Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Weird Peppa Pig

"What...what's going on? How could this happen?"

He stared at his black claws in disbelief, even slapping them a couple of times, wondering if they were broken.

Silent hand was placed on the collar, pulling it down.

Because Li Fan was pulling his clothes upwards, causing the clothes to feel somewhat constricting his throat, his voice was broken and he was mocking Harlan in front of him:

"I've said before that my weight is only 25kg."

Harlan also saw Wuyin being pulled upwards by Li Fan, and looked up in surprise at the weight displayed on the elevator screen, which showed that she was only 190kg.

Lucas finally understood what Wuyin meant when she said she only weighed 25kg.

Harlan and Lucas weigh about 140kg together, while Li Fan and Wuyin weigh 50kg. Just as he said, each of them only weighs 25kg.

The display screen next to the elevator was still scrolling, clearly indicating that the elevator had started successfully.

Rule 3 states that once the elevator starts moving, the person who presses the start button gains complete control of the elevator.

In other words, in this elevator, Wuyin is practically the emperor of the three people; no one can harm him.

But killing anyone in the elevator would be as easy as turning his head.

Harlan's expression changed instantly. He thought the others didn't know about this. He had originally planned to kill one of them to feed the evil spirits before pressing the elevator start button, but now...

It's ruined, completely ruined.

Lucas, seeing Harlan on the verge of madness, crouched down and secretly moved to Wuyin's feet.

He looked up at Li Fan, who had rolled up his sleeves, and realized that Li Fan had rolled up his sleeves not to fight, but to pull Wu Yin up.

For some reason, Lucas suddenly felt a little lost.

Could it be that the two of them already knew about this, but simply kept it from me?

Wuyin continued speaking intermittently.

"Since your precious demons look so hungry, why don't I feed them for you?"

After saying this, Li Fan tacitly grabbed Wu Yin's collar and followed her a few steps forward.

Harlan felt the aura of death approaching, his expression changing repeatedly as he tried to attack Wuyin.

But his hand passed right through Wuyin's body, making it impossible for him to touch her.

If you try to attack with black mist, the black mist will dissipate immediately upon contact with Wuyin's body.

"No...no...I've already taken you to the elevator as you asked, you can't kill me, you're breaking your promise."

Wuyin was about to say, "When did I ever say I wouldn't kill you?"

But he was having some difficulty speaking, so I decided not to waste my breath on this dying man.

Li Fan, however, said something quite timely.

"If my boss wants to kick you, just take it, you idiot."

This sentence made Lucas and Wuyin feel very relieved, and they couldn't help but give Li Fan a thumbs up.

Without further hesitation, Wuyin kicked out.

The silent kick seemed to have a buff; the mere touch of the toe to Harlan caused Harlan to be struck as if by a heavy blow, and his body flipped backward.

Behind him, a group of pale hands reached out to grab the "food" in front of him.

He hurriedly tried to get away from the monsters behind him, but a pale hand had already grabbed his hair tightly.

He struggled frantically, pulling out clumps of hair, making it look like he had alopecia areata.

But more hands grabbed him, dragging him little by little into the endless darkness behind the elevator.

His face was ashen, and he kept kicking his legs and screaming loudly.

"No, you bunch of idiots, no! I am your master. I have fed so many people to you, and you actually want to eat me? You heartless ingrates!"

But no matter how much he screamed, those pale hands showed no mercy.

His voice grew softer and softer until finally, he was dragged down into the abyss, leaving only his hair torn off and bloodstains on his scalp.

Li Fan looked at the bloodstains on the ground and clicked his tongue twice.

"This is what happens when you call me and my boss idiots."

Chapter 162 The Facts on the 7th Floor

Those pale hands, seemingly having just received food, gradually quieted down and stopped reaching into the elevator.

The elevator was slowly ascending. Lucas stared blankly at the bloodstains left where Harlan had been standing, feeling as if he were in a dream, as he had passed through each floor so smoothly.

But he also knew that it was all thanks to Wuyin and Li Fan. If it were just him, the first floor of the hospital could have easily killed him.

He sighed inwardly. Even though Jack had cleared several ghost stories in a row and had such rich experience, he would get injured at least once in each dungeon, and several times he even almost lost his life before barely surviving.

Lucas had thought his talent was extremely useful, but now it seemed that his talent was the most useless one.

He hesitated for a moment, but finally asked the two of them the question.

"Did you all know all along that Harlan was going to kill us in the elevator, but deliberately didn't tell me?"

Wu Yin nodded calmly, her face expressionless, as if it were a perfectly normal thing.

Li Fan looked at Lucas apologetically.

"My older brother told me this morning that Harlan might be up to some dirty tricks again."

I didn't want to hide it from you, but if the three of us knew the truth, the act wouldn't be convincing.

We need an unsuspecting person to mislead Harlan and lower his guard so that we can seize the opportunity to win from his arrogance.

So I'm sorry, I kept it from you.

Lucas pursed his lips. He knew that Wuyin and Li Fan had gone through several dungeons together and were much closer than he was. If he had to keep it from someone, he could only choose to keep it from him.

But at least the two of them hadn't done anything to betray him from the beginning. On the contrary, he had been saved by Wuyin twice, so he could understand.

Lucas comforted himself for a while, then looked up at Wuyin, who was expressionless, his voice filled with solemnity and expectation.

"Can you tell me how you deduced that these things would happen next?"

I really want to know, and learn, your way of thinking.

Wuyin glanced at Lucas and nodded; after all, it wasn't exactly a secret.

"Do you think someone who can feed other people's souls to evil spirits and implant specific ideas into people's brains is really stupid to repeatedly lose at playing the Moon Card with us?"

Lucas was taken aback and asked incredulously.

"Wuyin, what do you mean?"

You mean, the patients on the 7th floor are in this state entirely because of Harlan?

Wuyin shrugged.

"Who else could it be but him?"

The first and fourth floors are all strangely normal, but the people on the seventh floor are all like robots, with only Harlan showing consciousness. This is enough to prove that the entire seventh floor was his doing.

Lucas digested this astonishing information and then asked a question in return.

"Based on this alone, you can deduce that he would kill us in the elevator?"

Wuyin chuckled softly.

"Sometimes you don't need to deduce all the facts; just grasp a few key things and you can pass the level."

Just like solving a problem, you don't necessarily have to rack your brains over every step and eliminate the wrong options; what's left is the correct answer.

If you think about it carefully, you can deduce the general information about this level from his answers when I asked him three questions.

As for what happened in the elevator, I only learned about his complete plan and was able to formulate a response plan after receiving the note from the nurses' station.

Li Fan listened from the side and understood some of it, his mind filled with wild and imaginative thoughts.

After a few seconds of silence in the elevator, Li Fan suddenly realized and said...

"Could Harlan be a programmer? If he is, then everything makes sense."

When the strange phenomenon descended upon the hospital, he somehow retained his self-awareness, and the strange phenomenon actually enhanced his programming abilities.

He used some means to raise evil spirits, feeding the souls of those who were infected by the strange and were half-dead to the evil spirits, and then implanting the memory of 'being unable to go out because of the rain' into the walking corpses, which led to the current situation.

He might have even used his programming skills to fix the bug in the one-time elevator, allowing it to keep appearing.

From the beginning until now, it seems like we've only ever seen him use this elevator, haven't we?

Wuyin and Lucas couldn't help but look at Li Fan.

Although both of them knew that Li Fan sometimes remained silent until he made a stunning statement, this was just too stunning.

Although they didn't know the truth about the seventh floor, Li Fan's explanation was reasonable and well-founded, and it sounded very close to the truth. Otherwise, there would be no way to explain why the seventh floor would be in this state.

As for Harlan's motives, perhaps he wanted to restore the hospital to its original warm and welcoming state, so that he could live there with peace of mind and comfort.

Perhaps Harlan was too bored and looked down on the three of them.

He didn't want to waste his strange power to kill the three people, but rather wanted to toy with his prey like a cat playing with a mouse, which is why he went through such a long detour before revealing his true colors.

This gave Wuyin an opportunity to turn the tables and ultimately kill Harlan.

All of this stems from Harlan's arrogance.

But even if he were to confront them head-on, he might not necessarily win.

Wuyin is quite powerful in combat, and she also has two strong supporters by her side.

But whatever the truth is, it doesn't matter anymore. This matter is over, and there's no need to waste a lot of energy trying to figure out a reason.

The elevator stopped at that moment, and a blood-red "15" slowly appeared on the display screen.

Wuyin looked at the floor displayed above and felt a little excited. This time, the floor had risen by eight floors at once.

We're very close to the 18th floor, and if we're lucky, we might even be able to reach it directly next time.

Wuyin suddenly remembered the note she found at the nurses' station, which contained a rule: This elevator can only go up to the 18th floor; if you want to go to the top floor, you have to walk.

This indicates that the 18th floor is not the top floor at all. This rule contradicts the rule note found on the 1st floor at the beginning, and it is very likely that it will give the group another important clue.