Ex-Girlfriend – Chapter 95
by Little PandaBUG
Life and Death Examination Room 02
Examination God
Xin Lan: Dead? How is that possible?
Ling Jiu: This is probably why this mission is rated 3S.
Xin Lan still remembered how she failed her first mission in the Face-Slapping Department.
Before she even started face-slapping, she beat the person up, and then directly crippled him. That scumbag had a mental breakdown and committed suicide by jumping off a building.
If the key character in a mission dies, it’s considered a mission failure, and the mission world collapses.
But at this moment, she was still here, and this world was fine.
Xin Lan decided to first see what the situation was, and then find Wan Yan.
She should be in a room in an inn, and the environment was very dilapidated. The room was a single room, with a bed placed against the window. The window was covered with old newspapers, some parts were torn. The hanging light bulb also looked very old, with unclear stains on it, emitting a dim yellow light.
Xin Lan was still wearing the clothes the original host was wearing when she heard the start of the exam.
That card was held in her hand, and she looked at it carefully again.
[You are a police officer investigating a suicide at the inn, but you discover that it is highly likely a murder. The deceased is called A, and the suspects are B, C, and D. Among these three, one is telling the truth, one is lying, and one is telling a half-truth. Please find the murderer and submit your answer.]
“The first exam is about to begin. There are 5 examinees in this exam venue. The time limit is 6 hours. Please submit your answers within the allotted time.”
“This exam officially begins.”
That strange voice sounded in her mind again, accompanied by a bell chime.
Xin Lan looked at the time on her wristwatch, and then found that the ID card she was holding had changed.
The front was still the same, but on the back, where it was originally blank, a horizontal line had appeared. At the same time, a pen dropped into her hand.
Could it be that writing the person you think is the murderer on the line is submitting the answer?
Xin Lan pondered, but Ling Jiu’s exclamation came from her mind.
Ling Jiu: Host QAQ (crying face) I think I’m broken.
Xin Lan: ???
Ling Jiu: I just wanted to scan this space to make a 3D map, but I couldn’t scan it QAQ.
Ling Jiu: It seems to be blocked by something, it’s all blurry.
How could there be such power that can hinder the system’s actions?
Xin Lan: Don’t panic, just stay put.
This place was indeed unusual. Without a key figure, the world could still survive. There must be some energy supporting it.
And that energy should be the voice that sounded in her mind.
Since it can do this, it’s normal for the system to be interfered with.
Since scanning is not possible, then she has to do it herself .
Fortunately, Xin Lan was not the kind of person who relied heavily on the system. She wasn’t in a hurry to find Wan Yan, but instead carefully searched the room she was in.
The furnishings of the room were very simple, making it easy to find things. Xin Lan quickly found a police badge and a small notebook.
[You are a police officerโฆ]
The card said so, so the police badge is a symbol of identity.
In the other notebook, there were text written in the format of a diary.
“This is a very remote inn. I rarely come here. The inn owner called the police and said that a girl died in the yard, it was suicide. There were not many people at the station, so I was sent here alone to investigate this matter.
I investigated and found out the deceased’s name is A, female, nineteen years old. Her friends said that she had been having relationship problems recently. She may have been unable to cope after drinking last night, and committed suicide.
When I arrived, she was lying face down on the ground, her head bleeding, her eyes wide open. I tried to close her eyes, but they remained open.
I suspect that she did not commit suicide, but was murdered.
Because I found a lump on the back of her head, as if she had been hit hard.”
Xin Lan integrated the information here with the one on the identity card, and sorted out a few points.
- The deceased, A, female, nineteen years old, has three friends: B, C, and D.
- All three are suspects, one is telling the truth, one is lying, and one is half-truth.
- Friends said that A had been having relationship problems recently, drank alcohol last night, and might have lost hope.
- A wouldn’t close her eyes, and there was a lump on the back of her head that seemed to have come from a heavy blow.
The voice said that the exam time is only six hours, which means that the murderer must be found within six hours.
And, there are five examinees in this exam.
Xin Lan opened the door, and in front of her was a slightly narrow corridor, with only a light on in the distance. Walking to the end of the corridor, there were stairs.
Looking down from here, she could see four people sitting on the sofa in the inn’s lobby.
Xin Lan immediately saw the exquisitely beautiful woman and met her gaze.
Her face hadn’t changed, with a breathtaking, almost supernatural beauty.
It’s just that her eyes changed from ice blue to brown.
Wan Yan also saw Xin Lan and waved to her.
When Xin Lan went downstairs, she looked at the other three people.
One was a girl in a school uniform, not very old, but she looked very calm.
One was a young man in casual clothes, with his head down, looking very silent.
One was a woman in home clothes, around forty years old, with a panicked expression on her face.
“Everyone is here, it seems that the five of us are the examinees for this exam. You heard that voice, the time is six hours.”
The high school student spoke. Although she was the youngest, she was the first to speak.
“Where is this place, weโฆ”
The woman’s lips were trembling, and her voice also had a tremor.
“I was clearly sitting in the library just now, how come I suddenlyโฆthe voice in my head, what is it, what exam, what new citizenโฆ”
The young man also looked like he was about to collapse, making Xin Lan and the others look exceptionally calm.
Xin Lan couldn’t help but focus on the girl. The other two were having normal reactions to this kind of thing, this girl was so calm, which was unusual.
“The most important thing now is not to ask those questions. I don’t know what’s going on either, but there is no doubt that we were forced into some kind of exam selection. What’s more important is that if you fail the exam, you will die. Didn’t you hear that the time is only six hours?”
The girl said coldly, her eyes looking at Xin Lan.
“My name is Tong Zhizi [็ซฅๆ ๅญ | Tรณng Zhฤซzi], Zhizi of gardenia blooming. My identity is the niece of the inn owner, temporarily staying here. And you?”
“A police officer investigating a suicide case.”
Seeing that their companions were so calm, the young man and the woman also calmed down.
Wan Yan walked to Xin Lan’s side, secretly wanting to hold Xin Lan’s hand, but thinking that times have changed, and that she couldn’t just hold her hand just like that because she might get hit, so she could only think about it in her heart. She kept up a serious appearance on the outside.
Everyone introduced themselves to each other and exchanged names. Xin Lan used her original name instead of the original host’s.
The woman’s name was Chen Hong [้่น | Chรฉn Hรณng], and the young man’s name was Feng Ye [ๅฏๅถ | Fรฉng Yรจ].
Tong Zhizi didn’t speak first again, but looked in Xin Lan’s direction.
Tong Zhizi had always been sensitive, and she could feel that among all the people present, Xin Lan should be the most powerful. Just standing there, she felt a strong aura.
And the person beside her, called Wan Yan, gave her a very cold feeling. Before Xin Lan appeared, she had been looking at them with a dismissive attitude, as if they were not living beings, but mere objects. And that overly beautiful face was even more daunting, so she was not very willing to deal with her.
Seeing Tong Zhizi looking at her, Xin Lan naturally took the lead.
Xin Lan: “We have less than six hours now, so we need to be more efficient. First, let’s share the contents of our cards, and then integrate them.”
Xin Lan: “Before that, let me ask, is your mission all to find the murderer?”
Wan Yan answered very actively: “Yes, and there is a horizontal line on the back of the card, and a pen dropped.”
Exactly the same as Xin Lan’s.
The others also nodded, indicating that they were the same.
Xin Lan read out her identity card, including the truth and falsehood.
Wan Yan: “I am a private detective. I was hired by my client to photograph his girlfriend, the deceased, A. In the process of following A, I found that A was cheating, and the other party was C. On the night of the incident, I heard B and C arguing.”
Tong Zhizi: “I am the niece of the inn owner. I came here to stay temporarily. On the night of the incident, I saw D and A kissing in the corner, and I saw B trying to push A down the stairs. My card also has truth and falsehood.”
Chen Hong: “I am the inn’s cleaner, responsible for cleaning all the rooms in the inn. On the morning of the incident, I saw bloody clothes in B’s room, and I was the first person to see the body. Mine also has truth and falsehood.”
Feng Ye: “It seems that we all have truth and falsehood prompts. I am a guest at the inn. The day before the incident, I saw B and D holding hands and walking, and was asked to help take a photo. I still have the photo.”
After everyone finished speaking, they were all silent.
What a complicated relationship.
A and A’s boyfriend, A and C, A and D, B and D, this circle is really messy.
“It seems that this first exam is not difficult.”
Xin Lan pondered for a while, then spoke.
Suspects A, B, and C, a one-third probability of guessing correctly, plus the given relationship and the truth/falsehood buff, and even giving six hours, this first exam is really friendly.
“The three of you go and call B, C, and D respectively, and say that the police want to question them. Wan Yan and I will go see A’s body.”
Tong Zhizi nodded first, and Chen Hong and Feng Ye also followed upstairs.
A’s body was still in the courtyard, and no one had touched it.
Wan Yan and Xin Lan walked side by side, looking at Xin Lan’s profile with a smile.
It feels so good to be with her while possessing memories.
“The scumbag of this mission is dead, you know?”
“Dead?”
Wan Yan was a little surprised, and became serious.
“It seems that this BUG is much stronger than I thought. In the past, those hosts’ missions also failed because before the face-slapping reached the end, the scumbag died in an accident, but that was all in the later parts. This time, it actually killed the scumbag directly before the start, and maintained the operation of the world.”
In other words, in the process of the world’s continuous destruction and restarting, this BUG is also mutating to become stronger.
“What should we do? Ling Jiu said her scanning function can’t be used.”
“Wait, let me try.”
Many numbers flashed in Wan Yan’s eyes, like a vast and boundless sea of stars.
Ling Jiu: Oh, the commander suddenly spoke to me just now and asked if I could hear her.
“Can you communicate?” Wan Yan asked, tilting her head.
“Yes.”
“That’s good. The mental connection is still there. I need to find the BUG to eliminate it, and the BUG is at a very distant coordinate, which should be the so-called, end of the last exam.”
LP: Re-translated on March 21, 2025
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