In an escape game...

The drawer won't close and makes noise when pushed hard.

Suddenly a small bag bulged out of that piece of human skin, upon closer inspection, it seemed that something was about to come out of it.

The two words "Li Sha" were written on the human skin. As the human skin bulged, the two blood-red characters slowly deformed and turned into a puddle of blood.

The bulge on the human skin gradually took shape, and it turned out to be like a screaming face.

The thing inside the human skin did not make a sound, but surged out silently.

Xiaohonghua poked her head into the drawer curiously, Yun Xubai was afraid that it would fall in, so she kept holding it by the collar.He Xue patted Yun Xubai on the shoulder, he turned his head and saw the excited light in her eyes.

Yun Xu understood clearly and made way for her.He Xue stepped forward, tapping her arm rhythmically with her index finger.

The thin human skin slowly unfolded, soft as a puddle of water, and crawled out along the drawer.

Under the human skin, a translucent ghost hand suddenly appeared and fiercely attacked He Xue's abdomen.

He Xue grabbed that hand, pulled out the wraith hidden in the human skin, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Before Yun Xubai could see the appearance of the wraith clearly, He Xue began to wipe the corners of her lips, looking a little unsatisfied.

Xiao Honghua looked at He Xue in horror, threw herself behind Yun Xubai, and hid.

The human skin in the drawer calmed down and slid back into the drawer, this time Yun Xubai easily closed the drawer.

[Sister Xue even eating a ghost is so pleasing to the eye, why not be a gourmet anchor in an escape game, the title of each live broadcast is: What ghost should I have for dinner today? ]

[This is the first time I see a player with this skill, it's a bit cool]

[Little Red Flower, don't be afraid, Brother Xu won't let you become Sister Xue's little snack]

Grandpa Wu's studio has completed the investigation and obtained many clues.After the players leave, the discussion begins.

Yun Xubai concluded: "From the clues I just found, there was an infectious disease in Puppet Town. The illustrations in the blank space of the historical wall express that the people here are sick. This disease is related to puppets. But the link between the two has yet to be found."

He Xue said: "Judging from the records in the newspaper, it seems that the disease occurred before the puppet 'Wu Yi' came to life."

"It's because the infectious disease spread first, and the completion of Wuyi came later, right? So what do you think is hidden under the cemetery?" Fei'er rubbed his chin and thought: "What is it that was deliberately erased on the wall of history?"

"Water source." Yun Xubai replied.

The god Thorn nodded: "Totally agree."

Fei'er took a breath: "If there is a water source under the cemetery, then when the tree takes root..."

Yun Xubai nodded, and continued: "On the history wall, behind the cross-section is an illustration of townspeople getting sick. That is to say, the secret hidden in the cross-section is the antecedent of the infectious disease. There should be groundwater under the cemetery, leading directly to the town. Rivers above. When the tree roots go deep into the water, the people who use the water get sick."

This is the most intuitive connection between the two illustrations that Yun Xubai can think of.

"The source of the infectious disease may be the roots of the trees, or it may be the germs bred by rotting corpses." He Xue paused: "These trees are too evil. The groundwater should be very deep, at least ten meters underground."

Sure enough, common sense cannot be used to measure those strange trees.

Yun Xubai said: "It's just a guess. What was erased may be something else. The truth needs to be verified. What is certain is that all of this is inseparable from those trees."

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the sky darkened.

There are more NPCs in the puppet mansion, and they are busy preparing dinner.

In the evening, the butler invited the players to the restaurant for dinner.

There are many waiters in the restaurant, and sumptuous food is placed on the table.The butler invited the players to take their seats, and said warmly, "We have prepared special food in the town tonight. I hope you all enjoy your meal. After dinner, we have prepared surprises for the distinguished guests."

Players asked what the surprise was, but the steward refused to answer, only saying "Stay tuned".

But I also know that it must be the door-to-door service of the puppet hall.

Pointing to the golden bell on the dining table, the butler said to the players: "Guests, I need to leave for a while. If you feel unwell during the meal or need help, please ring the bell to summon me."

There was an inexplicable smile on the corner of the butler's mouth, as if he was expecting something unexpected among the players.

The food on the dining table was so fragrant, just looking at it made my tongue salivate and my index finger twitched.The players cleaned the tableware slowly, but no one touched their chopsticks.

The mansion didn't prepare lunch for them, and emphasized on dinner. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that there was something wrong with this meal.

In this case, the man in the sweater who was eating directly seemed particularly strange.

The man in the sweater sat down and began to eat, with a look of enjoyment, as if he had eaten a delicacy in the world.After he ate for a while, he found that everyone was looking at him, so he stopped his chopsticks and warmly invited the players: "It's delicious, hurry up and eat."

No one answered, he looked at Yun Xubai helplessly.Probably in his eyes, Yun Xubai is the best talker.

Yun Xubai said with a slight smile: "Eat slowly, be careful of indigestion."

Yun Xubai can be sure that the body of the man in Weiyi has been occupied by doves.

"It's really delicious, I can't slow down." The man in the sweater licked off the sauce from the corner of his mouth, and continued to eat bitterly.

The players thought that if they were hungry at most, they would pass the level, but the system didn't let them off so easily.

[All food on the table must be eaten, and those who waste food will be punished. ]

The players were a little worried.

Obviously there is a problem, but let them finish eating, isn't it forcing them to jump into the pit?

So the players picked food for the man in sweater one after another, expecting him to clear the dining table.

But the man in the sweater stopped shortly. He looked at the food on the table and swallowed, but said in his mouth that he couldn't eat any more.

When the players were worrying, Yun Xubai released the puppets in his hand: "Open your stomach and eat."

The puppets hopped off the dining table and gorged themselves, emptying many small plates in no time.

These foods are very yin, and after the puppets finished eating, the yin on their bodies also began to rise.This means that their strength will also rise.

Players saw a group of puppets running around the dining table, and immediately figured it out.

The system says that the food must be eaten, but there is no requirement that players must eat it. They can let the puppet eat it, or invite the npc to eat it. As long as they eat all of it, the task is completed.

Players with puppets released all the puppets to "cook rice". In less than 5 minutes, the dishes on the table were cleaner than they had been washed.

Yun Xubai asked his little puppets gently: "Are you full?"

The little puppets looked at the healing puppet in unison, waiting for it to speak.

The expressionless healing puppet shook his head, indicating that he was not full.

Yun Xubai let them hide and rang the bell on the dining table.

The butler came quickly. He glanced at the dining table first, and saw that the food was being emptied, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

"Sir, what's the matter for summoning me? Is there something wrong?"

Yun Xubai said, "Let's have another table."

The smile on the butler's face froze, thinking he heard it wrong: "What? Are you sure? Are our dishes so delicious? Don't you feel uncomfortable?"

Yun Xubai smiled and said, "It's delicious, I don't feel sick, I'm fine."

The butler was so surprised that when he left, he was almost on the same limb, and turned around to ask him unwillingly, "Is there really nothing uncomfortable?"

Yun Xubai shook his head, and the housekeeper gave up completely.

[Hahaha the butler probably thought he was here to collect the corpse, but he heard that there was another table]

[Another table is okay, hahaha]

[I am so happy to be brother Xu's younger brother, the little puppets are so popular and spicy, it's so cool]

When the butler served another table, he saw the little puppets climb up the table with his own eyes.After they ate up all the dishes, they licked the plate clean and all belched.

Only then did the housekeeper realize that he had been tricked, and his hair turned gray with anger.

Panting, the butler suddenly remembered something, and his complexion improved a lot: "The dinner is over, please move to the hall, the puppet troupe in the puppet hall should be here soon."

In the hall, the npc of the puppet hall has arrived.They arranged the hall as an open performance stage, and arranged some auditoriums around the stage.

The deputy curator personally led the team, and several young men carried boxes into the hall.

The deputy curator took off his hat and saluted, revealing the smooth top of his head: "It's a pleasure to meet again. Tonight, everyone will enjoy an unforgettable puppet show."

After the players took their seats, the door of the mansion was quietly closed.

The lights dimmed, and the gloomy atmosphere quietly spread in the room.

"Crack." A beam of light lit up in the center of the stage, and a small shadow appeared on the curtain, bouncing around.Looking at the outline, it looks like a marionette being manipulated by someone.

A deep voice came from behind the scenes: "There was a boy who liked to watch exhibitions very much. One day, he and his friends came to a puppet hall to enjoy the beautiful puppet works."

Next to the shadow, the silhouette of the puppet hall appeared, and the voice behind the scenes continued:

"Walking and walking, the boy found that he was lost with his companions. He searched and searched, searched and searched, but he couldn't find his friends..."

Hearing this, Yun Xubai frowned, he knew who the shadow behind the curtain was.What the voice behind the scenes said was clearly what happened to them.There is only one player trapped in the puppet hall, the player whose nest was occupied by doves.

"The puppets in the puppet hall came to life at some point. They wanted to play with the boy. The boy wanted to run away, so the puppets had to catch him and put him in a cage."

On the curtain, the silhouette of the boy was covered by a cage, and many hands reached into the cage to touch him.

"The boy was terrified, and he thought to himself that it would be great if his companions could rescue him from this cage. He was in the cage and saw his companions leave the puppet house, which his companions knew nothing about. The boy shed tears of sorrow. , he was completely abandoned by his companions..."

"Wow!" The curtain disappeared, and a golden birdcage was suspended in the air, inside which was a puppet boy in a gray sweater.

The puppet boy's limbs were pierced by steel nails, and four white threads stretched into the sky, grasped by invisible forces.The sweater puppet wept silently with a mournful face.

[The gray sweater on the puppet is exactly the same as that of the male player!So the male player in the sweater was replaced in the puppet hall? ]

[The puppet replaced the man in the sweater and followed the player back to the mansion, so he always did some suspicious things, but because the body belongs to the player, he didn't reveal his secrets when he looked in the mirror]

[Brother Xu already guessed that it was a soul swap, great]

The surrounding sounds disappeared, and all the players sitting beside Yun Xubai disappeared.

A beam of light hit Yun Xubai.

At this moment, he and the sweater puppet are like the two protagonists on the stage.

The deep voice said again: "The boy was imprisoned in the puppet hall, but he wanted to escape every moment. Finally, when he went out to perform, he met his former companions."

A pale hand appeared above the birdcage, holding the thread in the puppet's hand, with a cruel and excited voice: "Knowing that there are many dangers, his companions will come to rescue him, or choose to run away?"