Absurd Deduction Game Chapter 16

Chapter 16 Extra Sacrifice

An evaluation game takes less than an hour in total.

It was the brightest time of the day outside. Yu Xing woke up from bed and saw the familiar bedroom setting. He sat up with his arms propped up.

He was sitting on the edge of the bed before he fell down. At this time, his legs were still bent on the ground. The short game experience was like a dream, and he was in a daze for a long time.

After a while, he shook his head, hiding the feelings in his heart that could not be told to outsiders. He stretched out his hand and with a thought, the outline of an illusory mask gradually solidified on his fingertips, and finally turned into a physical mask as light as a feather. , pinched by him.

The mask is completely white, with elegant leaf-shaped holes left for the eyes. The corners are sparse and have weird patterns. The shape is delicate and soft. There is a little light red on the outline of the lips. If you look closely, you can see that it is actually the same face shape as Yu Xing. Perfect fit.

The expression of the mask is like joy, sadness, resentment and anger, which makes people afraid to look at it for a long time, otherwise it will create a feeling of fear in their hearts.

This is the embodiment of the persona, that is, the embodiment of the system. Deducers will have special effects when they embody it and wear it on their faces in certain types of deduction games.

It's the same whether you're looking at the mask template directly in your mind, or looking at the template after materializing the mask.

Yu Xing stared at the mask. The uncontrollable fear dissipated as soon as he suppressed it. He studied the several officially displayed attributes and the last option.

In the identity area, there is a points progress bar behind the junior deduction. You must have enough points to upgrade. Yu Xing didn't know the specific use for the time being, so he looked down.

"The proportion of the mask...is this what my personality looks like?" He squinted his eyes slightly, with a half-smiling expression, and murmured to himself, "Crazy accounts for the highest proportion, and calmness comes second. Aren't these two contradictory things? ?Chaos third…”

His voice lowered, as if he was thinking seriously, and finally let out a sigh of unknown meaning.

The doubt that the system is non-threatening in the holder's description is insignificant to him. He skips this column and focuses his serious attention on the personality sacrifice.

[Sacrifice] is something like the knife in Zhao Yijiao's hand. It has some powers that only ghosts can have. It can play different roles in the deduction. The form of the sacrifice is not only a weapon, but also a painting. A painting, a lantern, even a cat.

A deducer can wear six sacrifices at the same time. The sacrifices are usually on the mask and can be taken out at any time when needed. If the mask is embodied, you can see patterns on the mask that symbolize the "wearing" sacrifices. .

It was precisely because he knew these things that he felt that the errors in the data were concerning.

He had no sacrifices on him and had never touched one, but the mask told him that he was already wearing one. Between the eyebrows of the embodied mask, there was also a small gray hollow pattern of a broken compass, confirming this.

“The sacrifice that I originally had on my body, could it be...” His expression changed for a moment, and then he subconsciously reached out to cover his face. Even if there was no one else here, he didn't want others to see his current expression.

“Sure enough, my direction is correct.” He murmured in a mosquito-like voice. He tried his best to control the corners of his mouth, but he still couldn't help but curl up.

Yu Xing is not annoyed at all that this [Unknown Sacrifice], whose name is not even displayed, occupies a sacrifice slot. On the contrary, this is definitely good news for him.

Soon, he adjusted his mood, put down his hand, and continued reading.

“The degree of personality alienation…is not important.”

“The deduction mall...you have to take a look at this.”

Yu Xing chose to enter, and immediately, a product column with not many items was listed.

The above shows the items that junior players and intermediate players can buy, divided into three sections.

1. System redemption page.

The products on this page are divided into two types. In the first type, concepts that ordinary people cannot control, such as wealth and health, are clearly priced and within reach.

The cheapest thing is wealth. Taking RMB as an example, 1 point can be exchanged for 50 yuan.

This ratio is not an exaggeration. Yu Xing currently has a total net worth of 233 points, which can only be exchanged for more than 10,000 yuan.

What caught his attention was that behind the exchange column it was written: [After the exchange is confirmed, the currency will be handed over to the deducer in a manner that is reasonable, safe, has no worries, does not violate morality, and does not harm the legitimate interests of any innocent person].

This is interesting. Although Yu Xing wanted to see where the money would come from, he did not waste his points on it.

After watching it for a while, he glanced at the [Health] column.

　　This... is what he urgently needs at the moment. His physical condition is still getting worse. He has been putting it off for a long time, and finally he is weak enough to be let in by the deduction system. Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need to put it off anymore.

But when he wanted to redeem all the points and thought about how much better he could get, he only got a cold reminder.

　　【Your physical problems are unnatural and belong to the realm of absurdity. This mall cannot cure them. It is recommended to enter the wish list to make a wish]

"Wish list?" Yu Xing repeated in a low voice. He did not rush to exit the mall, but just remembered it and continued browsing.

Another section of the system redemption page is called [Right to View Deducer Case Videos].

Players can search for any other player whose name they know, and spend points to purchase the deduction game videos that the other player has permission to watch, so as to understand the other player's deduction habits or learn from their deduction skills.

Yu Xing can only buy videos from players of the same level now. He randomly watched some "system recommendations" and "latest recordings", and the prices are between 10 points and 30 points. The price of the video rated by S is higher, and the price decreases from A to D.

His evaluation game is S-level, but only official games can be included. That means starting from the next game, after the deduction, Yu Xing can choose whether to open the video of that deduction game with his perspective as the main point.

“This is a good way to earn points.” He was in a good mood and looked at the remaining two sections of the mall.

The second section is called [Sacrifice Trading Center], where deducers can trade freely, which is equivalent to the game's auction house. They can exchange items or spend points to purchase.

The third section is [Information Trading Center]. Yu Xing thought about it and clicked on it with anticipation.

"Analysis on the strength of resident MCs and guests in the 123rd issue of Horror Journey. The 124th guest prediction...what is this?" The content was somewhat beyond Yu Xing's expectation. What kind of horror is this? The travel program was something he had never heard of. "The Weird Detective Agency is recruiting new members. It requires a character who has experienced more than three deductions in an investigator-type deduction game?"

The things inside "..." were very fancy, and for the first time, Yu Xing showed a sincere look of confusion.

　　嘤嘤嘤, I am still a newbie, I don't know anything!

This information requires points and is expensive. He rubbed his eyes in embarrassment and closed the mall with an expressionless face.

These... let's wait until he understands more about the absurd world before looking at them.

So next, the wish list!

　　【You can enter your wish here, and the system will give you the cost of realizing the wish based on the size of the wish. Once the wish is determined, it cannot be revoked, and it can be replaced after it is completed. Current wish 0/3]

“So there is such a thing.” Yu Xing entered tentatively—

“Let the negative state of my body disappear and my physical strength return to the level of a normal person.”

【Are you sure about this wish? 】

"hold head high."

【Under evaluation】

【confirmed】

　　【To make the negative state of the deduction player Yu Xing disappear and return to the level of a normal person, the price is: reaching the status of a senior deduction player, 3000 points, and completing seven deduction tasks within two months. 】

"Ah, fortunately, it's not particularly difficult." Yu Xing breathed a sigh of relief. It would be nice if there was a way to solve it. Although the price seemed a bit high, in fact, he only had to pay 3,000 points. That identity and time limit could only be counted. It wouldn't do him any harm to attach conditions.

It's nothing more than that he will have to enter the game frequently.

Of course, Yu Xing also knows that only he can say this. Others may have cried when they saw the time limit of seven deductions in two months.

Having solved the urgent matter, Yu Xing clicked on [Deduction Game Direction Selection Market] with a relaxed attitude.

This is a new option. After clicking it, the contents of the mall information trading center seem to be explained.

【Deduction game direction selection market】

　　【Introduction: In addition to playing single-player random and team random deduction games, players can choose "job" here to get different benefits】

【Job List】

[Newcomer Shura Field Program: Held once a month, the five most promising new players of the month are selected as program guests to participate in cooperative/competitive deduction games (required to be voluntary). The whole deduction process is broadcast live. The audience pays to enter, and rewards are provided by the guests and the system five Five cents. 】

[Abnormal Research Project Team: This project team aims to study a recently discovered "large-scale continuous absurd world". This world naturally forms another game system. The human players in it are called experiencers. We are now recruiting for this world. Materials and submissions can be rewarded accordingly, subject to negotiation. 】

The list is more than a dozen pages long, with many options. Yu Xing even found some jobs that are suitable for newcomers like him.

When he wanted to know more about it, he was told that he needed to complete the main mission first.

The main plot is the last content on Persona. Yu Xing muttered, "This is really like a game", and then clicked on it to take a look.

There are several types of deduction games arranged on the main line, labeled [Help newcomers familiarize themselves with each type of game content].

In fact, each game is tried once. The difficulty is the difficulty of the official game, but each player must first complete the content in the main line according to the process and then choose freely.

After finally reading it all, Yu Xing took off his materialized mask, stretched out, and stood up carefully and slowly.

He has just come out of the game and is not in a hurry to proceed with the main storyline. On the contrary, he still has some things he wants to confirm during the evaluation game he went through.

For example, in the last phone call Zheng Song made, who was the person named Ning Feng on the other end of the phone?

It seems that Ning Feng also knows something about some unexplainable things. So what is his identity?

Absurd worlds are also connected to each other, which he has determined from the job list in the [Market].

So people in the absurd world must have other existences besides being reflections of criminals in reality.

However, his current question is that through the game, Yu Xing cannot confirm whether the killer personality has occupied Zheng Song's body or whether he has actually committed a crime.

He thought for a while, then left the bedroom, walked into the study, and dug out a stack of A4 paper in the desk drawer.

On the desk are several books that Yu Xing has been reading recently. The bookshelves beside it are densely packed with books on almost all aspects. There is an easel near the window, and an unfinished painting is hanging there. The brush is placed on the desk. on the plate.

Yu Xing sat down at the desk, pushed the books on the table aside to make room, laid out the A4 paper, took out a charcoal pen from the pen holder, and started sketching with a professional technique.

The general drawing method of sketching is to draw the whole first and then the parts, outline the proportions of the shape, and then deal with the local details and light and dark parts in detail.

However, Yu Xing does not need to follow steps when painting. He has strong control over the brush, so he is very free. Where he paints first depends on his mood. Soon, a portrait gradually becomes clear under his brush.

(End of this chapter)

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