Chapter 169

When Shen Yunzhe came out, Li Yulu and Huang Yihua were talking.

They seemed a little worried, spoke in low voices and said very little, and opened the door immediately when they heard it open.

"Shen Yunzhe, how is it?"

"OK." Shen Yunzhe made an OK gesture. "No problem. We agreed to meet them at the front door at 10 pm."

"Ten o'clock at night?" Huang Yihua frowned, "But there's an invisible rule: the door can't be opened at ten o'clock at night."

"Yes, we can't open the door after 10 pm, but we don't say we can't go out after 10 pm, right?" Shen Yunzhe said, "As long as we leave at 9:50 and wait until 10 pm, it doesn't count as opening the door after 10 pm."

Li Yiluan nodded, but he wasn't entirely in agreement. "But this way, we'll be exposed in the hallway. This room is our only refuge right now. We don't know what might happen if we leave. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Of course." Shen Yunzhe said with a smile, "It's not a good thing to always avoid danger in the playground."

That's true.

The playground is very dangerous. All players want to avoid the pits in the playground and want to keep themselves alive, but if they do so, they will lose a lot of clues because the playground is a harsh place and all important information is placed in the most dangerous position.

What's more, they have to stay in the room after 10 o'clock every night and are not allowed to open the door, like a turtle hiding in its shell.

But in fact, the game field is full of news. It is a time point at ten o'clock in the evening when they cannot leave. This time is very special and important, so they always have to go out and take a look.

"I've already made an agreement with those weird creatures, so of course I will go." Shen Yunzhe said.

"Then there's nothing we can do. We can't leave you alone in the corridor," said Li Yiluan.

Huang Yihua also sighed, "Yes, I can't let you bear the risk alone."

They decided to stay out tonight.

At this moment, there was a click and the door of room 1-2 next door opened. The door opened so suddenly that it startled the three people present.

A young man walked out and greeted Shen Yunzhe and the other two with a smile. "Hello, are you neighbors? I'm the new one, 1-2."

"Hello." Shen Yunzhe nodded. "I'm the resident of 1-1. They're from another floor and are visiting my house."

"The Xiangsheng community is full of good people. Everyone seems very friendly."

“I’ll definitely visit later!”

After saying that, the young man left, seemingly having no interest in them. After he left, Shen Yunzhe took a look at the wish list 1-2 and saw only a plain word written on it.

【Promotion and salary increase.】

Even ghosts are so pragmatic.

"I remember that this 1-2 was a little girl, wasn't it?" Li Yiluan asked, then realized, "Oh, yes, you said that the little girl in 1-2 was cleared out and a new resident was replaced."

After saying this, the three of them had the same worry in their hearts.

This Virgin Mary won’t appear, right?

But no matter what, you have to go.

They selected a few active strange creatures and then returned to their house to wait for the time to come.

At 9:50 in the evening, Shen Yunzhe went out on time. When he went out, he saw new handwriting on his notebook. He took a casual look at it before leaving.

[21:50: You choose to go out at this time, but in fact you shouldn't go out at this time.]

【You still left, for some unspeakable reasons. 】

Sometimes I really don't know what this record book is. Shen Yunzhe clicked his tongue, opened the door and walked out. When he reached the entrance, Shen Yunzhe saw Li Yuluan and Huang Yihua coming down from the corridor. They looked at each other and stood in the same position tacitly.

Shen Yunzhe looked at the entrance door, Huang Yihua paid attention to the surroundings, and Li Yuluan looked at the time.

After waiting until 22:00, Li Yiluan looked up and said, "It's time."

There was no sound or prompt, but at the moment 22:00 arrived, they felt that the surrounding environment suddenly changed.

It was so quiet around, so quiet that even breathing could be heard clearly, and even a pin drop could be heard. It seemed as if the whole neighborhood was dead silent, and even the lights turned cold. At this moment, three pale figures fell from the ceiling, which scared them so much that they almost couldn't help but scream.

Shen Yunzhe signaled Li Yulu and Huang Yihua to hide behind him, but the two of them didn't bother to be polite and quickly retreated.

Then he silently stuck talismans on his back.

Shen Yunzhe didn't care. He just stared at the pale strange creature in front of him, "You are here."

The pale man stared at Shen Yunzhe, "You are here too."

"He seems to really want to help us?"

“Can we really become residents?”

"That's great, that's great."

Shen Yunzhe smiled and said, "Then, will you tell me what I want to know?"

"What does he want to know?"

"It seems like he's asking how we got in here?"

The strange creature in the front spoke, saying, "Someone told us that there is a loophole in Xiangsheng Community."

"Every night at ten o'clock, a non-existent door will open in Xiangsheng Community. We can enter through this non-existent door, and the door will close at five in the morning."

A loophole? Or part of the rules?

"You all came in through this door?"

"The Xiangsheng Community is heavily guarded, but Our Lady did not abandon us. Even when she singled out the residents, she left loopholes for us. As long as we can come in, we can replace other residents and become residents. Our Lady is really a good person."

Shen Yunzhe looked at him and asked, "Can you take us to that door?"

"You..." The strange creature became a little impatient.

But the moment he saw Shen Yunzhe's eyes, the impatience in his tone disappeared instantly.

It couldn't help but keep looking into Shen Yunzhe's eyes, "...Of course no problem."

"You helped us, so it's only right for us to help you. People should be kind to each other."

"If we want to become residents of Xiangsheng Community, we should be more kind than before." He murmured, then turned around and said, "Come along, I'll take you there."

The three followed, with Li Yuluan and Huang Yihua following at the back.

"I have to say, Shen Yunzhe is really amazing." Huang Yihua whispered, "Both his way of thinking and his abilities are far superior to ordinary people."

"I now feel that maybe we can really leave this playground and really escape from this terrible game world one day."

"Because Shen Yunzhe is here."

Li Yiluan nodded, then said, "You are blindly confident."

“Just saying that I feel that way.”

"It's best not to have that feeling." Li Yuluan murmured, "Don't put the responsibility of saving the world on one person. Shen Yunzhe is not a god. He just has a father who is a mystic, and he was never taken care of by this father since he was a child. He has to shoulder something just because of his background. This kind of person is most likely to break down and turn evil."

"Although I'm a fortune teller, I admire those who don't believe in fate, and you too. Don't easily decide what others should do."

"Isn't it better to just treat him as an ordinary person?"

Huang Yihua was stunned for a moment, and she couldn't help but look at Li Yuluan.

At that moment, she seemed to get to know Li Yuluan all over again. She suddenly understood why Li Yuluan had the ability to see everyone's destiny, and why he became friends with Shen Yunzhe, a guy who kept people at a distance.

At this time, he still maintained a just right standard, so indestructible.

To a certain extent, Li Yuluan is the purest person.

Walking to the edge of the corridor, the three people leaned on the window and looked over there, only to see a door appear out of thin air on the wall at the opposite corner. The door was hanging in the middle of the wall, and a white figure was trying to get inside. The door opened strangely, revealing a wrong atmosphere.

"It's right here."

"Yes, this is the thing we came in from."

"The great Virgin Mary helped us to open a loophole."

Shen Yunzhe and Li Yuluen looked at each other, and Li Yuluen nodded, indicating that after seeing this door, he was sure that the strange creature was not lying.

"Strange things can come in through this door. Similarly, can we leave the community?" Shen Yunzhe asked in a low voice.

"What? You still want to go out?" Li Yuluan was surprised.

Shen Yunzhe nodded. "Because the information within this community is almost exhausted, if we want to get more information, we need to wait for more events to occur. This is too passive, and it is likely to be a recurring event with little practical effect."

Li Yuluan and Huang Yihua had to confirm that what Shen Yunzhe said was correct.

So far, they have encountered players killed by strange creatures, strange creatures that replaced players, strange creatures killed by the Virgin Mary, and strange creatures that knocked on doors and visited. So far, the information they have collected in the community has almost reached saturation.

New locations must be found to unlock more messages and hidden rules.

"But this is too dangerous. We can't all go." Shen Yunzhe said, "Someone must stay behind. Even if something goes wrong outside, we can still maintain order in the community."

Shen Yunzhe looked at Huang Yihua and said, "You stay when the time comes."

Huang Yihua opened her mouth but didn't say anything in the end.

Shen Yunzhe was right, she was indeed the most suitable person.

She is a core member of the official team and the talisman master who gives the greatest favor to the official members. Most of the official members respect her. Her presence can help maintain order and mobilize personnel to the greatest extent, which is something that Shen Yunzhe and Li Yuluan cannot do alone.

Huang Yihua nodded and said, "I understand."

"Okay." Shen Yunzhe turned to look at the three pale-faced people around him, "Now we just need to do some follow-up work."

Help these three weird creatures pry open the door!

…

Huang Yihua was the one who decided which house to pry open. As I said before, Huang Yihua knew a lot of people, so she could identify the most noisy and strange creature the fastest.

Shen Yunzhe looked at the house number, then pointed to Huang Yihua, who nodded.

So Shen Yunzhe took out a piece of wire from his pocket and inserted it into the keyhole. After a few seconds, there was a click and the door was pried open. The pale-faced man who was waiting next to him couldn't wait and rushed in.

There were several rapid screams and sounds of fighting coming from inside.

"Who are you?! How come you're in my house?!"

“Get out!”

"No! What are you going to do?!"

"Our Lady will punish you! Aa ...

Shen Yunzhe took a look inside and saw the pale white man pinching the strange creature's neck. After just a few pinches, the strange creature under him was dead. His claws began to stretch into the strange creature's flesh, and in just a moment, he began to tear off the skin from the head down.

The skin was torn off in its entirety, and then the pale man began to slowly stick the skin on himself. After all the skin was stuck on, it turned into that strange creature.

After seeing all this happen, they finally understood how these miserable white people replaced the players' identities.

This method really makes people sweat.

Shen Yunzhe appeared calmer than the others, although his hands were actually shaking.

Codenamed Fraudster, you said you are not afraid of ghosts, but you are afraid of these bloody things. A skinning scene almost made Shen Yunzhe's brain go blank. He stood here because he was scared and dared not move. He was not calm at all!

When he finally reacted, Shen Yunzhe subconsciously moved his arms, then pretended to be calm and said, "Go find the next one."

The second one went smoothly too, but the third one went a little wrong.

When Shen Yunzhe was trying to pry the door open, it suddenly opened. The strange creature inside seemed to be in the living room. After hearing the sound, it looked through the peephole and saw Shen Yunzhe. It was not in a mentally stable state and went crazy after opening the door.

Bloody stitches gradually appeared on his forehead. The pale figure pounced over and happened to knock away the hand that was reaching out to Shen Yunzhe.

Shen Yunzhe said calmly: "It seems that the weird things outside are stronger than the weird things that have become residents."

Two strange creatures were fighting at the door, and this was what Shen Yunzhe was concerned about?!

"Perhaps it's because the residents of the community are restricted by the rules." Li Yiluan also began to analyze, "They need to abide by the rules and become kind residents. For us players, the monsters in the community are very powerful, but in fact, the monsters in the outside world without restrictions are even more powerful."

"That's why there's this hidden rule that doors can't be opened after 10 p.m., because residents who open their doors won't be able to defeat the weird creatures outside."

Shen Yunzhe and Li Yulu nodded, seemingly reaching a consensus.

Huang Yihua: …

Hey, do you want to see what's going on?

Two strange creatures are fighting right beneath your feet! And you're so calm?!

Huang Yihua, who came from an orthodox official background, was speechless again.

Even though the strange creature from the community struggled hard to resist, it was a fact that it could not defeat the strange creature from outside. Soon he was pinned down and began to be skinned. Shen Yunzhe immediately stepped back.

No, he couldn't watch this scene a second time.

Just after he took two steps back, the strange creature suddenly raised its head and stared at Shen Yunzhe with jealous eyes.

"You betrayed the community! You betrayed Our Lady!"

"The Virgin Mary will not let you go! Sinner!"

"I curse that you will never be able to stay in Xiangsheng Community and never be able to realize your wish!"

The strange creature cursed, "Damn traitor! Devil!"

Shen Yunzhe paused in his retreat and silently stared at the man who was cursing. The skin of the strange creature had been torn off and it looked extremely miserable. At this moment, Shen Yunzhe smiled at him. How could one describe that smile?

Too gentle, too gentle in this situation... so weird.

But just after Shen Yunzhe laughed, the curse from the strange creature opposite suddenly stopped.

It looked at Shen Yunzhe, and the jealousy in its eyes gradually dissipated, and finally turned into obsession. Li Yuluan and Huang Yihua took a breath of cold air, and they quickly took three steps back away from the current scene.

The strange creature looked at Shen Yunzhe with fascination. Even when it was pressed to the ground, it did not forget to reach out to Shen Yunzhe.

"I like you, I give you the status of a resident."

"As long as you come to accompany me, come to accompany me!"

"I can die as long as you die with me!"

"No one loves you more than I do! Please! Die with me! It's you who killed me, so good, it's you who killed me."

It kept speaking words of love until its skin was completely peeled off, but it was still alive, its eyes staring at Shen Yunzhe, constantly trying to get close to him.

"But I don't love you, and I don't want to die with you." Shen Yunzhe finally spoke. He smiled and replied, "Just die alone."

At that moment, the resentment of the strange creature reached a level that could be seen with the naked eye.

Its obsession quickly turned to resentment.

Its mouth opened and closed, and everyone present could tell what it was saying.

It said: [You must die with me.]

[Even if I kill you with my own hands! ]