Chapter 034 How long has it been?
In other words, all of Caihua and Linxi's preparations during this period were for nothing. Caihua was fine; as long as Linxi was chosen again later, it meant their efforts weren't in vain. However, Linxi was a bit upset because she couldn't see her wife, at least not in this Rule-based Ghost Story dungeon.
She could only sit in the audience like an ordinary audience, watching the anchors being manipulated by the weird rules.
In fact, during the time the "Rules Strange Talk" livestream disappeared, many people doubted whether it was a scam. Because nothing happened after the livestream ended, more and more people thought it was just a joke played by hackers. When the livestream reappeared, those who didn't believe in the "Rules Strange Talk" livestream were still posting comments:
[Oh, the series is back for the second round...]
[This time, they were all strangers, and I didn't see Miss Lin Xi either.]
Lin Xi returned to the studio where Caihua's team was providing on-site support. An entire wall was covered with electronic screens, showing a hundred live broadcast room shots. After a brief black screen, the anchors appeared on the screen. Caihua arranged for people to keep an eye on the live broadcast room information while waiting for her to be assigned which anchor she would support.
Seeing Lin Xi coming over, she even took the time to chat with Lin Xi for a while: "Looks like we've been tricked. The Rule Weird Talk live broadcast room wants to do something different. The anchors...are actually rotating."
Lin Xi didn't expect that when her eyes fell on the anchors, the first person she saw was a little girl about her age.
"The rules are weird, it seems like it wants to see us being toyed with by it."
A moment later, the higher-ups gave Caihua's team an order, naming the people they were to support this time. Caihua quickly became busy, and no one cared about Linxi. She found a seat, put on her headphones, turned on her phone, found the live broadcast room of the little girl just now, and clicked in.
This time, the dungeon is a train setting called "Snowpiercer." Just as the dungeon suggests, the train is indeed traveling through a land of ice and snow.
When the anchors first entered the Rule Strange Talk dungeon, they were wearing only their own clothes. Those anchors who looked like Chinese were particularly miserable. It was 12 o'clock in the evening in China, and most people were sleeping soundly in their beds, so they were shivering in their pajamas.
Standing on the platform.
They held a ticket and a slip of paper with the main rules and clearance requirements for this strange rule talk. Lin Xi glanced at the main rules and didn't take them to heart. If she were in this instance herself, she would definitely memorize them by rote, but now that she was outside, she decided to leave those annoying main rules to the wisest to analyze.
The conditions for passing this time don’t seem to be very difficult. There is only one condition, which is to successfully reach the destination platform.
Many people died simply by boarding the train. The arrival time on the ticket was 12:15, and the train arrived at the platform at 12:10. With several ghost passengers about to board, several anchors were killed without knowing what rules they had triggered.
Cai Hua frowned and understood after observing for a moment. Without hesitation, she sent a message to the anchor she was responsible for.
——When taking the train, please be sure to follow the daily precautions*get off first and then get on, etc. Best wishes.
Speaking of which, the world of rule-based weird stories does seem to attach great importance to this aspect. Some points that should be done in daily life but are easily overlooked and violated have become rules that must be followed in rule-based weird stories. If you accidentally violate them, it could be as minor as Lin Xi getting shocked by the electric current when he was cutting vegetables with a kitchen knife, or as serious as losing his life.
Cai Hua obviously saw through this, so she sent the message directly. This time it was not even 30 words, and she seemed quite relaxed.
According to the ticket, this train will run for a total of 52 hours, more than two days, which is actually shorter than the previous instance, but it looks more difficult. This is because after entering the train compartment, the passengers and crew inside are basically ghosts.
There weren't many passengers on the train, and it was an old, coal-fired train. Lin Xi thought it resembled the kind of trains from the early Industrial Revolution that appear in European and American films. The host was lucky because their tickets were in a private compartment, which meant they could close the door, creating an enclosed space and making it less likely to be killed.
Lin Xi stared at the big screen for a moment, then pulled out his phone and checked the livestream. The initial 100 livestreams had plummeted to 70 in a short period of time. Between the time they boarded the train and found their seats, 30 people had already died. Some, fearing they would miss the train, rushed up the train and were killed by passengers getting off. Some, after making a lot of noise after boarding, were killed by the train attendants. Still others had found the wrong compartment and were brutally murdered by passengers inside.
In fact, there are reminders of these rules. On the platform where you are waiting for the train, there are arrow signs with the words "get off first, then get on" written on it. There are also signs prohibiting making noise inside the train.
The streamers had obviously watched the livestream of the previous instance, which wasn't surprising, considering the livestream app was forced to pop up. It would have been strange if they hadn't seen it. The moment they entered the cabin, they immediately started looking up the rules, and sure enough, they saw them on the door panel after closing it. They were basically the standard rules for riding, such as keeping quiet, not littering, conserving water and electricity, etc. They even specified the times when the crew would collect the trash.
But there was also a list of rules on the table, including restaurant opening hours, cleaning times, and a whole bunch of other things. If Lin Xi had added a set of rules for each room he opened last time, this time he had put almost all the rules into the private room.
This is also in line with the theme of trains, and generally speaking, passengers must be informed in advance. What the anchors can't accept is that this time there is a contradictory rule, that is, one of the two must be false. The former is: the train attendant wears blue clothes, and the latter is: the train attendant wears red clothes.
In fact, the anchors had just seen the train attendant, and he was indeed wearing blue clothes. They all chose to believe the first one.
Lin Xi yawned after watching for a while. Although she had rested for a long time during the day, her spirit had been tense all the time. Now she suddenly relaxed, and her whole body relaxed, and the sleepiness that had not been there originally also appeared.
Li Lanna was a very observant person. She noticed Lin Xi's movements and asked if she wanted to prepare some coffee for her. Lin Xi shook her head, said something to Li Lanna, and prepared to return to her room. It was a bit of a hindrance for her to stay here. After all, the live broadcast could be watched anywhere, so it would be better to go back to her room and lie down to watch it.
Lin Xi lay in bed and watched for a long time. Because the world of rules and strange stories was also at night, the passengers were very quiet. Lin Xi thought about it and it seemed that in the world of rules and strange stories, as long as you sleep well on time at night, there will not be much danger. At least she has been checking the videos of other anchors during this period. As long as they fall asleep, they will not encounter danger.
When she watched those videos, she felt the most pity for the male college student from Country B, who had actually reached the final stage. At the end of the seventh day, the sister asked the male college student a question: "Do you think you are happy?"
The male student was stunned for a moment before quickly replying, "Happy! Of course I am happy!" He had actually discovered the key and agreed with the concept of happiness. However, "family" seemed to have the ability to see through people's hearts and determined that the male student was not actually happy. So, on the eve of his clearance, he died tragically.
Lin Xi was a very perceptive person, and she noticed something unusual. To complete the "Sweet Home" dungeon, she essentially had to truly accept that she was truly happy at home. But how could she possibly do that?
Even someone like the male college student, who had maxed out their favorability, wouldn't feel happy in a home filled with "evil spirits." Of course, that doesn't mean it's impossible for someone to achieve success. For example, Lin Xi felt that her home with Shen Sangning was incredibly happy.
If someone could truly treat those evil ghosts as family, they might even pass the test of "family." But the question arises again: can such a person who truly identifies with "ghosts" still be treated as a human being after returning to the real world?
The "Sweet Home" copy would be a dead end without Lin Xi, and this strange story would definitely happen in the real world.
Lin Xi thought about it for a while, then stopped. She wasn't the type to use her brain much; if she overused it, she'd get drowsy. She half-heartedly watched the livestream for a while before actually falling asleep.
But Lin Xi didn't sleep for long. She was woken up by Li Lanna. The rooms in the base were all equipped with intercoms. Li Lanna pressed a button at the door, and her voice came over: "Lin Xi, wake up! Something big has happened!"
Lin Xi opened her eyes in an instant. She put on her coat and opened the door, and saw Li Lanna's anxious face. Before Lin Xi could say anything, Li Lanna began to talk non-stop about the various rules, passing methods and precautions of this "Snowpiercer".
She spoke so fast that Lin Xi couldn't keep up for a moment. Lin Xi blinked and said, "Wait a minute, what happened?" She turned on her cell phone and the time displayed was 4:37, not long after she fell asleep.
Only then did Lin Xi notice that the little girl's live broadcast room, which was still playing before going to bed, had turned black. This also meant that the little girl was dead.
Li Lana took a deep breath and handed her a tablet. "It's a long story. The current situation is this: out of 100 anchors, only three are left. And they're in very poor condition and could die at any moment. In other words, there's a high chance that all of this batch will be killed."
In other words, the "Snowpiercer" rule weirdness may come to the real world.
Lin Xi's not-so-bright little head also started to work instantly. She swallowed her saliva and her first reaction was: "Impossible, how long has it been?!"
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