June is coming. As time goes by, the pace of summer begins to approach. In 2011, half of it is finally over. It is getting closer and closer to 2012, which has also made many rumors of doomsday rampant. However, for apartment residents, whether they can enter the legendary last year of human beings in 2012 is also a big problem.

Roland Anderson, a resident of Room 2001, was studying the records of the last few blood words. Opposite him, there were two people sitting, Huangfu He and Shengu Xiaoyezi.

Roland has the most talked about in this apartment, and the first is Kate Lubien, a 802-bedroom resident who is also an American resident. She is a hot and "raucous" blonde. But she often wears clothes that are very fabric-saving. When she walks, her butt always twists and turns. She is scolded by some residents behind her back as shameless. Kate's appearance is actually average, but her figure is excellent. With this innate advantage, a lot of communication with Roland was conducted in bed, which is also Luo.

The reason why Lan put her first; the second is Sayako Kamiya. Roland found that many of Sayako's personalities were very pleasing to him. The shadow experiment was conducted by him and Sayako with Li Yin's consent; the third is Huangfu He. As a supernatural researcher, Roland is more about analyzing Western cultures, such as the divination of the gypsy, the field of astrology, medieval demon culture, etc., while Huangfu He mostly analyzes ghost phenomena based on ancient Chinese culture.

If Roland and Huangfu He meet, Xiaoyezi will definitely be present. Because Roland is not like Xiaoyezi who speaks fluent Chinese. This handsome Western man with beautiful blonde hair also came to China for the first time and entered the apartment, which can be said to be quite miserable.

Sayako is very knowledgeable in languages. Although she speaks six languages ​​on the surface, she also has a little understanding of Spanish and Latin. In addition to her native Japanese, she speaks the most fluently in Chinese and English, followed by French and German. At the age of 21, she already has such strong language learning ability. It is one of the reasons why Roland admires her very much. Roland herself can only speak a little French besides English.

"There are two fragments of the Hell Contract." Huangfu He said to Roland with his fingers in his hands, "Mr. Anderson, at this time, I hope you can understand it? The competition for the Hell Contract is coming soon."

Sayako translated this sentence into English and said to Roland. After hesitating for a little while, she said, "I haven't executed the blood word yet, but I think it's too soon."

Speaking of this, he picked up a blood-word analysis table printed from yesterday's blood-word meeting on the table and said: "At yesterday's blood-word analysis meeting, many people also proposed multiple ways of rebirth for recent blood-words. It seems that the wisdom of residents cannot be underestimated."

"It's a pity that many rebirth paths cannot be verified."

Speaking of this, Huangfu He still seems worried.

The residents spend such a day every day. Until now, many residents have been supported by their strong psychological qualities. They are either deceived and killed by themselves and killed by the apartment or commit suicide to escape this terrifying fate. The residents who have survived now have accepted the ideal existence of the apartment and try to explain it from the perspective of supernatural phenomena.

However, Roland made a different view at this moment.

"What do you think is 'supernatural'?"

After Xiaoyezi translated this sentence, Huangfu He held his chin, looked like he thought for a while, and replied: "It's really an interesting question. Supernatural, usually a general term for supernatural phenomena such as ghosts, curses, possession."

"No matter which era, there will be people who are fascinated by supernatural phenomena." Roland said leisurely: "What they say together is a sense of rebellion for the world set by science. People often have a strong curiosity and exploration of mysterious phenomena and unknown things, but more of it is a pleasure to break the inherent cognition. However, in this process, people feel fear and chaos about unknown phenomena, which is exactly a great contradiction. The desire for unknowns but fearing the unknowns, and this is exactly the emergence of supernatural phenomena."

"I hope to hear the details."

"Take the Middle Ages as an example. In that chaotic era, the supernatural often arises from chaos and disasters. The spread of the Black Death gave birth to werewolf, vampires, witches, demons, and other existences that seem to be false in modern science. But... isn't the birth of this phenomenon precisely a concrete manifestation of human beings' unknown fear of the Black Death?"

"Specific?"

"Like ghosts, the unknown of death, the fear of death, and the fear of the after-death world have derived the images of hell and ghosts. Whether east and west, ghosts in legends often appear as hideous and terrifying images. Of course, in the West, things related to ghosts often have religious elements, while in the East are more related to folk tales and legends. The fear brought by the unknown itself is the biggest terrifying element of ghosts."

"It's right," Huangfu said in agreement after listening to Xiao Yezi's translation: "The legend of ghosts in the East, such as "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", is also many terrifying and gloomy evil spirits. Ghosts are often produced by negative characters, and because of their unknown terror, they drag people into the abyss of fear. The existence returning from the unknown world of death, the existence that fully expresses the potential fear of people becomes synonymous with 'terror'."

"Yes, so horror literature is often synonymous with ghost literature. Many horror novels often have ghosts, and ghosts in horror novels are often life-seeking and desperate. Whether in East and West, ghosts, werewolfs, vampires, or fox demons in the East and West, they are often not physically harmed. The West can use silver bullets to destroy werewolfs, kill vampires with crosses, and the East can use Taoism to kill evil ghosts. However, they will not use **, normal weapons to kill ghosts. What's more, some literatures that use terrifying and unsolvable terror, the ability of ghosts is infinitely expanded and becomes... an immortal and idealistic existence."

Xiaoyezi continued to translate this passage without changing his expression. After hearing this, Huangfu He said thoughtfully: "Are you saying...it seems like a real demon?"

"You can say that."

"It sounds like the source of the blood-word indication. It is specifically based on human fear of the unknown, mysterious and confusion, darkness and despair, idealism and immortality... Only the life path arranged by the apartment can be like a 'silver bullet' and a 'cross' to play a role in ghosts. But only that, the residents cannot use other methods to cause any harm to ghosts."

"Yes. This apartment itself is such an idealistic existence. Ghosts are born from human fear of the unknown and blindness of despair. Like demons and hell, they are all like this. And the same is true of my understanding of supernatural phenomena. It is not so much a ghost, but rather a phenomenon of the mind."

"The... phenomenon of the mind? But those ghosts really exist!"

"It is better to say that it exists for us. The apartment itself is an ideal existence, and even human memory and cognition can be modified, and even the traces of people who have existed can be eliminated. So, do you think the boundary between 'existence' and 'not exist' is still clear? My understanding of this apartment is that the product of the birth of the fear of the human mind, without a real master, is a world that produces human fear, chaos, and unknown, through the form of blood-word indication, and can only be redeemed through ten blood-words."

"Self-salvation? It sounds like the Western saying. However, I roughly understand what you mean. Because, like human hearts, the apartment itself is a combination of contradictions. On the one hand, we can execute the blood words of despair, but also give us a glimmer of life, just like a contradiction between humans' unknowns. And the demon-level blood words indicate that the demons of human hearts directly show their true form, and obtain the only vitality by tortureing their own hearts? Perhaps it is what you Westerners call "original sin"?"

When Roland heard this, he leaned his head on the sofa. Huangfu He's words hit his mind.

Is original sin the true face of the devil?

If this is true, then what is the hell contract? Is it possible to exchange hell for redemption? Or, what price should I pay?

Whether the apartment is really born from the human heart itself is just Roland's guess. No, it can't even be said to be a guess, but it's better to say it is an alternative interpretation of the apartment.

Fear because of the unknown, and even more fear because of fear. This cycle continues indefinitely. In the end, the only thing left is to be able to face the unknown firmly and calmly.

Mizhen is such a person.

On the second day, Huangfu He went out once. After entering the apartment, Huangfu He rarely went out, but today, he went out very unexpectedly.

Today is June 4th.

At noon, Huangfu He got off the bus in the commercial street of Baiyan District. This is also the most prosperous area in City K. He walked silently on the street, and not long after, he saw the entrance of a Western restaurant.

Huangfu He pushed the door and walked into the Western restaurant. After scanning, he found that in the middle of the restaurant, a woman with curly hair and wearing a black foreign dress.

He walked to the woman.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, Xue Zhen."

The woman in black foreign clothes looked up at Huangfu He's unparalleled handsome face. Her facial features were so delicate that she could be compared with the top movie stars, which attracted the attention of countless women in the restaurant. In contrast, although the woman's appearance was considered average, she was obviously inconsistent with Huangfu He's handsomeness.

"Indeed, it's been a long time since we've been there. Don't stand and sit."

Huangfu He pulled out the chair and sat down slowly.

"I didn't expect you to contact me on your own initiative." Huangfu He's expression was obviously surprised. After he sat down, he said anxiously: "What do you want to say to me? I should have told you back then that I will not appear in front of you until my mother's guilt proves. "

"Yes, you said it, so this is what I asked you to come."

"you……"

The woman in front of him was the partner Sun Xindie, who originally planned to remarry, Lian Tianxiang's daughter, Lian Xuezhen.

"Actually, in recent years, I have thought a lot. I was too impulsive back then," Xue Zhen said slowly: "Although I can't say that your mother was wronged, I do feel that the case was not simple. As a weak woman, your mother killed so many people. Moreover, she had no motive for murder. This was a long-term claim by your mother's lawyer back then. Later, some of the people I was studying the case had a view. That was... the verdict at that time had a taste of media trial. The case at that time attracted great attention, and your mother always advocated that the murderer was a ghost, which was precisely one of the reasons why the case received attention. Because your mother believed that she had full criminal ability after her mental appraisal, many media began to report on the fact that your mother pretended to be crazy and stupid to escape from the trial. The trial was influenced by this idea. I later thought that this statement made sense."

"What did you say?"

"I haven't stopped thinking about this question in the past few years. Later, I asked about your trends. You organized a group called the Prayer Society to study paranormal phenomena. I initially thought you were going to organize emerging religions, but it seems that this is not the case. You have no doctrine or publicly promote superstitious ideas. The most important thing is that there is no profit-making behavior in the study itself. So I know, you... must prove that your mother's words are true, right?"

Huangfu He didn't say anything.

"You are indeed very stubborn." Xue Zhen sighed and said, "But do you have to investigate from the perspective of supernaturalism? I don't believe that there are ghosts and gods. At the very least, my dad cannot die from any supernatural phenomenon. I cannot accept such things."

"Do you still think my mom is lying?"

"I don't know," Xue Zhen shook her head desperately and said, "I don't know anything."

For a moment, the two people on both sides of the dining table fell into silence.

"Some." Huangfu He said in a very affirmative tone: "It does exist. I can assure you this, Xuezhen."

"Why do you still say that!" Xue Zhen immediately stood up and said angrily: "What's wrong with you? Do you think I'm a three-year-old?"

"If you believe it or not, you can do it or not. But there are indeed."

"I thought you would become more mature in so many years. It seems that I am wishful thinking." Xuezhen grabbed the table cloth on the table, seemed to suppress her anger, sat down again, and said, "Forget it, I asked you to come out not to quarrel with you, but to talk to you."

"What are you talking about?"
Chapter completed!