Chapter 349: Plot Simulation (3)

Text message drafts:

First rule: Lying is prohibited.

Second rule: Talking to oneself is prohibited.

Third rule: Possibly, should, high probability, maybe, or, if; these are all words to evade a lie.

Fourth rule: Stating one's identity and past is prohibited.

Fifth rule: In the rules, whoever is at a disadvantage, target them; it's best to kill them.

Wang Dazhu's phone also had five draft text messages, but they were somewhat different from Li Jianguo's.

'The first four rules are easy to understand.'

'The first three rules prohibit lying, as well as teaching me how to evade a lie.'

'If my guess is correct, there's a high probability that the person of this body was instilled with the memories of someone else—namely 【my】 memories—and now he only retains 【my】 memories.'

'The key is the fifth rule.'

'Target the person at the most disadvantage in the rules?'

Thinking up to here.

Wang Dazhu hurriedly searched for the rules, finally finding them in the 【Group Chat】 announcement.

After finishing reading the rules.

'Killer A is obviously being targeted. If he wants to clear the stage, he can only follow the fourth clearance condition: namely, Killer B and C die, and Killer A doesn't expose their identity.'

'It seems that Killer A is the person this body of mine wants to kill.'

'What is my identity?'

'My name is Wang Dazhu.'

'I am a neighborhood security guard.'

'My memory is only this much.'

Wang Dazhu surveyed the room's environment.

This was an ordinary residential house. There were no signs of a struggle in the house, nor any clues regarding the killer. However, judging from the information in the photos, the homeowner was an Old Man, and a solitary Old Man at that.

'In that case, I should be an Old Man who has nothing to do after retirement, working as a security guard in the neighborhood.'

'Then, I am a civilian.'

Deducing up to here, Wang Dazhu casually tossed the Property Deed aside, and suddenly a piercing pain came from his arm.

He looked over.

He found that the arm, near the shoulder position, was wrapped with gauze. It seemed to have been injured previously.

'I am injured, and I am a civilian. In that case, I am very close to the crime scene. It might have been out of a desire to help, or something else, that I was injured by one of the three killers.'

Thinking of this, he looked at the door.

'The crime scene is either the opposite door, or the two neighboring rooms.'

'As a security guard, and an elderly security guard at that, under what circumstances would I still go out after seeing a murder happen, and even end up injured by the killer?'

'From the rules, it can be deduced that Killer C seems to have a privilege.'

'What kind of people have a privilege?'

'From birth to one year after graduation, there are actually corresponding privileges.'

'Simply put: child, student, recent graduate. When these three words are spoken from the mouths of the corresponding three types of people, others often offer some tolerance.'

'For example: He's still a child. He's still a student. He just graduated.'

'Of course, besides these people, there are also pregnant women, families of martyrs, disabled people, as well as the elderly or the sick and so on.'

'But, when a life-or-death crisis occurs, the people who truly enjoy privileges are only two types.'

'Children and pregnant women.'

'I am an Old Man. It's impossible for me to get wounded going out just to protect a university student, right? The university student should protect me instead.'

'Killer C shouldn't be a pregnant woman, so the most likely is a child.'

However, these were Wang Dazhu's deductions without evidence. Judging from the contents of the text messages, lying was prohibited, therefore it was impossible for him to say these deductions out loud.

He was just using deductions to give himself a preliminary guess about the entire incident, preparing for unexpected situations that might occur later.

He fumbled a Cigarette Case from his pocket and lit one up.

Leaning against the sofa.

He opened the 【Group Chat】.

Group chat:

【1801】: What's going on? It seems like I've lost a lot of my memories.

【1802】: Same here.

【1803】: Same here.

【1804】: From the announcement, I deduced that I am actually Killer B!

【1805】: Sorry, I am Killer C, you better stay far away from me.

【1806】: You guys exposed your identities so quickly, doesn't that mean I, as Killer A, have guaranteed a win?

【1807】: Thanks to the three of you, now it can be ruled out that 1804 is Killer B, it can be ruled out that 1805 is Killer C, and it can further be ruled out that 1806 is Killer A.

【1808】: What if, I mean what if, someone among the three of them is telling the truth?

Looking at the contents in the group chat, Wang Dazhu also wanted to send something, but upon seeing the words 【Elderly Security Guard】 on his main page, he chose to give up.

'These four characters 【Elderly Security Guard】... can only I see them, or...'

So he continued to lurk.

【1806】: Strange, why hasn't 1809 spoken?

【1802】: Can you guys check the group members' information? I don't have permission.

【1803】: In that case, 1809 should be the group owner. Usually, in a neighborhood group, property management is the group owner.

Seeing this, Wang Dazhu recalled that just now when searching for information in the room, he had indeed seen a bunch of keys in the master bedroom.

'Could it be that I'm also a wealthy Old Man who collects Rent every day?'

'No!'

He tapped on the phone's 9-key keyboard.

Sending a message.

【Group Chat】:

【1809】: I'm watching.

'As expected!'

'Everyone has their own identity, which they can see themselves on the group's main page.'

'Including the three killers; their main pages shouldn't say killer. After all, the announcement mentioned that the nine people can deduce their identities from their respective rooms. If the main page wrote killer, that would be seeing the identity, not deducing the identity.'

'But what should I do next?'

Following the message sent by Wang Dazhu, the group fell into silence. Obviously, all nine people knew that continuing to chat would only yield a bunch of interfering information, which was meaningless.

Wang Dazhu got up and tried to push the door, only to find the door couldn't be pushed open at all.

'The door is locked dead!'

'But, according to the announcement, the killing mechanism of the three killers requires everyone to go outside.'

'Could this be a plotline?'

'The plotline hasn't started yet?'

'Then the significance of the group chat...'

Thinking of this.

Wang Dazhu tapped the 9-key keyboard again.

He had just typed the words 【My shoulder is injured】, then deleted them. Observe secretly first.

Soon after.

【1808】: My memory seems to be reminding me that I need to go pull the power switch.

After this message appeared, Wang Dazhu could basically be certain that the function of the group chat was to discuss the plotline.

He also clearly knew that the content sent by 1808 had watered-down components.

For example, whose power switch to pull?

'In other words, 1808 might be one of the three killers, otherwise why would he need to pull the power switch if there's nothing going on?'

'At the same time, if 1808 knows whose power switch specifically to pull, then 1808 should have deduced which room the crime took place in.'

【1807】: My memory seems to be reminding me that I need to go scold someone later. But the message on my phone is also reminding me that I cannot lie. Does scolding someone count as lying?

Seeing this, Wang Dazhu silently tapped the 9-key keyboard and sent a message.

【1809】: It doesn't.