Chapter 1302 Clock Time
Big and scary scene-based missions test courage, structure and strategy;
Small but surprising puzzle tasks, focusing on psychology, quick wit and reaction.
In the career of clerks, they usually progress from small to large. In the early stages of entering the hotel, small but surprising tasks are more intensive.
As the survival time becomes longer and longer, the proportion of large and scary scene-based tasks will increase.
Ji Li had not been trapped in a secret room for an unknown amount of time, walking on thin ice among various ghosts in search of life, but that didn't mean that he had forgotten that feeling.
On the contrary, at this moment, his state of mind was calm, he no longer felt flustered and gradually relaxed.
Wearing a white dress with suspenders and long hair disheveled, the twin female ghosts we had seen before were indeed here!
A pair of twins who committed suicide by jumping off a building 17 years ago appeared on the top floor and looked at him a few minutes ago, and now one of them is lying on top of him again.
At the beginning, Ji Li believed that a ghost that only he could see would to a certain extent indicate that he would have some extraordinary connection with it.
Sure enough.
One of the twins lay on top of him and did not move. Except for that extremely terrifying face, he seemed to not exist.
In fact, if it hadn't reached out to cover Ji Li's face, he would never have sensed the ghost's existence.
"The form of a ghost will not change unless it is an accident. If the twins are a pair, they will only be a pair. But now there is only one, which is problematic."
Ji Li's brain processed everything quickly in a huge and extremely tense and complicated information network.
Although the female ghost was lying on its back, its series of actions showed that it had no intention of killing herself at this moment.
Then there must be information to be mined behind this move.
From the slightly slumped bed above his head, the sound of "whirring" came out, still rapid, as if he was huddled under the quilt.
Let’s call the ghost on the bed the “opener”.
The situation of No. 1414 is currently focused on the complicated relationship between the door opener and the twin female ghosts.
Although it cannot be described as "opposition", it is clear that the two sides belong to different camps.
The twin female ghosts had unspeakable fear towards the person who opened the door.
Perhaps this is related to the fact that it only has the form of a single female ghost, so can we make a bold assumption...
"Is there another female ghost imprisoned in the locked bathroom?"
In the huge and confusing information, Ji Li finally found a thread. The next thing he should do is to open the big lock in the bathroom.
Ji Li moved his palm lightly, grabbed the ghost hand covering his face, gently pulled it down, and slowly turned his head.
It’s been a long time since I’ve met a ghost so close. The ghost didn’t even make any aggressive moves after physical contact. This was really weird.
Last time, from the height of the eighteenth floor, many details could not be seen clearly. Now the distance is extremely close, and the appearance of the twin female ghosts finally comes into view.
This female ghost was dressed coolly, and her skin was pale. Together with the white skirt on her body, there was a white glow under the dark bed.
Although her hair was disheveled, covering most of her face, in the faint light, you could still see numerous cracks on the female ghost's face.
Its face seemed to be shattered. The palm-sized face was full of zigzag cracks. The scarlet lips were also split into seven or eight pieces, and the teeth were turned outwards, making it extremely ugly.
The pressure exerted by the person who opened the door from above caused a strange and delicate balance between humans and ghosts, and no one acted rashly.
One person and one ghost, silently looking at each other in such a cramped and terrifying environment.
Looking at this female ghost, he couldn't understand what kind of complex thoughts were hidden behind the long hair and the broken eyes.
Based on the existing clues, if he wants to stay at No. 1414 for a long time, he must use the twin female ghosts to restrain and contain the person who opens the door.
But is unlocking a way to life or a way to death?
Ji Li turned his head back and put his hand on his chin. He ignored the female ghost and lowered his head in deep thought. The current hiding time is to give him the last chance to think.
"A single female ghost is afraid of the person who opens the door, but what will happen when the two come together?"
Currently, No. 1414 is in dire straits.
Now that there is only a single female ghost, Ji Li, who is the weakest, can ignore it for a while and only consider the one who opens the door.
However, the situation of the person who opened the door is unknown. What is the logic of the behavior, what are the clues behind it, and what is the killing ability? None of this is known.
This is the biggest threat to Ji Li.
To solve this threat, he can only rely on the twin female ghosts, but what he has to weigh is whether the delicate situation will be imbalanced once the bathroom is unlocked.
No one said that there must be another female ghost in the bathroom, but based on the existing information, it was highly likely that this would be the case.
So, after the twin female ghosts are together, they will no longer be afraid of the person who opens the door, but will there be counter-suppression?
From now on, Ji Li will reach a subtle coexistence with the one who opened the door, and then fight against the twin female ghosts.
"Huh?"
Thinking of this, Ji Li suddenly had an idea.
In this three-way relationship of coexistence, confrontation, and suppression, he suddenly realized the way to survive.
Now that the one who opened the door has the upper hand, the single female ghost and Ji Li are "allies" and fall into a state of balance.
But this balance will be destroyed when Ji Li is discovered or the person who opens the door changes.
Then Ji Li must open the lock of the bathroom and let the twin female ghosts join together, so that the pair of female ghosts can gain the upper hand and relieve the crisis of the one who opened the door.
Since then, it has fallen into the second equilibrium state - the twins have the upper hand, and the opener and Ji Li have become "new allies".
The dominant side changes back and forth between the opener and the twins.
And if Ji Li wants to survive, he cannot remain unchanged. He must mediate at the right opportunity to save his life.
In this way, Ji Li doesn't need to open the lock yet, but he must have the ability to open the lock.
"Then, I have to get the key to the bathroom. As for when to open it, it depends on the situation."
"Huhuhu..."
A dark room can make people lose their sense of time and forget about the passage of time.
Ji Li listened to the sound above the bed board. The breathing of the person who opened the door had become steady at some point. Although it was still so rapid, the frequency had become even, as if he had fallen into sleep.
He raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was already 18:27. Unknowingly, he had been hiding under the bed for 26 minutes.
In 33 minutes, he will go to the appointment at the elevator entrance on the 9th floor.
During this time, all he had to do was get the key to the bathroom.
Finally, he glanced at the female ghost under the bed. Its eyes were locked with Ji Li's movements, and she just watched him slowly crawl out from under the bed without making any movement.
In the dark and gloomy bedroom, Ji Li only held a black umbrella, and his crutches and backpack were thrown under the bed. When he turned around, he wanted to take a look at the person who opened the door, but then he frowned.
The person who opened the door actually wrapped his entire body in the quilt, leaving a bulging quilt on the bed. No one could see its appearance, except for the sound of "whirring".
Ji Li always felt uneasy when he couldn't see it, but now he had more important things to do, so he turned around and looked at the clock.
I saw that the time above had been manually adjusted to "21.27" by the person who opened the door.