Chapter 37.7 ?

“Maybe I should go.” Ling Guang volunteered, “We are insiders, it’s not right to let others take the risk.”

“I am also an insider.” Xu Ming said seriously, “Although the Urban Legend Demolition Office is small, it has its own principles. Since I have joined, its principles are my principles.”

As for what the specific principles were, she didn’t know, they hadn’t been made up yet.

Fortunately, she didn’t have to explain in detail. The two people in front of her obviously filled in the blanks themselves, looking at her with a bit of reverence.

Xu Ming felt a bit embarrassed. Only the blubberman in her mind couldn’t stand it anymore and screamed:

“No, at this point, stop marketing your bogus company, okay—”

“What bogus company, watch your words!” Xu Ming immediately retorted in her mind, “We are just not very formal!”

Although it might not become formal in the future.

Anyway, the matter was settled. While the two were still in a daze, Xu Ming immediately stood up, asked the air conditioning master about the situation of the room’s back door, and prepared to leave—

Behind the room was a short passage, and outside was the restaurant. But if she wanted to lure the butterflies far away, she would have to walk further after getting out.

Xu Ming calculated in her mind, got up and was about to open the door but was stopped by Fang Xueqing.

She turned back helplessly, thinking of persuading Fang Xueqing not to stage any more self-sacrificing acts at this time, but saw Fang Xueqing take a deep breath as if making a big decision.

Then she saw her take out a black-covered notebook from her bag in front of Xu Ming.

“I knew it, I can’t escape this plaster cast for the next half month.” She murmured softly, opened the notebook, closed her eyes and focused, as if sensing something. After a moment, she opened her eyes, swiped her finger over the notebook, and a key appeared at her fingertip.

“This is not for use, just a marker.” She handed the key to Xu Ming, saying seriously, “Twenty minutes later, the sixth door you touch will lead to where you want to go. The range is limited to this urban legend area.”

“…” Xu Ming held the key, hesitated, and glanced at her leg repeatedly.

“… I’ll limp after you use it! And it’s not certain I’ll limp! Can’t you wish me well!” Fang Xueqing was annoyed by her look, waved her hand, and Xu Ming, seeing this, didn’t delay anymore, immediately rushed out, soon passing through the passage behind the room and into the restaurant.

The restaurant was empty at this time, except for the food being cleaned up, it looked no different from before.

At least to Xu Ming, it seemed that way.

But the blubberman clearly saw another scene, because after entering the restaurant, Xu Ming’s mind was filled with its retching sounds.

Making Xu Ming uncomfortable, she quickly passed through the restaurant, walked into the corridor on the first floor, and slowly stopped at the end of the corridor.

“Speaking of which.” The blubberman finally asked the long-held question, “What exactly is your door-opening method?”

“First-level substitution plus second-level substitution.” Xu Ming said while cautiously looking back, answering in her mind, “Didn’t Yun Shu bring me the rules from Hongqiang before?”

The rules brought consisted of two parts. One part was the employee code of conduct, and the other part was the “Fire Drill Notice”. Xu Ming could use both parts.

“The first-level substitution allows me to extract keywords from the rules of other urban legends to establish my own rules. It just so happens that the ’employee code of conduct’ has content about opening doors, I can extract this part first…”

But it seems the keywords that can be extracted from rules are limited. At least in Xu Ming’s attempts, after extracting “open door” as a keyword, she couldn’t extract other words.

It so happens that the “Fire Drill Notice” also has a specific time point, 14:28. Extract this as well and combine them, making a rule for opening the door at a fixed time.

But this alone is not enough, because the rules established under the first-level substitution are not allowed to change the object of constraint. So, it needs a second-level substitution for supplementation—just replace an insignificant word in the established rule, you can use the effect of the second-level substitution, and also change the object of constraint, from humans to urban legends.

Thus, it establishes a rule for the hotel, requiring the hotel to open the door at 14:28.

“Of course, I’m not sure it will work.” Xu Ming admitted, “So I still need Fang Xueqing to have a backup plan.”

The blubberman suddenly realized, then clicked its tongue: “This method can work, but what about the butterfly, how do you plan to lure them?”

The opponent now was obviously more interested in the main door.

It’s not stupid, guarding the main door can catch three. Coming alone, it can only catch one at best.

“Not necessarily.” Xu Ming said, “I have confidence in its unstable mind.”

Blubberman: ?

“The point is to make it realize where the hatred should be.” Xu Ming continued.

Blubberman: “??”

“Wait.” It suddenly felt a bit uneasy, “Don’t tell me you really plan to change the butterflies are so stupid…”

“Of course not.” Xu Ming immediately said, “How can I change it like that.”

Blubberman: …

Alright, that’s good…

“That kind of change comes with a price.” Xu Ming continued.

The difference between “idiot” and “butterfly” is still quite large. It’s not necessary.

There are clearly better ways.

Xu Ming thought silently, taking out the reading records she had accumulated before, and the strange text she hadn’t had time to modify.

So, under the stunned gaze of the blubberman, another strange text silently changed—

? When greeted by its gaze, you will feel the beauty. ?

? Let us call upon it with a devout voice, let us praise— ?

? Praise you, beautiful big cockroach! Embrace me, beautiful big cockroach! ?

?? = butterfly; ?? = cockroach

Both characters have similarities in chinese.