Chapter 163: House Of Evil Ghosts
Everyone seemed to have encountered a strange event last night, and these strange events all seemed like some kind of omen.
Ghosts do exist, but for some reason, they only “harass” them, as if there is a barrier blocking them, unable to inflict harm on them immediately.
The ghostly shadow hanging outside the window, the blood hand inside the wall, the bloodstain seeping from the mattress, or the knocking sound outside the corridor.
When it was Lu Jinzhao’s turn, Lu Jinzhao thought for a moment and said, “I actually heard someone calling my name in the corridor. I didn’t dare to open the door to check.”
“So you deliberately said you knocked on our door to probe if we heard the sound outside the door?” Tan Meng immediately said.
“Yes.” Lu Jinzhao nodded, decisively admitting it.
“You’re quite intelligent.” Qiu Tian looked at Lu Jinzhao.
Lu Jinzhao smiled but said nothing more.
“Do you have any plans for today?” The few looked at each other, and Qiu Tian took the lead in suggesting: “I want to go to the first floor and check that blackboard again.”
“Shall we go together?”
“Let’s still go together. If we split up, we might encounter some danger, and the situation of this mission is still unclear.” Lu Jinzhao didn’t speak, and the others had already decided in just a few words.
Then, the three looked at Lu Jinzhao together, asking her opinion with their eyes.
Lu Jinzhao had no objections. Anyway, she wanted to check again herself, but she found it amusing how these teammates settled the matter with just a few words.
They all seemed unwilling to let anyone act alone, wanting to tie everyone together.
Why was that?
Simply because acting alone was dangerous?
Lu Jinzhao followed behind the three, watching their backs with great interest.
Everyone was very careful when moving in the corridor, paying attention not to violate the two “rules” written on the blackboard: prohibiting loud noise and prohibiting running in the corridor, even though they didn’t know what these rules did or what consequences violating them would bring.
It didn’t take long to reach the first floor, and no accidents occurred during that time. Lu Jinzhao walked last. When she walked out of the corridor corner and saw Qiu Tian walking in front, the other had already seen the content on the blackboard, but her complexion was extremely unpleasant.
When Lu Jinzhao followed her gaze to the blackboard, she understood the reason for her unpleasant complexion.
The words on the blackboard had changed.
[Prohibit carrying controlled knives, prohibit breaking into others’ rooms.]
This rule seemed like it was established after something had happened before, with the purpose more like protection rather than restriction.
She thought of the corpses in her room and wondered if they were related to this rule.
“The words on the blackboard can actually change?” Qiu Tian muttered to herself, keeping her volume very low.
“How often do the words above change? And how do they change?”
“Is there a problem with this blackboard itself, or did someone erase the original words and rewrite them?”
Auntie Duan continuously raised several questions, but no one could answer her.
“Do we definitely have to follow what’s written above?” Tan Meng’s expression was dark and unclear, not knowing what they were thinking.
“We definitely do.” Auntie Duan sighed: “Unless you can accept the consequences of violating the rules.”
Tan Meng pursed their lips upon hearing this and said no more.
“Does that mean we can make loud noise and run in the corridor now?” Qiu Tian suddenly asked: “After all, the rules have changed.”
“Unclear. Maybe you can help us test it?” Tan Meng looked at her, with obvious instigation in their tone.
Qiu Tian’s mouth twitched: “Then forget it.”
The few chattered in discussion, but Lu Jinzhao’s mind was not there; instead, she turned her gaze to the surrounding environment.
Although Little Lu’s memory was decent in the past, it was only at the level of an ordinary person. Perhaps the encounter on the train stimulated her, or perhaps after obtaining the fate, she could no longer be considered an ordinary person. Now her memory was so good that even she herself was surprised.
Although the environment on the first floor was still dirty and messy, with the wall surface covered in stains and meaningless graffiti, and the ground full of garbage piled in the corridor, these were no different from when they first entered yesterday, but Lu Jinzhao still remembered.
When Qiu Tian came in yesterday, she should have kicked away the garbage blocking the ground.
But now those garbage that should have been kicked away had returned to their original positions.
Even if someone deliberately restored them, the rotten garbage, after being kicked and shattered into pieces, absolutely shouldn’t have been restored so perfectly.
It was as if no change had ever occurred here.
This was just a small detail. Qiu Tian’s action at the time was also very casual; perhaps even she herself didn’t remember doing such a thing offhandedly. Now, only Lu Jinzhao had noticed this.
“Sure enough, there’s a problem with the room, and the apartment itself has a problem.”
The different handwriting on the blackboard, the apartment restored to its first-day appearance—what did these represent?
There were already many clues, but they still couldn’t be connected into a “truth.”
The truth of the apartment being haunted couldn’t be that someone carried controlled knives into the apartment, broke into tenants’ rooms, and cruelly slaughtered the tenants, right?
This could be a truth, but it couldn’t be the truth of the Class A Platform.
Too simple.
Lu Jinzhao withdrew her gaze. Her teammates were already discussing whether to stay on the first floor and wait for the blackboard to change, but this time Lu Jinzhao didn’t follow the “majority” decision. When the three teammates looked at her again, she shook her head.
“I’m going back to my room.”
As soon as she spoke, her teammates’ expressions changed.
“Little Lu, how can you act alone?” The oldest one first raised an objection. When Lu Jinzhao looked at her, there was confusion in her eyes.
“Auntie Duan, since you’re afraid that acting alone is dangerous, you can stay together. It’s my business if acting alone is dangerous for me; you don’t need to worry about me.”
These words were completely different from her previous silent and compliant appearance. Auntie Duan’s face showed some surprise.
“Little Lu, how can you say that?”
“This platform is very dangerous. More people mean more power; losing one person could lead to serious consequences.”
Tan Meng and Qiu Tian just watched coldly from the side, with no intention of helping Auntie Duan persuade her.
Lu Jinzhao had a polite smile on her face, but while Auntie Duan was still relentlessly persuading her, she completely ignored the other and turned to go upstairs.
This elder, who had always shown a kind face, instantly revealed a downright sinister expression, but in the next instant, hurriedly followed, as if wary of something.
Lu Jinzhao heard the footsteps closely following behind her, and a thoughtful expression appeared on her face.
This person who seemed the kindest gave her the worst feeling.
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