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"A worn-out tungsten lamp hung in the center of the room by a black wire, flickering with dim light.The tranquil atmosphere was like ink dropping into clear water, slowly spreading throughout the room.In the middle of the room sat a large round table, looking weathered, with a small clock standing in the center. Its intricate patterns were ticking away.Surrounding the table were ten people dressed in various clothes, some sprawled on the table, others slouched in their chairs, all deeply asleep.Standing quietly beside them was a man wearing a black suit and a goat-headed mask, his eyes peering through the worn-out mask with interest at the ten individuals.As the clock on the table chimed, both the hour and minute hands pointed to "twelve".In the distance, a distant low bell could be heard.At the same moment, the ten men and women sitting around the round table slowly began to wake up.As they gradually regained consciousness, they first looked around in confusion, then glanced at each other in bewilderment.It seemed that none of them remembered why they were here."Good morning, nine," the goat-headed man spoke first. "I'm glad to meet you all here. You've been asleep in front of me for twelve hours."The appearance of this man was truly eerie, startling the others under the dim light."His mask seemed to be made from a real goat's head, with many hairs turning yellow and black, tangled and sticking together.There were two hollows dug out for the eyes of the goat mask, revealing his cunning eyes.Between his gestures and movements, not only emanated the unique odor of a goat, but also a faint smell of decay.A man with floral tattoos on his arm was stunned for a few seconds before finally realizing the absurdity of the situation, hesitantly asking the goat-headed man, "Who are you?""I believe you all have this question, so let me introduce myself to the nine of you," the goat-headed man happily waved his hands, appearing to have prepared the answer long ago.A young man named Zixia sat farthest from the goat-headed man, quickly assessing the situation in the room. After a moment, his expression became serious.Strange, this room was really bizarre.There were no doors, only walls on all sides.In other words, the walls, ceiling, and floor of this room were all enclosed, yet there was a table placed in the center.Given this, how did they get here?Could it be that they were brought here first, and then the walls were built around them?Zixia looked around again. Whether it was the floor, walls, or ceiling, they were all intersected with lines, dividing the walls and floors into many large squares.Another point that caught Zixia's attention was the "nine" mentioned by the goat-headed man.No matter how he counted, there were ten people sitting around the round table. Including the goat-headed man himself, there were a total of eleven people in the room.What did "nine" mean?He reached into his pocket, unsurprisingly finding that his phone had been taken away.The other woman didn't hesitate, pointing to the clock on the table, "The clock here points to "twelve."The other woman's words indeed woke many people up. Regardless of who the other person was, kidnapping ten people alone had already crossed the legal bottom line."Wait..." A middle-aged man in a white coat interrupted everyone's thoughts. He looked slowly at the other woman and asked, "We just woke up, how do you know we've been detained for 'twenty-four hours'?"His tone was calm and powerful, but piercing.The other woman calmly pointed to the clock on the table and replied, "The clock here points to twelve, but I have a habit of staying up late. The last time I looked at the clock at home, it was already twelve. This means we've been detained for at least twelve hours."After she finished speaking, she pointed around the walls with her fingers and continued, "You must have noticed that there are no doors in this room, which means this person made some effort to get us into this room. He said we had been asleep for twelve hours, and now the clock points to twelve again, which means it has rotated at least twice. So I suspect 'over twenty-four hours,' is there a problem?"After hearing this response, the man in the white coat gave the woman a cold look, still with a hint of doubt in his eyes.After all, in this environment, this woman was too calm.Would a normal person speak so calmly in the face of kidnapping?At this moment, a sturdy young man in a black T-shirt spoke up, "Goat Head, why are there ten people here when you said there were nine?"The goat-headed man remained silent, not immediately responding."I don't care how many people there are here..." The man with floral tattoos cursed, attempting to stand up by pushing the table, only to find that his legs were powerless. So, he continued pointing at the goat-headed man, "I advise you to be sensible, you may not know how serious the consequences are for provoking me. I will really end your life."With these words, the expressions of the men at the table gradually became serious. At this point, it really needed someone to take charge. If they could overpower this goat-headed man together, the situation would still be under control.However, the group found that their legs seemed to be injected with something, and they were completely powerless at the moment.So they could only threaten the goat-headed man verbally, shouting loudly.Zixia remained silent, lightly stroking his chin, staring at the clock on the table, lost in thought.Things seemed to be not as simple as imagined.He knew what the goat-headed man meant by "nine participants." If there were ten people here, it could only prove that one person was not a participant.Who was he?There were five men and five women sitting in this room. Could one of them be the "kidnapper"?The goat-headed man stopped speaking, slowly approaching Zixia, standing behind a young man.Everyone followed his gaze, only to realize that the young man in front of them was different from everyone else in the room. Although his face was dirty, it was filled with a happy smile.The goat-headed man slowly raised his palm, placing it on the back of the young man's head.The young man's smile became increasingly eerie, and his expression became excited as he glanced at everyone, appearing as though he had known something all along.There was a muffled sound, and the goat-headed man fiercely slammed the young man's head onto the table.A powdery substance splattered across the tabletop like spilled paint, and blood began to appear next to each person's face.The young man's skull was shattered on the table.Outside the room, the distant sound of a bell rang out again.Zixia was close to the deceased, feeling something warm and sticky stick to his face.He thought his mental strength was strong enough, but he found himself trembling now.The girl sitting on the right side of the deceased was stunned for three seconds before her face twisted and she screamed out loud.This scream broke through everyone's psychological defenses.Could the goat-headed figure, who could crush the hardest human skull with his bare hands on the table, still be considered "human"?Why could his frail body unleash such tremendous force?The goat-headed figure slowly spoke, "The reason I prepared ten people is because I needed one of them to quiet you all down."The young man's smile became increasingly eerie, and his expression became excited as he glanced at everyone, appearing as though he had known something all along.There was a muffled sound, and the goat-headed man fiercely slammed the young man's head onto the table.A powdery substance splattered across the tabletop like spilled paint, and blood began to appear next to each person's face.The young man's skull was shattered on the table.Outside the room, the distant sound of a bell rang out again.Zixia was close to the deceased, feeling something warm and sticky stick to his face.He thought his mental strength was strong enough, but he found himself trembling now.The girl sitting on the right side of the deceased was stunned for three seconds before her face twisted and she screamed out loud.This scream broke through everyone's psychological defenses.Could the goat-headed figure, who could crush the hardest human skull with his bare hands on the table, still be considered "human"?Why could his frail body unleash such tremendous force?The goat-headed figure slowly spoke, "The reason I prepared ten people is because I needed one of them to quiet you all down."The young man's smile became increasingly eerie, and his expression became excited as he glanced at everyone, appearing as though he had known something all along.There was a muffled sound, and the goat-headed man fiercely slammed the young man's head onto the table.A powdery substance splattered across the tabletop like spilled paint, and blood began to appear next to each person's face.The young man's skull was shattered on the table.Outside the room, the distant sound of a bell rang out again.Zixia was close to the deceased, feeling something warm and sticky stick to his face.He thought his mental strength was strong enough, but he found himself trembling now.The girl sitting on the right side of the deceased was stunned for three seconds before her face twisted and she screamed out loud.This scream broke through everyone's psychological defenses.Could the goat-headed figure, who could crush the hardest human skull with his bare hands on the table, still be considered "human"?Why could his frail body unleash such tremendous force?The goat-headed figure slowly spoke, "The reason I prepared ten people is because I needed one of them to quiet you all down."The young man's smile became increasingly eerie, and his expression became excited as he glanced at everyone, appearing as though he had known something all along.There was a muffled sound, and the goat-headed man fiercely slammed the young man's head onto the table.A powdery substance splattered across the tabletop like spilled paint, and blood began to appear next to each person's face.The young man's skull was shattered on the table.Outside the room, the distant sound of a bell rang out again.Zixia was close to the deceased, feeling something warm and sticky stick to his face.He thought his mental strength was strong enough, but he found himself trembling now.The girl sitting on the right side of the deceased was stunned for three seconds before her face twisted and she screamed out loud.This scream broke through everyone's psychological defenses.Could the goat-headed figure, who could crush the hardest human skull with his bare hands on the table, still be considered "human"?Why could his frail body unleash such tremendous force?The goat-headed figure slowly spoke, "The reason I prepared ten people is because I needed one of them to quiet you all down."

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