Chapter 39: The Emergence of the Way of Life
"I also thought about this," Jiang Liu nodded and continued: "When I saw that all of your rooms were closed, I realized that something was wrong, and now I think that maybe at that time, I should have entered the mirror world, but I don't know when I entered." ”
"You mean there's a good chance we'll be in the mirror without knowing it, just like you?" Li Lin knocked on the dining table and didn't know what he was thinking.
"And how did you know you were in the mirror last night?" asked the white-collar man.
"I didn't know at first, but I had this guess, and I thought of it after recalling last night's experience" Jiang Liu cleared his throat and attracted everyone's attention: "And I don't think it's okay to walk into the mirror, what is wrong is how to escape from the mirror." ”
"Listen to you, do you have a way to tell if you're in the mirror?" The white-collar man asked.
"Yes, the way to judge is very simple" Jiang Liu stretched out his hand and pointed to the black clock hanging in the living room and said, "Among the things I paid attention to in the mirror last night, I found that the black clock in the mirror will not move. Based on this, I speculate that when we don't know if we're in the mirror, we can be sure by looking at whether the clock is moving or not. ”
"This discovery is important and can be judged by this method when we don't know if we are in the mirror, so are there any other discoveries besides this?"
"Yes" Jiang Liu took a sip of water and continued to say some of his speculations: "When I found that the clock stopped moving in the mirror, I found a very strange place, I remember that the position where the hands on the black clock in my room and Li Jing stopped were all stopped at one o'clock in the morning, no more, no less, so I wondered if this was always hinting? Hinting at the timing of ghost killing!
Now that I think about it, the time of Liu Dawang's death was in the second half of the night, and it should also be around one o'clock in the morning. And the time when I entered the mirror in my room was also one o'clock in the morning, if I guessed correctly, Li Jing had already died in her room at that time, so the time of her death was also one o'clock in the morning. Judging from these points, it is very likely that the time of the ghost attack was at one o'clock in the morning. ”
"I agree with you, and the two points you have found are important clues! At least we don't have to worry all night," Li Lin agreed.
"By the way, there is one more point" Jiang Liu looked at the water glass in front of him and said, "It's about the fact that the ghost didn't kill me last night, but made me walk out of the mirror, I can't figure it out!" ”
"What can't you figure out?"
"I was thinking that if the ghost pushed me out of the mirror at that time, it wasn't because you came, because I was in the mirror at the time, and you didn't necessarily notice me when you came in, then the ghost pushed me out of the mirror a little abnormally, so I have another guess that the ghost may have pushed me out of the mirror for some other purpose!"
"For example?"
"Afraid I'll die in the mirror?" After thinking about it, Jiang Liu refuted his own idea: "But killing one is also killing, killing two is also killing, there is no need to let me go, and there is a little bit of Li Jing's corpse that I saw in the mirror?" ”
"The ghost is afraid that you will die in the mirror!" Li Lin said suddenly, then looked at Jiang Liu and said seriously: "Let's assume that the ghost killed Li Jing in the room first, and then dragged him into the mirror, then the ghost didn't kill you at that time, and there is an explanation!" ”
"What's the explanation? Why can't I understand? The white-collar man was a little puzzled and couldn't understand what Li Lin was saying.
"Actually, it's very simple," Li Lin explained to the white-collar man: "I said earlier that in the eyes of ghosts, we are a group of prey waiting to be hunted, and it is impossible to let go of our lives. ”
"Well, remember, I heard you say that. The ghost didn't kill you at that time, and took you out to the second floor. ”
"Yes! At the time, I thought that the ghosts couldn't stay outside for more than 30 minutes, just like us, and I was afraid that we would break the rules of the hotel, so I didn't think much about it. But now that I heard Jiang Liu talk about last night's experience, I have already guessed the limit of ghost killing! ”
Li Lin looked at the surprised expressions of the two newcomers, and said confidently: "First of all, the ghost can't kill us outside the room, and can't let us die anywhere other than the room, which can be seen from the incident on the second floor of the hotel in front of us.
Secondly, when the ghost kills us, it must be in our respective rooms, just like last night the ghost did not kill Jiang Liu, but pushed him out of the mirror.
Finally, and most crucially. The time of the ghost operation is at one o'clock in the morning, and if this guess is correct, then I think I already know how to survive this time! ”
"Really!" Xu Qian looked at Li Lin in surprise, wanting to hear what he was saying. The white-collar man and Lin Mao'er also looked at Li Lin with a happy expression.
[I always feel that Li Lin still has something to say...]
"Well, although I can't say 100% sure, it's worth our try" Li Lin's long and serious expression was also soothed at this time, and he said with a smile: "Since the time of the ghost action is one o'clock in the morning, and he must die in his own room." Then we just need to leave our room at 1 a.m. and stay outside for 30 minutes. ”
"But what if we get back to the house and the ghost does it again?" Xu Qian asked questions at this time.
"I also think about this" Li Lin had a good attitude towards Xu Qian, and explained with a smile: "Jiang Liu put forward the idea of the prompt of 30 minutes before, because there were too few known conditions at that time, so the result of speculation was a bit far-fetched. But now I finally understand why the hotel is giving us a hint of the number of 30 minutes!
In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that the tips given by the hotel cannot be useless. 30 minutes is both a time limit for us to stay outside, or a time limit for ghosts to move at night. To put it bluntly, ghosts may only act between 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., so as long as we get through this time safely, then the ghosts can't do anything about us! ”
After listening to Li Lin's explanation, everyone present, including Jiang Liu, had a kind of admiration for Li Lin in their hearts.
Li Lin's image suddenly became tall in the hearts of white-collar men, although he made himself very faceless in the past few days, but as long as he can live, face is worth a few dollars. In order to save face, losing his life is a fool's business. Besides, I didn't hear Li Lin say that after surviving this supernatural event, he would continue to experience this kind of terrifying event in the future, and there was no need to turn his face with an old person like Li Lin.
Jiang Liu interrupted everyone at this time, indulging in the excitement of finding a way out, and said to Li Lin with a frown: "But there is one more thing, I haven't figured it out until now. ”
"What's the matter?" Li Lin has always been very concerned about the questions raised by Jiang Liu, after all, a newcomer with potential like him is the target that the old man has always supported. No one knows whether there will be requests in the future, and sending charcoal in the snow will always be more popular than icing on the cake.