Card Room (Rebirth)

Liu Qiao’s voice was blocked by the mineral bottle water. It sounded very weak but Xiao Lou noticed the movement in the bottle. He took the mineral water bottle from Ye Qi and spoke quietly, “Xiao Liu, you woke up?”

Liu Qiao swam around the bottle and found that Xiao Lou in front of her seemed to be magnified dozens of times in her field of view. His face looked like a wall to her. She finally reacted and said, “Why did you turn me thumb-sized and lock me up in the bottle? Is it the same as with Chief Shao in 8 of Spades?”

Shao Qingge asked, “Do you remember 8 of Spades?”

Liu Qiao answered, “Of course. Chief Shao was infected when saving Xiao Ye from the bugs. We were afraid he would hurt the team members so we used my Thumbelina card to lock you in the bottle…” She suddenly realized. “I understand. You made me smaller and locked me in the bottle because you are afraid I will hurt everyone? Do you suspect I am a clone?”

Xiao Lou heard this and his suspicion of her reduced a lot. After all, only the team members knew that Shao Qingge had been infected by the bugs in order to save Ye Qi. Liu Qiao accurately said this so her credibility had greatly increased.

Yu Hanjiang spoke softly, “Do you remember where we first met?”

“The mountain temple in Liuxi Village. I turned into Little Red Riding Hood and used the sky lantern to guide you over. This allowed you to find the human bone pit behind the mountain temple.”

Yu Hanjiang continued to ask, “In the Beacon in Troubled Times secret room, what were our identities?”

Liu Qiao seriously replied, “Group Leader Yu was the newly appointed prefectural magistrate, Professor Xiao was your wife, Chief Shao came from a rich family, Old Mo was an expert, Long Sen was a royal guard, Sister Qu was the princess’ close maid, I was a medical girl and Ye Qi… “ She looked at Xiao Ye. “The number one girl in the brothel.”

Ye Qi couldn’t help holding his forehead. “Can you not mention that dark history… Group Leader Yu, can you change the level for the question?”

Yu Hanjiang immediately changed the question. “What diseases did we all have in the 10th level?”

“Professor Xiao was the chief resident of general surgery, Group Leader Yu was shot and sent to the emergency department, Xiao Ye was in the pediatrics department with pneumonia, Chief Shao had a heart disease and had stent surgery, Long Sen broke his leg and had orthopaedic surgery, Old Mo had an intestinal obstruction and was sent for surgery, I had a blood disease and Sister Qu was pregnant and had lupus erythematosus…”

Lu Jiuchuan touched his nose. “It sounds like you were all sick in the 10th level.”

Ye Qi said, “The combination of old, weak, sick, disabled and pregnant was really miserable. Only Professor Xiao was in a normal condition… However, I think this level is more troublesome. In level 10, it was just that everyone’s mobility was limited. The clues were very clear. Meanwhile, here we don’t even know how many clones there are.”

Yu Hanjiang continued, “What was the plot of 9 of Hearts?”

“An entertainment circle murder case. The first murderer was psychologically distorted and killed the judge who gave her a red light in a singing contest. The second was a plastic surgery stand-in who killed her close female friend.”

Xiao Lou heard Liu Qiao’s answers about the past instances and was finally relieved. For the sake of insurance, he continued to ask, “Xiao Liu, do you remember the library of the medical school. On the 23rd floor, there is information on Chinese medicine.”

Liu Qiao thought about it. “Yes, I often go to the 23rd floor to borrow books to read.”

Xiao Lou was silent for a moment before looking at Yu Hanjiang. “There are no problems. This should be Liu Qiao.”

Everyone was relieved to hear it.

Liu Qiao opened her mouth. “The snacks that ‘Xiao Lou’ brought to me should be mixed with some drugs. I fainted after eating it. If it hadn’t been for Professor Xiao suddenly using Heart has a Tacit Exchange of Romantic Feelings, I wouldn’t have doubted his identity at all. He was too much like Professor Xiao.”

Xiao Lou helplessly said, “It is hard to tell the difference in appearance because the genes of the clones are 99% similar. It is like identical twins. What you saw was the number 5 Xiao Lou who has the genes of humans, bugs and merpeople. In addition, he is a hunter and is hard to deal with because he knows everything about our team.”

Liu Qiao wondered, “Hunters? Why would a clone become a hunter?”

Xiao Lou said, “My guess is that hunters, like challengers, can travel through different secret room worlds. We can come to this world and be assigned different identities. Naturally, hunters can also be assigned identities. The more important the identity of the hunter, the more difficult it is for us to clear the instance.”

Shao Qingge was thoughtful. “For example, my adoptive mother in the 10th level was a hunter.”

Ye Qi remembered the scene of that rainy night and couldn’t help being frightened. “If I hadn’t reacted quickly enough with Chief Shao, his mother would’ve killed us at the last minute!”

Xiao Lou glanced at his teammates and spoke meaningfully, “Therefore, the hunter being assigned the identity of the ‘Xiao Lou clone’ will greatly increase the difficulty of us clearing this level. If we aren’t alert enough, we might fall into his trap.”

Yu Hanjiang suggested, “We can avoid him first and check the shipwreck.”

Xiao Lou agreed. “Yes, we will dive into the deep sea as soon as it is dawn.”

Liu Qiao swam around the bottle and asked, “Can you let me out? I am the princess of the merpeople so I’m familiar with the layout of the palace. Perhaps I can help.”

Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang. Yu Hanjiang nodded, went over and opened the lid of the bottle. He poured out the little mermaid using his fingers. At the same time, Gui Yuanzhang cancelled the effect of the Thumbelina card and Liu Qiao returned to her original size.

Her tail was the longest of all of them. It was more than two meters long and was silver-white. It glowed in the moonlight and was more beautiful than the heroine of the mermaid movie.

Lu Jiuchuan glanced at her tail. “Is this the tail of a merperson with royal blood?”

Gui Yuanzhang nodded. “The sign of royal blood is very obvious. The tail is silver. Moreover, the pure merpeople lineage is dwindling. The merpeople believe in the concept of species and believe that the silver tail is the noblest. Those who can inherit the throne must be a pure blood descendant with a silver tail.”

Xiao Lou thought for a moment. “The current merman prince is artificially raised with genetic technology. As long as the gene fragment that determines the color of the tail is extracted and fused with the cells of the 4th Xiao Lou, the grown 5th Xiao Lou will automatically have a silver tail symbolizing royal blood?”

Yu Hanjiang agreed. “Then find an excuse such as an ‘illegitimate son living outside’. The merpeople won’t doubt the identity of the prince. After all, he has the pure blood’s silver tail.”

Ye Qi looked at Xiao Lou. “Can we distinguish Professor Xiao from the clone using the color of the tail?”

Xiao Lou smiled. “My tail is the blue of ordina

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