Weird Regulator

At half past one in the afternoon, the campus was already deserted.

Except for the three lines of moving footprints in the snow, traces of human activities have been completely obscured by the newly fallen snow.

As we move forward in the direction of snowfall, this feeling of loneliness becomes more intense.

In the vast white sky and earth, only these three figures were left, walking forward hobblingly, as small as smoke.

The tall and towering E-2 building surrounds the side of the mountain, gathering too much gloom on the shady side.

Outside the newly decorated building, those hideous corpses have been disposed of.

However, the twenty-odd ropes hanging in the air were still swaying in the wind, and the strong smell of death could not be dissipated, but became more and more serious.

So, you are also being questioned by the men in black.

Ji Li listened to Zhu Xiaoning's description, looked at the E-2 building getting closer and closer, and asked softly.

Zhu Xiaoning nodded silently, following his gaze as he stared at the building as he left and returned, sighed and said:

I know what Xue Tinghai is regretting. We were stopped by men in black on the 13th floor and questioned.

This delayed us for at least three minutes, and when we reached the rooftop, the alarm clock's tracks were still fresh on the snow.

This shows that maybe without these three minutes, we might have met the person behind the scenes.

Such speculation actually makes some sense.

Although the person behind the scenes is trying to be mysterious and has his own purpose, judging from the current situation, he is a friend, not an enemy, and has the same goal.

Then the probability that he is a living person will greatly increase.

Since he is a living person, he cannot disappear into thin air, even if he has his own secret.

According to Xue Tinghai's guess, if the man in black hadn't blocked the road for three minutes, they would have at least gotten more clues related to it, not just an alarm clock.

Thinking about it, the fact that there is no trace of the person behind the scenes is also related to the on-site processing of the man in black.

It can be said that the arrival of the man in black not only disrupted the actions of the store clerks, but also played a negative role in the aftermath of the incident for those behind the scenes.

Ji Li stopped in front of the E-2 building and looked at it silently with a deep gaze.

Outside the building, the windows flashing with white light were like pairs of eyes, also examining Ji Li.

Listening to Zhu Xiaoning's description, he said lightly:

Perhaps it was these three minutes of accident that actually saved your lives...

Zhu Xiaoning was puzzled.

He looked at the back heading towards the main entrance, frowned secretly, and began to think about why he said this sentence.

Staff Office Building E-2.

Speaking of which, this is the fourth time Ji Li has walked into this building, and the feeling is different every time.

The first time, when Yu Guo brought him here, there was only peace;

The second time, I went there with Chang Nian, and there was a supernatural chaos here;

The third time, in the morning, I came looking for Yu Guo, but it was mediocre and made no achievements;

But this fourth time he visited, Ji Li's feeling changed again. He was doing it with a purpose of prying.

The strange thing is that since the beginning of the mission, Ji Li has always chosen to take the elevator and go straight there.

But this time, he slowly walked up the fire escape.

For him who is already lame in one leg, the height of 17 floors is enough to consume a lot of energy.

In the cold and quiet corridor, listening to his own footsteps, Ji Li asked quietly without looking back:

According to what you said, the three of you suddenly encountered the man in black on the 14th floor, right?

That's right, the journey was uneventful. When we reached the 14th floor, we were suddenly stopped by two men in black.

This is the third time Zhu Xiaoning has answered the same question, so she is very skilled.

Ji Li walked up slowly, without stopping along the way, as if he had a unique goal.

Have you noticed that the word you used is 'stop'...

Zhu Xiaoning didn't understand the first time, but took a breath of cold air the second time. He stopped and looked at the back in front of him, and said in a deep voice:

Are you trying to say that the man in black's coming to question us was actually a temporary decision?

stop……

This word has been repeated four times. In Zhu Xiaoning's description, it is very natural and casual.

But in fact, a lot of hidden information can be revealed behind it.

According to the timeline, the death exhibition occurred first, then Zhu Xiaoning and three people went upstairs, and finally the man in black arrived.

Of course, the man in black has supernatural blessings and is a ghost himself, so his speed is different.

But from the description of stop, we can know that the man in black was one step ahead of Zhu Xiaoning at the beginning and reached the 14th floor.

But for some unknown reason, the man in black came back and interrogated the three of them.

Only with this kind of logic can the word stop be used.

Zhu Xiaoning understood somewhat. No wonder Ji Li said that before entering the building.

The truth can be guessed like this: Maybe the men in black didn't care about Zhu Xiaoning and the others at first, and their mission was to deal with the death exhibition.

But just when they were about to arrive on the rooftop, there was a change among Zhu Xiaoning and others behind them that they themselves were not aware of.

This change, although no one noticed it, must be important enough to make the man in black turn back.

Ji Li took out the cigarette case again, took out the cigarette while paying attention to the number of floors, and said:

I think there should be supernatural phenomena around you on the 14th floor, and this supernatural phenomenon...

It's related to the Ghost Academy!

Zhu Xiaoning felt a chill on his neck, as if something was stuck to the back of his head, and he immediately turned back.

The corridor behind him was empty, so he realized that this was because he was afraid.

Non-artificial, non-special path, independently opened entrance to the ghost academy...

Zhu Xiaoning understood. She thought that when they arrived on the 14th floor, they were about to be attacked by the entrance.

If you had entered the Ghost Academy under those circumstances, you would have basically been dead.

Fortunately, the man in black showed up in time to conduct an interrogation, forcing the entrance to retreat and saving their lives.

This is just reasoning.

Ji Li looked at the 13th floor corridor in front of him. After blowing out a smoke ring, he kept calm and continued walking up.

He knew about Yu Guo in advance and already had a guess about the special location of E-2, so he could easily draw such a conclusion.

Staff Office Building E-2 is different from the other four special locations in that it has a probability of being opened randomly and people are required to enter.

Of course, there is another possibility.

The entrance that Zhu Xiaoning and the others experienced may have been opened by the person behind the scenes and they escaped.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain how he managed to escape without leaving any trace while being surrounded by the store clerk and the men in black.

It's just that Ji Li prefers the first one in his heart, because the latter's guess is inconsistent with the information he had previously obtained.

If the person behind the scenes had the ability to freely enter and exit the non-ghost and ghost dimensions, there would be no need for him to guide the store employees to explore the five special locations.

unless……

Unless Ji Li's conjecture, which has no evidence and subverts everything, is true!

In the blink of an eye, the fourteenth floor arrived.

When Ji Li, Zhu Xiaoning, and Duan Yanyan raised their heads, their eyes collided with two men in black who were as long and thin as wooden stakes.

In a small and cramped corridor, the man in black and the clerks were once again in close combat.

Coincidentally, the same three people came this time, and the man in black appeared in the stop position again.