Chapter 52 Finally meeting Lu Simin, the origin of Madhouse?

{ Main Mission 1 of the Asylum: Find Lu Simin, Completed. }

First meeting with Lu Simin.

She was a beautiful older sister, about 1.6 meters tall, and looked very young.

Dressed in loungewear, she wore a light gray nightgown and stepped downstairs in a pair of slippers.

"Little Lu, why are you here so late?"

A tall and handsome young man stood downstairs with a suitcase beside him.

It looked like he had just arrived from out of town.

Lu Simin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing him and asked happily.

"I was delayed by some things."

Lu Xian looked at her and said.

Seeing the notification that the mission was completed, Lu Xian knew that the Lu Simin in front of him was the one he was looking for.

It really was a twisty journey.

However, thinking back carefully, the experience in Room 404 was truly full of strange things.

"Let's go upstairs before I tell you."

"It's not very safe outside; people have been disappearing in the middle of the night lately."

Lu Simin warned.

"Okay."

Lu Xian nodded.

He noticed she had emerged from another staircase on the side.

It seemed that this building had four apartments per floor.

"By the way, be quiet when going upstairs, keep your footsteps light, and don't disturb others."

"Also, our building is quite old and doesn't have an elevator, so you'll have to bear with taking the stairs."

"Just follow me later. When stepping on the stairs, you must step on odd-numbered steps when going up and even-numbered steps when going down."

"Don't ask too much while we're outside; I'll explain when we get back."

Lu Simin warned him with a solemn expression.

{ Current exploration progress of Madman Street's strange rules: 20%. }

Lu Xian received another notification.

Two strange rules?

[Go up on odd, don't go on even? Go down on even, don't go on odd?]

[There's actually such a saying?]

[What if you accidentally take the wrong one?]

[Haha, I'm worried it's easy to twist your ankle walking like that.]

[Be quiet going up and down the stairs? How is this different from before?]

The people in the livestream room also felt it was strange.

The previous strange rule was that footsteps should be loud, and one should cough to warn others.

Now this one says to walk quietly and keep footsteps light.

Aren't these strange rules contradictory?

Lu Xian was also confused.

The exploration progress of the strange rules was already 20%, and he currently knew ten of them.

"Could it be that the progress of the collected strange rules doesn't represent their authenticity?"

In other words, are fake rules also included in the exploration progress?

But which one is the false information?

What kind of strange rule can be called "fake"?

[Do not look out the window at night], nothing strange happened, so is this one fake?

What is the difference between fake and real?

He couldn't figure it out.

Lu Xian had already followed Lu Simin toward the stairs on the side.

At the same time, Lu Xian followed behind her, secretly observing her every move.

There was nothing strange.

Soon, Lu Xian reached the second floor, 201 and 202.

He noticed that the lights in the hallway here were always on.

The lights were always bright.

It was clearly different from the dark, dim, flickering sensor lights next door.

The two quietly arrived at the fourth floor.

Lu Xian and the audience in the livestream room both discovered something special.

The room numbers on the fourth floor should logically be 401 and 402.

But what they saw were 501 and 502.

There were no rooms with the number '4'.

"Should be a taboo?"

"But how do you explain the Room 404 we encountered earlier?"

Just as everyone was confused.

Lu Xian followed Lu Simin to the front of Room 601 on the fifth floor.

He saw her take out a key and open the door to 601.

The two entered smoothly.

Inside 601, the lights were bright.

The interior decoration was very exquisite, and all the decorations, furniture, and appliances were brand new.

At a glance, it was a light luxury style.

[Wow~ I didn't expect such a beautiful room in this old building?]

[Look, compare this house to the one in Room 404 earlier, this is a place for people to live.]

[I guess this is a survival 'safe house'.]

[Yeah, yeah, the previous Room 404 was dilapidated and always had an indescribable eerie feeling.]

[Now that we've found Lu Simin, I'm curious why the mission was to find her?]

While Lu Xian secretly examined everything here.

The room here was similar to Room 404, three bedrooms and a living room; after all, they were in the same building.

The level of decoration, however, was worlds apart.

After Lu Simin locked the door, she took out a pair of men's size 43 slippers from the shoe cabinet and gave them to him.

"Make yourself at home, just treat this place like your own."

"I live here alone."

"I don't usually go out at this time; it's not safe outside at night."

Lu Simin said.

She opened the middle bedroom:

"You can stay in this room tonight."

"I've cleaned the room in advance."

"Put your luggage away first, and I'll tell you some things."

Lu Xian nodded upon hearing this.

He put on the slippers and carried his suitcase into that bedroom.

The bedroom was also newly decorated, featuring a white, modern, minimalist style.

A 1.5-meter-wide beige leather bed, wardrobe, desk, bookshelf, air conditioner, and other indoor furniture, as well as indoor potted plants, had everything.

One could tell at a glance.

Lu Simin's family was quite rich.

But why did she still live in such an old, collectively-funded building without an elevator?

Lu Xian put his suitcase away.

Lu Simin spoke up at this time, complaining a bit:

"Your house is under renovation and you have nowhere to stay. Your dad is really something, acting first and reporting later; he didn't even ask me before entrusting me to take care of you for half a month."

"Well, since you're here, you're here. Just be careful usually, and it'll be fine."

As she spoke.

Lu Simin walked out of the bedroom and took Lu Xian to tour her home:

"There was a reason I didn't tell you the address when you asked earlier."

"I guess your dad didn't know about the situation here, which is why he sent you over."

"For the past year, strange things have been happening on our Pingan Street."

"For some things, Little Lu, you should just believe them for now, understand?"

Lu Simin said to him in a warning tone.

Lu Xian nodded and listened attentively.

[Is it coming? Is it coming?]

[It should be time for the map background story.]

[I told you, there's a reason for finding Lu Simin, she's the newbie guide NPC!]

[Everyone be quiet, don't affect me watching the livestream.]

The audience in the livestream room flooded the chat with comments.

"The story probably starts from Pingan Street a year ago."

"Pingan Street used to be a very ordinary, peaceful street."

"But later, that is, a year ago, there was a hospital on the street called the Affiliated Hospital, which was later restructured into a private psychiatric hospital."

"I won't hide it from you, I used to be a doctor at the Affiliated Hospital, in the department of neurology. Due to a job transfer, I worked at the restructured psychiatric hospital for a few months."

"However, I resigned some time ago. The original plan was to move a few days ago, but since you came, I waited for you. I'm leaving tomorrow."

"And the reason I'm mentioning this psychiatric hospital to you is that many of the sources of the strange things on Pingan Street are known from there."

"But Little Lu, you don't need to be curious, understand?"

Lu Simin looked at Lu Xian and reminded him softly.

[Damn, she's a doctor too?]

[And a doctor at a psychiatric hospital?]

[Then what about her and the Lu Simin from the Psychiatry Department on the business card earlier? That person was a man, right?]

[I don't know if you guys caught the main point, she is from the department of neurology, not the Psychiatry Department.]

[Isn't that the same thing?]

The people in the livestream room were discussing it heatedly.