A ghost storyteller can lose his life but cannot lose his job

Chapter 136 Friend, would you like to take out a loan to pick up the car?

One coolie can provide parts for four cars. Even if we subtract the rearview mirror just obtained from Lin Youlan's car, there are still three parts left. There are a total of six coolies on the scene. According to the average value, there should be more than a dozen car parts, right?

It was a torrential rain today. This tunnel is not on the highway, and there is almost no traffic in the nearby villages and mountains, so the only car passing through the tunnel today was probably Lin Youlan's. Those dozen or so car parts definitely could not have been obtained today.

In other words, the coolie in the tunnel and the related strange stories definitely originated before this rainstorm and are a long-standing strange story.

As for the incidents related to the tunnel, there has been no mention in the news, ghost story forums, or the Ghost Story Bureau, which shows that there are almost no survivors in this ghost story.

At the same time, this strange story also comes with the ability to erase "traces".

If someone dies in the tunnel, people or things related to it in the outside world will forget the existence of the deceased. This can explain why this strange story has not been eliminated or marked by the Bureau of Strange Stories.

It's tricky stuff enough.

Zhong Xie placed the four looted parts on the back of the car, and then put the coolie, who was unwilling to have his things stolen, back to the ground.

However, the coolie showed a spirit of perseverance and insisted on getting on the car and taking back the parts that belonged to him, which eventually led to him and the parts being placed on the back seat of the car.

Zhong Xie casually pulled out the wire from the twin ponytails of the recording number and tied up the coolie tightly. The coolie screamed in anxiety and even spoke human language.

"You...can't...steal the wealth that belongs to me." The coolie managed to force out these words.

Zhong Xie looked at the coolie through the mirror with great interest. He read a key message from the coolie's increasingly rich facial expressions.

This coolie is not a naturally occurring monster.

Rather, they are monsters evolved from humans. They might have originally been people in the car. After mistakenly entering the tunnel, the coolies took away all the vehicle parts. Then they became the same strange creatures, busy running around for their own vehicles.

At this moment, because he did something beyond the rules, the coolie's humanity was revived in his anxiety.

Perhaps when the rules were formulated, the game maker did not think that someone could stay in the car and snatch parts from the coolie, and that his physical fitness could overwhelm the coolie who had the ability to "copy and imitate".

That would be interesting.

So Zhong Xie tried to communicate with him and further stimulate the coolie's humanity through events outside of the "rules".

"This is not your wealth, but mine, because I snatched it, just like you snatched it from that car." Zhong Xie spoke righteously and used justice to safeguard his legitimate rights and interests.

The coolie shook his head: "No, I push the cart for them, and the wealth is mine."

"Pushing the cart is not the service they need. You are just forcing them to buy and sell, and you used violence when snatching the parts. You are no different from me." Zhong Xie continued, further establishing the legitimacy of his actions.

The coolie remained silent for a long time, as if he was thinking, or as if he was trying to understand the meaning behind Zhong Xie's words.

It seemed that the long-standing law-abiding spirit in human nature revived his consciousness of following the rules, so Kuli Weng continued to say along with Zhong Xie's words: "This is the rule, I just act according to the rule."

"I am also acting according to my own rules. You see, you have not been punished, and neither have I. This shows that our actions have been recognized and approved." Zhong Xie said with a smile. He used the current situation to defeat the coolie, so he whispered softly beside the coolie.

"Since I can steal your parts because I'm stronger than you, then you can also steal parts from weaker people, right? Compared to pushing a cart, it's easier to steal parts from other coolies, right?"

"The parts you get from pushing the cart will be taken away by me, which means your labor will not be rewarded. In this case, why don't you just rob others of their parts?"

After these words were spoken, Zhong Xie could clearly see that the bound coolie seemed to have gained enlightenment. A strange light flashed in his eyes, and his gaze towards the other coolies became full of aggression.

Zhong Xie is not sure whether "swinging the knife at the weaker ones" is part of human nature, but in any case he has made some interesting changes to the game.

As long as you don't play by the rules, it's fun to play anyway.

Then, while he was untying the coolie he had transformed with a few words, he asked him, "Which way should we take? Tell me, or I will tell the other coolies about your plan in advance."

Under Zhong Xie's threat, the coolie told everything he knew without much thought.

If you choose the wrong fork in the road, the tunnel will become smaller and the oxygen will gradually become thinner, but the road ahead will not be completely blocked because the people in the car need to constantly make choices and choose the direction of the fork in the road.

As long as he continued to choose the right forks in the road, he would be able to leave the tunnel safely. Unfortunately, when Zhong Xie asked him if he had seen any vehicles leaving, he only got a negative answer.

All the people who strayed into the tunnel that the coolie had seen in the past died in the endless tunnel forks, and there would be no change even if the vehicle kept driving until the energy was exhausted.

And for the people in the tunnel, once the energy is exhausted it means the end.

A car that has run out of gas and electricity will stop by itself, and after stopping it will trigger the coolie's cart behind the vehicle, and the coolie's cart will collect rewards until the entire car is completely dismantled by the coolie.

In the tunnel, once you lose your vehicle, it means that you will be transformed into the same coolie.

Although the coolies had never seen anyone or any coolie leave the tunnel alive, they all believed that it was because the others and the coolies were not trying hard enough.

As long as they work hard to build their own car, they will be able to successfully leave the tunnel. This thought exists continuously and forever in the minds of all the coolies and has never changed.

Zhong Xie did not get any particularly useful information from this coolie. He only knew that it was not easy to leave the tunnel and that there was a second fork in the road ahead.

At his signal, the untied coolie slowly walked down the recording room, and just by moving his broad and powerful feet that were suitable for pushing a cart, he caught up with the other coolies.

Like a ghost, this coolie used his great courage to snatch the parts from the other coolies and hid them all behind his back.

Through the mirror, Zhong Xie also discovered that the backs of these coolies were like dimensional portals, with other spaces hidden inside, which could hold most of the vehicle parts, leaving only a small corner exposed.

Seeing the other three coolies becoming angry because of the robbery, the four coolies immediately started fighting in a chaotic manner, allowing Zhong Xie in the car to have a good look at the excitement.

"What are you doing? Have you made up your mind about the choice at the fork in the road?" Lin Youlan also saw the chaos among the coolies through the rearview mirror. She felt that Zhong Xie was like the legendary demon concubine who could cause unrest with just a few simple words, but now was not the time to do such a thing.

She had already seen the consequences of choosing the wrong fork in the road. Based on the reduction in the ratio last time, if they chose the wrong fork in the road this time, they might face a crisis.

In this short period of time, the three people in the back car were looking for some clues to determine the fork in the road, but they were far from the answer Lin Youlan wanted.

There is almost no difference between the left and right forks, and there are no other signs along the way. This choice is like simply flipping a coin, and the probability of being right or wrong is 50-50. Both are also the situations that give ghost stories the most headaches.

At present, there is too little information available. Lin Youlan is not good at this kind of rule-based weird story that relies more on the brain. She can only stick her head out and look for help at Zhong Xie on the recording number.

Zhong Xie was concerned about the battle between the coolies. Through the reflection of the mirror, he clearly saw that there seemed to be a gaseous liquid dripping from the tunnel above his head. He followed the coolies' footprints all the way until he found the four coolies fighting.

These gloomy auras poured down and instantly submerged the four coolies, completely dissolving them and erasing all traces.

Those who rebel against the rules are likely to be doomed to eternal damnation, how sad.

Zhong Xie on the recording number shrugged, expressing a faint protest and dissatisfaction with the forced intervention of the ghost story.

It looks like the problematic strange creature has been physically eliminated.

Provoking a riot among the coolies will not solve the tunnel problem. The mutual attacks among the coolies violate the invisible rules set by the ghost story. Once such a situation occurs, it will trigger the ghost story's erasure mechanism.

Of course, it was the coolie who was wiped out, not the participants like Zhong Xie, which further deepened Zhong Xie's stereotype that the "rule-followers" were rigid in their work.

However, after this little farce, Zhong Xie basically figured out two things.

Among the coolies, violently stealing other coolies' vehicle parts is prohibited by implicit rules.

The main body of the tunnel ghost story may be hidden in the mountain above. Similarly, the idea of breaking the deadlock may also be in the mountain above.

On the other side, Zhong Xie looked at the fork in the road ahead and said loudly to Lin Youlan, "There are no coolies behind your car. You can stop and take a look."

Upon hearing this, Lin Youlan looked at the rearview mirror and indeed, there was no ghost behind the car, so she stopped the car with confidence.

This strange "no parking" restriction was enforced by the coolies' forced pushing of carts, so now that the coolies are gone, parking is naturally possible normally.

If it was a clear rule weird message that appeared in her mind, with the words "No Parking" displayed on it, Lin Youlan would definitely not listen to Zhong Xie to park the car, because clear rules are the dead line in the rule weird and must be followed.

This kind of clear rule of the dead line means that the rule contains content related to "death". It is a very rare fatal rule and will not be encountered under normal circumstances.

Most of the time it is like this now, using "implied" form rather than "explicit" form, and ensuring the normal operation of the rules through restrictions. For example, the coolie is the guarantee for the operation of the "no parking" rule.

So Lin Youlan stopped the car, and Xiao Yuan in the back seat tried to open the door, but still failed. It seemed that the door of this car was really welded.

However, the people in the car were not completely trapped, because they could go in and out through the windows. Unfortunately, no one dared to go directly out through the windows.

Normal vehicles are different from Zhong Xie’s recorded number. It is impossible to move in the tunnel while maintaining the posture of controlling the recorded number.

The car stopped and Lin Youlan took a look at the remaining battery power. The car could probably drive about another ten kilometers.

Normally, it would be enough to pass through the tunnel, but this tunnel was much longer than expected. Even though Lin Youlan was very nervous, she began to worry whether she could find a way to leave before the limited power ran out.

As for Zhong Xie, he ignored Lin Youlan who was parking. His twin-tailed recording car did not consume energy, but its disadvantage was that it could not be parked normally unless the fat pig meat and blood in the tape compartment was taken out.

But it was useless because there were two coolies behind his car.

When he noticed this, Zhong Xie also discovered that the wire that had been pulled out from the twin ponytails had grown out again and did not cause any damage to the recording number.

This recording number runs on the flesh and blood of fat pigs, and also acquires the fat pig's hyperplasia characteristics?

While Lin Youlan stopped the car and watched her go, Zhong Xie randomly chose a fork in the road. Since Lin Youlan had chosen the left before, he now chose the right and controlled the recording number to walk into the right fork in the road.

"Wait here for a while. I'll go ahead and scout the way. You can follow me later."

Zhong Xie said to Lin Youlan that he had no idea about the choice of the fork in the road for the time being. To be more precise, he didn't think that the choice of the fork in the road would make any change to the outcome.

The coolie has already said that he has never seen any creature successfully leave the tunnel.

There are two possibilities. One is that Coolie's memory of the creatures leaving the tunnel has been erased. Zhong Xie believes that the ghost story has the ability to do this, but he does not believe that the ghost story has the need to do so.

Wouldn't it be better to keep the memory of "leaving" to make the coolies more willing to work as coolies?
Another possibility is that the choice of fork in the road is not important at all, and the key to breaking the rules lies elsewhere.

After Zhong Xie entered the fork in the road and drove for about ten meters, he clearly felt that the fork in the road had narrowed again. The lane was now barely one car wide, and the recording number had no room to turn at all.

However, before he could explore the mountain above, Zhong Xie noticed that Lin Youlan's car followed them. After asking, he learned that a new coolie appeared behind Lin Youlan's car, and it seemed that new coolies were dispatched as coolies to push the cart.

Since the coolie reappeared, Lin Youlan could only follow Zhong Xie's recording number, but Zhong Xie didn't get any useful information at the moment...

Wait, the coolies will make replenishments?
Is this useful information?
So Zhong Xie changed his idea. He grabbed the twin ponytails and pulled the recording number's head backwards, looking through the rearview mirror at the two coolies following his car.

He handed over the wire that he had used to tie up the coolie, and asked with a smile:

"Friend, would you like to borrow money to buy a car? We have low interest rates for new customers, and we have even more benefits for new customers, brother."

If instigating violent robbery doesn't work, then try a more civilized method. After all, Camel Xiangzi can be "refreshed" endlessly and you can play again.

(End of this chapter)