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Chapter 333 Let's Go Dancing When It Gets Dark

"What is this?" Upon seeing 007, Gu Mian's first attention was drawn to the object in her hand and her arm covered in skin. Come to think of it, this was the first time Gu Mian had ever seen 007's arm skin...

To his surprise, Gu Mian showed no joy at encountering an old friend, and 007 couldn't help but feel indignant.

But seeing that the two people next to Gu Mian did not show any signs of "meeting old friends in a foreign land," 007 couldn't help but pull back his head, which was about to express his anger, and slightly raised the thing in his hand.

As he raised the object in his hand, 007 felt a little dazed. Had human relationships become so cold-hearted? He didn't even react to seeing his former teammates?

Because it was completely dark, and I didn't know if the streetlights on both sides of the road were fake or not, the light was dim and caused my head to ache.

At this moment, Gu Mian was carefully observing what 007 was holding.

It's a piece of paper.

Seeing the three's curiosity, 007 quickly spoke up: "Isn't this instance called 'When Darkness Falls, Please Close Your Eyes'? When I entered the instance, I found myself in a classroom, and this is what I had on my desk... These are the rules of the 'When Darkness Falls, Please Close Your Eyes' game. Originally, I wanted to wait for someone at the cafeteria entrance to see if I could run into other players, but I didn't expect to see a single one..."

Not only did I not see any of them, but I also ran into three acquaintances on my way back to the classroom. They seemed quite troublesome.

Gu Mian had already taken the paper from 007 and started reading it carefully.

This is a piece of paper that looks like a small advertisement, but it's a bit larger. The main colors are red and black, and it's printed with cheap bloodstains.

The first line of text features large characters with a bleeding effect, which feels quite vulgar.

The lines of small black text below look much more normal.

【Rules of the "Close Your Eyes When It Gets Dark" Game】

[1. There are twelve players in this game, including 3 'ghosts' and 9 'civilians'. Each player only knows their own identity; if one side is completely wiped out, the other side wins.]

2. After nightfall, the 'ghosts' begin their actions. Between 20:00 PM and 3:00 AM the following day, each 'ghost' can choose one player to kill. Once a player is killed, all 'ghosts' will be unable to kill anyone else; otherwise, any 'ghost' that continues killing will die along with the player who was killed.

[3. Every day at 3:00 AM, all game players will participate in a public vote to vote for their suspected opponent. The player with the most votes will be eliminated. After the public vote, the system will summarize the number of players in this round.]

4. In the game, 'civilians' cannot kill other players, while 'ghosts' can kill any player.

Gu Mian fell into deep thought, three ghosts...

The fat man clicked his tongue and muttered, "Is this fourth rule specifically prepared for doctors? That makes sense, it's probably to prevent civilians from turning around and sawing off the heads of the ghosts chasing them."

Gu Mian continued reading and saw the signatures of twelve people.

Gu Mian, Chu Meiren, Wang Pang, Lin Qi, Yue Nu, Xu Keke, Pan Yue, Zhang Pingfan, Guo Jimei, Li Wentao, Yuan Qinghua, Li Yibai.

Zhang Pingfan?
Gu Mian noticed the name. Not long ago, Xu Xingcheng had asked her if she had ever met Zhang Pingfan.

007 spoke under the dim streetlights: "It seems that the dungeon is going to be a real-life version of 'Werewolf,' and the participants are not only the six of us, but also the original people from this dungeon."

007 used to refer to the natives in dungeons as NPCs, but after experiencing the Fairy Tale City dungeon, she found that she couldn't keep calling them that, so she changed her terminology.

Before the person in front of him could even finish examining the list, 007 spoke up again: "My class is Class 23 of Senior High School, and there is another player in my class."

As she spoke, she pointed to the list in Gu Mian's hand, her slender index finger pointing to the name "Yue Nu".

No wonder the name is so strange, it turns out he's a gamer.

“It’s her. Besides her, Li Wentao and Pan Yue on the list are also in my class, but they were already in this instance,” 007 seemed to recall for a moment when he said this. “Li Wentao and Pan Yue know more about Darkness Please Close Your Eyes. They played this game last week night…” The instance natives did know more than them, after all, the six players were essentially amnesiacs when they entered the instance.

007 continued, "This is the registration list. The people who signed up were all going to play this game, and of course, these twelve people were the ones who actually participated. However, the power went out right after everyone had been assigned their roles, so the game had to be stopped."

Just as Chu Changge had guessed, Gu Mian stroked her chin.

The "Nightfall" board game had to be discontinued for some reason, leading to its expansion into a real-life version.

At this moment, Chu Changge spoke up: "Firstly, the players only know their own identities, which means the three ghosts don't know who the others are. Since ghosts can kill anyone, there's a possibility of ghosts killing each other, so the ghosts will definitely have some reservations before making a move."

"Secondly, if a player is killed that night, the ghost that kills another player will die along with the killed player. However, the third rule states that the number of deaths will only be calculated after the referendum. This means that before the 3 AM referendum, the game will not reveal who died that night. Since the three ghosts do not know each other's identities, they also do not know whether any ghosts killed someone before them that night. Therefore, killing someone is extremely risky for a ghost."

"Finally, civilians cannot kill other players, but ghosts can kill anyone. A cunning civilian could very well use this to identify a ghost."

"Overall, these rules are quite unfavorable to the person playing the ghost."

007 was a little out of breath from Chu Changge's words. She fell into a slight daze, and even seemed to ponder Chu Changge's words several times before finally realizing that they were really damn reasonable!

Gu Mian, however, seemed used to it. He looked at the list in front of him and asked 007, "Speaking of which..."

Lost in thought, 007 snapped out of it and looked up at Gu Mian: "What?"

Gu Mian raised the paper in her hand: "What's your name? This one?"

He pointed to the name "Lin Qi," which was the only one among the twelve names that could be compared to 007's nickname.

007 nodded and said, "Your names... Gu Mian is your name, right?"

Gu Mian is a household name, and he is nicknamed "Gu the Three Thousand".

In this harsh living environment, killing Gu Sanwan will yield a large amount of game currency, and money-loving people may even be so happy that they can't sleep for three days and three nights.

Gu Mian touched her guitar bag, then suddenly remembered that she couldn't kill anyone to cover it up in this instance.

At this moment, Chu Changge suddenly spoke up: "Actually, there is a rule in games like 'When Darkness Falls'."

A law? 007 hadn't originally intended to dwell on Gu Mian's name. Even if he really was Gu Sanwan, he couldn't just stab the doctor who had saved him. Who knows, he might have to risk his life to save him again if he encountered danger in the future.

Therefore, 007 was easily drawn to Chu Changge's words: "What law?"

Chu Changge pushed up his glasses: "The survivor law states that the simplest way to win this game is to have only one survivor left, and that survivor's faction will definitely be the winner."

The fat guy next to him grinned and said, "Brother Chu, you make it sound so easy. Twelve people, if you kill one at night and send one away during the day, it'll take at least six days for them all to die. And the game rules don't allow players to kill each other..."

“No,” Chu Changge shook his head, “For me, it only takes one day.”

007 frowned slightly as he listened intently: "How to win?"

Chu Changge looked at her, his mouth opening and closing, uttering a chilling voice: "Hire someone to kill you, hire someone to kill you, I can win right now."

Wow, GuGu posted so early! GuGu's getting cocky!

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