Chapter 127

Dong, dong, dong.

Three very rhythmic knocks, appearing unhurried, yet resolute in attitude.

Wen Xishu quickly arrived at the door.

He remembered the rules: he could only observe the other party through the peephole.

But the peephole was truly much smaller than Wen Xishu had anticipated. When Wen Xishu pressed his eye against it, he discovered nothing at all, only a patch of white.

He suddenly had a bad premonition:

"Move your hand that's blocking the peephole."

It did not comply; the person outside the door continued to knock, still with great regularity: dong, dong, dong, three times.

But Wen Xishu suddenly felt an uncomfortable sensation in his heart.

This sound was like some kind of footsteps coming to claim a life.

He felt a chill surge through the room. It was summer now; logically, he shouldn't be feeling cold.

Wen Xishu did not open the door; he truly did not dare to open the door.

Looking through the peephole, it was just a patch of white. He and the "thing" outside the door seemed to be in a stalemate.

He had thought of many types of dialogue that the other party might have with him; as long as there was a conversation, he could know their needs, and knowing their needs, he could utilize the other party.

This was Wen Xishu's initial thought.

But now, that "sense of security" Wen Xishu had was suddenly ripped open.

The first "them" he encountered seemed unable to speak at all, merely bumping against the door with "dong," "dong," "dong."

The door was trembling slightly.

Wen Xishu had to take a step back and chamber a round into the gun in his hand.

He could tell that the "dong" sound was actually different from the crisp sound of knocking on a door.

It appeared somewhat dull.

It was like... like it was using its head to ram the door.

"If this door can be broken open by force... wouldn't that be too absurd?"

Can this game still be played?

Or was sleeping during the day a wrong move on his part? Did it lead to the wrong sequence of monsters encountered at night?

No... that makes no sense. This is a matter of luck.

Wen Xishu quickly dismissed this thought.

Dong, dong, dong.

The dull sound became a few degrees louder. Clearly, the "it" using its head to ram the door had increased its force.

Wen Xishu could even feel a slight shaking.

In Wen Xishu's mind, a hair-raising image suddenly appeared: a ghost in white clothes, clutching its head, ramming it against the door.

If he opened the door now, it would be a "door-opening kill" in the true sense. Almost without any judgment, he knew that the person outside the door was not human.

This crude method of the first visitor disrupted Wen Xishu's rhythm.

At intervals of about fifteen seconds, the knocking would sound.

Each time heavier than the last.

When another fifteen seconds had passed, Wen Xishu already felt that the door was about to give way.

That sound could not be called knocking or ramming; it was smashing.

As if it didn't consider at all whether this door could be opened, it was just wearing this door down.

Wen Xishu could already imagine that this door wouldn't last much longer.

He bit his lip, and a sense of fear grew within him.

As the knocking grew heavier each time, Wen Xishu, without realizing it, sensed a fishy smell.

Under fear and pressure, he had actually bitten his lip until it bled. This was the first time he had been so composedly lost.

But precisely at this moment, Wen Xishu suddenly sobered up. His eyes immediately regained their previous sharpness.

His entire breathing rhythm also quickly changed from chaotic to slow and orderly.

After a few deep breaths, a smile finally appeared on Wen Xishu's face.

"With me at only level one, facing a monster from the forty-second floor, it really is a bit of a stretch. How interesting, I almost fell for its trick."

Facing the increasingly heavy "dong," "dong," "dong" sounds, Wen Xishu suddenly calmed down; he squatted on the ground and gently pressed his hand against the floor.

The current door-smashing sound was deafening, to say the least. But with this kind of display, nothing in the room was trembling.

Wen Xishu immediately found his backbone.

"Although it's the forty-second floor, it shouldn't be difficult to this extent; if the safe zone given to players can be violently torn apart by monsters, this isn't the Mysterious Tower, this would have to be the Slaughter Tower to achieve that..."

"And the gap between me and the monster is too large; the excessive gap in magic resistance almost made me fall for it even in the safe zone."

The door will not be smashed open.

All of this is just a tactic of the monster outside the door.

Although the sound is getting louder and louder, there is no tremor in the room at all; this sound is just a kind of "hallucination."

After realizing this, Wen Xishu's brain could finally think normally.

"Very strange, living alone means certain death, but I am living alone right now..."

"And why can't this person use the 'living alone means certain death' rule to kill me?"

"It is knocking on the door, knocking very violently. Or... making me think it's knocking very violently. It even used hallucinations to give me the feeling that the door couldn't hold on much longer; all of this should be to make me open the door."

"This shows that through conventional means, it cannot enter this door..."

"Then why doesn't it use the rule, 'living alone means certain death,' to enter?"

As Wen Xishu pondered this, he seemed to have an answer.

"This monster, from beginning to end, is only knocking on the door; it seems that in the process of evolution, it lost its language ability."

Wen Xishu remembered that there are many monsters in the Slaughter Tower that cannot communicate with humans.

He and Jin Shan and the others had encountered a faceless woman; although the faceless woman could make sounds, it was limited to asking players: "Who am I?" This kind of question.

"A portion of monsters, in the process of evolution, lost their language ability; they cannot converse with me..."

"This kind of monster is actually not scary; looking at it this way, my luck is actually quite good."

"The first monster I encountered, in this way, told me the rules."

"The rule of 'living alone means certain death' perhaps has to do with language; that is to say, when the person outside the door asks if I am living alone, if I am truly living alone, then I will die."

"This monster can also be considered a beginner's tutorial... it's just a bit too scary."

Even now, Wen Xishu still had that "dong-dong" sound in his mind that seemed capable of smashing the door.

He had almost lost his courage.

"It can be said that my guts should not be in the same magnitude as ordinary people, but even so, I had to be stimulated by pain to break free from the hallucination..."

"If it were anyone else, they would probably be so scared they'd open the door or commit suicide by swallowing a gun."

Once Wen Xishu calmed down, a massive amount of information surged into his mind.

First was about "living alone means certain death"; he had new clues.

Secondly, Wen Xishu thought of one thing... did this monster using this method mean that it was specifically trying to incite his fear?

"According to the description in the rules, the visitor will lurk for a while; once it enters the lurking state, it is in a state that can be killed."

"The reason it does this is because the visitor is very eager to obtain certain things from me..."

"Currently, it seems that among these things, fear is very likely included."

Wen Xishu completely relaxed.

He was a bit hungry, so he went to the refrigerator, took a cup of frozen yogurt, and then leaned against the door to start eating the yogurt.

At the same time, he began to nod along to the rhythm of the knocking, as if feeling the beat of the music, appearing quite satisfied.

The monster outside the door was suddenly somewhat angry.

It was indeed wearing white clothes, indeed clutching its own head; the image Wen Xishu imagined was actually its true appearance.

The difference was that it had never knocked on the door, but had only used that hand, pale as wall plaster, to block the peephole, not allowing Wen Xishu to observe it.

And in this process, it felt a "deliciousness" that was gradually becoming rich.

Fear.

This kind of fear excited it; it realized that the person in this room would soon be scared out of their wits.

But not long after, the taste of "fear" faded until it was almost non-existent.

This meant that the person in the room was no longer feeling afraid.

Wen Xishu said at this moment:

"Not well-learned, you only have such a simple way of scaring people. Too weak; if you're weak, practice more. If I were you, I wouldn't have the face to go knocking on doors in a game like this."

Although the monster cannot speak, it does not mean it cannot understand speech.

The sound of Wen Xishu's voice inside the door made it even angrier.

It really wanted to ram the door.

Wen Xishu also realized—the monster clearly only needed to create a little tremor to make him feel more real fear...

But why did it only dare to create sound?

Although he finally set his mind at ease and no longer felt that the other party would violently break down the door... but did the monster have the possibility of violently breaking down the door?

Once he thought of this, Wen Xishu began to use words to provoke the monster.

"Is your head full of tofu? You don't even have the strength to ram the door."

"Speaking of which, why are you all in white? A thing as stupid as you shouldn't imitate animals... oh no, with your brain, you should imitate mushrooms and make yourself bright red; perhaps everyone would be a little more afraid of you."

"Look at other monsters; they are more like humans, more capable of speaking, more dangerous, stronger, better-looking, and smarter than you. What is the point of you living?"

"You don't expect the heavens to let a fool like you evolve to the Sovereign level, do you?"

It left.

There was no movement outside the door.

Wen Xishu kept blabbering on, and after a good while, he realized... that cold feeling had disappeared.

He looked at the peephole again and found that there was no one outside the peephole.

"Getting sprayed away, is that even possible..."

"Looking at it this way, it probably doesn't dare to violently break down the door."

"Hmm, that's good, that's good... now I won't be afraid anymore."

Wen Xishu felt much more comfortable in his heart.

"Wait, it just left like that, it's still a bit strange... it doesn't dare to violently break down the door, but it shouldn't be afraid to even knock on the door once, right?"

"And, if the monster cannot speak, it cannot trigger the 'living alone means certain death' rule, then if I encounter this kind of monster and just wear it out..."

"Wouldn't that actually be the safest? It just stands outside and blocks the door. Other visitors can only line up behind it."

"So... it might not have left, but was expelled by the rules. In other words, a strange creature, or a human for that matter... cannot stand outside the door for too long."

"If it exceeds a certain time, it might just disappear directly?"

Just as Wen Xishu was thinking this...

A second knocking sound came.

Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong.

This time... the person coming pressed the doorbell.

Wen Xishu took a deep breath:

"Don't panic, don't be afraid."

He was indeed scared in the first act, but now he was much more relaxed.

He approached the peephole again.

This time, Wen Xishu saw clearly; it was a girl wearing a maid outfit with white silk stockings.

The girl was also holding a sign that read, "Please, kind god, take me in."

Wen Xishu was shocked; on a night like this... there are even "god-waiting girls," a specialty of the island nation?

Yes, this kind of girl holding a sign asking a god to take them in has a name in the island nation—"god-waiting girl." It counts as a specialty of the island nation.

These girls hope to find someone who can provide lodging and food, that is, a "god," to help them get through their difficulties.

Of course, due to the laws of the island nation, one cannot bring a minor home to stay overnight without the permission of a guardian. This legal restriction makes many potential "gods" shrink back.

Wen Xishu truly did not expect that even in the apocalypse, there would still be this kind of product.

"That... that, can you take me in? My name is Takahashi... Takahashi Mariko. Can I stay in your room for one night?" Mariko grabbed her own twin tails with both hands, constantly rubbing her hair with her fingers because of nervousness.

Wen Xishu said:

"Spin around."

"Huh?" Mariko was a bit confused.

"Don't you understand? I told you to spin around," Wen Xishu said.

"Oh, oh." Mariko spun around once.

Wen Xishu felt that the other party was flirting.

Yes, this was not just the maid outfit and white silk stockings, which are equipment with great lethality to men... when she spun around, Wen Xishu saw the tail behind her.

A tail like that is generally part of the clothing, but clearly... Mariko's tail was stuffed in.

There are indeed not many holes in the human body that can be used for stuffing.

Wen Xishu said:

"You go. I'm not taking you in here."

Mariko's head lowered:

"Really... really not taking me in? I can do anything for you, kind god, please, I beg you..."

"It's really dangerous outside, a girl like me... will die!"

Wen Xishu said:

"Then why are you outside? Why don't you hide in your previous residence?"

Mariko did not speak; she did not answer this question.

Wen Xishu said:

"If you don't speak, get lost."

Mariko's tears came out, looking at Wen Xishu with teary eyes:

"I beg you! You can do... do anything to me, as long as you can take me in."

"Fine, then I'll interview you; briefly describe the solution to the Goldbach conjecture, and tell me your thought process."

The tears in Mariko's big eyes were replaced by confusion.

Wen Xishu sighed:

"Forget it, if you don't know math, you don't know it; then I'll test you with a social studies question."

"How many floors are there in the Three Towers in total, and how can Bunker people go to the real world? These questions aren't difficult, right? If you give me the answer, I'll let you in."

Mariko was bewildered; what kind of questions are these? I even put on white silk stockings and a fox tail, and you ask me this?

"You don't even know this? And you said you'd do anything? I am very disappointed in you, stupid woman, get lost!" Wen Xishu used words to provoke her again.

But Mariko was just very anxious:

"I'm running out of time! God! Just let me in!"

Wen Xishu's expression softened slightly.

If this girl were a visitor, then under these circumstances, she should have asked, "Are you living alone?" by now.

If she had really asked that, Wen Xishu actually had a set of countermeasures.

But the girl still didn't ask.

Without a doubt, Wen Xishu didn't think it was a normal thing to encounter a girl dressed so provocatively in a place like this.

He always felt... fear, lust, perhaps both were things the visitors craved.

In any case, they were all linked to desire.

That's why the other party dressed like this on purpose, appearing in this style. Wen Xishu also observed for a long time through the peephole...

To the naked eye, one really couldn't see any "non-human" features on this girl who called herself Takahashi Mariko.

Perhaps... the volume of her hair was indeed a bit scary. With this hair volume, if she went to film a horror movie, she would surely be a boss-level monster.

Yes, Takahashi Mariko had a lot of hair; her twin tails reached her waist. That proportion had a feeling of a Cantonese-style twin tail, or the triple-braided purple gold crown on Lu Fengxian's head.

But other than that, there were no problems.

"I teased her several times, and she didn't get angry; either she is a real human, or... she has already entered the lurking state, eager to extract more desire from me before killing me."

"In any case, I need someone to enter my room to let me get rid of the living-alone state."

"And... if she really is"

Wen Xishu said at this moment:

"I can open the door for you, but after you come in, you are not allowed to touch things randomly in the room. You just stay in the room, honestly and quietly."

"My gun is not short of bullets; if you dare to move around even a little, I will kill you."

Mariko was clearly scared:

"I... how about I... I'd better go."

"That's fine, you can go," Wen Xishu didn't stop her.

But although Mariko said that, she ultimately didn't leave:

"As long as I am obedient... you won't kill me, right?"

"Depends on your performance; if I'm in a good mood, I won't kill."

"I will make you be in a good mood."

Wen Xishu didn't say anything and opened the door.

Facing Wen Xishu's muzzle, Mariko walked into the door cautiously; the secret joy that flashed in her eyes was captured by Wen Xishu.

But Wen Xishu didn't make a scene.

Now, Wen Xishu still couldn't guarantee whether this girl was a human or "them."

"Sit down, don't move. And don't talk nonsense."

Mariko sat on the sofa in the living room, her legs crossed, exposing her long legs, looking at Wen Xishu with a rather shy demeanor.

Wen Xishu just treated her as an ugly monster whose head was owed a bullet.

He knew that tonight would not be peaceful. There would certainly be no shortage of monsters coming to visit. Among them, there might also be real people...

Perhaps by protecting a portion of real people to survive, he could know the trajectory of this floor's fate and find the invitation letter.

At the same time, he also knew one thing: on the forty-second floor of the Tower of Desire, there might be "collapsers."

"Whether in the Mysterious Tower or the Tower of Desire, the survival difficulty this time is not low. Absolutely cannot make mistakes."

Wen Xishu pulled himself together and began to wait for the next visitor.

This time it was a bit longer. Perhaps it was because there was already "human presence" in the room.

A lone man and a woman in the same room, Wen Xishu had no thoughts of challenging the dignity of the censorship. But Mariko kept posing.

Wen Xishu had the feeling of having bought a peacock, only for it to spread its tail in front of the owner.

Fortunately, the TV in the room lit up soon.

This scene gave Mariko a fright.

Wen Xishu noticed Mariko's reaction.

Why... was Mariko afraid of the TV?

The TV did indeed light up very suddenly, but she shouldn't be afraid because of that.

Wen Xishu had discovered earlier that the TV was broken; the remote couldn't turn it on, and the buttons couldn't turn it on either.

But now, the TV lit up automatically.

The image on the TV was the process of a girl being... brutally assaulted.

The girl's face couldn't be seen clearly, but her hair was very long.

"Her hair is as long as yours," Wen Xishu said.

Mariko trembled, and the expression on her face began to become somewhat strange, as if afraid, and also as if sluggish.

"But her face has already been beaten to a pulp... it shouldn't be you, right?"

This sentence clearly made Mariko feel much more comfortable; she was finally able to make a smiling expression again, only when she looked at Wen Xishu, her eyes were somewhat creepy.

The image on the TV began to flicker, and a blurred sound came out.

【They, a portion of them, do not have reproductive organs.】

This statement came very strangely...

Mariko's tone was light and airy at this moment:

"Lord God, it is said that... people who become monsters..."

"Don't have anything down there. So, you can come and see me... I have something down there."

Mariko slightly opened her legs, as if wanting to prove something; the expression on her face was full of charm, but Wen Xishu suddenly said:

"The news might be fake."

This sentence immediately made Mariko stop her actions. Wen Xishu said:

"Humans don't need to prove they are humans, understand?"

Mariko nodded in a bit of astonishment:

"I... I understand."

Wen Xishu had a very strange feeling; Mariko seemed like a human, but also like that kind of... monster whose intelligence had begun to degenerate.

This is very strange.

Was it a coincidence just now?

Was she planning to prove herself? Or was she planning to test me?

If Mariko is a monster, the reason for her lurking... is she wanting to extract lust from me? Also... is the image on the TV hinting at something?

The knocking on the door interrupted Wen Xishu's thinking. The second visitor had arrived.

Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong, a very urgent knocking on the door.

Wen Xishu immediately arrived at the door and began to observe through the peephole.

The third knocker was a person who looked like a high school student wearing glasses. He was wearing short sleeves, revealing an aura of athleticism and health.

"Quick... quick, open the door! They are coming! Quick, open the door!!"

"Spin around."

"Thank heavens! There really is someone! There really is someone! My name is Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe, I am a human! I am absolutely a human!" Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe shouted very excitedly.

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe spun around once.

In terms of appearance, there was no problem with Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe; wearing glasses, he looked quite delicate, looking like a very honest high school student who liked to play ball.

Wen Xishu said:

"Why did you appear here?"

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe was stunned for a moment:

"Can you let me in first before talking?"

Wen Xishu shook his head:

"You have to answer the question first. Why are you here?"

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe said:

"We don't dare to go out during the day; the sun will... will make us mutate. I can only go out at night; the windows of my previous room weren't locked well. I don't dare to go there anymore!"

"Let me in first! I'll tell you whatever you want to know! But you have to let me in first!"

Actually, letting him in is also fine.

Wen Xishu summarized a rule: if a monster is in the form of a human, it means it has entered the lurking period.

Once it has entered the lurking period, as long as the number is not lower than three... he can kill them himself.

But he has someone in his room now, so he is not in a hurry; he no longer has the urgency of "living alone means certain death," so he can choose not to let people in.

Wen Xishu said:

"Since you also said that the sun is very dangerous and sunlight can make you mutate, why is there such a thing as windows not being closed well?"

Actually, the logic Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe displayed was much better than Takahashi Mariko's.

But there's no way around it; Takahashi Mariko was the first visitor who looked like a human.

Wen Xishu had to solve the living-alone problem.

Otherwise, Takahashi Mariko couldn't have come in.

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe said:

"It's the charms; we didn't stick the charms well... we initially just blocked that place with black cloth."

"But I didn't expect... that place became a weak point. It was still found by the monsters..."

"Many of my partners have already died! Quick, let me in!"

"Do the monsters not move during the day?" Wen Xishu still asked questions slowly.

At this moment, Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe suddenly became angry:

"Are you not planning to let us in at all?"

"Us? Besides you, is there anyone else?" Wen Xishu said.

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe was furious:

"Damn it! Quick, let me in! I don't have much time left! Not much left! Why do you have so many questions?"

Wen Xishu said "Oh":

"I see, your time is running out, then, do the monsters not move during the day?"

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe's eyes were red:

"They move... they move! They have already mutated; sunlight has no effect on them, but they are not allowed to knock on doors during the day!"

"Hurry up, let me in!"

Wen Xishu said:

"You are very irritable; I'm sorry, you cannot come in, but thank you for your answer."

Actually, Wen Xishu did not refuse.

But at this moment, Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe widened his eyes, and his eyes were pressed directly against the peephole:

"Are you living here alone?"

His tone and expression changed directly. There was killing intent in his tone, and his expression became somewhat... ferocious.

Wen Xishu smiled:

"Guess."

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe was clearly a bit astonished by this answer, but soon, he felt the human presence.

"I won't let you go! I won't let you go! Do you think the one in your room is a partner!"

"I will come back to knock on the door again!"

After Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe finished saying this, he disappeared.

Wen Xishu took a deep breath again, realizing that the person just now called Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe was "them."

"This fake Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe is very irritable; clearly looking gentle, his appearance should be that of a gentle student."

"Didn't expect... a few questions made him go crazy."

"It seems that I really need to ask more questions."

Wen Xishu was very glad that he didn't let Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe in, otherwise the other party's lurking period would definitely be very short.

This kind of irritable monster is the most likely to commit aggressive acts that exceed the normal rhythm.

"If Mariko is a human... I could actually have lived safely already."

"But in the end... have I really encountered a human now?"

Although Wen Xishu didn't dare to be completely certain... at this moment, Mariko, who was still looking at him with eyes that were seducing him, was she a human or not?

But he leaned towards the idea that Mariko might not be a human.

Just now, the TV told him the method to identify monsters. However, the wording was "a portion."

It can be seen that this method might not be effective for all monsters.

Just as Wen Xishu was preparing to drink a glass of water, the knocking on the door sounded again. A strange scene appeared.

"Quick... quick, open the door! They are coming! Quick, open the door!!"

This sound made Wen Xishu's heart skip a beat.

How is it exactly the same as the last one?

He immediately went to observe through the peephole; this look made Wen Xishu feel strange and creepy.

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe came again.

"Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe?"

"You... how do you know my name? Quick, sir, I beg you, quick, open the door."

"Why did you appear here?"

"My room... because the charms weren't used on the windows, my partners all died! They are coming! They are coming! I beg you, quick, open the door!"

Wen Xishu said:

"Can you take off your pants?"

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe almost didn't think about it, directly took off his pants, and his ugly organs were exposed to Wen Xishu's eyes.

Wen Xishu was shocked.

But Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe already had a crying tone:

"I beg you! Quick, open the door! I am really not them!"

"Is there no other place for you to rest?" Wen Xishu asked.

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe said desperately:

"The maze... brought me here! I couldn't have encountered any other place."

Wen Xishu was timing it; he roughly knew how long a visitor could stay next to the door.

So he still asked very calmly:

"What does the maze mean?"

"The day is the evolution of organisms... the night is the evolution of rules... the rules guided me here; wanting to leave here is equivalent to walking out of a complex maze, sir, I know you have many questions... want to test me..."

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe said with a crying tone:

"But I am really not them! I beg you."

Wen Xishu thought for a while:

"Alright, you can come in. But I have to tell you, if you're hungry, report it to me; if you're thirsty, report it to me; if you want to pee or poop, also report it to me. If you dare to move around, I will kill you directly."

"No problem! I just want to survive; I promise I won't move around." Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe clearly felt hope, and there was even light in his eyes.

Wen Xishu said:

"What a pity, you have already appeared just now; I cannot let you in. I was just joking."

This was undoubtedly to mess with his mind.

But at this moment, on Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe's head, bullet comments floated out.

【Quick, let me in, quick, let me in, quick, let me in!】

At this moment, Wen Xishu really wanted to open the door and touch the bullet comments. Unfortunately, he couldn't touch them.

However, this scene really made Wen Xishu feel that Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe was much more real.

"I almost forgot myself... there's also the matter of bullet comments. If I pull Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe in and then use the bullet comments... perhaps I could know a lot of extra information."

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe was also answering at this moment:

"That's not me! Believe me! That's not me! Sir, that's the monster that slaughtered our room before! It did this because before it caught me, it came to you first; it disguised itself as me to trick you into opening the door!"

This explanation was also reasonable.

Wen Xishu didn't ask any more questions and opened the door.

As the sound of the doorknob turning rang out, Takahashi Mariko in the room clearly had an angry expression.

After Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe, who was wearing glasses, saw Takahashi Mariko in the room, perhaps surprised by the other party's attire... his face also clearly turned red:

"This... I'm sorry, I came at a bad time."

Wen Xishu thought to himself, you came at the right time; exactly, if this woman doesn't flirt with you, that means you are also not a human.

Even at this moment, Wen Xishu did not relax his vigilance; he always made the worst-case plan...

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe, Takahashi Mariko, all of them were "them."

Wen Xishu let both of them stay in the living room, report if they needed to go to the bathroom, and then took food from the refrigerator for both of them.

At the same time, he thought about the current situation in his mind.

"Now, I can verify whether one of them is a human through the bullet comments. As long as Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe is a human, I can kill Mariko without hesitation."

"In this game, as long as I ensure one thing, that is, I have a human teammate, I can survive for seven days."

Currently, it seems that Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe's performance is indeed very much like a human; Wen Xishu only needs to verify this point next.

He pondered for a while and decided to ask questions first; if he couldn't make the other party produce extreme emotions... then he would use the Tower of Desire's method and beat the truth out of them.

But at this moment, the TV suddenly lit up again.

At this moment, what appeared on the TV was a photo of the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Kashima City.

A gentle boy, wearing a school uniform and glasses, gave a refreshing and warm feeling.

But the image on the TV kept flickering, causing the photo of the boy on the TV to only show the upper half of his face, but not the lower half.

Judging only from the appearance of the upper half of the face...

Wen Xishu could almost be certain that this was Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe.

"This TV actually has this kind of function."

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe looked like an unexpectedly excellent student. Many reports appeared on the TV. They were all through the descriptions of teachers and classmates, telling how excellent Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe was.

Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe was a bit surprised, and even a bit afraid:

"This... what is going on with this TV?"

Wen Xishu didn't speak.

At this moment, the TV suddenly returned to silence again. But on the TV, another audio message came.

【Getting to the bottom of things will cause them to be unable to disguise themselves.】

Wen Xishu understood a bit now.

"So that's how it is, this TV... it seems it will have member introductions and rule supplements."

"Looking at it this way, I now have Rule 11—a portion of them do not have reproductive organs."

"Rule 12—getting to the bottom of things will cause them to be unable to disguise themselves."

Hmm...

Wen Xishu gradually frowned. He suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Let me think, earlier, the first Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe, it was because I kept asking that caused him to become angry. Does this mean this rule took effect?"

"But breaking the disguise means the lurking ends, right? This is not a favorable rule."

"Breaking the disguise means that logically they can no longer make themselves believe they are humans... and so, they can only forcibly end the lurking."

"In other words... if I ask a certain question now that causes Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe or Takahashi Mariko to be unable to answer..."

"Assuming they are both 'them,' then they will immediately turn into monsters."

Wen Xishu thought of the scene not long ago... when the prompt 【They, a portion of them, do not have reproductive organs】 appeared on the TV—

Mariko's reaction was to plan to take off her underwear to prove herself.

But if... at that time, after Mariko took off her underwear, she really didn't have the structure of a normal human... wouldn't that be equivalent to forcing Mariko to expose herself?

Then, does the reason Mariko did this mean that once lurking begins, it cannot be actively exposed?

But if the owner of the room, through logical contradictions, makes it unable to logically disguise itself as a human anymore... can it forcibly end the lurking?

Thinking of this, Wen Xishu suddenly felt some lingering fear.

If at that time, it had been replaced by someone else, whose brain was filled with lust, planning to let Mariko take off her intimate clothing...

Then this person would likely have been killed by the monster-fied Mariko, right?

In a sense, Mariko also planned to use this rule to kill him in advance.

But it was interrupted by himself.

"Damn... Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe here, if I use mental bullet comments, will it cause it to forcibly turn into a monster after I know it is a monster?"

"No... no, I know it is a monster, but as long as it doesn't know that I know it is a monster, it's fine."

"However, I am now bound by this rule."

Now Wen Xishu doesn't dare to get to the bottom of things anymore.

Otherwise, it is very likely to ask for life-threatening danger.

Three bullets, he doesn't want to expose them so early.

But the problem now is, even if Wen Xishu doesn't actively break their lurking... in about eight hours, "they" will also passively end the lurking period.

Wen Xishu speculated that the time of the lurking period is likely about as long as his own sleep time.

Now, Wen Xishu has gotten rid of the "living alone means certain death" rule.

But if the two visitors in the room are both "them," how can he survive safely without using bullets?

There are only three bullets, and it's not even nine o'clock yet, and there have already been four knocks on the door. This night is still very long, and there are six more such nights ahead.

The three of them fell into silence.

At this moment, five knocks on the door sounded.

Wen Xishu didn't say anything and came to the door unhurriedly. He heard panting, but the sound made Wen Xishu feel something was wrong... that sound made him very familiar.

Wen Xishu immediately made a "shh" gesture. In the room, Takahashi Mariko was still looking at Wen Xishu with unsatisfied eyes.

And Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe was very cooperative, covering his mouth with both hands.

Wen Xishu only felt his scalp tingling now.

Even though he knew his guts were really big, and he knew he was temporarily safe, after seeing clearly who was knocking on the door, he still felt a chill in his heart.

The knocker outside the door was none other than Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe again.

At this moment, Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe outside the door made a "shh" gesture.

He took out his phone and typed on it. Then, Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe pressed the phone against the peephole.

Wen Xishu looked at the information on the phone, feeling it was very interesting, but also very troublesome.

【I come from the room next door. My drone filmed... you just let it in! Don't believe the me in the room! Don't believe the me in the room! It's just "them" who know what we look like.】

【It is not me!】

Wen Xishu turned his head and glanced at Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe in his room.

Perhaps it was an illusion, but Tetsuya Fukang Zhezhe's eyes also became somewhat playful at this moment.

He also looked straight at Wen Xishu, and then, he stood up and walked towards the position where Wen Xishu was.

(End of chapter)