See the Law of Deception

Chapter 167 The House of Evil Spirits (11)

Lu Jinzhao was very concerned about where they had gone, but she had no way to track down the three of them—no, the three ghosts—right now.

"Now I need to find an apartment that is absolutely in my best interest."

"No killing" is absolutely unacceptable, and in Lu Jinzhao's eyes, it's even less important than "No running in the corridor".

In order to switch apartments, she had to go back to her own room.

"Let's try leaving the door open this time."

Make the switching factors more precise.

Thinking this, Lu Jinzhao left Qiutian's room and headed towards her own.

At this moment, she suddenly missed Qin Wan. If Qin Wan were still here, she could use Qin Wan's ability to attach good luck to this moment and switch to the apartment that would be most beneficial to the passengers, right?
In this light, the timing of the train summoning her was quite subtle, just before she had a chance to turn Qin Wan's materials into shadow puppets.
Back in her room, everything was exactly the same as when she left, and Lu Jinzhao encountered no obstacles.

"That's not good."

If the apartment's rules restrict ghosts, then ghosts should be the ones restricting her from changing the rules.

But did the ghost do that?
No.

They may have said some things, but they didn't actually make any strong demands in practice.

Is it impossible?
If it's impossible, then it doesn't seem to fit the level A difficulty.

"That is, they are willing to bear the price and choose not to stop me."

This is both a bad thing and a good thing for the ghost.

"As expected, the train wasn't that kind."

How could it be possible to create a rule that only benefits humanity?
Even though he was aware of this, Lu Jinzhao had no choice but to do it.

She was all alone, with no teammates to help her, so she had to create conditions that were as favorable as possible for herself.

"Let's find a relatively good rule with as few attempts as possible."

It seems that this is the only way.

As a precaution, it's best not to switch apartments now.
Lu Jinzhao had considered it, but still did not make a decision.

This time she didn't close the door, but went into the room and left. When she turned around, the white cloth in the room was unchanged, just like the rules on the first floor.

Afterwards, Lu Jinzhao tested several different details and finally determined that in order for the apartment to change, she had to enter 302, close the door, and then open the door to leave.

Lu Jinzhao changed apartments twice more. During this time, he still did not see the blackboard he had seen before, until the rule on the blackboard was updated to "No loitering outside the room after dark".

At least, this rule ensures her safety at night.

But she also has to go back to 302 at night, after all, she is a tenant here, and she can't just sleep in the corridor instead of going back to her room at night.

Just in case, Lu Jinzhao did not intend to do anything that would betray his identity.

Lu Jinzhao didn't see any of her teammates all day; it was as if they had disappeared.

As time passed and night approached, Lu Jinzhao, who was standing outside the door, suddenly heard a noise.

That came from, from the room in autumn?
How did her missing teammate suddenly return to the room?

The door was opened, and Qiu Tian peeked out from the crack. The first thing she saw was Lu Jinzhao, and then her frantic expression turned into joy.

"Ah, I found you. So you were here."

Then, a sudden noise came from the previously quiet rooms 301 and 303. The doors were opened from the inside, as if the remaining two teammates had also heard Qiu Tian's voice and were about to come out of the rooms. Lu Jinzhao immediately sensed something was wrong. She turned around and went back to 302, decisively closing the door.

With a bang, the door blocked Qiu Tian's joyful expression, blocked the view of the other two teammates who had just opened the door and hadn't had time to come out, and also blocked Lu Jinzhao from feeling the malice that felt like being pricked by needles.

Unlike the previous day, the moment Lu Jinzhao saw her in autumn and uttered those words, an alarm bell immediately went off in Lu Jinzhao's brain.

No, it was even earlier; the moment she noticed movement at Qiu Tian's door, it was already a warning.

However, when Autumn saw her and confirmed her location, the alarm became sharp.

Even with the door closed, Lu Jinzhao could still hear his three teammates talking outside, thanks to the poor soundproofing.

"found it."

"How many times did she change?"

"First, confirm the rules."

This is already an open secret.

God knows he had discovered their identities, so he stopped hiding them.

Although their original attempts to conceal the truth were not foolproof.

Lu Jinzhao extracted useful information from these few sentences of dialogue.

These teammates were clearly unaware of the new rules. They needed to confirm, they were afraid of breaking the rules, and they didn't realize they had switched spaces several times, still using the phrase "found."

Therefore, we can conclude that, at least after she recognized them as ghosts, when she switched spaces, they did not immediately follow her and needed to find her again.

The way to find her is probably the same as how she switches spaces; she needs to go back to the room and open the door again.

In this respect, she has the initiative, but if that's all she has, she's practically invincible. By constantly switching locations, she can make it difficult for her teammates to find her.

Therefore, there must be some huge, potentially fatal trap hidden in the matter of switching spaces.

She heard her "teammates'" footsteps returning from the first floor, overheard their conversation, and listened to their reactions after learning about the apartment building's rules.

They were disappointed, but they didn't seem anxious.

She heard Aunt Duan's voice say, "There's no way she wouldn't come out."

It could mean she had to leave the room and return to the train, or it could mean that staying in the room would also be dangerous.

She had to consider all the possibilities, and the worst was that staying in the room would be dangerous.

So where could the danger come from?

Lu Jinzhao's gaze fell on the three corpses.

Last night, the three corpses showed no reaction, but tonight the situation is different. She has already revealed the fact that her teammates are all ghosts. Will change come?
It was completely dark.

The "teammates" returned to their rooms, and the corridor fell silent.

Lu Jinzhao tried to open the door and enter the corridor. For the first ten minutes outside, she did not experience any discomfort. However, as time went by, she suddenly felt a suffocating, cold, and distorted feeling.

The air seemed to be thinning, the temperature was dropping, and the dimly lit corridor in front of her was becoming distorted, as if it had turned into a twisted mouth, trying to devour her.

Her mind became dull, and so did her body, as if an invisible pressure was pressing down on her. Lu Jinzhao heard the creaking of her bones and realized that she had to go back to her room.

When she re-entered 302, the strange phenomenon suddenly disappeared.

"Is the maximum time limit half an hour?"