Card Room

Remember for a second

"Card Room" BY Butterfly Spirit

On July 10, 2019, it was exclusively published on Wanbenshen Station.

[Chapter 1, Card World]

In the cold winter and twelfth lunar month, the temperature dropped sharply, and the heavy snow for several days turned the entire Jiangzhou city into a world wrapped in silver.

The school had the winter vacation, and the students had already gone home. Xiao Lou was sent by the department to participate in the academic exchange meeting. The meeting lasted until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. After a day off, he packed up and flew back to his hometown to spend the New Year with his grandparents.

When he was young, his parents were too busy with work. Xiao Lou lived in the countryside with his grandparents for a period of time. At that time, he was too young to have a vague memory of his childhood. But he would go back to his hometown every Spring Festival, because New Year's reunion is the tradition of Xiao's family, father and uncle would bring their wives and children home for New Year's Eve dinner to keep the New Year together.

When Xiao Lou arrived home, it was the afternoon of the New Year's Eve. As soon as he entered the house, his cousin Xiao Xinyue greeted him and said with a smile, "Brother, why did you arrive so late? Grandma was talking about you just now!" She came over. , whispered in Xiao Lou's ear, "Tell me why you're not married yet."

Xiao Lou: "..."

If you go home during the festival, you will be urged to get married by your elders.

Xiao Lou really belongs to the "old unmarried youth" now, and he is still a single dog at the age of 27.

He went to school early and was admitted to medical school at the age of 17. After graduating from graduate school, he stayed on to teach and was rated as an associate professor at a young age. Xiao Lou has a gentle personality, a tall stature, and a handsome appearance. It is reasonable to say that conditions like him should be very popular in the blind date market...

Too bad he studied forensics.

When you hear the word "forensic doctor", people will naturally think of corpses. Who likes to be with a man who dissects corpses every day?

In fact, Xiao Lou is not a forensic doctor of the criminal investigation system, and he does not need to go to the murder scene to identify the cause of death of the deceased.

After graduating, he stayed to teach at the Medical University under the recommendation of his supervisor. He usually spends most of his time teaching forensic medicine students, and in his spare time, he also goes to the forensic identification center in Jiangzhou to help. The cases sent to the appraisal center are generally injury appraisals from car accidents and fights, and occasionally genetic appraisals, poison appraisals, etc. He has not seen a body for a long time.

***

After coming to the living room, Xiao Lou politely greeted the elders and distributed the gifts he brought to everyone. Grandma looked at him with a smile and asked, "Xiaolou, when will you bring back a granddaughter-in-law for grandma?"

While pinching his shoulders for the old man, Xiao Lou said warmly, "Grandma, I'm too busy with work now. I want to wait until I'm 30 before thinking about marriage."

Xiao Xinyue coaxed from the side: "Brother, if you studied clinical medicine and became a doctor in the hospital, there would definitely be a lot of girls lining up to chase after you because of your looks. But now, when I heard that you were a forensic doctor, most of the girls were arrested. You scared away, hahaha."

Xiao Lou looked up at his sister and said with a half-smile, "This is professional prejudice. Forensic doctors don't dissect live people, so they're not as perverted as in horror movies. Besides, I haven't touched a corpse for a long time."

Hearing the word "corpse", Xiao Xinyue's scalp went numb, and she immediately turned and ran away.

Just as the restaurant was about to start dinner, Xiao Lou helped his grandma to sit down, changed the subject and asked Xiao Xinyue, "Have you decided which school you want to apply for next year?"

The youngest cousin, Xiao Xinyue, is 18 years old and will face the college entrance examination next semester. When Xiao Lou asked, the topic of the elders also became what major would a girl apply for to find a job in the future, Xiao Xinyue actively joined the discussion, and no one mentioned Xiao Lou's marriage anymore, which made Xiao Lou slightly relieved.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the elders started playing mahjong, while Xiao Lou took his cousin to the next room to play.

Xiao Xinyue took out a brand new set of playing cards and said, "Let's play Landlord, the three of us, how about a drink for the loser?"

Cousin Xiao Wei rolled up his sleeves, eager to try: "Come on, I'm the best at fighting landlords!"

Xiao Lou is not interested in playing cards, but every year when he returns to the Spring Festival, the elders will always have a table of mahjong. It is too boring for the younger brother and sister to play cards. He is the eldest brother and has to accompany them.

Fighting the Landlord is one of the most common ways to play poker. The rules are very simple. When the "landlord" person can add a few cards to their hand to improve their combat effectiveness, the other two "peasants" need to join forces to fight one another. The two sides are divided into two camps.

Xiao Lou was very good at number one, and he directly touched Wang Zhan.

Seeing the big and small king in his hand, he said without hesitation, "Call the landlord."

Xiao Xinyue and Xiao Wei had to join forces to beat him.

As a result, Xiao Lou's cards in this game were a bit too good. In addition to the big straights of 9, 10, J, Q, and K, there were also several pairs, four 5s, and a pair of kings, which were simply not given to the opponent. way to live.

The younger brother and sister watched him play all the cards in one breath.

Xiao Lou smiled slightly: "I won, let's drink Coke."

Xiao Xinyue and Xiao Wei had no choice but to drink Coke with a bitter face.

Next, no matter if Xiao Xinyue is called the landlord or Xiao Wei sits in the village, he will be beaten by the elder brother every time - Xiao Lou's card luck tonight is so good that it is impossible to evaluate. The drink was almost vomited.

The three played cards until twelve o'clock in the morning.

There was a deafening sound of firecrackers outside, and the younger siblings excitedly ran to the yard to set off fireworks. Xiao Lou was wearing a coat and was about to go out when his phone suddenly lit up and a message popped up on the screen: "Happy New Year. ."

Sender: Yu Hanjiang.

Seeing this familiar snow scene portrait, Xiao Lou raised his lips slightly, and quickly replied: "You too, happy new year."

Yu Hanjiang asked, "When will you go back to school?"

Xiao Lou said: "Go back after the seventh day of the Chinese New Year."

Yu Hanjiang said: "Thank you for your help last time, come back and invite you to dinner."

Xiao Lou said: "Team Yu is polite, come back and contact us again."

The sound of "bang" came from outside the window, and fireworks of various colors bloomed one after another, illuminating the night sky as bright as day.

Standing in front of the window, Xiao Lou looked at the conversation records on his phone, and the scene of seeing Yu Hanjiang for the first time came to his mind.

It was a rainy day, and a girl from the Medical University fell to her death, which alerted the criminal police in Jiangzhou. Xiao Lou was not familiar with the girl, but the last class the girl took happened to be his class. As an associate of the case, Xiao Lou was asked by the police to make a transcript.

When he walked into the criminal police brigade, he saw the man at first sight—the man was wearing a dark blue police uniform, standing straight by the window, tall, with slender legs, and his profile was as handsome as the most exquisite statue. .

Seemingly aware of the gaze from the side, the man turned to look at Xiao Lou, walked over and nodded at him, and said, "Hello, I'm Yu Hanjiang, the leader of the Criminal Police Brigade's serious crime team. Please come and cooperate with the investigation by Professor Xiao."

Xiao Lou nodded politely at him: "Hello Team Yu, I will do my best to cooperate."

Yu Hanjiang took Xiao Lou into the inquiry room, made a "please sit" gesture, and said lightly: "Name, age, occupation, these are all necessary procedures for making a transcript, please answer truthfully."

In the process of taking the transcript, the man's voice was low and powerful, his expression was extremely serious, and his eyes were as sharp as swords, giving people a strong sense of oppression. He was staring at him, almost breathless.

Even if Xiao Lou was not directly related to this matter, he didn't want to look him in the eye.

—— Those eyes were deep and cold, like a frozen lake in the cold winter and twelfth lunar month, which sent chills down the spine.

The speed of solving the case was much faster than Xiao Lou imagined, and it was determined to be murder. The police caught the murderer the next day. It was the girl's roommate who pushed her downstairs, which caused a sensation on the Internet.

That time, Xiao Lou greatly improved the efficiency of the Jiangzhou Criminal Police Brigade.

He inquired about Yu Hanjiang through a forensic classmate he knew. It is said that Yu Hanjiang's background was confusing, but he was suddenly parachuted over at a young age and served as the team leader of the criminal police team's serious crime team. The serious crime team is an action team established by Jiangzhou City to detect major criminal cases such as murder and rape. Yu Hanjiang has solved many unsolved cases since he took office, which has greatly improved the efficiency of case handling.

This man is unselfish, cold-blooded, and ruthless, and makes criminals terrified. Just a ruthless look can make a guilty person tremble with fear. It is said that he has a very good way of interrogating criminals, and even the most tenacious suspects will confess their guilt obediently under his interrogation. In just two years, Yu Hanjiang's name has become a legend in the police circle of Jiangzhou City.

After hearing about his deeds, Xiao Lou admired this man very much and felt that Yu Hanjiang was also young and promising.

I thought there would not be much interaction with him, but within a few days, Yu Hanjiang suddenly found the office of the Forensic Identification Center and asked Xiao Lou to help identify an extremely rare poison. Xiao Lou specialised in forensic toxicology at the graduate level. He has published several papers of high value and is quite well-known in the forensic field. Yu Hanjiang approached him, and the two exchanged WeChat messages and phone calls.

Xiao Lou assisted the police in detecting this vile poisoning case. When Yu Hanjiang said "thank you for your help", he meant this. The two have met four times before and after, all because of work, and their friendship is not deep. Therefore, Team Yu, who has always been indifferent, took the initiative to invite him to dinner, and Xiao Lou was also very surprised.

Standing by the window, Xiao Lou, caught in memory, did not notice that the playing cards on the table suddenly had a blood-red luster at this moment. The luster gradually formed a vortex, and the space near the cards also distorted. , as if to suck everything around into the card.

***

On the seventh day of the new year, Xiao Lou said goodbye to his family and flew back to Jiangzhou. Thinking of the WeChat conversation on the evening of New Year's Eve, Xiao Lou simply sent a message to Yu Hanjiang: "Team Yu, I'm back. When do you have time to have a meal together?"

There was no response to the message.

He thought that the other party might be busy, so he sat on the sofa in the living room and read the news while waiting for a reply.

Seeing that dinner time was over, Yu Hanjiang still didn't reply.

After all, Team Yu has a special identity, and if they don't reply, it may be that they have encountered a difficult case and are investigating and collecting evidence on the spot. Xiao Lou was very knowledgeable and didn't bother the other party anymore, and went downstairs to eat a bowl of noodles.

After eating the noodles, he wanted to go to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities, but when he was crossing the road, he suddenly saw a bus rushing towards him at the corner of the corner——

Xiao Lou's eyes widened, his heartbeat almost stopped!

He swiftly pulled out his legs and ran, but the speed of the bus was too fast. As soon as he took a step, his body was slammed into the air!

Suddenly, the world turned around in front of him, and Xiao Lou quickly lost consciousness completely.

***

When he woke up again, he was surrounded by a vast white fog. In the foggy mist, a cold mechanized voice clearly reached his ears: "Xiao Lou, congratulations on being selected by the Card World, you are now faced with two choices—

A: Die in peace, forget everything, your soul will die out completely, and you will never be sick again.

B: Retain the memory to the card world to regenerate and accept new challenges. However, the survival rules of the card world are very cruel, maybe here

It's better to just die if you live here. "

Xiao Lou was a little puzzled.

Is this sound a hallucination? Also gave him two strange options?

Since he didn't respond, the cold mechanical voice spoke again: "Give you 10 seconds to think about it, the countdown to memory erasure is in progress, 10, 9, 8..."

Xiao Lou said decisively: "I choose B."

Regardless of whether the sound was a hallucination or not, of the two options, he could only choose the latter.

He is only twenty-seven years old, and he has a good life, but he doesn't want to wipe out his memory and die completely. Just give him another chance, no matter how difficult and dangerous the new world is... At least he is still alive, right?

There is hope to live.

Xiao Lou quickly calmed himself down and asked, "Who are you?"

The other party said coldly: "I'm a highly intelligent system elf in the card world. You can't see me, but I can see you."

The feeling of being watched made Xiao Lou frown. He took a deep breath and continued to ask, "What exactly is the 'card world' you're talking about?"

The next moment, countless cards suddenly appeared in front of him.

Those were the playing cards he had used when he and his younger siblings played Landlords on the night of the Spring Festival. The back had the familiar blue argyle pattern, the most common kind in commissaries. 5 of Hearts, 8 of Diamonds, 10 of Clubs, J of Spades... Playing cards of various suits were strung into a long chain and swayed in front of him quickly, like a film played at four times the speed.

In the white fog, the card chains were quickly arranged horizontally and vertically. The four suits were mixed together without any rules. The densely packed playing cards formed a huge side within 10 seconds at a speed visible to the naked eye card wall.

System: "Player Xiao Lou, welcome to the card world."

The author has something to say: 1. The team has an infinite flow of novels, focusing on adventure, puzzle solving, and level-breaking. All kinds of cards will be used in level-breaking. This article is inspired by the combination of escape room games and poker games. All the secret room plots are fictional by the author, without real prototypes.

2. A neat and ruthless attack × gentle and calm, high IQ analysis, and strong teamwork to challenge all kinds of secret rooms.

3. Daily update, the tentative update time is 11:30 every day.

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