See the Law of Deception

Chapter 170 The House of Evil Spirits (14)

Upon reaching the first floor, Lu Jinzhao saw a sign on the blackboard that read: "No loud noises, no running in the hallways, and no leaving trash in the rooms within this apartment building."

"Building 1?"

"I'm back?"

This was undoubtedly the rule she most wanted to achieve, but Lu Jinzhao never expected that she would actually achieve it.

"Could it be that Qin Wan is secretly helping me change my luck?" Of course, that's impossible, after all, Qin Wan isn't that powerful.

However, Lu Jinzhao was unaware that after Qin Wan learned that Lu Jinzhao was the only passenger in Yuncheng, she changed her luck.

"So it turns out I can go back to my old apartment."

That means that the different spaces that can be switched by entering and exiting 302 exist, and her teammates need to keep switching between these spaces to find her.

She hadn't switched to the familiar rules before, so she couldn't confirm this and could only consider jumping between different spaces to avoid it. But now that she knew this, Lu Jinzhao thought that at least during the day, she should try not to jump anymore.

Even though she only owns a little over ten apartments now, the unspoken rules she hasn't fully figured out and her sense of crisis make her unwilling to move to more places.

Moreover, the rule of "no running in the corridors" is already a sufficiently favorable condition.

"You can't stay on the first floor."

When her teammates were looking for her, they would definitely stop by the first floor to confirm the rules. After thinking about it, Lu Jinzhao decided to stay on the fourth floor.

“Even if we search them one by one, there are more than a dozen apartment buildings. If we don’t have a way to locate me immediately, it will take a while.”

On her way to the fourth floor, she also took a look at room 302. The room layout was the same as she remembered, but even room 302 in building 1 was still covered in bloodstains.

"This is really bad."

The sense of crisis in her heart grew stronger, and the thought of having to return to her room at night gave Lu Jinzhao a headache.

She left the shadow puppet in the corner of the third-floor corridor, while she hid on the fourth floor. Although the little ghost had no self-awareness, it was like a useful tool, giving her hints when she discovered ghosts. And due to its special mechanism, unlike other fates where the "release" time was limited, as long as the shadow puppet was not destroyed, she could even keep it near her as a warning.

The prerequisite is that one's "consciousness" is clear and one can command and control this shadow puppet.

When she falls into a coma or is not fully conscious, the shadow puppet cannot move on its own.

However, her teammates found her even faster than Lu Jinzhao had anticipated.

"I can feel her." Hiding outside the stairwell door, Lu Jinzhao heard a faint sound coming from below.

"She's right here, in this building."

"How did she get back here?"

"It's okay, she can't escape."

"I'll go to the first floor."

As they talked, two sets of footsteps walked upstairs.

They didn't even bother to check anywhere else before heading straight for the fourth floor.

The situation worsened further. The apartment building only had one stairwell, and no matter where Lu Jinzhao stayed, she would face the risk of being surrounded by ghosts if she was found. However, she was unwilling to stay on the 3rd floor and would immediately switch spaces if she was discovered.

That might be a shortcut; as long as she keeps switching spaces, she will never be caught. But such a "good thing" is just an even more terrifying trap in the platform.

She'd rather take a gamble herself, and only try this method as a last resort if all else fails.

The footsteps drew closer, and Lu Jinzhao silently manipulated the shadow puppet upwards, while she herself put on the bell.

Sure enough, as the shadow puppet's aura reached the top floor, two heavy footsteps also passed by the fourth floor where she was, continuing upwards.

Lu Jinzhao did not feel relaxed because of this; this was just the beginning of this game of "hide-and-seek." However, she did not expect that when she was about to control the shadow puppet to take the two ghosts to the third floor to pretend that she was going to switch spaces again, a pale human face suddenly emerged from behind the iron door of the corridor.

"found it."

That was autumn's face, smiling, its two eyes curving in the same direction, like a mask mimicking a human. What's going on?!

Lu Jinzhao's pupils dilated slightly, and he suddenly took a step back.

"You really did hide."

Two footsteps came downstairs.

"fake."

"I've been scammed."

"But it does not matter."

"We've caught her."

With each word spoken, footsteps slowly drew closer.

Lu Jinzhao realized that the ghost in front of him had never gone to the first floor; it was lying to him too.

These ghosts, having been fooled by shadow puppets once, have actually learned their lesson.

tricky.

It's more challenging than ever before.

This is the first time Lu Jinzhao has encountered a ghost with such a strong learning ability.

Instead of checking the rules first, they came to arrest themselves?!

Lu Jinchao's eyes sharpened, realizing that the plan had to be changed.

So instead of retreating, she quickly stepped forward, kicked open the half-closed door, and ran downstairs!

However, no matter how fast she moved, Qiu Tian reached out and grabbed her!

In that instant, Lu Jinzhao felt as if her arm had been gripped by an eagle's claws, and five fingers were like cold vises embedded in her arm. Even though she was much stronger than an ordinary person, she still couldn't budge her arm in the slightest in the hands of the ghost!
But the next second, Lu Jinzhao transferred the attack to the shadow puppet. The shadow puppet, which was running wildly toward Lu Jinzhao, made a sizzling sound on its left arm as if it were being burned, and then gradually dissolved.

At this moment, autumn seemed to have grasped something hot and suddenly let go, then looked at its hand with a puzzled expression.

The moment Lu Jinzhao let go, she ran towards the third floor. Once the ghost discovered her whereabouts and was no longer misled by the shadow puppet, all she could do was try her best to maneuver around the ghost in the corridor and switch spaces within a very short time.

"I originally intended to avoid switching as much as possible, but it seems that's not going to happen now."

This time, the platform didn't leave her much room to take things slowly; she could only react to each situation as it arose and act according to circumstances.

I ran up to the third floor, heard footsteps chasing me from behind, looked at the long corridor on the third floor, and then looked at room 302 right next to the corridor and sighed.

"So, is there another reason why the room was arranged here?"

Extremely close to the stairwell entrance, even with a "No running in the corridor" sign, the room's layout didn't leave her much room to maneuver.

After all, the end of the corridor is a dead end.

"But it's not entirely hopeless."

The footsteps behind me were getting closer.

Lu Jinzhao ran into the third floor, passed 302, but did not go in. Instead, he ran towards the end of the corridor!

Her teammates, who were following behind her, had already entered the third floor. Lu Jinzhao could hear those heavy footsteps, which were particularly noticeable in the quiet and narrow corridor.

They didn't look at the rules, but they followed every single one of them, so they were simply walking down the corridor.

Even if you walk, you'll reach the end of this road very quickly, in less than a few minutes.

Death is approaching.