Chapter 161

Because there were other things to deal with, Xu Ming did not say more to Du Rong.

Du Rong originally had many questions, but when she saw Xu Ming saying goodbye online, she also knew not to ask any more questions. She turned off her phone, thought for a while, and quickly operated the computer to open a chat group.

The group was newly created a few days ago, and the members were all the forum users who were trapped in the haunted building before - of course, not all of them were included.

In this week, all the people in their circle have been contacted by An Xin Gardening, and some of them decided to accept An Xin Gardening's mental hypnosis services to forget this weird incident; some people have since become pure and determined not to contact these things in the future, so they simply cancelled their accounts and quit the circle, and naturally did not join the chat group again.

Among them was the blood-water tea… But Du Rong always felt that the kid might have felt that his boasting was exposed and he couldn’t save face anymore.

In any case, at least their batch, except for the blood-water tea whose account was cancelled, were basically in the group.

The forum was still in operation, but the post of the haunted building was permanently deleted. Other administrators who were not involved had also discussed and inquired privately, and didn’t understand why an ordinary post was targeted by "the higher-ups"; Du Rong, as a moderator, mixed in among them, because of the confidentiality agreement of Anxin Gardening, could only pretend to be ignorant, and let the truth itch in her heart.

In comparison, this group that shared the bizarre truth with her made her feel more identified.

Not to mention that they all remembered the same name -

the Strange Talk Demolition Office.

This word is like some kind of secret tacit understanding, circulating among them tacitly, making people curious and concerned, and at the same time awe-inspiring.

Du Rong finished communicating with Xu Ming, and after thinking about it, she went to the group and reminded others:

Gu Ming's work is confidential, and she doesn't want it to be spread out. They should also be careful in the group.

... Especially those who want to expand private chats because of personal curiosity, all of them should be pushed back!

After all, it involves the world they don't understand, and everyone naturally took it to heart when Du Rong mentioned it. But someone still couldn't help but tentatively asked:

[Well, what about her unit? The one, the Strange Talk Demolition Office. ]

[I want to adapt this experience into a novel, and I think this name is very powerful. Can't I use it? 】

Someone immediately retorted to him:

【You don't want the number anymore? Didn't you say it should be kept secret? 】

【What's kept secret is this incident. I changed all the incidents. Even if the monster comes, it won't be recognized. 】The man swore, 【And the confidentiality agreement doesn't say that the demolition office can't be mentioned. 】

【……】After hearing this, Du Rong also fell into thought. After a moment, she slowly wrote, 【The name of the unit, it should be okay, right? 】

After all, Gu Ming also said that this unit can be told to her brother, in case of any problems, there will be a guarantee.

……Of course, if Xu Ming was at the scene, she would definitely seriously correct that what she said was "helpful" was actually just saying that if his brother really encountered something, he could go forward to ask for help with confidence after seeing the relevant unit's work permit...The problem is that Xu Ming is not there now.

Combined with her amazing performance in the haunted building before.

Du Rong naturally understood her words as "If you encounter any problems, report it to the demolition and relocation office, it will work."

After understanding, she nodded in self-affirmation and said so to others.

... Then others also understood.

[Oh my god, so what on earth did we encounter. ] Someone made a sound, openly shocked, [The leader of the ghost story world? ]

[The black X boss. ] Someone corrected, [I have never seen people demolishing things just because of a disagreement. ]

This is real demolition. They can see the wall peeling off from dozens of floors away.

[Can they talk? ] Du Rong couldn't stand it anymore, [What black X, this is obviously official! ]

The announcement was so righteous! The format is so exquisite!

This statement was recognized by everyone, and soon, someone else said: [That makes sense. Why did your sister-in-law say that reporting the name of the unit would work?] Everyone

in this group is studying the supernatural, and they still know some basic common sense. For example, in front of some evil spirits, reporting the name of the god can also have the effect of exorcising evil spirits...

In ghost stories, reporting the name of the demolition and relocation office is probably based on a similar principle.

[Oh...]

[That makes sense!]

The more people in the group thought about it, the more they felt it was correct. If they continued to follow this line of thought... it seems that mentioning the name of the demolition and relocation office outside should not matter?

Maybe someone else has remembered this little-known knowledge and can still use it.

[Hey, will there be any taboos? 】Someone was more cautious and tagged Du Rong to ask, [For example, it cannot be used with certain words, or it cannot be pronounced by certain people...]

[It should be... no?] Du Rong herself was not sure, [I think, if you don't write nonsense, it should be fine?]

[Don't worry about what you think.] The one who was writing a novel urged, [Just ask your sister-in-law. I want to build a very awesome unit with the same name... They shouldn't mind, right?]

Du Rong thought about it, but replied, "Let's talk about it later."

[She and I didn't talk much, and she left after a few words.] Du Rong wrote in the group, [Maybe it's not easy to say more, don't bother her.]

[Just write respectfully, don't smear or spread rumors. It's not like they will go through the Internet to hit you.]

More, as she said, let's talk about it later.

*

But in fact, Du Rong had some misunderstandings about this matter.

Xu Ming really didn't care to talk to her.

——When she just woke up, Gu Yunshu and Landuo were by her side. One was busy reporting to her about the recent work, and the other was busy preparing food. Although she was a little confused, the surroundings were still quiet. She only had to deal with the pile of messages in her mobile phone, which was relatively easy to deal with.

As a result, she didn't know who had passed the message. She and Du Rong had only sent half of the message when they heard a burst of ulala - a group of people rushed in from outside the door.

Strictly speaking, it was a group of people, plus a cat.

I don't know if it's to match the suburban style, but today the cat changed into an orange cat look, and its body was obviously bigger than before. It sprinted to the bed and started jumping, but was caught steadily in mid-air by Gu Yunshu, who put it aside while apologizing.

After settling the excited orange cat, Gu Yunshu turned around and began to maintain order. Fortunately, everyone was civilized and Gu Yunshu was relatively calm. After a while, the noisy noises in the room gradually quieted down and the chaotic footsteps were finally under control. Xu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

People like Niu Bugeng and Panpan's mother who had their own things to do just came over to greet them and left in a hurry -

Niu Bugeng was still fulfilling his responsibility of monitoring various strange stories with his laptop as always, and Panpan's mother warmed up the soup for Xu Ming on the stove and did not dare to leave for too long.

Panpan is not here at the moment. Gu Yunshu said that her mother sent her to a nearby school to audit classes. Qiu Yufei is also at work at this time. The blubber man has returned to its original cover, lying under Xu Ming's pillow together with the rule book. When he heard Xu Ming wake up, he just stretched out a hand to say hello, and quickly retracted it...

Gu Yunshu couldn't explain why.

According to her, the blubber man seemed to be in a bad state when they were still in the haunted house. He always looked overly frightened, and I don't know if he was scared by being called the lamp man.

Landor is in the kitchen, and Ajiao is also in the rule book. Mataigor's presence is very strong, holding flowers that he got from somewhere in his horse's hoof - but he and the flowers don't take up much space.

Even so, the room still seems very crowded.

There was no room to sit in the single room, so the rest of the people simply formed a circle around Xu Ming's bed. Xu Ming placed his hands on his chest and abdomen, and for some reason, he had the illusion that he was attending his own funeral.

She didn't react at first, and just instinctively thought why there were so many people in the house; after a moment's pause, she took a closer look and found that there were many familiar faces who shouldn't be there:

Big Guo, Little Guo, Bonnie...

Xu Ming's heart moved, and he turned to Guo Shuyi. As expected, he caught a trace of pride on her face.

Seeing her like this, Xu Ming was more certain of his guess and laughed softly: "Did you get it done?"

This was said without a beginning or an end, but Guo Shuyi also smiled with pursed lips, opened her mouth as if to say something, but was a little restrained, paused for a while, and then whispered: "Thank you, sister, the rule book you gave me is very useful, really... It's very powerful. It helps a lot."

When Xu Ming fell asleep, he did not take back the copy of the rule book in her and Gu Yunshu's hands. During this period, Guo Shuyi did not waste time, and soaked in her own strange story every day with the rule book. Just two days ago, the final modification was finally completed -

she could only let two companions leave the strange story at the same time. But now, all the companions in the strange story can enter and leave the strange story freely.

The only regret is that, except for Guo Shuyi herself, others will be dragged back after leaving the strange story for a period of time. And when they act outside, they can only be in the most fragile spirit form.

This is also Guo Shuyi's main goal in the future-sooner or later, she will let her sisters in the strange story walk freely in the sun.

Transform if you want, and beat whoever you want.

Xu Ming: "..." The second half of the sentence can be omitted. Thank you.

"So you were all outside just now?" Xu Ming glanced around and felt more and more like he was being visited.

"Sister Yueling is teaching us to play board games." Guo Shuyi said honestly, and Lu Yueling, who was at the end of the bed, embarrassedly shielded her face with her hair.

...Okay, as long as we don't gather together to read novels.

Xu Ming complained in his heart and drank some warm water beside the bed. He looked around carefully again and realized something was wrong: "Hey, but it seems that you are still short of two people."

Didn't you say that everyone can come out? Is there something else to do?

"Oh, they are trying to drive the Batmobile at home." Guo Shuyi said, "They don't know you're awake yet, I'll go back and tell them later."

"Oh, okay." Xu Ming nodded subconsciously, paused for a moment and was surprised that something seemed a little strange, "Wait, what Batmobile?"

"It's the one that was moved out of the haunted building. Didn't you want it at the time?" Guo Shuyi said as a matter of course, "Later I thought, since I'm here, it's always good to stock up on some supplies. So I took the time to move some things back from the building... But there are so many strange things in it, many of which I haven't seen before, and I don't know what they are for..."

But other people always know. Some not only know, but also love it.

On the other hand, perhaps because it was out of the original story, most of the collected props became disposable items, and they would be gone once they were broken or used up. With Guo Shuyi's ability, she couldn't make the same one at the moment, which made her a little reluctant to waste it, but everyone was very interested. She simply allocated a part of it and used it as the salary of those who stayed behind -

it just so happened that the person called Lantern Man was now locked up in her story, and everyone needed to take turns to watch him, so Guo Shuyi stipulated that only those who stayed at home on duty could apply for some strange props to play with.

Among them, the Batmobile is durable and not so easy to break. In addition, it is cool enough, so it has always enjoyed a high popularity among their group of people, and they would take it out for a ride whenever they got a chance.

At this point, Guo Shuyi's eyes brightened up again, and she whispered to Xu Ming when he would come to her strange story again, as she could drive now. Just as Xu Ming was about to speak, Lando came in with red date porridge and beef soup, and the crowd that had originally gathered around the bed opened up a gap, making it easier for him to bring the food to Xu Ming.

...This time it doesn't feel like a funeral.

Xu Ming looked at the small table spread out in front of him and thought expressionlessly.

She now felt that she was more like the big round table in the middle when people were having a dinner party.

Guo Shuyi originally had a lot of things to say, but she realized that it was not the right time. She said hello to Xu Ming and was about to leave when she was stopped by Xu Ming again.

"That, Xiao Xiao Guo?" Xu Ming tried to drink a sip of soup, then seemed to think of something and hurriedly put it down, "So that one is called the lantern man..."

"Oh, that one." Guo Shuyi smiled when she heard it, her eyebrows curved, and she looked very sweet, "Don't worry, sister, I'll take good care of it."

"It's well, when you feel better, sister, you can come and see it!"

"Okay." Xu Ming nodded without hesitation, lowered his head and began to drink his soup again.

After drinking two sips, he suddenly raised his head again.

Wait, what does... "raise" mean?

*

This question was not answered until two days later, when Xu Ming officially climbed into Guo Shuyi's strange talk.

...It really is "raise".

Raise the seaweed ball.

Xu Ming knew that if the Lantern Man was separated from his strange story, his ability would be discounted, but she really didn't expect the discount to be so big... When she saw it, the Lantern Man had turned into a palm-sized ball of light, which was placed in a wide-mouthed glass bottle by Guo Shuyi, and the glass bottle was placed in a locked display cabinet. There was

even an anti-theft system outside the cabinet... As long as the cabinet door was opened, it would start beeping, and Guo Shuyi could hear it no matter where she was.

The ball of light looked quiet, occasionally shrinking, and at other times, there was no reaction at all, and it was impossible to communicate.

Guo Shuyi didn't know what was going on, but Lando, who was illegally moved into the strange story by Xu Ming, said that it must have been stunned and had no vitality.

...Yes, that's right, it was illegally moved.

This is a new use of the rule book that Xu Ming discovered. Originally, only the weakest spirits could pass through Guo Shuyi's ghost story, but with two or more rule books, basically anything can be moved in.

Guo Shuyi's ghost story has been redecorated, and a lot of novel props have been stocked, which aroused the curiosity of Lu Yueling and Panpan. Xu Ming discussed with Guo Shuyi, and took the opportunity of his entry to bring everyone else in, just as a team building for the demolition.

Facts have proved that the attraction of the amusement park and the Batmobile is indeed huge. A bunch of people ran away after entering, and Xu Ming couldn't stop them even if he called them. She was too lazy to care too much, so she took Lando to see the situation of the light man. After confirming that it was temporarily safe, she followed Guo Shuyi to her own warehouse.

To be precise, it was the warehouse where the roots were stored.

...To be more precise, it was the warehouse where a pile of roots were stored.

I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but the moment the warehouse door opened, Xu Ming felt as if there was a golden light flowing out.

There were a total of forty-eight roots. Gu Yunshu had already registered and sorted them out in different categories when they were still in the haunted building. In order to facilitate the inspection, Guo Shuyi had copied a copy when Xu Ming was asleep and pasted it on the wall of the warehouse. It was convenient to compare them now.

Xu Ming didn't spend too much time on this. He just roughly checked it again and soon made up his mind -

so many roots, he couldn't put them all in his rule book. Regardless of whether it could be carried or not, it would be a waste of resources if he encountered someone with duplicate abilities.

Therefore, Xu Ming simply divided this pile of things into three categories:

the first group, for personal use. He planned to absorb them in order with the rule book to continue to enrich his skill pool. On the other hand, he could also use them as "alternatives" -

with the complete unlocking of the last skill in the No. 9 rule book, there is no doubt that the sharing of abilities will become a standard feature of office work and business trips in the future. And the premise for sharing requires her to close a certain number of skills by herself. In addition, Guo Shuyi has continuously occupied a skill slot...

because it is still necessary to add a few more skills. Whether it can be used or not is another matter, the main thing is to have more closed alternatives.

To put it bluntly, it is used for "increase in volume".

"...No." Xu Ming was still enthusiastically sharing his plan with others. The whale man, who had been silent for several days, finally couldn't help himself and spoke in her mind, "Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

Roots! So many roots! Just grab a handful and throw them into the monster talk, it will cause the domain master and the dodder to break their heads. You said to use it to rush the volume, you said it doesn't matter whether it is useful or not, anyway, rush the volume first...

Is this what a human being says? ?

Xu Ming: "..."

Long time no see, it turns out you are still alive.

I haven't heard the whale man's beeping for a while, and it suddenly came out, which made people miss him. Xu Ming was very moved for a moment, and said to him from the bottom of his heart, "Shut up", turned his head and continued to look at Lando and Xiao Xiao Guo in front of him.

"The second type is intended to be used directly by the employees of the Demolition Office." She said, "You can see if there are any that can be used... If the effect is better when used directly, there is no need to put it in the rule book."

Just like the laptop that Niu Bugeng is holding and reading every day now - if Xu Ming had directly integrated it into the rule book at the beginning, the effect might not be as good as it is now.

After all, although using the rule book to integrate the root may quickly gain new skills, in order to completely unlock the skills, it is still necessary to rely on the upgrade of the rule book itself; and the unlocked skills may not be exactly the same as the effect of the root itself... This can be seen from the printer that Hongqiang Company gave her. The skills

that were slowly upgraded after she got the printer are obviously much more fancy than when it was in the ghost story.

Therefore, if you want to retain the original ability of the root to the greatest extent, it may be a good idea to give it to your own people directly.

Lando and Guo Shuyi were here, so Xu Ming mentioned this idea to them. Lando aside, Guo Shuyi has several other girls here. If possible, she could give one to each of them, so that she wouldn't have to worry about how her friends would transform and protect themselves when they go out.

... Of course, if the rule book can be shared, whether they need to protect themselves is still a question.

After he finished speaking, the two people in front of him showed surprised expressions at the same time. Guo Shuyi opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, the voice of the whale man exploded in Xu Ming's mind again -

"I, can, -" The voice was so heartbreaking, as if it was an old-fashioned high-pressure boiler that was gushing out air, "I can, I can do anything! Boss, look at me, I'm so fragile -"

Xu Ming: "..."

Still the same sentence, shut up, thank you.

Guo Shuyi didn't know that Xu Ming was being attacked by the sound waves of the high-pressure boiler at this moment, and was still thinking seriously about Xu Ming's proposal. After thinking about it, she nodded, but she felt that she couldn't take it for nothing, and wondered how to establish a set of corresponding rules to avoid causing losses to Xu Ming.

- It's not that she doesn't trust her current partners in these weird talks. But some ghost stories can affect memory or cognition, making it hard to guard against. And, what if someone kidnaps you? There must be some insurance plan.

Besides, she has always planned to expand her recruitment -

Guo Shuyi once thought about it seriously. If she meets a soul who was as confused as her in the future, she is willing to accept that person into her ghost story.

But being confused and painful does not mean that you are a good person. This kind of thing is so attractive in itself...

Guo Shuyi is used to being cautious. When Xu Ming only made a suggestion, her thoughts had already flown far away; when Xu Ming only gave a title, she had already silently started to draw a mind map in her mind.

While painting, he smiled at Xu Ming as if nothing had happened, blinking and nodding:

"Yeah, I understand. I will start to push forward with this matter. But sister, you said before that there are three ways of dealing with it? What is the third one?"

While talking, the whale blubber man in Xu Ming's mind finally calmed down a little. Xu Ming sighed secretly, and followed her words: "The third option is relatively simple. I'm thinking, maybe I can pick some and give them to Anxin Gardening or Dali Weeding..."

Just treat it as a favor, and at the same time continue to improve the status of the Ghost Story Demolition Office. More importantly, Xu Ming thought that in the future... in the future, it is estimated that it is unlikely that he will go out to work, so it is better to find someone to help him pay for his social security...

If he can get a salary, it will be even better.

As everyone knows, Gu Ming is the window of the Demolition Office to the outside world, and he is also an extremely rare human employee of the Demolition Office. Handing over the support channel for its own human employees to other units just represents the trust and acceptance of human organizations by the Demolition Office, and represents the increasingly solid bridge of Gu Ming to the outside world...

This is not called taking advantage. This is called weird diplomacy.

Hmm.

Xu Ming thought to himself with self-affirmation, and by the way, he spoke to the whale man who started to "whimper" and "they don't deserve" in his mind again from the bottom of his heart:

"Shut up, thank you."

*

Speaking of which, Xu Ming was also a little helpless about the whale man.

Before, she heard Gu Yunshu say that the whale man had been in a bad state since leaving the haunted building, and she originally thought that he was stimulated by the lamp man. Later, when Panpan's mother was accompanying him in bed, they chatted briefly and realized that this was probably not the case.

From beginning to end, only Panpan's mother and the blubber man stayed on the 26th floor. Therefore, she knew more about the blubber man's situation -

she said that the blubber man was not right long before the light man appeared. At a certain moment, it suddenly twitched as if it had an electric shock, and then it kept shaking, and it took a long time to recover - when the light man was lured to the 26th floor, it was even considered to be getting better.

Xu Ming felt strange when he heard this, and he silently calculated the time, and then he understood.

- When he was behind the door, he had faced the lighthouse once. Lu Yueling also said that she felt uncomfortable because of the binding relationship. Later, when Guo Shuyi came up with the sanitary napkin mutual aid box, a lot of people wrote to inquire about it right after it was built. Most of them were worried because they felt the impact of that incident .

The blubber man was the one who was most closely bound to the rule book among all the people.

Therefore, it was understandable that he was the most shocked.

...In fact, Xu Ming was very suspicious that the reason why it reacted so strongly might be related to the fact that it had been behind the door before - although from the performance of the blubber man, it was obvious that it had forgotten about it.

Xu Ming had read through the relevant memories and knew that the blubber man was originally just the remnant of the root that she had taken out from behind the door when she closed it... or in other words, a corpse. She had tied it to the rule book in some way, and then the rule book was eroded. Landor reset the state of the rule book with a transaction, and the dead blubber man was also reset...

but she didn't know how the blubber man got in... Did he get in by mistake?

Moreover, she had read through the rule book, and now she still didn't understand how she had tied it in.

It just so happened that during this period of time, the cat would come to her room from time to time, and sneak in every day when the dog wasn't paying attention, walking around with its tail raised. Xu Ming knew that it knew more about what was behind the door than others, so he took the opportunity to ask it when it came in.

Today's cat was a beautiful short-legged cat. It jumped onto the bed skillfully twice before jumping on it, and once it jumped on it, it put its head under Xu Ming's palm, showing its lack of reserve.

However, facing Xu Ming's questions, it was a little sticky. It was not known whether it was not clear or was unhappy that Xu Ming asked about other people's affairs.

"Behind the door... not surprising. There are more than one door in the world, maybe it was sucked in from one of the doors and then eaten clean." The fluffy short-legged cat squirmed under Xu Ming's palm and said lazily, "Well... but it shouldn't be eaten directly by the lighthouse. The lighthouse won't spit out what it eats."

What's more subtle is that Xu Ming said before that he touched it directly behind the door.

From that position, it is more likely that it was struggling to survive, and when it saw the exit, it struggled to run to the door, but was eaten by other spirits when it was about to go out, leaving only a piece of remains...

It's also quite sad.

Xu Ming paused slightly and looked at it thoughtfully: "Do you know a lot about these?"

The cat paused in rubbing his palm, and then its ears moved, revealing a half-smile.

"My dear, you are not the only one who escaped from behind the door." It turned over its belly slowly, "I am more surprised that you don't seem to remember the past."

"I am digesting it, but the amount of information is a bit too much." Xu Ming said truthfully.

Even serious college graduates would still be a little confused if they suddenly got a high-level mathematics textbook two years after graduation.

The short-legged cat laughed unceremoniously. Xu Ming scratched its belly threateningly and asked about the rule book skills. The short-legged cat was not clear about this - it was not very familiar with Xu Ming's rule book before.

"Because you only played with men before." It said this with a bit of sourness, "I chased you for several strange stories, but you didn't even take a look at me. In the end, you just threw me to the eye hospital and left. Who can you blame for this?"

Xu Ming: "..."

What did I give up for Landor before?

At this moment, Xu Ming fell into deep thought.

"I was so enthusiastic." The cat was still aggrieved, "I gave you meat, gave you bugs and monster legs, and gave you big eyeballs to play with... I was afraid that you would starve to death..."

Xu Ming: "..."

Okay, it's confirmed. It should have nothing to do with Landor.

Xu Ming silently came to a conclusion in his heart and touched the cat's belly soothingly. The dwarf cat squinted his eyes in satisfaction, and then slowly said:

"This is not surprising."

"Hmm?" Xu Ming stopped moving, "What do you mean?"

The dwarf cat meowed unhappily, and used its front paws to pull Xu Ming's hand back, and then continued: "Guess why roots are called roots?"

Xu Ming: "..."

Her fingers moved unconsciously, and there was some thought in her eyes: "Because... it will grow?"

Some roots will indeed actively invade unstable dead people and eventually form alien roots; and when living people can use roots, it is better to say that roots affect people rather than people using roots.

The cat smiled.

"Only half right." It stretched, turned over and sat up, "More importantly, it is only the 'cause', not the 'effect'."

"What is the effect? ​​The final state after use, the final appearance. So some dead people can use the roots directly, and some dead people can't use them at all. Some people slowly grind, and there will always be a time to master it. Some people master it, but the real effect is completely different."

It tapped Xu Ming's heart meaningfully, and patted Xu Ming's face: "Roots are just roots, roots just go down, but what kind of branches and flowers can really grow depends on the soil it is in and the nutrients it absorbs.

"And you are very lucky. Your branches have a second chance to grow, and what's more fortunate is that this time you have better soil than before, and you have better flowers. This is something worth setting off fireworks. "

Of course, it was not encouraging Xu Ming to set off fireworks. It hated this thing. Everything in the world that makes noise above 100 decibels should die. It said so.

But it really felt very novel. It seemed that they had not been separated for long, but when they met again, there seemed to be many more people around Xu Ming, and they were all more likable than the dog man... This was something it had never thought of.

It feels like it's even harder to be raised... The beautiful short-legged cat thought a little regretfully, and lay down on Xu Ming's belly again.

Xu Ming touched its back unconsciously, but seemed to suddenly understand something, and let out a low cry.

"You mean, the skills in my rulebook are different from before?"

"What else? "The cat was clinging to her, the cat was acting coquettishly and kicking its legs, "A pot of flowers can't grow the same twice. And you've been to the person behind the door, your physique is different..."

It said it as a matter of course, but Xu Ming was confused.

After a pause, she turned over the pillow and looked at the rule book underneath. After confirming that the blubber man was not there, she whispered, "But the blubber man... is it still tied to you?"

"That doesn't matter." The cat was puzzled, "Your roots have grown again, you're not dead, your power is still there, and the relationship you established before must still be there."

Xu Ming: "...but my skills have changed?"

Cat: "That doesn't matter. I said, your roots are just growing again, you're not dead...ah. "

It was only halfway through the sentence that it realized what Xu Ming meant, and the cat opened its mouth blankly.

Xu Ming was also stunned: "Then what about the blubber man...what should we do?" "

This is just like you handcuffed someone to the head of the bed in the bedroom, but after you were done you found that the key was missing...you can't unlock it??

Cat: "..."

Although, it's okay if you use handcuffs as an analogy, why do you handcuff someone to the bed in the bedroom...

"I think you are really different from before." Cat thought thoughtfully.

Xu Ming: "...No, I don't usually...because it's the blubber man, so I..."

If it was Landor, I would never handcuff him to the head of the bed, okay?

"Then where do you want to handcuff you? "Cat with airplane ears, cat is curious."

"..."No, I didn't want to torture him, not at all, thank you!

Xu Ming had no choice but to force the topic back. Cat was very open-minded about it:

"Anyway, it has a work badge now. It can just wear the badge wherever it wants to go. It won't cause any trouble... If you are really worried, just read the rule book again, and then use other abilities to see if you can untie it. "

But it thinks it's no big deal. With Xu Ming's ability, binding herself to her rule book will actually increase the survival rate. The only negative effect is that one will be hit harder when approaching the lighthouse, but hasn't the person already escaped?

People won't be stupid enough to go back in...

The cat thought silently, and when he looked up, he saw Xu Ming with a hesitant look. He was startled for a moment, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Wait a minute." It was silent for a moment, and spoke cautiously, "Don't tell me you have any plans to go behind the door?"

"..."

In response to it, only Xu Ming gave a slightly embarrassed smile.

*

So, another day later.

The whale man stared at the person in front of him in a daze, as if he didn't understand what she had just said.

"Sorry. "It maintained the state of a long-legged little potato, sitting on the table with its legs spread out, a pair of big Caroline eyes full of confusion, "You...what did you mean just now?"

Xu Ming: "..."

Okay, even the honorifics are out.

"That's right, um." She pursed her lips and raised her hand to touch her eyebrows concealingly, "Because of some uncontrollable reasons, although the rule book has been completely unlocked now, I may still not be able to...um, remove the bondage from you..."

Fat Whale Man: "..."

Xu Ming: "But I promise that I will not interfere with your freedom of work badges again. And I will give you two more as spares. Once the power of the rule book is sufficient, I will try to use other methods to remove the bondage."

Fat Whale Man: "..."

Fat Whale Man: "...Why, use other methods? "

Xu Ming:...So you really didn't understand just now, right?

"Because my rulebook has been updated." Xu Ming tried to explain in words it could understand, "The skill that was originally used to bind you has been refreshed. So I can't use that skill to untie you, do you understand what I mean?"

Fat Man: "…………"

No, I don't want to understand!

Fat Man collapsed, and he got angry!

"What the hell is this!" It raised its thin arms and slammed them on the table angrily. The table was fine, but its arms were broken. Of course, it didn't care about these at this time-

"Is this unreasonable? This is different from you handcuffing me to the head of the bed in the bedroom￥%%#@ and then **&%# and finally￥#@! *...and then telling me that the handcuff key is lost! ! "

The whale man questioned angrily, wishing he could grab the ground with his head!

"..." The cat who was watching the excitement nearby blinked slowly.

Then it looked at Xu Ming: "What is it saying?"

It only understood the part at the head of the bed in the bedroom.

Xu Ming did not answer. He just covered his face silently.

If I have a choice, I would rather torture Landor. I think the kitchen is a good choice, really. With an apron, it shouldn't look bad.

"Of course." After a deep breath, Xu Ming calmed down and clapped his hands. "Considering that you have never shown your willingness to be tied up, and your selfless help to me and the demolition office during this period, I think some appropriate compensation and rewards are also very necessary." After

speaking, he took something out of his pocket and put it on the table.

The root that I took out from Guo Shuyi not long ago was shining with golden light.

"..." The whale fat man looked at the golden ball in front of him and fell silent for a moment.

"Take this. It's yours, but you have to figure out how to use it yourself." Xu Ming said, "If you're not used to it, you can come to me to exchange it. Of course, I'm not sure I have the right one for you..."

Before he finished speaking, the blubber man stood up decisively.

"What are you talking about!" It said righteously, "You really disappoint me... Can my freedom, my long-lasting freedom, be calculated with just one root?"

As it spoke, it walked to the golden ball, and hugged it tightly with a "snap".

"Can our friendship before be measured by a ball!" The blubber man said even louder, "Director! You disappoint me so much, Director! Do you think I'm such a superficial person in your eyes?"

Xu Ming: "..."

Or maybe I should just torture Landor.

She breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

Wear a small bow tie and copy it in the office, how nice. Yeah.