Chapter XXVIII: The Invisible Tenant VI
The dim room in front of Chen Xiao's eyes gradually disappeared, and a soft light pierced the fog, it was the light of apartment 603, and he found himself sitting on the sofa in the apartment at the moment, and the things around him were the same as when he wrote the word "good".
It's just that the dumb writer is gone.
Chen Xiao didn't have the slightest unreal sense of trance about the transformation of the objects in front of his eyes, and a slightly mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "So you think you can fool me?" β
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Quiet 10 seconds and nothing happened.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Xiao stood up with a "whoosh", touched the sofa under his buttocks, took out his mobile phone, and opened it directly, at the same time, the other hand reached into the jacket pocket, took out the paper with the formation drawn, glanced at it, and then walked to the window of the living room, opened, and took a deep breath of air, leaked a very comfortable expression and habitually licked his lips, and then ...... "bang" and hit his head against the window frame.
"Ahhh!!h He screamed, and when he called, he didn't forget to glance at the time of the phone, after that, he quickly stuffed the phone into his pocket, took out the pen, and threw it directly down the window, after the pen fell to the ground and made a "pop" sound, he sat back on the sofa contentedly, and put on a posture of starting to think.
This set of behaviors, each action is very tightly connected, and it takes about 5 seconds.
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But any normal person, after seeing Chen Xiao's inexplicable and meaningless behavior, will feel: "This thing must be a psychopath and didn't run away!" β
Well! That's true, but it's only half right. Chen Xiao is indeed mentally ill, there is no doubt about that.
But at this moment, his behavior, how to put it, is still a little meaningful.
First of all, when he opened his eyes in the first second and saw the scene in the "Apartment 603" in front of him, he had a guess, that is: "Is this space the real "Apartment 603"?" β
In other words, will this be a separate space like the cabin?
If the so-called "angel" sister can really see people's inner thoughts, then she can also see people's memories nine times out of ten, because thinking must be based on memory, so she must know all the details of "Apartment 603".
Well, it begs another question!
In the conversation with the "angel" sister, she is always consciously or unconsciously guiding Chen Xiao, making him think that this space is a "cage", she is locked here, and she studies those symbols in order to escape.
Not to mention the truth or falsity of the setting of "independent space", now assuming that the "cabin" is really an independent space, then how can we verify that the "angel" sister is locked up?
Could it be that a big part of it could be that she used this "separate space" to hide herself, what she was afraid of and what she was avoiding, and those circles were not used to get herself out, but to pull other things in.
If this is the case, then it is entirely possible for her to make a space exactly the same as the "Apartment 603" in Chen Xiao's memory to confuse herself, although she does not know her purpose of confusing herself, but this kind of verification is necessary. Otherwise, Chen Xiao will never get out of the "low thinking" mode.
So, he immediately put on a mocking expression, as if he had seen through her ruse.
But this is only a temptation, after all, when facing a person with the ability to "read and think", a single trick is basically useless.
So Chen Xiao then touched the underside of his buttocks in order to confirm whether he had just been free of consciousness or had gone to another space with his body.
And the information he gets is that there isn't much temperature under the ass. This is the same situation as when you appear in the "cabin".
Then, of course, to confirm that the time and the piece of paper with the "formation" is still on him. There's not much to say about that.
Immediately afterwards, in order to verify the authenticity of this "Apartment No. 603", Chen Xiao opened the window again, and after confirming that the air and the indoor and outdoor spaces were connected, he threw a pen uneasily, and only after seeing the slight second difference between the pen landing and hearing the sound did he relax a little.
Of course, while doing this, he didn't forget to use the old method to give himself a set of "pain tests" and roared.
"Hmm...... What did that natural idiot do? He nagged, but didn't pay much attention to it, because she basically went to the police.
Definitely, a person is suddenly gone, no matter how natural it is, you should react somewhat.
But now, Chen Xiao has no intention of caring about these things at all, he can't wait to start thinking about the situation in the face of his "angel" sister, and the suppressed thinking for nearly half an hour makes Chen Xiao really scratch his heart.
So let's recall the first time I saw her, those internal organs that are free from the body are obviously soaked in a special nutrient solution to prolong their service life, as she said, her body is just a container, and it seems that she can change it by herself at will, reminiscent of the curious image of the "eyeball king" next to her, okay! Let's assume for a moment that she really has the ability.
So what Chen Xiao saw was not her at all, although the subtle movements and demeanor of the performance were like a girl who had just been about 20 years old, but this didn't mean anything at all, and because she had the protective color of "body", what Chen Xiao saw might be what she wanted Chen Xiao to see.
In other words, there is no point in observing her, and in the conversation, she said this almost unabashedly, that is, telling Chen Xiao, you can't see through me, don't bother.
Chen Xiao thought of this, and laughed a few times with a nervous "hey, hey, hey", and seemed very happy.
So let's reminisce about the conversation!
In the process of talking to her, Chen Xiao took the initiative to give up thinking and completely follow the rhythm of the other party, so there was no way to set up a set or set up a game, but in the "low thinking" mode, Chen Xiao still had a lot of doubts about what she said, first of all, Chen Xiao doubted the authenticity of the ability of "reading thinking", although she used the method of "asking questions in your heart" to verify it, it seems that the other party really seems to have "mind reading", but why did she tell me about it? If you don't say it, won't you be able to know my thoughts at will, if you want to say that the other party is like a 20-year-old little sister, innocent and innocent, then you really beat him to death and don't believe it! So, it's almost certain that the other person deliberately tells himself, so that he can actively reduce his ability to think, to cover up something. Of course, if the other party really has the intention to cover it up, then Chen Xiao can't speculate randomly, not only will he not get the right answer, but he may also be led astray.
But if it wasn't for "mind reading", how did she know what was in her mind at the time? Chen Xiao thought for a while, and found that she couldn't get an answer, or rather, there were too many possibilities, and she couldn't be sure what it was, because she didn't know anything about the ability system she had, and now she only knew that the other party had knowledge of "alternative medicine" and similar "magic circles", and at the end of the conversation, she didn't forget to say the word "equivalent exchange", which was clearly telling herself that she was studying "alchemy" and something like that. Of course, even these are what the other party lets themselves see, and when they first appear in the "cabin", those books and bottles and cans are placed next to them, as if they are afraid that they will not turn them over.
In addition, the problem of that "eyeball" is also very big, he only saw it from beginning to end, but he didn't touch it at all, so is it really what it seems, just a strange creature made of "alternative medicine"? There is also the setting of "independent space" and "magic circle", even if the "angel" girl is telling the truth, then with his current understanding ability, he will not be able to study these things in depth...... Besides, no matter how you look at it, she doesn't look like she's telling the truth!
Thinking of this, Chen Xiao found that he couldn't be sure of anything except the things that the "angel" sister took the initiative to tell him.
"Hmm...... In retrospect, it seems like that guy was desperately trying to get me to follow the route she was directing. It seems that there is a lot of work to be done about it. Chen Xiao thought about it, and took out the piece of paper with the strange formation drawn, and found that it was very tough, and it should be made of hard grass mixed with animal fat.
"Did you go out of your way just so that I could put those 'anomalous objects' in this pattern? Sounds like a sacrifice or something. I also deliberately added oil and vinegar to say, I will be rewarded. Hey, hey, hey. β
Next, Chen Xiaozai stared at the strange pattern carefully for a long time, so that he could already draw this "magic circle" with his eyes closed, but he still couldn't see any rules at all.
Simply, he put the vellum in his pocket and gave up studying it.
At this point, it had been a full hour and a half since he had written the word "good" on that piece of paper.
"Alas...... Let's go, the ghost knows if the "second fool" is lost by himself! He nagged in his heart and walked straight to the door.
But at this time, he found that a piece of paper was pasted at the corner between the eaves and the wall, and the place where Chen Xiao was sitting happened to be a blind spot, so he didn't see it.
It reads:
This apartment is given to you as a gift, so Mr. Chen Xiao must be a friend!
ββββ Qiu Mujin (smiley)
This simple line of words made Chen Xiao think of a lot in an instant.
From the interrogation room of "Biological Research Area 15", Mr. Zou received the phone call, to the taxi that pulled himself to the neighborhood on the road, to the "D-class anomaly" that suddenly appeared and was only a few streets away from him, to the "angel" sister, and finally to the paper pasted on the wall.
This information came to his head in a flash, but he didn't appear too surprised!
"What do I say! How can there be such a coincidence! Chen smiled and said to himself: "What an interesting person......
"Hey, hey, heyββββ hahahaha!"
He laughed, his voice was sharp and harsh, and it was terrible, the voice-activated light outside the door was turned on, the next-door neighbor was startled, and the cat downstairs blew up its fur, and "meow" went into the corner of the closet.
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Well...... Well, in fact, this story is mainly about saying that Chen Xiao, this guy, finally has a place to live!
(Regarding Dr. Clef's answer: "The four big guys of the apocalypse can't appear directly in the text, maybe there will be some messy copyright issues, I didn't even dare to use the SCP letters in the text, but there will definitely be, just change the name, hahaha!") Finally, thank you for your support.
"Come on, Eyeball-kun sells you a cute!"
Eyeball: "............")