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Chapter 23 Monsters and Humans

There was darkness all around, and Luo Jun remembered the feeling he had in the corridor last night. The visibility was less than two meters, but he could vaguely hear the rustling movement surrounding him in the darkness.

However, in such a strange and terrifying darkness, Luo Jun felt a little calmer.

It was pretty much what he had guessed.

As Luo Jun continued to advance, the surrounding movements became more and more dense. Finally, when he walked somewhere, a tall figure appeared in the darkness ahead!

Over two meters tall, with a crocodile-like head, four thick arms, beast-like toe-like hind legs and a thick and long tail covered with scales.

The crocodile monster lowered its head, stared at Luo Jun with its two pale yellow eyes, opened its bloody mouth, and a stream of fishy smell hit Luo Jun's face.

However, Luo Jun did not flinch or dodge.

"Are you the owner of the underground level?" Luo Jun looked directly at the crocodile monster: "I want to see the owner of the underground level! I have something important to give to him!"

The crocodile monster was stunned for a moment and closed its big mouth: "Aren't you afraid of me?"

Luo Jun smiled slightly: "Of course, because you are a human being."

"Humanity is safe!"

Luo Jun looked at the crocodile monster, with one head, two eyes, one mouth, and two hind legs that walked upright... These characteristics perfectly meet the definition of human beings in the rules!

Not only this crocodile monster, but also the octopus head that helped him hug the tentacle monster last night, as well as the alien monster he met in the corridor and politely saluted him, all fit these characteristics!

That's right, it doesn't matter what human beings looked like in his common sense before. In the Midnight Hotel, rules are everything. No matter how weird the shape is, as long as it meets these characteristics, it is a human being and it is safe!
On the other hand, no matter how much it looks like a human being, as long as it doesn't fit in one of them, it's a monster and it's dangerous!
Of course, this premise is that Luo Jun is still a human being!
"Hehehe, interesting..."

Suddenly, a female chuckle came from the darkness.

At the same time, a light lit up above Luo Jun's head, illuminating a five-meter area around him. Only then did Luo Jun see that he was surrounded by a large group of monsters of various shapes.

Some have long noses and green faces with fangs; some have wings on their backs and are covered with barbs; some have six ears and eight arms; some have turtle shells on their backs and two horns... But these monsters are all without exception. They all have one head, two eyes, one mouth, and two legs to walk upright, perfectly in line with the definition of human beings according to the rules!

"Most people who come here for the first time will scream in fear and collapse, flee back to 'their' territory, and eventually be eaten, and the remaining limbs and bones will be dumped here..." The woman's voice was a little sad. .

"I like humans, and I don't want them to die like this. I tried to put them back together, but there was no drawing for reference... Until a long time ago, a person who was not afraid of this place like you told me that humans have long hair. An animal with one head, two eyes, one mouth, and two hind legs that walks upright.”

"I was very happy and wanted to keep him to help me resurrect these remains, but unfortunately, he said that he had his companions up there and was unwilling to stay with me."

As the woman confided, several scaly tentacles slowly stretched out from the darkness and slowly wrapped around Luo Jun's body.

"You are the second human being who is not afraid of me in so long... Stay with me, be my friend, and help me resurrect those poor humans..."

Cold sweat ran down Luo Jun's forehead. He could feel the faint pressure coming from the tentacles. It was some kind of higher-level life, and it possessed a power that was difficult to resist.

But Luo Jun obviously doesn't intend to stay here.

"Sorry, I have to leave." Luo Jun's words made the tentacles pause slightly.

"Aren't you willing to stay too..." The woman's voice contained disappointment and sullenness. More tentacles stretched out from the darkness, and an invisible murderous aura shrouded them, scaring the surrounding monsters away.

"But I brought you the blueprint!" Luo Jun suddenly shouted before his murderous intent reached its peak, "As long as you let me leave, I will give this to you!"

As he said that, he took out the small human-shaped biscuit from his trouser pocket!

There are contradictions in the rules, indicating that there is more than one element of weirdness in the hotel. Luo Jun initially thought there were two strands, one representing hunger and the other representing fatigue... But later he found that he had thought wrong. Hunger and fatigue should both be strange ways to weaken and pollute him!

Strictly speaking, there are actually three forces in the hotel. One is the hotel or the Chaos Mission itself. This force, as the issuer of the mission, has formulated rules that can protect participants and has the most powerful control in the hotel. .

The remaining two forces are humans and monsters!

That's right, the rules on the door had told him from the beginning!
These two forces, the power of monsters, occupy the main body of the hotel. The lobby, restaurant, and corridors are all the monster's sphere of influence. The "human" forces occupy the corners of the hotel, mainly the corridors and the forgotten underground floor.

Therefore, the stairs do not lead to the hotel lobby; therefore, creatures that look like monsters but are actually human beings are all encountered in the corridors. Even if they are seen in the corridors, they are coming out of the corridors.

As for the guest rooms, they are neutral ground, a safe house for visitors, at least on the most dangerous nights.

Although these two forces cannot violate the hotel itself, they can exert certain influence within their own sphere of influence, such as tampering with some of the rules within their own sphere of influence.

Do you still remember the fourth rule in the corridor that Luo Jun judged to be problematic? It should have been modified by the underground "human" forces. Luo Jun guessed that if he followed it, he would definitely end up on the underground floor.

Accordingly, in order to stop the opponent, the "monster" also added two corridor rules to prevent guests from entering the underground floor. But since it’s not the home court, I can only add it by clumsy handwriting!
In the same way, Luo Jun guessed that the restaurant was the same. The handwritten note not to eat meat was a warning from underground forces, so the rule that you can eat up to 500 grams of meat should have been modified by the "monster" forces. If you eat in the restaurant If you eat meat, you will encounter contamination and terrible things will happen!

The meat in the restaurant is not necessarily what kind of meat.

Then the question arises, why do the monster forces all have a human-like appearance, but the human side is full of strange things?

The woman's voice just now revealed the reason, which represents the biggest weirdness of the two forces. They both have some problems with their cognitive abilities. In other words, they are different from ordinary creatures. They cannot recognize human characteristics through vision or touch, which are conventional methods. .

So how do they recognize humans?

Animal Crackers gave him a hint.

Why can you escape by buying cookies after encountering endless corridors? Because the cookies are an offering to the "human" forces and are what the "human" forces need.

So what does it want cookies for? When reminiscing carefully in the restaurant, Luo Jun connected the shape of the biscuits with the shape of "human beings".

That’s right, the elements on those weird-looking “human beings” can all be found on animal crackers. Rather, the animal images on the cookies are pieced together based on the human characteristics according to the rules!
Therefore, Luo Jun guessed that the way strange beings recognize human beings is by eating!

This also explains why monster forces can disguise themselves as humans very well, because they have eaten living people!
As the task prompt says: Like humans, eat humans, and become humans!

This sentence makes sense to both parties. The monster forces like the taste of humans. If they eat humans, they can turn into human shapes.

The weird thing in the underground really likes humans. It can't bear to eat living people, so it can only become human by eating food in human form.

The only food in the hotel that might be human-shaped is animal crackers.

Human-shaped animal biscuits are only available in restaurants, so the restaurant is strictly prohibited from bringing out any food and has repeatedly emphasized that there are no human-shaped biscuits. The purpose is to prevent the weird underground from gaining the ability to become human.

After all, only by having a human appearance can you gain the trust of humans and walk on the ground!

All of this was Luo Jun's guess, and he didn't have much certainty. However, when the normal check-out channel was blocked, this was the only way he could go.

The moment he took out the biscuits, Luo Jun made a decision in his mind.

"The event difficulty is 10, the final point is 44+5, the event is successful!"

It seems that I guessed it right! Handing over the biscuits will gain you some weird favor from the underground, allowing you to leave smoothly! And those 10 points of difficulty should be small accidents that may occur.

The tentacles hesitated for a few moments, then took the biscuit from Luo Jun's hand, and joyful laughter suddenly sounded in the darkness.

"Interesting human being, I will thank you."

The woman's voice was full of pleasure.

Then, a row of small lights lit up above Luo Jun's head, illuminating a light path. The end of the light path was the only exit in the darkness.

Luo Jun walked along the light path, and the monsters hidden in the darkness got out of the way and watched him step out of the exit.

At the same time, he received a reminder in his mind that the Chaos mission was completed...

(End of this chapter)