On the first night, Xiao Lou checked Yu Hanjiang's identity because he was worried that Yu Hanjiang might not be on his side, in which case he would have to carefully consider his next move.
The condition for passing this escape room is that at least four out of the eight people in their team must survive to the seventh day. If there are more people from the God faction in the team, the werewolves must be sacrificed if necessary. Conversely, if there are more werewolves among the teammates, Xiao Lou can take the initiative to get himself killed during the voting stage, protect his Werewolf Faction teammates, and be eliminated himself.
If more than four teammates survive to the seventh day, those who were eliminated in the previous days can be rescued.
In such a chaotic battle, poor coordination can easily lead to internal strife, allowing other teams to take advantage of the situation.
Currently, Xiao Lou has deduced that there are four teams participating in the survival game, with 8 to 10 people in each team. It is possible that each team will have players who draw the Werewolf Card, God Card, and Civilian Card.
After discovering that Yu Hanjiang was a wolf, Xiao Lou quickly composed himself after his initial surprise and began to think about a plan for dawn.
Ace of Spades told him that his teammates could not communicate directly with each other, nor could they mention words related to their identities.
He is a Prophet, and at night he cannot speak to anyone except to check their identity.
According to the general rules of werewolf kill games, werewolves can communicate with each other. Perhaps, at this very moment, Yu Hanjiang is discussing with other werewolves which one to kill first. After dawn, his statements will determine the next game strategy.
After checking Xiao Lou's identity, she went back to her room to rest and wait for dawn.
**
At the same time, a text prompt also appeared in Shao Qingge's floating window.
[ Blood Night Witch - Day 1 - Night]
[You are Dream Catcher. Please select whether to activate the skill to put one player into a sleepwalking state.]
Shao Qingge stroked his chin, pondering for a moment. Dream Catcher's skill was a double-edged sword. While it could make sleepwalkers immune to nighttime damage, if he himself was killed, the selected sleepwalker would also perish. Choosing a teammate meant that if they were unlucky, they would be double-killed.
Just to be on the safe side, Shao Qingge decided to choose a stranger from another team to test the waters first, and then decide what to do tomorrow night.
Currently, the members of our team are: Captain Yu (No. 1), Shao Qingge (No. 5), Ye Qi ( No. 7), Xiao Lou (No. 11), Liu Qiao, Qu Wanyue, Long Sen, and Lao Mo (Nos. 18, 25, 27, and 30 respectively).
Shao Qingge decided to choose the middle number and said, "Choose number 15 to enter sleepwalking mode."
[Selection successful. Number 15 will be immune to all attack skills tonight.]
**
At the same time, 36 number plates appeared in Yu Hanjiang's floating frame, including 14 special plates.
The backs of all 14 number plates were marked with the same red full moon symbol. However, the cards kept flashing, and each time they flashed, images of wolves would appear in the center of the red moon.
Black wolf, white wolf, little wolf, beautiful wolf...
Fourteen wolves, appearing and disappearing in the shadows, reflected the red moon in the sky, creating an eerie and sinister scene.
The Challengers, who were assigned the werewolf role, were utterly horrified when they saw the spectacular array of 14 werewolf cards before them.
As the card flashed, several lines of prompts appeared in quick succession in the floating boxes for all the werewolves—
[In this game, there are a total of 14 werewolf roles, and you will form a temporary werewolf team.]
[Your objective is to massacre the village.]
[The so-called "village massacre" means killing everyone in the village except for the werewolf faction. You can use the werewolves' abilities to kill players at night, or you can blend in with the good guys during the day to confuse them and get them voted out.]
[Once you complete the village massacre mission, you can lead your teammates from the contract book to a perfect clear of this secret room.]
[Whenever the red moon rises and night falls, 14 flashing werewolf cards will establish a temporary voice communication channel. Werewolves can know each other's identities, but werewolves and villagers cannot directly reveal their identities to each other.]
[Tonight, you can kill two players. Please discuss and choose which players to kill for the first night.]
[Werewolf voice communication channel is now open. Countdown to action: 30 minutes]
After the pop-up notification ended, a 30-minute timer appeared in front of everyone, and microphone shapes appeared on the 14 werewolf cards.
A moment later, a deep, middle-aged voice reached everyone's ears. At the same time, the microphone on card number 20 lit up, clearly indicating that player number 20 was speaking: "Hello everyone, it seems there are a total of four teams participating in this survival room, each with 8 to 10 people. Each team should have been assigned 3 to 4 werewolf identities? Am I correct?"
The microphone on card number 22 lit up, and a cool, mature female voice said, "Judging from the number of players, the 8-player team has 3 wolves, the 10-player team has 4 wolves, and the four teams together have exactly 14 wolves. We 14 werewolves have to kill all the other Civilians and players from the God faction to pass the level. This game is extremely difficult."
Number 13 said, "I've played Werewolf Kill. Werewolf Faction can only wipe out a village if a powerful werewolf leads the charge and causes infighting among the good guys."
A clear, youthful voice asked, "If the village massacre fails, will all the Challengers who drew the werewolf card be eliminated?"
This is Ye Qi's voice.
Yu Hanjiang had noticed this long ago.
Even card number 7 was flashing with a werewolf effect—Xiao Ye was also assigned a werewolf in this escape room.
In addition, their team also has a werewolf, number 25, Qu Wanyue.
Upon hearing Ye Qi speak, Yu Hanjiang and Qu Wanyue tacitly remained silent; otherwise, it would be easy for other teams to realize that the three of them were in cahoots.
Ye Qi's question was answered by a kind-hearted middle-aged man. The man said in a low voice, " Since Guardian said that we can lead our teammates through the secret room if we complete the mission of massacring the village, then let's try our best to complete it. Anyway, so far, Guardian hasn't lied to us."
Another person chimed in, "Although we are outnumbered, we can know each other's identities and cooperate during the daytime voting phase to collectively vote out the good guys. The good guys have more people, but they can't know each other's identities. If we incite them, they can easily turn on each other."
Someone said, "Kill two people every night and vote one out during the day. In seven days, you can kill 21 people. Add to that the good guys accidentally using the wrong skill... completing the massacre of the village is theoretically possible."
The discussion was in full swing, but Yu Hanjiang gradually sensed that something was wrong.
A village massacre?
Is the objective of this secret room mission really to massacre the village?
In their team, only he, Ye Qi, and Qu Wanyue are in the werewolf camp. If they were to massacre the village, they would have to kill all five of their teammates: Xiao Lou, Lao Mo, Liu Qiao, Long Sen, and Shao Qingge. However, once Xiao Lou realizes that the three of them are werewolves, he certainly won't just stand by and watch them massacre the village, which is completely inconsistent with the setting of the good guys.
If the good guys let the werewolves wipe out the village and simply vote against each other during the voting phase to end the game through self-harm, this escape room would become quite easy. But clearly, the Ace of Spades wouldn't make the game that simple.
Xiao Lou and his team's mission is definitely to protect the good people from being killed by Werewolf.
The biggest challenge in this escape room is that good people need to protect themselves, while werewolves want to wipe out the village. Teammates have different goals, which is why they are not aligned.
Yu Hanjiang quickly figured this out.
The discussion in the werewolf channel continued. With 14 werewolves and a jumble of voices around him, Yu Hanjiang quickly memorized everyone's number tags. Then, he whispered, "Report your identities and special abilities so we can plan the next move. After all, some of you may not have played Werewolf Kill before."
The man's voice was deep and calm, and after it came through the voice channel, the chaotic discussion suddenly quieted down.
Everyone noticed that it was Number 1 who spoke, and his voice seemed to have a convincing power.
Yu Hanjiang said calmly, "I will announce myself first. I am the Wolf King."
Everyone: "..."
The Wolf King is the most ferocious member of the werewolf pack. At night, like the other werewolves, he can kill any player, and during the day, he can take a player with him immediately upon his death. If the good guys insist on voting for him and removing him, the Wolf King can still take one player with him before he dies, giving the werewolves a numerical advantage.
The wolf king is a troublemaker in the wolf pack, and the good guys would have to pay a heavy price to kill him.
Upon hearing that Captain Yu was the Wolf King, Ye Qi and Qu Wanyue both breathed a sigh of relief. Being on Captain Yu's side gave them a much better chance of winning the game.
Following closely behind, number 3, a girl with a sweet voice, spoke up: "I'm just an ordinary little wolf, I don't have any special skills."
Ye Qi declared loudly, "I am the Blood Moon Apostle. I can self-destruct during the day to enter the night and seal all the skills of the gods."
The Blood Moon Apostle's abilities are used when Werewolf Faction is at a disadvantage. For example, if the Werewolf Faction doesn't perform well during the daytime voting phase and makes too many mistakes in their statements, the Blood Moon Apostle can self-destruct to stop the daytime voting phase and immediately enter night, while also sealing all Protoss abilities such as Prophet and Dream Catcher.
Both 9 and 10 are ordinary wolf cubs.
The three wolves, 13, 14, and 15, are implicated. Among them, number 13 is a man with a gloomy voice. He said, "I am the Ghost Rider. I have the ability to reflect damage. If I am examined by the Prophet, the Prophet will die. If I am poisoned by the witch, the witch will die."
Ghost Rider is also Werewolf Faction's porcupine; anyone who touches him dies. If Prophet accidentally traces him to someone, he'll be killed by the backlash. If the witch tries to poison him, she won't be able to kill him; instead, she'll be killed by his own poison. He can only be removed during the voting phase.
Yu Hanjiang noted down the special identity of number 13.
Then came a few more wolf cubs.
Number 22, a girl with a cool and aloof voice said, "I am Wolf Beauty, and my skill is charm. I can charm someone at night. Once I am voted out or shot by a hunter, the person I charmed will also be eliminated. It's like taking someone down with me when I die."
Qu Wanyue was assigned the ordinary werewolf card. Their team already had two special identities, Yu Hanjiang and Ye Qi. Based on the average probability, it was reasonable for Qu Wanyue to get the ordinary werewolf card.
The young man, number 28, said, "I am White Wolf King. I can take one player with me when I self-destruct during the day."
The difference between a White Wolf King and a Wolf King is that a White Wolf King can only pull someone up when he "self-destructs during the day." A Wolf King, on the other hand, is more powerful and versatile, and can pull someone up to die together with him if he is shot by a hunter or voted out.
After everyone had finished speaking, Yu Hanjiang summarized and organized the remarks.
Of the 14 werewolves, five have special identities.
Wolf King #1, Blood Moon Apostle #7, Ghost Rider #13, Wolf Beauty #22, White Wolf King #28.
The rest are wolf cubs without any special skills; they can only kill at night.
Yu Hanjiang Road
"The activation of skills depends on the situation. Next, choose the target to kill on the first night."
His gaze swept across all the number plates in the floating frame, pausing for a moment at number 11, Xiao Lou, before he said, " The werewolf kill game relies on logical reasoning. If we want to complete the difficult task of 'massacring the village,' the fewer people with strong reasoning abilities in the good guys' camp, the better. Therefore, everyone should prioritize killing the person with the highest IQ in the team."
Ye Qi was slightly startled upon hearing this.
Kill the smartest guy? Captain Yu means he'll kill Professor Xiao on the very first night?!
Yu Hanjiang followed up, saying, "Everyone, start voting now. Kill anyone you think will hinder our massacre of the village."
Ye Qi was extremely conflicted. He didn't want to kill Professor Xiao first, and he didn't quite understand Captain Yu's intentions. So Ye Qi opened his eyes wide and decided to observe Qu Wanyue and Captain Yu's actions before making a decision.
As a result, Yu Hanjiang directly voted for No. 5 Shao Qingge and No. 16, a person he didn't know. Qu Wanyue immediately understood Captain Yu's meaning and voted for No. 27 Long Sen and No. 16, a person he didn't know. Ye Qi also realized what was going on and randomly cast two votes.
After all the voting, numbers 16 and 26 received the most votes.
Neither of their true teammates reacted, so Werewolf Faction made the final decision, placing the knife on cards 16 and 26 on the first night.
Operation Werewolf Faction has ended.
***
Daylight broke.
Apart from Werewolf Faction and the special God Card, the other Civilians will automatically go to sleep when it gets dark.
Everyone was sleeping soundly.
When No. 16 and No. 26 woke up, they found a bright red X on their number plates. As the first two "lucky ones" to be eliminated, they had no choice but to be exiled from the village and placed in the waiting area.
Xiao Lou noticed that two number plates had suddenly disappeared from the floating frame, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Werewolf Faction acted decisively, likely led by Yu Hanjiang, the wolf king.
However, Yu Hanjiang did not kill his teammates first, which clearly shows that Yu Hanjiang also realized that something was wrong with the game rules.
Werewolf Faction wants to kill, while the Civilian who didn't draw the werewolf card and God must protect themselves...
The biggest challenge in the survival game Spade 9 Werewolf Kill is when teammates have conflicting goals.
Under the bright sunshine of the day, everyone gathered again at the fountain square and took their seats in order of their numbers.
Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang, who was also looking at him.
The two looked at each other through their silver masks.
Although they didn't make any moves or say a word, a single glance was enough.
Xiao Lou's eyes are saying, "I know you're a werewolf."
Yu Hanjiang's eyes seemed to say, "I won't kill you, don't worry."
The two exchanged a smile. Who said Prophet and the Wolf King couldn't team up? The 14 werewolves were merely a temporary alliance arranged by the Guardian; Yu Hanjiang had always known in his heart that Xiao Lou was his true teammate.