Bai Wu was not lying. He really hated scumbags. Whether it was Yan Chao or Cain, they were people he planned to defeat.
The TV didn't respond.
Seven hundred years ago, it was stuffed into the TV by her husband. The owner's resentment and the spirit-hosting items combined have become a terrifying ghost story in this apartment.
It is different from other ghost stories because the rules of Xin Ze have great constraints on it. It cannot move around and can only be active on various TV sets.
However, thanks to many strange phenomena, many people still believe in the existence of this weird story.
As long as we continue to create supernatural phenomena on TV, its influence will grow.
Many "bad men and women" in this apartment have been scared by the TV. In fact, everything is an illusion. Those who died from the evil ghost of the TV, although their deaths seemed to be completely different, were actually scared to death.
Most of them have betrayed their partners during their lifetime, just like the husband in this strange story who lived seven hundred years ago.
The husband stuffed his wife into the TV and continued to live his previous life with a big heart.
But one morning, he woke up very early and saw his dead wife on TV preparing breakfast for him. Everything on TV looked so real.
He didn't even have time to wonder why the TV, which was obviously still cracked, had no cracks anymore...
In the TV camera, the new "hostess" hugged the male protagonist from behind. Only the back of the new hostess was shown in the TV camera. She was the woman with whom the man had an affair.
He could never see the woman's front, he could only see her back as she hugged him.
Until the new hostess in the camera finally turned around and scared her husband.
She no longer had a face, and maggots were wriggling and gnawing at her flesh.
At this moment, the wife on the other side brought a plate of food with eyes, ears, mouth and nose on it.
She was dignified and looked at him with gentle eyes, as if life was as peaceful as before, but the whole show was eerie.
This scene was naturally an illusion. The man was so frightened that he wanted to smash the TV and take out the body, but when he really did it...
I noticed there was no body on TV.
He couldn't leave the TV either, as if his body was stuck in some kind of black quagmire and no matter how hard he struggled, it was useless.
The same thing happened to many people afterwards. Whenever they betrayed their significant other, they would receive strange programs and then die in the most terrified moment.
But all this was of no use to Bai Wu.
Bai Wu said:
"All of your weird stories are actually based on fear, whether it's the human trafficker, the elevator demon, or the living puppet. Under the rule of faith, your greatest weapon is fear, but I have no fear. I am inviting you to join me. No one lives in this place anymore."
Since the TV show knew what he had done, Bai Wu had no choice but to start from a practical perspective:
"I want other ghost stories to depend on me, but I am not obsessed with perfect endings. If you really don't cooperate, I can give up on you. You know what giving up on you means. You have lived for seven hundred years. I hope you can continue to live in another way, instead of being bewitched by laughter and losing yourself."
"Finally, I mean what I say. I will punish those who behave badly."
Bai Wu didn't even take out the axe this time. As the laughter continued to intensify, the ghost story had only one way to maintain its identity.
"Deal?"
There was no response, but Bai Wu was not in a hurry. He waited patiently for this strange story to be figured out slowly.
Of course, if the time exceeds five minutes, he will not hesitate to smash it down with the axe.
In the end, before Bai Wu could take action, the TV screen shattered.
The smell of decay had long disappeared in the past seven hundred years, but a strong sense of resentment overflowed from the shattered screen of the TV.
At this moment, all the TV screens in the entire apartment building shattered, and all the resentment in the apartment on the 14th floor gathered together.
Bai Wu picked up one of the fragments and collected it as some kind of evidence.
And there were notes in his eyes.
Your sweet talk actually works on married women. It has fulfilled its wish and attached itself to you in advance. But I must condemn you, a bad thing who loves the new and hates the old. The night is so dark, like a dog man's heart. You actually hope that this little thing can replace me? Stupid man!
But you did get a good rule of power. You can regard these half-desires and half-evil creatures as some kind of guardian spirits. It is worth mentioning that they, like living things, will hate and fear certain things, and their abilities are linked to your subjective emotions and mental strength. You will know later.
As for the power of rules you have obtained, it is called Gaze of Resentment. It allows you to create an illusion within a certain range that cannot be instantly seen through but can be dispelled through gazing.
By the way, they cannot be used in the tower. They are attached to you and will not be destroyed by the tower, but you also cannot use this power in the tower.
"It is indeed a power outside of the terms and sequences..."
Unable to be instantly detected? This means that this ability can at least affect the opponent briefly.
If it is on a huge battlefield, this ability may be able to play a role in turning the tide, but it may not be effective against powerful individuals.
However, it is always good to have many skills, Bai Wu is still very satisfied, and is very much looking forward to the power of rules in the elevator killer story, the living puppet story, and the human trafficking evil girl story.
He looked up at the ceiling and heard laughter becoming clearer and clearer around him.
"Look up at the stars... What does it mean? So far, I have only seen a little information from the voyeur... There is a brother and sister on the second floor. The sister seems to sleepwalk and make some... very strange movements."
"Wait... There shouldn't be many families with younger sisters... I've already investigated one..."
Bai Wu suddenly thought of something, but at this time, the laughter around him became clearer and clearer, and he was very worried about an accident.
So he used the conch to contact Yan Jiu.
Unlike Yanjiu who often sends messages to Baiwu but Baiwu almost never replies, Yanjiu always replies within seconds when Baiwu sends a message.
Of course, this is mainly due to the time Bai Wu spends outside the tower... Most of the time he is thinking.
"Can you hear laughter in the school? Have there been any changes around you?"
The influence of laughter can even devour the will of a half-evil, half-rule product like a ghost story. Bai Wu suddenly realized that he should go with Lin Rui to solve the source of the laughter.
But neither he nor Lin Rui had expected that within just one afternoon, the incident had escalated to the point where it had to be resolved.
"Ah... Bai Wu, are you okay now? Lin Rui said you were in a terrible apartment."
"Yeah, everything is alright, how's school?"
"There is a problem in the school now... Many students are affected by the laughter... Lin Rui and I are trying to find a way to solve this problem."
"Lin Rui is helping you solve the problem?"
Bai Wu instantly came up with an outrageous idea: "The game is too easy, take me with you to increase the difficulty."
At this moment, Lin Rui was also shocked. It turned out that this girl had the ability to communicate directly with her seniors
Yan Jiu was afraid that Bai Wu might have wild thoughts, so he didn't keep her in suspense and said directly:
"Laughter affects a lot of people... but I don't laugh... I can't laugh, so it doesn't seem to work for me."
Bai Wu was stunned. Is this possible? He then said:
"But based on this alone, Lin Rui won't take risks, right? It seems that you have attracted the attention of the owner of the laughter?"
"Yes... It seems that it really wants me to laugh. Lin Rui wants me to draw it out."
"Where are you now?"
"The zoo..."
Bai Wu was a little worried that Yan Jiu wouldn't be able to handle it, so he said pointedly:
"Where's Lin Rui? Can he hold on?"
“It’s good and bad.”
Bai Wu was shocked, which meant that Lin Rui's sanity had been eroded by the laughter.
"But don't worry, really, they didn't hurt me... Although it's strange, I feel like I'm safe."
If one had to choose the strongest one from among all the masters in the Baichuan campus and the shelter, it would definitely be Lin Rui.
But Bai Wu really didn't expect such a development, Lin Rui couldn't resist the laughter, and Yan Jiu seemed to have become the source of stopping the laughter.
Things have already happened, and he has no way to say that Lin Rui's plan is wrong. After all, the power of the laughter has exceeded everyone's expectations, and the situation is too urgent. The entire Baichuan City may be destroyed in the laughter.
"You have to be careful. Since the evil around you won't hurt you, it means they have other expectations of you. You have to figure out what that is."
"Oh, okay."
"Your biggest enemy now is no longer evil, but the environment itself. What you need to do is to treat everything as a game, keep your mood calm, and don't let any negative emotions swallow you up."
"knew."
"You have to understand that the evil ones from seven hundred years ago were also human beings. They are not scary. On the contrary, they became evil precisely because they had fears or things they could not let go of. This means that their hearts are actually easier to disintegrate than humans."
"Okay, anything else?"
The white fog is like a master of evil emotions who is teaching some tips to the new evil expellers.
Yan Jiu also listened very carefully.
Bai Wu had never told Wu Jiu about these experiences. If possible, he didn't want Yan Jiu to take risks for him.
But since it has already happened, and he does not have the instant support speed of Lin Rui, he can only find a way to tell Yan Jiu all the information he can.
“You can’t feel joy, but this also means that you have a certain advantage in staying calm. Don’t let negative emotions consume you. Always believe that the evil ones all have human weaknesses.
You must learn to disguise your feelings. Remember, any deception you do to survive is not shameful. You must learn to speak to people in a way that suits them and to speak to ghosts in a way that suits them. The real essence of this is to please them as they like. "
"It wants you to laugh, and you need to understand the reason, how strong its desire to make you laugh is, what its motivation is, and how to get these things out of it after seeing the source of the laughter. Then you need to judge for yourself whether to satisfy it or keep it hanging."
"If you think that after you satisfy the other person, the other person will no longer take you seriously, then you should keep the other person hanging. People are always not interested in things that are too easy to get, so I personally think that you should keep the other person hanging. Even if you find that the other person really wants to make you laugh during the investigation, you should learn to restrain yourself."
I always feel like... it seems to be similar to some of Sister Orange's theories on dealing with men...
Yan Jiu felt a sense of déjà vu, but it was just a sense of déjà vu.
At this moment, she patted her head again. How could she be distracted? She had to listen carefully!
Bai Wu continued to analyze a bunch of situations. Although he was not involved, he was able to guess some things just through the verbal information given by Yan Jiu:
"The essence of a circus is to bring joy to people. Baichuan City once experienced a seven-day catastrophe, which twisted the desires of many people into terrifying abilities. Perhaps they want to make everyone happy, but perhaps in the process of failing to make others laugh, they gradually deny the meaning of their own existence.
Of course, I'm just giving you a direction, which may not be correct. Anyway, you have to find a way to empathize with the other person, so that you can be on the same side. The mission is half successful. But remember not to just please the other person, just show some possibility. "
Yan Jiu once again felt like he was in Sister Orange’s class.
But the difference is that Chengzi is always smiling in class, as if she knows that being a bad man is wrong, but she also hopes that Yanjiu can learn how to make himself more likable.
But Bai Wu is different. Bai Wu is serious about it. Scum? There is no such thing. As long as I don’t think I am a scum, then I am not a scum. That is called being open and honest.
Finally, after Bai Wu finished his instructions and was about to put the conch back into the bag, Yan Jiu said:
"Bai Wu... Are you having any problems over there? Do you need my help?"
Yan Jiu was still very smart. Bai Wu still remembered the puzzle that Yan Jiu left behind, so he did not act rashly this time and told Yan Jiu some of the situations he had seen.
After listening to this, Yan Jiu instantly pointed out a point that Bai Wu had overlooked.
"There was a brother and sister on the second floor, and then the sister disappeared... Later, there was a strange story that always told people to look up at the starry sky... It was very strange..."
"What's strange about that?"
"I don't know if it's right or not, but I just find it very strange... The brother can't find the sister, but the sister may have been trying to contact the brother..."
"Why do you judge like that?"
The thinking of a mentally ill person is very tricky. Bai Wu suddenly became very curious about Yan Jiu's logic.
Yan Jiu said:
"You also said... There is a brother and sister on the second floor. The brother's name is Zhao Cuican... Bai Wu, don't you think this name goes well with Xingkong?"
It was as if a ray of light instantly passed through my mind.
Bai Wu was stunned... Bright, starry sky.
He was silent for a second, then he broke into a grin. This was actually a very scary thing.
My sister’s name is Zhao Xingkong. She asks people to look up at the starry sky. She is not referring to the real starry sky, but to herself.
The brother said on the show that he hoped he and his sister could live in peace. His sister was missing and he was very worried about her...
But what about the sister? Even after becoming evil, she still misses her brother...
The only thing it can do is to tell her brother through various messages, but the apartment is also affected by the unattainable desire, so that the sister can never establish contact with her brother.
Zhao Cuican desperately searches for her sister.
My sister reminded others to look up at the stars over and over again through their text messages.
The tenant of 1-9 received many text messages, but Zhao Cuican of 2-9 never knew about it.
I think not only the tenant of 1-9, the surveillance, the husband in the TV horror show, but also the family of three killed by the human traffickers have received this text message, but Zhao Cuican is the only one who did not receive it.
But no one told Zhao Cuican, because the eyes said that the people here turned a deaf ear to the tragedies that happened to other people.
But why should we look up at the starry sky
A fact that Bai Wu couldn't bear appeared...
Just at this moment, Yan Jiu also thought of something.
"According to the observer... my sister seems to be sleepwalking, and in her dreams she makes scary movements that are not human. Similar to a spider... Has she become an evil creature..."
"Yes."
"Then she..."
Bai Wu speculated:
"Most people in this apartment have evil thoughts and negative emotions. She may have hurt many people and was afraid that one day her brother would be persecuted. So she committed suicide in the ceiling of her home... But unfortunately, being unable to die is also a kind of unattainable desire. In the end, she became a semi-regular and semi-evil existence."
"It can't die and longs to see its brother, but it is locked in the ceiling, just like the woman on TV. It can only prove its existence through other means."
"Most people in this apartment building don't care about anything that doesn't concern them, which is understandable, but if they want to survive in the apocalypse... they need to unite, especially since they have chosen such a close-knit living environment, so they should help each other."
The fifth ghost story is already very clear, and Bai Wu also knows how to find it.
He understood one thing: this was a true negative example of human survival in the last days.
Indeed, the real end times require us to be wary of others, be wary of other communities, and take a cold-eyed attitude towards human nature.
But if you live in an apartment, where you see people everywhere, being too cold and selfish will only bring bad consequences in the end.
The living puppets harm those who come to steal, the TV ghost harms those who are treacherous, and the elevator killer targets those who have murderous intentions towards others.
And I guess Zhao Cuican’s sister only contacts those spectators who are indifferent to what others have experienced and even applaud.
They ignored the text message, maybe someone thought of something, but no one told Zhao Cuican the content of the text message. So in the end they looked up and were killed by the ghost story.
The purely evil one in these ghost stories is the human trafficking woman who committed suicide after being bullied by a family of three in people's eyes.
This is somewhat ironic.
"Then... then you should be more careful, Lin Rui is urging me to hurry up..." Yan Jiu said in a low voice.
"Okay, you have to be careful too. I will check the conch frequently. If there is anything you are unsure about, contact me through it. I will remotely guide you on how to communicate with the evil."
"OK!"
Liu Chengzi always teaches Yan Jiu how to deal with men, but Yan Jiu doesn't want to deal with men. She thinks that having Bai Wu is enough.
But dealing with Evil Fall is different. Although she cannot feel joy, she really hopes that she can be of help to Bai Wu and have her share of credit in building the shelter.
Bai Wu also began to search the apartment again, his target was the second floor.
But this strange story... is easy to solve. Because the shelter is different, the people in the shelter will not be indifferent.
The new environment must be suitable for this once desperate sister. Bai Wu was looking forward to it, and was very concerned about what this mobile phone ghost story could bring to him.