Chapter 029 Happiness
After Cai Hua said this, the students' faces became a little solemn.
No one had told them this was a beginner level, not even the Rule Strange Talk livestream had mentioned it. But everyone seemed to have accepted it. After all, in this kind of novel, the first level was often just a beginner's level to get everyone acquainted with the process, serving as a transition.
But the question is, why is there a novice level?
What's the purpose of "Rule Talk"? They don't know, but it can't just be a source of entertainment. There must be a deeper reason, one currently unknown to humanity. "Rule Talk" itself is strange. Why do rules exist? Are they there to teach streamers how to survive? If they really want them to survive, why bring them into "Rule Talk"?
The fundamental purpose is to make their deaths more spectacular. That's the goal—to make the anchors die, and then—to descend. This is the purpose of ghost stories.
Cai Hua speculated so.
For this purpose, how could there be a novice level? Every step of it is to make these anchors die quickly. Even when they are stuck, after the anchors have reached a balance with their families, the role of the younger sister will appear to further reduce the number of anchors.
Their desire was so obvious, why did everyone let down their guard at this moment? There was no chance to catch their breath until the last day.
Netizens can relax, rejoice, and feel they have already won. But why are they, even the officials, already thinking about the next level and having already confirmed their victory?
Even Cai Hua's favorite student felt that victory was certain.
But no one knew what would happen until the very last minute. Even more terrifying, they still didn't know what the ninth underlined sentence meant. Cai Hua's mind was in a state of confusion. Even though she was a smart worker, she had been working non-stop for so many days, and given her age, her mind had long since stopped functioning.
"Li Lana," Cai Hua called out her beloved student's name. Li Lana reached out to support her teacher, who was a little exhausted from overworking. She heard her teacher's remarkably firm voice: "You absolutely must not let your guard down. This isn't the end of the matter. Watch all the videos from Lin Xi's first day at the Rules Monster Talk until now. There must be something we've overlooked."
"Teacher..." Li Lana's voice was a little confused: "But it's over now..."
Her arm ached, and she supported Cai Hua, whose hand fell on hers. Cai Hua exerted force, and pain radiated from the area where she held it. Cai Hua whispered, "Li Lana! Experience-based thinking is unacceptable. This is definitely not a novice dungeon. What makes you think that the Kwaidan Club would be so kind as to prepare a novice level for the streamers?"
"I don't know why it did this, but it's obvious that it wants to kill us!"
Li Lana opened her mouth, then closed it again. Then, she said softly, "Teacher, even if I found out, we can't tell Lin Xi anymore."
"This isn't for Lin Xi, it's for ourselves. We have to prepare for the worst in everything. If a strange rule story comes, what you discover might save your life. If you can't find it, look online and mobilize the power of netizens. You'll always find that overlooked point."
Li Lanna was finally convinced by her teacher, but she was still worried: "Then, what about Lin Xi?"
She felt the teacher's hand on her arm tighten a little. After a moment, the teacher said, "We can only pray that she can find it herself."
Did Lin Xi notice? Li Lanna thought it was her who didn't, because after killing her sister, Lin Xi was very happy and even whistled a little tune while taking a bath.
Chen Sangning held the large eyeball in her palm. Of course, the audience couldn't see Lin Xi bathing, but they could hear it. Along with the sound of splashing water, Lin Xi's singing voice could be heard. She was singing about a good life.
"Today is a good day. Everything you wish for will come true."
Lin Xi's singing was quite standard, without any deviation from the tune. She was singing in the live broadcast room, and the audience was typing in the lyrics in the room. Rows of lyrics floated by, which was quite nice to watch.
After she finished her shower, she went to the refrigerator and grabbed a can of Coke. She brought it back to her room, opened the can's ring with a click, and drank several mouthfuls. Seeing her so cheerful, Shen Sangning also seemed happy.
Shen Sangning sat on the table next to her, holding her head in her hands, her feet swaying, and her eyes were full of joy as she looked at Lin Xi.
But when she was so happy, someone wanted to pour cold water on her: "Lin Xi, you seem very happy." Lin Xi raised her head and looked at her sister who was already lying on the upper bunk.
She poked her head out from the upper bunk, her black eyes staring straight at Lin Xi.
This room was actually quite odd. The floor height was typical of a typical residential building, with each floor between 2.8 and 3 meters high. The bunk beds were about 1.8 meters high, meaning the upper floor was only about a meter high. The ceiling light was completely blocked by the upper bunk, so at night, I had to rely on the table lamp for light.
She stuck her head out from the upper bunk, blocking out even more of the light source above, making it difficult for Lin Xi to see clearly when she looked up.
My sister just stood there with her back to the light, looking at Lin Xi with lifeless eyes.
This scene was actually quite terrifying, it could have been a contender for the best scene in a horror film. But Lin Xi wasn't afraid at all, because Shen Sangning was sitting at the table next to her. When her sister looked at Lin Xi, Shen Sangning also tilted her head to look at her sister. As long as Shen Sangning was there, Lin Xi didn't have to be afraid.
So she answered directly: "Yes, I am very happy."
Although her sixth sense still made her a little nervous, it shouldn't be a problem to celebrate now.
"Really? As long as you're happy."
Her sister said this nonchalantly, ready to retreat back to her bed. Lin Xi, however, stood up from the stool, grasped the ladder that led to the upper and lower bunks, and stepped lightly onto the lower step. Lin Xi gripped the handrail and looked at her sister. Her sister was kneeling on the bed, her head still some distance from the ceiling, but it wasn't much, if you were to say much.
The elder sister turned around and looked at Lin Xi. There was no one behind her now, but the elder sister knew that Chen Sang Ning must be watching her closely not far behind. If she dared to do anything to Lin Xi, Chen Sang Ning would immediately teach her a lesson and make her regret doing it.
"What's the matter?"
Facing Lin Xi, the elder sister was calm and asked questions to Lin Xi. Her attitude was polite and distant, and there was a hint of sending her away. Her eyes also said: If you have nothing to do, please leave quickly. I want to go to bed.
Lin Xi grabbed the railing and said, "You should be very happy too."
Her sister's pupils constricted, and the little girl said expressionlessly, "Why?" In fact, when facing her sister privately, Lin Xi couldn't really treat her like a child. Because besides her appearance, her words and sentences were very mature and calm.
Sometimes Lin Xi even wondered if there was an adult ghost hidden inside this little girl's body. But occasionally, her sister would behave in a way that was consistent with her body, which made Lin Xi feel a little torn.
Faced with her sister's question "Why", Lin Xi did not answer directly, but talked about the rules in the "Sister's Room".
"In fact, I thought I was hers at first," Lin Xi's words reminded her sister of the scene when she blew her hair on the first night, which made her sister silent. Lin Xi continued: "So when you see
When I was writing the rules, I thought it was written by my younger sister and corrected by my older sister. That childish handwriting with typos and even some words that I don't know how to write and pinyin, is it really yours?"
If Lin Xi is the elder sister, the rule is that the two sisters write together. The younger sister has many typos, and the elder sister patiently corrects them. It is a very loving scene. But if Lin Xi is the younger sister, then the words used for correction are not the elder sister's, but the mother's.
If you think about it this way, the scene isn't loving, but rather pathetic. The older sister, under their mother's guidance, is writing down the rules for their room. The younger sister chatters away with her mother while the older sister writes, stroke by stroke, perhaps even some of the rules her mother and sister have already written.
My sister smiled and said, "Sis, you are my sister, please take good care of me."
The mother also doted on her: "As an older sister, you have to take care of your younger sister."
After my sister finished writing, she showed it to my mother, who made some changes.
It could also be another scene where the younger sister is not there at all, and the mother is just instructing the older sister, asking her to write down the rules that seem unfair to her stroke by stroke according to what she says.
What is so sweet about this sweet home? In short, it is definitely not sweet for my sister.
Facing Lin Xi's question, her sister fell into silence. After a while, she nodded slightly, confirming Lin Xi's guess. Sure enough, the handwriting on that one was from her sister, and the other one must be from her mother. Lin Xi thought of what she had asked her sister before, and she asked again: "What do you think of this family?"
When Lin Xi asked for the first time, her sister was a little surprised and just uttered "Huh?", but this time she fell silent. After a while, she said, "Home is happiness."
She had said this before.
At this moment, Lin Xi knew what was wrong and the real way to pass this dungeon. She was indeed a fool, but fools often have extraordinary sixth senses. She keenly caught the wrong place. The hidden ninth rule was also dug out by her.
Welcome to "Sweet Home". Here, you should abide by the following rules:
9. Home is a happy place. 】
Facing this rule, Lin Xi wanted to laugh. What? To get his approval, he had to think that his family was happy? That's right, after all, this shameless weird story was named "Sweet Home", so he must think that his family was happy.
After the sister said "Home is a happy place", she saw Lin Xi lying on her bed and laughing.
No one in this family is trustworthy, but my sister is trustworthy. If I encounter any problems, I can talk to her.
So sister, you didn’t lie to Lin Xi.
But Lin Xi said, "Happiness is bullshit."
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