Chapter 40: Chaotic Code
When Wang Xuming returned, Bai Cha looked like she was asleep with her eyes closed.
Ponytail girl didn’t disturb her either.
But Bai Cha was actually thinking.
This instance was so strange.
Although she hadn’t been in other instances and didn’t know what they were like, from a game perspective, to build an instance, it should at least have a set of logic.
That is to say, there should at least be a basic code on which to construct the game rules.
But this instance seemed to have a lot of messy rules.
On the surface, it looked like a horror instance. But in fact, the rules weren’t that important.
The players seemed to be divided into opposing camps. But it wasn’t explicitly stated, and so far, it wasn’t clear what the camps were for.
Except that it might create mutual killing among players.
Of course, it couldn’t be ruled out that some players had received separate prompts and were doing something tricky while doing tasks.
There were monsters in the rooms.
Special spaces.
Ghosts filling an entire space.
The two inexplicably separated parallel worlds, the biggest use of which was temporarily uncertain. It was very likely just to prevent them from returning to their bodies. The specific function might not be known until dawn tomorrow.
And the evil god statue that hadn’t shown a clear figure so far.
Bai Cha had always felt that something was missing to connect these things together, but now thinking about it, it didn’t seem to be the case.
Perhaps there was no need for them to be connected from the beginning.
Because based on the current situation, this instance wasn’t without a core code.
Chaos.
Bai Cha had this sense of déjà vu from the very beginning.
Logically, the title of the instance should represent its core.
This was only from the perspective of the game creator. What was outside then?
Such a big world.
If it didn’t include the entire world, then the name of this instance would be more reasonable. But the outside world was also a place that could be explored and also had clues.
Then it couldn’t be called “Strange Tales Guesthouse,” “Strange Tales World” would be more like it.
It was the same inside the guesthouse. The parallel worlds had already been divided, so why create another separate space?
And she had been eliminated.
In that separate space, she did have some luck involved.
But in Bai Cha’s opinion, that public toilet was originally set aside, an opening that was out of place in that space.
It was like a strange tale deliberately leaving a rule in that space as well.
Yes, it was this deliberate feeling.
And the board game they were currently playing in front of them.
So far, it seemed that each part of the game belonged to a separate department’s control.
The front desk was the front desk, the guesthouse was the guesthouse. The employees in the guesthouse were employees, the ghosts in the guesthouse were ghosts. The guesthouse and the outside world were also separate. The two statues seemed to be independent, and the board game was the board game.
Disorderly, twisted together by the so-called “Strange Tales Guesthouse.”
And the threads in this mess were difficult to pull out and unravel. This feeling of déjà vu was like a dream.
A dream was just a dream.
Only in dreams would logic be chaotic, yet there seemed to be sets of very clear worldviews. Only upon waking up would one realize the indescribable chaos within.
Bai Cha opened her eyes and looked at the Ponytail girl.
Ponytail girl immediately noticed her gaze and looked over.
“What did you see in the mirror when you went into the bathroom? Besides that female ghost.”
Ponytail girl hadn’t expected her to ask this question. Since they were just waiting anyway, she replied, “Blood, everything around was blood. The whole room also became very strange, like a living thing, soft. It took me a lot of effort to break through the door and run out.”
Bai Cha’s eyes flickered slightly.
“What about your second task?”
Since the Ponytail girl had already told one, there was no need to hide the other.
“I also went to the second floor. They wanted me to light three incense sticks next to the already lit white candle.”
Ponytail was still apprehensive when mentioning this.
“You don’t know, those black shadows on the second floor were so strange. They were strange and powerful, not like ordinary ghosts. They had their own thoughts and combat awareness. But our attacks were very difficult to make effective against them. I almost lost my life.”
Bai Cha glanced at the injuries on her body.
“Are those knife wounds on you?”
Ponytail girl nodded.
“One of the black shadows used a knife. It was the one that cut me.”
“They even use weapons…”
Bai Cha’s eyes moved slightly.
“Um… did you think of something? What did you experience?” Ponytail girl asked, unable to help herself after seeing her expression.
“I went to a special space. Like I told you when I went in, the walls moved like living things.”
Bai Cha had vaguely figured out what was going on in this game, so she didn’t hide anything.
Because if her guess was correct, then this game probably required players to survive as much as possible.
“I have a few life-saving cards. Oh, right, I saw the separate bathroom there,” Bai Cha said.
Ponytail girl’s eyes lit up. Only this bathroom hadn’t been seen so far.
“What’s inside?”
“I didn’t dare to look carefully, but I did come back to the room through there.”
Ponytail girl wasn’t disappointed. The system could directly notify that Bai Cha was eliminated, indicating that her situation at the time should have been very critical, at least she shouldn’t have survived.
“These things aren’t important for now. What’s important is that we can no longer play this board game and do tasks.”
Bai Cha propped herself up to sit.
“Or rather, we can’t do anything except things related to the strange tales. The top priority is to find a way back to our bodies.”
Ponytail girl looked at her in confusion.
Bai Cha’s expression was serious and earnest.
“This instance is fundamentally…”
“Bang—” A gunshot came from the second floor, directly interrupting Bai Cha’s words.
Immediately after, a figure slid down from the stair railing, then turned and fired several shots at the stairs.
A black shadow stood at the corner platform on the first floor, dodging the shots but staying there, watching the people downstairs.
Bai Cha’s heart sank slightly.
“Why not just run down? Why fight him? Didn’t you say you couldn’t hit them?” As she spoke, she stared at Wang Xuming with unprecedented vigilance.
She had just figured out the situation of the instance.
But Wang Xuming hadn’t given any hints before. In fact, some of his previous answers had misled Bai Cha, even though those answers were indeed facts.
This person was very familiar with the instance. He had other purposes for being here, and his purpose was definitely not just to clear the game and survive.
But Bai Cha was different. As a newbie, this instance was too difficult for her.
Moreover, if it was really as she thought, the true difficulty of this instance hadn’t even begun yet.
Bai Cha had already lost most of her life.
She couldn’t rely on others to save her every time.
The first time Wang Xuming saved her was a coincidence. Was the second time really just because he happened to be on a task?
Bai Cha hated this feeling of not being in control.
