Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Weird Peppa Pig

If they have no memory of the loop, it's very likely that the ghost stories didn't erase their memories, but rather that they genuinely know nothing about it.

Those who appear in the silent loop are all humans depicted in ghost stories.

This includes Li Fan and Wuxin.

However, if it is the former, it means that this is not a cycle at all, but a timeline where death is repeated endlessly.

It's that he keeps coming back to life, rather than that he returns to a previous point in time.

This is a very important question, and knowing the answer can lead to many more useful clues.

It seems that the Dragon Kingdom must give an answer immediately, but he cannot be too explicit, otherwise he will violate the second rule of speculation and die again.

Although they may be resurrected, the taste of death is not pleasant.

He spoke into the air with a serious expression.

"Commander Red Dragon, please give me a hint as soon as possible and answer my question. I want to ask, which leaf is it now?"

Wu Xin and Li Fan, who were standing nearby, were both a little confused.

They couldn't understand what Wuyin was saying, and they felt that Wuyin had become a bit eccentric since they walked under that tree, but they wisely kept quiet.

When Wuyin asked the question, he had already anticipated the two different responses from the Dragon Kingdom.

The first possibility is that the Dragon Kingdom and the others are outside the cycle, just like Wu Xin and Li Fan, and do not have the memories of the cycle. In that case, they would be completely confused and would not understand what the question means at all.

The second scenario is that they watch Wuyin repeatedly on a loop, so they will definitely be able to understand Wuyin's hidden meaning.

Each cycle results in a leaf falling from the tree. This is the third cycle, and three leaves have fallen from the tree, which is a very obvious clue.

But he waited for a long time, and the notification sound from the Dragon Kingdom never rang in his ears.

Wu Yin's expression slowly stiffened. He realized that he had overlooked an important issue, namely the third scenario.

There was no video in the Dragon Kingdom live stream room, or the live stream hadn't even started!

In either of the first two scenarios, if one can hear what he says in the ghost story, a clue will definitely be given.

Even now, they won't act on their own initiative.

Therefore, there must be some problem with the live stream.

The Ghost Stories Command Center.

The Red Dragon Commander and Lucas stared at the black live stream screen, their faces etched with worry.

This time, the live stream inexplicably went black when Wuyin walked to the big tree, and they couldn't see anything after that.

Honglong has urgently called in professionals to maintain the live streaming screen, but the repairmen were puzzled to find that the device had no problems, but the screen just wouldn't turn on.

The experts in the command center looked at each other, and they could all see the helplessness in each other's eyes.

They can only analyze the conditions for passing the ghost story by looking at various details and clues, but now there are no pictures at all, so how can they analyze the conditions for passing the ghost story?

...However, it seems that even when there were visuals, they couldn't figure out the reason.

Because the ghost stories have become increasingly difficult lately, they can only rely on the paths taken by chosen ones from other countries to provide clues.

But Wuyin walked very carefully, and they almost never had a chance to point out the clues they had discovered before Wuyin already knew about them.

Commander Honglong looked at this group of useless experts with a grim expression, his temper flaring up, and he cursed loudly.

"Without visuals, you can't do anything? You call yourselves experts? Do you even deserve the title? Can't you look for clues from the red orphanage that appeared at the beginning?"

The group of experts below all hung their heads and remained silent.

Although Red Dragon's words were correct, they couldn't come up with any useful clues from just a red orphanage.

Red Dragon's hands trembled as he shouted loudly.

"assistant!"

A meticulously dressed young man walked from outside the door to the Red Dragon Commander, bowed slightly, and spoke with a hint of respect.

"Commander Red, please give instructions."

Red Dragon stared straight ahead, his eyes filled with worry, but his tone was firm.

"I want you to find all the orphanages in the country, no, the world, painted red, by any means necessary, as quickly as possible. And make sure to highlight the orphanages with a big tree inside, print them out, and give them to me in a document."

"Yes."

The assistant bowed respectfully and walked out quickly and steadily.

Honglong looked at the group of silent experts in front of him and raised his hand to rub his temples.

“If you really can’t find any clues, I won’t make things difficult for you. Just search all the orphanages in the former Dragon Kingdom’s territory, make a list of those with red paint on the outside, and then investigate their backgrounds one by one.”

The experts, who were already feeling somewhat ashamed, breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Commander Honglong assign them a task, and they all agreed in unison.

Inside the ghost stories.

They searched around but found no clues, and a light drizzle began to fall.

Wuyin looked at the orphanage hut standing in the black mist and finally gave in.

"Let's go inside and explore, and also take shelter from the rain."

The other two nodded in agreement.

The three of them walked into the orphanage together again. Wuyin looked ahead and her pupils widened in surprise.

This time, he clearly felt that the light around the coreless shield had dimmed a bit.

This indicates that the coreless design itself has changed!

Then the question he had been thinking about earlier was answered.

This is not a cycle; he did not return to the original point in time, but was repeatedly resurrected and placed back under the tree, and only he had this memory.

However, such resurrection is limited, and each resurrection will definitely incur a corresponding cost.

Could it be... that the price is my sister's abilities?

Silently processing this shocking news, he remained outwardly calm, following the two around the first floor, and then naturally found the light switch.

This way, although it's a bit more troublesome, it won't arouse suspicion from the two people, and there's no need to explain the reason and thus violate rule two.

Chapter 210 The lights were turned off

When the lights came on, the entire first floor was empty, just like the previous two times.

Before her younger sister suggested exploring the second floor, Wuyin spoke first.

"We're tired after exploring all day, so let's just sleep on the first floor for tonight and explore the second floor when we have more energy."

Wu Xin looked at the empty ground and made a suggestion.

"There's nothing here, not even a bed. You can't get a good night's rest if you sleep on the floor."

Why don't we explore the walls or floor on the first floor first? Just in case there are any traps or mechanisms there?

Wuyin nodded, agreeing with Wuxin's statement.

In the previous loop, he hadn't considered the possibility of hidden mechanisms or traps on the walls and floor on the first floor.

The entire space was too empty and didn't seem like the style of a ghost story.

The three began to search the entire room, but before they could begin, Wuyin warned the other two.

"When you are inspecting, do not step onto the stairs to the second floor. If there are any traps or mechanisms on the stairs, it could be dangerous. Make sure all three of you are fully prepared before going together."

The two nodded solemnly in agreement.

The three of them walked around the entire room, touching the floor and walls thoroughly. It was all solid cement, with no so-called mechanisms whatsoever.

Wu Xin sighed.

Looks like we'll have to sleep on the concrete floor tonight.

Suddenly, Li Fan spoke up excitedly.

"Come quickly and look, what is this?"

Wuyin and Wuxin both looked in the direction of Li Fan, only to see him standing behind the second-floor staircase, pointing in the direction of the back of the staircase.

Wuyin's eyes narrowed as she saw the stairs leading to the second floor. She immediately tensed up and quickly walked over to check.

Li Fan pointed to a small hole in the cement seam behind the stairs, from which a thin red rope had fallen out. It was hidden in the shadows of the stairs and was almost invisible unless you looked closely.

In addition, Wuyin had some psychological trauma from the staircase, so she didn't check the second-floor staircase very carefully again.

If it weren't for Li Fan, he might have really missed a crucial mechanism.

Wu Xin carefully examined the red rope and suddenly spoke.

"This red string looks like an old-fashioned light switch, the kind where you pull it to turn it on."

Just as Wuyin was about to shake her head and refuse Wuxin's suggestion, wanting to be more cautious, she saw Li Fan pull the red thread down a little and turn to look at the two of them.

"Is that right?"

"Wait a moment!"

Wu Yin's expression changed, and she suddenly pulled Li Fan behind her, spreading her arms to protect the two people behind her.

All they heard was a "click," like the sound of some kind of mechanism being activated, and then nothing else happened.

Li Fan's mind went blank, and he felt like he was about to be shaken unconscious.

He looked up at his older brother, only to see that his brother's eyes were fixed on the stairs to the second floor, his face pale, as if he were afraid of something.

Li Fan turned his head to look behind him, then gently poked Wuyin again.

"That mechanism seems to be in the back, and it's already started operating."

Upon hearing this, Wuyin shuddered and turned around abruptly, only to see a large bed behind her.

The bed appeared silently, and a long table appeared next to it, with three delicious dinners laid out on it.

The springy rice is topped with refreshing greens and a rich tomato and egg sauce, along with a large chicken leg and two cherry tomatoes on the side.

As Li Fan smelled the rich aroma of the food, he suddenly realized that his stomach was growling loudly.

"This ghost story guy is actually quite nice. He even prepared a sumptuous dinner for us, unlike that hospital last time, where I had to risk my life for a sandwich."