Infinite Flow: Becoming a God in a Nightmare Game

Soon, the flames slowly died down, revealing the true appearance of the corpse.

Xiao Ning's entire body was covered with purple marks from her hair binding her, but her back was a bloody mess.

The texture and structure inside are clearly visible. Some players couldn't bear to look at it, while others pondered the reasons for its formation and the taboo surrounding death.

Seeing Xiao Ning's back in this state, Liu Xiaoxiao finally mustered the courage to tell him everything that had happened yesterday.

“I remember Xiao Ning kept telling me yesterday that her back was itchy and asked me to take a look, but there was clearly nothing on her back.”

"Then she went to the bathroom to take a shower. I really regret falling asleep yesterday. If I hadn't fallen asleep and had gone to help her, would she not have died?"

After saying that, Liu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but cry again, and Jiang Qi's indifferent voice rang out.

"You don't need to blame yourself. Even if you heard her cries for help, going in would have just been suicide."

Although the words were a bit harsh, they were the truth, and Liu Xiaoxiao couldn't refute them even if she wanted to.

After hearing Liu Xiaoxiao's words, everything made sense. Last night, Xiao Ning couldn't stand the itching on her back, so she went to take a shower, and that's when she tragically died.

But where did the itching on her back come from? That leaves much to the imagination.

While examining the corpse, Jiang Qi also glanced around the bathroom and found that it was exactly the same as the bathroom in his own room. The only difference was that a piece of the wooden board that sealed the window in this bathroom had fallen off.

The wooden plank swayed loosely, as if it might fall at any moment, and behind the window was not a view, but a wall.

Having explored most of the clues here, Jiang Qi didn't want to waste any more time, so he casually greeted Lu Zhi and left.

The other players present were also confused by his actions and were still carefully examining the corpse in hopes of finding other clues.

Cheng Cuo, of course, did not miss Jiang Qi's gaze as he looked towards the bathroom, and he also looked into the bathroom like Jiang Qi.

When Cheng Cuo saw the window, his gaze sharpened, and he almost overlooked this clue.

While the other players in the room were still preoccupied with the corpse, Jiang Qi and Lu Zhi had already split up to search for the other players' corpses.

Finally, at the end of the corridor on the second floor, Jiang Qi discovered the horribly mutilated corpse.

Only the head of the corpse was intact, and strangely, the corpse had a happy smile on its face, which looked particularly eerie.

Jiang Qi was unwilling to touch the corpse; he didn't want other people's blood on his hands—it was too dirty.

Jiang Qi squatted down, waiting for Lu Zhi to arrive. He would then have Lu Zhi, the tool, turn over the corpse.

The corpse's bones were exposed, with some bits of flesh and body tissue still clinging to them, and the blood beneath it had long since dried.

Only a pitiful half of her stomach remained, and the teeth marks on it were still clearly visible.

Jiang Qi couldn't tell whether it was eaten by a ghost or monster, but when he saw the blood on the corpse's mouth, he felt a chill.

Soon, footsteps approached from afar. Jiang Qi looked up and found that it wasn't Lu Zhi, but Cheng Cuo.

Cheng Cuo was not surprised to see a person and a corpse, but pretended to be very surprised and asked Jiang Qi.

"You're also looking for this player? What a coincidence, me too. But it seems someone has already beaten you to it."

Jiang Qi stood up calmly and took a step back. In the dungeon, whoever finds the clues first has a better chance of survival and a higher chance of exiting the dungeon.

Jiang Qi understands this principle, and Cheng Cuo should understand it even more.

After all, this instance is so dangerous, Cheng Cuo wouldn't be foolish enough to just stay on one clue.

Jiang Qi had anticipated Cheng Cuo's arrival, but he hadn't expected him to come so quickly.

A silent standoff hung in the air, as if something was about to erupt at any moment.

Cheng Cuo put on a conciliatory smile, "Jiang Qi, don't be nervous. You found this body first, so naturally I won't steal your clues."

“It’s not that we can’t work together to find clues, and I won’t stop you.”

Jiang Qi remained silent. It wasn't that he wanted to keep the clues to himself; he was just wondering when Lu Zhi would arrive.

After all, he wasn't entirely at ease with others; he only felt truly at ease with his own people around. It was inevitable that others might tamper with things in ways he couldn't see, leading to incorrect leads.

Without realizing it, Jiang Qi had begun to get used to Lu Zhi's presence by his side.

Finally, Lu Zhi arrived, looking at the two of them with a puzzled expression.

Then he walked to Jiang Qi's side, and it wasn't until Lu Zhi arrived that the tense atmosphere between the two was broken.

"Now you can watch it if you want."

"Okay," Cheng Cuo agreed with satisfaction.

After Cheng Cuo finished looking at the front of the corpse, Jiang Qi directed Lu Zhi to turn the corpse over.

The back of the corpse was covered in sticky blood, and the back was relatively intact, but the thighs and the parts that could be gnawed on were gnawed beyond recognition by the player.

Jiang Qi noticed something else in the blood clinging to his back; upon closer inspection, he realized it was shredded paper.

There was also a faint smell of paper money and sesame oil mixed in, which brought back many images to Jiang Qi's mind.

Everything became clear at a glance. There were no other items around the body, so it seemed that the clues to this body could only be found here.

After Jiang Qi got up, Lu Zhi followed suit, but Lu Zhi kept his eyes on Cheng Cuo warily.

Finally, after Jiang Qi and his companion disappeared into the stairwell, Cheng Cuo stroked his chin thoughtfully.

As Jiang Qi and Lu Zhi walked up the stairs, they ran into a group of players led by the deceased player's companion.

Jiang Qi kindly reminded them that they had discovered the body and told them its location.

Liu Xiaoxiao followed at the very back of the players, because she didn't want to be the only one left in the game, and even during the day she was afraid of danger coming her way.

They no longer needed to search blindly; they simply went to the location Jiang Qi had indicated.

So far, among the players, Jiang Qi only knows of Cheng Cuo as having considerable strength; he has neither learned about the other players nor seen their names on the leaderboard.

Furthermore, no information about twins has been found so far. There must be a reason why this instance is named this way, but perhaps it's not the right time yet.

Jiang Qi didn't plan to go to the landlord today. Instead, he wanted to see if anyone lived on this floor during the day. The lively scene last night was an illusion, but Jiang Qi still gained a lot of information from it.

The illusion started appearing at eight o'clock, and the areas where the neighbors were concentrated were on the second floor, with one or two people occasionally appearing on the third or fourth floor.

There were no neighbors on the fifth floor. Perhaps the fifth floor is all the landlord's property and no one lives there.

Calling this phenomenon an illusion is less accurate than viewing it as a scene reenactment. The banquet was also set up in the corridor on the second floor, but Jiang Qi didn't see where the bride came from at that time.

Their residence was indeed on the second floor. Jiang Qi then thought of the room whose door number was not clearly visible, and all the unusual things pointed to this room.

The morning spent searching for information passed quickly. However, the second floor was now the players' territory, and going there rashly would likely arouse suspicion.

Moreover, when Jiang Qi knocks on the door, the players will definitely turn their heads to look at him, and he still doesn't want to be stared at by so many people.

Jiang Qi and Lu Zhi walked side by side in the stairwell and arrived at their room on the fourth floor in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Qi planned to go to the bathroom first to check if the wooden planks on the windows had also fallen off. He walked into the bathroom and found that the furnishings had not changed, including the wooden planks on the windows, which were still intact.

It seemed they were safe tonight. Jiang Qi closed the door and came out.

Lu Zhi waited patiently for Jiang Qi outside the door. He couldn't match his brother in terms of attentiveness and intelligence, but he could still protect his brother in crucial moments.

With such an obedient image, Lu Zhi naturally received another treat.

If emotions could be visualized, Jiang Qi could see Lu Zhi's tail wagging in the air with obvious joy.

Jiang Qi is used to being alone, which some players see as arrogance and conceit, so naturally some people can't stand him.

Fortunately, no players bothered him in this instance, and Jiang Qi was quite content.

Hopefully, future dungeons will be like this one, with no one bothering us and the whole world becoming peaceful.

Just thinking about Jiang Qi, whom he encountered in the newbie dungeon, gives him a headache. Although this is also a newbie dungeon, no one bothers him except for Cheng Cuo, who seems a bit strange to him.

Jiang Qi and Lu Zhi planned to try their luck today to see if they could get out of the residential building. Generally speaking, dungeons have location restrictions, and they didn't know where this dungeon would be located.

I climbed the stairs to the first floor, and as I passed the second floor, I could still faintly hear the players' discussions.

But Jiang Qi didn't care at all and walked straight down to the first floor. Jiang Qi and Lu Zhi reached the first floor; going down any further meant they were no longer in the residential area.

When they arrived at the place leading to the outside world, they found that the gate they had entered through on the first day was locked, and they could not see the outside world.

It seems that this time the dungeon can only be played in residential buildings. To the right of the main gate is a notice board, and next to it are the mailboxes of various residents.

I was too busy triggering plot points to pay attention to these two aspects at the time, but now that I've searched carefully, I can find quite a lot of information.

Jiang Qi looked intently at the notice board, while Lu Zhi went to check the mailboxes.

Due to its age, some of the characters are illegible, but fortunately there are newly posted notices on it, which are actually news reports about murder.

Jiang Qi carefully stroked the characters with his fingers, the top one in bold red, which stood out among the many characters.

"Shocking! Is this a moral decay or a distortion of human nature? A woman actually dismembered her beloved husband and put him in the sewer."

"According to reporters, the woman has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness and cannot be convicted at this time."

There were also some irrelevant exaggerations. Jiang Qi looked closely and realized that the photo on the notice seemed familiar. It turned out to be the bride he had seen yesterday, only she was no longer young.

After extracting some important information, Jiang Qi recalled the crazy woman the landlord had mentioned. Combining these points, he concluded that the bride was also a key figure in the story.

Jiang Qi turned his gaze to the other notices and found that they were all information unrelated to the dungeon.

Having finished reading the notices on the wall, Jiang Qi walked over to Lu Zhi's side. "So, did you find anything?"

In comparison, Lu Zhi received more information from the mailboxes than Jiang Qi; he found some undelivered envelopes in these mailboxes.

“I found some envelopes from rooms 205 and 304. There were two envelopes from room 205. I also found an envelope with the landlord’s room number.”

Then Jiang Qi and Lu Zhi went head to head and looked through the envelopes. Jiang Qi looked through the envelopes in room 205, since that couple lived on the second floor.

Lu Zhi, meanwhile, was looking through the envelopes containing information about the landlord and room 304.

Jiang Qi slowly opened the seemingly brand-new letter. The handwriting inside was neat and elegant, and every word revealed gentleness.

My dearest daughter, Qiqi.

On this sunny day, I pick up my pen to write this letter to you, wanting to take this opportunity to tell you that no matter how far apart we are, you will always be the most precious treasures in my heart.

I wonder how you and your sister are doing now? Are you getting used to studying away from home?

After you left, the house became empty. Whenever the night is quiet, I always think of all the fun things you did when you were little, and those joyful laughs seem to echo in my ears.

I miss the days when you were by my side, I miss your laughter, your hugs, and every happy moment we spent together.

Mom is waiting for you to come back and see me. Your dad is treating me very well now, so don't worry about me.

During this time, you must take good care of yourselves, maintain a good sleep schedule, and pay attention to a healthy diet.

I want to tell you that no matter where you go, home will always be your warmest harbor.

Here, your father and I share endless love and blessings, waiting for you to return and reunite with us.

I will pray for you silently here, wishing you all the best, peace, and joy. I look forward to the day we can be reunited soon!

Your loving mother will always love you.

It seems this letter is from a mother to her daughters, and it appears to have not yet been mailed, but the second letter doesn't look as new as the first one.

Upon opening the second envelope, Jiang Qi was surprised to find that the handwriting on both envelopes was exactly the same, but the beginnings of the letters were reversed.

Dear Mom,

How have you been lately? Has Daddy been hitting you as often as before? When we grow up and have money, we will definitely bring you to live in a place where Daddy doesn't live.

I can take care of my sister by myself; she said she doesn't blame you.

Mom, don't feel guilty. I believe we can escape his clutches and live a happy life...

The handwriting became increasingly chaotic and distorted as it went on, yet the two completely different letters were written in the exact same handwriting.

Many possibilities flashed through Jiang Qi's mind, and he also had a very clear guess about what had happened.