In the world of strange rules, abstract and complex, [infinite]

This kind of feeling comes from the lack of logic in the dungeon background.

The dungeons she has gone through now can basically be divided into two types, one is the basic "Rules of the Strangers", libraries, shopping malls, amusement parks, and the 17th designed assessment checkpoint "Author's Rules of the Strangers" all belong to this type.

This kind of strange rule talk has no background story, the rules are directly based on the dungeon environment design, there are not many clues hidden outside the rules.

Another type is with a story background. Tinh Nguyet apartment, Duc Luong high school, plus the haunted house amusement park all count. This type of copy, in addition to the above rules, also has many hidden clues based on the story background that need to be excavated. If the story background is not complete, a lot of information will be missed.

Ye Xi is currently facing this kind of situation —— the current dungeon background story looks very complete: The school is in chaos, they as participants have to follow the rules and uncover the truth at the same time, only then can they leave safely.

But in fact the story's background lacks a very important part.

Different from the rules of the Star Moon apartment, when the participant enters the dungeon using the "Passing by the stage animation" method, the dungeon will immediately teach the participant the third level of memory. This memory content is messy, in a limited time, no one is in the mood to care for it, and it is impossible to completely comb through it, they can only immediately understand the principles and start using it.

Therefore, they actually did not know that before they entered the dungeon, some people had experienced something that was directly related to the dungeon.

Or rather, something happened that was directly related to the "Female Ghost".

Diep Tich simply brushed the timeline a bit:

1992, Hong Ho Lau was built.

—— here for a year, currently holding the position of principal Liao Jun at Yu Liang First High School as a language teacher;

1994, Hong Huo Lau people tried to throw it away.

—— In the same year, Chinese language teacher Liao Jun was transferred from Yuliang First High School and took up a position in another location;

After that, Liao Jun gradually advanced in his career, until he was promoted to the position of principal of the key provincial first high school;

At this stage, Yu Liang High School should not have been too chaotic. Because according to normal logic, if a school persists in being chaotic for thirty years, not to mention closing, at least rumors will be flying everywhere, it is impossible to be as calm as it is now.

Then in 2022, because a student jumped off a building and committed suicide, Liao Jun was once again demoted and returned to Yuliang First High School as principal;

In the same year, from the first month of October to the last month of October, several students in the third grade (1) class simultaneously requested sick leave, the specific cause of illness is unknown;

—— this is the earliest "strange event" they know of, and can temporarily guess where the trouble started.

With these clues, it can be said that the Hong Hu Tower that was abandoned not long ago in Luocheng is the most unusual. Therefore, it can be roughly judged that the female ghost's existence is related to Hong Hu Tower, and also roughly related to Liao Jun.

In other words, she most likely died between 1992 and 1994.

—— So, why would a person who died in 1994 suddenly start to entangle students in 2023? Is it because Liao Jun has returned, or because of what they did? Either or both?

Diep Tich thoughtfully asked his teammates: "You say, before we entered the dungeon, what were these students doing?"

Just after Hu Yiquan sent the news, Yang Ge was stunned and looked at Diep Tich in confusion: "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, could it be that they 'activated' this female ghost?"

Ye Xi raised his eyes and said word by word: "Otherwise, with so many students, why are we the only ones entangled with the ghost? The other students seem to have never heard of the female ghost's movements."

Is this normal?

... It can also be said to be normal, because only they are dungeon players, the others are NPCs, whether or not they feel the existence of ghosts is not important.

But if it is this kind of explanation, this copy design is too rough.

So Diep Tich is more inclined to believe, this itself is a hidden clue.

In the entire school, only a few of them could feel that there was a reason for the ghost's existence. There was also a reason why ghosts suddenly appeared to cause trouble many years after death.

She carefully explained these conjectures to her teammates. Yang Ge digested them a bit and nodded in a panic: "As expected of you."

Very quickly, Ho Y Quyen on the other side also responded.

Ho Y Quyen said, she and Dang Vi both took sick leave from October 8 to October 20 last year, the others could not find a reason to check the attendance records, the situation is unknown.

But this was enough to further verify Ye Xi's speculation. So many people simultaneously asked for sick leave from October 8 to October 20. Something must have happened before.

She felt that they were most likely misled by the strange rules that were revealed everywhere. The most important thing right now was probably not knowing which rules were real and which were fake, but rather knowing the situation first.

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Another night passed, time entered Monday.

According to the schedule set by Duc Luong High School, the three-year-old had to get up at 5:30 from Monday to Friday and start self-study at 6:30.

Ye Xi and the others were still in the boys' dormitory, so that they wouldn't be embarrassed when washing their faces. Ye Xi and Yang Ge got up at 5 o'clock, and when Xiao Leng and Zhang Liping got up at 5:30, they were still packed and ready. For the time being, they had nothing to do, so they simply lay back on the bed and let it all hang out.

Last night, Diep Tich heard a ghost cry again. In addition, Tieu Leng and Duong Ca also saw a ghost image. Diep Tich and Duong Ca were used to seeing this, so it was no wonder. Tieu Leng's reaction was still to reach out and catch it, but unfortunately he was powerless to return.

6:00, at the end of the porch, a male student's voice rang out: "Aunt Tuc, open the door!"

Gathering energy in the dantian, the sound is very vulgar.

"Did you oversleep, Auntie? We're going to be late for our reading!"

On the contrary, the door creaked loudly. It must have been the housekeeper coming out from the room and telling them, "The principal called and said that the teaching area is undergoing a fire prevention inspection. Today's self-study session is canceled. You can sleep in for a while."

The student complained: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? If I had known, I wouldn't have stood up!"

At this time, there weren't many people in the porch, and the porch had a sound-gathering structure, so the four people in the room could hear them clearly.

Diep Tich suddenly widened her eyes and immediately sat up: "Fire prevention inspection?" She frowned and looked towards Tieu Lanh who had just finished washing his face and came out of the bathroom, "Not suitable."

"It is not appropriate." Tieu Lang nodded.

Fire prevention inspection needs to have departmental personnel to do it, definitely will not be temporarily notified, at least should first inform the students one night in advance.

As for the current situation, it feels more like... finding an excuse to cover up other matters.

Tieu Lanh looked at Truong Lap Binh: "Go find another export?"

"That's necessary." Zhang Liping had already thought it through, "Apart from the main entrance where students enter and exit daily, there's also a small door next to the big trash can on the south side, but the outside of the stairs is facing the teaching area, so it's relatively easy to spot. The other side is a ventilation duct, about 3 meters to the right of the stairs."

Tieu Lang: "... Isn't that the door to the manager's office?"

Truong Lap Binh forced a smile: "Hehe, right."

Teammates: "..."

In the lower eyelid you say der.

Five minutes later, Yang Ge hid behind the large trash can on the south side, his eyes piercing through the large veranda, staring intently in the direction of the caretaker's office. Xiao Leng stood in front of the locked narrow door, took out a wire that had come from somewhere, looked at the general structure of the lock, skillfully bent the wire, and inserted it into the lock.

Diep Tich was dumbfounded: "Weren't you guys policemen before? And you have this skill?"

"So much new." Zhang Liping whispered, "We are undercover and groping the drug lord in his room looking for evidence, should we just knock on the door?"

Diep Tich: "..."

This might be the lowest level lock that a professional person has ever seen in his life, but it was pried open in just a few dozen seconds. Xiao Leng, who was stuck at the door, took a step forward, looked at the teaching area within close proximity, and quickly retreated: "No one."

The three people heard the sound and simultaneously took a deep breath, then under the premise of "Maintaining Gentle Hands and Feet", they quickly ran down the stairs equipped with an external staircase.

Downstairs on the first floor, Xiao Leng once again stuck to the wall to observe, without wasting any effort he saw a red brick building in front of the crowd jostling in front of the school's west side.

Tieu Lanh's eyes trembled: "It's Hong Ho Lau that something happened."

After speaking, he pondered for a moment——if they didn't want anyone to discover their whereabouts, the safest route was to go around from the back of the dormitory and go to another place to check on the situation at Hong Hu Tower. However, that way, there would still be more than ten meters between them and Hong Hu Tower, so he didn't know how much they could see clearly.

The mobile phone screen in Yang Ge's hand lit up at this moment. She picked it up and looked at it, her breathing suddenly stopped: "I roughly know what happened..."

Tieu Lang turned away, Duong Ca held up his phone to show him. On the screen was the message sent by Ho Y Quyen, telling them in a few words but with much meaning: "Vuong Hieu is dead."

"The 8th class chairman just came here and asked him to sit at the same table to ask about the situation. Tell him when she returns."

"Not allowed to go to self-study is also because of this."

"Looks like he jumped down from Hong Hu Tower."

"I don't know if it's because of contaminated relationships."

Diep Tich frowned, although he was extremely shocked, he still said: "... I feel like it's not a polluted relationship."

The one who suffered the pollution was "Him" the puppet, he should have always existed to help him collect the head of the person, it was unreasonable to die so unclearly.

There must be some hidden story behind this. For example, is it a female ghost causing trouble?

In the female dormitory building, Hu Yijuan sent the message to "Lu Di" and put away her phone, then looked towards the room across the street.

Opposite the room is a group of eight female bedrooms, in which there are four people, all of whom are Wang Xiao's classmates.

At the same time, these four people were just acquaintances with her, so it was not clear that Wang Xiao was very familiar with her.

At present, the four people were whispering and eating melon.

One of them said: "I said that the incident was very strange… He got sick and just came back a few days ago and has been mumbling a bit, I said he should go see a psychiatrist."

"But hasn't he been very normal recently? He doesn't look like someone who wants to jump off a building?" The roommate raised doubts.

"I heard that many people with depression look very normal at first glance, so when something happens, people around them are basically unprepared."

Hu Yijuan was indifferent and cold. She waited for them to calm down before she naturally leaned closer and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong with that Wang Xiao?"

The girls easily established friendships through eating melons. The four of them did not feel that her question was abrupt. They said to her without hesitation: "Hey, by the way, do you remember that after the first semester national holiday, several classes had students requesting long leave?"

The person who said this completely did not realize that Ho Y Quyen was one of them.

Ho Y Quyen nodded: "I remember, I still remember that before, you thought it was some kind of infectious disease that scared people?"

"Yes yes yes, it was that time." The other party nodded continuously, "Wang Xiao also asked for sick leave at that time, after returning he was still in a bad state for a few days, always talking nonsense, saying things like 'don't follow me'… It took another week or two before he became fluent again."

Ho Y Quyen continued to ask: "Didn't he go see a doctor?"

"Look." The other party frankly told her, "Actually, he got sick before he got sick during his long vacation. He went to the infirmary first, but then the doctors couldn't handle it, so they sent him to the hospital along with the illness."

Medical room.

Ho Y Quyen remember this key information.

This might be a breakthrough. From the medical staff there, we might be able to hear some news.

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Male dormitory student.

The four people originally wanted to go to Hong Hu Tower to see what was going on, but now that they heard the answer from Hu Yi Juan, they secretly returned the same way.

When they returned to the room, many classmates had already heard a bit of what happened to Wang Xiao, whispering in the hallway.

Diep Tich closed the door, and together with Tieu Lanh, wanted to get a pen and paper. He leaned on the bed and wrote and drew for a while, then sat up: "Let's test the rule that Hong Ho Lau cannot enter!"

"What?" Duong Ca and Truong Lap Binh were both stunned.

Xiao Leng really wasn't surprised, it seemed like he had the same idea before. He thought for a bit, and said, "Even if that rule is proven to be false, it doesn't mean that Hong Hu Tower is definitely safe."

Because the rule for searching words is: "The abandoned Hong Hu Tower on the west side of the school has been abandoned for many years. The relevant departments have confirmed that the building is about to collapse. Please do not enter."

If it is marked as "Fake" by [Fake Gas], it most likely means that it is "Not a house about to collapse", and is not on the same level as "Can enter".

Tieu Lanh felt that this was "He" intentionally setting up a pit for the player.

Ye Xi was silent: "I feel that there are some problems with the rules of the strange talk that cannot be solved without taking risks. If the [Fake Attack Qi] judges this to be 'real', then it means that one really cannot enter; if it is 'fake', although what you said makes sense, but..." Ye Xi paused for a moment, "I can go in myself, if I am fine, all is well, if I am contaminated, you still have the [Refining Spray] that can save me."

Xiao Leng then bit down harshly: "Then what if you and Wang Xiao directly jumped off the building?"

Ye Xi shook his head: "Actually, I don't feel at all that Wang Xiao's death has any direct relation to entering Hong Hu Tower. On the contrary, I feel that the rules about Hong Hu Tower are deceiving, Hong Hu Tower definitely has important clues, if players don't dare to enter because of the rules, they will be stopped before they know it."

After she finished speaking, she handed the piece of paper she had just written and drawn to Xiao Lanh. Xiao Lanh unfolded the paper, revealing her mind map on it.

The mind map at the center of her thoughts was the new idea that came to her after she woke up yesterday——the story of excavating the dungeon background.

Based on this idea, her focus was no longer on finding out the truth about the female ghost's death, but instead began to wonder why the female ghost would be activated. With this premise, the school's taboo Hong Hu Tower and the old-fashioned well became the focus.

A female ghost that had been silent for thirty years suddenly awakened. Ye Xi thought that it was very possible that someone had touched on some taboos——this was a common idea of ​​terrifying stories, and did not conflict with the current situation.

Xiao Leng finished reading, unable to object to her suggestion anymore, he lowered his voice, looked towards Zhang Liping: "Test it, if it's fake..." His words paused, "I'll leave the [Refined Spray] to you, I'll go to Hong Hu Tower."

Diep Tich was surprised: "No need, I can..."

"The fake contamination props on you are to be verified." Xiao Leng's expression was indifferent, "You have to wait for me to come out and conduct the verification for you. If you go in yourself, once you are contaminated, how will we know the true result?"

... That's right.

Diep Tich had to nod.

Seeing Xiao Leng paying attention, Zhang Liping started the student procedure to use the props. Rule 5 in front was quickly covered with a "Fake".

Tieu Lanh knew the answer, focused and said: "After lunch, gather at Hong Ho Lau."

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At 8:00 in the morning, the dormitory finally opened. The body under Hong Hu Tower had been washed clean. Many curious students came to watch, but they couldn't find even a trace of blood.

Later, a morning filled with the sound of gongs and gongs, high pressure from all aspects of life, making it difficult for people not to immerse themselves in it. During lunch, Ye Xi was really worried about the college entrance exam problem, until everyone moved to the front of Hong Hu Tower, she finally regained her composure, realizing that she was not really a high school student.

During this period, most of the students went straight back to their dormitories to rest after lunch, some of them went for a walk in the gym, or went back to their classrooms to study hard. In short, there was no one at Hong Hu Tower.

This pile of gates is facing the back of the courtyard wall, from the current school garden structure, it can be considered that the gate is opened on the "left side". But the other buildings in the school are newer than Hong Hu Tower, Ye Xi secretly guessed in his heart, a few decades ago the school gate might have been opened at the back of Hong Hu Tower, so when students enter the school, they will face the main entrance of the main teaching area.

They circled to the side of the building gate, a miserable feeling greeted them.

This place has not been set foot for a long time, even the cleaning staff do not come this way, the vacant land has long been full of dust, and there are also dead leaves that have fallen from who knows how many years, the ground is layer upon layer forming a miserable mess, showing different levels of decay.

Against the wall, a few sycamore trees grew taller and bigger, their thick trunks almost touching the wall, silently revealing the traces of time.

The red brick walls of Hong Hu Tower were covered with ivy, most of the windows were damaged, and occasionally one or two were still intact, but they were dirty and in bad shape.

Xiao Leng said in a low voice: "Wait for me. I will go up to the top floor first, then go down one floor at a time, and go through each floor's veranda and room. If nothing unexpected happens, I will be out in fifteen minutes at most."

"If I come out contaminated, you guys can use [Refine Spray]; if I don't come out..." His eyes swept over his three teammates in turn, "No need to come in and find me."

After speaking, he walked towards the main door. The main door was covered with a metal push-pull door, but because of the long years, the lock was destroyed. It was probably because of this that Wang Xiao was able to enter smoothly.

Xiao Leng pulled the metal door open, the door frame and the sliding bar rubbing together, making a deafening sound. When the door was completely opened, the dark door screen entered his eyes, the other side of the door screen was the stairs, even though Ye Xi was outside, he could see the thick dust on the stairs and the cobwebs in the corners.

In Ye Xi's opinion, this kind of situation was even scarier than a haunted house in an amusement park. Xiao Leng did not hesitate, confirming that there was no danger visible to the naked eye, he entered the door, took a step up the stairs, and quickly disappeared.

Diep Tich calmed down, spoke in a low voice, and walked to the left.

They had just come from the right side, the entire left side area was off limits. She took every step very carefully, her center of gravity was on her back foot, as if to prevent herself from stepping on one foot.

At the same time, the front foot will occasionally kick the piled up fallen leaves around it, as if looking for something.

Truong Lap Binh looked at it with frustration: "What are you doing?"

Duong Ca quickly understood her meaning: "Are you looking for an 'old-fashioned well'?"

Diep Tich "Yes" a sound.

"Student Procedures" said: In the school there are often seen dirty water wells, warm water wells, electric wells, etc., about the municipal department of unified management, but there is no old-fashioned hexagonal well. If the school garden sees this kind of old-fashioned well, it is because you study too much to create an illusion, please do not be nervous, just ignore it and leave.

The note in the girls' dormitory said: There is no old-fashioned well in the school. That's a lie. The old-fashioned well is in front of Hong Hu Tower on the open ground.

Along with: Seeing the old-fashioned well wanting to ignore and leave is deceiving you, the old-fashioned well does not exist any danger.

They had previously verified the paper on the back, it was true, the old-fashioned well was really not dangerous.

So Diep Tich wanted to find that old-fashioned well.

According to the student's description, the well next to it should be high and hexagonal in shape. Even though the pile of fallen leaves is higher than the well, even covering the mouth of the well, it should be found very quickly.

But Diep Tich took the "S" route to search the empty land in front of him, but could not find any wells.

Not to mention the old-fashioned wells that were higher than the ground, she had never even seen a well with a tank on the ground next to it. The most common wells had dirty water, and there was no sign of an electric well in this location.

... Could it be that although that well is safe, it hasn't always been there?

The assumption suddenly became strange.

Diep Tich was wondering about this problem when Truong Lap Binh shouted: "Team leader."

Diep Tich suddenly tilted her head, Tieu Lanh was walking out from the tower. She held her breath for a moment, waiting for the prop to react.

At the same time, Truong Lap Binh also looked at her nervously.

Tieu Lanh came out from the building, even though he was busy, he still leisurely stood in front of Diep Tich.

After waiting for about three minutes, Diep Tich finally let out a sigh of relief: "The props are not responding, he is fine."

"... That's great." Zhang Liping and Yang Ge also breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Liping lifted his foot and immediately went inside: "If it's safe, then let's go in and take a look?"

"Yes." Xiao Leng did not stop him, but after thinking for a bit, he still gave a serious reminder, "It's a bit terrifying inside, everyone should prepare themselves mentally."

"..." Diep Tich was speechless, staring at him, "You reminding people like this is even more frightening."

Tieu Lanh laughed, shook his head, and took the lead to enter the main gate again. The scared Diep Tich understood and followed closely behind, Duong Ca and Truong Lap Binh followed closely behind.

Xiao Leng, like before, first went to the fourth floor, searching for clues from top to bottom. When the rich man reached the fourth floor and stood firmly in front of the porch, he immediately understood what was so shocking.

—— the entire floor was covered in dust, fallen leaves, cobwebs, and some old books and exam papers from that year had also fallen.

In addition, each panel on the door has a yellow talisman pasted on it, similar to the same sealing paper tilted in the direction of the sticker on the door jam.:,,.

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