Chapter 120

When Xu Ming came back from the elevator, the original room was completely empty.

Du Rong stood at the door, looking around anxiously. Seeing Xu Ming coming, she was obviously relieved. Then she waved to her and took her to another room.

The door of the room was open, and it was quiet inside. Da Jinlianzi was talking to the blood-water tea, and the others were walking around in the room, looking like they were cleaning and tidying up something.

... Although from Xu Ming's perspective, he couldn't see what they were tidying up.

Everyone took off their pig faces, and two of them even had some skin broken on their faces. Seeing Xu Ming coming in, everyone was obviously startled. Xueshui Jiancha was the fastest to react. He took two or three steps to meet her and asked about the situation over there.

When they learned that this ghost place really had an exit, everyone's face lit up - but after learning that it could only lead to other floors, their expressions quickly darkened.

"If you want to leave directly, I think it will be difficult." Xu Ming frankly stated his guess, "We are in just an area in the ghost story. And it's the 75th floor, an area that is neither up nor down."

Since this ghost story chose to use the common image of "elevator" as a passage connecting various areas, this design is probably meaningful. In addition, the aunt's notes also mentioned that the real exit of the strange story often appears in an image that conforms to the human concept of "leaving", such as a door leading to the outside world, a staircase leading down, or a car leading to a distant place.

According to people's conventional cognition, the door of a high-rise building is often on the first floor.

Therefore, Xu Ming speculated that if this strange story has an exit, it is likely to be on the first floor.

On the other hand, the existence that left the supplementary rules once said that she was trapped on the 100th floor. From the skills she showed, Xu Ming suspected that she was probably one of the missing mutant roots. In this way, the two floors, one top floor and one bottom floor, are worth a look. Of course,

this is only for her. It would be better for Du Rong and the others to go to the first floor first.

Xu Ming thought silently, and briefly told the others about his views. Although some of them obviously didn't understand at all, everyone still reached a consensus smoothly -

and it was not until this moment that Xu Ming realized another strange thing.

"Is everyone here?" She said curiously, turning her head to look around, "Is there someone missing?"

Now, except for her, there are only five people in the room - one less than when she just saw them.

Several people immediately showed complicated expressions when they heard it. Under Du Rong's guidance, Xu Ming noticed that there was a pair of legs sticking out from behind the table. He walked over and looked over, and found that it was the man in casual clothes. If I remember correctly, his ID is "Ai Cao Xiang".

He was lying straight on the ground at this moment, with nothing above his neck. Looking inside from the broken neck, one could see the completely hollow inside. Out of curiosity, Xu Ming quietly took off his shirt again, and sure enough, he saw two obvious spherical joints at the shoulder position.

The elbows had the same structure, but the skin at the wrists was smooth, and he looked almost the same as a normal person - but looking up along the wrists, one would find obvious seams on the arms.

Xu Ming: "..."

How to say it, her mood was still a little complicated. After all, when she just met this group of people, she thought that the guy in casual clothes was the most normal looking one.

With a sigh in her heart, Xu Ming put on the clothes he had taken off. Out of some subtle humanitarianism, she also draped the clothes on the head of the mannequin "corpse".

Turning her head again, she was facing Du Rong's face that seemed to be hesitant to speak. For some reason, the latter was standing a little far away from her at this moment, about ten steps away. When she saw her looking at her, she tentatively asked, "Aren't you uncomfortable?"

Xu Ming was puzzled by the question and thought he was talking about seeing the corpse, so he naturally replied that it was okay. On second thought, the style of a person needs to be constantly strengthened and shaped in the details, so he nodded slightly and added very experiencedly, "I'm used to it."

After speaking, he lowered his head again, and with an inquiring spirit, he observed the corpse lying on the ground again.

Naturally, he ignored the astonishment on the faces of the people around him.

"Oh my god..." Sucui sighed in a voice that only she could hear, and exchanged a look of surprise with the person next to her. When she looked at Xu Ming again, there was still shock in her eyes that she couldn't suppress.

In her field of vision, the dummies that had been knocked over were piled up in all directions, and the lifelike broken limbs had been cleaned up together, almost forming a small mountain. Not to mention that they had removed the heads of all the dummies for inspection, and those heads were now piled at Xu Ming's feet, constantly rolling slightly with her movements...

Used to it.

She said she was used to this kind of scene.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and all looked away, tacitly not asking what this "used to" meant.

On the other side, Xu Ming finally understood the specific structure of this mannequin. He clapped his hands, stood up, and looked at them again:

"By the way, did you find the membership card on them?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The big gold chain with the identity of "Blood Water" quickly responded, and the real Blood Water next to him added, "But only two were found."

As he said this, he wanted to walk in the direction of Xu Ming, but when he saw the corpses on the ground, he stopped.

... To be honest, if they can get used to this kind of scene, what is the "Strange Talk Demolition Office" usually busy with?

It's called the Demolition Office, can't it just break down the wall?

Question marks rose in Xueshui Jiancha's heart. Fortunately, Xu Ming had already walked out by himself at this time. He calmed himself down and quickly handed over the two cards in his hand.

The style of the cards was the same as the one he had seen before. One of them also came with the "Exchange" ability; the other one came with an unfamiliar skill -

[Attached skill: Peeping

[Number of times available: once

[Effect of use: You can choose to give up the right to see something in order to peek at things that you should not be able to see.

[Once the skill is activated, it cannot be revoked. Please also note that this skill is not equivalent to the [Idiot] trait. Something that cannot be seen does not mean that it does not exist. ]

There is also a picture in the blank space of the card, but this time it is a mirror. In the mirror is a pretty woman with a crown on her head.

…It reminded me of the all-knowing magic mirror in Snow White.

Xu Ming's mouth twitched slightly, and he handed the card back. Xueshui Jiancha was stunned for a moment, as if he hadn't expected her to return it. He paused, and couldn't help but speak with worry:

"Boss, if there are only two cards... does that mean that only two of us can go out now?"

No, it should be three at most - Xu Ming also has a card that comes with the electronic scale.

But that's not enough. From another perspective, they don't have time to delay here any longer. They can only leave in batches, sending away Du Rong and others who are more affected, and the rest continue to wear pig faces to kill monsters and wait for drops...

Xu Ming shook his head: "No, one card will do. It's similar to the card-swipe elevator in the hotel."

She had entered the elevator before and had roughly figured out the activation rules of this thing.

Comparatively speaking, Xu Ming was more concerned about another thing at this moment - she turned around and said hello to the others, asking them to wait for a moment, and she let Xueshui Jiancha lead the way and returned to the room with the electronic scale.

First, she put two cards at once, and then tried to trigger the voice broadcast system - as expected, a card was added, and the amount of information broadcast this time also increased.

It's a pity that basically all the content overlaps with the supplementary rules that were previously given away for free by kind people. If there is really a difference, it is that this version is an official product, the broadcast is clearer, and there are not so many mosaics.

But in some aspects, it is not as detailed as the folk supplementary version.

After confirming this, Xu Ming tried to add another card. After finding that there was no effect, he put away all three cards, and then picked out the initial card that came with the electronic scale and carefully put it back next to the electronic scale.

"..." Looking at her actions, Xueshui Jiancha said nothing, but his eyes revealed the pain that could not be concealed. He endured it again and again, but still couldn't help it, and persuaded: "Boss, there is actually no need to keep a card. People may not come later."

"What if?" Xu Ming looked at him, "Do you know how outrageous the mechanism of attracting people in this weird story is?"

Xueshui Jiancha: "..."

"It's so sloppy." Xu Ming said.

It is not clear whether the people outside have already controlled the forum and cut off the further spread of the weird story at the source; but what if they haven't? Or maybe humans in other areas accidentally came to this level?

A considerable number of people involved in this strange story are normal people who have never come into contact with such things, so we have to leave them a way out.

"We don't necessarily have to rely on this electronic scale." Xueshui Jiancha tried to give an idea, "Maybe we can write down the news we heard and put it aside... This will save them the trouble of looking for new membership cards. We can also add things that are not in the rules."

"Well, this thing is always useful. What if you leave it here and it's taken away by bad guys? It would be a waste, so why not keep it with you?"

"That makes sense." Xu Ming nodded thoughtfully, and before Xueshui could breathe a sigh of relief, he added, "But there is still a problem."

"What if the rules here change in the future?"

"...Huh?" Xueshui Jiancha opened his mouth uncontrollably, "No way? Will this happen again?"

"Maybe there will be." Xu Ming said, "If that's the case, leaving only records will hurt people."

The rules may change, but the notes left by people will not. In comparison, the broadcast mechanism triggered by cards may be more reliable.

"Also - I don't want to give up passing the rope to all the later comers because of an imaginary bad guy or bad result."

After a slight pause, Xu Ming added softly.

"..." After the words fell, Xueshui Jiancha was completely quiet.

He actually thought of some other words to persuade Xu Ming, but now he couldn't say it at all. He thought of the nonsense he had talked about in the forums over the years, and thought of most of his biographies. For some reason, he suddenly felt a sense of embarrassment.

Sure enough... it's different.

He lowered his eyes a little uncomfortably, and sighed in his heart.

Sure enough, the imaginary Long Aotian is different from the real professionals working in this industry.

They always think about how to save people, how to save more people; and what about the boasts they made? Superficial and utilitarian, he played the role of pretending to be awesome again and again in his imaginary plot. To be honest, he is just a middle school idiot, and he is good at making threats...

"But you reminded me." At this moment, Xu Ming suddenly said something.

Then she opened her small bag and quickly took out a notebook and a pen.

Her bag was smaller this time, so she didn't bring a notepad. Fortunately, she brought her aunt's notebook with her. There was a blank page at the back of the notebook. Xu Ming apologized to her aunt in her heart, tore off the paper and started writing.

While writing, she did not forget to trigger the voice broadcast of the electronic scale, and took notes while listening. Before long, a text version of the rules summary was completed.

Considering the possibility that the rules might expire, Xu Ming deliberately added the word "temporary" in the title; after thinking about it, he added the signature of "Strange Talk Demolition Office" in the blank.

"...Boss?" Xueshui Jiancha didn't quite understand, "Is this... an anti-counterfeiting watermark?"

"That's about right." Xu Ming didn't even raise his head, and quickly started writing on the second sheet, "This name itself is protected. As long as it's signed, the relevant information will not be distorted or erased."

"...Oh." Xueshui Jiancha didn't really understand the meaning of "distortion" and "erase", but that didn't stop him from looking at these words again with a look of awe.

Soon, the second sheet of paper was also written. Xu Ming put it under the initial membership card. Xueshui Jiancha also looked at it with awe, and whispered if he could take a look at this one too - of course, in order to show his respect, he used the word borrowing.

Xu Ming didn't care, and just let him go. So Xueshui Jiancha carefully picked up the paper, took a closer look, and his expression froze.

——On this piece of paper, there are five sentences in total.

The first sentence is, [Serious warning, if it is not necessary, please do not take this card out of the room.]

The second sentence is, [If you violate this, you will be directly included in the liquidation list of the Ghost Story Demolition Office.] The third sentence is,

[Please do not be complacent, the Demolition Office has always been here. We are always watching you. When you have a headache, don't close your eyes.]

The fourth sentence is, [I will cut you.]

The fifth sentence is the familiar signature, [Ghost Story Demolition Office].

Blood Water Tea:...

"That." He said softly, "May I ask this sentence 'Don't close your eyes when you have a headache', what does it mean..."

"Oh, it has no meaning." Xu Ming was already packing his bag. Hearing this, he said directly, "It's just used to create an atmosphere."

In ghost stories, this kind of inexplicable words are the easiest to make people have brainstorms.

"Oh..." Xueshui Jiancha nodded with sudden realization, not quite understanding.

... I'm sorry, I was too arrogant.

It turns out that I can't even threaten professionals.

Sure enough, I'm still such a waste!

*

After leaving all the messages, Xu Ming did not delay any longer. He quickly turned back and finally took everyone to the elevator.

The elevator is very large and can easily accommodate five people. It was not until he entered the elevator that Xueshui Jiancha realized why Xu Ming was too cautious before and always felt that the rules in the area would change again.

"Instructions for using the elevator... This elevator is a safety elevator and must be used by swiping a card. Please use any membership card, place it in front of the card reader, and press any floor after the elevator button lights up... and write down the content you want to add in the current notebook?"

In the cabin, Du Rong was reading the text in the notebook. The more she read, the higher the ending tone became, until the end, she was completely dumbfounded: "What does this mean?"

She and the others looked at each other, with similar surprise in their eyes. In comparison, Xu Ming, who had already studied it once, was obviously much calmer, but the words he said made people feel uneasy at all:

"Simply put, there are two ways to use this elevator.

"First, use a card to trigger it, and then directly consume the card to start the elevator.

"Second, after the card is triggered, select a floor... and then add settings to it."

Xu Ming paused when he said this: "If the added content passes the 'review', the elevator can be activated once for free. The card in the user's hand is retained - at the same time, the added settings will also be directly applied to the corresponding floor."

"Add settings?" Su Cui did not read the introduction in the book himself, so when he heard this, he was optimistic for a while, "Then we just need to add useful settings to it, right? For example, safe zone, protection period... or we can directly add weapons?"

For example, two-dimensional foil or something.

At the very least, you can add some talisman paper and cinnabar... Gatling will do.

Xu Ming listened and couldn't help but sigh.

"Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work." She said, took the notebook directly, turned to the corresponding page, and handed it to Sucui.

The latter took a closer look and saw a line of red bold words on the notebook:

[Please note that the theme of this game is "The Space from Which There Is No Escape". Please make sure that the content you write is in line with the theme and consistent with the original story style of the floor.

[Please do not add any elements that may undermine the gameplay and balance to the floor without authorization. Including but not limited to safe zones, safe times, various forms of rule prompts, various types of weapons, Ultraman, Tongtianshu, Mickey Mouse, etc.

[If you do so, you may suffer some unnecessary punishment for what you write. Please be sure to treat it with care. ]

[Thank you. ]

Sucui: "..."

No, wait.

I understand the reason, but who can tell me... Forget about Ultraman and the Sky-high Technique, why did Mickey Mouse also get mixed up in these negative examples? Huh?

Even if you come to the Snow Queen, you are more convincing than Mickey Mouse? ?

"Who knows?" Facing his inner doubts, Xu Ming just shied away, "Maybe they are afraid that the Ministry of Justice will call the police."

Crisp: "..." It's even more outrageous!