Absurd Deduction Game
Chapter 90

You're So Amazing, A Bai!

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The water was pitch black, and Yu Xing couldn't actually see anything.

All he could see was his shadow.

Reflections on the water's surface.

Because of the searchlights overhead, everyone's reflection was shown on the water's surface. However, in a situation where everyone was afraid that something might appear in the water, the most obvious things on the surface were often overlooked.

The water rippled into countless fragments, and Yu Xing caught a glimpse of A Bai's reflection out of the corner of her eye. In the distorted image, the smile on A Bai's lips seemed like a dangerous signal.

He immediately pressed down on A Bai's shoulder, turned his head to confirm, and as the ripples subsided slightly, a hint of confusion crossed A Bai's face, while the reflection on the water's surface continued to smile.

Almost instantly, Yu Xing knew how the first team member who went into the water had died.

Long Zhou's bullet entered the water and happened to pierce the shadow's forehead. In the rules distorted by the ghost, the injury suffered by the shadow would be reflected in the main body!

He looked at himself again, and the reflection in the water showed Fang Xiaoyu's appearance, with curly hair and a face that still had a touch of childishness, as if she hadn't fully grown up.

A Bai looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Suddenly, A Bai's shadow in the water made a movement different from its real form; it raised its hand, grabbed A Bai's clothes, and pulled them down sharply—

"Wait!" A Bai's body sank, and he subconsciously called out. Of course, the shadow ignored him; the only one who paid attention to him was the kind-hearted Yu Xing, who had witnessed the whole thing.

Yu Xing grabbed A Bai's arm and pulled hard, stopping A Bai's downward momentum. His face darkened, and he lowered his voice. "Turn off the searchlight."

As he spoke, he reached out and turned off the searchlight strapped to his head.

A Bai didn't ask anything, only saying, "Okay."

Suddenly, darkness fell around them, and Yan, Song Quan, and the other team members were attacked by their own shadows.

"It's a shadow! Damn it, don't shoot!" Nightmare had just shouted when a teammate raised his gun, seemingly wanting to help another person shoot through the "Shadow Ghost."

She quickly stopped her, because she had also thought about the cause of the team member's death.

However, things didn't go well.

Attacking the shadow doesn't benefit the main body; letting the shadow go unchecked only drags the main body down with it, seemingly trying to drown it.

"Captain Long, turn off the lights, don't let the shadows appear!" A Bai's voice came from behind. It turned out that Fang Xiaoyu and A Bai, who had turned off the searchlights, were safely in an area where they wouldn't be caught in the light from others.

Song Quan wasn't in good physical condition and had already drowned. Upon hearing this, he immediately did as instructed, and sure enough, the pressure eased, allowing him to float to the surface and gasp for air.

Seeing this, the members of the Group Two Armed Unit followed suit, and soon the surroundings were pitch black and silent, with only the rapid, oxygen-deprived, and survivors' breathing sounds.

They began to rely on their memories to grope their way ashore in the dark. One by one, they braced themselves against the edge of the deep water and used the buoyancy of the water to easily leave the water. After reaching the shore, Yan turned around and met a pair of calm yet slightly gleaming eyes in the darkness.

Her eyes were slightly narrow and curved, filled with emotions that were hard to decipher, and she was very beautiful.

Who is it?

The eyes were very difficult to see in the darkness, but Yan was still stunned for a moment.

For some reason, those eyes instantly stayed with her.

Only then did she realize that, in the instant she fell into the water, to ensure her safety, she had activated one of the abilities of [True Gaze]: Illusion.

The concept of illusion is vast; sometimes she doesn't even know what she can see. What she can see one second may be gone the next.

She hasn't deactivated this ability yet, so what are those eyes? Some kind of illusion behind a physical entity?

In Nightmare's live stream, for a brief moment just now, the camera switched to Nightmare's field of vision, meaning that whatever Nightmare could see, the viewers could see as well.

As a result, the Nightmare's viewers flooded the screen with comments.

[I saw it too, there were eyes!]

[Gone, vanished suddenly! Holy crap, was that a ghost or a person? I suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, felt like my heart had stopped.]

I declare, I'm smitten! No one can understand that feeling at that moment—it was absolutely breathtaking!

[Is Nightmare's power a sacrifice ability? What was she seeing? Why did she have such a terrifying feeling? Does anyone know the answer?]

Then, Lu Xiaorong and Yan Ming, the surviving investigators who had been watching the cross-dressing man in the Nightmare livestream, finally spoke up after much anticipation.

[Lu Xiaorong: It's a direct shock on a spiritual level. It's like a thorn; different people will have different feelings when they see it. Unless you don't look at it, you will definitely be attracted to those eyes and be affected.]

[Yan Ming: The Nightmare ability is interesting. Although difficult to control, it's a rule-based ability, and it can be terrifying if it grows strong. That one glance she gave just now broke the rules and allowed her to see someone's soul.]

Lu Xiaorong's explanation gave the audience half the answer, but it also raised new questions.

Someone?

Who exactly is it? How could a soul possess such a bizarre and awe-inspiring ability, affecting one's entire being with just a glance?

[Stop guessing, I checked someone else's livestream, that direction was towards Xinghe the Magician, I wonder who it was just now.]

The audience has a free perspective, so they know the identities of the deducers very early on.

Fang Xiaoyu is lucky, A Bai is Magician.

Including the prophet Song Quan, this team of thirteen... has a total of four diviners!

After that viewer finished sending the comment, everyone watched as Lu Xiaorong and Yan Ming abandoned the cross-dressing master and left Yan's live stream.

They separated and entered Yu Xing's and Carlos's live streams respectively. Lu Xiaorong even greeted his teammate Yan Li, who had been staying in Xing's live stream, but was ignored by the aloof King of Hell.

Yu Xing pulled A Bai, who couldn't swim, ashore and retrieved the camera. He had just felt someone watching him again, but this time, unlike the little paper figure's gaze, it was much more penetrating, causing him to unconsciously frown.

Strange, it felt like he was being seen through... Although it was impossible, he still subconsciously turned his head away, avoiding eye contact.

Once everyone was ashore, they walked back a short distance in the dark before turning the searchlights back on.

Nightmare counted the number of people and silently discovered that three more team members were missing. They probably hadn't had time to break free from the shadows and had drowned.

Her ability was still active; she relentlessly scanned everyone's faces, but the coincidence of the previous moment was no longer there.

Never mind.

Even though those eyes had suddenly stirred her heart, it was all an illusion, a lie, a lie.

Nightmare shut down her abilities and called the entire team back to the fork in the road. As for the fallen members... every member of the Armed Unit had long been prepared to die, willingly sacrificing their lives. She had no right to feel sorry for others.

On the way, Yan seemed to remember something and praised A Bai meaningfully, "Your mind works really fast, Doctor. You actually thought of turning off the lights so quickly. I knew that normal people would find it hard to put themselves in the dark when they are in a dangerous environment."

Song Quan nodded in agreement. He was no longer as indifferent as he had been at the beginning, because A Bai had just saved his life.

A Bai said embarrassedly, "It's alright, it's alright. I get nervous in the water, but I'm the kind of person whose mind works faster when I'm nervous."

Yu Xing, who had given the answer to A Bai, was deeply moved upon hearing his words, her tone filled with relief and recognition. "You're amazing A Bai!"

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