Wen Wen and the other novice Players also heard the Administrator's voice, leaving them stunned.
The first thing that shocked them was that the Administrator had actually accepted their suggestion. Allowing them to identify the murderer early was effectively ending the game ahead of time. Although Sha Linghai counted as a member of the Relevant Authorities, he was ultimately just a novice who had attended two training sessions. When he had shouted those two sentences at the Administrator earlier, he had been far from confident.
The second thing that shocked them was that all the Players had assumed the Accusation Round would mark the end of the game. In other words, as long as they figured out who the murderer was, the so-called Accusation Round should have been nothing more than a formality lasting a few minutes.
Yet judging by the Administrator's voice they had just heard, this Accusation Round seemed more like the second half of the Nightmare Game. In this second half, they would stand on the "Judgment Seat" as Judges, but would be completely unable to tell which suspect below was which.
Although the Administrator had said they could identify the murderer by voice, even in the Real World, there were plenty of skilled voice impersonators. How much more true would that be in this Nightmare World, where common sense simply did not apply?
Was that precisely why the Administrator had specifically told them to gather clues by asking questions and listening, rather than relying on voices alone? Unable to distinguish the murderer by voice, they would have to wait for the real murderer to slip up during the questioning.
This was the second half of the Nightmare Game.
Shortly after Wen Wen and the others worked out the rules for the second half, everything around them