Chapter 21: 24
Immediately after, the house shook a little.
This kind of force is enough to let people know how strong the thing outside is. There is only one reason why they didn't break the door and enter, which is "The bedroom is absolutely safe".
Fearless and deadly, Diep Tich couldn't see what was going on outside and couldn't help but fill in her brain. The constant noise and shaking was about to force her to collapse.
So she curled up in the blanket, trying to find some sense of security.
The darkness in the nest was deeper than the outside, and the mobile screen also seemed brighter.
Wang Xiaowu: "Ah ah, is there any movement in your living room? I think there is a monster here!!!"
Song Yingying still calmly reassured: "Don't panic, don't panic, don't panic, I have one here too, but if it's safe in the room, then there's nothing to be afraid of!"
Wang Xiaowu's heart was extremely cold: "Is it really safe! I feel like it could destroy the door at any moment!"
Song Doanh Doanh: "Calm down! Stay in touch at all times!"
Diep Tich's room continued to sway.
"Dong, dong..."
This is the swing that creates the echo.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."
A little dust fluttered down from the middle of the fence, rubbing against the wall, making a very small sound.
"Buzzing —— buzzing ——"
Outside the door, unknown creatures continued to scratch the door.
The movement lasted for nearly half an hour before gradually fading away, until it disappeared. A few minutes after the last movement ended, Ye Xi finally slowly poked his head out from under the blanket and took a look outside.
... In that moment, she really thought that as soon as she got out of bed, she would run into a ghost face.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
The entire bedroom was as calm as usual, the door did not have any movement, the perimeter only had normal apartment buildings so it was quiet at night.
Half an hour of mental exhaustion made Ye Xi quickly tired after steadily coming down. She quickly fell asleep. The tension at high altitude brought chaos to her dream, and she slept until the alarm clock went off.
The alarm clock was set by herself, to avoid oversleeping and being late, she set a 7:30 alarm clock on her phone, but it only vibrated without any sound.
The shock started to blink, and Ye Xi immediately sobered up. He opened his eyes and looked at the unfamiliar bedroom. He recalled where he was, then quickly turned around and got out of bed, going to the bathroom to wash his face.
Without a skin care regimen, brushing teeth and washing face took less than ten minutes. Seeing that it was still a while before 8 o'clock, Ye Xi sat on the edge of the bed, opened the word document in the computer, and looked at last night's draft.
Today I decided to water it again.
... Writing a novel is really difficult.
The others in the group started chatting. After yesterday's investigation and experiment, everyone had already explored the real rules of the lunch box. When ordering a lunch box, they were no longer worried or scared, and were in the mood to choose what they wanted to eat.
Wang Xiaowu said she wanted to eat soy milk and fried dough sticks, Song Yingying said she wanted to eat egg tarts, and Xie Wei said she wanted to drink Meiji.
In the morning, there was always nothing to eat. Diep Tich opened the lunch box software, ordered a portion of black coffee and simple meal, after placing the order, he looked at the bedside clock, 7:58.
Two minutes later, the tycoon walked out of the bedroom and into the living room.
Then again at the same time back to the fear retreat.
The mobile phone vibrated, Diep Tich picked it up, Tong Doanh Doanh said from the piano: "A painting appeared in my living room!!!"
Chu Van: "Me too."
Ngo Hac: "I have it here too!"
Diep Tich stood at the door of the room, looking at the wall opposite the living room, and took a deep breath of cold air.
The wall behind the sofa was originally empty, but now hung a nearly two meter long oil painting.
At the same time, the person who was originally standing near the main gate disappeared without a trace.
Ten seconds later, there was a news report in the group. Xie Wei, after seeing the painting, had the courage to run to the study door to take a look. After running back, he told everyone: "Full body mirror in the study!!!"
Ye Xi instinctively looked at the oil slick. The oil painting technique was very artistic... It was the kind of art that Ye Xi could not appreciate.
The painting is mainly black, smoky, and dark blue in color. The painting is a huge, swirling whirlpool that makes people feel uncomfortable.
Diep Tich obeyed the rules, turned around and went into the bathroom, locked the door, then turned on the faucet and shower one by one.
"Rumble ——" the sound of water pouring down, Diep Tich stared at the water column, and was suddenly reminded of the strange talk about the rules of the shopping mall "The Spring of Life".
Then again doubt, why this Rule Realm doesn't let her use props?
Is it because this place is relatively special? Like it's exactly special. She has never experienced this kind of secret room rule-based weirdo before, and has never played a role in a rule-based weirdo that doesn't belong to her own.
That is, this place has both danger and fake rules, her props themselves are used to target these problems, why can't they be used?
Diep Tich couldn't find the answer, holding the cell phone in his hand, it vibrated twice.
Ngo Hac: "My life is short, I seem to have heard movement in the living room again..."
Ta Duy: "What's the commotion? Don't go out..."
Wu He: "I didn't go out, it must be some unknown creature moving… I can't hear clearly from the water, but it seems like there was no big monster movement last night."
Wang Xiaowu: "I have this place too!!! 0:00-8:00 is not an exaggerated time rule, it won't break the door and come in!!!"
Ye Xi looked at Wang Xiaowu who was clearly not mentally capable of reacting, sighed, and patiently tried to comfort her: "I don't think so. The reason the rules emphasize 0:00-8:00 is probably because there will be danger in the living room during this time period, it's not like the bedroom outside of this time period is also unsafe."
Wang Xiaowu regained his composure and said, "That's good, that's good! Oh my god, I really can't stand this kind of weird talk of waiting alone. Being together with so many people is not something that can be done in a short while!" Her voice clearly carried sobs.
Diep Tich helplessly smiled.
"Creak", she also came from the living room with a very small noise.
She immediately stopped breathing, turned off the vibrating cell phone, and pressed her body against the bathroom door, alert to any changes outside.
"Creak, creak", one sound after another, the sound was not very clear, like shoes stepping on a wooden floor.
"Lac, lac..." Like the clumsy sound of something heavy being scraped.
This time the whole process only lasted for a few minutes, and the crowd's excited feedback sounds disappeared. However, the rules were written in black and white, and they still waited for a full 15 minutes. At 8:16:70, they turned off the water in the bathroom one after another, and carefully pushed the door open to go out.
In the living room everything was restored, the unpleasant painting hanging on the wall disappeared without a trace, and the mirror also returned to its place.
As usual, Xie Wei was the first to run to the door of the study and looked around. He told everyone in the group: "There are no full-length mirrors in the study!"
Looking at the news, the five people let out a sigh of relief. But Ye Xi was still breathing heavily, his eyes fixed on the oil painting hanging over the wall.
She quietly walked over, took off her slippers, stood on the sofa and carefully checked the wall. Without spending too much effort, she found the mark she wanted on the wall.
She touched an extremely small sticky lump, this kind of feeling was clearly different from the wall, but it seemed to be made of some high-grade material, even if she leaned in close to look, it was very difficult to see any clues, Ye Xi tried hard to adjust her vision for a long time, only when she finally looked left and right, she met the faint light outside the window, and saw some different light.
That small block exists locally as a square block, in the position just past the painting, there are a total of eight similar square blocks.
Apart from this, there are also some not-so-obvious abrasions on the wall, on both sides.
Then Diep Tich went into the study room, looked around and saw nothing unusual, so he sent a message to ask Ta Duy: "Where did the full-body mirror in the study room appear just now?"
Ta Duy recovered really quickly: "The top of the bookshelf is the position by the window."
Diep Tich walked over and squatted down by the window. Realizing that he couldn't see anything with the naked eye, he reached out and groped around on the floor.
She stopped breathing, closed her eyes, and focused all her attention on her fingertips, gently caressing every inch of the floor, every crevice of the earth.
Her index finger slid through the gap behind the device, and she touched a slightly hard to detect roughness.
Opening her eyes, she looked at her fingers.
The place she touched was a part of the floor, without any gaps. This place should have been very smooth, but she intentionally touched it a bit rough.
She followed that rough point and patted down, finding that it was about seven or eight centimeters each. Although it didn't damage the wooden floor, it did scrape the thin umbrella on the floor a bit.
The combination of the inability to start using the props gave rise to doubts. Ye Xi stared at this saying that could not be seen with the naked eye and fell into deep thought.
"Friends, I have a new discovery!" Zhou Wen suddenly spoke in the group, sent out a message, and tagged the entire group.
The mobile phone vibrated, causing Diep Tich to think. She lowered her head to look, and the first message just popped up.
Chu Van: "There is one painting missing in my study!!!"
Diep Tich's neck stiffened, he turned his head in fear.
The painting in the study is on the wall behind the computer chair. It originally had a fortune, but now it has two fortunes left.
Because everything yesterday was just starting out, it was impossible to judge exactly where the problem would be, Ye Xi also did not look closely at that painting. Now under Zhou Wen's reminder, she decided to take a quick look, and carefully recalled it, vaguely remembering that that painting was exactly the same as that living room oil painting that appeared and disappeared.
It is a scaled down version of the picture.
Song Yingying also discovered this clue. Before Ye Xi typed, she immediately sent a message to the group: "The painting that disappeared is the same as the one in the living room! Only the size is different!"
"I rely on you, really, it is scary!" Ngo Hac's whole body shivered.
Chu Van: "Isn't the study room unsafe now?"
"Who... I have an idea!"
Zhou Wen sat cross-legged on the wooden floor of the study, quickly organizing his thoughts, and typing rapidly: "Our computers are all laptops, right? The website rules say that the bedroom is absolutely safe, so why not use the computer in the bedroom?"
Ta Duy sent out a long string of ellipses, swiping half a bottle on the phone.
Chu Wen was very pleased with his reaction: "Right? Doesn't that make sense? The bedroom is safe, so just take the notebook to the bedroom and use it!"
Diep Tich was completely speechless.
Ta Duy: "Brother, I have this ellipsis, not an ellipsis."
"I was thinking, the computer probably won't work."
"The fourth rule says, 'the computer is in the study'."
"My interpretation of these words is: Computers can only be kept in the study. If you take them out to use, there might be danger."
Xie Wei's idea coincided with Ye Xi's, but Zhou Wen did not agree: "If this way of speaking is established, then 'the bedroom is absolutely safe' has a loophole. 'Absolutely safe' cannot be broken by a computer, right? What is called absolute safety?"
Xie Wei earnestly advised: "Perhaps the bedroom won't be a problem, but the study room and living room aren't necessarily the same. Although the study room and bedroom are really close, there are still a few steps left. If 'he' wants to make a move, he can take your life in an instant."
After saying this, Zhou Wen finally quieted down for a long while. Ye Xi also temporarily put down his phone, walked to the back seat of the computer, and looked closely at the place where a painting was missing.
The most commonly used methods of hanging paintings will more or less leave traces. Even if the two words "No Silver" are hung on the title as a gimmick, it is actually very obvious at first glance.
But this place, there were no hooks or silver nails, the entire wall was pure white without a blemish, it was as if that once existing but inexplicably disappeared mural was really hung there by some supernatural force.
Diep Tich took a deep breath and raised her hand to touch the wall. At this time, because the area was small, she didn't have to spend any effort to find that familiar sticky feeling.
Is the same living room appeared too painting position, no different sticky feeling.
In the flock for each other could not convince the two people still in continue arguing.
Xie Wei was clearly a little impatient: "I don't understand, where exactly is your brain going??? The rules clearly say 'the computer is in the study', and the computer is a notebook, isn't this tempting you to take it away? You have to step on it???"
Chu Van: "Discussion must be discussed properly, no need for personal attacks."
"The Rules of the Realm are not complete holes, there are also specialized loopholes left for you to reveal and discover the exit."
"For example, this place already says 'the bedroom is absolutely safe', and then it says 'the computer is in the study', so to avoid me from encountering danger in the blink of an eye when I pass by the living room, have you thought of a way to solve this hidden danger?"
"For example, I can tie a rope to the computer, then go to the master bedroom and use the rope to pull the computer into the master bedroom."
Ta Duy was speechless: "... Then what will you do when you get the lunch box?"
Chu Van: "Then first push the computer door latch back to the study, then go out to the master bedroom."
The master bedroom and the study are separated by only a wall, and the two doors are only two steps apart. This operation seems to work correctly.
Xie Wei seemed speechless and had no other reason to object, so he had no choice but to say: "Anyway, I feel that this is not very safe, but if you insist on doing this, you can try."
Diep Tich still agreed with Ta Duy's point of view, but seeing Chu Van's single-minded search for words, she did not think of advising him at all.
She gradually realized that her mentality had undergone some changes.
If such a person like Zhou Wen appeared in her first encounter with the Rule Realm, she probably not only would not feel disgusted, but would also feel that having a teammate who could analyze the rules and then think based on the rules could help her save her life. But now, on one hand, the experience of clearing the Rule Realm twice made her have more confidence in her own judgment, on the other hand, she also truly felt that having a "Pig teammate" would be more tiring.
So seeing Zhou Wen's "Although there's a possibility of an accident happening, I just want to give it a try" operation, she was completely clueless.
In addition, she seemed to be a bit numb to the matter of "Will kill someone".
In the library of rules and strange stories, every death terrified her. When she encountered danger, even if it made her hate Xie Rushan, she would still pull him out of danger.
But now when facing Zhou Wen, she suddenly had a kind of "good words are hard to persuade, damn it" mentality. Seeing that Xie Wei couldn't persuade him, her heart was filled with "respect and bless, don't die in front of me".
... That doesn't seem very good.
Diep Tich woke up a bit, stared at the screen and pondered for a moment, still not saying anything.
——mainly, she couldn't say anything. The reason was just that, Xie Wei said it once, Zhou Wen couldn't understand, she repeated it again but it was useless.
So no one in the group offered any advice, and Zhou Wen also calmed down, clearly putting his plan into action.
Minutes later, Zhou Wen sent a message: "I have safely arrived at the master bedroom." A tongue-tied expression followed.
Ta Duy did not bother to reply to him, changed the topic, and asked the group: "What's wrong with missing a painting?"
Ye Xi joined the discussion this time, tidying up his thoughts while typing: "I feel that the issue of missing a painting doesn't need to be too concerned. Because the rule says 'living room no painting, full-length mirror, study room has painting, no full-length mirror', but it doesn't mention the quantity."
"Missing a painting also does not violate this rule, so it should be safe."
Xie Wei had no objection to this point of view, but Wang Xiaowu was still a bit afraid: "But if missing a painting doesn't matter, why would one painting be missing?"
Ye Xi pondered and said: "Could it be because it makes us suspicious and afraid? Once we are afraid, we will definitely think of a way to deal with it, but the current situation itself is not against the rules, but our way of dealing with it might be against the rules, in the hearts of those below him."
Wang Xiaowu was sitting at the computer chair at this moment, looking at this cold news and shivering, replying: "That makes sense..."
Chu Van said again: "No need to scold the locust tree, I'm still looking."
"..." Diep Tich's eyebrows jumped slightly, he neither refuted nor defended, calmly choosing to ignore it.
Not too often, the big boss's breakfasts were delivered one after another. Perhaps he discovered that they already knew the rules of the lunch boxes, "he" did not play any tricks during the delivery process, each little guy had a normal human face, which made the big boss's heart calm down a lot.
After finishing breakfast, everyone immediately started working on a new day of "writing". The draft that Ye Xi had received was written by Xie Wei last night, and the outline of Xie Wei was revised by her earlier, so today's mission came naturally to her.
Simply put —— following yesterday's plot, another day!
Yesterday's smooth passage to the new master level increased her confidence. Ye Xi buried her head in hard work all morning, completing the 3000-character manuscript by about 11:30. Song Yingying and Wang Xiaowu finished writing one after another. Song Yingying sent the manuscript to the group, not forgetting to sigh: "It seems that this time the Rule Realm is not too difficult! Today, we will work for another day, tomorrow at 17:00, we can go!"
Wang Xiaowu, who had always been in a daze, found it hard to be wise on this issue: "Don't be so hasty, it should actually be two days. We can only leave tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. The manuscript definitely still needs to be rewritten and rewritten!"
Song Doanh Doanh: "That's right, you can't make mistakes just because you're tired!"
After that, he ordered a lunch box again. During the meal, he had the habit of taking a nap like Ye Xi. After lunch, he returned to the master bedroom to take a nap.
The group was so quiet for nearly two hours that Ye Xi noticed the group again, because the vibration of the mobile phone directly transmitted into her dream, pulling her back from sleep.
Before holding the computer back to the bedroom Chu Van said: "BreakingNews!!! Friends!!! I discovered this weird chat hiding escape method!!!"
Concealed escape method?
Ye Xi's brain nerves were instantly stimulated to wakefulness, the others were also obviously shaken by this, without waiting for Ye Xi to type, a few things had already been said in the group: "What?" "What?" "Concealment and escape method???"
Chu Wen threw back a voice: "You guys take a look, there is a folding table in the corner between the bedroom wardrobe and the wall. I wanted to find a place to put the computer, so I brought that table out."
"The table has a rectangular shape on it, which happens to be the same size as the computer. I felt that this was not a coincidence, so I put the computer in to try it out."
"Then a reminder rang out, saying that I had successfully analyzed the escape idea, this time the Rule Realm would end first!"
His voice was filled with joy and excitement, it sounded exactly like finding a way to live in the midst of death.
But Xie Wei still maintained his calm, and also spoke: "You are lying to me? How could the Rule Realm be so easy to get out? Besides, just launch the computer into the rectangular frame, what kind of escape thoughts are you analyzing? Are you contaminated!"
Zhou Wen once again sent out his voice: "Why would I lie to you? I feel that 'escape idea' is just the way I successfully brought the computer into the master bedroom. Is that considered a Rule of Laws Realm bug? Besides, if I really run out, if you don't believe me, I'll take a screenshot and show you."
Diep Tich sat up, leaned on the pillow and listened to Chu Van's voice once, then used his thumb to move the screen, searching for the previous chat history.
In the past, most of the time, everyone used written communication, but occasionally they also used voice. She jumped out a voice from before Zhou Wen, carefully contrasted it with these two, and confirmed that the voice had no problem, and came from the same person's mouth.
She waited, two photos were sent immediately, two connected street scenes. One was a long-range view, the photographer Zhou Wen must have been walking on the sidewalk of the street and casually took a photo, in the photo besides the flowing horses and carriages, one could also see the office building opposite, the convenience store, and the coffee shop were all familiar big names.
The first scene is close-up. Zhou Wen pulled the screen to the milestone. An arrow was drawn on a blue and white card, marking the road name as "Xi Shan Road".
Tay Thien main road.
Diep Tich's eyes paused for a second at this revelation, and he typed a question: "@ Chu Van, may I ask, where were you before?"
Chu Van: "Ah?"
Diep Tich: "Where did you stay before entering the Rule Realm this time? Also on Tay Thien street?"
At this time, everyone waited for a while before receiving Zhou Wen's reply: "That's right, at that time I was waiting for someone at a coffee shop on Xi Shan Street, suddenly my eyes went dark and I fainted, and when I opened my eyes, I was lying on the bed of the Rule Realm.":,,.
❀❀❀