Tuanzi sat blankly beside Bai Yuze. As Bai Yuze explained to the other party, her eyes gradually widened in surprise. Finally, she huddled into a corner of the sofa and pleaded with Bai Yuze.
"Xiao Ze... we're so close... you wouldn't harm me, would you...?"
Bai Yuze also grinned mischievously.
"Of course not, but it depends on how good our relationship truly is~"
It turned out that the flow of time had absolutely nothing to do with the old-fashioned pendulum clock Tuanzi had found!
The actual flow of time was related to Rule Four!
Rule Four stated, 'Do not stare at the door for a long time.' This implied that staring at the door for a short time was permissible. So, what was the purpose of this rule? Wasn't it both 'do' and 'do not'?
Unless... staring at the door was the key to influencing the flow of time!
The instance calculated that players would strictly adhere to Rule Four during gameplay, and they would try various ways to distract themselves so as not to notice the door.
But if that were truly the case, then Rule Four would be a complete waste of words. Therefore, the explicit requirement of the instance was to wait for Tuan Ma to return, but don't forget the name of the instance!
"When Will Tuan Ma Return?"
This indicated that besides the hard requirement of Tuan Ma, another hard requirement was time. Therefore, the rule deliberately made the flow of time closely related to the duration of staring at the door.
The longer one stared at the door, the longer time would proceed at a normal speed...
Bai Yuze had thought of this idea at the time, but he couldn't verify it with his and Tuanzi's safety... so he could only make Sabre suffer...
He deliberately made Tuanzi notice the change in time, and he didn't expect Tuanzi to actually find an old-fashioned pendulum clock from the storage room, so he went with the flow.
While Sabre was staring intently at the door, he activated the timekeeping function, then deliberately 'accidentally' brushed the dust from the pendulum clock onto Tuanzi's face. His original intention was to make Tuanzi leave, so he could secretly observe Sabre, but he didn't expect Tuanzi to perform an even more perfect operation!
That was for Tuanzi to supervise Sabre's guard duty! This made Bai Yuze much more relaxed, as he didn't have to secretly observe whether Sabre was seriously staring at the door, and he could also dismantle the pendulum clock to pass the time.
Ultimately, Bai Yuze obtained the optimal time for a living creature to stare at the door!
That was half an hour!
There were three living creatures in the house, taking turns! This would restore time to its normal state, greatly increasing the chances of the two people and one dog surviving. After all, with the original sluggish flow of time, the eerie entity outside the door could come dozens of times!
And they only had six chances to peek through the cat's eye... there was no way to play!
As for kicking the pendulum clock... this was another result Bai Yuze wanted to verify: whether the eerie entity knew the situation inside the door. The result was that it did know and could influence things inside the door.
Therefore, it deliberately made the pendulum clock move, intending to make the two people mistakenly believe that time was controlled by the pendulum clock, but all of this was anticipated by Bai Yuze.
Bai Yuze not only found the optimal safe time but also verified his suspicions. Therefore, when the doorbell rang at this moment, it was a clear sign of guilt!
So he stopped Tuanzi's actions without even looking... Of course... as for whether it was truly like that... who knows?
Bai Yuze sometimes felt like a liar. He used to deceive eerie entities... now he not only deceives people... but also people's hearts... Over time, he even started to fear himself a little...
Would he end up deceiving himself?
"Nyah nyah nyah! No money, no life! But if you say it all out like this, wouldn't the eerie entity outside the door know too...?"
"Hah! It's fine! When we take turns on guard, we'll use a stopwatch to time it. As long as it's almost half an hour, we'll just come back immediately, won't we?"
Bai Yuze waved his hand, making a gesture of absolute authority!
At this moment, Bai Yuze was like a proud general returning victorious from battle! This appearance of Bai Yuze made Tuanzi a little worried...
Bai Yuze smiled, then picked up Sabre and threw him into the kitchen.
Sabre looked bewildered! Humans are truly cruel creatures! Used and then discarded! How was this any different from him turning over and disowning a dog!
"Xiao Ze... what are you doing...?"
"Who knows who has the final say in interpreting these rules? What if the guy outside the door controls Sabre after we break a rule, then we'll be in trouble!"
With that said, Sabre in the kitchen only felt a bit disoriented. When he woke up again, he saw Tuanzi, looking worried and surprised, and Bai Yuze, smiling.
"Oh ho! You're awake! My old friend Sabre! I have to say, you're really tough! You were kicked so far and you're still fine!"
At this moment... Sabre only then realized his body was in pain, but Sabre was just in pain; his bones and internal organs were fine.
It turned out that just as Bai Yuze finished speaking and was about to close the door, the eerie entity outside controlled Sabre, intending to attack the two of them. But it overlooked the difference in size and strength, so the eerie Sabre first took Bai Yuze's "Lion's Tooth" plus a violent shot!
In fact, the eerie Sabre had behaved itself after the first punch, but Bai Yuze's punch landed on its mouth! It couldn't cry out, so it took another kick and was directly sent flying into the wall!
However, most of Bai Yuze's attacks were absorbed by the eerie entity's main body. Since Bai Yuze couldn't use eerie artifacts, the eerie entity couldn't die...
But then again! Not dying is one thing! But it hurt!
It was just a low-level eerie entity, not an M!
High emotional intelligence: Knowing one is outmatched, yet still fighting to the death! That is the foolishness called passion!
Low emotional intelligence: Knowing one can't win and still seeking a beating! Isn't that insane!
So the eerie entity not only took a beating and gained nothing, but also lost its only puppet that could cause trouble...
But for every foot the Dao rises, the Devil rises ten! It had plenty of chances to kill the two people inside!
"Sabre, are you okay...? It's all your fault, Xiao Ze! You were too heavy-handed!"
Tuanzi lightly punched Bai Yuze, then lovingly hugged Sabre.
"Can you blame me...? Who knew the other party was a brute, fighting even when outmatched!"
Eerie entity: You're full of nonsense!
"By the way, there's a question I still want to ask! How did you determine that the guy outside the door wasn't Tuan Ma? What if it was?"
Although the probability was a bit low, it wasn't impossible! If it really was Tuan Ma, wouldn't the two of them be done for?
"Hahaha, you still haven't figured out one thing, but I don't blame you; paying attention to details is something that needs to be trained slowly!"
Bai Yuze spoke in riddles; he clearly knew how the real Tuan Ma would act. This was a very common but very useful small detail, so common that it was often overlooked!
As for what it was? It's a secret for now~
"Alright, I'll take guard now. Tuanzi, you and Sabre can play for a while."
It has to be said that the combination of two people and one dog greatly reduced the difficulty of the instance. If there were only two people, not only would one person have to be sacrificed to test the rules, but the person later controlled by the eerie entity would also be difficult to suppress.
With two people and one dog, the dog could test the rules, and when one person was on guard, the other person could play with the dog to pass the time, divert attention, and relieve stress.
What? You ask what to do if the dog is a Tibetan Mastiff, Pit Bull, etc...?
Keeping aggressive large dogs in a residential area...
Bai Yuze said the other party was quite a character!
Bai Yuze found a small cushion and sat down. After setting his phone alarm for 29 minutes, he placed his phone beside him and stared blankly at the door...
However, no one noticed that the phone's alarm paused for one minute...
And Bai Yuze, as if thinking of something amusing, quietly curved his lips into a smile...