The way out in this story is so obvious: just don't go. It's the simplest and most basic ghost story.
The remaining stories, though their plots were clichéd, lacked a way to break the mold. Unlike this one, which ended with ten lines like this:
Before I died, I shed tears of regret: Why did I have to go to that dilapidated house?
Isn't it better to stay downstairs and feed the cats?
Is it that cats are hard to pet, or cola is hard to drink?
You should just play happily with your cat...
Essentially, the solution was blatantly smeared on Cheng Yungui's face.
Looking at this manuscript with its clear logic and well-defined solution, the Earl uttered a single sentence:
"Do you know what clue the bald guy found before entering the dungeon?"
Being able to get a heads-up in advance is a skill of the bald man; how would anyone else know?
The count smiled: "In the past, when exploring dungeons, we would always get some useful bits and pieces of information."
This time, however, two large characters were written in red: "No solution."
There is no set method; it is extremely difficult and relies entirely on your own creativity.
However, now that he has received this manuscript, the count is somewhat confused.
And for no apparent reason, they called him affectionately:
“Yun Gui…”
Cheng Yungui was startled: "Huh?"
The Earl said:
"Do you think there are really NPCs this stupid in this world?"
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Yes, look at the NPC on the bald guy's side, he's very clever. The method to get to the underworld via elevators is complicated and convoluted, yet he managed to remember it.
To deal with the female ghost who died in the underworld after playing this game, the bald man's rosary turned completely red after being stained with blood, and it will take a long time for it to return to its original color—meaning that he will not be able to use it again in this world for a long time to come.
These prayer beads are already one of his trump cards.
As for Cheng Yungui, he just sat down in the coffee shop downstairs feeding the cat.
That's it?
The bald man approached Cheng Yungui, looked down at him, and uttered the words the Earl had once spoken:
"Do you think there are really NPCs this stupid in this world?"
The young man watching the show across from them froze.
Before Cheng Yun could answer, the young man quickly grabbed another newly ordered cup of coffee and shoved it in front of the bald man, waving it around.
"Boss, you look really tired. You're talking nonsense. Here, have some more coffee."
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Cheng Yungui ran into Lin Han while feeding the cats, and coincidentally, he was also looking for Lin Han.
Lin Han squatted down next to him and petted the fat orange cat.
"Is this the innovative style you're talking about? It's very different," Cheng Yungui asked him.
"Don't you think it's easier to get approved if you write it this way? Besides, every cause has an effect, and love and hate in the world always have a reason."
Lin Han smiled and said, "I'm different now than before. I'm going to pull myself together and fill my life with new hope!"
Lin Han also told him that he had a gym membership on the thirteenth floor.
You're thinking too positively... really too positively.
However, since they had bumped into each other, the two sat down and chatted for a while, and have been sitting there ever since.
After Lin Han forced the bald man to drink more than a dozen cups of takeaway coffee and leave, Cheng Yungui looked at Lin Han and remembered the red eyes that stared at him that night, and his heart stirred.
The Earl will definitely investigate Lin Han's background. And since he passed the test so easily, what will they do to him?
Thinking of this, Cheng Yungui immediately said:
"Lin Han, can I stay at your place tonight?"
For some reason, he felt that Lin Han's eyes lit up.
So Cheng Yungui added, "We can't pick anything tonight. There's a reason I'm staying with you."
Bad people will follow you.
Cheng Yungui did this partly to preserve this path to survival, and partly because he hoped Lin Han would live well, even though Lin Han was just an NPC in the eyes of the Earl and the others.
Lin Han acted just like an NPC, pressing him for an explanation of what a monster was, as if he knew nothing about the world he lived in.
When Cheng Yungui stepped into the apartment building where Lin Han lived, he knew he had come to the right place.
The atmosphere in the apartment building was very strange.
A mother and daughter were standing in front of the elevator on the first floor. The elevator doors opened, and the mother was about to take her daughter up, but the daughter tugged at her mother's hand and innocently said, "Mom, there are so many people inside."
The people on the count's side have the ability to control ghosts.
Cheng Yungui and Lin Han changed elevators and quickly arrived home. From then on, everything was normal.
Around nine o'clock, Lin Han asked him, "Aren't you going to sleep yet?"
"It's still early." Cheng Yungui continued watching TV.
In fact, Cheng Yungui had prepared to stay up all night and keep watch here. Not long after, the lights in the room went out, and Lin Han went back to his room and got into bed, leaving only Cheng Yungui sitting in the living room.
Cheng Yungui thought Lin Han was asleep, but in the middle of the night, Lin Han woke up and came out, leaning against the door and looking him over:
Are you afraid of me?
“I’m afraid of other people,” Cheng Yungui said, turning off the TV. “I’m afraid they’ll come looking for you.”
After saying that, Cheng Yungui seemed to remember something and smiled slightly at Lin Han:
“If you were my friend, I probably wouldn’t be worried about you. He’s the kind of person who always finds a way to solve problems.”
Lin Han blinked.
On the surface, all is calm; inside, turbulent waves surge.
So, in Cheng Yungui's heart, my image as Lu Mingran is so powerful?
Lin Han suddenly understood why Cheng Yungui had said he was acting strangely that day. It must be because his friend hadn't grasped the essence of imitating Lu Mingran. Yes, that must be it.
They were both lost in their own thoughts when, when they came to their senses, they heard a rustling sound on the ground, as if something was crawling.
Cheng Yungui looked at the ground by the light from the television screen:
spider.
He realized what it was: Julie's Blood Spider!
At the same time, Lin Han also gasped and sent a message to another person:
"Come quickly and help me!"
"Also, little brother, you need to portray me convincingly. Be strong, cool, and give people a sense of security. These are the core qualities of me. Quickly take notes and write them down!"
By now, the blood spiders on the ground had swarmed larger and larger, and it looked like they were about to spin a web and engulf them. Cheng Yungui reached out his hand to Lin Han:
"Come over here."
Lin Han cooperated by pulling his arm over the spider, and the two were forced back into a corner.
Just as Cheng Yungui was about to use his prop, suddenly...
The sound of a chainsaw came from the wooden door of Lin Han's house.
Is another person here? Who was using the chainsaw over there, Earl?
Before Cheng Yun could figure it out, the door had already been sawed open, and with a bang, the door panel collapsed.
Just as the door crashed into the room, crushing a cluster of blood spiders, a person appeared before Cheng Yungui and Lin Han.
A stern face, cold eyes. He held a flaming chainsaw in his hand and wore small leather boots. Perhaps the most striking feature was his open shirt, beneath which his pectoral muscles, drawn with shading powder, were faintly visible.
The man stood at the door, raised his face, and chuckled at Cheng Yungui:
Am I late? Hmm?
Cheng Yungui froze completely.
Lin Han suddenly jumped up excitedly, clapping his hands and saying:
"Wow, is this your amazing friend?..."
Unfortunately, Lin Han had only said a couple of words of praise when Cheng Yungui stepped over on the blood spider and lifted the wooden board of the door.
"Make way, step back a bit."
After politely saying this to the person outside the door, Cheng Yungui single-handedly and stubbornly lifted the wooden board and closed it in its original position.
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The door was effectively closed.
Lin Han looked at the blood-red spider on the ground, then at the rickety door, and for a moment he didn't know whether the blood-red spider was more terrifying or the person outside was more terrifying—judging from Cheng Yungui's stiff limbs, the person outside the door had obviously had a greater impact on him.
In this eerie atmosphere, Lin Han saw Cheng Yungui struggle to free one hand to make a phone call to the person standing right outside the door.
This is what Cheng Yungui said:
"Lu Mingran, you are not allowed to come in until you are dressed like a normal person."
After saying that, Cheng Yungui suddenly remembered that the person in the room was a pickle of everything, and didn't seem to be a normal person.
...In any case, he was at least confident that he could control the person outside.
Finally, a minute later, Lu Mingran knocked on the door and came in.