Chapter 9: The Poor Little Girl?!

"What is this?"

Luo Jun's eyes widened, sweat beading on his forehead, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

Through the peephole, he saw a monster standing outside the door!

Yes, a monster.

It was roughly humanoid, with a huge wrinkled head and two gray eyes staring at Luo Jun's door. Below the eyes were not the usual facial features but many slender, fleshy tentacles, making it look like a giant octopus sitting on a person's shoulders.

Not just the head… its body wasn't human either. It raised its hand to knock on the door again, and Luo Jun realized that what looked like a hand was actually a giant crab claw. The monster's body was asymmetrical, with a crab claw on the right hand and a claw with four fingers on the left. Strangely, it was wearing clothes, but they were all wet and covered with seaweed and shells. Even through the door, Luo Jun could smell the fishy odor.

Seeing no response to its knocking, the tentacles on the monster's face spread out, revealing a circular mouth full of sharp teeth. It asked in a low, slow voice, "Is anyone there?"

Absolutely not! Don't answer, and definitely don't open the door!

Luo Jun took two steps back, feeling that the clothes rack in his hand was too flimsy. He turned around, grabbed a chair, and prepared to smash it if the monster broke in.

However, the monster didn't persist and left with heavy steps.

"Phew…" Luo Jun breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the lock on the door.

Although the hotel's door was solid, it was just an ordinary wooden door. He didn't doubt that the monster had the strength to break in. The fact that it left so easily suggested that the rules were probably correct.

As long as he stayed put, the monster outside wouldn't come in!

For now, he decided to trust the rules. There was no other information… but just in case, Luo Jun moved the chair and table to block the door.

Fortunately, his room had no windows, and the walls were solid concrete. The only weak point was the door.

"Better not sleep tonight!" Luo Jun sat on the bed, finding an angle where he could see the door.

With everything ready, the room quieted down, and Luo Jun could clearly hear the ticking of the clock.

"Hmm?" Luo Jun raised an eyebrow and looked at the wall.

In the quiet room, with his heightened senses, Luo Jun could hear even the faintest sounds.

For example, the voices from the next room.

Right, since it's a hotel, there must be other guests!

Thinking of this, Luo Jun leaned forward and pressed his ear to the wall.

The previously muffled voices became clear.

"Mom, why isn't Dad back yet?"

"Don't worry, sweetie, Dad just sent a message saying he'll be back soon…"

"Mom, you're lying. I just checked, and your phone has no signal! Where did Dad go? Why is the hotel suddenly closed? And what do those strange notes on the door mean? They weren't there yesterday. What's going on?"

"Don't be afraid, sweetie. Dad will be back soon…"

It sounded like a mother and daughter. The girl's voice was very young, probably around ten years old. According to them, the hotel was normal the day before, but today there were suddenly closed rules. The girl's father must have gone out without following the rules and hadn't returned…

The first rule said not to go out, so what happens if you do? What happened to the girl's father? Could he be…

As Luo Jun speculated, there was a knock on the door next door.

"Is Dad back?" The girl sounded excited, as if she was going to open the door, but her mother stopped her.

"Don't rush!"

Then there were only faint footsteps, followed by a few seconds of silence, and then the mother's surprised voice: "Honey, is it really you?"

Then came the sound of the door opening.

"Dad, you're back!" The girl sounded excited.

It seemed the man in the next room had returned safely? So it's not necessarily dangerous to go out?

Just as Luo Jun thought this, he suddenly heard the woman's scream.

"Ah!! Honey, what are you doing?"

This was followed by sounds of struggle and growling.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?!"

"He's not your dad anymore, sweetie. Run, get out of here, find someone to help!"

Sounds of fighting, screams, light footsteps, the door closing, the sound of flesh being torn, chewing…

What happened?

Did the man undergo some kind of mutation and attack his wife and daughter?

The woman's screams grew weaker, sounding like she wouldn't survive. The girl seemed to have run out of the room…

Luo Jun immediately ran to the door, moved the table and chair, and looked through the peephole.

In front of the door diagonally opposite, a girl about ten years old with bangs was banging on the door, crying for help, but there was no response from the room.

There were sounds of the door being broken next door. The "dad" who had finished eating the mom seemed unable to open the door and could only break it down with brute force.

The girl looked back in horror, tears in her big eyes, then moved to another room to seek help.

Whether there was no one or the people inside were indifferent, there was no response.

The sounds of the door being broken grew louder, and the girl became more frightened, frantically looking for another room to seek help.

This time, she came to Luo Jun's door.

"Is anyone there? Please help me, please open the door, save me!"

A child's plea for help came from outside the door.

Should he open the door?

Luo Jun looked at the rules on the door. Although the second rule told him to ignore the knocking, the fifth rule stated that he could let humans in… Although the fifth rule and the fourth rule had some contradictions, at least they agreed on the point that he could open the door.

Luo Jun summoned the Heaven's Dice.

He tried to determine if "opening the door is safe."

No response…

He tried to determine if "there will be no danger after opening the door…"

Still no response.

After several attempts, Luo Jun understood that this thing could only determine specific events and couldn't predict ambiguous outcomes like safety or danger.

While he hesitated, the sound of the door being broken next door grew louder. The "dad" was about to come out!

The girl screamed in fear and turned to run.

"Open the door and let in a human!"

At the critical moment, Luo Jun thought of a reasonable wording.

"This event is inevitable and cannot be determined by the dice, consuming one use!"

Inevitable event? So it confirms that the girl is human!

Luo Jun breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door!

He didn't speak, just looked at the girl, smiling and nodding.

The girl, who was about to leave, was stunned for a moment, then immediately slipped into Luo Jun's room. Luo Jun slammed the door shut!

The next second, a monster's roar came, followed by violent pounding on the door.

Luo Jun's smile disappeared. He signaled the girl to step back, then picked up the chair and prepared for battle.

The pounding lasted about a minute before the "dad" finally gave up and left with heavy steps.

Phew…

Luo Jun breathed a sigh of relief, put down the chair, and looked at the girl trembling behind the bedside table.

"Come out, it's safe for now."

Luo Jun looked at the intact door. The door next door had been easily broken from the inside by the "dad," but his door had withstood the attack from the outside. This confirmed the validity of the rules once again.

"Thank you, big brother…" The girl timidly approached Luo Jun: "Dad went crazy, and Mom is dead… If it weren't for you, big brother, I would be… what should I do now…"

The girl cried pitifully, looking very vulnerable with her bangs and innocent appearance.

"I don't know what to do either…" Luo Jun shook his head. After all, he didn't even know how he ended up in this strange hotel. As for the Heaven's Dice, it could only judge the success or failure of his decisions but couldn't guide him.

"But little sister, I can only keep you for fifty minutes at most…" Luo Jun looked at the time on the wall: "After fifty minutes, you must leave my room and find another shelter… I'm sorry…"

Although he had attributes beyond ordinary people, facing strange rules and terrifying monsters, Luo Jun wasn't sure if he could protect himself.

However, the girl's experience proved that leaving the room was dangerous but not necessarily fatal. If the situation allowed, he would consider helping the girl find a new room after the time was up.

"Big brother, you don't need to apologize… I'm already very grateful that you let me in…" The girl wiped her tears and looked up at Luo Jun with a sweet smile: "Besides, five minutes is enough…"

The last sentence made Luo Jun feel a chill.

Although only the girl was speaking, for some reason, it sounded like two voices mixed together!

Something's wrong!

Almost instinctively, Luo Jun stepped back, and at the same time, a black shadow shot out from the girl's forehead, grazing his clothes and nailing itself to the wall behind him!

"What is that?"

As he dodged, Luo Jun tripped over the chair and fell to the ground. Looking up, he saw that the thing nailed to the wall was a flesh-colored, slender tentacle!

Following the tentacle back to its source, Luo Jun was shocked!

The little girl still wore a harmless sweet smile, but her bangs had fallen away, revealing a wrinkled face with sharp teeth and a grotesque mouth. That tentacle was the tongue coming out of that mouth!

So that's what it meant?

Inevitable events can lead to either certain success or certain failure!

This little girl, with two mouths, was clearly not human! Involving her in a human event would inevitably lead to failure!

So, he had violated the sixth rule!

He had been tricked!

"Big brother, what's wrong? Why do you look so scared?" The little girl retracted her tongue, her lower face still smiling. If you didn't look at her forehead, she really did seem like a cute child.

But Luo Jun only felt terror now!

"Damn it, I'm going all out!"

Luo Jun scrambled to his feet, grabbed the nearest chair, and swung it at the little girl!

The girl giggled, raised her little hand to grab the chair, and with a loud crack, the chair shattered into pieces. The immense force sent her stumbling back, nearly falling over.

Her smile finally turned into surprise as she looked down at the half of the chair leg in her hand.

Is this the kind of power a weak guest should have?

Seeing his attack succeed, Luo Jun immediately ran toward the door.

The girl's surprise transformed into anger, and her forehead mouth opened wide, causing her whole face to split into four parts, and her tongue shot out again!

Although Luo Jun was running, he still kept an eye on what was happening behind him. The moment the girl opened her mouth, he activated the Heavenly Dice! Time around him slowed down instantly!

"Dodge the attack!"

"Event difficulty 45, final score 52+5, event successful!"

Nice!

Luo Jun dodged the attack, and that long, thick tongue got stuck in the door!

As he opened the door with a swift motion, he grabbed the tongue and yanked with all his strength!

"Come here!"

Even though the little girl was a monster with more strength than Luo Jun, she was still small and light. Caught off guard, Luo Jun actually pulled her right in front of the open door!

At the same time, a thought crossed Luo Jun's mind, and after rolling the dice in his head and getting a success, he raised his right leg and kicked the little girl in the butt!

"Get out of here!"

Luo Jun kicked the little girl out the door, then ignoring the tongue still stuck on the inside of the door, he put all his strength into slamming the door shut!

Bang!

The force was enough to cut the little girl's tongue right off!

At the same time, a chilling, inhuman scream echoed from outside!