Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Weird Peppa Pig

Seeing that Lucas didn't believe him, Li Fan became even more anxious, because he still vaguely remembered the little girl's face.

"What if we missed it?"

The little girl was too shy and hid in one of the hospital rooms. We didn't know this and assumed the room was empty, even though there were patients on that floor.

Wuyin also stepped forward to comfort him.

"I believe you, Li Fan."

But the little girl's appearance was indeed quite strange.

We didn't hear you calling us, and Lucas and I searched everywhere for you but couldn't find you.

Perhaps when you met that little girl, you entered another dimension.

Upon hearing this, Li Fan suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and shivered.

"No way?"

The girl just asked me for a favor, and I said I'd help her when my older brother arrived. Then she insisted I come into the room and wait for her.

Lucas stared intently at Li Fan from the side and said in a sinister tone.

"It's a good thing you didn't go into that room. If you had, you probably would never have come out again."

As Li Fan listened to Lucas's words, he inexplicably felt a chill spread from the soles of his feet to his scalp, and a sense of lingering fear permeated his entire being.

Wuyin stroked his chin and thought for a while before speaking.

"Actually, what I care about most is not the little girl, but why she chose you to enter her space, and how you got out of her space?"

Li Fan thought for a moment and then began to explain.

"Perhaps this little girl randomly chose someone to help, and it just so happened that she chose me."

Before I came out, I heard you and Lucas calling my name, and then the little girl disappeared, and you appeared.

So, could it be that your and Lucas's voices calling me brought me back?

Wuyin shook her head.

"The fact that you were randomly selected is somewhat plausible."

But your emergence from that space was definitely not due to me or Lucas, because we called you not just once, but for a full minute.

If calling your name would make you come out, you would have come out long ago.

So something must have happened to bring you back from that special space to the present normal timeline.

The three of them remained silent for a moment, and then Wuyin suddenly walked to the end of the corridor.

Li Fan and Lucas looked at him in confusion, only to see Wu Yin knock twice on the wall at the end of the corridor, producing a crisp "clanging" sound.

Wuyin spoke softly.

"It's solid."

He then walked to one side of the wards and knocked twice on the wall between each ward, listening carefully to the sound coming from the wall, but all he heard were crisp sounds.

Seeing this, Lucas understood his intention and followed suit, knocking on the other side of the wall.

When they reached the other end of the corridor, they discovered some very bad news.

All the walls here are solid.

Although it was expected, everyone's hearts still sank when they heard the news.

Lucas looked serious.

"There are no hollow walls or mechanisms here; it's just a sealed space enclosed by solid walls."

Therefore, the only way Li Fan could have gone to another space was through some kind of teleportation method or a specific teleportation portal.

Li Fan felt that Lucas made some sense, so he spoke up as well.

"I met the little girl at the door of the middle ward. Maybe we can go over and try again."

If I could meet the little girl again, I'd probably be able to get a lot of useful information from her.

After saying that, he walked towards the middle ward on his own, and the two people behind him immediately followed.

Wuyin remained silent, as if deep in thought, her expression serious.

Li Fan stood in front of the ward where he had met the little girl, pacing back and forth several times, opening and closing the ward door, going in and out, but the little girl never appeared.

The two people beside him watched quietly without making a sound to disturb Li Fan.

Li Fan couldn't help but mutter something strange to himself.

"Wait, I clearly met her right here, so why can't I now?"

Wuyin sighed.

"Let's find a hospital room to rest first. We're just wandering around like headless flies and won't find any clues. We might as well recharge first."

Lucas nodded in agreement; there was no point in wasting time here.

Li Fan frowned, somewhat regretting that he hadn't asked the girl more questions for clues when they met earlier, but now it was too late for regrets.

The three of them chose the room next to this ward.

After all, that room was a bit eerie, and they couldn't feel at ease staying there to rest.

In the hospital room, Lucas looked somewhat forlorn.

"This floor is so small. We searched every ward, corridor, and wall, but we found no clues."

I initially thought unoccupied floors would be safer, but it seems that while occupied floors at least offer some clues, these unoccupied floors are making absolutely no progress.

Wuyin chose the bed closest to the door, lay down, and closed her eyes.

"You're oversimplifying ghost stories."

Will they really let us stay safe and sound? I suspect the real danger is yet to come.

"Take a nap first. I reckon this floor will be in the spotlight tonight."

After hearing Wuyin's words, Li Fan and Lucas remained silent for a moment, then lay down on their hospital beds and closed their eyes to rest.

Before they knew it, it got dark, and the group had rested and woken up one after another.

It took them a long time to adjust to the darkness before they could barely see the environment inside the ward.

Wuyin, who was sleeping closest to the ward door, looked at Li Fan and Lucas, who had already woken up, and gently put her index finger to her lips, signaling the two to be quiet.

He then tilted his head slightly toward the door of the ward, narrowed his eyes slightly, leaving only a very narrow slit, and observed the situation outside through the window of the ward door.

If someone were to look in from outside the window, they would almost never notice that Wuyin's eyes were open.

Li Fan and Lucas noticed the unusual silence and were too nervous to turn over, quietly listening to each other's breathing.

After an unknown amount of time, a very soft "thump thump thump" sound suddenly came from afar, like someone knocking on the door of a hospital room in the distance.

Upon hearing the sudden knocking, the three of them slowed their breathing and waited quietly in the darkness for the unknown creature to arrive.

The knocking stopped after a while, followed by heavy footsteps, and then a clearer series of thumping sounds.

In other words, the person knocking on the door is knocking on each and every hospital room.

Realizing this, Lucas's breathing quickened, and his heartbeat accelerated.

Chapter 182 A Monster with a Strange Appearance

Just then, a slight creaking sound suddenly rang out.

Lucas looked over and saw that Wuyin had quietly gotten out of bed and quickly made her own bed. Then she stood close to the wall by the door, her eyes fixed on the two people still in bed in the darkness.

Looking into Wuyin's eyes, Lucas immediately understood what he meant.

Although the group is currently unable to communicate, the fact that they have managed to get this far together shows that they are not stupid and have developed a basic level of understanding.

He immediately followed Wuyin's example, making the bed and standing next to her.

Of course, Li Fan also floated over.

The three of them pressed themselves against the cold wall, waiting for the unknown fear to arrive.

Time ticked by, and each knock on the door was clearer than the last.

A short while later, a clear and loud knocking sounded in everyone's ears. All three of them held their breath, trying to make their voices even softer.

A few seconds later, the knocking stopped, but the sound of the monster leaving did not appear for a long time.

Lucas sensed the monster just a wall away and prayed that it would leave quickly.

However, things didn't go as planned.

The monster not only didn't leave the ward door, but even took a sudden breath.

Then, the doorknob of the ward was turned.

Lucas's heart skipped a beat and paused for a second, following the sound of the doorknob turning.

Could it be that the monster has already discovered the three people hiding by the door?

The silent figure beside him had already conjured a scalpel from the toolbar, which he held tightly in his palm, but he did not act rashly.

The door was pushed open, and heavy footsteps echoed in the room.

After the monster entered the room, it didn't look at the walls on either side, but walked straight to the hospital bed.

Under the moonlight, all three of them could see the monster's appearance clearly.

His head was extremely small, but he had two long, pointed ears.

Its limbs were extremely large, with sharp claws and strong legs.

The whole person is like a torso connected to the limbs.

Perhaps because the entire arm was too heavy, the monster always walked with a hunched back.

He stretched out his paw, hooked the blanket on the hospital bed in front of him, put it to his nose, and sniffed it carefully.

When Li Fan saw this, he couldn't help but shudder, because the monster was smelling the blanket he was sleeping on.

This monster must have some kind of weird fetish.