Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

666 immediately hugged its small body tightly and roared: 【No way!】

Qi Tong's eyes have lost their light; he's no longer Ultraman.

Sigh, it's really hard to destroy something without props. I must collect more props after I get out of here, Qi Tong thought.

When Qi Tong came out of the room, Ghost Mother was clearing away the dishes. Qi Tong pretended to be sweet and called out to her mother, saying that she would help her clear away the dishes.

The ghost mother smiled, and another piece of skin peeled off her face.

Qi Tong packed up with a forced smile, and while Ghost Mother wasn't looking, he stole a small knife from the corner and hid it in his sleeve.

Then she said she was sleepy and wanted to go back to her room.

The ghost mother's smile widened as she said with a grin, "I knew you couldn't hold out much longer, you little lazybones. Go back now."

Qi Tong nodded and immediately returned to her room, grabbing a roll of tape from the living room on her way back.

She knows exactly where everything is in this house better than her mother does!

Open the wardrobe and start using a knife to slowly pry open the bottom corner of the wardrobe.

Qi Tong was glad that the wardrobe was poorly made and the back panel wasn't very thick; otherwise, with her small frame and the knife, she probably wouldn't have been able to open it.

It took Qi Tong three or four hours to completely open up a square, remove the board, and there was indeed a tunnel-like passage behind it.

Qi Tong narrowed her eyes; everything was just as she had imagined.

The ghost father spyes on his daughter, has perverted thoughts about her, and even sneaks into her room.

She suspected the cabinet that clashed with the room's color scheme at the time.

Now it seems that the cabinet might be because it wasn't heavily made, the materials weren't good, and it was relatively light, making it easier for an adult to push open.

This is why Qi Tong went to great lengths to stretch the wooden board into a square; she was afraid that her ghost father would come back at night and discover a hole when he pushed the cabinet.

That's why I wanted to use tape or something to cover it up, so that at least in a dark environment people wouldn't notice the corner and wouldn't see it for a while.

Qi Tong entered the tunnel, which was also pitch black at the end. Qi Tong approached and touched it; it wasn't a door, but a black cloth.

Lifting the black cloth from below, a bookshelf was blocking the view, but it didn't hold many books; most of the items were decorations. Qi Tong picked up the bottom decoration, which was glued on.

I touched the top one, and it was the same.

This dad is quite cautious; knowing that constantly pushing the cabinet might cause it to fall, he glued it all shut.

Qi Tong peered through the crack at the room's interior; she had never seen this room before.

It must be that next room that's off-limits.

Qi Tong was looking at the furnishings in the room, and the many photos, portraits, and other things of hers hanging on the walls.

You can't see anything beyond the sides; the field of vision is limited, and you can only see part of what's in front of you.

However, it's not hard to see from this part that this room was probably converted from the deceased father's study.

Just as she was trying to see her surroundings clearly, the light from the slit was suddenly blocked by something.

Before she could react, a cloying, sweet smell mixed with rotting flesh and cheap cologne filled her nostrils.

Then she saw the face—it was hanging upside down, drooping from above the bookshelf, as if it had been waiting there for a long time.

The face, covered in blisters, appeared even more distorted due to the upside-down posture.

His lips moved silently, making an exaggerated mouth shape towards the gap: I found you.

[Host's mind has been contaminated - Mental Value -20]

Qi Tong was startled by this sudden scene, immediately lowered the curtain, and ran back to her room.

Lock the door as quickly as possible, then tap the wooden board up.

Before long, the room was knocked on repeatedly.

The ghost father was frantically banging on the door outside, muttering incessantly.

"Xiao Tong, you saw it... Xiao Tong... Open the door... Good girl, open the door... Xiao Tong!"

"You're simply a masterpiece, you know that, Xiaotong! Quick... good girl, open the door for Daddy..."

"If you don't open the door, Dad will get angry..."

【Host… that person outside, his favorability rating is so strange.】(ó﹏ò｡)

"What level of favorability?"

The system shows he has a high level of affection for you, but... but this level of affection feels uncomfortable... it's not the kind of normal liking... it's, it's the kind of liking that makes him want to devour you...

Qi Tong still wouldn't open the door. Each room has its own rules, and she hadn't broken any of them, so even an NPC couldn't do anything to her.

Qi Tong asked 666, "How do you increase your spirit value without any items?"

Sleeping can replenish sanity, and you'll feel sleepy when your sanity is low, but it replenishes very slowly; two hours of sleep only gives you +1 sanity.

"Tsk, does the founder know how terrible this game is?"

After a short while, the sounds outside disappeared.

After a while, the ghost father knocked on the door again, but this time his gentle voice had returned, and he continued to coax Qi Tong to open the door.

Qi Tong refused to open the door, and the eerie creature outside angrily peeled the skin off its cheeks with its hands.

"Don't open... Why won't you open... Xiao Tong is afraid of me... No... Xiao Tong can't be afraid of me... Xiao Tong loves me, Xiao Tong loves me!..."

The ghost father muttered to himself as he left, and then Qi Tong heard arguing again.

However, the argument stopped shortly afterward.

Instead, all I ever heard were those "bang" sounds.

It seems that Ghost Mother didn't cook tonight, nor did she call Qi Tong for dinner, probably because she was in a bad mood.

Qi Tong hadn't left the safe house and didn't know what was going on outside, but judging from her intuition, it certainly wasn't a good situation.

She didn't come out until she went to the bathroom and found that there was no one in the living room and her parents' bedroom door was tightly shut.

The "bang" sounds came from inside. Qi Tong stood at the door for a moment, then went back into the room.

As night fell, Qi Tong sorted out her thoughts. Perhaps due to her low mental energy, she was so sleepy that she slowly fell asleep.

Qi Tong could hear the door being opened and footsteps, and the wardrobe seemed to have been opened as well, but Qi Tong couldn't move or open her eyes. It felt like she was experiencing sleep paralysis.

Qi Tong immediately thought to herself, "666!"

"What's going on? Am I experiencing sleep paralysis?"

[No, host. This is just part of the necessary plot. They're restricting your movements to avoid disturbing you. You'll be fine once the plot is complete.]

After hearing this, Qi Tong felt relieved and continued to sleep.

666 silently complained that he was really carefree.

When Qi Tong woke up, it was just getting light. This time, she could open her eyes and move around.

Qi Tong waited for a while, and when the wardrobe made no sound, she knocked on it, but still no sound came out. Only then did Qi Tong open the wardrobe.

The inside was as normal as usual. Qi Tong opened the hidden compartment. At first glance, she didn't realize what it was.

Several pieces of meat were neatly arranged, with a head placed on top.

The ghost father's face was swollen beyond recognition, but his eyeballs were still there, cloudy and gray, staring straight at her.

A hint of resentment lingered at the corner of his mouth.

She slammed the hidden compartment shut, her back slamming heavily against the wardrobe, her heart pounding.

Password...

Why has her father become all pockmarked?

Qi Tong was startled. It's not recommended to watch something so gory right after waking up.

[Host's mind has been contaminated -5 points]

"Stop lowering the price, stop lowering the price, there won't be any left if you lower it any further."

The little bit I managed to recover from sleeping is gone again.

However, she really didn't expect that her mother would be killed by her father and then divided up. She thought that the couple would eventually come together against her.

Inside this hidden compartment were the head and severed limbs of the ghost father.

Qi Tong closed the book after reading it; looking at this thing too much is upsetting.

It's the third day... she should have finished the game by now.

Qi Tong walked out of the room, holding a teddy bear in her hand, and headed straight for the room that was locked and not allowed to be entered.