Victims have begun to appear in the team, and everyone is in a bad mood. After examining the corpse, Yuan Xueming announced that he should start the task as soon as possible, otherwise there will be more and more victims.

Xu Rendong took out the compass: "This may be useful, I found it in the kitchen yesterday."

With a compass, they won't get lost in the snow while out exploring. Everyone's tense mood eased a little, but Lian Qiao gave Xu Rendong a thoughtful look. He only said that he had found a compass, and did not mention the matryoshka. Even Joe thought about it for a while, and then he understood.

Under the guidance of Xu Rendong, everyone easily found the known nesting doll and the elevator in the hidden room. In the process, although some people inevitably sacrificed, after all, finding the elevator was half the battle, and everyone's emotions gradually stabilized. In addition, they got into the doll very quickly this time, so even though the time limit was only four days left, they were very optimistic and had no doubts that they could go out.

Only Xu Rendong knows that in the next time, everyone will be desperate day by day, because he no longer knows where the next nesting doll is. If they can't find any new clues, they can only watch the passage of time just like the last time, until the end of the seven days, the rabbits run wild and wipe them all out.

On this day, everyone followed Xu Rendong as usual and explored everywhere. Although nothing was discovered this afternoon, everyone's morale was still high, and they were talking about tomorrow's plans.

Only Xu Rendong was silent, holding a compass and walking alone at the front of the team. There are so many friends around him, but he still looks like he is walking alone in the snow, alone and helpless. Lian Qiao followed behind him, looked at him silently, and finally couldn't help chasing after him, and called out, "Brother Rendong."

Xu Rendong: "What's wrong?"

The beautiful light brown eyes looked over, and even Qiao was inexplicably heartbroken, feeling that he had seen through his behavior of deliberately picking up a conversation with him, and he had forgotten the topic he had prepared.

Xu Rendong looked at him quietly, neither urging nor disgusting. Lian Qiao suddenly found that when he looked at people, his eyes were very focused, and he even turned his head slightly, as if he was listening carefully. It can be seen from this little gesture that he has great respect for others. And this is not an air of pretense, he is unconsciously showing good upbringing.

There are two sources of parenting, one is parental precepts and deeds, and the other is self-discipline. Xu Rendong is an orphan, and the welfare home may not teach him so thoughtfully. Clearly, then, his upbringing was the result of self-discipline.

At this point, Lian Qiao's favorability for him soared. He felt that although Xu Rendong looked a little cold, he was not an arrogant and rude person, and he was a little happy for a while.

He calmed down and said, "The nesting doll buried in the snow just now, don't you think something is wrong?"

He was talking about the Matryoshka who could twist people into twists.

Xu Rendong nodded: "I understand what you mean. If the rest of the nesting dolls are as hard to find as this one, and there are monsters hidden in them, then we are really bad, and I am afraid they will all die in here."

Lian Qiao: "I thought so too, but it seems a little wrong. Do you remember the first day when the rabbit came to release the task, he accidentally said "player" ?"

Xu Rendong: "Do you still think this is a game?"

Lian Qiao: "Yes. There are NPCs with quests and quests, monsters guarding treasures, traps, and time limits for escaping dungeons... These settings are too similar to the game. . In addition to this, there is the most critical point, which is the rules."

Xu Rendong is puzzled: "What rules?"

Lian Qiao: "Any game must have rules, otherwise it can't be called a game. For example, flying chess, you can get out of the cabin only when you roll six points. If two planes of different camps are in the same When the squares meet, one will crash. In the end, the first side of all planes to reach the end wins. This is the rule of flying chess. Constituent elements. Don't you think the death condition mentioned by Brother Yuan is actually a rule?"

Xu Rendong always thought that Lian Qiao's thinking of the ghost world as a game was a naive idea. After all, people will really die here, and it is no longer the level of playing games. But listening to his analysis now, it seems to be so interesting.

Xu Rendong: "Go ahead."

Lian Qiao said: "Then let's look at this ghost world as a game for the time being. It has two rules: one is to find a gift and give it to the rabbit within a limited seven days. The second is that if you don't find the nesting doll, you will be killed by the rabbit. But the problem now is that it is almost impossible to find the nesting doll. In fact, all games must follow a basic rule, that is, it cannot set an absolute dead end .It can be difficult, it can set up obstacles for you, but it can't be without a way out. And if you remember, the rabbit said 'find a gift', not 'find a nesting doll'. Come to think of it, the rabbit doesn't actually promise After we find the nesting dolls, we can leave. So I think we may be preconceived at the beginning. Maybe the condition of escaping is not to find the nesting dolls?"

Xu Rendong finally understood, nodded and said, "Yes. Our real goal is to find the elevator and the button, but the question is where is the button?"

Lian Qiao pondered for a moment and said, "I want to go back to the stone tablet to see if Brother Sledgehammer is still there."

Xu Rendong nodded: "I will accompany you."

Lian Qiao was surprised that he agreed without the slightest hesitation, and asked in astonishment: "Why didn't you ask me to go back? After all, it's quite dangerous for Big Hammer..."

Xu Rendong said: "I know you know. I trust your judgment."

Lian Qiao turned his head to look at him, bent his eyes and laughed.

Dinner is still Leba and milk. Xu Rendong had been fed up with it for a long time, and now he felt sick when he saw these two things. But for the night's plan, he still forced himself to eat some to replenish his strength.

But if he doesn't go out again, he may really be driven crazy. Not only crazy, but also constipated. This is so inelegant.

After everyone went back to the room to rest, Xu Rendong and Lian Qiao quietly put on their coats, brought a crowbar, and stepped into the forest again.

The path in the forest has long been covered with thick snow. Fortunately, Xu Rendong has walked back and forth several times on this road, and he can still remember the direction. I don't know how long they walked, and the two finally came to the vicinity of the open space, and they saw the standing stone tablet and the tall figure walking back and forth near the stone tablet from a distance.

It has been four days since they took the nesting doll, and I didn't expect Brother Sledgehammer to be still wandering in the same place. There have been several snowfalls in the past few days. Brother Sledgehammer is already covered with snow, and it keeps falling as he walks. Ice even formed directly on the eyebrows and hair, which looked pathetic.

Xu Rendong was a little surprised, and said gently to Lian Qiao, "You guessed it right, he is really still there."

Lian Qiao took out the smallest nesting doll and said thoughtfully, "Look, does it look like an egg?"

Xu Rendong was taken aback. This set of dolls is round and colorful. If you ignore the weird smiley face pattern, it really looks like the shape of an egg. Xu Rendong didn't quite understand: "What do you mean?"

Lian Qiao whispered: "I've been thinking these days, why the rabbit doesn't want to tell us what the festival will be in seven days. I guess it's Christmas or Easter, Easter is more likely Bigger. But why won't the rabbit admit it?"

Xu Rendong nodded, this is also the question he has been thinking about.

Lian Qiao said: "So I guess, this 'festival' may be related to the clues of customs clearance, so it is not willing to tell us easily. Do you remember that in the elevator that brought us here, it was written in Russian Does it say 'Russian nesting doll'? This should also be a customs clearance prompt, but because we found the real nesting doll right away, everyone didn't pay attention to this issue, and I didn't think much about it... Until today, the nesting doll has opened a trap , I suddenly understood. These nesting dolls are not actually nesting dolls, but Easter eggs."

Xu Rendong was a little surprised: "Easter eggs from the Easter Bunny?"

Lian Qiao: "Yes. The meaning of Easter eggs is surprise. Didn't we always think that the dolls were positive props, but this time a ghost appeared, and all of us were really surprised. 'arrive."

Xu Rendong thought for a moment: "I think your explanation is a bit far-fetched, the easter eggs or something seems to be hard-wired."

Lian Qiao laughed: "From this point of view, it is indeed far-fetched. But there is one more point... Do you know that the Russian nesting doll is, at the very beginning, to celebrate Easter. made?"

Xu Rendong was taken aback.

Lian Qiao said: "The original Russian nesting doll was not the image of a big doll with a small doll, but a crown with a hen, a hen with an egg, and an egg with an yolk. The inside is chocolate. Later, I passed a painter... uh..." He suddenly got stuck, thought for a while, scratching his hair in embarrassment, "It's over, the pretense failed, I forgot what the painter was called."

Xu Rendong is helpless: "It's not important, continue."

Lian Qiao: "Well, it's not important. Anyway, after improvement, the nesting doll has become what it is now. So I guess, the prompt in the elevator is to emphasize the importance of nesting dolls, which It is also the key to solving the puzzle - a nesting doll is not just a nesting doll, it is an easter egg. So…”

Lian Qiao stared at the giant hammer in Brother Sledgehammer's hand, his expression suddenly excited: "I have a bold idea."

Xu Rendong smiled: "Me too."

Lian Qiao didn't expect Xu Rendong to go with him, and was a little surprised and a little bit overjoyed. He looked at Xu Rendong, with a gentle smile in his eyes: "But it's very risky to do this. If there is really nothing in this doll, then we are equivalent to destroying the key props, and all of us are dead. already."

Xu Rendong comforted: "It's okay, we are already dead."

Even Joe: "...you're right."

Xu Rendong: "The question is how do you borrow a hammer from Brother Sledgehammer?"

Lian Qiao raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "I'll go and seduce."

…Seduce?

Xu Rendong looked at Brother Sledgehammer with big arms and round waist, and Lian Qiao with thin skin and tender meat, and suddenly had a lot of bad associations. He frowned, pressed Lian Qiao, who was eager to try, and said solemnly, "Don't go."

Lian Qiao: "Huh?"

Xu Rendong said displeased: "I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. You will betray your color for such a trivial matter. Are you worthy of your parents?"

Lian Qiao: "..." He finally realized that Xu Rendong had misunderstood, and couldn't help but burst out laughing, "No no no, by seduction I mean to attract his attention and let him Run with me. Can't you help me put the nesting doll on the stone tablet? Then I'll lead him back to the stone tablet to avoid his attack, so that I can smash the nesting doll with his hammer Seduction is a game term, I usually say it smoothly, I didn't pay attention."

Xu Rendong: "..." He turned his head silently, silent for a moment, and choked out the word "oh".

I thought it was the other party who thought dirty, but I didn't expect that I thought too much. He also righteously accused others, Xu Rendong is now so embarrassed that his face is sour.

Even Joe added fuel to the fire: "Oh, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person..."

Xu Rendong's ears turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lian Qiao looked at him so shy that his whole body was stiff, he just thought it was very cute. Suddenly I wanted to tease him, and even dared to touch his ears.

Lian Qiao faintly felt that this was not good, and Brother Honeysuckle might be angry. But he couldn't control himself, when he reacted, his hand had reached Xu Rendong's earlobe, just a thin line away from the small and soft tender meat.

Boom.

Lian Qiao swallowed nervously and excitedly.