amaotonovel Chapter 16 Are you a ghost?
Chapter 16 Are you a ghost?
Ji Xingyi's thoughts returned, and he looked up carefully at the gate of the old house in front of him. A sense of familiarity welled up in his heart, but he didn't seem to have seen an old house with white lanterns hanging in the real world. Was it in a TV series? A movie?
"An ominous night?" Ji Xingyi exclaimed in surprise, looking at Jiang Lin with a shocked expression: "Werewolf game?"
"Ominous Night" is a relatively niche multiplayer online werewolf game.
The game is set in a long-abandoned Hui-style building. A tragic ghost marriage ceremony once took place here. Decades later, a group of brave streamers came here to film a reality show, only to unexpectedly find themselves transported back to that ominous night.
The Night of the Ominous is divided into three roles and two factions.
Good guys: "Survivors", no skills, but have voting rights after starting a meeting.
The Evil Faction: "The Possessed (Ghost)," also known as the Werewolf. They can use a special ability to activate the Crimson Night, transforming into the Ghost Bride to kill survivors and possessing voting rights. "Ghost Servants," hidden among the villagers, are malicious cards with no abilities and no voting rights.
"A real werewolf game, the kind where people die!" Jiang Lin nodded, stepped onto the steps of the old house, and the next second, several lines of red blood-red characters appeared before his eyes.
【You are the Possessed - Raven】
[Use this skill to transform into a raven and fly.]
The blood-red text disappeared, and a stream of information flooded Jiang Lin's brain. Then, several floating icons appeared in his field of vision, like playing a three-dimensional game, which was quite interesting.
[System Notification: This instance has a total of 10 players: 2 Possessed, 1 Ghost Servant, and 7 Survivors. The extraction point activation conditions are as follows:]
[Survivors win: Condition 1, complete 6 rounds of sacrifices (possessed individuals and ghost servants cannot be evacuated). Condition 2, successfully execute 2 possessed individuals during the meeting (ghost servants cannot be evacuated).]
[Possessed by the demon servant, the victor wins by killing or executing at least 6 survivors.]
Jiang Lin turned to look at Ji Xingyi and chuckled, "A commoner?"
Ji Xingyi nodded helplessly.
It's no wonder Jiang Lin could tell. In the past, when playing games, Jiang Lin liked to play as the survivor, while Ji Xingyi was the opposite and liked to play as the possessor, that is, the werewolf.
Ji Xingyi enjoys the thrill of killing and has no interest in logical deduction. Therefore, Ji Xingyi always looks uninterested whenever he takes innocent people.
The gameplay is very simple.
Survivors need to search for offerings in the old house and complete 6 rounds of offerings to win.
The possessed, or ghost, needs to absorb evil energy. When the evil power reaches 100%, they can use the skill "Crimson Night," transforming into a ghost bride to kill one player. After a player dies, the remaining players touch the corpse to start a meeting. In the first round of the meeting, a vote is held to select one player to bind. The bound player cannot use skills, items, or shop items. From the second round onwards, a vote is held to select one player to execute.
"Are you a ghost?" Ji Xingyi's gaze was deep and unfathomable. Jiang Lin could see through his identity at a glance, and he could guess Jiang Lin's identity just as easily.
Jiang Lin raised an eyebrow slightly and joked, "Are you scared?"
Ji Xingyi scoffed, "Your life is worthless, kill me if you want." This wasn't a lie; some things had changed, but others remained the same.
Jiang Lin smiled faintly, but her eyes held an unfathomable abyss.
There's only one Ji Xingyi in the world. If he dies, where am I supposed to find such a beautiful toy again?
The two pushed open the door and entered, passing through a blinding light curtain, and appeared in the central area of the ancient house map, the "incense table." The game time was the dead of night, and six players holding flashlights stood in front of the sacrificial table covered with a yellow cloth.
Flashlights are a basic item in the game. Some areas of the old house are unlit, and everyone can use flashlights for illumination.
There were three men and three women in front of him. Interestingly, they all wore number badges on their chests. Jiang Lin looked down and noticed that he also had a badge with the number 9 on his left chest. He turned to look at Ji Xingyi, whose badge was number 10.
After Jiang Lin and his companion, two more men entered, numbered 1 and 4 respectively.
"You four are so slow, are you out there getting a ghost? Discussing tactics outside?" Player number 7 was a young man wearing a trendy light green T-shirt, with a sleazy look and a rather unfriendly tone.
"Haha, I don't know them. No matter what, they couldn't possibly be four wolves (ghosts)." Number 1 was dressed in a white shirt and black suit pants, looking like an office worker who had just finished get off work. His relaxed tone dispelled the doubts of many people.
Number 7 then turned his attention to Jiang Lin and Ji Xingyi: "You two came in together, could you be in cahoots?"
Ji Xingyi merely glanced at her coldly, too lazy to respond, and leaned against the wall to rest with her eyes closed.
Jiang Lin revealed a cryptic smile: "Whether the four of us are ghosts or not, I don't know, but you, you started trouble before the game even began. You... seem quite like a ghost servant."
"I also think you're like a thief crying 'stop thief!'" Little Fatty Number 4 cursed along with Jiang Lin.
Upon hearing this, all the other players turned to look at player number 7.
Jiang Lin's attempt to shift the blame made Number 7's expression change: "Don't falsely accuse me. Whether I'm a servant or not, you'll see whether I hand over the sacrifices later!"
A good player can win directly after submitting six rounds of sacrifices. Therefore, analyzing the number of sacrifices submitted by each player can, to some extent, determine whether a player is good or bad.
[System notification: Players, the game has officially begun]
[Ritual Requirements Update 1/6: This round of offerings requires Yang offerings]
Ji Xing glanced at Jiang Lin before turning and leaving. The other players also dispersed to search for offerings. Seeing that many people had gone to the upper half of the map, Jiang Lin headed to explore the lower half.
The old house contains two kinds of sacrificial items, one for yin and one for yang, as well as coins and crystals of resentment.
Finding three identical sacrificial items allows you to combine them into one offering of that attribute. Money can be spent in the shop to purchase items for the good guys (for survival) or the werewolves (for survival).
Resentment Crystals are exclusive items of ghosts; ordinary people cannot pick them up. Possessed individuals can obtain evil energy by picking them up.
"Zhizhi, I found the dog tooth! We can use it to synthesize a Yang offering!" A loli-like female voice came from the next room.
With a thought, Jiang Lin's vision turned dark gray. At the same time, two red humanoid silhouettes appeared on the previously impenetrable wall, with two numbers marked above their heads: 2 and 3.
This is the possession ability, or the ability of a ghost—clairvoyance!
Using this skill, you can see through all players on the entire map.
(In the perspective mode, both the survivors and the ghost servants are red, while the possessed are blue. The two possessed individuals know each other's identities, but neither knows the identity of the ghost servant.)
(When Crimson Night is activated, the possessed individual will be unable to use X-ray vision.)
Judging from the close relationship between players 2 and 3, Jiang Lin could easily tell that they were playing the game as a team. Logically, both of them were good people and had shared their identities.
After Jiang Lin collected the first offering, he walked towards the Buddhist hall where the two of them were.
"Who's there!"
Just as Jiang Lin reached the door, he heard a clear, melodious female voice calling out to him.