Chapter 032 Looking forward to seeing you again

Lin Xi quickly stuck the sticky note directly on the front door of her house, took Shen Sang Ning by the hand, changed her shoes, and prepared to go out.

The "home" story was quite thoughtful. Not only had the room layout been changed, but new clothes and shoes were also provided. Lin Xi changed Chen Sangning into white canvas shoes and found her a hat. Chen Sangning now looked full of energy.

If Lin Xi hadn't said it, who would have thought that Shen Sangning was a ghost.

Before leaving, Lin Xi looked at the door of 404 next door without giving up. There was so much noise in their house, but 404 was as still as a mountain. Lin Xi even stuck to the cat's eye, trying to see the picture inside, but she couldn't see anything, so Lin Xi could only pull Shen Sang Ning out of the door.

Of course, they went out to find food for Chen Sang Ning. Lin Xi finished breakfast and was no longer hungry, but his wife was still hungry. She first led his wife to the security booth, next to the community gate, but the fog was still thick outside and nothing could be seen clearly. Lin Xi was a little worried that the outside world would be similar to the strange story of "home", and entering would be like entering someone's stomach.

Shen Sangning still doesn't know how to deal with this kind of inhuman weird talk, so it's better not to provoke it for the time being.

So she turned around and took Shen Sangning to visit the first few buildings. Their home was Building 14, and the two rows ahead of them were Buildings 12 and 13. Since they had come to the security booth first, they went to the one closest to it, numbered 12. Lin Xi took the elevator to the top, starting from the 17th floor, and knocked on the doors of each floor below.

The situation was similar to Building 14. Those who opened the door were ghosts. Some ghosts even pretended not to be at home without opening the door. Even the rooms where Lin Xi had seen a figure flash by in front of the building pretended not to be at home.

Lin Xi had actually thought: Could those rooms with unopened doors possibly contain living people? But looking at Chen Sang Ning's greedy look, Lin Xi still felt that it was more likely that there were ghosts inside.

She believed that Shen Sangning wouldn't think of eating a living person; otherwise, how could she remain indifferent with a living being like her standing next to her? Of course, Lin Xi also believed that even if Shen Sangning ate a living person, she wouldn't eat her, but she would definitely be filled with greed when she saw her. Shen Sangning wasn't the type to hide her emotions; if she wanted to eat, she would definitely be greedy, but she would try her best to control herself.

Now Shen Sangning didn't even have an expression of restraint, which proved that she really didn't want to eat a living person.

Just eating ghosts is also good.

Room 1704 in Building 13 was a beautiful, but overly generous lady, her mouth reaching all the way to her ears. She cordially opened the door for both Lin Xi and Chen Sang Ning, but after only a few words, she revealed her aggressive side, leaving Chen Sang Ning helplessly curled up in front of the door. Sadly, this scene was likely witnessed by a neighbor in room 1703, who chose to play deaf and dumb when Lin Xi knocked.

When they were almost on the 9th floor, Lin Xi paused. She had to go home and make lunch. She wasn't particularly hungry, but maintaining a good sleep schedule was crucial. Lin Xi took Shen Sang Ning home, made lunch, and after they ate, they played games for a while.

TVs are so big, it would be a waste if we don't use them to play games.

After playing for a while, Lin Xi went to take a nap. She slept for about an hour. When the alarm rang, Lin Xi got up and went to the gym that she had set up at her "home" to do some exercise. Shen Sang Ning still didn't like exercise. She hugged her knees and floated in the air, watching Lin Xi running on the treadmill.

After running, Lin Xi also did a set of bodyweight training and judo home training. In fact, judo home training is quite simple. The most common one is walking. In the gym, a small empty space is separated. The ground is marked with tape in the vertical direction and a cross is placed on the diagonal line. Then, you can practice walking according to the tape.

Lin Xi felt that he needed to learn some free fighting, so that if he encountered a weaker humanoid ghost, he could still have some self-defense skills. He could also learn parkour or something.

It is always good to have many skills. It is best if you don’t need them. If you can use them, it can save your life.

After the exercise, Lin Xi took Chen Sang Ning out for a buffet, and finally swept the second unit of Building 13 from top to bottom. Lin Xi always felt that what they did was like the part-time job of college students, that is, climbing up and down to stuff things. But they were not stuffing things, they were knocking on the door to visit neighbors.

As for whether the neighbors really want to be visited by them, that is not important.

After eating more, Chen Sang Ning's condition improved a lot. Although she was still confused, she would secretly say to Lin Xi: "Wife, I know how to destroy this house." Lin Xi saw the wall tremble. Lin Xi smiled and patted Chen Sang Ning: "Isn't this house good? There's no need to destroy it."

Hearing Lin Xi's words, Shen Sangning tilted her head and nodded: "Well, I won't do it."

But in fact, didn't Lin Xi want to get rid of this house? Of course she wanted to. This house had done so many things before. If Lin Xi didn't have any idea about the house, it would be a lie. She wanted to get rid of the house right now. But it wasn't the last day yet, and she hadn't successfully passed the level. She should be honest at this time.

If they had the chance to meet again after clearing the level, Lin Xi would definitely let Shen Sangning eat the house. Because the house looked strong and seemed like it could easily fill Shen Sangning's stomach. After Lin Xi explained that the house was fine and didn't need to be destroyed, the house relaxed, at least the walls stopped shaking.

The next few days went by just like the others. They ate when it was time to eat and slept when it was time to sleep. Lin Xi and Shen Sang Ning had a relatively pleasant time. Then, time came to the seventh day. When the living room clock struck 4:44, Lin Xi felt a familiar dizziness.

It felt exactly like the moment she entered the dark space. Before she passed out, Lin Xi had let Shen Sangning return to her body. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in the dark space. Before her was the same blue-glowing screen, with the words "Congratulations on Passing" playing in large letters, and childish fireworks blooming around her.

Only after seeing these four words did Lin Xi breathe a sigh of relief. No matter what, he had passed this level.

The words on the screen changed, and the words "Congratulations on passing the level" disappeared, and then rows of words appeared. There were so many words that Lin Xi wanted to vomit, but Lin Xi still had to concentrate on reading. After reading it, Lin Xi made a summary. The general meaning was to inform himself that he had passed the "Sweet Home" level, and then he would have a period of rest until his second copy came, and then he would return to the world of rule ghost stories again.

During this period of rest, Lin Xi has to stay in the real world.

This was different from the novels Lin Xi had read before. Generally speaking, whether it was a game that required completing levels, such as an infinite flow or a rule-based strange story, if the protagonist didn't complete all the levels to the end, they would be trapped in that empty world for life. But here, she could return to the real world.

However, as mentioned above, players must clear the final level before they can truly return to the real world.

Lin Xi called out to his wife, and Chen Sang Ning reached out from her chest and waved at her. Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief when she realized Chen Sang Ning was still there. At the bottom of the screen was a button to confirm the return to the real world. The last sentence above the button read, "I wish you a happy time in the Rule Ghost Story dungeon. I look forward to seeing you again."

If possible, Lin Xi hoped to never encounter a Rule Weird Tales dungeon again in her lifetime, but this was obviously impossible unless she could complete all of them. What frustrates Lin Xi the most is that this Rule Weird Tales dungeon doesn't even offer any rewards. She's read so many Rule Weird Tales novels, but she's never seen one so stingy!

There are penalties for failure, but no rewards for passing a level. If this happened in the gaming community, it would be criticized and would not be able to continue operating.

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Lin Xi also gave the organizer of the Rule Talk a middle finger in his heart: what a rubbish game.

But she still clicked the button and returned to the real world.

When she went to the world of Rule Weird Tales, she was in her own bedroom. Now that she had left, she was also in her own bedroom. Lin Xi was stunned for a few seconds. Under her hands was the familiar quilt. At this moment, she confirmed that she was really back. She was very afraid that all this was a dream, that she had just had an absurd dream.

So in the next second, she called out to Shen Sang Ning.

But nothing happened. Shen Sangning didn't appear before her. Lin Xi was stunned, her facial expression becoming dull for a moment. She raised her hand and looked at it, then looked down at her clothes. It was the same outfit she had worn seven days ago. She hadn't even showered after work, but had gone straight to bed and lay there numbly. Even now, she was still wearing the same outfit.

Lin Xi's eyes slowly turned into one of terror. She even shouted, "Are you kidding me?!" What just happened, clearing the first level with her ghostly wife, was actually a dream?! Lin Xi couldn't accept this ending. Even more terrifying than losing her lover was that she had returned, only to be completely lost again.

At this moment, Lin Xi's eyes slowly dimmed. She thought, she really missed Chen Sang Ning too much, so she dreamed of such an incredible scene. Lin Xi got up from the bed, walked out of her bedroom, and came to the living room. Looking at the living room that was no different from the past, she lowered her head numbly.

Then she walked through the living room and came to the balcony.

The evening breeze whistled past, gently blowing the strands of hair from her forehead. Their rented apartment was high, on the nineteenth floor. A jump from that height would have been impossible to survive. The balcony window was high, but for Lin Xi, climbing over it was easy. Lin Xi reached out, and just as she was about to climb to the window, she heard a knock on the door of the rental apartment.

Lin Xi had no intention of opening the door, but a voice came from outside: "Lin Xi, are you there?! I am the person assigned by the state to assist the team during your stay in the Rules of Weird Talk. Please open the door."

Lin Xi blinked: It seemed that he was not dreaming.