There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

When Luo Kai received the message from that person, he was quite surprised.

Ever since he was blocked last time, he had been feeling pretty down.

Although later, when he couldn't help but sneak a peek at the guy's personal information again, he found out that he had been removed from the blacklist, he didn't bother the person again.

Thinking back on the other party's impressive performance during the killings on the train, Luo Kai even began to suspect that this novice identity was completely fake!

It must be a smurf account trained by some high-level player's team!

Luo Kai had always been a lone wolf, but having reached level four and received a class change invitation, his qualifications were not to be underestimated.

He had heard that some high-level players would specifically train a lower account using "soul fruit" for the sake of a rare item or skill at the lower stages—of course, it wouldn't be the high-rank players doing the actual account deletion.

High-rank players basically all had their own small groups, which they had formed back in the harsh environments of the Script World.

So, one has to wonder, how could a novice have such high combat skills? Continue your journey with empire

It must be a smurf account of a high-rank player!

Luo Kai successfully convinced himself of this theory regarding the Script Space.

Moreover, since they had already exchanged mobile numbers in the real world, why did the other person still want to communicate using the messaging function in the Script Space?

That must be because the high-rank player's team is close by!

So, with the thought that there might be a high-rank player on the other end, Luo Kai reservedly replied to the message, merely saying hello.

…

In a hotel in the real world.

Having finished his work, Xu Shuo was playing a game on his phone when he suddenly saw a system notification for an incoming message pop up in the top right corner before the semi-transparent panel disappeared again.

Just then, his phone chimed with a "ding-dong," and Xu Xi, who had just finished her night self-study session, also replied to his text.

While replying to the text, Xu Shuo suddenly realized—hadn't he recorded Luo Kai's contact information last time?

It seemed like he had.

But he didn't quite remember.

Xu Shuo opened his contacts list and scrolled down for a while before he finally saw the phone number he'd added and then left untouched, with only one call log, which was from Luo Kai calling back after noting down his number.

But…

Whether making phone calls or sending texts involves expenses, but is it as appealing as the cost-free messaging chat in the Script Space?

Not at all!

Xu Shuo, feeling perfectly justified, opened the Player's Handbook and looked at Luo Kai's reply.

For some reason, he felt that the guy's reply exuded an exceedingly "polite" attitude, nothing like the demeanor of a high-rank player.

In other words, it seemed like there was a scheme!

What was he plotting?

Maybe he wanted to trick him into helping with script extraction again?

Xu Shuo sneered, but when thinking about the last incident, he suddenly remembered how during his entry into the "Crimson Dusk" script, he vividly remembered the plot that occurred in the real world.

So much that he seized the killer's mistake in advance and cleared the script in less than ten minutes, leaving the two newcomers completely dumbfounded on the spot.

After some contemplation, Xu Shuo wrote a string of probing questions in the chat box with his mind and sent them off.

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In a certain city.

Luo Kai had just come out of a convenience store and had just lit a newly bought cigarette when he saw the system notification pop up.

Wow, such a fast reply!

The high-rank player must surely be paying attention to this matter—is it because of his profession?

Luo Kai opened the message and, not unexpectedly, saw that the other side was inquiring whether he had been extracting scripts smoothly lately and kindly offered to help if needed.

Based on his interaction with that person last time, Luo Kai didn't think "Xu Shuo" was someone who would care about such things, so the person he was communicating with now must be the high-rank player's team!

Luo Kai became even more convinced of his guess.

Right when the other side had suddenly contacted him, Luo Kai had been wary.

Because he had noticed that "Xu Shuo's" Performed Scripts included "Crimson Dusk," a low-rank script he had extracted last time, and the name of this script had been previously extracted by someone.

Afterward, for the other side to enter the script of this world so accurately, there could only be one reason!

The other party has a "Mentor"!

However, it is a team led by a big shot, so it's not strange at all for them to arrange a mentor for leveling up an alternate account.

They must have approached him now because he is the "Director" of this world.

According to Luo Kai's understanding of Script Space, worlds like theirs usually only give birth to one "Director" — places beyond the stars not included.

Even if there were a second one, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Larger worlds might have more, but compared to the vast expanse of the universe, they would still seem scarce.

Moreover, a player's personal information does not reveal their profession, which in some ways acts as protection for professional players, because if an old Director dies, only then will a new Director be born to ensure that the scripts of that world can be extracted.

This is also why there are so few forum posts about Directors. This profession is indeed held by very few people, and they prefer to make big money while keeping a low profile.

This is an existence even rarer than "Mentors".

Generally speaking, when players from the same world encounter its Director, both sides will choose to establish good relations.

Directors sometimes need help from others to extract scripts in the real world, while players sometimes need the Director's help to open backdoors in Script Space.

Yes, open backdoors!

As everyone knows, once players enter the Script World, their memories of the scripts they've seen become blurred and hidden.

This is the reason Script Space can directly open forums without concern.

However, what many players don't know is—

If it's something you have personally experienced in reality, even if you can't remember the faces of the people involved, your memory of understanding the event won't disappear!

In other words, you won't forget you have a sister, nor will you forget that you had steamed pork ribs for dinner with her yesterday.

After all, Script Space isn't trying to give you amnesia.

Even players with strong spiritual power can recall the scripts they have watched, let alone the events they have personally experienced in reality.

Some players exploit this loophole by learning about the people, events, and objects in the scripts in real life, and then using the authority of the "Director" and "Mentor" to enter the scripts of their own world and cheat their way through!

This method is especially suitable for newcomers who have not completed their apprenticeship.

Newcomers backed by powerful patrons.

Because without the bridge-building roles of these two professions, encountering a script from one's own world is even less likely than coming across an Abyss Creature dancing in front of you!

You can imagine the difficulty.

After figuring out the reason, Luo Kai's thoughts became active.

The alternate account of the big shot is still at the first rank, and slowly clearing scripts through normal progression could be too slow. Knowing the plot could undoubtedly reduce a lot of risks and time.

Many pretentious second-generation gamers have passed levels this way.

They've even muddled their way through assessment scripts.

Although doing so would relatively decrease the reward for performance, surviving in Script Space is all that matters, who cares about the rest!

However, revealing the name of the script wouldn't come without a price!

Being a mogul, they wouldn't expect to take advantage of him for nothing, right?

Although such an act entails no loss to the Director and might even increase the number of script conquerors, enhancing the division of final profits from clearing scripts,

in business, not having a loss is one thing, but a transaction is another...

Luo Kai's thoughts were in a whirl. He took a deep drag of his cigarette and exhaled. His eyes, shrouded in the swirling smoke, glowed with the light of "￥￥"!

He immediately responded to the message with eagerness and reservation:n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

[Recently things are going quite smoothly. In the past few days, I've acquired quite a few regular scripts, and was fortunate to get a second-rank Mutant Script. Presumably, this script should yield skills and items.]

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The recipient of the message, Xu Shuo:

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The other party is indeed showing great enthusiasm.

A fourth-rank player shouldn't be so unguarded, right? They had just freely shared information about script extraction with a new player. Is there something they want from him?

Heh, they tricked him once, and before they've even settled the score, they're coming back for more?!

And...

Xu Shuo narrowed his eyes slightly, his main concern being that this world indeed has more anomalous events than just the Ghost Train?