See the Law of Deception

Chapter 169 The House of Evil Spirits (13)

The knocking continued, and the iron door in front of them gradually began to creak under the increasing force.

The rules haven't changed today, and her teammates naturally know that there's no rule against barging into other people's rooms, and this seemingly old iron door is still providing the last bit of protection.

But clearly, it won't last long.

Now, there is only one way to break this deadlock.

Open the door, approach the three teammates, switch apartments, change the rules, and then quickly escape.

They have to confirm the new rules on the blackboard and catch her, while she herself has to start playing hide-and-seek with these three ghosts disguised as humans.

Having made the decision, Lu Jinzhao did not immediately try to open the door.

She was waiting for the door to reach its limit, and she was also thinking about whether it would be more advantageous for her to expose her teammates a little later.
After all, ever since she entered Autumn's room and made it almost public that "I know you're not human," her three teammates stopped pretending.

The thought rolled through Lu Jinzhao's mind before he dismissed it.

She felt that not exposing her teammate's inhumanity was probably not a better choice.

They must have a purpose in disguising themselves as humans. This is a Class A platform, where even Class B "stand-ins" are in danger, so these must be even more dangerous than stand-ins.

Lu Jinzhao believes that both exposing the truth and not exposing it are dangerous, only the way the danger manifests is different.

Considering they were disguised as humans from the beginning, perhaps not exposing them would have made the final predicament even more difficult.

Furthermore, as the platform's level increases, the ghost seems to become more and more like a "human." However, its true nature is still that of a "ghost," and after spending some time with it, one can still see some flaws.

At first, her teammates on the Level A platform didn't allow her to immediately distinguish between humans and ghosts. She wondered what the ghosts on the Death Platform would look like.
As she pondered, the iron gate swayed more and more violently.

The person knocking on the door was incredibly strong. After a series of shakes, the iron door finally gave way and cracked with a cracking sound.

Lu Jinzhao knew she could no longer hide in the house.

"Wait a minute!" she suddenly called out.

The frantic knocking actually stopped.

Lu Jinzhao narrowed his eyes, realizing that the three ghosts outside were indeed different from those he had encountered before. If they were ghosts encountered on a low-level platform, they wouldn't have actually stopped.

Is it because the imitation and disguise of humans are too convincing?
She didn't think too much about it, but simply kept the doubt to herself; now was not the time to consider such things.

The shadow puppet clung tightly to her ankle, ready to carry her away with a single signal. Lu Jinzhao also put the bell on her wrist. By the time they reached the Class A platform, the bell was of little use. Lu Jinzhao didn't expect to use it to defend against ghost attacks; its main function now was to transform her into a "corpse."

When paired with a shadow puppet that carries one's own aura, it's more than enough to confuse ghosts.

Lu Jinzhao believed that no matter how well a ghost disguises itself as a human, or even if it possesses some ability to think, it is still a ghost, following a set of unreasonable and mindless underlying logic.

When the one in front of you loses her "life" and the other "she" runs away, these ghosts will chase after her.

The door was opened.

Sure enough, her three "teammates" were standing outside the door, blocking the exit completely. Their bodies were pressed tightly together, almost touching the door. As soon as the door opened, they peered in, their faces peering out.

If Lu Jinjin didn't have shadow puppets, he would be lucky to escape this room today, if not dead.

Fortunately, she had already peeled off a layer of her own skin, so she didn't need to peel it off today.

The three people outside the door instantly transformed their cold expressions into three feigned expressions of concern the moment the door opened. But this concern was even more unsettling than their previous coldness. However, before they could utter a word of "concern" for Lu Jinzhao, they realized that the person standing before them seemed rather strange.
From the moment she put on the bell, Lu Jinzhao was already incredibly close to being "dead." Unlike before, she didn't even need a process. Her body, already altered by the ghost bone entering her, was practically indistinguishable from a corpse the moment she put on the bell.

The good news is that she doesn't seem to be developing rigor mortis anymore.

It was this "corpse" state that caused the three teammates outside the door to be momentarily confused. Then, Lu Jinzhao controlled the shadow puppet to run quickly from the three people's feet toward the door!

The target was the stairwell.

The next instant, just as Lu Jinzhao had predicted, the heads of the three "people" all turned toward the shadow puppet. Lu Jinzhao even heard a few sounds like bones breaking. Then, the three hypocritical and concerned faces turned ferocious after realizing that their "prey" had escaped.

They ignored Lu Jinzhao, who was standing right in front of them, and instead chased after the shadow puppet.

"He really is a brainless idiot," Lu Jinzhao sighed, watching his retreating figure.

"It's hardly any better than sheepskin," she said deliberately.

【? 】

Even Yangpi, who had deliberately avoided communicating with her, couldn't help but speak up at this moment.

What are you comparing me to?

What does it mean to be "not much better"?

【hehe】

It's okay, you won't be much better off than them soon!

"Not going to keep pretending to be aloof anymore?"

【Can't understand. 】

[A dying person can't even speak human language anymore?]

Lu Jinzhao raised an eyebrow, stopped talking to the sheepskin, and watched as her three "teammates" were lured into the stairwell by the shadow puppets. She then decisively stepped out of the room, took down the bell, and summoned the shadow puppets back.

The bell can only be used for ten minutes, so she has to be careful with her money.

The shadow puppet is a physical object, and returning requires a process. At the moment she left the house, the apartment space had already changed again, but the shadow puppet was considered part of her, so it also switched to the new apartment with her.

But the three teammates who were chasing after the shadow puppet disappeared at that moment.

They would probably catch up quickly after one spatial shift, so Lu Jinzhao had to go back into the room and open and close the door several more times.

During this time, she confirmed that the room had not been "refreshed".

Even though it's a new apartment, the room is still bright red, and the door is badly damaged, as if it would collapse if kicked again.

The "302" in every space has been compromised. Tonight, something will probably come out of the wall, and the room will no longer be safe.

But Lu Jinzhao doesn't have time to think about what to do at night; she has to get through this "hide-and-seek" during the day first.

Switching spaces is just a matter of opening and closing doors a few times; she'd better find a "rule" that's advantageous for her survival during the day.

　There are still some today, it should be before 12 o'clock.

　　(End of this chapter)