(This chapter is the second update. If you click on the latest update, you might miss the previous chapter.)
Double Face Knight?
"As the name suggests, Double Face Knight can be on the dark side or the light side."
"The player who gets Double Face Knight will choose the side they want to work for after the game starts. If Double Face Knight chooses the normal player side, he needs to do everything he can to help the good guys find Killer. Once Double Face Knight is eliminated, regardless of whether he votes or is killed, Killer will get an extra clue to escape. If the good guys win, Double Face Knight will get 1.5 times his original points. "
This was like a gamble. Even though it was dangerous, the final reward was considerable.
The good guys needed to protect the knight, and the knight needed to help the good guys. Once he chooses the light side, the knight will be Killer's first target.
"On the other hand, if Double Face Knight chooses Killer, he will join the dark side. Once he is eliminated, the good guys will get Killer's identity information and speed up the process of investigating Killer. Of course, if the dark side wins, Double Face Knight will get 1.5 times his points. "
Fang Juexia calculated the probability of this character winning. If Double Face Knight could contact Killer in private and Killer had a key part of the plot, it was not fair. Choosing Killer would have a higher chance of winning.
"You must be thinking, if you were Double Face Knight, you would choose Killer. But, "the narrator's voice had a hint of laughter," In this season, everything is not that simple. "
"In the second season, Killer players will no longer have the right to know the initial plot. Everyone will receive a message about the distribution of character cards later. In other words, Killer and Double Face Knight will only know their identities after entering the secret room. Also, other than knowing their own identity, they will know nothing else. "
At this moment, Fang Juexia's sluggish senses finally became excited.
He finally understood the fun of the change. Under these rules, Double Face Knight, Killer, and the good guys had the same chance of winning. Everyone was trapped in an isolated black box and could not see each other.
Everyone would inevitably be suspicious of each other, even if they were on the same side. Any word could shatter this unstable partnership and push the other party into the abyss.
This was too interesting.
"The rules have been announced. Good luck to everyone."
"The game officially begins."
The narrator stopped abruptly in a burst of static. The sudden silence caused the tension in the room to expand.
Fang Juexia took a deep breath and closed his eyes. In his mind, the trajectory map of the rope that the staff had tied up appeared.
First, they tied the rope around the back of his neck. The two ends of the rope went under his armpits and wrapped around his arms in a spiral shape. They bent his arms and tied them behind his back like a yoga pose. Then, they tied his wrists. The last step …
Fang Juexia was thinking about his final move when suddenly, his foot was kicked.
It was the person sitting opposite him.
Why would this person do such a thing? Could it be that he couldn't see it either?
Fang Juexia waited for the next move, but it did not come. He was even more convinced of his judgment.
That's right, this person had entered after him, and it was very likely that he didn't even know that there was a second person in this secret room.
"I'm in front of you," Fang Juexia said. He did not intend to scare him. "Be careful, I can't see. If you accidentally fall or touch it, I won't be able to help you for the time being. "
After a simple explanation, Fang Juexia did not intend to tangle with him. He continued to recall the binding method. After wrapping his wrists, the staff seemed to have pulled up. That's right, the two ends of the rope went through the first one on the back of his neck, pulled down, and tied a knot.
In other words, as long as he could untie the knot hanging above his wrists, he would have a chance to escape.
After a short silence, there was a chuckle from the opposite side.
It was very short, and a weak sound wave drifted towards him in the dark.
For others, a chuckle could carry very little information, but it was such a chuckle that broke Fang Juexia's calmness since he entered the secret room.
"Pei Tingsong."
Fang Juexia directly called out the name. He was so sure that he did not even think about how the audience would feel after the program was broadcasted and how easily he could determine the person opposite him. Especially the CP fans, how they would discuss it.
There was another silence on the opposite side.
This silence made him even more sure of his judgment.
"So boring." Pei Tingsong's voice sounded as expected, with a hint of complaint. "I thought I would be locked up with a new friend."
Fang Juexia had long been accustomed to Pei Tingsong's teasing, so he did not take it seriously. He said bluntly, "When you escape, you can find a new friend."
"My hands are handcuffed," Pei Tingsong said.
"I know."
Pei Tingsong laughed again. "How did you know?"
"I heard it."
While dealing with him, Fang Juexia tried to reach out to the knot. Years of dancing practice gave him flexibility that ordinary people could not reach. Although his wrists were tied, the program team was probably worried that tying them too tightly would affect the guest's blood flow, so they left some leeway. He moved his wrists and tried to reach up as far as possible.
His fingertips touched something that looked like a knot.
But if he wanted to completely untie it, he had to work harder.
Fang Juexia suddenly heard the sound of building blocks collapsing. He said to the opposite side, "What are you doing?"
"Nothing." Pei Tingsong's voice sounded very comfortable. Just like he said, it was as if he was there to play. "Although my hands are handcuffed, they can't be separated. Just now, I felt like there was a pile of metal blocks on the table in front of me, so I pushed them down. "
He said it matter-of-factly.
Fang Juexia heard other sounds and guessed that Pei Tingsong was probably piecing something together. Suddenly, he heard a clicking sound. It sounded like something was stuck.
After a few times, he heard a beeping sound. Strangely, the sound did not come from the room's sound system, nor did it come from Pei Tingsong. It came from his own hood.
"Ding dong."
The last beep ended. To Fang Juexia's surprise, the square hood covering him suddenly scattered like a gift box. Each side fell in a different direction.
Fang Juexia saw everything in an instant.
Pei Tingsong, who was covered by a hood, was sitting across a table from him. His hands were handcuffed. If Fang Juexia was not familiar with his voice, he would not have been able to guess who he was through the hood.
"Hmm?" Pei Tingsong made a questioning sound.
"My hood is open." Fang Juexia looked around. The metal block in front of Pei Tingsong was inserted into the table. "It should be the mechanism in front of you that is controlling my hood."
He looked around. The room was decorated like a consultation room. There were many books on psychology on the bookshelf on one side. He looked at Pei Tingsong's attire again. He was wearing a white shirt with a badge on the front.
Perhaps he was playing the role of a psychiatrist.
Looking down, Fang Juexia found a display screen embedded in the armrest of his sofa. He tried to bend to one side and touch the display screen with his elbow.
The screen lit up. It showed the very common hours, minutes, and seconds on an electronic watch. They were all digital tubes with seven horizontal lines.
The hood on Pei Tingsong's head made a sound. It was the voice of an AI female.
"Excuse me, what time is it?"
Was it really the time? But this was too simple.
"What clues did you find?" Pei Tingsong asked.
"Hmm." Fang Juexia looked at the LED data tube on the display screen. It was 09: 15: 50.
He tried to say the answer, even though it was too simple. "9: 15: 50 in the morning?"
The hood made a shrill beeping sound.
"Sorry, wrong answer."
Fang Juexia had expected it. "Sure enough, it's wrong …"
"Why did you say it when it's wrong?" Pei Tingsong complained in a low voice. "My ears are going to explode."
"Shh …" Fang Juexia looked at the six numbers again. They were indeed very common electronic watches. There was nothing wrong with the display. Why was it wrong?
There had to be a mistake somewhere.
His attention was completely focused on these numbers. He felt that something was not right, but he could not tell what was wrong. These LED lines clearly formed these six numbers.
"Are we stuck at the smallest checkpoint from the beginning? This is too ridiculous." Pei Tingsong started to talk. "I wanted to be first, but now I'm probably last."
Fang Juexia could not help but frown. "Stop talking about first, first, first, first, first, what …"
Suddenly, something flashed in his mind. He turned to look at the six numbers again, especially the number 1 after the first colon.
1 …
He finally realized what was wrong.
The vertical and horizontal lines in the digital display tube were not square rectangles, but polygons with changing edges and corners. Some were hexagonal. In the past, the 1 in electronic watches was formed by two "vertical lines", but the height of the left side was slightly lower than the right side, forming a small slope. It looked more like a printed 1.
But now, the 1 in the display screen was reversed. The left side was higher than the right side.
I see.
"I know, it has to be reversed." Fang Juexia tried to twist his body, trying to reverse the numbers. "05, 51, 60 …"
Fang Juexia touched the display screen again. The square hood on Pei Tingsong's head asked again, "Excuse me, what time is it?"
"5: 52 in the morning."
Two seconds later. "Ding dong." The hood on Pei Tingsong's head fell down like before. Fang Juexia thought it was a little funny. It was as if Pei Tingsong was a wrapped surprise present in front of him.
When he saw Fang Juexia laughing, Pei Tingsong frowned. "What are you laughing at? You're all tied up. "
Fang Juexia did not think much of it. He still had a smile on his face. "I can untie this rope. Do you believe me?"
Pei Tingsong looked at the rope on his body. It was completely tied up. His arms were completely bent to his back, and there was almost no possibility for him to move.
But he did not dare to say that he did not believe him. With Fang Juexia's personality, he would not say it unless he was 100% sure.
So Pei Tingsong leaned back in the chair. Even though his hands were handcuffed, he still acted like a master. He smiled at the person in front of him. "Please."
Fang Juexia straightened his chest. His wrists had loosened a lot from the previous exercise.
He tried to reach up and reach the huge knot. His fingers groped around, following the direction of the knot to find the end. No matter how complicated this kind of rope was, it would still end up with two ends overlapping.
Pei Tingsong watched quietly. In his line of sight, Fang Juexia's body was tightly bound by snake-like ropes. The intertwined ropes rubbed against the fabric of his clothes, outlining a clear inverted triangle figure.
As he escaped, the contours of his muscles were also affected. When he turned his head to look back, the curve of his neck was elongated. It was beautiful and slender, with a kind of fragile beauty. The coarse rope slid down from the collar of his shirt and rubbed against the back of his neck, rubbing his sensitive skin until it turned red.
The pleasure of watching was not direct, but it was very novel.
"Caught it."
He heard Fang Juexia whisper to himself. The tension caused by being tied up made him a little breathless as he spoke. The fine white skin on his forehead was covered with a layer of sweat, which shone with a delicate luster under the light.
The performance did not last long. Although every movement seemed to be lingering in Pei Tingsong's mind, Fang Juexia, as he said, used his amazing flexibility and memory restoration ability to untie the knot hanging on his back.
He rotated his neck. His arms could now be lowered and no longer bent, but there was still a slipknot around his wrists.
To be able to reach this level, Pei Tingsong could not help but want to applaud. "That's amazing. But what do you do next? Can your fingers still untie the knot on your wrists? "
Fang Juexia glanced at him, then looked at the camera on the table aimed at him and took a deep breath.
"I hope that the program team can help me give a warning when the next part is broadcasted." Fang Juexia sat forward as much as possible, as if to make room for his back. He moved his shoulder joints, and the wrists tied behind his back also moved slightly. "It's very dangerous to move below. Non-professionals should not imitate, especially children."
Pei Tingsong looked puzzled. Unexpectedly, Fang Juexia lifted his tied arms behind his back and suddenly moved forward. He actually flipped his tied arms to his front!
"You … How did you do that?!" Pei Tingsong was so shocked that he could not say anything more. Instead, he laughed. It was as if he was watching an acrobatic performance. This was against ergonomics.
The director of the program team was most likely shocked by now. This kind of tight rope could be untied by one's own strength. This was too exaggerated.
Fang Juexia moved his joints, lifted his bound wrists, and tried to bite the last knot with his teeth. He explained, "I'm very flexible. I started learning to dance in kindergarten."
At this moment, the phone in his pocket vibrated. At the same time, Pei Tingsong's phone vibrated as well.
Fang Juexia put the knot aside for the time being. He struggled to take out his phone with his bound hands, lowered his head, and unlocked it.
The screen lit up, and a sentence popped up.
[Escape: Hello player, welcome to the card draw. Your character in this round is …]
The text disappeared, and two cards appeared on the screen. One of them was a knight in a black military uniform, and the other was a white knight that symbolized light.
[Double-faced Knight.]
[Please select your faction.]