"But we can't keep going like this. We have to find a way to crack the dungeon. Time is running out."
"You mean, find the so-called owner of the building and kill him?" Bai Zhou asked.
Qin Nuo nodded slightly: "The problem is, we don't have any clues about the owner of this building."
"Like what does it look like? Where is it hiding?"
Bai Zhou looked at Qin Nuo and suddenly asked Zhang Yu, "Old Zhang, can this person really be trusted?"
Zhang Yu nodded: "Xiao Qin downstairs, I've known him for two years, he's trustworthy, he's participated in the horror game, and he was even forced to go in!"
Hearing about being forcibly sent in, Zhang Yu's eyes changed slightly, and then he said to Qin Nuo: "I'm sorry, in this situation, if you are not careful, you may lose your life. I have to ensure your identity."
"After all, this haunted building dungeon has no protection mechanism. If you die, you really die!"
Qin Nuo didn't care: "This is normal, I understand."
Bai Zhou asked again: "Can you touch the back of your head?"
Such a strange request suddenly left Qin Nuo and Zhang Yu full of questions.
But Qin Nuo still did it and raised his hand to touch the back of his head.
After seeing this, Bai Zhou nodded slightly.
"Xiaobai, what is this operation?" Zhang Yu asked in confusion.
Bai Zhou said, "Through the first few residents who came to my house, I found that when they touch the back of their heads, they first turn their heads 180 degrees and then touch them."
"So, I use this to identify whether it's a ghost or not."
Qin Nuo raised his eyebrows. Bai Zhou's intelligence and caution made him believe what Zhang Yu said, that he had won the dungeon MVP.
Then, Bai Zhou shared his useful information: "Actually, I do have some information about this OP."
"I discovered this information from Xiaorou. Suddenly, a new existence like the host appeared in her memory."
"It's like the building's manager and landlord, and it's like someone who controls the building's sovereignty,"
"The residents all remember it, respect it, and are also afraid of it. Xiaorou often tells me that we should be grateful to the owner of the building. If it weren't for it, we would still be wandering the streets."
“It gave us warmth and a home.”
"Xiaorou also said that at the end of each month, all residents should prepare a gift and give it to the landlord as a token of their gratitude."
"If the resident is satisfied, we can even let him live in the haunted building forever."
Xiaorou's words were a bit creepy.
But Bai Zhou was extremely calm. He knew that this was a big clue.
Of course, he also wanted to crack this copy. This was the only way to survive and the only way to save Xiaorou.
Qin Nuo and Zhang Yu exchanged a glance, and the latter couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Xiaobai, it has to be you! I've lived with my mother for so long, and I haven't discovered this important clue!"
Bai Zhou adjusted his glasses and asked, "What about you? Do you have any clues?"
This made both of them feel a little embarrassed.
Qin Nuo cleverly changed the subject: "Did Xiaorou tell you what the gift the landlord asked the residents to prepare was?"
Bai Zhou shook his head: "She didn't say anything. Her mind is on studying now."
"I tried to discreetly ask the owner where she lived, and she just said she was in the building and that sometimes it would conduct surprise inspections on a resident's suite."
"She said that if the host comes, he must not speak nonsense, his voice must not be louder than it, and he must not stand taller than it..."
Zhang Yu had a strange expression on his face: "Why does this feel..."
"It feels like the landlords of the old times, humble and lowly. A bite of food and a place to live can only be begged humbly from the landlords." Qin Nuo said.
Zhang Yu nodded quickly: "Yes, that's what I mean!"
"Common people will constantly flatter the landlords in order to support their families."
"Slaves were exploited, leaving behind sweat and blood. They had no family, no one to worry about, and they had a crazy desire to resist in their bones. The landlords were afraid and dared not show up. They could only continue to exploit the slaves through the common people."
"This is the order of the ghost building, and it is also the foundation of this game." Qin Nuo said with a twinkle in his eyes.
Bai Zhou glanced at Qin Nuo, then turned to Zhang Yu and said, "Your downstairs neighbor is quite smart, isn't he?"
"Is that so..." Zhang Yu smiled awkwardly. Why did he suddenly feel like he wasn't very smart?
"Since the poster is afraid of us, that means we can expose it openly."
Zhang Yu suddenly raised an eyebrow and said to Bai Zhou, "Let Xiaorou take us directly to find the host. If we kill it, won't the dungeon be cracked?"
Bai Zhou shook his head: "I tried it."
"After becoming an NPC in the game, Xiaorou seemed to be immersed in her own world. She only repeated one thing every day, which was reviewing."
"Looking for the host was like a strange thing to her."
“It won’t work.”
Bai Zhou had naturally thought of such a simple method a long time ago.
At the table, all three of them fell silent.
They all seemed to have a headache.
There was a moment of silence. Zhang Yu was about to say something when he suddenly heard the door in the corridor creak.
Bai Zhou's expression changed and he stood up immediately, but a figure was already standing behind him.
In the dim light, Xiaorou's blood-stained face was revealed, and her eyes, without any emotion, fell indifferently on Qin Nuo and Zhang Yu.
In her hands, she was holding a bloody organ and a bloody knife.
"Who are these two, dear?"
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