Chapter 061 Horror Mashup (16)
"Brother, the boss is not neutral! She is either helping the ghost, or... she is the ghost!" Xie Chi's heart sank to the bottom.
The boss asked where the fat man was in the live broadcast room. As soon as the fat man said that, the ghost immediately changed direction.
Xie Chi had heard the sound of the fat man's head hitting the wall before, and knew the fat man's approximate location. Now the ghost was clearly heading in the direction of the fat man.
Xie Chi also wondered if it was a coincidence, but the footsteps of the female ghost in her ears exposed her mentality.
The ghost girl's footsteps were light and hesitant. They were light because she wanted to conceal her presence and not scare away her prey; they were hesitant because she was not sure where they were, so she kept observing and searching to identify them.
Now the ghost girl's footsteps were urgent, without any pause, as if she was sure that the fat man was there. Moreover, the instructions given by the fat man were too clear. Although the ghost girl could not pass through the wall, she must be familiar with the maze map. The fat man turned left at all the forks in the road. It was too easy to find him. It was only a matter of time before he found him.
Looking back now, the boss asked Fatty to turn on the split screen because she wanted to know where they were through the live broadcast room. When she saw that this trick didn't work, she immediately tricked Fatty into revealing his location in the barrage.
Xie Chi remained calm.
It doesn’t matter whether the boss is the female ghost who is playing hide-and-seek with them now. What matters is that there is a problem in the live broadcast room and the camera in the live broadcast room will expose their whereabouts.
But the rules of the game require them to broadcast the entire process of hide-and-seek live.
Xie Chi's mind flashed.
The requirement for full live broadcast is actually very ambiguous. In order not to expose information, he can even kick the boss out of the live broadcast room directly.
But he didn't want to do that.
The clue of the short film is "too clever, too smart", but what is "clever" and what is "clever" is no longer something he needs to distinguish. Now it is meaningless to think about whether every decision he makes is correct or whether it is "too clever, too smart". He can only keep exploring. If he pays too much attention to clues, he will be timid and stop moving forward.
Clues are always secondary, and active exploration is the only way to survive.
Xie Chi was silent for two seconds, gritted his teeth, and said simply: "Brother, take off your clothes and see if you can see the scene over there."
Assuming that the boss is the female ghost, she may know where they are through the live broadcast room screen. Of course, they may also know what happened on the fat man's side through the split screen on the fat man's side, and thus obtain key information.
The maze was not pitch black, but had a faint dark green light. Although the clarity of the mobile phone camera was not very high, it had no problem capturing the outline of a person's body and blurred facial features .
And since the female ghost can send barrages to mislead the fat man, they can certainly also send barrages to mislead the female ghost.
There are two-way advantages and disadvantages. There is no absolute good or bad. The key is how to use it.
Xie Xinglan was counting his steps and had no time to be distracted. Covering the screen of his phone was a subconscious reaction. Now that she understood what he meant, she immediately tore off the clothes that were covering the phone.
In the fat man’s split screen, the fat man is still sitting in the corner, looking down at his phone.
Xie Xinglan sent him a private message: The ghost went to your side.
The fat man replied quickly: What?
The next second, in the silent maze, the sound of a cell phone hitting the ground was heard, followed by a terrified scream of "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh".
The fat guy must have seen a female ghost!
The fat man seemed to have picked up the phone and started running wildly. The split-screen image was shaking violently. He was fat and moved loudly. Xie Xinglan could feel the foggy glass floor shaking under his feet.
Xie Chi stared at the screen of his mobile phone, not wanting to miss anything.
Xie Xinglan finally finished the last section of the maze and said, "Xiao Chi, I have a clear understanding of the maze map. The length of each road is measured in steps. I can control the error of each step within five millimeters, so it's okay to run with your eyes open. You won't get lost and won't be affected by the mirror. But at corners, you may slow down due to errors, so this needs to be taken into consideration. Assuming that the ghost doesn't have the ability to teleport, I can guarantee that after being discovered by her, I will run faster than her, conservatively more than twice as fast as her."
Xie Chi made a prompt decision: "Let's go, let's follow the ghost!"
They knew very little, so instead of waiting for death, they decided to try more.
There is a rule in horror movies: within a given time period, the more dangerous things get as time goes on, and if you are timid at the beginning of a horror movie, you will die without a burial place in the middle and at the end.
"Okay." Xie Xinglan identified the direction where the noise came from and ran towards it while counting his steps.
He shuttled quickly through countless mirror images without blinking.
It seemed as if there was a mirror in front of him, but he walked through it without hesitation. It seemed as if there was a road in front of him, but he turned around to avoid it. One light and shadow after another was shattered, and another light and shadow was born again, endlessly. The dark green light changed and swayed, and he seemed to be traveling through time and space.
[He just wanted to walk by feeling his way, why...???]
[Oh my god!!!]
The footsteps of the fat man in the distance were heavy and deep, while the footsteps of the man chasing after him were light and quick.
Thirty seconds later, clear clapping sounds rang out in the maze.
The fat guy probably couldn't hold on any longer and clapped his hands for the first time.
"Brother, stop first!" Xie Chi said immediately.
Xie Xinglan understood.
He was waiting for the clapping rule to be fulfilled. After waiting for two seconds, his face suddenly darkened.
The fat man clapped his hands. According to the rules, the female ghost should stay where she is for ten seconds to let the fat man escape, but she didn't stop at all! The footsteps of the fat man in front became more disordered, probably because he was completely panicked, but the footsteps of the female ghost behind him became faster and faster.
The female ghost is still chasing the fat man!
[The rules are fake?! ]
【It’s a lie! 】
On the other side, the fat man has realized that this is not a prank, but a ghost is really chasing him. He runs for his life, panting like a cow.
The fat man turned around and looked at the long-haired female ghost approaching from behind, his face pale.
Why?! He clapped his hands, but the ghost was still chasing him! And because he clapped his hands, the ghost was attracted by the noise he made and chased him even faster!
The distance between them was gradually shortening. The fat man didn't dare to make any sound and his eyes were bloodshot with anxiety.
If caught, he would die! He now believed this very much!
No, he doesn't want to die!
The fat man clapped his hands again in disbelief, but the female ghost was still chasing him from behind.
When he reached the turning point in his memory, the fat man dodged and went into the small part of the maze he had explored.
The fat man stopped and covered his mouth tightly to prevent himself from making any noise.
The female ghost seemed to have no idea which road she had taken, which one was him and which one was the mirror image. She wandered around for a while not far away, and then gradually went farther and farther away.
The crisis seemed to be over.
The fat man was almost suffocating. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a chill suddenly rushed up from behind him.
He turned around suddenly and saw the female ghost standing behind him!
The female ghost was facing him, her face hidden under her black hair and could not be seen clearly, but she was approaching him little by little.
On the other mirrors, the ghost was lying sideways, but this one was facing him. According to the image pattern, this was definitely not the ghost's shadow...
So this is a real female ghost! She is chasing me again!
Why? Why is she behind me? When did she show up?!
The fat man was so frightened that his heart stopped and he ran forward quickly. Suddenly he remembered that he had explored this area before, and there was clearly glass behind him, not a road!
How did that female ghost appear there?
The fat man didn’t realize that the female ghost chasing him from behind… made no footsteps.
As death approached, the fat man clapped his hands for the last time without any hope, but the female ghost behind him miraculously... stopped moving.
The fat man was delighted in his despair. Why did the female ghost sometimes follow the rules and sometimes not?
The fat man then remembered that his chance was up. He ran forward with a pale face, but suddenly heard light and hurried footsteps not far in front of him.
He was very familiar with that footsteps. It was the female ghost that had been chasing him for so long! The footsteps were in front of him!
The hide-and-seek ghost who had just been unable to find anyone and was walking away was attracted by his clapping again...
What about behind him...?
The fat man turned around suddenly.
After a short ten seconds, the female ghost behind him suddenly grew bigger, and a pale hand reached out to the fat man, pulling him back.
In the maze there was a scream from the fat man.
The fat man actually disappeared...from the layers of glass.
Only the reflections of the female ghost and Xie Chi remained on the glass.
At the same time, the female ghost who was blocking the fat man's way actually knelt down on the ground little by little, covered her face and began to... cry silently.
[What the hell??? The ghost is crying? Why don’t I understand???]
[Oh my god, what is going on? ? Do ghosts follow the clapping rule? ? This law of image presentation is wrong. What happened to the female ghost standing behind the fat man? ? That was clearly a mirror! ]
【Why is the fat man gone? 】
【I faint.】
Xie Chi here.
Xie Xinglan heard the fat man's screams and said with a sullen face, "Xiao Chi, the ghost's footsteps were a little to the left, but the fat man's screams were a little to the right. The distance between them is at least thirty or forty meters. If the ghost can't teleport, the fat man couldn't have been killed by her."
The fat man's cell phone fell during the journey, and he didn't know what happened afterwards, but the various subtle sounds in the maze could provide him with some clues, including the various actions of the female ghost in the ubiquitous mirrors.
Xie Xinglan looked at the ghost image kneeling on the ground, frowning, "We may have been deceived again. If the boss can lie about his identity, he can also mislead the person being sought about the rules. The clapping rule is fake."
Xie Chi was silent for a moment, but his face was grim: "Brother, is it possible that there is more than one ghost in the maze? Two, there are two ghosts. The one kneeling on the ground with only footsteps is one, and the one who killed the fat man is another."
"Didn't the APP say that there was only one ghost brought by the doll—"
Xie Xinglan's face darkened as he was halfway through his words: "There is only one ghost brought by the doll, but there are other ghosts in the glass maze, right?"
Xie Chi was stunned for a second, then an idea flashed in his mind: "We are playing hide-and-seek with two ghosts! The rules we obtained are all true, but some are for the female ghost brought by the doll, and some are for the female ghost in the maze itself! The correct rules are mixed together without being distinguished and identified!"
Xie Chi calmed down and said quickly: "There are weak ghosts brought by the doll and strong ghosts that come with the maze. The weak ghosts are not restricted by the clapping rule. On the contrary, they will quickly catch up with their prey because of the sound exposed by the clapping. The clapping pause rule is for strong ghosts! As long as we clap, it will be restricted to pause on the spot for ten seconds! This is the only reasonable way!"
"So the fat man first encountered the weak ghost that could only make footsteps. He clapped his hands, but the weak ghost was not restricted by this rule and continued to chase him. The fat man wasted two opportunities to clap his hands while being chased by her. But in fact, the one chasing him was the weak ghost that was not restricted by this rule, and he used up the opportunity to restrict the strong ghost!"
"The footsteps of the weak ghost were clearly moving away, but the fat man suddenly clapped his hands again. He must have encountered a ghost. This ghost was most likely the ghost that came with the glass maze. There was a gap of 20 seconds between the last clap and the fat man's scream. During this period, the strong ghost might have been restrained. But the sound of the fat man's clapping attracted the weak ghost, blocking his way and wasting his time. After the time was up, he was killed by the strong ghost!"
"The strong ghost quietly waits for him to use up his three precious opportunities to restrict it, and then appears to kill him."
"The question now is, where is the strong ghost? If it weren't for Fatty's death, we wouldn't even be aware of its existence."
Xie Xinglan listened to Xie Chi's analysis with a gloomy face and said nothing. At this moment, he suddenly said: "I may know where it is."
"What?"
"In the mirror." Xie Xinglan reached out and touched the mirror in front of him. "In the real world we are in now, the rule is that we clap our hands to attract weak ghosts to catch us. The other half of the rule that we know so far is that clapping our hands can curb the actions of strong ghosts. This rule is exactly the opposite of the real world."
Xie Xinglan smiled sarcastically: "The mirror world is just the opposite of the real world. It is completely opposite to the real world, so it is appropriate for it to have completely opposite rules."
"This is a hint from the clapping rules. Fatty is a pathfinder given to us by the APP."
