Chapter 131

Red Shoes couldn't remember how long she had stayed here.

Theoretically, it shouldn't have been long - in her memory, she and Crazy Bag separated at the elevator entrance not long ago. Crazy Bag took out most of his savings to exchange for a chance to go to a designated floor, but she couldn't share that chance, so she could only do the same as in the past, and be randomly sent to any floor after the elevator stopped.

Then she came here. A place full of darkness.

Darkness will magnify people's sense of time, and perhaps that's why Red Shoes felt that she had stayed here for a long time. But no matter what, she didn't plan to stay here any longer.

This place was weirder than any other floor she had been to before—the omnipresent darkness was only secondary, but even more annoying were the flies that would drill into people's ears. She had no lighting tools, and God knew how much effort it took to get the bug out the first time. In order to avoid being caught again, she simply pulled out two clumps of hair and stuffed them into her ears. However, she had no idea how long this method would work.

If it were just that, it would be fine. What bothered her most was that she seemed to be being watched.

At first, everything was fine, and everything was normal. In the endless darkness, there were solitary lights one after another. She walked cautiously in the direction of those lights, collecting clues hidden under the lights, and speculating on ways to leave... Everything was similar to her exploration process on other floors.

Until she found out that there were actually other people on this floor.

They were a man and a woman. The woman was dressed casually and looked very capable, while the man looked very handsome and wore a big gold chain. At that time, they were standing under a lamp not far from her, and seemed to be studying something. But Red Shoes didn't care about these.

What she cared about was that the man was holding a flashlight in his hand.

Red Shoes was not stupid. After groping in this place for so long, she had figured out two things - first, the light of those lonely lights shining in the darkness was gradually fading. Second, those insects lurking in the darkness would avoid the light.

The flashlights in the hands of the two people didn't seem to last long, and they were very small, so small that they might not be enough for two people.

But Red Shoes thought that if it was only for herself, then the size would be just right.

So she quietly followed the two men, intending to find a suitable opportunity to ask them for the flashlight. If it was convenient, she also wanted to ask for the cards on their bodies and the big gold chain on the man's neck. For this reason, she even gave up the opportunity to actively approach the light and kept sneaking quietly in the dark.

Then...

then she was beaten.

She didn't even see who beat her - her roots had been completely stripped away, which made her not only physically weak, but also dull in her facial features. The guy who beat her was not only fast, but also damn particular, attacking her from behind. She couldn't dodge at all, and was hit several times in a row. Now her back is still burning.

Not only did he beat her, he also dragged her deeper into the darkness, covered her eyes, and prevented her from moving. Red Shoes was so angry that her lips were about to tremble. She finally hardened her heart and summoned a shadow dog in exchange for a card. She barely chased away the guy who was chasing her. When she looked around again, she was completely stunned.

She saw that there was complete darkness all around her - boundless, silent, without a trace of light, and not a trace of outline could be seen.

"..." It was not until this moment that Red Shoes remembered a tip she found under a lamp not long ago.

- [Don't close your eyes in the dark. If you close your eyes for too long, you will be unable to see the light.]

... She was calculated. The guy who attacked her deliberately made her break the rules for some malicious purpose. As a result, she is now like a blind person.

Not to mention continuing to follow the two preys, she can't even find the exit now. Red Shoes was extremely anxious and tried desperately to think of a feasible countermeasure. At this moment, she heard a suspicious sound again.

Buzzing, like a large swarm of insects flying towards her.

Knowing that something was wrong, she could only run quickly. However, no matter how she ran, the sound of the swarm of insects flying behind her always followed her like a shadow, and even got closer and closer. Just as Red Shoes gritted her teeth and prepared to use the card to protect herself, a light suddenly appeared in front of her eyes-

and then...she met this woman.

Thinking of this, Red Shoes subconsciously raised her eyes. A few steps away, the woman in the dust mask was standing quietly, with her head slightly lowered, as if she was thinking about something; from time to time, she looked up and looked around. In her hand, she still held the flashlight, creating a swaying circle of light on the ground.

Red Shoes didn't like that flashlight. For some reason, being illuminated by it made her feel very uncomfortable. However, outside the range of the light, the buzzing swarm of insects were still eyeing her covetously. Out of caution, Red Shoes moved as far as possible towards the direction of the circle of light.

The masked woman never spoke again after saving herself. She didn't ask or pay any attention, but just concentrated on doing her own thing. Red Shoes was still in shock at the moment, and didn't dare to act rashly. She could only wait quietly by the side and try her best to take care of herself.

Come to think of it, have I seen this guy somewhere before?

Scanning the other person's masked face again, Red Shoes suddenly felt a little confused. At this moment, he seemed to have thought of something, put the flashlight in his mouth, took out a pen from somewhere, and began to write and draw on the work badge on his chest...

Wait... work badge?

Red Shoes was slightly startled, and took a closer look at the work badge, then she remembered-she had really seen this guy before.

In the Butterfly Building. At that time, she was with the holder of the No. 9 rule book, and they made quite a commotion.

She also remembered the work badge on her chest. If I remember correctly, in order to save her life, she also secretly got one, but unfortunately it was swallowed alive by Big Eyes later...

But... is that all?

Her eyes paused slightly, and Red Shoes frowned again. For some reason, she always felt that their intersection was not only in the Butterfly Building - earlier, in other places, in other places, it seemed that they had met each other before.

It was a pity that she could not remember it at all.

Forget it, since she could not remember it, it was not important to explain it - after another glance at the masked woman, Red Shoes quickly calmed down.

The key point now is how to convince the other party to take her with her.

After all, she can't see the lights now and is being chased by the swarm of insects. There is no other way to go except to follow this masked woman.

Well... First of all, I can be sure that I have never met the other party directly when I was in the Butterfly Building, so the other party probably does not recognize me. In this case, I should insist that I am a mistaken intruder.

However, considering the hole on the tip of my tongue, the other party would definitely not believe me if I said I was a human, so it would be best to pretend to be a dead person, and not a dandelion...

Well, I'd better say that I came in to find someone. If I speak more truthfully, maybe I can gain some sympathy.

There are no windows on this floor, which means it is a basement. In other words, there is no need to find a key here, as long as I can find the elevator to leave. It just so happens that I still have a few membership cards in my hand. I can take one out and pretend to make a deal with the other party, first persuade the other party to take me to the location of the elevator, and then find a way to steal her flashlight...

While I was thinking, the masked woman seemed to have finally finished her work. I put down my work badge and put away the pen, and the flashlight also moved to my hand. Seeing this, Red Shoes immediately adjusted her expression, approached slightly timidly, and spoke with just the right amount of pity: "Um, hello?

"I haven't thanked you yet, you just saved me..."

"Two cards." Before she finished speaking, the masked woman spoke directly.

"..." Red Shoes was stunned, "What...what?"

"Take you out, two cards." The masked woman said concisely, "Immediate payment, no cash payments. If you don't have it, forget it, just respect yourself."

Red Shoes: "..."

No, how can you say that?

The original rhythm was disrupted, and Red Shoes closed her eyes tightly: "But, two cards is also a big deal, how do I know that you will take me away if I give it to you..."

"Believe it or not." The masked woman patted her cleaning clothes nonchalantly, "Anyway, it's not me who is being chased by the swarm of insects. ”

“…” Red Shoes choked again, paused for a moment, and said, “My legs are on me, I can follow you by myself…”

Masked Woman: “It doesn’t matter, I’ll take a detour.”

Red Shoes: “The longer you stay here, the more dangerous it will be…”

Masked Woman: “I have a factory badge for protection.”

After saying that, she pointed at the badge on her chest meaningfully.

Red Shoes looked over as she followed her movements, and caught a glimpse of the words "Gu Yunshu" and "Strange Talk Demolition and Relocation Office" on it, which made her head buzz with annoyance.

“What if I exchange intelligence with you?” After a moment of hesitation, Red Shoes decisively chose to sell Crazy Bag, “I know you have a colleague on the 26th floor, and she is facing great danger…”

“Are you talking about the man with black teeth in a hat? "Gu Yunshu said lightly, "Thank you for your concern. But the problem has been solved."

Red Shoes: "..."

I'm so stupid. Red Shoes thought with a dull face. I actually had hope for this piece of crap, Crazy Bag.

Looking at the man called Gu Yunshu, there was still no expression on his face, and he didn't have the slightest intention of giving in.

Red Shoes had no choice but to bite the bullet and really gave out two cards.

She couldn't let Gu Yunshu find out the total amount of her inventory, so it was not convenient for her to choose directly in front of her, so she had to blindly draw two cards and pass them over. Gu Yunshu took it and scanned it, paused for a moment, but said again: "Okay, then give me another one, and it's a deal."

??? Red Shoes couldn't believe her ears, "Didn't you say two?"

"It's the rule of the world, deposit one and pay two." Gu Yunshu said, "You don't have to give it if you don't accept it. "

Red Shoes: "...but you have already taken those two."

Gu Yunshu: "Yes."

Red Shoes: "...so are you taking advantage of the situation?"

Gu Yunshu: "Yes."

Red Shoes: "...do you have any shame?"

Gu Yunshu expressionlessly took off his mask and showed her his face with burn scars. Red Shoes'

breathing stagnated, and a strong sense of familiarity surged up like a tide again, but she quickly waved it aside.

"This is not fair." She was still struggling, trying to restrain the urge to grit her teeth, "If I really give you another one, who knows if you will continue to ask for it?"

"I said, that one is a deposit." Gu Yunshu said calmly, "To get out of this place, you must have a membership card. Therefore, anyone with a little ability will find ways to ensure that they have at least one card with them. "

"I asked for two just now, and you agreed very quickly, which means you must have at least one left." Gu Yunshu said, flicking his fingertips on the flashlight slightly, dimming the brightness of the flashlight like a threat.

"Having a card means you have the ability to attack people. Walking with someone like you, who knows if you will suddenly use the card to stab me in the back?"

Therefore, asking for one more card is actually insuring yourself. The other party has one less means of attack, and you have one more way to protect yourself. And I said it was a deposit.

"I'll pay it back when we find the elevator. "Gu Yunshu's tone was calm and determined.

"..." Red Shoes looked a little angry, and glanced nervously in the direction of the swarm of insects behind him. After weighing the pros and cons, he finally gritted his teeth and handed over another card.

Gu Yunshu took it, glanced at it, calmed down and put it away. He turned the brightness of the flashlight back, turned around and walked forward on his own.

At the same time, he heard Xu Ming's voice faintly in his mind: "Don't tell me you really plan to return that card."

"..." Gu Yunshu glanced at Red Shoes as if nothing had happened, and calculated in his mind what cards might be left on the other party, and replied faintly in his mind, "It depends on the situation. "

But it looks like it probably won't be returned.

She added in her heart, paused, and said in her mind:

"In addition, Director, I asked you to revise the rules..."

"Don't worry." Xu Ming responded in her consciousness, and his voice gradually faded away, "It's already been arranged. ”

*

The next moment.

The parrot standing on the coffee table opened its eyes.

It shook its feathers and skillfully turned the page of the work badge in front of it.

Thanks to the work badge sponsored by Hongqiang Company, remote consciousness communication is no longer a technology limited to whales. It also allows Xu Ming, who is currently in the state of a parrot, to no longer rack his brains to think about how to communicate with people through text through the work badge -

of course, other people will still unilaterally transmit some text information through the work badge, and what Xu Ming is doing now is to conduct a directional brain connection based on the severity of the matter, and then change to another person after the communication is completed to continue the brain connection.

Compared with simple text contact, brain connection will be relatively more physically demanding. Fortunately, everything seems to be within an acceptable range, and there are no other side effects except hair loss.

Well... in a sense, this is also thanks to the elevator in this building. To be precise, it's the book inside the elevator.

Something that can also be used to modify the rules. The modification authority is even higher. Referring to my previous experience, even the effect of the distortion characteristics can be changed, which shows how powerful it is. And it can perfectly avoid the side effects of modifying the rules...

rounded off, it's better than the rule book.

Thanks to the existence of this elevator, Xu Ming now can rely on the elevator to solve the problem, and he will never use the rule book. As a result, he has avoided a lot of risks and saved a lot of energy.

The only problem is that the modification is restricted, and every sentence must be carefully considered to avoid being judged as an illegal setting. In other words, you have to take the trouble to find loopholes... but the effect is still quite good.

In addition, Xu Ming sent out many people. Once the personnel flowed, the frequency of entering the elevator would increase greatly, and there would be more opportunities to modify. People like Lu Yueling who set out early and had outstanding abilities had already pushed to the second room; Da Guo was lucky and also drew the Pig Face Maze. Under Xu Ming's remote guidance, he pushed forward directly with the flashlight. Now he was looking for monsters everywhere to swipe the membership card, and he could enter the elevator after swiping.

Most of the others entered the new floor and were submitting the new rules they collected in real time through their work badges. The whale fat man was responsible for sorting and transcribing the information submitted. He copied it again until his hands were about to break, and he cursed while copying. Seeing Xu Ming jumping around on the table again, he couldn't help but ask, "No, I thought I wasn't the only one here, right? Why am I the only one responsible for copying?"

"Because Guo Shuyi is responsible for using her brain to crack the rules, Panpan's mother is responsible for watching the cat in the kitchen, and I am responsible for being the central processor - the one without hands." Xu Ming argued in his mind, "So what do you think?"

"..." The whale man was humble and silent. Xu Ming took the opportunity to pick up a few more sheets of paper from the table, flapped his wings and sent them to the window. After completing the handover with A Jiao outside the window, he flapped his wings and flew over again.

"Another flyer?" The whale man paused, "When did you copy it..."

"No, it's a blank piece of paper." Xu Ming replied in his mind, "It's for people to record information."

In order to form an effective information flow chain, it is obviously not enough to rely on the few people sent by the demolition office. Therefore, Xu Ming added an additional way to increase the flow of information, that is, through the A Jiaos to distribute blank paper and pens, people in need can write the clues they have obtained on it and give it to the A Jiao to take back in exchange for another clue, or a card...

Now the whole system has not yet been fully implemented. Once it is running, the speed at which they collect information will definitely be faster than it is now.

The only troublesome thing is that this operation can only be carried out within the first 44 floors. The intelligence on the 45th floor and below is relatively difficult to collect...

Xu Ming thought with some concern, and jumped towards the rule book again - Gu Yunshu wanted her to help modify a rule, and Xu Ming planned to go and see who was about to enter the elevator, and this matter was just right for her.

At this moment, the whale fat man who was in charge of writing down the intelligence flipped the book back and forth, but his expression was suddenly stunned.

Noticing the change in its expression, Xu Ming paused and opened his crested feathers subconsciously: "What's wrong?"

"Don't worry, wait for me to sort it out..." The whale man said delicately, flipped the rule book again, and took a deep breath.

"Two pieces of news." This time it spoke directly, "A clear good news, and an unclear subtle news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"..." After a moment of silence, Xu Ming simply switched back to the state of the dream walker. In Guo Shuyi's worried eyes, he looked at him solemnly, "Let's talk about the second one first."

"Okay." The whale man flipped the book back, "Do you remember which floor Panpan is on now?"

"The forty-sixth." Xu Ming said without hesitation. After almost everyone enters a new space, she will help confirm the next floor first.

"Yes." The whale man nodded, "but she just sent a message saying that she found a window there."

"..." Xu Ming's unfinished words were stuck in his throat. After

a pause, she asked again as if to confirm: "The kind that can see the lighthouse?"

The whale man gave her an affirmative look.

...Xu Ming was silent again, and subconsciously looked out the window. I don't know if it was her illusion, the lighthouse outside the window seemed to be brighter.

The position where she was seemed to be higher.

[The building is alive, it is growing] - The note that he saw not long ago came into his mind again, and Xu Ming's back suddenly felt cold.

The so-called "growth"... Is this what it means?

It's not that the "first forty-four floors" are on the ground. It's that it has grown forty-four floors from underground.

And it's still growing. Now, it has grown to the forty-sixth floor.

...So what's going on with this building? What's the meaning of this "growth"? What will happen when it grows up?

Xu Ming didn't know the answer. But she remembered clearly that on the note, after the eight words "The building is alive and it's growing", there was another half sentence - seize the time.

"..." Xu Ming calmed down a little after taking a breath as if to regulate himself. He turned to look at the whale man again, "So? What is the good news?" "

It's upgraded." This time, the whale man flipped forward several pages and pointed directly to Xu Ming, "Look, the term 'Strange Talk Demolition Office' has been upgraded to level three."

? ! Xu Ming's heart moved and he hurried over. Sure enough, under the entry of "Paper Robe Authority", the relevant information of "Strange Talk Demolition Office" has been updated again, and these five words are directly followed by a bright suffix - [Based on the first-level rules].

It’s just that there is another suffix after the suffix, in a small parenthesis, and in the parenthesis it says “limited to the current ghost story area”...

Even so, Xu Ming’s heart started beating wildly, and her eyes lit up—

first-level rule basis! She has been using this rule book for a long time, and this is the first time that it has really been upgraded to a first-level basis! Even if it is only temporary, it is enough to excite her!

She knew that she had been actively distributing flyers and placing small advertisements everywhere, and there must be rewards! This is the blessing of her small advertisements!

Seeing her like this, the whale fat man couldn’t help but laugh. In comparison, Guo Shuyi seemed much calmer, but in her calmness, there was a bit of confusion.

"Can I see the instructions?" After sitting there for a while, she couldn't help herself. "I haven't learned this... Is the first-level basis very powerful? Is it very different from the second-level basis?"

She remembered that Xu Ming seemed to have mentioned before that the "Ghost Story Demolition Office" was originally a second-level basis.

In response to her, Xu Ming nodded without hesitation:

"It's quite big.

"The first-level basis can be used to directly modify the core rules, while the second-level basis can only be used to modify and establish the marginal rules. For example..."

As a demolition office with a second-level basis, at most, it can only modify the rules between floors.

As for the demolition office that has been upgraded to a first-level basis -

thinking of a certain usage rule in the elevator that has concerned her for a long time, Xu Ming narrowed her eyes slightly.

Maybe it can be demolished... who knows?