Chapter 142

"Do you want to turn on the light?"

"Do you want to turn on the light?"

"You you you want to turn on the light?"

"Light the light? Turn on the light? Come on, light the light, let the light grow, come on, light the light--"

The sharp voice sounded like a death sentence, and in an instant, Xu Ming's attention was drawn back to the door. The knocks on the door mixed with the urging voices rang together, and each knock seemed to hit the heart hard.

But... why? She had clearly left the wrong time before...

Staring at the knocking door in disbelief, Xu Ming felt her head throbbing again. She subconsciously stepped back slowly, and while she was thinking, the woman who broke into the door had already rushed into the room and snatched the clock on the shelf.

"There's no time to be in a daze!" She said quickly, her voice soft but full of anxiety. As she spoke, she had already violently taken off the transparent cover of the clock face, quickly adjusted it, and stuffed it into Xu Ming's hand, then lowered her head and fiddled with her own clock.

"Hurry up, it's coming in - don't look back!"

As soon as she adjusted the clock, she pulled Xu Ming to the other door. The moment she stepped out of the door, she heard the door on the other side suddenly open. Even with her back to the room, Xu Ming could still feel the light that exploded at that moment -

but she remembered the woman's words, and without looking back, she touched the door handle by feel the first time she stepped out of the room, and closed the door heavily with her backhand.

With a "bang", all the sounds stopped abruptly. Looking at the corridor ahead, it was just as quiet. The bright and peaceful light spread on the floor of the corridor, making the noise just now seem more like a nightmare. She

didn't feel anything just now, but now that she has calmed down a little, Xu Ming realized that her forehead and hands were all sweaty, and her heart was still beating fast. She took a deep breath, tried to adjust her state, and then spoke: "Thank you. Are we going in now?"

This question was asked to the woman next to her. The latter also looked very scared, and after a pause, she said: "No hurry."

After waiting for a moment, she carefully pushed the door open and looked, then nodded to Xu Ming: "It's gone. Let's go in."

After that, she walked in first.

After staring at her back for a while, Xu Ming followed in. The first thing she saw was a piece of paper on the display case. She went forward and picked it up, and saw a reply from Landor:

[Be careful. Call me if you have any problems. Ghost Story Demolition Office]

It seemed to be a reply to the time Xu Ming had given before.

The woman who entered the room before her had obviously also read the content on the paper, and only said lightly: "Don't trust him too much."

She pointed to the door that was knocked before: "You just left the time, and the light man came when you called. This must not be a coincidence."

Looking at her deeply, Xu Ming pursed his lips: "But the time I left just now was not the correct time..."

"Found it." The woman nodded slightly, "Maybe their abilities are growing."

"Strong enough to find the right room from the wrong time?" Xu Ming questioned this.

The woman just shook her head and patted her wrinkled coat.

"Their movement is different from ours. They use time as a corridor and wander around the doors of different rooms. We can only access one room at a time, which is an isolated time point; but for them, it may be a connecting line."

"I understand." Xu Ming nodded. To put it bluntly, those who call the lights are doing a range search. If they knock on the door at the wrong time and no one answers, they will turn around and knock on the door of the adjacent room. It just so happened that the correct time she was at was not far from the fake house number, so she was just picked up.

"At least that's the truth as I understand it." As if seeing her doubt, the woman said softly, "It's up to you whether you want to believe it or not."

"There's nothing to disbelieve." Xu Ming said, "When something you encounter can only be explained in one way, there's no other way but to believe it."

"Compared to this, I care more about how you found here?" "

?" The woman who was straightening her clothes raised her eyes, "What?"

"I said, how did you find here." Xu Ming even used the honorific this time, "I said, I gave the wrong time... or are you and the lamplighter together?"

This was really impolite, and the woman was also slightly stunned. After a moment, as if she finally reacted, she straightened her clothes and raised her head:

"Come to think of it, I haven't introduced myself yet.

"Peeping mirror, alienation root. Part-time Anxin Gardening Special Consultant, we have had intersections before. "

"......!" Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, then reacted, slightly widening his eyes, "So you are the one..."

"Yeah." The woman nodded again, "I don't have a name that conforms to the common format of humans, and people in the unit generally call me Jinglao..."

"Consultant An!" Xu Ming spoke with sudden realization.

Teacher Jing: "..."

"Forget it, whatever you like." She sighed lightly and gave up her naming rights without struggle. On the other side, Xu Ming seemed to realize something and lowered his eyes slightly: "So, you used your ability to find me here?"

After that, he frowned again, as if he was confused: "But... time, can this also be 'seen'?"

"When I am in a strange story myself, all I can see are basically rules. "Teacher Jing said, "Fortunately, in a sense, 'time' is also part of the rules."

Xu Ming's brows knitted even tighter when he heard this. After a few seconds, they relaxed as if he had finally figured it out. After a moment of hesitation, he tentatively said, "Come to think of it, I received a message from you outside..."

"Was it 'upstairs'?" Teacher Jing looked relieved, "It seems that my message was really sent out. That's good."

"Well, to be honest, I have to thank you. If I hadn't happened to hear the message you left in the 'shared house', I might still be trapped there." Xu Ming said nonchalantly, observing the other party's expression as he spoke, "Excuse me, can you continue to pass on the message? I have a companion upstairs, she may be able to help us. "

I'm sorry, but I can't do it now." Teacher Jing shook her head gently, "My ability is weakening. Just to find your location has consumed a lot of my energy. I really don't have the strength to continue delivering messages."

"Also, I'm not sure if you remembered it wrong or deliberately wanted to test me, but I don't remember that I have 'seen' any content about 'shared housing.'" After a pause, she continued, still in that slow and calm voice, "There is only one area where I left a hint with my voice. It is a place related to Pig Face and the maze. I don't think it has anything to do with shared housing."

"..." Hearing this, Xu Ming fell into silence.

After a while, she exhaled softly: "I am more cautious."

"Understand." Teacher Jing nodded, "Then may I tell you about my business now?"

"Please." Xu Ming said immediately, and found a comfortable place to sit down, and took out a pen and paper from his bag. The whole set of movements was so smooth that Teacher Jing was stunned for a moment. As if noticing her surprised look, Xu Ming looked up at her and smiled embarrassedly.

"Sorry." She apologized again, "I have the habit of taking notes at any time."

Pause: "You should also understand." "

..." Recalling the bunch of "Weird Talk Demolition Office, your good partner", Teacher Jing didn't know whether to nod for a moment.

Fortunately, she quickly came to her senses, looked around vigilantly, with a bit of fear on her face:

"I don't know how much you understand about the current situation, and there is no time to communicate slowly now, so let me explain everything first."

She paused here, as if she was organizing her words: "Well, you are from the Demolition Office, and you must know about the 'door' and the 'key'. Then I will make it short.

"This is a strange story temporarily built by the existence behind the door. The purpose of this strange story is to establish a new passage between the door and behind the door, and through this strange story, select the appropriate 'key'..." "

Come and open the door." Xu Ming's consciousness interfaced, and then frowned, "But from the current situation, it seems that you are not the 'key' it wants to choose. "

I don't know about that. I've only heard related speculations." Teacher Jing shook her head. "As for the existence behind the door, I tried to peek, but it was really difficult to see anything. As for the key, there are clues."

She changed the subject: "Do you know Tianyu Eye Hospital?"

"...I've heard of it." Xu Ming's heart moved slightly, "Why?"

"I've heard people talk about that strange story." Teacher Jing said, "There was almost a 'door' there."

"?" Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, "Isn't that..."

"Yes, it's the second illuminated place in the nursery rhyme you heard. "As if seeing through her thoughts, Teacher Jing nodded gently, "The key that was chosen at that time was not an alien root, but an independent 'root'."

"What's strange is that the one who held it at that time was an alien root. But that alien root did not become the chosen 'key', but became a culture dish for hatching keys. It thought it was growing, but in fact it was losing..." "

So it is the big tree parasitized by the 'eye'..." Xu Ming lowered his eyes thoughtfully and wrote quickly on the paper with a pen, "But judging from the meaning of the nursery rhyme, the key was not used in the end."

"Well. I don't know the specific situation. But it seems that the process of opening the door was forcibly interrupted by someone. "Teacher Jing's expression remained unchanged," From this we can see that the key to the 'key' may not lie in its essence, but in the feeding process and feed."

Xu Ming: "... In other words, if you don't escape quickly, you will become one of the feed."

"So I came to you." Teacher Jing said in a deep voice, "Once we are completely swallowed up, the real key will most likely appear. If the door is really opened, everything may be irreversible. "

"I don't want to add pressure to you, but you... may be the only one who can take us away from here now."

"Use the method you found?" Xu Ming raised his eyes slightly, but he didn't stop writing, "I am a human, are you sure it's okay?"

"It may be a little difficult. But I have no other choice. "Teacher Jing sighed, "Most of the other mutant roots are also in a weakened state right now. And with the threat of Lantern Man, I can't trust any of them..."

"Can't we screen them one by one?" Xu Ming paused for a moment.

"The risk is too great." Teacher Jing said without hesitation, "If multiple people are parasitized at the same time, they can communicate with each other at any time, and even share memories."

Xu Ming: "Can't we distinguish them from the outside?"

Seeing the other party shaking his head, she followed up with a follow-up question: "What about behavior patterns? Or abilities... After parasitism, will their abilities be synchronized with Lantern Man? Will their own abilities be retained? "

Teacher Jing looked at her in surprise, as if she didn't expect her to ask so many questions. Xu Ming smiled and tapped the paper in his hand: "I think it's good to leave more information for others."

Teacher Jing was helpless and could only continue: "Once you are unfortunately parasitized, the biggest impact should be on your thinking. No matter what kind of will you held before, after being parasitized, you will succumb to a stronger and greater will... What you cared about, believed in, and preferred before will become so small and insignificant.

"The memory and cognition will also be synchronized to a unified level. But the ability is still your own. Except for the additional ability of the Light Man, it will not affect other things."

"It means that you will change your heart and cheat, but your ability will not improve much." Xu Ming gave a summary in his own way, "No, it will not." Just like advanced mathematics.

"... Almost." Teacher Jing pursed her lips, subconsciously glanced at the clock, and seemed a little anxious, "Excuse me, can I continue? I am different from you. As an alien root, I will be negatively affected... If I stay with you, I am not sure what will happen next."

"Yeah, yeah. I know. But don't worry." Xu Ming lowered his eyes and wrote quickly on the paper while whispering, "Wait for me to sort it out..."

She tapped the tip of her pen on the paper, as if she was lost in thought. After a moment, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, I understand." When she raised her eyes again, her expression had become determined, "I think I have an idea. Please continue."

Teacher Jing wanted to speak, but found that she was disturbed by Xu Ming and was at a loss for words. She paused for a second and said with some disappointment, "Excuse me, where was I just talking about?"

"The way to leave." Xu Ming kindly reminded.

"Okay." Teacher Jing moved the corner of her lips forbearingly, "About the way to leave...it's actually very simple."

She reached out to take Xu Ming's clock, but the latter took it in his hand first. Teacher Jing paused and had to point to his desk clock: "I believe you have also discovered that by adjusting the clock, we can adjust our location. And time is not cyclical... the more circles we turn back, the farther we can go back.

"What if, we go back to the end of time here in one breath?" Teacher Jing looked at Xu Ming encouragingly, "This strange story will not exist for long. If we turn the clock back to the time before the birth of the strange story in one breath..."

"Then according to the rules, we should arrive at the room at that time." Xu Ming looked thoughtful.

"But in fact, we can't go back." Teacher Jing said, "Because ghost stories didn't exist at that time."

"In other words, the rules are contradictory. And this contradiction may mean the emergence of cracks.

"And cracks mean an exit."

"...Are you sure?" Xu Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, looking unconvinced. After staring at Teacher Jing for a while, he still picked up the clock as he was told, "Okay, since you said so, it's worth a try after all."

She said, holding the clock in her hand. Her fingers moved back and forth on the pointer, but there was no movement for a long time.

Teacher Jing's lips moved slightly, and she seemed to want to frown, but she held back, paused for a moment, and said softly: "What's the matter? Is there anything else you are worried about?"

"That's not the case. "Xu Ming shrugged, "I just want to wait a little longer."

"..." Teacher Jing's lips tightened even more, and she said softly, "What are you waiting for?"

Xu Ming gave a long "hmm", and just as he was about to say something, he tilted his head and his eyes lit up; almost at the same time, hurried footsteps sounded from outside the door, accompanied by the dangerous breathing of the beast, step by step, approaching rapidly-

"!" Teacher Jing turned her head alertly, rushed forward without hesitation, and pressed the door with her body. Xu Ming looked calm, and even shrugged again.

"Well, you don't have to be nervous." She made a soothing gesture to Teacher Jing, "That's someone I invited. "

What--" Teacher Jing was obviously startled. Before she finished speaking, she suddenly noticed the clock in Xu Ming's hand, and her expression changed again

-she only then noticed that the time on the clock had changed to 7:12 at some point.

But how could it be... She had been staring at Xu Ming, and she was very sure that she had not adjusted the clock since she entered the room...

"Thank you for reminding me that time is also part of the rules." Xu Ming spoke at the right time, "Otherwise I really wouldn't have thought of changing this."

As soon as the voice fell, a strong knock came from outside the door. Teacher Jing's face became more and more ugly, and the look she gave Xu Ming was becoming more and more incredulous: "You called him here? Why? He is the one who is most likely to have a problem--"

"Don't worry. "Xu Ming said slowly, patted his trousers and climbed up from the ground. When he raised his face again, there was a hint of indifference on his face, "If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't call him."

"..." Teacher Jing's eyes were even more shocked, and he looked at her as if he was looking at a monster. After a moment, he seemed to realize something, and his face gradually sank.

His eyes lit up immediately. Two tiny candles seemed to be burning in his light pupils.

The light began to extend from under her feet, and there were pure white hands of light, which stretched out from the tide of light, scrambling to grab Xu Ming.

But at the moment when Xu Ming was about to be caught, it retreated quickly as if it had touched a flame.

"..." The woman's face showed surprise again. Before she could react, the door was knocked open and she almost flew forward. She

heard a voice calling Xu Ming from behind. She lay on the ground and turned her head angrily. She saw Landor appearing at the door panting, followed by a skinny shadow dog, holding a clock in its mouth, holding its tail tightly, and making threatening noises.

——And all the terrified growls instantly turned into happy whimpers the moment she saw Xu Ming, and her tail instantly lifted up, shaking like a propeller.

Landor also stepped forward quickly, commanding the shadow dog to restrain her, while walking towards Xu Ming in a hurry. The moment he saw Xu Ming's condition clearly, his steps paused again.

"...Mingming?" He asked in disbelief, raising his hand as if he wanted to touch it, but held back, "What's wrong with your head?"

...What do you mean, what's wrong with your head?

Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously touched the back of his head, only then did he notice that there was already a big bump there - it should be caused by the fall when he first entered the room.

No wonder she has been feeling pain.

"It's okay. "Xu Ming responded casually, sat down against the display cabinet, and calmly looked at the security consultant who was suppressed by the shadow dog. Under the latter, a large piece of light was still spreading, stretching and shrinking like a slime, as if wanting to expand outwards, but was repeatedly pressed back by some invisible force.

"Okay, don't try it." Xu Ming sighed, and slowly squatted in front of her-of course, for safety reasons, she deliberately squatted a little further away.

"This is already a safe zone." She said lightly, "You can't launch any attacks here. "

"??? "The woman lying on the ground looked up in astonishment, obviously not understanding what she was saying. Xu Ming did not say anything, but showed her the paper in his hand.

There was no note on it, only two simple sentences.

The first sentence: [The blue door is a door, and the miracle door is also a door. So to a certain extent, the blue door can be regarded as the miracle door. - Strange Talk Demolition Office.]

The second sentence: [@Lan Duoduo, the time now is, the surname of the source of the Demolition Office code: the name of the source of the code.]

Teacher Jing: "..."

Teacher Jing: "......? !"

No, she could barely understand the first one... What the hell is the second one?