What's the secret of a pendulum clock?

Qin Nianbing gradually approached the wall and reached out to touch it.

The cold touch made Qin Nianbing convinced it was a dead object.

This is a symmetric world, and it takes the highway as the axis of symmetry.

This hotel is located in the middle of the highway, and the interior of the hotel is also symmetrical, except for... this pendulum clock.

You have to save him.

Touching the pendulum clock, Qin Nianbing thought of Duan Xu's young face.

After meeting him, he suddenly fell into a world he had never thought of.

What about him?

How long has he been struggling in such a world?

Qin Nianbing is a policeman and an excellent criminal policeman.

She has been observing Duan Xu's expression and behavior details.

Then... she discovered something strange and terrifying that appeared on Duan Xu.

She didn't know if Duan Xu knew it. If she could leave here alive this time, just ask him...

Qin Nianbing thought.

Because of this discovery, Qin Nianbing inevitably became curious about Duan Xu.

Who is he?

Retracting his slightly divergent thoughts, Qin Nianbing focused his attention on the pendulum clock.

Although it is a clock, there is no time scale in its dial, only one to eight or eight numbers.

Qin Nianbing also noticed that these numbers change in real time. For example, before No. 4 died, there were nine numbers on the dial.

etc……

Qin Nianbing's eyes suddenly lit up.

Before each round of game starts, the clock rings a few times. Is there any secret here?

Qin Nianbing fell into deep thought. She didn't notice at all that the light in the room was getting darker and darker.

The dark moonlight shone in from the windows on both sides, and the wind outside the window became louder and louder.

The furnishings in the hotel seemed to have suddenly gone through a long time, and quietly became old. The ground, wooden chairs, card tables... were all covered with dust.

Qin Nianbing was completely immersed in the puzzle of the pendulum clock. She recalled hard that when she first entered the hotel, it seemed like three sounds, and when the female voice announced the start of the game, it sounded four sounds.

When I joined myself and Duan Xu, I started a new round of game, I rang six times...

Are these bells just signals of the beginning of the game?

While Qin Nianbing was thinking, some strange claw marks had appeared on the walls in the room.

These claw marks have some dark red blood color remaining, which is already visible to the naked eye.

It seems that a hundred years have passed suddenly...

Just then!

The pendulum bell suddenly rang!

"clang--"

"clang--"

"clang--"

"clang--"

"clang--"

"clang--"

The sudden sound of bell was like a thunder, completely awakening Qin Nianbing, who was immersed in his thoughts.

And the moment she came to her senses, the hotel, which had become vicissitudes and old, strangely returned to its previous appearance.

Qin Nianbing suddenly turned around and everyone in the room was staring at her behind her back. Although she didn't say anything, her eyes were extremely strange.

Sudden!

A sudden clatter of the quiet hotel sounded.

Everyone looked at the place where the sound was made in unison.

That's...No. 5.

No.5 pointed to his face in confusion, and he suddenly realized that everyone's expressions were filled with fear when they looked at him!

"Why..." He just started asking, and then another click...

This time, the fifth saw it.

The flesh and blood on his face was rotting strangely and falling down!

"Ah!!!" No. 5's eyes were so huge that he covered his face in horror, but it was useless.

Smack...

Smack...

The sound of falling is endless.

nose……

ear……

Eye……

jaw……

More and more flesh and blood began to fall down continuously.

No.5 reached out his hand in despair, trying to grab something, but soon his hand fell to the ground.

In less than a minute, No. 5 completely rotted and turned into a pile of rotten meat.

Qin Nianbing's heartbeat accelerated sharply. She had seen a more terrifying and disgusting scene before, but it was the first time she had seen such a strange thing.

"He's dead! Why is he dead? Why is this happening?"

No. 2 looked at No. 5, who was no longer human on the ground in horror, and howled shrillly.

His words also reminded Qin Nianbing, who was in shock and fear, and why did he die?

Why did No. 5 die?

Wait, before he died, the pendulum bell suddenly rang, and it was... six sounds!

Qin Nianbing seemed to have suddenly grabbed something and suddenly turned around and looked at the pendulum clock.

Bells...games...punishment...

Qin Nianbing did not notice, and there was a terrifying look that was gathering on her!

Just as the master of the gaze was about to take action, Qin Nianbing suddenly turned his head.

Her eyes were calm and threatening. She clenched her fists and made a crisp bone sound: "I've found you."

"Save him back, or you will be killed."

...

How to break the deadlock?

Duan Xu thought calmly.

The evil ghost with a twisted figure was still approaching, and it was only ten meters away from him.

He could only block the use of knots for a while, because he had to go back to that hotel.

The lifespan of life cannot last until that time, not to mention that he cannot use up all the lifespans.

However, Duan Xu was not in despair either.

Even if he has no lifespan, he has the last trump card.

That piece of wooden sign obtained from Huai Village.

Although I have never used it, when I first held it, Duan Xu's mind had its function and the cost of using it.

It is not a knot at all, but a...a curse that is still alive.

When using it here, Duan Xu doesn't feel that he can fully bear the price.

Therefore, he must discover the loopholes in this strange world.

This is a symmetrical world, which is visible to the naked eye.
To be continued...