Chapter 79 The Baron Samedi Cane

The red-clothed old woman scanned the crowd, lowered her head, and said in a hoarse voice, "Dan Fei is only of average talent, and his strength and character are not as good as Ka Fei's. He was able to rise to level 15 only because of his younger brother.

However, he possesses a perfect-grade item obtained by chance.

【Baron Samedi's Cane】"

Li Ang raised an eyebrow. Baron Samedi, also known as the Baron of the Cemetery or Baron Saturday, is the god of death in Haitian Vodou.

His image is usually described as a gentleman wearing a top hat, black suit, and a monocle, with a thin frame and only a skull. He speaks with a strong nasal tone.

He has multiple avatars and appears in legends as an intermediary between life and death, appearing at the center of crossroads to welcome the dead to the underworld.

In some cases, Baron Samedi also makes deals with the living,

such as bringing a beloved dead person back to life, or bestowing the knowledge and skills of the dead to the living—of course, this usually requires the living to pay an extremely terrible price.

"The specific effect of this item is to allow the user to cheat death once."

The red-clothed old woman said in a low voice, "When the user's body is killed, the soul will escape,

and rush into the body of the killer.

If they can suppress the opponent in the battle of souls, they can return to the world through their body.

It's somewhat like the Eastern art of seizing a body.

Before Dan Fei was killed by the red-clothed old woman on the second night, he activated the effect of the cane,

but what he didn't expect was that

the red-clothed old woman was a monster in the hotel, and originally had the ability to devour souls and strengthen herself.

The essence of life was completely different.

The effect of 【Baron Samedi's Cane】did not allow Dan Fei to return his soul to the body, but instead merged him with the red-clothed old woman, and Ka Fei, who had been devoured by the red-clothed old woman.

The three souls were crushed, torn, and ground,

and then pieced together again, inseparable from each other."

"Is that so."

Li Ang nodded, "Use mud to sculpt you, mold me, break them together, mix them with water, and then sculpt you, mold me,

I have you in my mud, and you have me in your mud, inseparable from each other.

Understood, I'll go buy a cane to confess my love."

???

You're not right.

The players' eyes twitched, and the red-clothed old woman was silent for a while before continuing, "'I' inherited the player's qualifications, and at the same time, I have the body of a different kind, and I know the truth about the hotel.

I can take the elevator after 01:11, and I can be regarded as the same kind by other different kinds,

but I must also abide by the rule that every floor of the hotel must have someone living on it.

Dan Fei is not dead, but has returned to life through another's body, and is not considered completely dead by the hotel. Even if he continues to stay on the eleventh floor, he cannot calm the hotel—unless, he dies again.

In other words, from that time on, we had no choice.

It is impossible for us to self-destruct, fulfill others, calm the hotel, and prevent the tall, thin figure in a bamboo hat, who is the defender of the hotel's rules, from appearing.

Therefore, the only way is to kill one player every night,

and use the death of the player to guard against the figure in the bamboo hat."

"I see."

Li Ang rubbed the dragon head mask's chin, "This explains your motive for killing.

Even if you tell the truth to others as a normal player,

the players who want to protect themselves will only choose to kill you.

It's better to hide your identity and take the opportunity to kill others,

which can both protect yourself from being drawn and killed, and strengthen your strength by devouring others.

But you didn't directly kill 13mArk on the eleventh floor last night..."

"That's because the fusion is not complete yet."

The red-clothed old woman took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "The red-clothed old woman's true identity is actually the oldest resident of the Dolphin Hotel.

She lived in the hotel for thirty years, and even found a husband and got married, living a happy life,

but that mutation killed her husband and turned her into this half-human, half-ghost appearance."

The red-clothed old woman raised her skinny, pale arm and smiled self-deprecatingly, "After that, she has been wandering in the hotel, looking for her husband.

The act of killing any living thing that appears in front of her is actually the old woman's instinct to kiss her husband."

The red-clothed old woman paused and said slowly, "She devoured a large number of human souls, merging their soul fragments.

She has long lost her mind and is like a beast.

This side effect also takes effect on us.

Sometimes, I become like a low-intelligence beast, with only the instinct to eat and avoid harm, unable to control my body.

This is why 13mArk didn't die directly on the eleventh floor."

Li Ang narrowed his eyes, "Then you..."

"My consciousness recovered midway, and when I saw you coming to support, I dragged 13mArk to the empty eighth floor and killed him."

The red-clothed old woman, or rather the hybrid of Dan Fei and others, calmly admitted, "But even I didn't expect that he would be so calm.

Even knowing that he would be eaten, he still had the reason to leave a message,

to help the remaining players.

If I were still Dan Fei or Ka Fei, I'm afraid I wouldn't be qualified to surpass him in strength and character.

He fought to the last moment."

Li Ang nodded noncommittally, "So, the essence of the hotel is..."

"Let me explain this."

Bai Haozheng, who was at the other end of the corridor, sighed and flipped his palm, taking out a wooden comb.

Judging from the style, it was the comb used by the woman combing her hair in front of the mirror that Wanlifengdao had seen on TV before.

"Everything that happened at the Dolphin Hotel was caused by the owner of this comb, a girl named Kido Yukari."

Bai Haozheng said calmly, "Everyone should still remember the scene when the Killing Game first started on Earth a year ago, right?

Abnormal events occurred frequently, and a large number of strange events appeared.

Ordinary people were invaded and killed by different kinds, leaving no trace. People were panic-stricken.

Even the official authorities of various countries were at a loss and had no countermeasures.

This situation also happened in this world."

The Special Affairs Bureau's intelligence analyst paused, and his hand wearing white gloves gently rubbed the comb, slowly saying, "Ten years ago, this world experienced the same situation as us,

but the difference is that they failed to produce players and could not destroy abnormal phenomena.

Official authorities of various countries made every attempt, modern firearms, talismans, holy water, holy emblems, scriptures, relics... but everything could not harm the evil spirits,

they were tangible and intangible, able to walk through walls, control space, time, and even cause and effect.

They enjoyed slaughter,

or occupied a place, killing any intruders in a terrestrial spirit state,

or turned into memes, relying on spreading concepts to grow and reproduce—like Sadako.

What's even more terrifying is that

the humans who were tortured and killed by them would also turn into new vengeful spirits because of strong resentment and hatred,

and launch a chain-like slaughter.

It's like countless horror movies have all become reality. That world is full of evil spirits and monsters.

The situation quickly deteriorated to the point where the media could hardly cover up the truth and social order was about to collapse."

Bai Haozheng's narration was calm and indifferent, but everyone could feel the horror contained in the other party's description.

"Kido Yukari, twenty-two years old, a female university student from Sakurajima in that world.

She survived an abnormal attack by chance and was noticed by the Sakurajima official.

In the test, Sakurajima's abnormal event control department quickly discovered that Kido Yukari had a special talent—she could see spiritual bodies since she was a child,

and even come to the world of spiritual bodies in her dreams, resolving the grievances of the vengeful spirits and helping them to escape."

Bai Haozheng said slowly, "Like Natsume's Book of Friends, Kido Yukari has been maintaining her identity as a normal girl for more than ten years, going to school, reading, watching dramas, falling in love, and chasing stars.

On the other hand, she secretly eliminated some bad events caused by low-level spiritual bodies.

However, as the demons gradually spread throughout the world,

Kido Yukari, who had the talent to travel through the spirit world, was also suffering intensely—every time she entered the ethereal dream, she could hear screams and wails one after another, and see grotesque and bizarre scenes.

Even, being chased and hunted by mindless vengeful spirits and brutally killed.

She could not die in her dream. No matter how many times she was killed by ghosts, she would come back to life,

and continue to suffer like hell in the next dream."

Bai Haozheng lowered his eyes and said faintly, "Sakurajima's abnormal event control department is grateful for Kido Yukari's previous contributions to exorcising spirits and sympathizes with Kido Yukari's situation.

But the terrible situation in the real world forced them to make a decision.

That is, use Kido Yukari as a container to contain the evil spirits of the world."

Li Ang narrowed his eyes, "You mean..."

"That's right."

Bai Haozheng sighed and said quietly, "Sakurajima's abnormal event control department put Kido Yukari into a giant instrument.

making her enter a permanent sleep state,

and amplifying her power of consciousness thousands of times through the instrument, covering an area of half the earth.

Then, send personnel to lie in special containers, connect to the instrument, and enter Kido Yukari's consciousness mind.

Because Kido Yukari can enter the spirit world, her consciousness is connected to the spirit world.

The members of the abnormal event control department obtained spiritual consciousness from Kido Yukari and the power to contact spiritual bodies in the spirit world.

They wiped out a large number of spiritual bodies in the spirit world.

Some spiritual bodies that were too difficult to deal with and could not be eliminated,

were brought back by them and stored in Kido Yukari's consciousness prison, where the girl was responsible for guarding them.

She is both a hero who sacrifices everything and an unknown person.

She is both the warden who maintains the order of the real world and a pathetic prisoner who is with the vengeful spirits.

Although the instrument can amplify her potential power, it cannot prevent those evil spirits from gradually infiltrating and eroding her sanity.

In order to delay Kido Yukari's collapse,

Sakurajima's abnormal event control department shaped Yukari's conscious world into a hotel.

Through psychological suggestion, let Yukari formulate iron rules for the hotel,

and either restrain the difficult to digest vengeful spirits in the room,

or imprison them in the corridor.

In order to prevent Yukari's consciousness body from being eroded,

they also recruited the souls of missing people from all over the world and put them into the Dolphin Hotel,

as residents, living in the rooms, in order to attract the attention of different kinds—the room different kinds will post notes to harass the residents,

thereby covering up the location of Yukari's body.

The reason why they are missing people, rather than heinous criminals who should be sentenced to death,

is because the latter's souls are too turbid and will only aggravate the erosion of the hotel.

To this end, they also sent members who had passed heavy psychological examinations to enter the instrument as hotel staff,

to repair everything here, maintain order here, and guard the prisoners here.

The existence of the Dolphin Hotel is indeed immoral. It is built on the infinite sacrifice of Yukari and all innocent residents,

but this is also a necessary move. Without the Dolphin Hotel,

then the real world of this world would be reduced to a hell where a hundred ghosts walk at night."

Bai Haozheng said quietly, "The Dolphin Hotel needs Kido Yukari,

that is, the woman in the kimono and the woman dressing in front of the mirror,

to stay awake at all times.

Once she falls asleep, the hotel will lose its physical form and merge with the spirit world.

To this end, the hotel staff needs to kill Yukari once every night,

so that she can refresh and cycle herself as before.

The reason why the Eyeless Ghost heard the woman in the kimono say 'kill me' before was for this reason.

However, the Dolphin Hotel doesn't know what happened,

causing the invasion of different kinds, the fall of the hotel, and the destruction of all residents and staff—

those tall, thin figures in bamboo hats are actually transformed from staff.

They have the power given by Yukari.

Although they have turned into some kind of different kind, they still retain the memories of all the training they received before their death,

always following the rule that there must be someone living on each floor in order to calm the hotel's restlessness."

Bai Haozheng calmly finished talking about the essence of the hotel as he knew it. To corroborate the truth of his words, he also took out paper and pen and used his thought writing skill on himself.

He drew dynamic pictures of him meeting the woman in the kimono, that is, Kido Yukari, on the paper.

In the last picture, Kido Yukari told Bai Haozheng

that her consciousness was trapped and she could not see the full picture of the hotel.

It had been a long time since the hotel was lost and she didn't know what the situation was in the real world (the time flow between the hotel and the outside world was inconsistent).

But she was about to lose her strength.

She herself would appear in Room 0621 tomorrow. She hoped that Bai Haozheng could come over tonight and tomorrow night to kill herself in order to refresh the erosion of different kinds on her.

In the dynamic comic, Bai Haozheng finally nodded and agreed, killing Yukari.

After the dynamic comic was played,

the scene was silent,

for a long time, Li Ang nodded, "In this case, everything can be explained.

The different kinds roaming in the hotel, the residents who are reborn after death, the tall, thin figures in bamboo hats who possess terrible strength and are almost like rules..."

After listening to Bai Haozheng's description, his thoughts were racing.

Unlike the previous missions,

this time the Dolphin Hotel has fourteen players, and the clues about the deep world view are also extremely fragmented.

The woman in the kimono appeared in the video seen by Wanlifengdao, the Eyeless Ghost's dream, and Bai Haozheng's dream.

Players must work together to piece together a complete worldview answer.

However, the mission settings of the Killing Game are relatively fair and just, giving each player an equal opportunity.

The fragmented phenomenon of clues also shows to some extent that

in this mission,

exploring the complete worldview does not directly determine the life and death of the players, it may only exist as an extra reward.

Even if the players fail to discover the worldview and fail to completely rescue Kido Yukari from her suffering,

it will not affect the players' survival beyond the time limit and escape from the mission—otherwise, the mission setting will be random and unfair, which is what the Killing Game does not advocate.

Li Ang understood all this in a flash and looked at the watch in his hand.

The time now is 1:29.

If the red-clothed old woman is telling the truth,

then the original design of this mission should be 14 players corresponding to 14 floors, each relying on their own ability to survive 180 hours.

Even if they die, it will be because they died on their own floor.

And not trigger the tall, thin figure in a bamboo hat.

However, the 【Baron Samedi's Cane】 carried by Dan Fei caused the red-clothed old woman to mutate.

Dan Fei's feigned death was not recognized by the hotel, and it was impossible for him to commit suicide to fulfill others.

From the second night, the players were destined to fail to meet the condition that each floor must have someone living on it.

Under various factors,

Dan Fei was bound to embark on the path of killing his companions,

and that internal traitor who united with Dan Fei must have learned this earlier than others, cooperated with Dan Fei, and killed others to avoid being drawn and killed himself.

"Once it deviates from the track, the mission will mutate sharply and the difficulty will increase sharply..."

Li Ang shook his head and looked calmly at the red-clothed old woman, "The time now is 1:29.

No one died tonight.

The tall, thin figure in a bamboo hat will inevitably appear in two hours.

Everyone present does not want to be selected for drawing and killing, and we have not tested whether the elevator shaft, rather than the elevator room, can withstand the tall, thin figure in a bamboo hat that is similar to the hotel's rules.

Then, there is only one option left.

You are willing to stand here and chat with us for so long,

on the one hand, to heal the injuries on your body,

on the other hand, you are also waiting for your traitorous companion to get ready..."

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden change occurred. Yui Shin quickly entered the Prajna transformation state, and the thunder-entwined blade slashed towards the Black Saint Child, who was standing in front of her and closest to her.