Chapter 135 The old lady leaked the secret of the strange building mother
"Since Xiao Sanhua was captured, how could I have been infected by the mutation?"
In the plot, the original owner's human soul is combined with Sanhua's cat body, and after a series of coincidental changes and fusions, it finally becomes a ghost cat man.
Now, thanks to her timely arrival, the original owner's body has not been lost, and her own soul is also protected by the system, and there is no danger of being contaminated by the strange power of this world. So how did she mutate?
Rongzhen is not a local resident and was unable to figure out the cause for a moment, which made her very confused.
The old lady laughed. "What's so confusing about that? The thief only took away Little Sanhua's soul. Little Sanhua's cat body is still there, infecting and merging with your body. You should be able to feel it."
Rongzhen's eyes flickered slightly.
How come from the tone of her voice, the other party knows that she has changed her core?
Are the natives of this world so powerful?
However, since the other party didn't mention it explicitly, she was naturally happy to play dumb and fool the other party, thinking that she was the strange consciousness that was newly formed after the original owner's body and the calico cat's body were infected and fused.
In order to avoid accidentally touching on a sensitive point by continuing to discuss this issue, Rongzhen immediately changed the subject.
Rongzhen: "Hey, that's not right. Before the butcher was arrested, I was sure he was still alive."
After all, anyone who didn't transform and resist after being beaten like that by her must be a normal living person.
Weird isn't that weak. He'll be defeated if someone kicks him in the balls twice.
But just now the old lady said that Han Xiaozhen was the last normal person in the building...
The old lady snorted, "He's just breathing. He's already gone awry. Calling him a beast is a compliment. He's not even as good as a hair on the sole of my daughter's foot."
When it comes to that guy, the old lady has a lot to say.
She didn't mention the butcher's name, as it sounded dirty to her. She just talked about the things he had done that were worse than those of an animal.
His wife was so beautiful and gentle when she married him, but he just didn't treat her well and didn't live a good life with her. He suspected that she was cheating on him every few days. What started out as angry quarrels gradually developed into alcoholism and domestic violence, which was out of control.
Rong Zhen was shocked when she heard this. "Even after all this, that woman still doesn't want to divorce?"
She wanted to divorce him, of course she wanted to, but the butcher was unwilling to let her go, so the woman couldn't get divorced.
Someone originally gave her advice, telling her to run away first, hide far away for a few years, and when the butcher couldn't help but find someone else, she could divorce him and start a new life.
Unfortunately, when she made up her mind to leave, she found out that she was pregnant. The butcher therefore restrained himself a little, which gave her some hope, and she was unable to leave.
However, it is difficult to change a person's nature. The peaceful days lasted only ten months. Before the child was a month old, the butcher returned to his old ways and insisted that the child did not look like him and was someone else's child. He wanted to beat the woman to death.
Because the noise was so loud, the neighbors couldn't bear it anymore and tried to persuade the child that he just looked like his mother. After much persuasion, they managed to stop the furious butcher.
After that, the woman fell ill. She was filled with anger, resentment and hatred. Unable to get rid of it, she could only consume herself internally, which made her sick. Eventually, she passed away. Before she died, she was still worried about what would happen to her one-year-old son in the future.
At this point, the old lady paused for a moment and continued, "After that silly woman died, he said that he, a grown man, couldn't raise a child properly, so he sent the child away to be raised by a relative. But in reality, he had been keeping her locked up at home and abusing her the entire time."
After being abused for several years, he eventually died and was transformed into a vengeful ghost by Lao Louyi.
Because the woman was a foreigner and died of a normal illness, it didn't become strange.
Otherwise, how could the butcher survive until now?
"This old building..." Rong Zhen looked back at the old building standing quietly under the night sky. At a certain moment, he inexplicably felt as if he was looking at a living thing.
The old lady seemed to know what she was thinking. She looked at the old building and said in a deep voice: "It is indeed alive. A living, mutated, strange building."
The residents living in it died one after another, but luckily they all transformed into self-aware monsters after death. Relying on the protection of the old building, they were able to hide the strange atmosphere and continue to live in the building.
It can be said that as long as they don't run outside, they can live like normal people in the building without being noticed by those who specialize in catching ghosts.
The people from the Abnormal Affairs Bureau didn't discover the secret in the building before. It was only when she came out to look for the cat last time and happened to bump into them, and the kid who was playing the buck deliberately exposed his flaws outside the building that the abnormality was discovered.
This building turns them into monsters that are neither human nor ghost, but also protects them from surviving in the world, making people love and hate them.
Rongzhen was almost overwhelmed by the information after hearing this inside story. She asked tentatively, "Will you really tell me all this?"
Leaving the old building would expose them, and it would be easy to use it as a weakness to attack everyone. Shouldn't it be a secret they are hiding? How could they just tell it so easily?
Now that she knows about this, she won’t be silenced by them, right?
Rongzhen hugged her weak self tightly, and the ball of hair at the base of her tail was about to explode. She had already secretly made preparations for defense.
The old lady didn't take it seriously. "Why are you so nervous? You'll soon be a member of the old building like us. What difference does it make if you know it earlier or later, unless you want to leak this news to those people in the Abnormal Affairs Bureau?"
She saw this girl getting close to those guys from the Special Affairs Bureau.
"How is that possible? I don't want to destroy myself!" Rongzhen argued loudly to prove her innocence.
Those who are not of my kind must have different hearts. She didn't even dare to reveal her identity as a cat monster, let alone the old building and the weird neighbors who might provide her with shelter in the future.
But wait!
Since the old building can provide shelter to the monsters that it produces and lives in, and these monster neighbors in the building still retain some face for the original owner for the sake of Grandma Xiaozhen, and Grandma Xiaozhen also exists in the plot, then how did the original owner become a ghost cat man and be used as a punching bag by the monsters attracted by the heroine after he came back?
According to the old lady, the original owner's grandmother loved her very much. With her protection, the old building and the neighbors, the original owner should not have been bullied repeatedly by the ghosts outside.
But that's what happened in the plot, it doesn't make sense.
Rongzhen took the opportunity to ask the old lady in a roundabout way and got a very likely answer.
There are probably several reasons why the original owner became a tool in the plot.
One is the influence of the plot. She became a ghost cat person just to serve as a meat shield for the heroine and take damage. Therefore, no matter what the surrounding conditions are, she cannot escape the arrangement of fate in the end.
This is useless to Rong Zhen. She has verified it in the previous worlds. As a tasker, she is a variable. She can complete tasks and follow the plot, but she is not bound by the plot.
I don’t know whether other colleagues can accept it, but she really doesn’t want to be constrained, otherwise she wouldn’t have messed up the plots of several small worlds.
So if this is the reason, then the power of the plot that the original owner could not escape has nothing to do with her.
She can completely follow the plot to complete tasks and earn points without having to bear the damage arranged by the plot.
If she had just started the mission, she would definitely not dare to take advantage of this loophole.
But now that she has experienced several worlds, she can be considered an old hand who is at ease. Of course, she has to think more about herself. She can be a cannon fodder, a supporting role, but she can't do any harm.
Having gone too far, let’s get back to the topic.
Second, the old lady mentioned that the old building would only shelter the monsters that were born from it and lived in it.
Although the original owner followed her instinct to return to the old building after transforming into a ghost cat, strictly speaking, she actually mutated outside and was not Laolou's biological child, so naturally she would not receive its protection.
When the ghost outside came to her house and took it out on her, Lao Lou probably remained indifferent.
And think about it, since the old building can block the strange aura inside the building from being discovered by the outside world, why did the original owner get targeted by the passing monsters?
It’s probably because Lao Lou didn’t conceal her aura at all.
Maybe she even played a role in making it easier for passing monsters to spot the original owner, so that they could use the power to drive away or eliminate her as an external monster.
The original owner's grandmother might have been angered because she protected her, and finally sacrificed herself to protect the original owner from being bullied.
Of course, these are all speculations made by Rong Zhen based on the differences between the plot and reality. It is not clear whether the specific situation is like this, but it is very likely.
The reason why she is in a better situation than the original owner is that she returned to the old building after being infected and began to mutate, instead of returning in a daze after the mutation was completed outside like the original owner. In addition, the old lady's personal testimony shows that she is the biological child recognized by the old building and can be protected by the mother of the building.
Just this point alone made Rongzhen feel a lot more at ease.
Regardless of whether to move or not, at least there will be a protected place as a retreat.
If she still can't get rid of the bad luck of encountering monsters after moving, she can move back. At least there, apart from her neighbors, she won't encounter any other strange things in the building.
The bad case scenario is that the original owner's grandmother has passed away, and she has no one to protect her in the building. Some neighbors may attack her.
Although the old building sheltered the monsters in the building, it did not stop them from loving, killing and devouring each other.
Without the kindness of the original owner's grandmother, if Rong Zhen wants to avoid being coveted by them, she can only become strong enough or have enough support to prevent them from making a move.
For example, use the plot to find ways to get some rare treasures as soon as possible to strengthen the cat's body.
For example, conceal your identity and build good relationships with Captain Zhao and others from the Abnormal Affairs Bureau.
These are the two things Rongzhen needs to do most right now.
Only after she has established herself in this world and completely transformed into a cat monster can she start her first story mission.
There is a third reason. Rongzhen guessed that the little three-flowered cat might have some problems, so it was especially hated by the monsters outside. They couldn't find any fault with the heroine, so they came to teach it a lesson. The original owner was completely implicated by it.
Thinking about how Xiao Sanhua in the dream that night wanted to pounce on her so eagerly, as if she was in a hurry to escape from debt or disaster, who would believe her if she said there was nothing fishy.
Considering her unfortunate experience of encountering strange things after being infected, Rongzhen became more and more convinced of this.
That little Sanhua is definitely unlucky. Whoever encounters it will be unlucky.
Now that Rong Zhen has merged with its cat body, he is in trouble.
To be honest, if possible, she really didn't want it, but things had already happened and could not be changed, so she could only try to accept it.
Rongzhen stood there brainstorming with a complicated expression on her face. After she finally sorted out her thoughts, she looked up and saw the old lady's expectant eyes.
Rongzhen hesitated and said, "What do you want to do?"
Isn't it to let her be a ghost before she dies? !
Fortunately, the old lady didn't have such thoughts. She finally revealed her purpose and said, "Look, I have talked to you for so long. I have told you everything you want to know. Just do me a favor."
Rongzhen understood instantly: "Isn't he trying to help you find your cat?"
The old lady immediately smiled happily, clasped her hands together and praised: "Isn't it you who are looking for my daughter? You young people are still very smart and clever."
Rongzhen: ...
Although she is a reserve cat monster, she is not really a cat now. How can I help her find a cat?
The old lady said it was okay, she didn't expect her to find the girl right away, but she heard that it was easy for cats to find each other, so she asked her to help call out a few times, maybe the girl would hear her and come home.
Rongzhen was speechless, but it was difficult to refuse.
After all, I have just accepted someone's favor, I can't turn around and be ungrateful.
So in the autumn wind at night, the thin girl followed the staggering old lady, calling out to her daughter, and walked around the old building in circles.
The monsters in the building heard the must-play music every night and noticed an extra voice, so they all stuck their heads out to watch the fun.
Rongzhen took the opportunity to recognize Gui and greeted them, but didn't care if he didn't get a response.
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