Chapter 132 (Catching Bugs)

[A letter to all those who accidentally entered - Our company [Ghost Story Demolition Office] has announced the emergency handling method 1.0 for the current ghost stories]

[Hello, unfortunate intruder:

[We regret to let this document appear in front of you. The Ghost Story Demolition Office deeply sympathizes with your current situation. This is also one of the reasons why we must take action at this moment.

[First of all, in view of the fact that you may not be clear about the current situation, please allow me to briefly introduce the current situation. You are now in a ghost story called [Lighting up the Haunted Building], and the reason for entering is because you responded to the illegal content in the relevant post. Please note that this is not a game, and you are likely to be injured or even killed here.

【Perhaps you have had the experience of entering a ghost story in the past, then you should be able to feel that this ghost story is different from the past. This is indeed the case - [Lighting up the Haunted Building], as a new ghost story, completely violates the necessary principles and ethics of being a ghost story.

【In terms of form, it acts blindly, injuring innocent people, and has many irregular settings; in terms of content, it is rooted in text content provided by others and lacks the necessary originality. What's worse, even the original creator of the text is dragged into the ghost story and becomes its prey for playing with.

【This is a new type of ghost story hegemonism, a terrorist act that disregards the safety of ordinary people, and an ugly cancer that destroys balance and civilization. Since it came into the world, every pore has been flowing with blood and filth*.

【For this kind of forced, brutal, perverse, and unreasonable hegemonic ghost story, the Ghost Story Removal Office strongly condemns it and vows to fight it to the end. In view of the fact that there are many people who have mistakenly entered, before the formal demolition work is carried out, emergency treatment links are specially arranged to stabilize the situation. I hope that all those who have mistakenly entered can read the following content carefully and cooperate as much as possible:

【1. The current ghost story is mainly displayed in the form of floors. Different floors have different escape rules. After entering a new floor, please try to find the rules of the floor you are on and make a note of them (if the basic rules of your floor require a membership card to be displayed, please do not take the corresponding membership card).

【2. If you encounter an employee who claims to be from the [Ghost Story Demolition Office] during your exploration, please check the ID card on his chest. After confirming that the ID card is correct, you can choose to move with him. They will send you to the exit elevator.

【Please rest assured that anyone carrying the correct ID card is an employee of our company and they can be trusted.

【3. Because of our company's special training system, employees often have some special abilities or have a more special appearance. When you realize this, please don't be afraid. Once again, I would like to emphasize that our employees can be trusted and they are all professionals.

【4. If you are really scared, you can choose to act alone. But when you do so, we will no longer be responsible for your life.

【5. In any case, please do not interfere with the normal work of our employees. Violators will bear the consequences.

【6. The exits of the floors in this story are all in the form of elevators. Elevators require membership cards to drive. If you lack the necessary membership cards, you can exchange them from our employees by sharing intelligence (limited to one card per person). If there are enough cards, our employees also provide exchange services for different types of cards.

【7. If you unfortunately encounter an unsolvable dilemma on the current floor and do not encounter our employees, you can move to the window as much as possible while ensuring your own safety.

【8. If you see dark humanoid creatures outside the window, please do not be afraid, they are our specially hired employees.

【9. If there is paper and pen at the window, you can use it yourself. Write down your current needs (information, cards, exit instructions, weapons, clean water, etc.), fix it on the windowsill, and wait for our specially hired employees to come and take it away.

【10. Due to the large number of trapped people, the window business is very busy. In order to ensure that your needs can be responded to in a timely manner, you can attach one or more pieces of currently available intelligence with the form (please indicate the source of the intelligence in detail). After verification, our technical personnel will appropriately increase the priority of the needs based on the quantity and quality of the intelligence.

【11. The window business also provides services such as information for cards, cards for information, and cards for cards. If your needs cannot be met, the card will be returned to you in the same way, please don't worry.

【12. The Ghost Story Demolition Office solemnly promises that all weapons provided by our company, regardless of their type and whether they are professional or not, will not be effective against any human, Hu Yang or Dandelion.

【13. The test results of our employees show that there are dummy monsters with spherical joints on some floors. If you knock them down, there is a chance that you can get a membership card from their body (you need to remove their heads). You can try it under the premise of ensuring your own safety.

【14. According to witnesses, there is currently a group of restless people in the building who will attack others to get cards. Therefore, please be vigilant of strangers you meet. If you are unfortunate enough to encounter and get into trouble, please ask for help from the window or the demolition office employee you meet.

[15. Regarding the elevator, because the corresponding mechanism has not been cracked, our company cannot interfere with the relevant rules for the time being. The technical personnel are working hard to overcome it, please wait patiently and be patient.]

...

... So, what exactly is the Ghost Talk Demolition Office?

The 25th floor, by the window.

Liu Fang sat dejectedly against the wall, thinking about this question for the nth time.

In his hand was the puzzling "Letter to All Accidental Intruders"; lying next to him was his equally listless companion, who was closing his eyes tightly, his face full of pain, and blood kept flowing from the corners of his mouth.

Although they were called companions, they had actually just known each other for a short time. In this damn place, you never know where you will end up when the elevator opens, and the companions around you are always changing. It is hard to say whether it is fate or trouble if you occasionally meet someone.

The good news is that the person Liu Fang met this time is not bad. He is cheerful and generous, and he gets along well with him. The bad news is that it is useless to get along with him. They are both trapped now, and it is uncertain whether they can get out alive...

As if to prove his thoughts, there was a sudden burst of violent banging sounds at the door, bang bang bang, and even the tables and chairs that they blocked the door were shaken. The companion lying under the window was startled and struggled to open his eyes. Liu Fang hurriedly patted his shoulder soothingly, silently grasped the crowbar beside him, and tensed up.

Fortunately, the sound did not last long. After a while, they seemed to lose interest and gradually walked away.

Liu Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his eyes and scanned the surroundings again, but a bit of gloom appeared between his brows.

They are now in a room similar to a storage room. Outside the storage room is a large flat. An

empty shopping mall full of modern atmosphere. Televisions, ovens, sweeping robots, and all kinds of modern furniture are available. God knows, he was quite happy when he first came to this floor, after all, this place at least looks relatively decent.

He was on the fifty-third floor before. That was a half-finished building, empty and with nothing but leftover cement bricks. It was covered in mud and ash, and he was covered in dirt. In comparison, this floor was so comfortable.

Of course, he did not take it lightly. As a "veteran" who had already broken into three floors, he knew what he should do. So after a short rest, he began to look around for clues to his departure.

Not long after, his companion came in. Together, the two of them quickly found two very special written records.

The first was a furniture catalog. It listed all the furniture in the house in detail, along with simple instructions for use. The second was like the host's hospitality notes, which listed a lot of names, their physical features, and their favorite foods.

Everyone has different preferences, but everyone's hobbies include "fresh dirt", which inexplicably makes people feel a little numb.

It's a pity that they couldn't research more content from these two records alone. In addition, there were two other things in the house that caught their attention.

The first was that they found a lot of food in every corner of the house.

Most of them were snacks and canned food. There were also well-packaged freshly baked cakes. They even found a pack of eaten cookies in the case of the Tmall Genie, and they had no idea what the meaning of these things being hidden here was.

The second was that they carefully checked the catalog of furniture they found. The last line of the catalog was about a refrigerator, and the corresponding instructions were, "If you are hungry, go find the refrigerator. There is always food in the refrigerator."

However, they searched the whole house and never found a refrigerator.

...So what does that sentence mean? Where is the refrigerator? Why did the food that should have been in the refrigerator go to various strange places?

The two were puzzled.

- It was not until five hours later that they finally found the answer.

When Liu Fang entered the room, the time on the wall clock inside the room was seven o'clock in the evening. Because he was too tired, he said goodbye to his companions after the second round of searching and went to bed to adjust. Halfway through his sleep, he was suddenly awakened by a scream. He rushed out and looked outside. He immediately broke out in a cold sweat -

he saw that the lights in the living room were dim. Under the swinging chandelier, countless figures could be seen!

Whether it was the TV, computer, oven, or Tmall elf - at this moment, they all grew arms and legs, like hungry wolves stimulated by bones, scrambling to pounce on his companions!

His companion struggled desperately, but his limbs were still grabbed. Just as he was about to be torn to pieces, Liu Fang suddenly had an idea. He rushed into the room, took out the food he had collected before, and threw it at the group of things. The furniture with hands and feet was attracted by the thrown food and let go of their hands. Only then did his companion save his life.

It was not until this moment that Liu Fang really understood the true meaning of the two lists -

they actually corresponded. The names of the people in the second list refer to the furniture in the first list, and the food marked after the names is actually the preference of the furniture itself.

...Except for the refrigerator.

There is indeed no refrigerator in this room.

Because they are the refrigerator.

The furniture will look for food because of hunger. When all the food is eaten, they will open the "refrigerator".

The "refrigerator" always has fresh dirt that they all love.

...Unfortunately, it seems too late to analyze this now.

The food thrown out was quickly eaten up. Those hairy monsters rushed over again. Time was too tight, and Liu Fang had no time to look for the remaining food. He only had time to drag his companions, hide in this storage room, and block the door as much as possible...

Fortunately. Perhaps because there were other foods scattered outside, those monsters did not bother them too much.

But what about after all the food outside is eaten?

Liu Fang didn't know, and didn't dare to think about it.

There was no way, he could only turn around and search the storage room carefully, trying to find some more food to survive; unexpectedly, he didn't find any food, but found a piece of paper stuck outside the window.

That was the confusing "Letter to All Intruders".

In addition, there was also a piece of paper and pen.

To be honest, Liu Fang is still confused about what was written on the paper until now. Obviously I know every word, but when they are put together, it makes people look full of question marks. The serious yet weird style of painting is only one aspect of it. More importantly, there are those weird nouns in it...

things like demolition office, poplar euphratica, and dandelions.

It seems to be a professional term, but there is no explanation at all.

But, how can I put it, it makes people feel more professional.

Therefore, with the intention of giving it a try, Liu Fang still followed the notice's requirements, carefully wrote down his needs and the information he collected, and carefully placed the paper on the window sill.

Because he was afraid that the paper would be blown away by the wind, he placed the paper on the inside of the window, which was closed but unlocked. Originally, he was worried that the recipient of the letter might miss it. Unexpectedly, not long after, he heard a "tap, tap" sound - someone knocked on the window from outside.

After knocking, before Liu Fang could react, the window made a push sound again. A charred hand reached in from the window and quietly took the paper on the windowsill.

"..." Liu Fang stared at the hand, his teeth trembling with fear, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Until the window was closed again, he plucked up the courage to go to the window again. Except for the bright lighthouse outside, nothing could be seen.

After that, he kept waiting - until now.

Judging from the performance of those monsters, the food outside should not be eaten up yet. However, it is estimated that there is not much left. Liu Fang couldn't help looking out the window again. Even though he tried to restrain himself, his heart couldn't help but beat faster and faster, and his ears felt hot. They

haven't come yet... The demolition office that said they would help and meet people's needs hasn't come yet.

Is it because the information he provided was not enough? Or is it that his needs were too general? Maybe it's really too difficult to just write "want to escape", after all, people now have to be precise to the ID number when praying to the gods... Or, or...

Or, is all this actually fake?

The notice, the charred hands, are all hallucinations caused by his excessive nervousness; or maybe, all of this is just a means for a monster to play with people's hearts, just like horror movies often do, first give you hope, and then ruthlessly shatter it...

Everything is fake. There is no hope at all. There was no demolition office.

... Because of this bad guess, Liu Fang's heart sank.

At this moment, he heard the "bang bang" sound again.

It was not from the door, but from the window. It was a very rhythmic knocking sound.

He looked up in surprise and saw a girl with a bright smile lying on the window, waving at him.

...The girl was pretty, and looked even prettier when she smiled. Liu Fang jumped and quickly opened the window.

The girl climbed up gracefully, half sat on the window sill with her body sideways, looked up and continued to smile at Liu Fang, and handed a bag in while laughing.

"Mr. Liu from the 25th floor, right?" She was beautiful and her voice was very moving. "Sorry for being late. Because your requirements were written in a rather general way, we had to spend some time..."

"Ah, no, it's okay!" Liu Fang said quickly, and subconsciously took the bag, "Um, are you also from the Demolition Office...?"

It didn't seem to match the charred arm he had seen before.

"Yeah. But I was originally working in an office." The girl showed him her work badge with a smile, "My last name is Po, Po Haitang. Actually, I'm not very good at climbing around, but because we are short of manpower and you guys are relatively close, Director Xu... sent me over here to make a run."

Director. They actually have a director.

Liu Fang was shocked and suddenly felt that his previous speculation was a bit offensive. Glancing at the pretty girl at the window, he thanked her a little shyly and quickly opened the bag he got. When he opened it, he found that it was full of food, and the packaging bags were all open. There was also a small note. When he unfolded

it, there were two simple lines of words on the note:

[1. Anyone with hands and feet can be considered a "person". 】

【2. If a person is poisoned, he will die. 】

The signature is "Strange Talk Demolition Office".

"..." Liu Fang was silent for a moment, then looked up in confusion, "Excuse me, what does this poisoning mean..." "

Literally." Po Haitang said directly, "Oh, by the way, remember not to eat the food in the bag. There has been rat poison."

Liu Fang: "..." How can it be like this!

With his eyes wide open in shock, he looked at the note in his hand again. For a moment, he didn't know whether to say that this method was absurd or that it was rough. While he

was stunned, he heard Po Haitang cry out: "Hey, what happened to your friend? There is blood in his mouth... Is he injured internally?"

"..." The companion lying on the ground opened his eyes when he heard the voice, and waved his hands when he saw the situation. Liu Fang hurriedly said, "No, he used the card before..."

Po Haitang: "?"

"Exchange card." Liu Fang explained helplessly, "He wanted to use his wisdom tooth to exchange for a weapon..."

"Is it still possible?" Po Haitang was a little surprised, "That's quite cost-effective."

"...But it didn't work." Liu Fang finished the second half of the sentence awkwardly, "In addition to the wisdom tooth, he also lost two other teeth."

So the other party's mouth is now full of blood, and it hurts so much that he can't say a word.

As for the so-called "weapon" he exchanged, it was just a crowbar. It

's not an exaggeration to say that he was cheated.

This is also why he still dared not use the two cards in his hand.

"Really? That's too bad, so pitiful..." Po Haitang said sympathetically, his eyes moved slightly, and the topic suddenly changed, "Speaking of which, if you need weapons, you can also exchange them with us."

"I know." Liu Fang was helpless, "but I know only so much information..."

"We also collect information about other floors." Po Haitang said leisurely, "You can also exchange cards directly."

"One card, one cold weapon. Two cards, one hot weapon. As long as the species is not too picky, we can provide it, and you only need to give the card, and you don't have to pay anything else."

Po Haitang said, tilted his head slightly, and smoothed his hair in a charming way: "What do you think about it, little brother?"

Liu Fang: "..." He

quietly touched the remaining cards on his body.

He felt his heart beating wildly again.

*

So, more than ten minutes later.

Holding an electric baton, Liu Fang supported his companion and carefully crossed the living room. The living room was in a mess, with shabby furniture lying all over the floor.

They were all lying on their backs, their arms and legs twitching, and the current was running wild. It looked like the CPU had exploded, and the screen was all black, which made Liu Fang feel refreshed.

Besides feeling refreshed, he was more shocked - after all, who would have thought that such an outrageous and crude method of poisoning with real names could actually work...

and what was poisoned was rat poison.

Is this really not a joke?

Liu Fang thought in disbelief, and when he thought of the note he had received before, he couldn't help but pause.

There is no basis for this, but he has a feeling that it is not that this method itself is effective - it is because it is the Demolition and Relocation Office that is in charge, and they have influenced something, which makes this method effective...

and also gives him a chance to escape.

Thinking of this, Liu Fang was relieved to have survived, and did not dare to delay any longer. He quickly found the key and membership card to open the door according to the instructions of the Demolition and Relocation Office, and then hurried out and swiped the elevator.

He and his companions did not have any important items on them, so in order to save effort, they went into the carriage together. Po Haitang kindly gave them some extra hemostatic sponges, and his companions were biting them in their mouths, making their cheeks bulge.

However, he was already much more energetic. As soon as he entered the car, he immediately widened his eyes as if he had discovered something, and then he patted Liu Fang's arm repeatedly. Liu Fang looked over and his eyes also paused, then he couldn't help laughing.

In the elevator button area, a small piece of paper was stuck on the most conspicuous button in the middle. The two lines of words on it were clear and visible when you looked up -

[Don't be afraid, we are still here]

[Ghost Story Demolition and Relocation Office]

How to say it, if it was twenty minutes ago, Liu Fang would have felt puzzled when he saw this note.

Now when he saw it, he just felt a sense of comfort in his heart - a kind of warm feeling almost instantly surged up, reassured, and a little excited.

And this feeling turned into an indescribable surprise when he opened the notebook hanging next to him -

"Oh my God." He couldn't help but shouted, and the person next to him immediately came over and asked vaguely: "Are you swollen?"

"Look at the words above!" Liu Fang pointed to him hurriedly, "It's different from before! Isn't it?" "

?" The companion frowned in confusion, moved closer, and then widened his eyes in surprise.

Like Liu Fang, he had been in the building for a while and had used the elevator more than once.

Therefore, he could tell at a glance that the rules of the elevator had changed -

to be more precise, the rules for using this book had changed.

"Instructions for using the elevator... Please use any membership card and place it in front of the card reader... and write down the content you want to add in the current book..."

On the other side, Liu Fang was muttering the instructions in the book - up to this point, the content was the same as before.

The key point is the following:

[Suppose you can now add a door to any floor, what do you want to be behind the door? Please use your imagination and speak freely. ]

[Please note that the theme of this game is "Door of Miracles". Please make sure that the content you write fits the theme, but it does not have to match the original story style of the floor.

【You may also use any creative elements as you like. Including but not limited to safe zones, safe time, various types of weapons, Ultraman, etc.

【Please note that the elements you add cannot overlap with the original elements of the floor. That is, you cannot add exits, keys, membership cards, etc. We deeply regret this.

【We will further overcome the relevant restrictions, please be patient and wait.

【In addition, our company solemnly promises that all offensive items that appear due to the addition of settings will only act on those with malicious intent to humans, and will not pose a threat or harm to humans, dandelions, and Hu Yang.

【Ghost Story Demolition Office】

...Okay, the question is here again.

So what are dandelions and Hu Yang? ?

The same question popped up for the nth time, and Liu Fang tilted his head in confusion. But he understood everything else - he even had a bolder guess about the name "Strange Story Demolition Office". The words

"restriction" and "conquer" were written on the paper, and there was also a signature that didn't exist originally... Does this mean that this organization called "Strange Story Demolition Office" is modifying the rules of this hellhole little by little, optimizing them little by little to their advantage?

What if this optimization and conquest are completely completed?

Does it mean that they can escape? ?

This guess made Liu Fang's breathing slightly quickened. Although nothing was confirmed, his chest was involuntarily filled with a little joy.

To exaggerate a little, his eyes were even a little hot.

Next to him, his companion, who was chewing a sponge, had already picked up a pen and started to think seriously about what to write in the notebook.

"The designated floor... is it our floor?" He confirmed with Liu Fang vaguely, "Then what should I write?"

"If I write, I must write something helpful..." Liu Fang's eyes lit up, "Ah, we can copy the homework of the demolition and relocation office. Put a poisoned snack gift bag..."

"We can't write 04." The companion took a pen and tapped on the notebook, "There is 04 in the room, we can't write it."

"Then just write rat poison!" Liu Fang said, "Add a note to remind, and see if the design can be more clever to avoid the restriction..."

He and his companion discussed for a long time and finally confirmed the final plan. At the moment when the last period fell, the elevator made a buzzing sound, and the two looked at each other, and saw a bit of pride and relief in each other's eyes.

"Although it's a bit vain...but can we find a place to sign?" Liu Fang couldn't help but say, "It feels quite valuable..."

His companion nodded in agreement. It just so happened that both of them were old users of the forum, so they both flattered and left their forum IDs on the page for adding settings.

After signing their names, Liu Fang was still not satisfied, and pulled his companion to flip forward the notebook to see how others wrote - on the one hand, it was convenient for him to have a bottom line in his heart when he entered other floors later; on the other hand, it was a bit like some students who just got good grades in the exam and couldn't wait to see how much higher they were than others.

...Unexpectedly, they just turned a page and their expressions froze immediately.

On the page they turned, there was a line of handsome big characters written on it -

[After pushing open the door, you found a heavy artillery tank. ]

"..." The two looked at each other silently, automatically skimmed through the many descriptions of the tank, and silently turned another page.

[After pushing open the door, you found a pistol with unlimited bullets, and because of the use of mysterious technology, there is no recoil, and people with less strength can also use it easily. ]

The two: "..."

Turning another page, [You found a mysterious closet, and there was a banging sound coming from the closet. Open the closet, and there will be a zombie king who will fight only for you. He is very handsome and has eight abdominal muscles. 】

Turn it over again, [Gatling with unlimited firepower]

Turn it over again and again, [Charizard plus Rocket Turtle plus Garlic Turtle and a full-level Pikachu with an electric ball. 】

Turn it over again and again, [Super high-tech exoskeleton device equipped with automatic aiming system and brain wave control]

Turn it over again and again, [Two-dimensional foil——]

"…………" After a moment of silence, Liu Fang slowly closed the notebook.

I'm sorry, I'm narrow-minded.

He thought from the bottom of his heart that my vision only stayed on one floor, which was really too narrow.

But then again, in a place like this building, with both Gatling and tanks... is it really okay?

As if responding to his thoughts, the moment the elevator door opened, he clearly heard a loud "bang" from somewhere -

the elevator under his feet followed and shook violently.