Candy House in the Forest 3
Ji Yunding was of course unaware of the doubts outside. She was rummaging through the drawers in her room looking for clues.
If we had to use a more appropriate word than "search", we would probably have to choose "raid the house".
"We said in class that every small scene may have new rules... where are they?"
Ji Yunding had learned in the basic course that the rules in the strange stories were essentially a special kind of power construction, and their principle was similar to that of the human "Oath Warlock". The rules were both a restriction on the strange powers and the essential source of their power.
In other words, the more restrictions the rules place on the monsters themselves, the more powerful the power the monsters can use after breaking the rules. However, if it seems that the rules have little binding force on the monsters and the monsters are powerful, then there may be an overlooked and extremely simple solution within the rules.
And when it is determined that the rules themselves are almost unsolvable for humans, you might as well find an opportunity to punch the strange entity and try.
As for the so-called truly "unsolvable" rules, theoretically they must also be exchanged for an "impossible" price, which is fundamentally a false proposition.
Therefore, in order to increase their power, most monsters will choose to set multiple rules and adopt a more complex rule construction method.
Ji Yunding turned the place upside down and squatted down to think about what he had missed.
Bed, cabinet, floor, ceiling...
Ji Yunding suddenly stood up and walked to the mirror, turned the mirror over, and carefully lifted the bed sheet from the back of the mirror.
γA lie written down becomes truth.γ
"I have found it, although I still don't quite understand it... The next question is how to get back from here?" Ji Yunding scratched his head in distress, feeling that things had returned to the starting point.
"If I were to think like a team leader...should I blow this place up?"
Ji Yunding's words made Ji Liuxing laugh for no reason, but for the other person in the classroom whose face was covered in blood, this laugh was a bit scary.
Then, Ji Yunding shook his head and walked around the room.
"Let me sort it out. The mother-in-law and the person in the mirror are restraining each other. The mother-in-law can communicate with each other. The situation of the person in the mirror is unknown. But according to the rules, unless the person in the mirror finds you, it is best not to expose yourself to their field of vision.
Desserts are not allowed, and mirrors... Oh, by the way, I haven't checked this yet."
Ji Yunding stood up and walked to the mirror, then reached out his hand and felt around through the bed sheet.
"It has a curve... but I remember that the mirror with the person in the mirror that I touched outside had no curve."
Ji Yunding divided the space in his mind into "inside" and "outside" in a conceptual sense. If the place where he was now was defined as "inside", then the corridor where he was when he first arrived and the world where the other people in the mirror were should all be "outside".
Since the rule is that you can't stay outside the house for a long time, Ji Yunding tends to believe that the route to victory should be in the mirror world. First, since the mother-in-law wants Ji Yunding to ignore the mirror so much, this is likely to be some kind of key.
Secondly... Ji Yunding remembered that his high school teacher taught him that when doing English listening, there is a useful little trick - look at the options to figure out the intention of the questioner.
For example, the question asks whether the train arrives on time, early, or late. First, the train cannot arrive early; second, if the train arrives on time, the listening content of this question can only be a bunch of nonsense. Therefore, the answer is most likely that the train is late.
Since it was Ji Liuxing's ability that sent her here, the key to her return was most likely chosen by him. Ji Yunding didn't think that the homework Ji Liuxing prepared would allow her to go along and pass it if she was careful.
By analogy, the forest outside, the corridor, and the room where the grandmother is all follow the logic of inertial action. And the places with anti-action logic include the world of the person in the mirror and...
"The rainstorm leading to here." Ji Yunding frowned, not liking that place very much. "But I can't open my eyes there, and the vision is extremely narrow under the rainstorm. There is no point in exploring at the moment."
So the purpose of the action now is, first of all, to deal with the mother-in-law before getting other information, and secondly, to investigate this place and find clues about the man in the mirror and methods to explore in the rainstorm.
As he was thinking, Ji Yunding suddenly felt a dull pain in his abdomen. He turned around and saw that the cup of hot cocoa had appeared on the bedside table again.
I'm so hungry.
Then, Ji Yunding actually felt the pain of his stomach contracting. It was not completely unbearable, but Ji Yunding felt a sense of panic.
She was afraid of not having enough food to eat.
"Poor little sweetheart, eat it, and you won't be hungry anymore."
The mother-in-law's whisper came from somewhere. She giggled, and seemed to be satisfied with Ji Yunding's fear.
Making people hungry seemed to be her ability, and Ji Yunding guessed that this cup of hot cocoa might be some kind of medium - after all, there were dessert decorations in the room, and there was no need to bring this cup of cocoa just to trick her into eating dessert.
Ji Yunding simply walked out the door, trying to stay away from the cup of cocoa, but as soon as he opened the door, he met his mother-in-law's eyes. She seemed to have been standing at the door, maintaining a kind smile.
Fortunately, Ji Yunding was mentally prepared and said directly: "Mother-in-law, I'm hungry. Do you have any fruits or vegetables?"
"You shameless little sweetheart, come with me." After saying that, she hunched over and tremblingly took Ji Yunding to the kitchen, as if she were really an old man who was about to die.
There are many raw materials and semi-finished products of desserts in the kitchen, but Ji Yunding will never directly touch these desserts that can easily get contaminated on his hands.
"These are all we have. Eat them." She handed Ji Yunding a few rotten vegetable leaves and a few mushrooms with an earthy smell.
"Thank you." Ji Yunding thanked politely, then took the things, turned around and walked to the corner with his back against the wall, looking around while slowly chewing the food.
Of course, these things were not delicious and were even a bit nauseating, but after eating them, Ji Yunding felt that the discomfort caused by hunger was significantly suppressed.
The mother-in-law was stunned when she saw Ji Yunding's behavior, and asked in confusion: "Don't you... people from the outside world have a shortage of food?"
"Yes, I have no shortage of it." Ji Yunding nodded. In this era, making money is not easy, but having enough to eat is still possible.
Even if you really have no food to eat, go to crowded places like subway stations. People may not give you money, but it won't be that difficult to just ask for two buns.
"You must have experienced hunger before." The mother-in-law said firmly, looking at Ji Yunding with a little suspicion.
βIs it so obvious?β Ji Yunding was not uncomfortable, but he secretly made a note to change this habit when he returned to civilized society.
Although Ji Yunding was not prepared to tell her story to outsiders, for some reason the old man in front of her seemed to suddenly become interested in her.
"Tell me your story, and if it's good, I'll give you something."
"Me? What are you talking about?" Ji Yunding pointed at himself, somewhat confused.
"What have you done when you were hungry?" She seemed to get excited, and the wrinkles on her face became more wrinkled. "Desperate, pathetic, depraved, and immoral things. The more the better."
Ji Yunding chewed the last bite of mushroom, which felt like chewing a mouthful of soil mixed with grass after rain. After swallowing it all, Ji Yunding spoke again: "Let me think about it."
"No hurry, sweetheart, I have plenty of time. But remember not to run around."
After saying that, the mother-in-law walked away with her hands behind her back. Ji Yunding returned to her room and found that Keke, who had been at the bedside, was gone. Perhaps the mother-in-law was waiting to hear her story, so she temporarily put away some of her ill intentions.
As we have mentioned in the basic course, following a weird train of thought will never end well, but forceful confrontation is not a good idea either.
Therefore, Ji Yunding added another item to her to-do list - find out what her mother-in-law wanted to hear. In other words, what she needed to say to her mother-in-law.
There seemed to be a lot to do, but there was no clue. After Ji Yunding felt that her mother-in-law's malice towards her was not that serious, she chose to take advantage of it and wander around the house.
After experiments, Ji Yunding determined that being close to the stove would cause sleepiness. If he was a little further away, he could still wake himself up with the pain, but if he got closer, Ji Yunding would feel his head getting dizzy.
"It doesn't work from any angle..." Ji Yunding sat on the sofa in frustration, holding his face and sighing.
During this process, my mother-in-law was watching with a smile, as if she was looking at a not-so-intelligent pet at home.
Recalling the original fairy tale of the candy house, Ji Yunding wondered whether he should push his mother-in-law into the stove, but immediately rejected the idea.
There is no evidence to support this behavior. Moreover, the mother-in-law seemed unaffected by the stove. Ji Yunding even saw her leisurely turning over the charcoal in the stove.
However, acting to this extent should not make the mother-in-law feel that it is completely impossible to succeed.
When she reached the door she came from, her mother-in-law called her: "Sweetheart, don't forget that you have been 'seen' before."
The implication was that the person in the mirror was probably only separated from Ji Yunding by a door at this moment, and was quietly waiting for her.
Ji Yunding returned to his room with a listless look, while keeping his ears open to listen to the noises outside. He did not wait until he heard his mother-in-law return to her room. He immediately lifted the sheet covering the floor-length mirror in the room, put his hands near the sunglass to block the light in front of his eyes, and moved close to the mirror to try to observe the situation over there.
Empty, good.
Then, Ji Yunding tried to find something and threw it over. As expected, going from this side to that side did not require permission.
It seems that there must be some degree of superior-subordinate relationship between my mother-in-law and those guys.
How much courage it takes to step into a place where intestines are entangled and broken limbs are hanging everywhere, and the ground is sticky with blood mixed with flesh varies from person to person, but for Ji Yunding, it actually makes no difference - no place is safe anyway.
However, there is one thing that needs to be noted. Considering that the person in the mirror is blocking the door, she may not be able to come back after entering. Therefore, she still needs to finish the work here first.
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