Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Weird Peppa Pig

But at the last moment before the ward door was to close, a wisp of black mist sneaked out through the crack in the door, leaving only Wuyin and Li Fan in the room.

There's also Lucas's human skin.

"Damn it, I should have thought of that sooner."

Wuyin said with some annoyance.

“From the moment you said at the beginning that there was no black mist on him, to the moment black mist suddenly gushed out from his body, I should have known that he was using something to cover up the black mist on his body in order to make us lower our guard.”

And what concealed his black mist must have been human skin.

Li Fan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and spoke up.

"According to you, this thing isn't actually Lucas at all, but is just wearing Lucas's skin, so tonight he wants to switch into your skin."

Li Fan looked Wu Yin up and down.

"Looks like this ghost is a sucker for good looks."

Wu Yin was initially quite pleased with Li Fan's earlier analysis, as the kid had finally presented a reasonable and well-founded analysis.

But upon hearing the next sentence, Wuyin immediately swallowed back her words of praise.

I wonder what's going on in his head all day long; he keeps coming up with discoveries that have nothing to do with clearing the game.

Chapter 135 The Real Lucas

However, even just discovering that the Lucas in question was not the real Lucas is already a very important clue.

This discovery also explains why "Lucas" behaved somewhat strangely.

For example, she inexplicably explains to Wuyin that she did not lie, as if she can see Li Fan, but in her normal behavior, she seems not to see Li Fan.

Because he was just pretending.

When Li Fan suspected he was lying, he panicked and came up with an excuse to explain himself.

But after "Lucas" left today, when Li Fan lifted the mattress and found no note underneath, he actually made an even more important discovery.

That is, the soul in his palm became more tangible.

Wuyin also noticed the change in Li Fan's palm, which could only mean one thing: something had stuck to Li Fan's palm.

After a silent examination, the two discovered that there was inhaled sleeping powder scattered on the silent hospital bed. The powder was transparent and could not be detected by a normal person.

Even Li Fan wouldn't know that there was some transparent powder on his hands if he didn't look closely at them.

In other words, the two of them were cautious enough; if it had been someone else, they might have really been skinned alive tonight.

They exchanged glances, but did not make any move that might alert Lucas, and simply proceeded with his plan.

Wuyin swapped his sheets with those of the person in the next bed, and he didn't sleep a wink all night.

Just to lower Lucas's guard, he pretended to be fast asleep.

As it turns out, as long as Wuyin wants to act, even if something strange happens, she won't notice. She truly deserves to be called a professional extra.

……

Inside the room, Li Fan looked at Lucas's human skin on the ground. The skin was shriveled and lay flat on the ground, looking somewhat gruesome.

"If that 'Lucas' is just a weirdo in human skin, then where is the real Lucas?"

He responded without hesitation.

"They've already skinned you alive, do you think you can still survive..."

Wu Yin paused for a moment as if thinking about something, then suddenly looked up and stared straight at Li Fan with a hint of admiration.

"How are you so smart? I didn't even think of that."

The real Lucas must still be alive, and he must be in that eerie office impersonating him right now.

After Wuyin finished speaking, she quickly opened the door and walked quickly and quietly toward the office where "Lucas" had appeared earlier.

Lucas might not be able to hold on for much longer now.

The three of them walked around all four corridors of the hospital during the day. The current ward is not the original ward.

Wuyin could only try her best to go back and find the original ward, which should lead her to the fake Lucas's office.

This "Lucas" behaved strangely from beginning to end.

But apart from a slightly strange expression when he wanted to skin him alive tonight, his expression was very genuine when he talked to the others, as if every word he said was the truth.

But upon closer examination, it becomes clear that if it were the real "Lucas," he would not only explore the office himself, but would also bring Wuyin and Li Fan into his office to investigate.

After all, the office is an important location in this hospital instance.

The reason Lucas pretended to walk around might also be that he didn't want the two of them to discover his real office.

Perhaps there's a crucial clue hidden in his real office that's easy to spot.

That is the real Lucas after his human skin has been peeled off.

There is another point of view that can prove the idea of ​​silence.

In the previous instance, after Barton died, his sister was also chosen as the new Chosen One, which means that a two-player instance must have two Chosen Ones.

So if the real Cass is already dead, then the sister is very likely to be chosen again.

But nothing has happened yet; not even the country has informed him that his sister was chosen or that Lucas was killed in action.

It is very likely that Lucas is still alive, but due to some special reasons, the country simply does not have live footage of him.

By this time, the two had already circled back to the original ward. They saw that the dark red liquid on the floor had not been cleaned up.

Just to be on the safe side, Wuyin went into the ward first and lifted the mattress of the hospital bed.

He saw the rule note lying quietly under the mattress, his expression softened slightly, and then he picked it up and put it in his pocket.

The two then walked toward the office door on the left, but this time they didn't rush in.

Since it has been proven that the imposter Lucas could see Li Fan, there was no way to launch a sneak attack.

The two held their breath at the door for a while, eavesdropping on the corner of the wall.

There were two sounds in the office: one was very faint but rapid breathing, and the other was very heavy breathing, followed by the sound of something sticky being kicked hard.

Then came that very familiar fake Lucas voice.

"It's all because of your filthy skin that my plan failed. Why don't you just die already?"

You could tell that the fake Lucas was speaking through gritted teeth, and the other person was probably the real Lucas who had been skinned alive.

Then came a sinister laugh.

"Hehe... But it doesn't matter. I've already thrown away your skin. You won't live much longer anyway, but I'll find a chance to peel off the skin of your partner."

Do you know who the chosen one you're cooperating with this time is? It's Wuyin, whom you humans call the savior of the Dragon Kingdom. But he's already been completely fooled by me.

They're probably still in the ward I set up; they can't tell the real one from the fake one yet.

The slight, rapid breathing seemed to become even more rapid, but no other sound was made.

Just then, the office door was kicked open. Jalucas, who was sitting on the stool, glanced at the doorway and saw that familiar, irritating face.

Li Fan.

Li Fan saw what was happening in the office and couldn't help but frown, but at the same time he admired Wu Yin's reasoning ability.

A man with a stubble-covered face, narrow, upturned eyes, and a shifty, weasel-like expression sat in an office chair, staring menacingly at the two people at the door.

Beneath his feet lay a fleshy, humanoid shape, covered in blood, its chest rising and falling slightly, a truly gruesome sight.

The man's instep was also stained with blood, which was probably from kicking the lump of Lucas on the ground.

"Are you... here to die?"

Chapter 136 The Plan to Save Lucas

No sooner had he finished speaking than the shifty-eyed man sitting in the chair suddenly erupted with black mist.

Immediately afterwards, small knives sprouted from his ten fingers again, piercing through flesh and blood, and he lunged at the two people at the door with sharp claws.

Li Fan remained completely calm, holding the scalpel that Wu Yin had just given him, ready to fight the rat-man for 300 rounds.

Because his older brother had just told him at the door that if this fake Lucas was really that powerful, he should have attacked them directly when they caught him, instead of running away as his first reaction.

Therefore, Li Fan felt no fear whatsoever. He gripped the silent scalpel and went straight in, because he was very confident that the rat-like man opposite him was no match for him.

But that is indeed the case.

The shifty-eyed man only wanted to scare the two of them away, which would have achieved his goal.

He only knows how to use underhanded tricks, secretly peeling off other people's skin, but he has no fighting ability at all in a direct confrontation.

Seeing that Li Fan was serious, he immediately chickened out and turned into a cloud of black mist, slipping away through the crack in the office door.

Only an empty human skin remained on the ground—the skin of that shifty-eyed man.

Perhaps this skin belongs to the true owner of this office, and the owner of this office is probably long gone...

Seeing how afraid the black mist was of him, Li Fan became somewhat complacent and even wanted to chase after it.

Wuyin called out to him.

"Li Fan, there's a high chance we won't catch up, so there's no need to waste our energy."

The most important thing right now is Lucas on the ground. His chest is still rising and falling slightly, but he's definitely beyond saving. Let's see if we can get any useful information out of him.

After all, once an ordinary person's skin is peeled off, how can they possibly put it back on?

Wuyin walked up to Lucas on the ground, squatted down, and looked at the lump of Lucas.

Lucas's eyes were wide open. Since eyelids are also skin, Lucas hadn't blinked for a long time, and his eyes were completely red and cracked.

He can now inhale through his nose, but can only exhale through his mouth.

Unfortunately, its mouth couldn't open; it was closed. So, the airflow came out of its mouth and, after being squeezed, produced a faint "poof" sound.

Wu Yin was somewhat surprised that Lucas was indeed tough; he could hold on for so long even in this state, but he guessed that he was not far from dying.

He looked at Lucas tenderly and asked softly.