Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 3 The Deceptive Lawyer

"No!"

Jiang Jin struggled to stand up again, only to find that there was nothing left on his feet.

At the same time, he suddenly heard...

From the depths of the corridor came the sound of the piano piece "Für Elise"!

The sound of the piano immediately caused the voice-activated light directly above his head to turn on automatically!
That once beautiful melody, which I never tired of listening to, has now become a deadly curse!

According to Rule 6, which prohibits certain activities, all light sources within a five-meter radius must be turned off. But how did he manage to turn off the voice-activated sensor light above his head?

Jiang Jin quickly rushed to the elevator door behind him and frantically pressed the button.

The piano music grew louder and louder, and another sound mixed into the distorted melody—like many people screaming in a distant place, stretched into thin threads and woven into the music.

Under the illumination of the voice-activated light, Jiang Jin saw a door open in front of him!

And through this light, Jiang Jin suddenly saw...

Inside the door, there was a human-shaped shadowy figure curled up!
Even under the light, the human-shaped shadow could not reveal any image!

It is slowly crawling out in an ergonomically unnatural posture!
In the silence, only one sound remained—a faint, wet crawling sound, approaching Jiang Jin.

The distance from there to the elevator door was definitely within five meters, and Jiang Jin had no way to bypass the black figure to enter the stairwell.

Will he be able to wait for the elevator to come down?
The melody of "Für Elise" ended there, but the distorted human shadow continued to crawl!

They were less than three meters away from Jiang Jin!
How to do?
As Jiang Jin's brain raced, he suddenly remembered something!
Indeed, voice-activated lights are triggered by sound, but most voice-activated lights have photoresistors, so the resistance of the photoresistors decreases during the day, blocking the circuit. At this time, even if there is sound, the light cannot be triggered to turn on.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Jin suddenly turned on his phone's flashlight and pointed it at the motion-activated light above his head!

Voice-activated light—suddenly went out!
Jiang Jin quickly turned off his phone's flash!

In the darkness, the terrifying crawling sound of the dark figure vanished...

Jiang Jin was almost completely exhausted.

He also said he was lucky to have barely succeeded.

Just now, he shone a bright light emitted from his phone directly onto the sensor of the voice-activated light.

The police cell phone flash he used had been specially modified, with a brightness exceeding 1000 lumens. The photoresistor's resistance would drop sharply under strong light, causing the circuit to determine it was daytime and shut down. Coincidentally, it was also quite dark that day, and the phone's bright light was enough to interfere with the sensors and cause misjudgments in the darkness.

At that moment, Jiang Jin had only one thought: This rule is completely unreasonable! It's specifically limited to old residential communities like Qingtan Community with sensor lights, requiring these reincarnators to turn off the light sources? But how can the lights in such public areas be turned off?
Suddenly, a message appeared on Jiang Jin's right retina!
"Reserve reincarnator Jiang Jin successfully cracked the sixth rule of the Hong Kong-style terrorist containment zone in Qingtan Community, awakening his hidden profession: the mysterious lawyer!"
Hidden professions can coexist with official professions; do not reveal your hidden profession to anyone. Hidden professions are not permitted by the reincarnation system; once leaked, you will be eliminated by the Cleaner!

Currently, this reserve reincarnator is the LV1 Wicked Lawyer: Rule Tamperer.

You can modify the rules by consuming SAN values. However, you can only make changes, not add extra characters, and the modified text must be logically coherent; otherwise, the modification will be invalid.

Do you need to see the specific abilities and limitations of the LV1 rule tamperer? Yes/No (Choose yes or no through mental thought)

Seeing so many text prompts suddenly appear, Jiang Jin was first stunned, then overjoyed!

Hidden professions? Rule changes?
Could it be that he accidentally triggered a cheat program in this system?

At that moment, he looked at the display screen above the elevator; the elevator was about to come down.

But before the elevator doors even opened, "Für Elise" started playing again!

The voice-activated light is on again!

Almost at the same instant, Jiang Jin felt his ankle being grabbed by a hand!
"Fuck!!!"

At that moment, Jiang Jin didn't have time to think. His mind immediately used the ability of the Ghost Lawyer, focusing on the word "must" in the sixth rule of the forbidden zone, "Upon hearing 'Für Elise,' you must immediately turn off the light sources within five meters of you." He then changed that word to "nothing."
The sensation in my ankle disappeared immediately.

Three seconds later, the elevator doors finally opened!
Jiang Jin rushed into the elevator!

Finally... the elevator arrived at the 7th floor.

After the elevator doors opened, Jiang Jin stepped out and saw Liang Qin, Lu Zhao, and Xia Wei outside the elevator.

"You actually survived?" Liang Qin was quite surprised. "It's quite surprising. I was thinking of just waiting for you for three minutes. If you couldn't come up, I would just leave you. Don't blame me, though. I didn't even manage to repel that ghost with a single finger bone arrow. I didn't have the confidence to go downstairs and rescue you."

Lu Zhao asked in surprise, "How did you get up here? I thought you were dead..."

"Just luck."

"Huh? How exactly was your luck good?"

Liang Qin waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't ask anymore. If they want to talk, they will. If they don't want to talk, there's no need to force them."

Jiang Jin looked at the dark corridor in front of him, the walls covered with dust and dirt, and all kinds of small advertisements were pasted on them, and all of these advertisements were written in traditional Chinese characters!

"What should we do next?" Xia Wei asked nervously.

Suddenly, the undead hound looked ahead and then ran to the door of room 701.

Then, the hound's nose reached up to the door.

Liang Qin and the hunting dog seemed to have a perfect understanding; he walked to the door, raised his hand, and knocked. Everyone admired his skill and daring!
But will anyone be here? Shouldn't everyone living here be that kind of person? After all, there can't be any original residents left in Qingtan Community.

About ten seconds passed, and just as Lu Zhao was about to suggest leaving first...

The door opened!
If Liang Qin hadn't been there, Xia Wei would probably have screamed in fright.

The door was only opened by a tiny crack, less than a centimeter wide.

By the dim moonlight, they could barely make out a figure behind the crack in the door!
"Who are you looking for?"

A Cantonese voice came from inside!
The voice was extremely old, clearly belonging to an old woman.

Lu Zhao and Xia Wei were completely confused and couldn't understand anything. Jiang Jin, on the other hand, could understand a little Cantonese because he loved Hong Kong police and gangster films.

At this moment, Jiang Jin vaguely saw that there was an old woman behind the door. She had just asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Liang Qin replied in equally fluent Cantonese (written in Mandarin for easier understanding): "Grandma, have you seen a woman wearing blue who sings Cantonese opera?"

Then, the old woman continued, "Looking for her? Room 708, the one with the red embroidered shoes by the door."

"Room 708..."

Before Liang Qin could ask any more questions, the old woman suddenly said, "If you see water seeping from the doorbell, remember... run away quickly."

Then, the door was closed.

"Is she...is she a ghost?" Xia Wei trembled all over.

“She has become an NPC in Qingtan Community. Her SAN value is 0, which means she is permanently trapped here.” Liang Qin continued, “She may have originally been a resident of Qingtan Community and died here after the memetic outbreak. She may also be a reincarnator who failed the trial here. That’s why I said that what’s more terrifying than death is becoming like her, and you may not even know that you are no longer alive. You’ll stay here forever, responsible for guiding reincarnators like you.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jin also subconsciously felt a chill run down his spine.

"Let's go check out 708."

"Wait, wait a minute!" Xia Wei suddenly asked, "What did you just say? The woman in blue was over there? Then..."

"Hmm, this means that room 708 is the entrance to the Horror Dungeon. Of course, the entrance isn't fixed. After today, the entrance to the Horror Dungeon might be in another apartment building. Anyway, stick close to me. Once I get you inside, the mission will be complete, and I can leave and go back."

The group of four kept looking at the house numbers on the doors of each household.

Suddenly……

They saw a pair of red embroidered shoes neatly arranged in front of one of the houses.

Looking at the red embroidered shoes, everyone's teeth started chattering.

This is a cursed object that appears frequently in domestic horror movies!

Just as the three approached, the hunting dog had already run to the door. Then, the dog began to sniff the embroidered shoes.

After sniffing for a while, the hunting dog raised its head and barked at Liang Qin.

"Let's go," Liang Qin said. "Let's go inside first."

Then, when they arrived at the door, Liang Qin pulled out his shotgun, aimed it at the door, and pulled the trigger.

The door lock was blasted open instantly, and the loud noise made Lu Zhao and Xia Wei pale. Jiang Jin, however, looked at the hunting rifle and thought to himself, "I want to have a gun like that someday!"
Liang Qin pushed the door open and said, "You all go in first."

"Shall we go first?" Lu Zhao thought he had misheard. "Are you sure?"

"You guys really think I'm your healer? This is a direct route to the horror dungeon. If I go in with you, it'll be troublesome if I accidentally wander into the horror dungeon world. You guys go in first, and if you can't find the entrance to the horror dungeon, then I'll come in."

"Could we bring this hunting dog in with us?" Xia Wei pleaded desperately, "I'm scared!"

"Okay, I'll let it go in with you."

Then, the three people and the dog entered the room.

The room was pitch black and silent.

But at that moment, they suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a lot of water stains on the ground!
"This water..."

Upon closer inspection, you'll find that the water stains originated from the bathroom!
Suddenly, the undead hound looked towards the bathroom, where the water gushing out seemed to be increasing!
Then, suddenly, from the bathroom...

The singing style of Cantonese opera!
Then, the undead hound actually escaped back!

Xia Wei was so frightened that she immediately ran away!

"Idiot, don't come out!"

As soon as Liang Qin finished speaking, the man and the dog had already escaped through the gate, and the gate suddenly closed!
The door that Liang Qin had just blasted open with a shotgun has miraculously had its lock restored to its original state!

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