However, to his surprise, the monster actually staggered in the direction of Shi Que. He opened his mouth and swallowed half of his finger along with the pen.

After waiting for a moment, he tilted his head and thought about it, and spit out the pen.

After another two seconds, he gave a satisfied "hiccup", and his massive body gradually disappeared from the air.

The darkness that enveloped the stairwell and corridor faded in an instant, and the lights became bright again, and everyone looked at each other for a long time, and then realized that they had escaped.

Cai Zhuo's strength disappeared, and he collapsed on the ground along the wall, gasping for air. On the line of life and death, in just a few minutes, his back was already soaked with sweat and looked embarrassed, but no one laughed at him, because no one else was better than Cai Zhuo.

"What do we do now?" Qin Jue glanced at Shi Que and Cai Zhuo, the situation was urgent, so he didn't have time to think about it, now thinking carefully, Cai Zhuo seemed to be hiding many secrets.

Including the last words he said, as well as his attitude towards Shi Que.

Cai Zhuo waved his hand, indicating that he would slow down. Then he pointed at Shi Que and motioned for Shi Que to speak first.

Everyone had many doubts in their hearts, and Qin Jue also looked at Shi Que, "What the hell is going on?" How did you make that monster disappear? ”

Shi Que thought for a moment, "Rules." I recounted the whole process of entering the TV station today, and found the weird rules we are in now, one of which is that you can't eat anything, including drinking water. ”

"How do you know?" Bai Ming spoke unexpectedly. He looked at Shi Que with a puzzled expression.

Shi Que closed his eyes, and the picture of the comparison in his mind was instantly replayed again.

"By the cause of death and the manner of death."

"In the recording studio opposite, there were 17 people at first, and the monster followed them in, but for about ten minutes, there were no fewer people inside."

"Then immediately afterwards, Qin Jue and I went to the toilet and returned to the conference room, and the recording studio opposite officially started the program recording, and the host opened the champagne."

"I remember!" Qin Jue looked at the book recorded by Shi Que, "Since the champagne was opened, the talents in the recording studio opposite have become fewer and fewer, and there are fewer and fewer. In the end, the monster was left. ”

"I see!" Cai Zhuo also reacted, "Then there is the director, because the director ate the mint candy first." He came to Yu Yang because Yu Yang also ate mints. ”

"Yes!" Shi Que nodded, "Each of them ate." So I speculate that if the monster is caused by obsession, I know that this person is probably very edible by looking at the body type. He had followed the people in the studio opposite him in the first place, indicating that food had such a fatal attraction to him. ”

"Then how do you know he's looking for the director's finger?"

Because he hesitated. The people in front of him were all eaten in an instant, but he hesitated between you and Qin Jue. If you keep rubbing and smelling, you should be looking for a taste. ”

"So I compared what you and Qin Jue have in common, you have both taken the director's fingers. Qin Jue took it for a short time, and you held it for a longer time to observe, so he spent more time on you, and kept trying to devour your right hand, but over and over again, he just couldn't swallow it. ”

So I speculate that the second rule of this strange story is to eat up. Whoever triggers the rule will be devoured by the monster and can't miss a single thing. He's constantly wandering between the two of you, just looking for that uneaten finger. After all, among us, except for Yu Yang, no one has eaten anymore. He shouldn't have come to us at this time. ”

Cai Zhuo nodded and agreed with Shi Que's statement.

Qin Jue frowned, "Then why didn't he look for you?" Didn't you bring it with your fingers? ”

"Maybe he respects the old and loves the young?" Shi Que was a little shy, "After all, I look smaller than both of you." ”

Bai Ming looked at Qin Jue carefully, and the two of them nodded thoughtfully, "Weathered." ”

Qin Jue: ......

Cai Zhuo: ......

The cold joke made the atmosphere a little better, and everyone's mood eased a lot. Qin Jue remembered what Cai Zhuo hadn't explained before, "So what did you mean by what you said at the end?" ”

Cai Zhuo scratched his head, took out a document from his pocket and put it in front of everyone. At first glance, it looks like a police officer ID card of a criminal policeman, but if you look closely, the name is slightly different.

"Special Task Force?" Qin Jue read out the words above.

"Yes, the full name is the Special Cases Investigation Team. Let me introduce myself again, I have the same name as the writer who is coming today, also named Cai Zhuo, a trainee police officer of the Special Cases Investigation Unit, and this is a colleague who is here with me today. Cai Zhuo pointed to Bai Ming beside him, "We are here today to investigate the case." ”

"What case are you investigating?"

"In the case of disappearance, the missing person is a friend of the director, and the reporter is the director. At noon, I received an improvised assignment from above, saying that someone would meet me at the TV station today to participate in a meeting and conduct an in-depth investigation to see if we could find any clues about the missing person. ”

"As the director said, if you trigger an obsession, an object that is attached to it will trigger a strange story. You know the recent case of the student's disappearance! The Special Task Force had previously suspected that not all of the missing people had disappeared because of a strange story. ”

"Sure enough, this morning, all the missing children were suddenly recovered. But some continue to be missing. This confirms our suspicion that there is a strange rumor in L City that has also been revived. ”

Then, according to the clues, we found the director's missing friend. The comparison found that the source is likely to be in the program group. But we're not sure who of you it has to do with it. So, here we are today. ”

"But wasn't the director's friend the first one to disappear?" Qin Jue felt that Cai Zhuo's suspicion was inexplicable.

"It's true that he was the first to disappear, but he wasn't necessarily the first to trigger the resurgence of the strange talk." Cai Zhuo thought about it and found a more understandable way to explain, "In the depths of the strange talk, you must violate the rules of the strange talk to have an accident." What if one of you triggers the weird talk, but doesn't break the rules? ”

"Then how can you be sure it's a strange talk and not a man-made?" Folklore writers accepted these things well, but Qin Jue still wanted to confirm them finally.

"Let me tell you so! The cataclysm, in fact, is not because of natural disasters and man-made disasters, but because of the revival of the aura caused by strange talks. There are a total of five catastrophic stories in China. The most terrifying of them almost made the entire Huaguo Continent disappear with it. And these strange tales have not even succeeded in finding all the rules in the end. ”

"How did that end?" What Cai Zhuo said, Shi Que has sorted out the existing pre-"cataclysmic" information in L City, and it can indeed be matched.

"The original captain of the special task force, and the god that all our special task forces believe in, opened the supreme differentiation in the last battle, forcibly sealing these unbreakable strange tales. Finally ended the cataclysm, allowing humanity to breathe and start anew. This is the beginning of a new era. ”

Flipping through the documents, Cai Zhuo showed them the mysterious-looking god printed on the inside page, "This is what I said about the god of the special case team." ”

"But unfortunately, the revival of Reiki is irreversible. Therefore, even though he sealed all the catastrophic tales, there were still new ones. Therefore, even after the reconstruction, the special task force is still retained. However, since the strange talk of recovery is a small probability event, it has not been made public on a large scale. The members of the special task force also only appear when there is a mission. ”

"It's Superman." Bai Ming's eyes lit up, patted his chest, and praised him.

Cai Zhuo was "offended" by his second middle school, and quickly pulled down his handkerchief, and said to Qin Jue and Shi Que, "Anyway, you can treat us as police officers who handle special cases." ”

But Qin Jue's brows never relaxed, "So do you have a way to contact the outside?" Or rather, the way out of here. ”

He had observed, and although the darkness had passed, nothing had changed.

They still can't do without the 18th floor.

This shows that they are still talking about it. As long as they are in the weird talk, they are still in danger.

"And if Shi Que is right, one of the rules of this strange story is that we can't eat, then we have very little time left to survive."

"Indeed." Shi Que also nodded, "People are not ingested with water." Can survive for 3-7 days. ”

"But we've just experienced strenuous exercise, and our thirst for water will be higher, and if we go into a dehydrated state later, the situation will only get worse."

"There are two ways to do it." Cai Zhuo took a few steps back and forth, "One is to find out all the rules of the strange talk. To put it bluntly, it is to crack the strange talk, as long as the strange talk can be cracked, you can leave the area affected by the strange talk. But it's very difficult, the point is that we are very small, and in the weird story, everyone who breaks the rules will eventually die. Just a few of us, I'm afraid we are all dead, and we may not be able to crack all the strange stories. ”

"What about the second method?"

"And so for the rescue. The police officers of the special task force have a record of going to the police, so I guess that the special task force has received the news that we are in distress and should be rushing to our side now. ”

"Then why don't we just wait for rescue?"

"Not necessarily." Cai Zhuo's face was very ugly, "I found out just now that my mobile phone has no signal." The mobile phone of the special task force has been specially treated, and it can make calls even in the Mariana Trench, but the fact that there is no signal now means one thing. ”

"This weird talk is amazing?"

"That's right! The magnetic field energy of this strange story is very powerful, and even the special frequency signals of the special case team can be shielded. Therefore, even if someone from the special task force comes, there may be no way to enter the area we are in now. If so, then our situation is even more dangerous. ”

"Wait, then according to what you say, the people inside can't get out, and the people outside can't get in, so what will happen to this place in the end?"

"After confirming that we are dead, the special case team will find a way to lock this place off without affecting public order, so as to prevent anyone from continuing to break in."

"This is too unreliable!" Qin Jue was dumbfounded.

Shi Que thought for a moment, "Is it similar to the legend of urban night talk?" ”

"Hmm." Cai Zhuo nodded, "There are indeed some rumored ghost mansions that are the location of strange stories. Because it can't be cracked, the special case team will enclose this piece of land to prevent someone from entering the trigger by mistake, and after a long time, there will be such a legend. ”

"Then there's no other way?" Qin Jue was a little irritable.

"I can!" Bai Ming pointed at himself, and was just about to express his opinion when Cai Zhuo, who had a headache, held him down.

"Don't brag!" Cai Zhuo said as he turned his gaze to Shi Que.

"Indeed...... But you need to cooperate. As if thinking of something headache, Cai Zhuo walked up to Shi Que, "Since you can receive the task of becoming a regular from the Folklore Research Institute, it means that you must be a differentiator." The situation is urgent, can you tell me what your differentiation ability is? ”

Shi Que was stunned for a moment, "Differentiation ability? What is that? ”

"You don't even know that?" Seeing that Shi Que's puzzled appearance was not fake, Cai Zhuo's face also became solemn, "After the revival of the aura, not only the strange talk will follow, but the human race will also be affected accordingly." To put it bluntly, it's a bit similar to the superpowers in post-apocalyptic novels. Some people will be infinitely powerful, and some people will control the wind and □□ fire. But not everyone has the opportunity to differentiate, so the people before the reconstruction found another way to fight against strange talks, which is to cultivate. ”

After a pause, he continued to popularize science, "The police officers of the special case team follow the cultivation route, and the police officers of the special case team are generally elites who are suitable for cultivation selected from the army and various police academies and military academies, and they have great requirements for physical fitness. And in cracking the strange story, the strong physique cultivated also gives us a higher chance of survival. ”

"Then why do you keep emphasizing the differentiation ability of the Sparrow?" Qin Jue still didn't understand.

"Because only those who are differentiated can use their abilities and characteristics to contain strange talks. Cultivators can only crack strange stories or destroy strange stories. But this strange story is so strong, there is obviously no way to destroy it. ”

"So why are you sure I'm the Divider?" Shi Que felt as if he had been hiding a lot of things.

"Because the Folklore Research Institute and the special case team have different modes of selecting members, the special case team is the first to join the company and is cultivating. However, one of the conditions for selecting interns at the Institute of History and Folklore is that they must be differentiators. Cai Zhuo looked at Shi Que, "You don't know anything, how did you get admitted to the Folklore Research Institute?" ”

Shi Que hesitated for a moment, "Inheritance?" ”

“？”

"My brother was originally an intern at the Folklore Institute, and after he died unexpectedly six years ago, he recommended me to the Folklore Institute. So I was admitted as soon as I graduated from college and was admitted to graduate school. ”

"Your brother is also a divider? ...... passed away unexpectedly," Cai Zhuo's face became much more solemn, "You have a very great brother." ”

Whether it is an intern or a full-fledged researcher at the Folklore Research Institute, there is only one reason for his unexpected death, and that is the failure to contain strange tales in order to protect ordinary people.

Shi Que didn't speak.

Cai Zhuo thought for a moment and continued, "I've heard my master say that those who are related by blood are generally the same or complementary in their differentiation abilities. If you are not yet aware of your ability to differentiate, you may be able to compare it with your brother's ability to differentiate. ”

"So does your brother usually have any special and outstanding abilities?"

Shi Que thought for a moment.

Memories related to the time falcon instantly flooded back. Excluding those veins and warmth, there are finally six wills left to him by Shi Falcon.

Sparrow narrowed his eyes.

Cai Zhuo: "Thought of it?" ”

"Hmm......" Shi Que said in a firm tone, "especially lacking in virtue!" ”