Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Weird Peppa Pig

Does that mean we can't go to Grandpa Pig and Grandma Pig's house before the seventh day?

However, time was tight, so he simply stopped thinking about it, looked down at the food on the table, ate a few mouthfuls of rice, and put down his bowl.

The clock has struck 6:55.

Wuyin needed to rest quickly. He went upstairs to his bedroom and lay down on his bed.

Unexpectedly, Daddy Pig appeared at the bedside and asked a question, but there was no response.

"George, why did you stay in the bathroom for so long this afternoon? Paige is back, and you still haven't come out."

"Richard left first, what were you doing in there?"

Wuyin looked at the soul of Pig Daddy, sighed, and then slowly spoke.

"Time and space inside were very distorted; I only felt like I was inside for 10 minutes."

Daddy Pig was completely confused; he didn't understand any of this, so he simply stopped asking.

Wuyin continued.

"I rescued the pig mother's soul, but her body is still in the iron cabinet in the secret room under the refrigerator."

Upon hearing this, a single tear rolled down Daddy Pig's translucent face.

His voice was trembling slightly.

"Can I see her? I wronged her back then..."

Wuyin took the key out of her pocket.

“It’s getting late, and her soul is a bit weak. Why don’t we wait until I find an opportunity to rescue her body, and then you can have a proper talk?”

Daddy Pig sensed the familiar scent of the key. He wiped away his tears and nodded.

Daddy Pig's soul vanished on the spot and attached itself to the key, and the air fell silent.

Wuyin lay in bed with her eyes closed, pondering what to do next.

The most urgent issue right now is the issue of mental strength.

Today his mental state dropped to 40%, and he felt dizzy and his thoughts were not clear.

Once the price drops to 20%, he will completely lose his mind, and the consequences are unimaginable.

With two days remaining until the seventh day, he still had a very important task: to find George's soul.

Thinking this, Wuyin also fell into a light sleep.

……

The next morning.

When the cuckoo clock struck 7 a.m., Wuyin opened her eyes.

Paige didn't wake him up today.

Wuyin glanced at the clock to double-check the time, then got up and climbed to the top bunk to check; Peppa Pig wasn't in bed.

That's strange, where could she be going?

The blankets on the upper bunk were neatly folded, but a red corner was sticking out from next to the pillow.

Wuyin flipped open the pillow and found a red diary.

Paige's Diary.

5th. clear.

George is acting strange today...

His eyes always avoided mine, and when he faced me, there always seemed to be a hint of fear in them.

I know that another "traitor" has taken over his body.

I accidentally made him cry, but the way he cried made me feel even more like George, which softened my heart.

I gave him strawberries, but he secretly hid them under his pillow.

George loves strawberries, how could he waste food like that?

I was angry, so when he wasn't looking, I washed the strawberries again and put them in a small box in the refrigerator compartment, planning to give them to the real George when he came back.

6th. Dense fog.

George was punished by Ms. Antelope for daydreaming at school today.

Seeing how scared he was, I still softened, even though he was just an imposter in the guise of a younger brother.

That evening, he cared for my injured hand like the real George would, and I suddenly thought that it wouldn't be so bad if he stayed by my side pretending to be my brother.

7th. rain.

I don't know why, but I've been experiencing more and more memory lapses these days, and I'm being more and more lucid. Is it because I miss George too much?

It started raining when I got home in the afternoon, and that's when I discovered that he actually liked jumping in mud puddles just like George.

Seeing how he acted affectionately towards me, I felt as if my younger brother had returned to my side.

What should I do? I really want him to stay here forever.

8th. Cloudy.

I went to visit Susie today, and she said she had a way to keep "George" by my side. That's great! I'll put that plan into action tomorrow.

……

Wu Yin frowned, thinking:

Isn't tomorrow in the diary just today? What plan is she going to implement today to keep me here forever?

And strawberries...

He had almost forgotten about it.

Luckily, Peppa Pig put it away for him.

George's sanity increases when he eats what he likes, so will eating strawberries also increase his sanity?

After quickly washing up, Wuyin went downstairs to look for the box of strawberries in the refrigerator.

As he passed by the restaurant, he noticed a note on the table and picked it up to read it.

The note had a sentence written on it:

"George, I'll be back to cook for you at noon, and Susie will also be coming over. Remember not to make a mess of the house."

Wu Yin clutched the note, staring intently at its contents. He thought of the plan mentioned in Peppa Pig's diary, which she might very well be implementing this afternoon.

He put away the note, turned around and went to the refrigerator to find the strawberries.

Sure enough, I easily found three strawberries in a small box in the refrigerator, and they were still very fresh.

He took out all three strawberries, washed them, tasted one, and then opened his personal panel.

Silent: Mental value 41% (+1% every hour, lasts for 10 hours, cannot be stacked).

The video on the USB drive in Chapter 25

Strawberries can indeed increase mental energy, but what disappointed Wuyin was that it only increases by a little bit every hour, and it cannot be stacked.

But then he thought about it again, and the strawberries really did increase his mental energy, just like he thought, which was already pretty good.

He put the remaining strawberries back in the refrigerator and picked up the USB drive from his pocket.

I got this in the escape room yesterday, and today I can plug it into the computer to see what's inside.

Wuyin walked into the studio, plugged the USB drive into the computer, and the screen displayed that a four-digit password was required to open it.

He took out the key he always carried with him and called for Daddy Pig to come out. A blue figure appeared in front of him.

Wuyin gestured for Daddy Pig to look at the computer screen and asked.

"Daddy Pig, what's the password for this computer?"

Daddy Pig looked completely bewildered.

"Oh, what password? My computer has never had a password."

Wuyin looked at the blinking cursor on the computer screen. If the password wasn't set by Daddy Pig, then who was?

It could be Peppa Pig, but Peppa Pig is only four years old, so she probably wouldn't set a difficult password.

He remembered the dates in Paige's diary.

Paige must have been repeating the same thing over and over these past few days, could the password be...?

After silently typing 5678, the computer screen lit up.

correct!

Wu Yin was embarrassed; the password was a bit unexpected, but who would have thought it would be such simple numbers!

Well, probably only he could have thought of that.

Wuyin opened the video file on the USB drive, and Peppa Pig's image appeared on the screen.

Her expression seemed off, her breathing was weak, and she was panting heavily as she spoke.

“Listen, George, perhaps I should call you ‘traitor’.”

"Today is the 11th, and I think I've stumbled upon a secret."

"I found that when I woke up the next day, time would go back to seven days earlier, and I kept repeating this cycle."

"I don't know if I'll discover this again next time it happens, or it might just keep repeating itself endlessly."

"I want to save myself, but this also means saving you. I've found a way to break this cycle."

“Listen, ‘traitor,’ you’d better finish what I’m about to tell you before dawn on the seventh day.”

"At dawn on the seventh day, the Creator will disguise himself as Father Pig and launch a siege and slaughter against you. You will surely die then."

"Please remember, you must rescue my mom, dad and brother, and take me with you to my grandparents' house. Only there will we not be discovered by the Creator."

"And then you just did this..."