See the Law of Deception

Chapter 160 The House of Evil Spirits (4)

Looking at these gruesome corpses, Lu Jinzhao thought of the name of this platform.

House of Evil Spirits

"Does this mean that these corpses were once tenants here, treating this place as their home, and that new tenants will be haunted by these corpses that have turned into evil spirits after moving in?"

This possibility only flashed through his mind before Lu Jinzhao rejected it.

It's too simple; it's suitable for a Class D platform, but definitely not a Class A platform.

However, since it is a "house of evil spirits," the things that appear in the house must be related clues, and these corpses must represent some kind of information.

She just doesn't know the true meaning behind it yet.

"Have you found the truth behind the haunted house?" Lu Jinzhao looked at the three corpses: "I hope you don't suddenly start moving in the middle of the night."

She had only this one simple wish.

The room layout is very simple: a small living room and an equally small bedroom. There is no bathroom, but there is a public toilet at the end of the corridor.

There was no white sheet in the bedroom, but there was a simple bed without a quilt, though at least there was a mattress, though it was still covered in dust.

Lu Jinzhao didn't make any simple cleaning preparations. If she were still an ordinary person, she would need to consider where she would sleep at night to replenish her energy. However, after her destiny was elevated, she could "standby" for an exceptionally long time after getting a full night's sleep. At least, she could go three days without closing her eyes.

Sometimes, Lu Jinzhao feels that her body is developing in a "non-human" direction, especially after fusing with the ghost bone. The decrease in her body temperature and heart rate makes her even more detached from the realm of ordinary people.

However, inside the platform, such changes can be considered a good thing.

After checking the room, it was almost time to leave. Lu Jinzhao covered the room with the white sheet again and left.

When the door was opened, everyone else was also standing in the doorway.

It was visibly that their complexions were not good, and among them, Lu Jinzhao was the calmest.

Just by looking at their expressions, you could tell that there were probably "surprises" in the other people's rooms as well.

The group exchanged glances, and finally the eldest spoke first: "I suppose you also have some...not very attractive things in your room?"

Tan Meng's lips twitched slightly upon hearing this: "Auntie, your wording is quite elegant. I'll just be blunt: are there corpses in your room too?"

"Yes." The others nodded, and then Tan Meng suggested, "How about we take a look around the rooms?"

"I don't need it for now, do I?" Autumn unexpectedly refused.

Her refusal drew the attention of others.

"Is there something different about your room than ours?" Tan Meng asked, her eyes wide and her tone seemingly innocent.

Autumn looked rather unwell: "Nothing's different, it's just that I don't want to share anything with you, and I don't need to come into your rooms."

“After all, we don’t know each other, do we?” Her gaze swept over everyone present. “Who knows if you’re good people, or something else entirely?”

She didn't even use the word "bad person," but rather "something else."

A soft chuckle came from Tan Meng's direction. When Lu Jinzhao looked over, she looked indifferent again: "Then those who are willing to exchange can take a look at each other."

"Then call me when you're done watching." Qiu Tian didn't say anything more, turned around and went back to her room, closing the door behind her.

“Strange person,” Tan Meng muttered to herself. “I’d better stay away from them from now on.” “How about we switch places?” she asked.

Perhaps it was Qiu Tian's approach that made people hesitant, because even Aunt Duan became uncertain.

“We were assigned to different rooms. Perhaps the platform wasn’t meant for us to work together,” she said slowly.

"So what do you mean?" Tan Meng blinked, the "you" in her voice carrying a slightly sarcastic tone.

"Perhaps we should wait a little longer," Aunt Duan said after a moment's hesitation. "Let's see."

After meeting these "teammates," Lu Jinzhao remained relatively quiet and went with the flow. Since both of them refused, she naturally followed the choice of the majority.

She could roughly guess what the people who refused were thinking. Perhaps they thought the clues in the room were important, and whoever found the "truth" first was also important, so it was better to keep some of their own unique information rather than exchanging clues from the beginning.

Lu Jinzhao couldn't judge whether this idea was right or wrong, since the difficulty of this mission had not yet been revealed. She just planned to find an opportunity to visit the other people's rooms.

I imagine they would do the same.

Tan Meng's face showed a helpless expression: "Being so timid might not be suitable for surviving as a passenger, you know?"

After saying that, her expression turned indifferent again: "Since that's the decision, let's call Qiutian out and go explore the other floors together."

“If we walk together, we won’t have to worry about anyone sneaking into someone else’s room, right?” she said with a smile, revealing the thoughts in everyone’s minds without hesitation.

Lu Jinzhao had no objections, and her expression remained unchanged. No matter what others said, she would not change her decision.

There was a knock on the door in autumn. When she opened it, she heard Aunt Duan explain that they didn't look at other people's rooms, and a hint of sarcasm appeared on her face.

Lu Jinzhao observed the actions of these temporary teammates from the side, trying to analyze their true thoughts from their words and deeds.

"Let's start with our floor. Since we can't see each other's rooms, it shouldn't be a problem to look at the other empty rooms on this floor, right?" Tan Meng's voice was a little softer than when she was outside the building. Perhaps she was carefully adhering to the rule of "no loud noise."

The others had no objections. They opened the tightly closed doors one by one and found that there was nothing special inside. The rooms were mostly deserted and dilapidated. Occasionally, there would be some broken furniture left in the rooms, but nothing special.

As for the public toilet at the end, its condition was even worse.

"I'd rather find an empty room to relieve myself than come here." Tan Meng frowned, almost pinching her nose. "How come this place still smells so bad after being uninhabited for so long?!"

It's gotten to the point where it's stinging my eyes!
"Maybe they deliberately made it like this to keep us out?" Qiu Tian contradicted her.

As the two bickered and constantly argued, the four of them toured the entire apartment building.

The apartment building had no rooftop or basement, and only six floors in total. As they expected, there was no one else there except for them; it was an abandoned apartment building.

When Lu Jinzhao returned to the third floor with his teammates, the long-silent sheepskin suddenly appeared.

It didn't say anything superfluous, as if it had returned to the beginning, it simply offered a cold choice.

Paying a price to survive

It believes that Lu Jinzhao has once again reached a dead end.

At this very moment, nothing has happened yet.

(End of this chapter)