Apartment Meeting

Hearing this, Gao Tian already understood. That little girl was the one in the photo that floated out after the Shattered Face Ghost turned to ash.

They were originally a Family of Three who came to the Big City looking for opportunities. Because they were greedy for Cheap Rent, their fate turned tragic after entering the Living Person Apartment.

Their Parents died, and their Brother was also killed by the third Green Text Mission. After his face was peeled off, he became a new ghost, the Shattered Face Ghost. The only one left, the Sister, was taken advantage of by the vengeful ghosts on the Fourth Floor. She willingly went upstairs and likely became one of the Fourth Floor residents.

Her Brother had deep affection for his family. Even after becoming a ghost, he carried a photo within his body. To the point that when he finally turned to ash, Gao Tian saw the photo and was hypnotized into entering the Living Person Apartment.

From the Ceiling, the little girl's voice was reaching its end:

"There are many Uncle and Aunts on the Fourth Floor. The ghosts outside don't dare to go to the Fourth Floor.

"Actually, in this Era of rampant vengeful ghosts, the Fourth Floor is the safest and warmest place. That's why I chose to give up the Second Floor and Third Floor and voluntarily went up to the Fourth Floor.

"You'll understand soon...

"Soon, you too will willingly go up to the Fourth Floor and become like me..."

By the end, her voice became inaudible. It disappeared completely.

Simultaneously, the sound of marbles rolling on the floor also disappeared.

Just as Gao Tian thought the child ghost on the Fourth Floor had retreated, a rapid knocking sound came from the direction of the door.

Logically, the person knocking now should be Shata, who was rushing back. But Gao Tian didn't rush to open the door.

Because the timing didn't match.

Shata had said on the mobile phone that she would be back within a Quarter Hour. In reality, less than five minutes after Gao Tian put down his Subordinate, the door was knocked on. Could Shata really return to the apartment that quickly?

Even stranger...

Shata, as an Adult female, is about 1.6 meters tall. Combined with her Arm Length, if she were knocking from her Perspective, the Knocking Position would be around the Upper Middle of the door.

However, Gao Tian judged from his Hearing and the Vibration of the Door Frame that the knocking outside was coming from the Lower Middle of the Main Door.

The knocker was a Child of about 1.2 meters!

It was possible that the person standing outside the door wasn't Shata at all, but the child from the Fourth Floor had directly come down and knocked on the Third Floor door!

If the residents of the Fourth Floor could come down, then there was no longer any completely Safe Place in the entire Living Person Apartment.

The marbles on the ground, which had stopped rolling, now made a sound again at this moment.

For the first time, Gao Tian felt he was in a dilemma, caught between a rock and a hard place.

His Shattered Face Ghost and Memory Ghost both require direct contact to be effective. But the Vengeful Ghost hasn't shown itself yet. If I accidentally trigger a Killing Rule, I won't be able to do anything and will be Fatal.

My only hope now is to stall for time until Shata returns. If even Shata can't resolve this incident, the Living Person Apartment might truly face a Total Annihilation Ending.

At this Critical Moment, a Loud Noise suddenly came from the direction of the door. A Brown Yellow Boots kicked a Big Hole in the main door. After retracting, the second kick, the third kick. The precarious door, under the Continuous Impact of this Strange Strength, finally crashed down with a boom.

Done, finish work.

A figure outside the room door clapped his hands, and Shata walked in. He met Gao Tian's Line of Sight.

"I was knocking on your door for so long outside, why didn't you respond?"

"I thought something had happened to you inside the room."

Gao Tian was stunned:

"How long were you knocking? When you came over, did you see a kid standing outside my room door?"

Shata:

"I didn't see any kid. The entire third floor was Quiet, with no one outside.

"The Corridor leading to the fourth floor also had no Trace of anyone coming down."

This is wrong.

This is wrong.

Gao Tian continued to press:

"When you were knocking just now, were you knocking on the lower side of the door, or the upper side?"

Shata made a Knock Door motion towards the Void:

"Naturally the upper side.

"I'm not a Kid, how could I deliberately Bend Down to knock on the lower side of the door."

Gao Tian noticed these two Contradictory points.

The knocking sound he heard just now was not Shata's.

But at the same time, Shata was indeed knocking.

Although they were clearly Inside and Outside the Same Door, at that moment, they seemed to have briefly been in different Parallel Worlds.

Regardless, after Shata entered this room, the sounds from upstairs, the knocking from outside, and the rolling of marbles on the floor all disappeared. The originally Deadly Silent and Cold room also seemed to have warmed up a few degrees.

Shata's gaze first fell on the Ceiling above. After confirming there were no sounds from the fourth floor for the time being, he lowered his head again and quickly saw the two Marbles in the Bedroom, still stationary and not rolling.

With two fingers, he picked up a marble and examined it closely under the sunlight.

This was a common toy for a kid, a big handful for ten yuan on Taobao or Pinduoduo. For now, he couldn't see anything special about it.

Shata confirmed again:

"Are you sure these marbles rolled down from upstairs, and weren't already in your room?"

Her tone still held some doubt, wondering if it was Gao Tian's hallucination. This made Gao Tian a little unhappy:

"I am very sure.

"I'm not having delusions out of fear. If I were truly that scared of the ghosts on the Fourth Floor, I wouldn't have actively moved to the Third Floor to monitor what's happening upstairs.

"The Fourth Floor is indeed starting to affect the Third Floor. Although the influence is very minor right now, who knows if this isn't an omen of them breaking through the Apartment Restriction? If we let it go, next time it might not just be two marbles teleporting down."

Shata nodded, indicating she completely believed Gao Tian:

"Gao Tian, don't get so agitated.

"Actually, I believe you. Given your mental fortitude, this level wouldn't make you break down.

"However, this is a big matter. Once it's confirmed that the ghosts on the Fourth Floor can reach the Third Floor, all of us residents on the Third Floor must convene an Emergency Meeting to confirm what happens next and how to deal with it.

"It's possible that among the few remaining residents on the Third Floor, another batch will move to the Second Floor. Our Understanding of the Living Person Apartment rules will also have to change.

"After all, if even the Living Person Apartment is no longer safe, then the last shred of Faith in many residents' hearts might collapse. This would be the most terrifying outcome for us."

Gao Tian knew Shata's confirmation. He didn't dwell on the issue:

"Around when will we hold a Three Layer Meeting?"

Shata glanced at her Phone Time:

"Jiangyang and Yusheng aren't here. The other residents on the Third Floor might still be at work.

"Around 7 PM. All permanent residents of the Third Floor will be back at the Living Person Apartment, and a few Old Residents from the Second Floor with high Green Text Mission counts will also come up to participate.

"After all, the Supernatural Power from the Fourth Floor sinking down will affect the entire Living Person Apartment."

At 7:15 PM, all residents participating in this meeting gathered at the Third Floor stairs, in Shata's room.

Shata had resided in this location for three years without any strange incidents. Occasionally encountering some babble and calls from the Fourth Floor, they were mostly meaningless murmurs. They basically caused no substantial impact on the residents downstairs.

This time, besides Gao Tian and three Apartment Administrators, seven households of Third Floor residents and three households of Second Floor residents participated in the meeting.

What surprised Gao Tian was that Boss Jin, who had always kept his distance from the Living Person Apartment, also made time out of his busy schedule to rush over. He wondered if he should thank Gao Tian for his performance in the second Green Text Mission.

Among the residents on the third floor, the one who left the deepest impression on Gao Tian was a two-meter-tall Giant Man named Zhao Zhenjia. He was in his fifties, with stubble dotted with white beard. He took up the space of three people and was rumored to have been a Professional Level Athlete before. His Arm Circumference alone was thicker than Shata's thigh.

Many residents knew each other, and after brief Small Talk, the meeting began.

Before arriving, everyone had a general understanding of what had happened in Gao Tian's room. Zhao Zhenjia, who asked the first question, remained skeptical of Gao Tian's Personal Experience:

"Young man, it's not that I don't believe you.

"Since coming to this apartment, many people have gone mad or had Hallucinations. You're not the first, and you won't be the last.

"I'd rather believe the Problem with You is with you, not the apartment itself. After all, if there were any problems below the fourth floor, we Old Residents would have all died long ago. With so many ghosts having the chance to go downstairs, they could have killed everyone House to House, and it would be impossible for us to still be here."

The one who helped Gao Tian out was Shata:

"I was the first to arrive at Room 212. Although Gao Tian was very nervous at the time, his Mental State was normal, and he showed no symptoms of Madness or Frenzy.

"Furthermore, I found two Marbles of Unknown Origin in Gao Tian's Bedroom. These two marbles couldn't have been brought in by an Adult. Gao Tian had already told me that a Little Girl on the fourth floor above him had been playing with marbles. Everything matches.

"The ghost on the fourth floor successfully Teleported an Object downstairs for the first time. Even if it was just two Marbles."

She took out the marbles found in Gao Tian's room from her pocket and placed them where everyone could see them for research.

Everyone present passed the two marbles around, and after confirming they were correct, they were returned to Shata.

Zhao Zhenjia, who did the final inspection, said coldly:

"This doesn't prove anything.

"These two marbles are just the most ordinary marbles. Besides Mr. Gao, no one can prove they were sent down from the fourth floor.

"Unless you can present further Evidence, it will be difficult to Convince me, Old Zhao."

Just then, the Monk Yusheng, sitting in the corner without drawing attention, let out a Yawn and spoke:

"Amitabha.

"If you're talking about Evidence, this Monk has a piece too. May I speak?"