In Wang Zhifan's perception, the atmosphere around the hunched old man was very peculiar. Within a few seconds, he appeared before the three of them from the elevator area. Without waiting for them to speak first, the old man turned his head towards the young man in a school uniform walking toward the lobby sofa leisure area and shouted:

"Young man, come over here."

The old man's voice was not loud, almost feeble with an elderly tone, yet his words seemed to possess an unusual penetrative power. As soon as he spoke, Wang Zhifan and the others saw the school uniformed young man, who had been walking away from them, immediately turn around and quickly return, jogging over to stand with them before the hunched old man.

"Hmm... Since everyone is here, I, as the building manager of this Apartment No. 444, will explain the rules here. I hope you won't interrupt; I'll give you time for questions after I've finished."

As soon as the young man in the school uniform returned and stood still, the hunched old man stated his identity as the building manager, then began explaining with an old man's slightly slow yet relatively clear voice.

Wang Zhifan and the other three, as players of the supernatural game, were very familiar with such situations, knowing that this was an NPC explaining the task background. So none of them intentionally interrupted the old man's speech at this critical moment, to avoid causing unpredictable consequences.

"First, you must remember, you will be residing in this Apartment No. 444, which I manage, and not any other place."

"Then, since you have arrived here, you should be aware of certain evil entities. I don't think I need to elaborate on this; you can roughly call those evil entities ghosts."

"Lastly, you can firmly believe that within Apartment No. 444, as long as you don't break the rules, you'll be very safe, while also enjoying completely free services such as water, electricity, internet, meals, and accommodation."

"However, correspondingly, outside Apartment No. 444, there could be terrifying dangers everywhere, so please do not step out of the apartment during non-task periods, do not expect to find your way back to the real world outside. If anyone breaks the rules and goes out on their own and encounters dangers they can't come back from, I won't care to help."

"Now let me talk about the aspects related to tasks, which are very important to each of you."

"First, all residents of Apartment No. 444 are potential candidates for completing blood letter tasks. Every morning at nine o'clock, in this floor's lobby, I will read out a list of a certain number of residents and issue at least three blood letter tasks. Each resident whose name is called must choose to participate in any blood letter task within a specified time, and those who refuse to cooperate will bear the consequences."

"Second, the residents who have chosen their blood letter tasks will collectively take Bus No. 444 to the task execution site before ten in the morning and return to the apartment on the same bus after completing the task. I hope you don't mistake the transportation."

"Third, blood letter tasks have a certain degree of danger, with some tasks having higher risks. This danger mainly comes from those evil entities, which are the ghosts as you conceptualize them.

About these ghosts, you need to remember, they are far stronger than humans and cannot be eliminated; confronting them head-on is very foolish. What you need to do is hide from them as much as possible, unless you have ghost tools which might allow you to briefly resist them, but even then, it's only a temporary resistance."

"Fourth, any resident of Apartment No. 444, once they have accumulated 30 completed tasks, can choose to undergo the final test. If they pass the final test, they can permanently leave Apartment No. 444 and truly return to a stable real life."

"Alright, I've basically finished what I wanted to say. If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask, while I am still relatively free."

After saying a long list of words, the hunched old man then looked at Wang Zhifan and the three in front of him and said.

"I have three questions. First, are we considered residents of this apartment now? Second, what is the general content of the blood letter tasks? Third, what are the ghost tools mentioned just now?"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Wang Zhifan, who had listened to a bunch of words, opened his mouth to speak, knowing he couldn't miss the opportunity to inquire about information.

"Hmm... regarding your first question, you'll only be considered actual residents after I assign each of you a room;

Regarding the second question, the content of blood letter tasks is diverse: some require spending a night at a certain location, some involve retrieving a special item, others just require you to sweep a tomb. I will clearly explain the specific tasks every morning at nine o'clock to everyone;

Regarding the third question, ghost tools are the collective term for objects that have undergone transformations due to the influence of evil entities. They can be a pen, a knife, or even a seemingly insignificant piece of mud, but they all possess the ability to temporarily fight against evil entities. So if you can find a ghost tool during the task process, it will significantly increase the chances of task completion.

But I must remind you all, using ghost tools always comes with a cost, some of which may be small, some very large. Don't think ghost tools can be used recklessly, or you will definitely regret it."

The hunched old man answered Wang Zhifan's questions one by one, and then swept his gaze to the other people in front of him, who were listening and pondering.

Wang Zhifan was digesting the information the old man had just mentioned in his mind. The young man in the school uniform beside him then opened his mouth to ask the old man:

"Building Manager, I want to know exactly how strong those evil entities are that you mentioned. Can my kind of power contend with them?"

Saying this, the school-uniformed young man raised his right hand and stretched it towards the old man. Suddenly, a blue-white flame spontaneously rose up from his hand. Although the flame was small and faint, its strong heat instantly transferred to the people around him.

"Young man, what is this..."

The building manager looked surprised as the young man suddenly displayed a miraculous trick-like maneuver, yet his slightly amazed expression lasted only for a brief second. He shook his head and responded:

"Young man, I don't know how you managed such a thing, but based on my understanding of those evil entities, trying to rely on this fire to deal with them will be of little effect. As I mentioned, evil entities cannot be eliminated; resisting them head-on is always the most foolish behavior."

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