Chapter 193: Taoist Mao
Chapter 193: Taoist Mao
Luo Xi also took out his mobile phone and looked at the chat history in the group.
"Yeah, I'm right. There must be something wrong with Ke Lan. Also, Guo Zening is not normal. Look at what he posted. He said he was separated from the others and asked us to rescue him. He was with Ke Lan, Wu Rui and the others. Wait, if there was something wrong with Ke Lan, he wouldn't have said Guo Zening was missing. But why didn't Wu Rui and the others mention it?"
Fatty Qian looked puzzled.
The chat content in the group is a mess, and some of the sentences are incoherent.
At this moment, a group member named 'Mingming' sent a message.
"Be careful, there's a ghost in the group!"
Just posted, this is the only one.
Someone asked what that meant, but the other party didn't continue speaking.
"Fatty, stop looking at your phone. There really is a ghost in there." Luo Xi said at this time.
To him, the people in other groups were actually just pawns he used to test the scene.
The current situation was not beyond Luo Xi's prediction.
"Is there something fishy in the phone?" Fatty Qian was stunned, then he reacted: "You mean I understand, I understand!"
It was only then that Fatty Qian noticed Yu Xiaoru beside Luo Xi.
He was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Isn't this the little beautiful Yu? Long time no see. Why are you alone? Where is the beautiful An? Oh, and your aunt..."
"It's Aunt Qin, but she's dead. If you want to see her, you can only wait until the next cycle day." Yu Xiaoru said indifferently.
Luo Xi looked at her: "What did you encounter after you came in? Why didn't you leave?"
"Get out? Not to mention that it's impossible. Even if it could be done, we didn't have such plan at that time. Oh, by the way, there is one thing I want to remind you. I guess you have also noticed that there are ghosts in this building who can replace some of us silently, and completely unnoticeable." Yu Xiaoru reminded at this time.
"Well, Luo Ju had indeed seen through it a long time ago, so he sent away all the people who might cause problems, and those who were left are all trustworthy." Fatty Qian looked proud and showed off.
"What will these ghosts do next? Also, where do the replaced people go? I guess it's not death." Luo Xi said at this time.
Yu Xiaoru nodded: "You guessed right, but it's not difficult to guess this, because that kind of replacement is too unbelievable and almost imperceptible, so correspondingly, the replaced person will not die, because if he died, the mechanism itself has a problem. We all know that the level scene will not really block all the ways to survive, there will always be one way left."
Luo Xi smiled and said, "The one who was replaced among you, isn't it you?"
Yu Xiaoru blushed suddenly.
"You even noticed this?"
"You said it yourself, because I was just guessing and speculating, but your tone was saying a definite conclusion, which means that you can be sure of this matter, so it is most likely that you are the one who was replaced. Otherwise, how would you know?"
"Yes, yes, yes, you are right. I didn't know what was going on at all. I just felt dazed and ended up in another place. Guess where I was?" Yu Xiaoru had a provocative look on her face, meaning that if you can guess it, I'll kowtow to you.
"In a certain room?" Luo Xi asked.
"." Yu Xiaoru's eyes widened: "Have you been here before?"
"No, this is the first time. So, you may have another identity, that's why Sun Guoguo thinks you are her mother. Then, the ghost who replaced you is probably Sun Guoguo's mother!"
"Huh? This, is really possible." Yu Xiaoru recalled, and then suddenly realized that it was probably matching some of the things she had encountered before.
Luo Xi was able to make this judgment, in addition to his observation and analysis, but also based on the "note" that someone secretly gave him at the beginning, which read "Be careful, there is a ghost, identity, hide and seek".
The word "identity" happens to confirm what Yu Xiaoru experienced.
Here, 'identity' can be temporarily replaced.
I just don't know what this replacement mechanism is.
It could be that they touched certain specific objects, or were secretly marked by some ghosts, or it could be a simple "calling mechanism" without any preset conditions, and whoever was called out was purely out of bad luck.
This possibility is not impossible. On the contrary, Luo Xi thinks it is very likely.
Because only this possibility can explain the actual situation that so many people who had recalled came in before, but no one could leave.
Regardless of experience or ability, they will be replaced under the mandatory 'roll calling mechanism'.
"If this roll call mechanism is implemented in the 'Night', then every night, a number of vacancies will be generated until all people have been checked. In this way, even Fatty Qian and Brother Mao may be replaced."
Luo Xi looked up at the two of them at this time.
I can't see any problem visually.
But just because it can’t be seen for the time being doesn’t mean there are no problems.
But the question is, if the replacer and the replaced person look the same, and even have the same memories, how can they be distinguished unless there are things like scars, birthmarks, tattoos on the left and right sides of the body that can be used to distinguish them?
If we continue to reason along this line, the Yu Xiaoru in front of him now may not be the 'real' one.
Maybe, it was also a 'evil ghost' in disguise.
I don't know the principle of evil spirit replacement, so I can't even test it. I can only pretend to be ignorant for the time being.
This feeling is very unpleasant. First of all, I can no longer trust anyone around me. In addition, it is certain that if this replacement continues for too long, it will be very troublesome.
You may even be eliminated due to timeout.
"Wait a minute, timed hide-and-seek, this seems to be another form of 'hide-and-seek'. What will happen if the person being replaced finds the replacement? According to the rules of hide-and-seek, the identities will be exchanged. Could it be that the hint on the note given by that person, the so-called 'hide-and-seek', actually refers to this?"
"That is to say, if someone is replaced, the person being replaced needs to find another self as soon as possible so that they can switch back to their original identity!"
Luo Xi finally understood the true meaning of 'hide and seek' here.
At the same time, it proved another thing, that the Yu Xiaoru in front of him was real. Because if she was assumed to be a "pretender", then there was no need for her to say to him that "some ghosts in the building can be replaced by us".
Saying this would not do her any good, but would only increase her suspicion.
"Also, the person who is replaced follows the same rules as the hide-and-seek game played by children. After being replaced, the ghosts here cannot distinguish them. The fact that Sun Guoguo mistook Yu Xiaoru for her mother is the best evidence."
These clues were now connected together by Luo Xi.
"Every word on the note is important."
"Be careful, there's a ghost, identity, hide and seek."
"Of these four words, the last three refer to almost the same thing, which means that the first word 'be careful' also means the same thing as the other three. It means that if the time is exceeded after being replaced, there will definitely be danger, so it reminds you to be careful."
These thoughts flashed through Luo Xi's mind.
"We have to hurry!"
Luo Xi immediately went upstairs.
If, as he speculated, being replaced by a ghost is a 'calling mechanism', then no matter who it is, they will definitely be called out. If you are unlucky, you will be in the first round, and if you are lucky, you will be in the last round.
But in fact, luck cannot be defined in this way, because if Luo Xi was called in the first round, he would be able to understand the rules of the matter at the first time. But if he was called in the last round and did not get any advance hints and clues, it might be too late by the time he reacted.
Right now, Yu Xiaoru doesn't know the whereabouts of the 'hypnotist', and can't find anyone else for the time being. This direction is at a stalemate, so she has to find another way and take another path.
That is to understand the rules of this level scene.
The more the better.
This is the only way to gain insight into all the mechanisms.
Luo Xi wants to go to the fifth floor to find the "Mao Gate" mentioned by the child ghost Zhang Hao.
However, although he was in a hurry, Luo Xi did not forget to observe the situation on each floor.
For example, graffiti on the wall and even some small advertisements posted are within his observation range.
Memory and comparison are like a computer with super high computing power, constantly analyzing.
So much so that Luo Xi had no time to speak. He was extremely silent at this moment, with no expression on his face except for a pair of bright and deep eyes. He looked like a piece of ice.
With his aura, Yu Xiaoru didn't dare to say a word, and Fatty Qian also remained silent. Brother Mao was a man of few words.
Four people went up to the fifth floor.
Luo Xi began to look door to door.
Zhang Hao said that "Maomen" was a kind of identification. Since most of the house numbers in this shabby place had fallen off, that thing essentially didn't exist. It could only be identified through some other features, like the Wuyou Restaurant before, which had a sign on the door that was very eye-catching.
It's here too.
Luo Xi saw a sign that said 'Haircut 10 Yuan'.
But after searching around, I didn't find any door with the word "卯" written on it.
"Mao means rabbit, look for the rabbit symbol!"
Luo Xi continued to look.
Still not.
But he finally found it, but it was not based on the words and the rabbit pattern.
But, the material of the door.
Almost all the doors on this floor are iron security doors, with only one having a wooden door.
And 'Mao' has the attribute of 'wood'.
"It's so simple!" Luo Xi himself found it a little unbelievable, because the person who said 'Mao Men' was a child. If it was an old man or something, Luo Xi might have thought of the five elements long ago.
Knock on the door.
At the same time, Luo Xi turned his head and looked at Fatty Qian.
He suddenly remembered one thing.
Can the Ghost Disguiser use card rings and card books?
Logically speaking, it is not possible.
That thing belongs to the power of the card. The evil spirit can disguise its appearance and read memories, but it should be impossible to copy the abilities of the card ring and card book.
Therefore, this should be one of the ways to distinguish whether someone is a pretender.
The reason I thought of this is that if the door cannot be pried open later, I will have to ask Fatty Qian if he has a card like [Lock Picking].
But the next moment, the wooden door opened.
The room was quite bright, and there was a smell of incense. At the same time, a big white rabbit wearing a Taoist robe appeared.
Luo Xi thought he had seen it wrong.
My first reaction was, is this rabbit a spirit? How come it is so big?
Estimated to be about 1.4 meters tall, he looked like a big white rabbit walking upright. He was wearing a Taoist robe and glasses that showed that he was severely myopic. At this moment, he was tilting his head and looking at Luo Xi.
(End of this chapter)