Chapter 50

"What do you mean...how can you be sure?"

In the cinema, Bonnie was obviously confused when she heard Lu Yueling's question.

"I've already said that it's impossible to be 100% sure. Because some information will drift to the wrong place..."

"No, no, no, that's not what I mean." Lu Yueling hurriedly said, "I mean, how can you be sure that the information in those mutual aid boxes is definitely out of kindness?"

"..." Now, Bonnie was even more confused.

After a brief confusion, her expression became obviously a little ugly. Her tone also became serious:

"What do you mean?"

"Think about it, who set up this mutual aid box? Such a magical thing that can connect different worlds is definitely not made by ordinary people. Maybe it was this weird story, uh..."

Lu Yueling paused subtly, and then she remembered the professional terms that Xu Ming and the others had mentioned; "Was it set up by the 'Domain Lord'?"

"......?" Bonnie raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked at her more suspiciously. Lu Yueling continued: "If it was designed by the 'Domain Lord', then what was the purpose of designing it? Is it for you to help each other and improve your survival rate? Definitely not. It must have its own purpose.

"Maybe, this is all just a scam, just to make you... you believe in the sanitary napkin mutual aid box, so that at some point, it can use the information hidden in the box to easily deceive you and then kill you..." The

more Lu Yueling thought about it, the more she felt that her guess made sense, but Bonnie on the side looked even more suspicious. Lu Yueling didn't care, and continued to talk:

"Besides, let's look at it from another angle. How do you know that those who sent you messages are kind? The premise of mutual help is that there is no conflict of interest. What if someone deliberately left false information to trick you, and you really believed it, wouldn't it be stupid to go up and trick others..."

"..." Bonnie took a deep breath and restrainedly retorted, "How is this possible-" "

Why is it impossible? "Lu Yueling said righteously, "For example, as you said, the monster in the bathroom will only appear once a day, and will not appear again even if the conditions are met. What if someone leaves at the same time as the monster appears?"

Bonnie: "..."

Lu Yueling: "If there is only one person who wants to escape, then there is really no way, but if there are two people, then it's easy. Just hide false information in the mutual aid box in advance, let the other person come to the bathroom in advance and be killed by the monster, then the remaining person can leave safely."

She raised her chin slightly and nodded with self-affirmation: "If it were me, I would never miss such a good opportunity-you see, in this situation, the mutual aid box is completely unreliable."

Bonnie: "…………"

"That's not what I said. "She endured it again and again, but finally couldn't help but speak,"You are such a sinister person...you think so much."

Lu Yueling:...

Lu Yueling: "Ah?"

"Do you think you can only think of what you said? Do you think I won't worry every time you check the messages? But what can we do, what else can we rely on besides the mutual aid box? We are not willing to believe it, but we have to believe it, okay?

"Also, why do you think of such a life-and-death thing right away? People don't just think about themselves, you are simply-"

She wanted to say "sinister" again, but after thinking about it, she took her words back and just exhaled heavily.

"You really should review what 'cooperation' means." She thought about it, and picked a sentence that she thought was too heavy, and then added, "And 'sacrifice'!"

After saying that, she seemed to realize something, and her expression suddenly froze again, and then she quickly raised her hand and looked at her watch.

"Oh my god, I almost forgot. My movie is about to start." She pursed her lips, turned around and walked out, but stopped after a few steps, turned around and looked at me unhappily:

"The transmission point of this place is in the third cubicle of the toilet, and the time is from four to five o'clock - this is the news I saw in the mutual aid box before, believe it or not."

After saying that, she turned around again and walked away.

... Lu Yueling was left alone, standing there, looking puzzled.

What the hell is going on? We were discussing something, why did he suddenly get angry?

She shook her head and turned around, intending to explore some other places. But before she had walked far, she heard footsteps behind her.

She turned her head in surprise and saw Bonnie's face, which was slightly red from jogging.

Lu Yueling: "..."

Lu Yueling: "Uh, what are you doing again..."

"In this world, the only movable area is the waiting area outside the theater. After watching the movie, don't stay in the theater and go to the waiting area. On the other hand, when the movie is about to start, hurry up and don't delay, otherwise something will happen. Also, remember to watch your pockets. There may be new movie tickets in them at any time. If you are tired, you can sleep during the movie, but don't run out in the middle... And remember to watch the safety promotional video before the movie. The content is very important!"

Bonnie finished talking in one breath, and Lu Yueling felt a little breathless for her. Then she curled her lips again and put on that unhappy expression.

"Believe it or not." She muttered softly, turned around and ran away again.

Lu Yueling: "..."

"Arrogant." She looked at Bonnie's back and nodded in sudden realization.

Then she shook her head with regret: "What a pity, such a good person, but such a difficult personality."

After saying that, she watched Bonnie leave, turned around and looked for a place to explore alone. You

will encounter strange things in the middle of the movie - Bonnie had told her about this before, and Lu Yueling herself has also experienced it. However, Bonnie also mentioned that this kind of strange existence that appears because of violating the rules will only appear once. Once you avoid the opponent's first attack, you will be temporarily safe.

In other words, Lu Yueling is actually relatively free at this moment. As long as she can get back to the theater before the end of the movie.

However, the theater's screening area, excluding the space outside the theater, is actually that small. She couldn't enter other theaters without a ticket. So after a brief exploration and a visit to the bathroom to look through the mutual aid box, Lu Yueling finally returned to the theater.

She groped her way back to her seat carefully in the dark, and her "companion" sitting on her left greeted her with concern. Lu Yueling responded casually, sat back in her chair, looked to the right, and suddenly felt something strange.

If I remember correctly, there was someone sitting on her right. It was a little girl with a small bag. Before Lu Yueling went out, she helped her pick up things.

But now, the chair was empty.

Thinking of this, Lu Yueling couldn't help but poke the person next to her and asked casually.

Unexpectedly, her "companion" looked at her inexplicably.

"What little girl? You must have remembered it wrong. The seat on your right was also bought by us, but the person sitting there didn't come today... Why do I remember that it has always been empty?"

Lu Yueling: "..."

Huh?

- At the same time.

In another cinema.

Bonnie was paralyzed in her seat, still feeling a little angry.

Of course, she also knew that there was no reason for her anger. To be fair, Lu Yueling did not say anything wrong, and the situations she listed were even quite reasonable. But how should I put it...

it just sounded a bit angry.

It was as if, as if... something that I was willing to believe in and tried hard to believe in was directly exposed by someone, causing me to be angry and embarrassed.

"Really. How could such a good-looking person speak so unpleasantly."

Bonnie exhaled deeply and tried to calm down, but she still felt a little stuffy in her chest. Coincidentally, at this time, the screen was playing a business advertisement before the main film began, and the noisy background music echoed throughout the space, making people even more annoyed.

Bonnie couldn't help but frown, and her arm was suddenly poked lightly. She turned around in confusion and saw the "companion" sitting next to her handing her a bottle.

"Hey, can you help me open it? I can't move it."

"?" Bonnie looked at him suspiciously and reached out to take the bottle. The moment she touched it, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

Wait, this feeling... doesn't seem to be a soda bottle.

Bonnie froze. Almost at the same time, the picture on the screen scrolled, the investment promotion advertisement ended, and then a safety promotional video began.

But unlike reality, the "safety promotional video" here is not about fire protection. On the wide screen, a young teacher was teaching a group of children seriously and asking questions continuously. As he asked guiding questions, the children's tender voices echoed again and again, constantly reverberating in the theater:

"What should you do if you find someone crying in the corner of the theater?" "- Ignore her!"

"What should you do if you find someone rummaging through a bag?" "- Ignore her!"

"What should you do if someone hands you a medicine bottle and asks you to open it?" "- Ignore her!"

"That's right-cinema safety is the top priority, pay attention to every detail. Remember the three 'ignores', and you will be mentally stable from now on!"

On the screen, the young teacher with a perfect smile turned around, looked straight outside the screen, and smiled with healthy white teeth:

"And the most important thing!

"If you encounter the above incidents, remember to run quickly!"

...

With a bright thumbs up from the young teacher, the safety video ended.

The movie was about to start. The whole theater was lit up. A second later, the screen lit up again, but it was a large area of ​​red -

a blood-red background with large white words floating on it. The same word was repeated over and over again, "Run".

Bonnie: "..."

The screen was very bright. It was so bright that even when the lights were off, the whole theater was full of It was like it was covered with a layer of red light.

In this red light, Bonnie slowly lowered her eyes and finally saw clearly that what she was holding was actually a medicine bottle.

She moved her eyes to the side. She saw that the "companion" who was originally sitting on her right was now slumped in the seat like a pile of mud, with bloodshot eyes and red eyeballs. Her mouth was wide open, as if she had been staring at something horrifying.

Her face was blue, and she was obviously dead.

"..." Bonnie took a breath, and her lungs seemed to be squeezed to the extreme. After a half second pause, she finally couldn't help but let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"......?! "

On the other side, in another theater.

Lu Yueling, who was curled up in her seat and preparing to take a nap, was startled and suddenly opened her eyes. She subconsciously looked around, and her face changed instantly.

... It was red.

The whole theater was red. The movie on the screen had stopped at some point, and was replaced by a large area of ​​glaring red. Everything in the theater was immersed in this red light, as if it was soaked in a fish tank full of blood.

Not only that, all the seats were empty. The people who originally occupied at least half of the theater all evaporated silently, leaving only large areas of empty seats and Lu Yueling surrounded by empty seats.

Lu Yueling: "..."

"Although it may be a little late to say it now. "She murmured softly and stood up gently, "but I'm not actually a living person. I'm not fresh anymore."

... No one paid any attention to her.

So Lu Yueling decisively followed the guidance of her lingering voice and desire to survive, turned around and ran out!

Fortunately, the door of the theater was not sealed. She ran out without much effort. When she came to the corridor, as expected, she saw a world covered with red light. Even the posters on the wall were not serious - countless pairs of eyes rolled around, looking straight in the direction of Lu Yueling.

Lu Yueling glared back threateningly, raised her head and quickly identified the direction, intending to hide in the toilet first.

Unexpectedly, just when she found the right intersection, she saw another figure stumbling to the other end of the corridor.

"Hey! "Recognizing the man's identity, Lu Yueling hurried forward to support him, "Are you okay?"

"..." Bonnie's face was pale. She just shook her head when she heard the words, and tried to squeeze out a sound from her throat, "Run... run..."

"What?" Lu Yueling frowned, and the hair draped over her shoulders began to stir restlessly. Bonnie opened her mouth and was about to say something, but she heard a strange friction sound.

Another figure was approaching. The shadow was blurred on the wall through the light at the corner of the aisle.

Lu Yueling looked at the shadow, but her back was cold. At this moment, Bonnie's voice rang again.

"The strange story in this world is that a little girl died of an acute illness in the cinema, and I accidentally took her medicine...

"Run, go to the restroom. The red light is out, she has no scruples now, she can kill anyone she wants--"

"The problem is, what's the point of going to the restroom."

Lu Yueling stared at the shadow that was getting closer and closer. Her calves were still shaking, but her mind was unexpectedly calm.

It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still a long time before the transmission point was activated. They couldn't run away even if they went into the restroom.

"Then, what should we do?" Bonnie tried hard to control the trembling in her voice, "We have to find a way to survive..."

"That's right." Lu Yueling said, her eyes sank slightly, and then as if she had made up her mind, she pulled Bonnie up from the ground and pushed her hard behind her.

Bonnie: "......?!"

"You go to the toilet." Lu Yueling said, stroking her long hair again, "I'll hold it."

"But..." Bonnie was even more surprised when she heard this, but Lu Yueling rolled her eyes at her unhappily: "What are you doing, are you not convinced?"

"I have my own way, don't make trouble here."

Lu Yueling said, deliberately letting her hair move in front of her. Bonnie paused when she noticed this, then pursed her lips hard, and finally nodded.

"Thank you. Sorry." She said softly, turned around and stumbled away again.

Lu Yueling was the only one left in the corridor. She took a deep breath, and then took another deep breath. The moment she saw that thing crawling around the corner, she couldn't help but sigh.

"...Help." She whispered softly, holding her left wrist with her right hand. The lace that had been covering her wrist was finally gently folded up.

A string of bracelets was revealed underneath.

On the bracelets, strands of hair seemed to be entangled. Or, it could be said that this thing was originally woven with hair.

"Honestly, I don't really know how to use it..."

Lu Yueling murmured, and subconsciously took a step back, but after thinking about it, she retracted her foot.

"Forget it, who cares. It's dead anyway--" At worst

, we can just tear each other apart.

*

The other side.

Beiwan No. 2 Middle School, Class 1 (3) of Senior High School.

On the podium, a teacher whose origins were unknown was explaining math problems in a serious manner; under the podium, Xu Ming, who had returned to the classroom under the name of "Guo Shuyi", seemed to be listening attentively and concentrating on taking notes.

... Of course, what he was actually taking notes had nothing to do with math class.

"Drowning accident", "Toilet transmission point", "Mutual aid box", "Red light"...

Xu Ming simply listed the key words she had learned from Guo and Guo not long ago on the draft paper, and her face was once again a little thoughtful.

After a moment of silence, she circled the word "mutual aid box" again and turned her pen unconsciously.

Turning her pen unconsciously, Xu Ming's mind once again popped up the question that she had asked Guo and Guo not long ago, as well as the answers they gave.

——"How can you be sure that the content in the mutual aid box is correct? Or, how can you be sure that the mutual aid box itself is reliable?"

——In response to this, Big Guo's answer was, "I'm not sure, but what can I do? There's nothing else I can believe in except this."

Little Guo, who has a princess cut, is not as direct as her, but the meaning he expressed is actually similar:

"This kind of thing is actually difficult to guarantee. After all, some news will be wrong, and it is inevitable that some information will be misinterpreted...

"The only thing I can guarantee is that the news that comes out of my hands must be correct and reliable. That's all I can do. ”

“…”

In other words, in reality, there is no evidence to prove that the existence of the “Mutual Aid Box” itself is out of good intentions.

And the most information that “Guo Shuyi” obtained through the Mutual Aid Box was about how to avoid toilet monsters and the other about point transmission.

That makes this matter interesting.

“Previous speculations about the ecology of the ghost story did not take the two elements of the mutual aid box and point transmission into consideration. But if all the "small worlds" are strung together and viewed as a complete ghost story system, the so-called "escape" is essentially still circling around the monster area.

"Is it possible that the 'artificial lake', 'mutual aid box' and 'point transmission' are actually a system? Relying on the existence of the 'artificial lake monster', Guo Shuyi and others feel pressured to escape, forcing them to look for the point transmission. At this time, the role and presence of the mutual aid box will be highlighted... This is in line with the behavior patterns of some domain masters...

"Think about it from another angle. Is it true that using the point transmission all the time will have no effect on Guo Shuyi and others? Could this also be part of the 'pickle'?"

Xu Ming thought silently, and soon he sorted out a new sketch on the draft paper.

[Toilet monster - dodder or the domain master himself]

[A hidden existence - the domain master]

[Regional limited monsters represented by artificial lakes - a means of harvesting plus a tool to enhance the authority of the point transmission and mutual aid box]

[Mutual Aid Box/Transfer Points-Pickling Method]

It seems to make more sense this way.

And this is currently the only guess that can be smoothly substituted into the normal power model of ghost stories.

Hmm... Normal power model of ghost stories.

Xu Ming pondered the word and nodded secretly.

It sounds very professional. I can use it next time I want to fool people.

His eyes fell back on the draft paper, Xu Ming pursed his lips slightly, and put an asterisk on this page. After thinking about it, he raised his hand to report to go to the restroom. While leaving the classroom, he sneaked into the corridor, took out the rule book, used the textbook as a cover, and opened it carefully.

——There are many doubts and speculations at present. If you want to get a more certain conclusion, you still have to go to the next "world" first.

But the problem is how to go... Da Guo and Xiao Guo plan to start from the library and the Internet to collect as much information as possible about the drowning accident. Xu Ming is relatively unruly and thinks directly from the direction of cheating.

In her rule book, there are also the rules from Hongqiang that Gu Yunshu gave her. There are also photos of the rules of Butterfly Building taken before in her mobile phone.

According to previous experience, it should not be difficult to extract keywords related to time from these rules and establish rules based on them.

The difficulty lies in how to make this rule effective... According to previous experience, this must use double substitution again. The problem is her current vocabulary...

A bunch of "save me" and "Yang Duoduo" popped up in her mind again. Xu Ming closed her eyes tightly and tried to get rid of them from her mind. With the idea of ​​giving it a try, she turned to the last page of the book again.

The two reading records that were torn off before were all sandwiched here. Xu Ming just wanted to try her best to see if she could dig out some usable words and sentences from it. She didn't want to flip back casually, but was surprised to find that a new reading record had been refreshed inside the rule book at some point.

This made Xu Ming's eyes light up immediately -

but after a careful glance, her eyes dimmed again at a speed faster than they lit up.

[Vote for the whole network! Comment on the top ten cutest mammals in the world, the giant panda still ranks first, the little panda rushed into the top three, and it was once ranked second, but it almost fell out of the top ten! ]

Xu Ming: "..."

Silently tearing off the page of 500 words, at least 300 of which were typical marketing articles praising various giant pandas, Xu Ming closed his eyes again, and finally thought about another crucial question.

So, which idiot followed in?