"The old man raised four children for so many years without any incident. Once the little grandson opened the shrine, the whole family suffered. What happened in the old house later was also related to the shrine. As long as the shrine is opened, everyone present will encounter bad luck, and no one can escape." Chen Ge looked at the policeman: "You made sure you didn't open the shrine when you played on medium difficulty last time?"
"No." The policeman shook his head.
"It seems that opening the shrine is a hell-level difficulty." Chen Ge called Xiaoling and the police to his side: "This scene is very special. There are at least four ghosts in it, a simple and kind little grandson, a grandfather who wants to protect his grandson, a very jealous grandmother, and the most terrifying maid. The grandmother is sealed in a room full of talismans behind the closet, the maid is in the shrine, and the grandfather and grandson are in this photo. These old objects are all ominous things. Once you touch them, you will be cursed."
Chen Ge put the old man's black and white photo into his backpack: "It should be fine if you don't touch it with your hands."
"I heard that there seems to be no movement outside. Why don't we go out and take a look?" The policeman was scared to begin with, and he became even more panicked after hearing Xiaoling's story.
"Think of a way to pass the level first, and then it won't be too late to get out." Chen Ge sorted out his thoughts: "This scene is based on the theme of curse. The first curse was the maid, and the second curse came from the grandmother. She had an extreme personality and was full of hatred and jealousy towards the maid. After her death, her curse was added to the house; then those innocent people who opened the shrine were of course full of grievances, and this grievance would slowly be twisted into a curse. In short, everyone in this scene has left behind hatred and curses, forming a situation that cannot be solved."
"So what are we going to do?"
"Either you solve the curse from its source, or you become part of it."
"I don't quite understand what you mean." The policeman didn't know what Chen Ge wanted to do.
"The curse continues because of hatred. I am so miserable, and others must be as miserable as me, or even more miserable than me. But if someone bears the curse but does not spread malice, but instead gives light and warmth to those around him, can we say that the curse has ended in him?" Chen Ge's words confused the police and Xiaoling.
"What do you mean?"
"As long as each of us can stick to ourselves and not be disturbed by the curse, things should turn around." Chen Ge took out the fragments of the scroll he found in the bedroom, on which were written the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. "There are five bedrooms, including the secret room and the hall covered with talismans. This scene has a total of seven rooms, which correspond to seven people. The police said before that the overall layout of the room is like a person standing on the shrine. I wonder, if each of us is alone in a room, will each room be alive? The whole scene is like a living person suppressing the shrine?"
The police and Xiaoling felt that Chen Ge was talking nonsense, but it seemed to make sense.
"It's not scary when tourists gather together in a haunted house. What's really scary is when everyone separates. The designer must understand that when the central computer integrates the scene to increase the difficulty, it will definitely do it in this direction. We follow their thinking. Although it is dangerous, this may be a way to break the deadlock." Chen Ge raised the fragment in his hand: "The fragment should be able to protect us, but this is the cleverness of the scene. There are only five fragments here, and the tourists are bound to have differences."
"Let's not talk about the fragments for now. According to what you said, there must be someone staying alone in that secret room. Isn't that too unfair to that person?"
"It's not just unfair, it's simply cruel." Chen Ge smiled and said, "So I have a suggestion. Anyone who enters the secret room can take an extra fragment of the scroll."
"I can't make the decision. Let's discuss it together." The police pushed the door open a crack, and the big spider in the corridor disappeared.
"Hurry up, everyone, come out!" Chen Ge shouted loudly, "The sound of the wind chimes is the key to this scene. Every time the wind chimes ring, the scene will change. When the spider appeared just now, it was the third time the wind chimes rang. When the wind chimes ring next time, the ghost in the shrine may come out."
Chen Ge and the police told everyone the way to break the impasse. Although everyone thought it was a bit far-fetched, there was no better way now.
If we stay here and do nothing, the situation will get worse and worse.
"We agree with you, but who will go to the room covered with talismans?" The man with glasses acted fearless when he was with everyone, but he was afraid when he was alone: "If you are willing to go, we..."
"I'm in charge of the most dangerous room." Chen Ge took out two fragments of the scroll and said, "I'm here to clear the level. Just don't hold me back."
"Still thinking about clearing the level?" The man with glasses shook his head, thinking Chen Ge was dreaming. "It's fine for you to be in charge of the secret room, but you can't take away the two fragments. There are not many fragments to begin with, and if you take away two, what will happen to the rest of us?"
"Okay, I'll just take one." Chen Ge placed the remaining scroll on the ground. During the entire process, no "tourist" spoke up to help him.
Everyone was quickly assigned tasks. The police were responsible for the living room, and the woman with long black hair was responsible for the bedroom next to the secret room.
After everyone entered their respective rooms, the strange sound of wind chimes rang out again.
"Xu Yin."
Chen Ge stood in the middle of the room covered with talismans and communicated with Xu Yin immediately. However, he did not let Xu Yin show up immediately, but waited for an opportunity.
"Red Clothes can leave the object of trust freely, so where will the maid hide?" Chen Ge smiled, as if talking to himself: "Opening the shrine is a taboo. Now I will help you separate all those who violated the taboo. Can you resist not to do it?"
When he first entered the secret room, Chen Ge discovered that there was no surveillance installed in the room, so he could act recklessly.
In fact, he had made up his mind to find her as early as when he knew that the evil spirit in the shrine could compete with the red high heels.
Ordinary evil ghosts and the one in red are two different concepts. Even if it is impossible to bring it back to the horror house, swallowing it can greatly enhance the strength of Xu Yin and the headless female ghost.
The spider projection passed by Chen Ge along a fixed trajectory and crawled out of the closet. Screams were heard from outside the secret room.
After a while, the scene returned to normal. Just as everyone was getting over the shock brought by the giant spider, a faint smell of blood floated in the air.
“She’s coming!”
Chen Ge grabbed the closet door. He heard a woman's plaintive singing coming from the corridor.