Game Prompt, Mysterious Letter

With a "rustling" strange sound, lines of scarlet text spread across the surrounding walls, as if countless wronged souls were writing their resentment with blood.

The seven people present were all startled.

The delicate girl's face turned pale with fright, and she let out a scream.

After a few seconds, these blood-red words gradually faded.

"It's a 'Game Prompt'!"

Lin Yu understood.

Then, he looked around and saw that the square-faced man had also quickly calmed down.

This guy is indeed a professionally trained soldier.

Lin Yu thought to himself, and the square-faced man said coldly, "Everyone calm down, this is no big deal—the words appearing on the wall now are likely hints about this game."

After speaking, he looked at the fat boy with glasses from before and asked, "You said you've seen similar animations and novels, do you have any clues?"

"Expel the two outsiders hiding among us... it feels like some kind of game to find the hidden traitor," the fat boy with glasses coughed lightly. "But this game description is too rudimentary... both the blood words just now and these blood words on the wall are unclear."

Lin Yu also spoke at the right time, "I think the envelopes on the table contain clues to this game. I think we should look at what's written together."

Lin Yu had chosen not to speak before because he didn't want to be the center of attention.

But if he continued to remain silent now, it would seem suspicious—Lin Yu had already noticed that a few people were secretly sizing him up and the short young man who hadn't spoken.

And with Lin Yu's suggestion, everyone present suddenly realized.

"Indeed, I almost forgot about these envelopes!"

The tall, square-faced man said, reaching out and opening the envelope in front of him.

Seeing this, the others followed suit. The scar-faced man hesitated for a moment, but still opened the envelope in front of him.

Lin Yu slowly opened his envelope but didn't rush to take out the contents. Instead, he first observed the others' reactions as they looked at their letters.

He noticed that as they examined the letters inside, some frowned deeply, some looked nervous, and some... had shifting expressions. And they weren't examining their letters as quickly as he expected.

"It seems the game isn't that simple."

Then, Lin Yu opened his envelope.

The contents of the letter appeared before Lin Yu's eyes:

"Hello, my human compatriot, no matter why you have come, I want to tell you something about the ancient castle."

"We have left many boxes in this ancient castle, containing things you can use. Open them when you encounter a box."

"But be careful of the red boxes, because those boxes belong to the werewolves and contain their weapons—humans cannot open them, so be wary of those who can."

"To maintain the normal operation of the ancient castle, remember to do what's on the schedule every day, otherwise the castle's mechanisms, poisonous fog, and severe cold may kill everyone!"

"Every day at 7 PM, it's time for a meeting. You can vote to expel anyone from the ancient castle—the meeting room is sacred, and no one can commit violence during the meeting—so it's best to use the meeting to expel them. Of course, if two people receive the same number of votes, no one will be expelled."

"If you discover a corpse, you can choose to immediately convene an early meeting for the day. Once activated, time will jump to 7 PM, and everyone will be restricted from moving freely and must immediately go to the meeting room. "

"During the rest period at night, you must gather in the meeting room until 7 AM the next morning—of course, violence is also not allowed in the meeting room during this period."

"Beware, werewolves are cunning and skilled at disguise. They look exactly like humans in everyday life, but they harbor hatred and killing intent towards us."

"Even among themselves, werewolves cannot directly confirm if another is a werewolf."

"My human compatriot, I hope you eliminate all the hidden werewolves and survive!"

"As long as any human survives for seven days, even if the werewolves are not found, you can leave here!"

The handwriting on the letter was quite hurried, as if written by someone under time pressure.

Besides this letter, there was also an identity card in the envelope.

Lin Yu took out the card.

"Your identity is: Human."

Lin Yu looked at the card in his hand and silently raised his head.

Before he could even get a clear look at the expressions of the others as they read their letters and cards, a "crackling" sound suddenly came from his hand.

Crimson flames erupted. Although they didn't burn his hand, they were enough to make Lin Yu instinctively loosen his grip.

After he let go, the burning identity card, envelope, and letter were all incinerated before they could even fall to the ground.

Not even ashes were left!

Flames fell and extinguished.

But this time, no one cried out in alarm.

Because after reading the letter, everyone was somewhat silent.

Combined with the blood words on the wall earlier, everyone had realized...

They were indeed not in the same boat.

This was a game of player versus player!

Finally, the middle-aged woman wearing glasses was the first to break the silence:

"This letter... what do you all think?"

Among the crowd, the fat boy with glasses pushed up his glasses and said in a low voice, "I've pretty much figured it out. This is a game similar to Werewolf!"

Everyone present nodded slightly.

The oldest person here was that middle-aged woman with glasses, who looked to be in her thirties or forties.

Clearly, although many of them might not be familiar with virtual works like "Death Game."

They weren't completely out of touch with the internet either. Werewolf, a game that had become popular across the country, was something they had at least heard of.

Seeing that everyone understood, the fat boy with glasses continued, "We've been divided into two factions: humans and werewolves. Five humans, two werewolves."

"The humans need to complete tasks and open boxes to ensure they survive for seven days, while also identifying the so-called outsiders, who are the players who received the 'werewolf' role. The werewolves, on the other hand, need to hide themselves well and find the werewolf boxes to get weapons—weapons to kill humans! So that all humans die within seven days!"

After the little fatty finished speaking, no one refuted him.

Clearly, his explanation coincided with most people's thoughts.

The scar-faced man scratched his head and said unhappily, "Damn it, the game rules are so convoluted, and they even wrote a damn letter for someone to translate. Nobody would play this kind of game out there!"

The short young man beside him finally spoke for the first time, "That's why that damn god tied us dead people up! Otherwise, no one would play such an unlucky game!"

The short young man said it in a joking tone.

Although it wasn't a good time to joke, everyone still chuckled upon hearing this, and the atmosphere felt a bit more relaxed.

Lin Yu looked at the short young man.

"This guy is a bit suspicious..."