If you are willing to think carefully about many things, you can see the weirdness in the gaps of calmness.
Bai Wu and the announcer named Zhao Cuican had their brain waves matched this time.
"Very interesting, thanks for leaving the tape. It will be very important for me to find the next weird story."
Clues came flooding in all at once, and Bai Wu began to sort out his thoughts so far.
"There is a murderer on the fifth floor. This is one of the strange stories. The tenants 1-9 may have been killed by this murderer, but they may also have been killed in some way by the text message that made people look up."
"The tenant of 2-9 and a mother on the first floor both lost their loved ones, so there must be a human trafficker. Zhao Cuican's sister is eleven years old, and the missing girl is eight years old."
"So far, neither of them has left the apartment. They are hiding in this apartment. But no one has found their location."
"Tenant No. 1 also encountered a strange thing, which was a text message harassing him. The content of the text message was very strange, asking him to look up at the night sky..."
"When I entered 1-9 and prepared to listen carefully to the movements from the fifth floor, I was greeted. The note told me that someone was watching me."
"Texting corresponds to - you are watching me. Television corresponds to - I am watching you."
"Why would Zhao Cuican be scared? Would a host who tells horror stories be scared by a phone call from a friend? Unless there is a horrifying truth in this sentence."
"His friend said to him, 'But I've been watching you on TV for two days.' Zhao Cuican was clearly recording a show in his room, and it was clearly a late-night radio station, so how could it be on TV?"
Bai Wu looked at the TV in Zhao Cuican's house. The TV was dark, as if someone was prying at him. The gaze was very eerie. Bai Wu could even see a distorted reflection of himself and the room on the TV monitor.
At this moment, everything was silent, and Bai Wu remembered the laughter he heard at 1-9. He suddenly thought of something, just like Zhao Cuican's reaction after hanging up the phone, and he also became alert.
A certain interpretation of a sentence kept echoing in my mind.
"But I've been watching you on TV for two days."
"But I've been watching you on TV for two days."
He could imagine Zhao Cuican's fear at that time, and it was at this moment that something even more terrifying happened.
The entire apartment building was silent, but suddenly all the TVs lit up!
They made crackling sounds, just like when the tape was stuck, and from time to time some programs from seven hundred years ago would pop up.
Countless TV stations kept flashing, and each TV seemed to be playing a different channel.
The twelve rooms and twelve televisions on the second floor all became "restless" at this moment.
Bai Wu didn't know what was playing on the TVs in other rooms, but the TV in 2-9 was showing a lot of pictures of Zhao Cuican from this apartment.
He had many expressions and movements when recording the show, because after all, he was recording the show in his own home.
Sometimes I would just do it simply, like wearing only a pair of shorts, with my hair as messy as a mess, and then getting ready to start today's show.
Occasionally, you would see Zhao Cuican putting on equipment to simulate the beginning of a show in order to think of horror stories and look for inspiration.
Everything is real and the perspective is fixed.
This TV is like an observer, silently recording everything Zhao Cuican does.
But who is it
If it was a TV, then smashing the TV would be fine, but Bai Wu was sure that it was definitely not just a TV.
In the 14-story apartment building, more than a hundred televisions were all on, and the moment they made the sound, it was exactly when Zhao Cuican and I thought of the same interpretation of a certain sentence—
I am inside the TV, watching you.
I'm watching you.
Bai Wu stared at the TV, and the note had already popped up.
It's no different from the TV you see downstairs. What bad intentions can a small TV have? Of course, as a traditional TV program, it's not impossible for a living person to crawl out, but do you know which one it is
Remember what I said? With the new tenants moving in, the carnival of ghost stories has begun. If you can't find them, they will become stronger and stronger until they can appear in front of you. At that time, you may encounter the biggest crisis in history.
Bai Wu now completely understood.
If the "real message" of these strange stories is not found, that is, the six sources that affect the mutation of this apartment are not found, then they will become stronger and stronger due to the entry of living people.
This is also the reason why Lin Rui felt danger. His intuition should be that he captured some strange rule force.
At this moment, Bai Wu also figured out the true meaning of "if you believe it, it exists, and if you don't believe it, it may not exist."
The key point is to believe it and it will come true. When he thought of a certain interpretation that Zhao Cuican had, it was equivalent to believing in a certain setting, so the TVs became wild and excited.
But the problem is that I just believed in some weird stories, but I didn't find the root of them. So if I don't find the TV that first mutated, then "believing it is true" will only deepen the atmosphere of fear here, and everything will be meaningless.
"I'm watching you, I mean watching you on TV. This should be an important strange story because it has many clues. There are fourteen floors and twelve TVs on each floor. Which one is the real 'it'?"
Bai Wu took a deep breath, and as he calmed down, the volume of the TV sets gradually became smaller, and after a few dozen seconds... it returned to silence.
They seemed to have turned into dark holes again, quietly watching the tenants in the house.
Bai Wu thought about it and decided that there was no problem with Zhao Cuican, and there was no problem with the unknown tenant on the first floor either.
The two of them should have noticed something happening in the apartment, but they themselves have nothing to do with these strange stories and are just victims.
"I don't have any clues right now. The only clue is that several strange stories are related to each other. There should be a murderer hiding on the fifth floor. I may be able to find clues about other strange stories from him."
When walking out of the room, Bai Wu was a little worried that he might have missed something.
This feeling was just intuition, so Bai Wu sorted out the clues again, and finally found... nothing.
"Strange, I feel like a key piece of information is missing. What is it? Zhao Cuican and someone else have lost their relatives, and there are human traffickers here... But can we deduce anything else from this?"
Bai Wu shook his head.
He had been here for half an hour without realizing it, and at half past five, he received a text message.
"Have you had dinner? Look up at the stars."
I'm looking at you, I've found it, so what does it mean that you are looking at me
If in "I am watching you", "I" corresponds to the TV and "you" corresponds to myself, then is it the same for "you" here
It was a bit confusing, but Bai Wu quickly figured out the logic, so he was a little surprised:
"But I can't see you..."
"If you believe it, it exists. But even if you believe it, you have to figure out certain things in order for these strange stories to appear. It's like when I figured out the strange stories on TV, they soon started making noises on the TV, confirming my conclusion."
"But if I don't find out the secret of this 'lifting head' soon, I may not be able to deal with it when it comes to me."
What does it really mean to just look up at the stars
Bai Wu really couldn't figure it out, so he finally shook his head and started heading towards the fifth floor.
Instead of taking the elevator, Bai Wu chose to take the stairs after confirming that the elevator stopped on the fifth floor.
On the third floor, there was silence. Bai Wu watched for a while out of habit.
Everyone in the quiet third floor has been plagued by ghost stories, but there are not many clues left here. You may find a new ghost story, but you can find the same clues on the fifth floor. By the way, you will definitely look at the fourth floor, right? Then I tell you, you don’t need to look, because the fourth floor is the same as the third floor.
Very good, save time and effort.
Bai Wu did not waste time observing the third and fourth floors. He did not know how often the ghost stories here would become stronger, so he had to save time.
Soon the white mist reached the fifth floor.
It was still silent. As the televisions all went silent, the entire apartment returned to dead silence again.
This time, Bai Wu did not go into any room, but carefully sensed the movements, but there was no response.
"It seems that the time has not come yet. I guess the elevator digital killer has a fixed killing time. Maybe I have to stay here tonight?"
This is not a good thing.
This apartment would be more dangerous at midnight. However, Bai Wu had no choice but to continue observing these houses before night fell.
Looking at the rows, they were all victims.
The notes are almost the same -
They died because of strange stories, but their deaths were not unjust. Observing and keeping silent are also condoning the evil.
This sentence seemed to imply something, and Bai Wu thought of an explanation.
When you see Fat Tiger beating Nobita, you only have two attitudes -
A: I like Nobita.
B: I like Fat Tiger.
C: Pretend nothing happened and just pass by.
D: It is wrong to condemn violence. Both sides are wrong.
Why are there only two positions out of four viewpoints? Because the last three all support Fat Tiger.
"Silence and watching are both connivance towards crime, just like the poor always like to speak for capital from a reasonable perspective. In fact, the third and fourth types of people are even more hateful than the second type."
"Why did the apartment harm the tenants? Did the tenants here not help the original victim because it was none of their business? As a result, the victim became a strange story under strange rules, and all those who did not help him died?"
Bai Wu gradually got a clue.
So who is the victim
Is it the one that makes people look up
Or is she a girl who was "dealt with" by human traffickers
Or maybe... a weird story on TV
Bai Wu's footsteps were light and silent, but his footsteps suddenly became heavy, as if he suddenly thought of a possibility.
"There is only one guardian in any place... This area should be the same. What if... the several possibilities above... are actually one and the same?"
There was no evidence for this idea, but when Bai Wu thought about it, he felt a chill invading him.
He came to room 5-12.
This room at the end of the house has a thick wall. It was once home to a family of four - father, mother, brother and sister. The sister is very interesting. She made a kind mistake.
Made a well-intentioned mistake
Bai Wu pushed open the door. Naturally, there was no one in the room. He first looked at the TV.
Then it was as if I saw an old friend:
"I know you're looking at me, but if you just want to kill me, that's not necessary. After all, I'm not delicious. You should be able to feel that I don't have any negative emotions. It's like a piece of barbecue without any seasoning. Why bother? But I can help you eliminate your obsession. Liberation is lifelong, and deliciousness is only temporary."
Evil Fall is very greedy for the negative emotions of humans, but he wants to get rid of the resentment in his heart even more. Bai Wu tried to communicate with him, but his words were ineffective.
The TV didn't respond.
But he didn't hold out hope. He started looking for something like a diary.
This is a large house with three bedrooms and a living room.
Mom and Dad live together, my brother lives in one room, and my sister lives in another. The dining room, living room, and kitchen are actually one whole room.
His brother's room was covered with posters of female stars, and Bai Wu even found a CD with a license plate on it. But he didn't search carefully, and looking at the paper balls and adult magazines piled in the small trash can, Bai Wu had no interest.
But on second thought... he suddenly felt something was wrong.
"Put yourself in my shoes. Would an adolescent child be so careless in hiding things?"
"Children at this age begin to learn about things related to gender, but they are careful to hide them. This seems to be too obvious. And in the pre-Tower era, there weren't many people who read this kind of magazines and CDs, right?"
The remarks do not provide any valuable information.
Exciting stuff, but since this story doesn't allow me to describe these things in depth, just consider it paid content.
It is indeed adult content, and it is normal for adolescent children to be eager to learn about it. But it is too... exposed.
Bai Wu put aside these doubts and decided to go to his sister's room first.
When he arrived at his sister's room, he felt even more puzzled.
The door of the house was locked from behind, clean and tidy, but a quick glance revealed many places where things were hidden.
Unlike her brother's room which was deliberately exposed, her sister's room seemed to be hiding something carefully.
"These brother and sister seem to have very different personalities."
The first task, of course, was to peek at the diary. Bai Wu bowed to a doll and said:
"I am also trying to find the truth, not to deliberately pry into your privacy. Don't blame me, don't blame me."
He acted like he actually believed his sister was still alive.
Later, with the help of Ayan, a diary expert, Bai Wu found a diary in the secret compartment of the drawer. Not only a diary, but also a small radio.
There is a lot of content in the diary.
Bai Wu noticed that most of the stories here were about little girls who hated their father, mother and brother.
They often beat her.
It seemed that there was no reason, just because he wanted to beat someone, my brother would always say some obscene words.
This made Bai Wu feel a little uncomfortable. Could this brother be the same as Zhong Xu
But although the parents would beat the little girl, they would stop her brother when he wanted to do something dirty or even more excessive.
The diary reads:
"My brother always likes to touch me, saying that this is etiquette between siblings. I dare not resist because I am afraid that he will pull my hair and beat me like last time."
"So I would always break things on purpose to attract my parents' attention. Although my parents would often beat me, they didn't like my brother to touch me."
"I want to tell the big brother on the radio that I don't like my brother, nor do I like my parents. But he can't hear me. I can only hear him telling ghost stories. I don't think they are scary at all, because in the stories, ghosts are always punishing the bad guys. It would be great if there were ghosts in this world..."
Very strange diary.
But the weirder thing is yet to come.
Bai Wu quickly turned to such a diary.
"Mom and Dad said the elevator stopped at the fifth floor. Did someone die in another family? They seemed very scared."
It was very short, and only two sentences were needed to finish the day. On the second day, the content of the diary suddenly became strange:
"Yesterday that man came knocking on the door again. My parents and brother were out discussing business. They told me not to open the door to strangers, but this man told me that he could fulfill my wish."
"My wish is that a ghost can kill my parents and brother. I told that person, if you can kill my parents and brother, I will open the door for you."
"He told me that they were all dead and I had no father, mother or brother anymore."
Elevator killer
Bai Wu instantly thought of this family of four. The parents were not kind to their daughter and favored boys over girls, and the brother also had evil thoughts about his sister.
My sister seems to be very scared living in such a family and wants her family to die.
Then she happened to meet the Elevator Killer, one of the ghost stories. She initiated a commission, and the Elevator Killer killed her family cleanly and neatly.
That seems to be the whole thing.
But strange things happened later. In the diary of the next day, Bai Wu saw a shocking reversal.
"My parents and brother were a little scared. They were planning to leave. I was very angry. He lied to me. They were not dead at all! They were alive and well!"
The diary ends here, as if the little girl was just deceived.
The diaries from then on are just blank sheets of paper.
Bai Wu always felt that this story was a bit strange. It seemed normal, but something was wrong. When he looked at the blank papers, a note suddenly popped up:
The little girl committed suicide. Isn't it surprising? Think about it carefully, what if that person didn't lie to her
This sentence almost made Bai Wu's fingers tremble. It was not fear, but pure surprise.
"The little girl committed suicide? Why?"
"If that person didn't lie to her... If the elevator demon really fulfilled the little girl's wish and killed her father, mother and brother... Then why did the little girl still see her father, mother and brother?"
Bai Wu opened his eyes wide, and an answer popped out instantly:
"What if the people in this house... are not her father, mother, and brother at all?"
"They are not favoring sons over daughters... It's just that this daughter is not their daughter at all!"
The little girl made a wish to the devil, hoping that it would kill her father, mother and brother.
The devil agreed to the little girl's request.
The next day the little girl found that her father, mother and brother were still there, but the devil said that it had fulfilled her wish.
Either the devil lied, or... the little girl's real father, mother and brother were all killed by her wish.
And the people who live under the same roof with her... are not her relatives!
Human traffickers! Bai Wu immediately thought of this possibility.
This is actually the gathering place of human traffickers, one of the most mysterious places in the legend
But how did the little girl know that her real father, mother and brother had been murdered
"The little girl's suicide... will it become one of the weird stories? I always thought that human traffickers were weird stories, but is it possible that I was wrong, and human traffickers are not weird stories, but the girls trafficked by them are weird stories?"
Bai Wu's eyes finally fell on the radio. In the six ghost stories, he knew about the elevator killer. He just needed to wait for the other party to come and get rid of him.
This is the only certainty. But there is another uncertainty, which is the strange story hidden in the TV, and it is still unknown which TV it is.
If you believe it, it exists. Only by finding enough truth and piecing everything together can the ghost stories truly appear. Otherwise, they will hide in the dark and become stronger and stronger.
Now, the radio clearly contained the reason why the little girl committed suicide. Bai Wu stared at the radio:
"I have found one of the strange stories, and I hope you can lead me to the other one."