Weird Regulator

Time passed by minute by second. In the bathroom full of strange smell, the wet Ji Li wrung out his long hair, dipped his fingertips in water and wrote four words on the floor:

"Ghosts are nourishment."

From the relatively safe No. 1414, to the dangerous No. 1413, after experiencing the life and death crisis in the first few minutes, the information obtained is also precious.

Even though the image of the old ghost living alone in the living room blocks the path to full exploration, it still gives a lot of valuable hints to some extent.

Through those keywords full of horror elements, an abstract and complete logical chain is gradually formed.

The relationship between the three parties: the old ghost living alone, the rotting ghost, and the twin female ghosts has been basically confirmed - they nourish each other.

The old ghost who lives alone in No. 1414 uses the hearts of twin female ghosts as nourishment and achieves a certain purpose by swallowing the hearts;

The Festering Ghost No. 1413 uses the blood of twin female ghosts as its nutrients and delays skin ulceration by sucking blood.

In other words, the twin female ghosts are complete providers among this pair of neighbors.

But equally, perhaps in the hearts of these female ghosts, the old ghost and the rotten ghost living alone can also be fed through unknown methods.

However, this method has not been exposed yet.

But the source of everything was caught in Ji Li's heart, and he would basically not make any mistakes again.

The three ghosts nourish each other, which is the biggest secret and the most terrifying truth in rooms 1413 and 1414.

However, this is only the most basic information.

Opening up the layout, the mission of Yu Lao Street is not just a matter of one room or two rooms. Tracing the root cause is the only way to ensure survival.

A leaf knows autumn, from small to big.

Ji Li can definitely use the two rooms where he is located to deduce the origin of the entire Yu Lao Street through some attributes here.

For example, why are there so many ghosts in this building?

There are at least ten supernatural events for ten store clerks, and the number of ghosts is definitely not just ten.

Through the few words of the old ghost living alone on the TV, Ji Li seemed to get an explanation - "Dead people can become ghosts, and ghosts can become nutrients."

The old ghost who lives alone wants to kill Ji Li, and he confirms in his words that he will turn into a ghost after his death and serve as his nourishment.

In previous missions, an iron rule has been emphasized countless times - the conditions for becoming a ghost are extremely harsh.

No matter how strong this old ghost is, he definitely doesn't have this ability.

Then a piece of important information about Yu Laojie has since surfaced - the dead in this building have the ability to turn into ghosts.

And where does this ability come from?

This may be the core thread of this mission, and it is also the only way for the ten clerks to dig out the truth, no matter how difficult it is.

Another example, why can't you speak?

Ji Li looked at Mei Sheng who was so calm and composed in front of him that he was almost numb. At this moment, he no longer doubted the identity of this woman.

The previous move of almost murdering him was entirely to allow him to obtain important information about the Festering Ghost.

At the same time, one detail of Mei Sheng's actions also caught his attention - covering her mouth and shutting up.

The last hidden executive clerk of the seventh branch is Mei Sheng, and the room she wants to live in is Room 1413, which is next to No. 1414.

This pair of strongly related rooms is entangled with two supernatural events that took place ten years apart.

Ji Li can be sure that the information Mei Sheng knows is related to his No. 1414, and there must be more and wider information.

For example, the previous Morse code reminded him that he must remain "silent", or warned him to "escape quickly", which all showed that Mei Sheng, who was in No. 1413, had full control over everything Ji Li experienced in No. 1414. .

This pair of store managers and clerks, who have worked together several times in previous tasks, have been arranged to form a highly related team in this task.

Another example is that after entering the bathroom, Mei Sheng's first action was to "cover his mouth", leaving him in an extremely silent state.

This also reminded Ji Li again of the scene when he met a single female ghost on No. 1414.

In the cramped space under the bed, the female ghost actually "helpfully" blocked his mouth to prevent him from speaking.

One or two coincidences are the embodiment of rules.

Ji Li definitely doesn't think that this is just a rule for rooms 1413 and 1414. After all, although the twin female ghosts are theoretically involved in these two rooms, they should actually be regarded as ghosts outside the room.

In other words, "remain silent" is also a special rule in the entire Yulao Street!

Based on the clues he has so far, Ji Li has come up with three rules of Yu Lao Street, namely:

1. Yu Laojie can turn the dead into ghosts;

2. Ghosts can become nutrients for other ghosts, and their effects depend on the characteristics of different ghosts;

3. Living people can make sounds, but they absolutely cannot speak.

At this moment, Mei Sheng, who had been silent, seemed to have seen that Ji Li's expression had changed, and must have cleared his mind, so he took out an old-style mobile phone from his arms.

This kind of mobile phone is basically no longer produced on the market. Even if you buy it, it is difficult to buy it. It is the kind of non-smart phone that cannot connect to the Internet.

Mei Sheng prepared two mobile phones, which was her habit.

Although on the eve of the mission, a big-eyed doll invaded the group chat, Ji Li asked everyone to deactivate their mobile phones, but Mei Sheng didn't know if she heard it.

When Ji Li took out the spare phone, he frowned at first, but because of the rules, he couldn't speak, so he just took it.

The screen of the old mobile phone is very small and there are not many functions. Mei Sheng opened the text message page with a long message on it.

And this message was actually what she had prepared in advance to tell Ji Li about her experience at No. 1413.

Mei Sheng came to Yu Lao Street at three o'clock this afternoon. According to her own description, the whole building was actually occupied when she came.

Her identity is the distant cousin of the festering ghost No. 1413. Because she came to SM City to work and had nowhere to live, she was forced to live in No. 1413.

There is no need to say more about these backgrounds, and they are also glossed over.

What is really important is the series of experiences after arriving at No. 1413. Between three o'clock in the afternoon and six o'clock when the mission began, she did not encounter a major crisis.

But it was not until 5:57 in the afternoon that Ji Li arrived at the door of No. 1414.

The TV in No. 1413 suddenly rang and began to play a blurry scene.

At the same time, a strange sound appeared in the bathroom, and the faucet began to automatically drain water.

Mei Sheng chose the latter between the two. When she went to the bathroom to check, the water had already filled the bathtub, and at the same time, a figure with festering skin all over his body sank to the bottom of the tub.

When she approached to check, the festering ghost suddenly jumped up and grabbed her into the bathtub, almost suffocating her.

At the same time, at the boundary between life and death, Mei Sheng got the fragmented scene that Ji Li had seen before, but perhaps because of her identity as No. 1413, she got more information.

She saw that the tongue of the festering ghost was cut off while sucking blood in the living room, and he could no longer speak.

When she struggled out of the bathtub, she returned to the living room with strong confusion. The time was just six o'clock in the evening.

The TV showed a gray room with no figures swaying. The layout was very similar to No. 1413, but the direction was opposite. Mei Sheng didn't understand it at that time.

But then, the sound of unlocking was heard from the TV, which was the time when Ji Li entered the room.

At the same time, a female ghost wearing a white suspender dress and disheveled hair flashed through the bedroom door facing the TV.

Follow-up...

Ji Li and the man in black appeared on the screen, conducting cautious and careful tests, and all the scenes were seen clearly by Mei Sheng in a live broadcast.

The TV at No. 1413 could broadcast the movements of No. 1414 throughout the whole process. This connection made Mei Sheng want to test it.

So she began to tap the TV in Morse code and gave a "silence" prompt, because she guessed that the scene of the festering ghost having his tongue cut might indicate some rules.

The situation then continued according to the development of the incident.

When Mei Sheng was watching the live broadcast in the living room, the door of the bathroom was opened, and the festering ghost ignored her, opened the door and went straight to No. 1414.

So, a "warning" was conveyed to Ji Li through the TV.

Mei Sheng herself also fell into deep thought after the festering ghost left, but the live broadcast was cut off from then on, and a strange old ghost appeared instead, looking at her with a terrifying ghost face, and the new ghost's new attack began.

The festering ghost and the solitary old ghost appeared one after another, and the sudden attack caught Mei Sheng off guard and almost killed her.

Until she got into the bathtub, used the properties of the festering ghost to clear the attack of the solitary old ghost, and finally waited for Ji Li to arrive.

This was all Mei Sheng's experience at No. 1413.

After watching it, Ji Li fell into a long silence, but before he looked up, Mei Sheng took the phone, clicked a few times, and pushed it back into his hand.

This time, what entered Ji Li's eyes was a video with very low picture quality and screen recording, which also made him feel cold.

This was a 4-minute video of the hotel mobile phone group chat that Mei Sheng took with a backup phone.

And the content of the video turned out to be the group video recording she connected to the big-eyed doll...