Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

Xu Ning tensed up immediately: "Thinking...thinking about what?"

Qi Tong continued stroking his chin, looking her up and down: "Could it be that you're thinking of..."

Xu Ning stood there, her forehead already slightly sweaty: "No, I just couldn't hold it in anymore and needed to go to the bathroom. Hurry up and come with me!"

Qi Tong shook his head and waved his hand: "Don't tell me you want to take a dump? But I don't have any toilet paper."

Xu Ning's sweat stopped, her hands stopped trembling, and her heart stopped racing: "...Yes, it's okay, I have some tissues, come with me quickly."

"No! You know, once upon a time, there was a mountain, and on the mountain was a temple. In the temple was a monk telling a story. What was the story? It was about...

"Are you fucking done yet?!" Xu Ning shouted angrily, and the next second she turned into a blood mist.

"You little brat! Trying to outsmart me! When in doubt, I just play dumb. Can you compete with me?" Qi Tong turned around and went to find the administrator to explain that he needed to use the restroom. He took the wristband and then went to the restroom alone.

Following the WC directions marked on the wall, Qi Tong found the restroom easily. He opened the door and went inside. It was pitch black inside, but there were three white candles lit on the sink, allowing people to see the situation inside.

The only light source along the way was white candles. Qi Tong thought for a moment, picked up a candle, blew it out, and put it in his pocket.

There are three in this small area, so it's not unreasonable for me to take one, right?

There are four stalls in the toilet. The first three are red, indicating that they are occupied. The only stall that is actually in use is the one furthest inside.

Qi Tong grinned, which reminded her of a scary story she had heard since childhood: try not to squat in the last stall in the toilet, because it is said that the last stall has the heaviest yin energy and may be hiding dirty things.

But there's no other way; this is the only available spot.

Qi Tong turned around and picked up another burning candle, silently counting 1, 2, 3, then suddenly opened the toilet door and handed the candle forward.

The toilet stalls, which were originally dark, are now fully illuminated by candlelight.

There was nothing there, just a simple toilet.

Qi Tong didn't want to go to the toilet; she just wanted to look for clues and investigate the situation. Just as she was about to close the door, she heard rustling sounds coming from the next stall.

Since they were already there, Qi Tong summoned Xiao Yi and asked her to check out the situation in the next few cubicles.

Xiao Yi glared at Qi Tong: "Couldn't you have chosen a better place before summoning him for me?"

Qi Tong chuckled: "There's nothing I can do about it. Who told the designer to be such a pervert, making all this noise in the toilet?"

Xiao Yi reluctantly pushed open the cubicle door and went to the next room.

Qi Tong followed her out and waited for her at the toilet door.

The moment Xiaoyi pushed open the door, a scene flashed through Qi Tong's mind: a figure, contorted in an extremely grotesque position, was scribbling the same sentence frantically on a piece of parchment, fingers stained with an unknown liquid. "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

"What's going on?"

"He was writing on the toilet, they said it was a punishment from the store manager."

"Human or eerie?"

"dead."

"dead?"

The only people in the dungeon are players and NPCs. Could it be that the players died in the dungeon?

Qi Tong took Xiao Yi back and followed the white candles all the way back to the library. Along the way, Qi Tong saw two librarians, both wearing red vests. They were walking back and forth in front of the bookshelves, their eyes always fixed on the books inside. She went up to them and returned the bracelet to the librarians, who gave her a big smile in return.

The kind where the corners of your mouth stretch all the way to the back of your ears.

This time, she returned to her seat smoothly without any further mischief. Qi Tong looked around and realized that two players were missing.

Of the young couple from before, only Tan Xue remains, now silently weeping, barely holding back her sobs.

The person named Spicy Rose also disappeared. Qi Tong was wondering how two players had disappeared just because she went to the toilet.

"Zhao Haiyang couldn't withstand the illusion and screamed, and was instantly killed. Liu Weiyi was swapped with that chrysanthemum-man Chen Guodong to take the hit."

Qi Tong looked at Xu Ning in confusion when she heard the voice in her head. Xu Ning kept her mouth shut and blinked: "This is my item, called the Mind Bridge. It allows you to have a mental conversation with another player."

Qi Tong stared at Xu Ning's lips for two seconds, confirming that the words really had come from her own head. She then thought of her own "love bubble" and suddenly felt like everyone else was using smartphones while she was still using a pager.

In her mind, 666 whistled guiltily, whether it was real or fake, Qi Tong didn't want to pursue it anymore.

"I've been scammed!"

"I've been scammed!"

Suddenly, the two eerie creatures in front of them spoke, saying the same thing. One of them glared angrily at the other, raising its hand as if to bang on the table. But then, remembering the rules against making a big fuss, it punched its own leg hard.

"How dare you say that? What kind of relationship do you, a grown man, have with me? I spent so much time and money, and it turns out you're a man!"

"You're fucking crazy! Don't you ever ask about your partner's gender when you're dating?! I thought you were a woman!"

"You didn't even ask! How dare you criticize me like that?"

The two eerie creatures started arguing and then began to fight. Afraid of making a scene, neither of them made a sound when they were being hit; only the sounds of their attacks could be heard.

This scene is too bizarre...

Qi Tong felt like she had returned to a silent version of the old ladies bickering at the village entrance that she had seen when she was a child.

"Stop, stop, stop! Weren't you two asking me questions? Why are you fighting amongst yourselves?" Qi Tong tried to stop them.

"Don't worry about it, it's none of your business!" The two continued arguing.

Qi Tong opened the shop interface and purchased two automatic binding ropes. The next second, they landed on the two monsters, who were immediately bound and made to sit obediently in their seats.

Qi Tong: "Hei Zi, speak up!"

[I'm dying of laughter, how come this person encounters such bizarre and strange things?]

[I think Chen Guodong's behavior is really eerie and scary.]

[Ha, is this the newbie protection period? Being this stupid, you'll die sooner or later.]

This woman has a good sense of humor.

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The two eerie beings looked at each other, neither speaking. Qi Tong pointed at the eerie being who had caused her trouble back then: "You, speak!"

"talk!"

"...Tell me what happened!"

"Oh, oh, oh, it's like this, I met someone online, and I always thought he was a girl. We met through playing games. I never imagined that he, a grown man, would have a screen name like 'Don't Want to Drink Coke.' I thought he was a cute girl."

"After I confessed my feelings, we got together, and a few months later we met in person. He said he rented an apartment in an old neighborhood, so I went directly to his place."

"When we got there, we saw two grown men, arguing loudly at each other. We didn't even know there was a fire in that building; we even closed the windows because we thought the noise was too much. Then we got so choked by the smoke that we thought we were just dizzy from anger, and then we just died from the fumes while we were arguing."

"...You two are quite talented too."

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong have finally reunited!

"Hmph! You have the nerve to say that? My name is 'Kuo Le' because of my name! What kind of grown man would choose a name like 'Don't you eat cilantro?' (exam prep version)? Are you sick in the head?!"

"I'm preparing for graduate school entrance exams! I just don't like cilantro! You're the one who's crazy!"

"You're sick, your whole family is sick!"

"stop……"

Qi Tong looked at the two of them helplessly.

"You two are arguing now, but before you had a mouth to ask questions, did you?"

Two eerie silences.

After Qi Tong's persuasion, the two strange beings finally gave up thinking and reconciled.

If love between two people is meant to last, why should they care about their parents-in-law?

Two strange figures walked out of the library hand in hand.