Don't follow the rules

Chapter 16 Double Happiness Apartment ([-])
The dogfight continued.

Chunyu had to protect Ning Yao, drag the landlord, and guard against Lao Geng's AOE damage. At the moment, he was at his wits' end, so he could only let Bass leave the battlefield and hide quietly.

After fighting in a mess for a while, the situation gradually became clear. Old Geng was led to the landlord. Chunyu took the opportunity to get close to Ning Yao, put a turtle's breath talisman on him, and then told him to roll away and play by himself.

Seeing that the battle situation is developing in a direction that is not conducive to him, the opponent's pressing step by step is obviously determined to kill the killer. The landlord who originally planned to "take advantage of the situation" had to give up keeping his hands and layout, and could only fight to the death.

He pulled down the load-bearing beam and used the collapse of the ceiling as an opportunity to shock everyone in front of him, winning a short gap.Then roaring silently, he stabbed his dry hand straight into his shriveled chest, stirred it vigorously, took out some unidentifiable contents, and threw them at everyone.

The security guard in the form of a troll didn't have that much patience. He didn't bother to wait for him to finish casting the spell, so he tried to interrupt the reading directly, and rushed forward with big strides, only to be drenched all over by the lump of viscera.

As soon as the internal organs touched the human body, they immediately expanded and stretched out, returning to the shape of a charred corpse. He hugged the security guard tightly and began to chew.The security guard raised his hand and tore off a charred corpse that was chewing on his shoulder. He was about to crush it when he took one look and was stunned.

It's him?

That cheeky, polite guy who always works late.

Turned to look the other way.

It’s the single mother who always worries about her children’s homework.

and her child.

There is also the old aunt on the fifth floor who loves square dancing and recommends TV dramas to herself.

These were the people Lao Geng was most familiar with and most guilty of during his lifetime.

They seemed to have been absorbed by the landlord because of violations, and now they have completely lost their consciousness as human beings, leaving only a weak soul.

Most of their energy has been sucked away, and their souls have become extremely fragile. Even ordinary humans with a Yang Qi focus may not be able to get close to them, and they are not a threat to anyone else.

But this is a killing move against Geng Xun alone.

Even in the state of a raging troll, Geng Xun could still instantly recognize these familiar residents. His guilt and self-blame made him unable to raise his fist to save himself, let alone launch an attack.His hands drooped feebly, and he completely gave up resistance, allowing these unconscious residents to crawl on him and gnaw at his muscles and bones.

"Geng Xun!" Chunyu noticed that Lao Geng's fighting spirit had dissipated, and he didn't even have the desire to resist and survive, so he anxiously tried to wake him up.He moved closer to Lao Geng, intending to help him drive away the scorched corpses on his body.

Geng Xun staggered back a step, looked at Chunyu, shook his head very lightly, and silently conveyed the message through his mouth: Don't hurt them.

"But if you continue like this, you will be gnawed out of your wits."

Geng Xun made no move to respond. He just shrank from the burning giant into the short and frail old man bit by bit.

hateful.

Chunyu immediately turned his spear and rushed towards the landlord, intending to surround Wei and rescue Zhao.

The landlord unhurriedly threw out a few lumps of flesh and blood, which stretched out into a human shape on the ground, forming a circle, and guarding the landlord in the center.

Chunyu was forced to stop: "Living soul? How many people did you monster eat?"

In the corner, Ning Yao, who had been invisible online with the Turtle Breath Talisman affixed, was secretly studying a bunch of keys in his hand.

That's right, when everyone was in chaos, this guy directly stole the house.Relying on the turtle's breathing talisman to minimize his sense of existence, on the messy battlefield, he quietly touched the back of the landlord's pillar, hooked his little hand, and got the landlord's big treasure.

At this time, the landlord's attention was all on Geng Xun and Chunyu, the two main combat forces. He was busy directing the concrete pillars, digging out the internal organs of the chest cavity, and had no time to pay attention to the little movements in the stomach.

When Ning Yao touched the key, she didn't rush to attack. Instead, she slipped back to her little corner and observed secretly.

Each key is marked with a corresponding room number, but the room numbers are not consistent, and it is obvious that this small string is not enough for the number of rooms in the entire building.Ning Yao reasonably suspected that these keys were not the so-called rules and authority to "control the room", but the bodies of the residents' souls.The landlord could have completely absorbed the offending tenants, but in order to guard against evildoers, he specially intercepted part of the tenant's soul and made it into a key.

After all, the power of this bunch of keys is not strong, it is just Geng Xun's weakness.

Ning Yao crawled forward, sneaked back to the battlefield, leaned behind a relatively safe pillar, gently took off a key and shouted loudly to the field: "Residents of room 0701, take your key and go back to the room, rest in peace!"

After speaking, the key in his hand suddenly shattered, turning into a wisp of silver metal fly ash.

And the overtime guy who was biting Lao Geng on the field stopped his movements, and his body recovered from the charred corpse to the appearance before his death. With a sorry smile on his face, he also disappeared with the key.

The guess is correct, this trick really works!
The Turtle Breath Talisman on Ning Yao's body could not withstand his operation of attracting firepower, and it self-destructed.

The landlord let out a shriek of irrational collapse, and began to attack Ning Yao recklessly.

Chun Yu flashed behind Ning Yao, grabbed the man by the waist and took him away from the place.

"continue."

"what?"

"You did a good job just now, I let you continue."

Encouraged by Ning Yao, he entrusted his own safety to his trustworthy good thigh, and then concentrated on dealing with the landlord's puppets of charred corpses.

"Room 2803!"

"Room 1902!"

"Room 0806!"

……

Following Ning Yao's roll call, the residents on the field were dismissed one after another, and the last trace of soul was able to rest in peace.

Geng Xun knelt on the ground, watching the familiar faces around him return to their previous appearances, their expressions were empty and blank, but they were finally relieved and slowly dissipated.

Geng Xun kowtowed tiredly in the direction where his soul was drifting away: "I'm sorry for everyone, I hope... I hope you can grow up well in the next life, I'm sorry..."

All the spirits of the residents dispersed, and without the restraint of the out-of-control giant security monster, Chunyu Fei leaned close to the landlord, and with a thunderous blow from his palm, the landlord, who was at the end of his strength, was instantly blown away and shattered into cinders on the ground.

"Okay." Chunyu patted the dust on his clothes, "This is the end of fate. I'll send you to wake up."

"Wake up?" Ning Yao was still immersed in the passionate battle just now, and was stunned by the unexpected turning point.

"Uh, actually this is the [Dream Core]. To you, it's a dream... Don't you think that you have time-traveled with your expression? This kind of good thing is your turn?"

Dream?Squeezing the arm is real pain.This dream is too long, too realistic, right?

"Do not believe?"

"Do not believe."

"Then tell me, how did you get here?"

Ning Yao was speechless.

"It's normal not to be able to explain." Chunyu shrugged. "You can't explain your origin, just like no one can recall how their dream started."

"Then you..." He hesitated to speak.

"I know what you want to ask, I am real, not your imagination, everything is real. The world really has ghosts, monsters and metaphysics, but ordinary human beings can only perceive these in the state of spirit body when dreaming. People who stray into ghost talks will quickly forget half of their dreams within 5 minutes after waking up, and you will forget all of them after 15 minutes. When you cheer up and start a new day, you will feel like last night Had a weary dream, you don't remember the plot, just vaguely remember the emotion."

Ning Yao was a little disappointed.

Chunyu decided to give this little boy some time to digest, so he went to Geng Xun who was kneeling by the side, and stretched out his hand to him: "Due to your outstanding performance in this strange talk incident, you have goodwill towards human beings. An invitation, would you like to join us?"

Ning Yao interjected: "I thought you were only good at catching ghosts, but you can also recruit them?"

Chunyu: "The bad saboteurs should be eliminated, but those who are well-intentioned and help to maintain the operation of the rules, our association also knows how to cherish talents. Geng Xun is in line with our philosophy, and... he himself should also want to atone for his sins." ?”

The two looked at Geng Xun, and Uncle Geng smiled self-deprecatingly: "I'm an old bone, I can't help you normally, but when I go crazy, I don't know who I am. I'm afraid I will disappoint your expectations."

Chunyu flipped through the small notebooks he carried with him: "We are recruiting for a position, and it seems to be quite suitable for you."

Ning Yao was very cooperative: "What position?"

Chunyu closed the notebook: "Fire safety quality inspector."

Geng Xun: I suspect you made it up...

Chunyu: "In short, if you stay here, Shuangxi Apartment will continue to operate as a haunted house. If you leave, the core character will be lost, and the story will no longer be complete. Gradually, people will no longer talk about this place, everything that happened here Only then will real rest be found.

According to the rules, I should exterminate you, or [clean] you clean before taking you out of here.This is the easiest way to smooth out the strange talk.

But I think your confession deserves a chance at redemption. "

Geng Xun looked up: "I, can I still redeem my sin?"

Chunyu: "Set a small goal first, save the same number of people in this apartment."

Geng Xun: "Thank you...I'll go with you."

Chunyu looked at Ning Yao: "You have almost digested it. Are you ready to wake up?"

"Will I forget you?"

"Everyone has different memory levels for dreams. Maybe you forget it as soon as you wake up, or maybe you will remember me firmly and even continue to dream about me next time."

Ning Yao showed a silly smile: "I will never forget you, I will hug your thigh next time I dream."

Chunyu chuckled: "Let's talk about it next time."

　I wish you all a Happy New Year!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)