Chapter 51

On the other side.

In a lively and bustling amusement park.

Outside the public toilet, several burly security guards were hurrying over, patrolling with batons in hand; two young girls were standing not far away, gesturing to one of the security guards with a serious look on their faces:

"Yes, he just came out of the toilet, about this tall... wearing a hooded shirt, with the hat pulled down very low..."

"Yeah, yes." The girl next to her nodded in agreement, "He looks very perverted."

"And he came out of the women's toilet!" another girl emphasized, "He covered his face when he came out... We thought he was our friend at the time, but he turned out to be a man, we were so scared!"

"Yeah, yes!" The girl next to her continued to nod in agreement, "He looks very perverted!"

"There's something moving in his clothes!" The girl who described it looked more serious. "I saw it, right at the chest, bulging... and he seemed to be wearing a bell on his neck."

"That's right!" The companion agreed and almost nodded his head. "How perverted!"

What decent man would wear that?

"In other words, it was a tall man wearing a hoodie, right... OK, thank you for letting me know, we will catch him as soon as possible."

The security captain who was asking the question said, raised his hand to straighten his crooked hat, then turned around and directed the team members again, organizing them to patrol in different directions; in the hustle and bustle, no one noticed that the bushes next to the toilet moved slightly at this time.

After a while, the bushes moved again. A red, chubby figure quietly emerged from the bushes, carrying a worn-out folding umbrella on its back. Its four short legs quickly ran away along the shadows under the bushes.

Only the two girls who were still waiting at the door of the public toilet heard a little movement. One of them turned her head and looked suspiciously in the direction of the bushes. Her companion patted her in confusion: "Hey, what are you looking at?"

"I heard some noises." The girl said, "It seems there are cats..."

"It's normal. There are many stray cats in this kind of small amusement park." The companion said, took out his mobile phone to check the time, and asked curiously, "By the way, how long do we have to wait here?"

"I don't know." The girl shook her head, "Guo Shuyi hasn't come out yet..."

At this point, he suddenly paused.

"Guo Shuyi..." She murmured the word, her eyes becoming more subtle, "Who is this?"

She and her companion exchanged a glance, and the same confusion appeared in both of their eyes. After a moment, the confusion gradually dissipated, and the eyes of both of them became clear again.

Then they were seen whispering to each other, and ran in another direction hand in hand. They didn't look back at the toilet again, as if they had never known a person named "Guo Shuyi" and had never waited for her at the toilet door.

On the other side -

the little red figure ran farther and farther, and finally stopped behind another building.

If the two girls were there at this time, they would find that this was not a stray cat at all. It was a panda.

The building was very tall, casting a heavy shadow under the sunlight. The little panda carefully hid in the shadows and used its front paws to untie the straps tied around its body.

The folded umbrella fell to the ground, and soon unfolded and floated up again. Landor's dead figure appeared under the umbrella, with a confused look on his face.

... So weird.

At this moment, this was the only evaluation he had of this strange story.

It was too weird, I had never seen such a strange story...

Landor thought silently, and his mind unconsciously recalled everything he had just experienced. Finally, he couldn't help but slap his forehead with one hand.

*

Landor came here about twenty minutes ago.

To be precise, he appeared in the bathroom conscious twenty minutes ago.

The reason why "awake" is emphasized is that before that, he had indeed been in a state of confusion for a long time, as if he was wrapped in something heavy, and at the same time he was desperately pushing it out...

Lando could not make a more precise description of this, but he had a vague feeling that this place did not seem to welcome him very much.

A series of events after he woke up further proved this point:

as soon as he woke up, he found himself in the women's bathroom. Fortunately, there were not many people in the bathroom at that time. Although it was embarrassing, he still checked the space as quickly as possible, but unfortunately he did not find anything valuable.

The only thing that concerned him was a sanitary napkin mutual aid box. But he tried and couldn't open it.

There was no way, Lando had to go out first. As a result, he was stopped by two girls when he was about to leave the house. They seemed to know him and were about to say hello:

"You finally came out, Guo Shu——"

Lando: "?"

He was confused, but saw that the other party's eyes lingered on him, and their expressions changed instantly.

"Sorry. I recognized the wrong person."

The two girls said stiffly, holding hands and running away quickly.

Lando became more and more confused; all the confusion quickly turned into a sense of crisis after he found that the two girls ran to find the nearby security guards and kept pointing in his direction.

So, out of caution, he retreated back to the toilet——of course, this time it was the men's toilet.

Then he took out the puppy hidden in his clothes and changed it into another appearance. He hid himself in the parasol again, let the newly-baked panda carry him, and quickly climbed out the window to leave.

...Facts proved that his vigilance was not wrong. Not long after the panda hid in the bushes, several groups of security guards came to the vicinity of the bathroom one after another.

Lando didn't think they were his opponents. But he had just arrived and Xu Ming hadn't been found yet... It would be better not to create unnecessary trouble.

Thinking of this, Lando couldn't help but feel a headache again. After thinking about it, he put away the open parasol in his hand to avoid attracting too much attention.

Anyway, what he was afraid of was only the real sun. In this kind of weird area, there is not so much to say.

After collecting the umbrella, he glanced at the little panda next to him who was scratching his ears with his hind legs, and couldn't help but frown.

"Can you walk on two legs?" He tried to communicate with the little panda, gesturing with his hands, "This way, if something happens, you can just walk with the umbrella."

Otherwise, he would have to tie the strap in advance every time, which is very troublesome. If he encounters any emergency again, he can run in time.

"..." In response to him, the little panda looked extremely shocked.

Do you want to listen to what you are saying? Don't you know that it is a great rebellion to let such a cute little panda carry the weight forward?

Landor: "...Just tell me if you can do it?"

This time, the little panda chose to roll his eyes at him directly. Then he stood up, stood upright, raised his hands high, and made a threatening look that only pandas can.

Landor pretended not to understand and nodded to himself: "Okay, then it's okay."

Reassured.

The little panda: "..."

Unhappily lying on the ground, it began to whimper at Landor again - but it seemed that the little panda had just started to have no experience, and the sound coming out of its mouth was still the whimpering sound of a puppy.

Landor was originally observing carefully in the distance, but when he heard its whimpering, his face suddenly became serious.

"No, no - I emphasize again, only this, absolutely not, don't even think about it."

"Yes, I know, it would be more convenient to use a cat at this time, and she would definitely like it when she sees it... but it still won't work.

"Only cats, absolutely not. This is a matter of principle."

Landor's face was serious and his tone was unquestionable. Seeing the little panda reluctantly lowered its head, he retracted his gaze and cast his eyes again at the people passing by not far away.

...I still don't understand. I don't understand at all.

Landor pondered secretly, frowning unconsciously.

The maps in today's ghost stories are very large, he knew this before; but this is the first time I have seen so many "people" in them.

They are not referring to humans coming from outside, but simply fake passers-by moving around in the ghost story. Not only are there a lot of them, but their behavior patterns are also puzzling... They

don't kill people. They're not scary. This is the first time Landor has seen such a "road" in a ghost story. "People".

But it was precisely such "passers-by" that put him in a dilemma. The security guards were searching for him everywhere. If he was caught, it would be hard to say what the consequences would be; on the other hand, he had temporarily lost the clue of Xu Ming.

The work badge could not provide further guidance, and the puppy was the same. It could clearly smell the smell, but could not give a way to find people. If he wanted to find someone, he would probably have to go through some special mechanism, but he was inconvenient to move now, and he couldn't go out to explore and try...

"Trouble." Lando closed his eyes slightly and sighed.

"There's nothing we can do about it. "Just at this moment, a strange voice was heard from behind - almost at the same time, Landor felt something sharp pressing against his lower back.

Landor froze suddenly, and instinctively wanted to turn back, but he held back. On the ground, the little panda that was eating realized that something was wrong, and roared threateningly, stood up again, and raised its front paws towards the air behind Landor.

Immediately afterwards, Landor heard a low laugh from behind. It was a slightly hoarse male voice:

"You actually carry a pet with you... What on earth are you? Cang Er? Or an alien root?

"If you want to come here to 'forage', then I have to regretfully tell you that you have chosen the wrong place."

Lando: "..."

The thing pressing against his back seemed like some kind of sharp weapon. Even if he didn't see it, he could feel the fierce aura lingering on it. But listening to the man's question, he sounded more like a human.

So, Lando pondered for a moment and decisively came up with an idea.

"I am... a formal employee of the Strange Tan Demolition and Relocation Office."

He said softly, subconsciously trying to reach for the ID card hanging on his chest, and noticing that the thing pressing against his back pressed inward, he wisely withdrew his hand.

"I have a ID card from the Demolition and Relocation Office on my chest." He could only say, "You can check it."

"..."

The man behind him didn't answer for a while. But Landor could feel that he seemed to move and circled around him from the side.

Strangely, he did not see any human figure in his peripheral vision.

The man seemed to have disappeared.

"Strange Talk Demolition Office?" At this moment, the man muttered again, and it was unclear whether he was repeating Landor's words or expressing doubts. Then he chuckled, "It looks like it. Well, I am sorry." As soon as he

finished speaking, the sharp weapon against Landor's back was moved away. Landor turned his head suspiciously, but still did not see any figure.

"Sorry, I used some tricks to hide my figure temporarily. It will take a while for the effect to wear off... By the way, the Demolition and Relocation Office is also interested in this strange story? You are really well-informed."

Lando: "..."

I don't know if it's appropriate to say this, but I don't even know where this place is.

"Our director felt it necessary to come and take a look. She thinks this place is unusual." After a little thought, Lando spoke carefully.

"Director?" The man's voice paused again, "The one with the surname Xu?"

"...Yeah."

Lando nodded calmly, but question marks began to pop up in his mind.

So what happened when I was not there? Why did the Demolition and Relocation Office and Director Xu suddenly become so famous?

Wait a minute, now that you know all this...

Landor recalled the experience about the Butterfly Building that Xu Ming had described to him, and he had a vague guess in his heart.

At this moment, he heard the man hum, and then he spoke again thoughtfully:

"But it seems that you know very little about this weird story. You were allowed in like this... I just saw a lot of security guards rushing towards the bathroom, they should be going to catch you, right?"

"Yeah." Landor calmed down, nodded again, thought about it, and added, "I don't actually know much about this place... I'm just here to help."

"It's just that when I came in, I got separated from my companions. The relevant information is in the hands of my colleagues, and I can't do anything about it."

"Relevant information?" The man's tone rose slightly, as if he was interested in the word. After a pause, he spoke again:

"If they are lost, it means your colleague must have entered another 'world'. You won't be able to find her here."

"Really? Thank you for telling me." Lando nodded slightly, "Then may I ask, do you know how I can enter another 'world'?"

"I know. But it's impossible for you in your current state." The man said firmly.

Lando: "......?"

"In this strange legend area, only those who are regarded as 'Guo Shuyi' can move freely and collect intelligence. However, once there are obvious differences between them and 'Guo Shuyi', they will be regarded as invaders to be guarded against, driven away, or even hunted. Just like you just did."

As the man spoke, some outlines suddenly emerged in the empty air. Landor looked over warily, and the man's voice continued to explain:

"In other words, the basis of everything is to get their recognition first and have the opportunity to 'play' Guo Shuyi. If you can't do it, everything will be in vain. Even if you are a mutant root, your ability will most likely not be able to be exerted..."

At this point, the outline that appeared in the air has become clearer and clearer. The burly figure finally appeared in front of Landor in its entirety like an island emerging from the sea -

double ponytails, three white eyes, a beard, a square chin, and a very long skirt.

The skirt reaches the calf, and you can see the strong calf muscles when you look down. The broad chest muscles hold the skirt tightly.

"Therefore, appropriate disguise is necessary." The man finally finished the last sentence.

Landor: ...

appropriate. He said appropriate.

"Let me introduce myself formally. I'm Tian Yiliang. Mr. Lan, right? Nice to meet you.

" "I'm sorry I was too impulsive just now and did some impolite things. As compensation, let me help Mr. Lan with his disguise."

Tian Yiliang said, took two steps back, folded his arms, and began to look at Landor's figure carefully. After a moment, he nodded firmly:

"Okay, it should fit. Mr. Lan, I have some spare wigs and skirts here, would you like to pick some first? Pink, how about it, do you like it? "

Landuo: "…………"

Landuo did not speak.

Landuo just blinked slowly, then slowly raised the folding umbrella in his hand, and snapped it open.

Then snapped it again, and hid his whole body in the umbrella.

Finally, there was another snap, and the folding umbrella that closed automatically rolled to the ground.

The umbrella was tightly folded, like a closed lotus.

*

At the same time.

Beiwan No. 2 Middle School. In the library.

The afternoon class has ended. Xu Ming is now occupying the computer in the library with a righteous attitude, and his fingers are flying on the keyboard.

With a return key, a large number of new entries are refreshed on the screen again. Xu Ming dragged the mouse to browse them quickly, and couldn't help frowning.

"There are very few reports about that drowning accident. "She murmured, changing the search keywords again without giving up.

Da Guo, who was sitting next to her and flipping through the old newspapers collected in the library, shrugged his shoulders as if he was used to it when he heard it.

"That's why it's said that it's difficult to find clues to solve the problem in this world. Xiao Guo and I have canceled all the classes we could have today, and we've been looking in the library, but we haven't found anything useful."

This is why Xiao Guo is not here at the moment - she thinks it is unreliable to find clues through reports, so she decided to change the way. Now she is trying every means to find out about the older teachers and school workers in the school, and decided to start from them.

"The reports on the same website are very detailed about other accidents, but the one about drowning is only mentioned in a few lines. Are you sure this isn't intentional difficulty?" Xu Ming sighed, "By the way, what if we start with Guo Shuyi's own case? Are there any clues?"

After all, it now seems that this strange story is definitely related to Guo Shuyi's old case.

Unexpectedly, Da Guo next to him looked bewildered when he heard this.

"Guo Shuyi's case?" Da Guo spoke softly, with genuine confusion in his tone, "What case?"

"..." Xu Ming paused while sliding the mouse.

"It's... the South City serial murder case two years ago." She turned her head and looked at the people next to her strangely, "When this case was solved, it was widely spread..."

"Really?" Da Guo frowned, "No way, I'm from the south city, why don't I have any impression of it? "

Xu Ming: "..."

Good question, I want to know too.

Slowly retracting his gaze, Xu Ming decisively chose to give up this topic, but the doubts in his heart increased.

The case in the south of the city happened two years ago. The murderer was caught and executed this year. And according to Da Guo and Xiao Guo, they should not have been in this strange talk area for long. Even if calculated according to the speed of time flow in the strange talk area, Xiao Guo has only been there for less than half a month. Da Guo has been there even less.

Such an important News, is there really no impression at all?

Or is it that something disturbed her memory and made her forget the relevant memories... If so, what affected her?

They don't remember, but I remember. Is there something that they have been exposed to, but I haven't been exposed to yet, or that I have only been exposed to a shallower level...

Xu Ming thought silently, and some guesses gradually emerged in his mind. At this moment, he heard a burst of hurried footsteps in the library, followed by the warning voice of the library teacher.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was too impatient. I will pay attention next time. I'm sorry, teacher--"

Xiao Guo's voice rang out hurriedly, and then she looked up and hurried to Xu Ming and Da Guo.

"Hurry up, come with me to the bathroom... No, no, the infirmary."

She said hurriedly, looking a little out of breath. Xu Ming looked at her thoughtfully, raised his hand and started to turn off the phone. Da Guo beside him asked in confusion:

"What's the matter, so anxious?"

"Another, another new Guo Shuyi appeared..." Xiao Guo was still trying to catch his breath, "I just passed by the second floor and heard it. As soon as she appeared, she fainted in the bathroom on the second floor. Someone happened to be inside, and was startled. He quickly called the teacher and carried her to the infirmary..."

"New one? "Xu Ming frowned slightly, and suddenly had a bad feeling, "Isn't she wearing a lolita skirt?"

"Ah? I don't know. I didn't see her..." Xiao Guo was stunned for a moment, then frowned, "In that case, we have to get her a school uniform first. The lolita is too easy to show her underwear." After

saying that, she turned around and ran out again. Xu Ming tried to call out to stop him but failed. He looked at Da Guo who was still sitting in his seat and sighed softly.

"Then shall we go to the infirmary first?" She stood up and asked casually.

Da Guo thought about it and nodded decisively.

*

The newspapers that Da Guo borrowed are the private collection of the library and cannot be taken away. It took some time to go through the process of returning them, so when Xu Ming and the others arrived at the infirmary, it was already ten minutes later. Xiao

Guo, who happened to be returning to his dormitory to get his school uniform, also arrived at this time. The three of them made a plan and simply went in together.

What made Xu Ming feel a little complicated was that the person lying on the bed in the infirmary was indeed Lu Yueling.

She looked very bad, with messy hair, pale face, and many scratches and bruises on her arms. The magical thing is that under such circumstances, the infirmary diagnosed her with hypoglycemia and just let her lie on the bed.

It seems that passers-by in this world are not that normal.

Xu Ming thought silently and looked back again. After confirming that the medical teacher was busy answering Xiao Guo's questions, Fang approached cautiously.

"Hey." She shook Lu Yueling's shoulder gently and lowered her voice, "Lu Yueling, can you hear me? Lu Yueling?"

Lu Yueling's face turned blue and she didn't respond at all. Xu Ming's brows furrowed even more tightly. Da Guo, who was watching curiously, couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise:

"Well, classmate Xu, your friend...her chest doesn't seem to be moving.

" "Could it be, something really happened?"

She said the second half of the sentence with some fear, and she herself was terrified. Unexpectedly, just after the voice fell, the person who didn't even have any movement in the chest just now, suddenly opened his eyes -

and then sat up!

"Well! "Big Guo was startled and wanted to scream instinctively, but fortunately he covered his mouth in time; on the other side, the medical teacher also heard the noise, and heard the sound of someone getting up outside the curtain, which made Big Guo's heart beat fast again.

Fortunately, Xiao Guo's question rang out in time. And he dragged the medical teacher back to his seat little by little.

"..." Big Guo's hanging heart was finally relieved a little.

Xu Ming had already sat down beside the bed at this time, put his hand on Lu Yueling's shoulder, and looked at her half worriedly and half cautiously. Seeing that the other party had a frown on his face and said nothing, he couldn't help but said softly: "Hey, Lu Yueling? What on earth are you..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Lu Yueling suddenly raised one hand and made a gesture to stop him.

Seeing this, Xu Ming's eyebrows jumped again. The next second, he saw the other party flip his hand and press it on his mouth again, and his cheeks bulged painfully -

the next second, Lu Yueling suddenly threw herself to the side of the bed, opened her mouth, and forcefully vomited out a pool of things.

...It was a bunch of hair.

A big bunch. Lu Yueling vomited for a long time before finally vomiting it all out.

"Damn." Until this moment, she finally spoke, and she was still quite powerful when she swore, "I was suffocating to death, but I'm finally alive."

"..." Da Guo next to him was stunned. After a long while, he finally found his voice.

"Xu... classmate Xu. "She slowly turned to Xu Ming, calling him the title they had agreed upon before, but it was obvious that there was a lot more hesitation when calling out the word "classmate", "Your colleague... is quite powerful."

Xu Ming: "..."

"Well, probably. "She responded vaguely, and soon came over again, briefly explaining the current situation to Lu Yueling, and then asked about the situation on her side.

Fortunately, Lu Yueling's mind was completely clear at this time, and there was no problem in communication. Not long after, the situation on her side was roughly explained.

When hearing that Lu Yueling was left alone to fight the awakened monster boss, Da Guo, who was watching nearby, was obviously stunned. Those surprises soon turned into amazement; after hearing that Lu Yueling finally rushed into the bathroom with one breath, and left on time with Bonnie, he turned to show a sense of relief.

When he looked at the spitted hair on the ground, his eyes were filled with admiration.

"So, these were all done by that monster?" Da Guo said with emotion, "It stuffed these into your mouth..."

"Ah? No." Lu Yueling was gargling with water, but she showed a strange expression after hearing this, "These hairs are my own, okay."

Da Guo: "..."

Huh?

"It's that monster, it likes to stuff medicine into people's mouths, you know." Lu Yueling still felt a little scared when she talked about this, "To be honest, I don't know if those are medicines... Anyway, I think they are things that cannot be swallowed honestly."

"So I thought, why don't I stuff something in my mouth so that it can't feed it in, then isn't that the problem?"

She said, pointing to the side with a righteous attitude: "So I fed myself a ball of hair first. "

Don't say it. It really works. "

"..." After hearing this, Da Guo was dumbfounded again.

In fact, not only was she dumbfounded, but Xu Ming was also a little dumbfounded after hearing it.

In order to avoid being choked to death by the enemy, I decided to choke myself to death in advance - is this actually a solution?

...Okay. Looking at Lu Yueling who was gradually recovering in front of him, Xu Ming silently corrected himself in his heart.

This is indeed a solution.

At this moment, Lu Yueling looked around and let out a low "hmm" again.

"Speaking of which, where is Bonnie?" Xu Ming heard her ask curiously, "She and I came out together... Isn't she here?"