hide and seek
"The fifteenth group has a companion monster." Seeing that the fight had almost gotten underway, Ji Liuxing changed the subject before the atmosphere became awkward and gestured to Ji Yunding, "Your opponent in the next round."
"Companion type weirdness?"
“When the core desire of a weirdness is closely connected to a human being, this weirdness will be formed. The weirdness cannot defy the core desire, so it must entangle that human being.”
Ji Liuxing didn't know this person either, but he was very familiar with weird things, so he could quickly recognize the type of weird things.
"When fighting against Group 15, the rules are slightly different. Basically, there are two stages: 'rules battle' and 'formal battle'.
First, you will be pulled into the opponent's rules. If the referee determines that you meet the conditions for killing the core monster, then the opponent will be banned from using monsters after this stage.
But don't really kill it. Derivative freaks don't matter, but if the core freak is gone, it's really gone.
If you just get away from the ghost story normally, then remember to be on guard against the opponent's monsters in the next battle.
Of course, if you fail to pass the ghost talk, you will be directly judged as the loser."
It's very similar to the rules we saw in the Alien Arena before.
Ji Yunding nodded, and looked over curiously: "Has anyone completed her strange story before?"
"No." Zheng Nuo answered, "I just sent a message to someone I know in another group. There are several different versions of her ghost story. In order to avoid misleading you, I won't tell you the details for now.
Generally speaking, monsters are not native to the real world, and they rely on fixed stories to descend into the real world. Therefore, they cannot modify their own rules in the real plane, and can only return to the other world to modify them, and then wait for the next opportunity to descend.
The fifteenth group uses itself as a medium to allow the monsters to reside in the real plane. In other words, their monsters can improve their own rules in the real plane - of course, the energy required to adjust the rules will be much greater than in the alien plane.
Ji Yunding was a little confused: "There is no limit on the number of times it can be used, and it can consume the enemy to a considerable extent... Why do so few people choose this path?"
"As one gains, the other loses. Humans who clear the strange story will take away some of the energy, and the strange will increase its energy by hurting or killing humans in the strange story."
Ji Liuxing sighed, rested his elbows on his knees, looked at the audience with his chin in his hand, and explained,
"The resource their group needs most is people. Currently, they rely mainly on death row prisoners from all over the country. However, the total number of people executed each year in the country is only a few thousand, so they can't afford to support more ghost masters. Sometimes, their group has to rely on the blood of new members to provide part of the supply."
In ancient times, ghost masters were very popular. However, as civilized society developed, their living space became smaller and smaller.
Unless there is a ghost master like Ji Liuxing who can single-handedly balance the situation between monsters and humans, there is no hope for this lineage to grow and develop - whether it is in terms of human ethics or practical operations, there are too many problems, and if not handled properly, it may cause social problems that are more troublesome than the monsters themselves.
"Team Leader, do you hate them?"
"Fundamentally, they are not compatible. You should know this best."
After all, Ji Yunding knew the content of Ji Liuxing's oath.
The people in Group 15 firmly believe that monsters are still human beings, and Ji Liuxing’s oath has already directly reflected his attitude towards monsters - only dead monsters are worthy of salvation.
"Don't worry, the boss is just talking. If he really wants to kill someone, no one can stop him."
Seeing that Ji Yunding seemed to be thinking about something, Lin Shu started to explain.
"Let's not talk about who can catch him. Even if he surrenders, who can do anything to him?"
"I know." Ji Yunding sighed, "That's why I said the team leader is a very good person."
In a person's life, there are bound to be a few moments when they want to kill someone. To a certain extent, this is human nature.
Therefore, without any external constraints, the descent into the moral abyss is like a landslide. Once you take a step, when you come back to your senses, you may already be at the bottom of the valley.
At this time, if someone could give a hand, perhaps everything would be different.
"Speaking of which, there is an unwritten agreement within the group, so I'll tell you about it."
Ji Liuxing smiled and didn't respond to the compliment.
"Try to help each other in all situations. Although harmony and friendship are not the theme of the group, there are many things that humans cannot do alone."
Zheng Nuo nodded to show that he understood, and Ji Yunding thought about it and was about to reply when he was interrupted by the broadcast.
It's time to go on stage.
People with companion monsters are generally either strictly controlled, or have relevant personnel kill the monsters, or can only become special recruits.
The girl in front of him, Jiang Chengyue, had obviously chosen to become a special recruit.
Ji Yunding remembered that in the form, her physical ability was extremely poor compared with others, but no one had yet passed her strange story.
The two of them greeted each other earnestly, and then Ji Yunding felt the scenery in front of him changed.
What I saw was an unfamiliar lobby, and then I looked towards the door in front, which led to a smaller living room. Just past the door in front, I could vaguely see a staircase on the left, and I wondered how many floors there were.
The inexplicable house looks like a self-built house in the countryside, and the smell of moldy wood that is common in old houses hits the nose. The decorations in the room are not very good, and the ceiling is decorated with eyeballs strung with strings, like wind chimes.
The room was still quite bright at this time, as if this was just an ordinary rural house.
Ji Yunding looked around and turned around to find a piece of paper with the rules written on it pasted on the inside of the door.
[1. When I am at my sister's house, I play games with her.
2. Find your sister and she will tell you what she wants to play.
3. When you hear strange noises, please hide.
4. Don’t hide in places where you can’t hide, and don’t hide in the same place repeatedly. 】
Just as Ji Yunding finished reading the rules, the room suddenly darkened and a female voice that sounded a little creepy was heard from somewhere.
"The game begins."
Relying on the mirror formation drawn on the stage early on, the audience can see what is happening in the ghost story.
Lin Shu frowned and found that Ji Yunding seemed a little... happy for some reason?
Zheng Nuo leaned back, feeling a little headache: "This is troublesome."
The people around were a little confused and started to ask.
Zheng Nuo shook his head and sighed: "The seniors may not know that Yun Ding... is probably a sister-con, and a sister-con who has no younger sister."
When they were in the capital before, Ji Yunding had called Zheng Yan her sister for a long time. Later, Zheng Yan also acknowledged Ji Yunding as her sister in a roundabout way.
Although it didn't seem so obvious because of Ji Yunding's personality, Zheng Nuo could clearly feel that after Zheng Yan acknowledged the identity of "sister", Ji Yunding would always go along with her intentionally or unintentionally - considering Ji Yunding's style of doing things, this was already a sign of liking her.
Now she has found a sister.
On the other hand, Ji Yunding was in a very good mood, but he did not delay his work.
First, turn the door handle to confirm that it cannot be opened.
There was indeed such a classic case before - the rules of that strange story were completely unsolvable, and a team of investigators was almost wiped out. When they were at their wits' end, the last person rushed to the door and twisted the door handle like crazy. As a result, the door just opened.
The man was caught off guard and fell out, thus disappearing from the ghost story.
Later, it was said that the man went crazy and stayed in a mental hospital for three years. He unscrewed the window and jumped out and died.
"So, the first game is hide-and-seek." Ji Yunding quickly went over the rules in his mind, "I want to find my sister, and at the same time, there's something looking for me."
While talking to himself, Ji Yunding's men moved quickly and had already turned the hall upside down, even opening and looking through the drawers one by one.
Although theoretically, the younger sister would not be in the drawer, but according to the cases Ji Yunding had seen in class before, if someone was beaten into a pulp, even an adult might be able to fit into the drawer.
With the idea that who knows what the sister in the ghost story looks like, Ji Yunding conducted a house-raiding search here.
There was nothing there, only a note on the table.
"Don't hide in the closet?"
Just as Ji Yunding finished reading, he heard heavy footsteps coming from the stairs.
At the same time, Ji Yunding turned his head to look at the only cabinet next to him where he could hide, and sighed secretly.
The footsteps were getting closer, sounding heavy and slow.
A two-meter-tall, blood-stained humanoid creature walked in. Its right hand had grown an extremely long blade. A closer look revealed that it had no skin on its body, and between the blood stains, one could see the tender pink muscles throbbing disgustingly, like a skinned frog.
It walked into the lobby and took a look around. It looked at the things on the floor that were thrown into a mess by Ji Yunding, then looked at the cabinet in the corner. It walked over with a grim smile and chopped at the cabinet with a knife.
The iron cabinet was chopped through in an instant. It opened the door, and seeing that there was no one there, it staggered away.
At this time, Ji Yunding was squatting in the triangle formed by the cabinet and the corner of the wall. He raised his head to look at the hole that the monster had just cut on the cabinet, and then looked back at the wall that was peeled off by the sharp blade.
It seems I can’t beat him.
After making sure that the footsteps had gone away, Ji Yunding checked the cabinet, tried to pry it open with force, and sighed.
It was a real iron cabinet, the iron plate was one centimeter thick. Being able to penetrate this thing, it seemed that it was not realistic to engage in a head-on battle without using the oath ability.
Thinking of this, Ji Yunding moved the cabinet to another corner to make it easier to hide next time.
The route to the game is pretty clear - either play games with your sister, or find a way to escape from the house.
No matter which road you take, the first thing you need to do is to search around, figure out the structure of the house, and find a good hiding spot for yourself. At the same time, you also need to pay attention to whether there are other places that cannot be hidden.
After figuring this out, Ji Yunding observed the blood dripping on the ground. After determining the location of the monster, he decided to avoid it and go to the second floor to explore.
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