Chapter 143

Although she seemed calm on the surface, Xu Ming was actually unsure about the modification of the rules related to the "Gate of Miracles" -

after all, the "Gate of Miracles" itself was a product modified from the rules of the monster story. Although from the previous cases on each floor, this rule has always worked well, but this time she modified it on the basis of the modification, and it could even be said to be cheating. It was hard to say whether this modification would be effective.

Fortunately, the moment she quietly wrote down the modified rules on the paper, she could clearly feel a tremor in her heart - from previous experience, this was a sign of successful modification of the rules based on the "third-level rule basis".

The current situation further proves this point... Thinking of this, Xu Ming couldn't help but take another look at "Teacher Jing" lying on the ground, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

The shadow dog brought by Landor was so thin that it seemed like it would fall down if poked, but it was very powerful when it pressed on the opponent. Teacher Jing was pressed to the ground and couldn't move. Only the light under his body was still stretching outwards unwillingly. It was a pity that every time it stretched out a certain range, it would curl up, as if it was being suppressed by some invisible powerful force.

But the appearance of the shadow dog was really a bit miserable, and it was also worrying. Xu Ming hesitated for a moment, then took out a blank work badge with a rope from his bag and handed it to Landor to tie the man up. After thinking about it, he was still worried, so he released Lu Yueling from the rule book and asked her for a few strands of hair for further reinforcement.

Lu Yueling was frightened by Gen's sudden madness before. Even though her hair was now hanging down behind her, she still chose to stand far away from Xu Ming, ready to escape back to the rule book at any time; when she saw the light constantly stretching under Teacher Jing, she couldn't help but let out a "huh" and immediately stood further away.

Xu Ming was calm about this. Because as she said - this is now a "safe zone".

As early as when she got off the elevator, she used the "safe zone" set up by the elevator rules, which is only for humans and non-malicious beings; as long as a living person stays within the range, he will be immune to all attacks, whether the attack is against the mind or the body; if an abnormal being with malicious intentions stays in it, all attacks will be forcibly invalidated, and in addition, they will suffer a double weakening of strength and spirit until they leave the safe zone.

... Of course, at least the person in front of him, Xu Ming does not intend to let her leave.

The information delivered to the door should not be missed.

Xu Ming thought silently, and sat down in a comfortable position again. He raised his eyes and looked calmly at the woman opposite who was tied up with a work badge ribbon and colorful hair: "Hello, let me introduce myself again, Guantan Demolition Office, Gu Ming."

"If you don't mind, let's have a good chat. Call the consultant An from the lantern version?"

"..." He glanced at her slowly, and "Teacher Jing" sitting opposite could no longer hide the coldness and sharpness in his eyes. She spoke softly, but did not directly answer Xu Ming's question, "When did it start?"

"?" Xu Ming tilted his head, "What?"

"You don't believe me." Teacher Mirror said softly, her expression was obviously cold, but her voice was still as intellectual and gentle as before, "I want to know, when did you start?"

"..." Xu Ming's lips twitched slightly when he heard this, and it was obvious that he didn't want to answer this question. Lu Yueling next to him looked over, and did not hide her curiosity in her eyes-she had been concerned about this question for a long time. However, since this "Teacher Mirror" appeared, Xu Ming has been busy dealing with the other party, and has almost no time to talk to her, so that she is now confused.

Looking at "Teacher Mirror" again, it is clear that she can't get an answer. Xu Ming has no choice but to tell the truth:

"In fact, I never believed it at all."

Lu Yueling:...!

"Teacher Mirror": ...

and Landor... Landor stood behind Teacher Mirror, with an indifferent and expressionless face, still thinking about the bump on the back of Xu Ming's head.

"Like I said, when there is only one explanation for something, you can only choose to believe it." Ignoring the reactions of others, Xu Ming continued to talk to himself, "But in fact, there is more than one explanation for this matter."

"The Light Man" found her room because he was strong, and "Teacher Mirror" found her room by spying, both of which make sense, but it seems too strange to be right next to each other.

In comparison, another explanation may make more sense-

the two of them came here together.

If so, the behavior of this "Teacher Mirror" in front of him is even more concerning.

Therefore, soon after Xu Ming entered the room, he quietly completed the first rule modification on paper under the pretext of "taking notes" - the safe zone was set up at that time.

And what made Xu Ming completely decide to take action was that nursery rhyme. The nursery rhyme recited by the doll.

"What..." Teacher Jing asked subconsciously, and suddenly reacted halfway through, and her face changed slightly. Xu Ming sat in the same place and casually said:

"Yes, it's the nursery rhyme that 'it is said' you couldn't hear before."

The newspaper barrel in the display cabinet in the room will speak at regular intervals, but the mutant roots trapped here cannot hear what it says. This is what was clearly written on the note she found when she first came to this room. And the handwriting was obviously Teacher Jing's.

"But if you really haven't 'heard' it, how do you know that what I wrote is the song that the newspaper barrel reads?" Xu Ming said calmly, "Don't say you guessed it based on my notes... Although I left relevant notes, I didn't make any marks on them." Some parts were even sketched, and it was questionable whether people who were not familiar with it could understand it.

So when Kuai Le saw it, he asked curiously whether this was the theme song of the demolition office.

In comparison, "Teacher Mirror", who had never heard the nursery rhyme but could quickly match it with the newspaper barrel, actually showed problems.

And there is the note at the beginning——

"???" "Teacher Mirror" looked up in surprise at Shadow Dog's angry stare, obviously not expecting that the note could also become a point of doubt, "So what?"

"It's very strange." Xu Ming said bluntly, "I didn't feel anything at the beginning. But the deeper I looked, the more strange it became."

Xu Ming tried his best to find all the messages before the note. Although conflicts had already occurred among the mutant roots at that time, and even the incident of Happy identifying Landor, the situation was not so bad that they could not communicate...

Under this premise, tearing off a part of the paper to leave a text record that was destined to be erased, and hiding it after leaving it, and hiding it in a room that he and others might not enter in the future, this operation itself is a bit subtle.

Step back, what is the significance of leaving this part of the information? Was it to record the situation at that time? The description was obviously not objective. Was it to provide suggestions for those who came after? But the real key threat of "calling the light man" and the more important way to leave were not mentioned at all.

The alarmist words were vague. The hiding place was secret but not completely secret, and the things said were useful but not completely useful... Then the question was, what was the real purpose of this note?

Quietly hinting, stepping on one and praising the other - this was the conclusion Xu Ming came to in the end, although it was not necessarily correct.

To be honest, this note made her feel more like a prop specially arranged in a secret room game, only providing the clues it wanted to provide, and quietly dropping hooks and seeds between the lines, taking the lead while leading people to continue to go deeper.

And she happened to be the new guest who was chosen to play in the secret room.

"…Just because of this?" After hearing her simple explanation, "Teacher Mirror" looked even more stunned, "But what if what's written on the note is true? How can you…how can you be sure that your dog is trustworthy?"

"That's enough." Xu Ming frowned and couldn't help but said, "I wanted to say it before, who brought up the name of dog and cat? It's not like he doesn't have a name."

She said this as if it was natural and convincing, and Lando, who was not far away, pursed his lips slightly, and his ears turned red at an inappropriate time.

However, the redness just began to spread, and then Xu Ming heard it again: "Besides, who said I believed him."

"…" Lando just raised his lips and froze in place.

"Teacher Mirror" was also stunned. Xu Ming leaned back against the wall, his shoulders hunched slightly due to discomfort, but his tone was still full of that inexplicable sense of self-righteousness:

"Rather, it's the opposite.

"It's precisely because we can't fully believe it yet that we have to let him come over."

"......?" Landor was even more confused. The corners of his mouth were stretched in the middle, and for a moment he didn't know whether to sink down or continue to rise.

"Teacher Mirror" frowned: "What on earth are you..."

"You don't understand." Xu Ming waved his hands, and his mind involuntarily recalled those subtle and obvious details. Especially in the message, those Arabic numerals from "Landor"...

"You don't understand." Xu Ming paused for a moment, sighed and spoke firmly, "Some things engraved deep in the soul are destined to be indelible. ”

“…” “Teacher Mirror” was stunned again, as if shocked by her answer. After a moment, Fang shook her head self-deprecatingly, “It’s my fault. You know this guy better than I thought.”

Her shaking head alerted the shadow dog next to her, who immediately began to bared his teeth threateningly. Landor’s ears turned red again, and the red color climbed up his face at an alarming speed.

He tried hard to close his eyes and pressed down the corners of his mouth that were unconsciously raised again, but his back straightened up involuntarily, even straighter.

…Only Lu Yueling, who knew the truth, had her mouth twitching constantly. It seemed that she wanted to say something, but held it back.

Xu Ming was very calm about this, because what the other party said was not wrong -

if she had not relied on her sufficient understanding of Landuo, she would not have thought of testing him at the wrong time.

And just as she guessed - facing the Arabic numerals she deliberately gave, Landuo, no matter how clear his mind was, would think that she did it on purpose, and the essence was that she didn't want him to come over. In order not to cause trouble, he naturally would not raise any more doubts and questions.

No matter how much he cared, he would only say "Be careful" at this time, and then squat in his room. Meanwhile, he desperately refreshed the paper in his hand, fearing that he would miss any information.

This is certainly not the smartest approach, but it is definitely the most Landor approach.

In addition, "Teacher Mirror" was almost blatantly directing suspicion towards Landor. On the premise of acknowledging that she had problems, Landor's reliability was revealed...

But to make Xu Ming completely trust him, these were definitely not enough.

So Xu Ming tried to call him this time - if she was lucky enough and guessed right, at least she would have a helper by her side, and if she guessed wrong, at least there would be a safe zone to cover her.

In other words, the key to the gamble is not whether Landor is reliable, but... It is to directly specify whether the operation of the miracle door can take effect - fortunately, she was lucky and both bets were right.

As for the reason for using the code, it is simpler - she can't chat privately now, she can only send messages on the public screen. In the case of uncertainty about how many "light callers" there are, the more secret the information is, the better.

The contact code for the employees of the Ghost Story Demolition Office is written in the employee code of conduct, "Yanghua is blooming", which is simple and easy to understand and remember, and the source is equally straightforward - leaving aside the previous encounter in the ghost story, Qiu Yufei has brought several girls to chat and read novels when she was at her house. Xu Ming didn't watch it, but she felt that she Sooner or later, I will be able to follow the entire series of Yang Duoduo in Monster Stories...

Of course, this hint itself is not that secretive. If the opponent is Guo Shuyi or Gu Yunshu, she can write it more obscurely. The current version has been deliberately reduced to be a Landor-friendly version.

But Xu Ming did not say this out loud. Lest Landor be shocked again after hearing it.

She is now face to face with Landor. Although she has been talking to "Teacher Mirror", she can see clearly that Landor has reacted.

For the sake of safety, Xu Ming did not elaborate on the secret code. She passed it on in a few words, and when she saw that "Teacher Mirror" opposite her fell silent again, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"Okay. I've said everything I need to say." She said softly, and stood up again, "It's your turn to satisfy my curiosity. "

"First you buried the note, then you put on a show together, and finally you deliberately tricked me into setting the clock... I don't believe your way of eating is so complicated." Xu Ming said lightly, raising his chin slightly, "You are setting up a trap to deceive me. What on earth do you want to do?"

"..." "Teacher Mirror" sitting on the ground raised her eyes slightly, stared at Xu Ming for a while, but suddenly laughed softly.

"What we want to do, haven't you always known?" She said softly, "Mingming, I want to know more than this..."

"Who told you that only mutant roots can become keys?"