Chapter 1048: Oh my, the survival variety show meets an ex! 18

Yu Sui thought he could really let go, at least in the past six months he had grown accustomed to not thinking of Jin Chen.

But upon seeing each other again, he couldn't help wanting to get close.

Jin Chen felt pity, and through the sleeping bag gently patted the youth's back, "You'll know, be good."

The zipper was opened a little again, Yu Sui revealed his eyes, timidly, "So when this ends… will you still leave?"

Jin Chen poked his nose tip, "Let's first make it out alive, then talk."

"Oh."

Yu Sui lay back down, looking up at the tent ceiling.

I thought the youth would finally sleep peacefully this time, but Jin Chen closed his eyes, his consciousness turning hazy, and he heard a soft inquiry.

"How have you been these past two years?"

Jin Chen turned over, hugged the person and patted them, blurting out, "Pretty good, don't overthink."

Listening to the even breathing beside him, Yu Sui said no more, secretly glanced at Jin Chen's sleeping face, his fingers tracing the outline in the air.

These two years, removed from the organization's internal strife, perhaps Jin Chen was truly happy.

If Jin Chen is safe, then my sorrow these past two years doesn't matter; anyway… I've found him now.

Yu Sui withdrew his hand, shifted into Jin Chen's embrace, found a comfortable position and closed his eyes.

——

The night's weary deep sleep was shattered by a scream.

Jin Chen and Yu Sui opened their eyes almost simultaneously, met gazes for half a second, then immediately got up and went out.

Others also came out of their tents one after another, faces heavy with sleep yet highly alert.

〖Scared the hell out of me! I originally wanted to watch a livestream and sleep, but even at night it's not safe! 〗

〖Also scared…… now I feel like the whole room is full of ghosts. 〗

The person who just screamed was Su Nai.

She caught her breath, calmed her emotions, and tried to speak quickly and completely.

"Bai Xuan's corpse was dragged away, and Shen Yi pursued."

She shone her flashlight, the beam pointing at the corner where Bai Xuan's corpse had been placed.

Now the corpse has vanished, leaving only an indistinct lump of flesh.

Yu Sui walked over, squatted down, examined carefully, "It's organs."

He said, then pushed aside the weeds and found claw marks on the ground.

Jin Chen stroked his chin, thinking, "The dragged-away corpse left claw marks… which actually match the fourth diagram."

Lin Gui, startled, stammered, "So… the nine people lying down refers to when we fell asleep."

He suddenly felt a chill all over, touched the jade pendant at his neck, as if drawing energy and courage from it.

"The pattern is suspiciously accurate."

As he spoke, Shen Yi returned with a grim face, shaking his head at them.

"Not human, like some large reptilian beast, moving so fast I couldn't catch up."

"And furthermore…"

She gagged, took a few deep breaths, "And moreover, Bai Xuan's corpse was torn open by that beast… blood trailed all the way."

"Ugh!"

Jiang Ting already felt uneasy seeing the bloody organs; this remark made him unable to hold back, he turned and vomited.

Xie Shao was on the verge of collapse, "They won't spare any corpses… they won't spare any corpses! How can we escape?"

He Chao: "We must decipher the remaining symbols quickly, otherwise the dead will only increase."

Zhong He, hearing that, carried over the stone tablet placed beside the fire; Jin Chen walked over to look, and shone his flashlight on it a few times.

"Huh," Jin Chen exclaimed, touching the stone lattice, his tone bewildered.

"This thing is interesting, but you can't see it at night."

No matter how bright the flashlight, when it hits the lattice it reflects away, making the patterns and symbols inside impossible to see clearly.

Jin Chen looked up at the dark moon shrouded by clouds, "Could it be that only sunlight during the day can reveal the stone lattice pattern?"

"What do we do then?!"

Xie Shao weakly stepped back, his messy hair framing eyes bloodshot, "Are we just supposed to sit and wait to die? The killer can't be found, and the prophecy can't be seen!"

Yu Sui glanced at him, "Stupid."

Jin Chen: "The guess is that deciphering the daytime pattern and deaths happen simultaneously."

"If the pattern can't be seen at night, then no one will die."

He stood up, hands behind his back, shaking his head in lament.

"A dull mind is truly fatal."

Xie Shao was left speechless by the remark, angrily storming into his own tent.

Su Nai muttered, letting her imagination run wild, "So tonight is peaceful night, and we need to find… the werewolf hidden among the victims?"

Jin Chen suddenly turned his head to look at her, "What did you just say?"

Su Nai was frightened, "Wolf… werewolf?"

"Werewolf Kill." Jin Chen tilted his head, then looked again at the stone tablet.

"Prophet."

"Damn, really?" Shen Yi was shocked by this guess, "The prophet doesn't mean that."

"A prophet can check… werewolf identity."

Shen Yi slowly widened his eyes, "Seems… so as well."

It wasn't blatantly stated in the stone tablet compartments that the murderer was holding a knife, right?

〖Ah? Ah? 〗

〖This island is basically a huge Werewolf game…? 〗

〖It feels like, from looking for the last map fragment, needing to start clearing levels, their schedule doesn't match the Program Team's preview……〗

This guess is bold and novel, yet inexplicably matches their current situation.

Jin Chen simply sat cross-legged to analyze; Lin Gui and He Chao also joined in, but they kept a distance from them.

Yu Sui had never played Werewolf; she silently leaned against Jin Chen's side, listening, and as soon as she sat down, Jin Chen pulled her hand over.

He looked at Jin Chen's solemn face, then at the hand being pinched and played with, pursed his lips without speaking, and his brows and eyes relaxed.

If the prophet is the stone tablet, the werewolf is the murderer, and the night when the stone tablet cannot be seen is Christmas Eve, then there should also be……

Jin Chen counted Yu Sui's fingers, saying, "Hunter, witch, and so on."

The corner of his mouth curled up, his languid aura retracted, the oppressive feeling dispersed from his soul, and his sharp gaze fell on the camera.

So, who is controlling this game?

〖Ah? What are you looking at me for, I'm not! 〗

〖Hahaha, why is Chengzi suddenly looking at the camera? You scared me! 〗

At that moment, the underground laboratory.

The person on the sofa snorted coldly, the Yingying screen's light shone on the chin, and they locked eyes with Jin Chen from afar.

Do you think you've discovered the game's rules?

But it's far from that.

He tapped the armchair, saying, "Prepare for the next selection."

On the experimental table lay the disemboweled Bai Xuan, replacing another corpse.

【Host, just now Bai Xuan was dragged away, the two protagonists' monitoring screens showed no change, Bai Xuan's death should be unrelated to the protagonists.】

【Do you think this is a prophecy or man-made?】

At night, unable to see the stone tablet, everyone could only go rest; Jin Chen lay flat in his sleeping bag chatting with 0731.

【Each accounting for half.】

The symbols on the stone tablet don't look like they were carved only in recent years; perhaps on this land, an ancient tribe that once had prophets once lived.

But by now, people who had discovered their existence have long used them, and then screened ten people who met the conditions to enter.

Jin Chen took out a few listening devices from his backpack, hid them in his sleeves, closed his eyes, and went to sleep again.