixia turned around and was just about to leave when he was suddenly struck dumb.
In front of him was a withered, smiling face.
This face had appeared behind him from an unknown time, and was currently staring straight at him.
Qi Xia's pupils moved and he hurriedly took two steps back.
The remaining three people were also startled, in front of them was a withered old man who stood on his tiptoes, his body bent like a dead tree.
"I thought of it ...," the old man smiled faintly, revealing his only remaining tooth, "The question you asked me, I thought of it!"
Qi Xia was stared at by this old man and only felt chills on his back, "You're talking to me?"
The old man pursed his dry and cracked lips, "Young man, I know the answer! It's 'betting on your life' ah! As long as you bet your life, everything will be fine!"
He stretched out his hand with dirty nails, and was about to grab Qi Xia.
"We are so close to getting out! As long as you're willing to bet your life ..."
Qi Xia frowned and took a few more steps back, although he couldn't understand what the old man was saying, it was too weird that he was mouthing his life.
"Hello! Old man, who are you?" Qiao Jiajin opened his mouth somewhat suspiciously and asked, "Have you seen Qi Xia before?"
The old man's expression moved and he turned his head to look at Qiao Jiajin.
He opened his mouth with a complicated expression before asking, "You don't recognize me?"
"Why would I know you?"
The atmosphere was somewhat silent for a moment, the old man's cloudy eyes flickered continuously, and it was only after a long time that he finally thought of something: "So that's why ... you ... have already met the 'Heavenly Dragon'... ..."
"Sky Dragon?" The four men looked at each other.
"It's hopeless ..." The old man shook his head and slowly turned his back, "We can't fight him ... We're lost here forever! ... No wonder the 'Zodiac' is back again ..."
He chanted as he walked away, his back looking very forlorn.