Girls' Frontline: My Apocalypse with Dolls

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Let's just pretend this setting doesn't exist...

I'd like to ask for your opinion.

The results these past two days...

Are you guys not really interested in rule-based ghost stories? We haven't even gotten 200 subscriptions in two days.

If you really don't want to read it, then I'll skip directly to the main story and write a side story later.

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2. Don't want to

My grades aren't very good, so I'm a bit too tired to write anymore. I feel like even if I did, no one would want to read it.

My current plan is that if I can get Akagi today, I'll update normally tomorrow; if not, I'll wait a day and change my mood.

But I'll still ask, do you guys really not want to read rule-based ghost stories?

One last question before the main storyline begins.

The voting results are in. Most people want to start the main storyline directly, but starting directly will present a problem.

The sense of disconnect is that some characters still need to appear, but if you jump directly to the main storyline, you have to skip the appearance of some characters and assume that they have already appeared.

Furthermore, some foreshadowing elements have to be skipped, which may leave viewers confused.

This trouble is unavoidable; skipping it will inevitably come with this problem. It all depends on whether everyone can accept it.

1. Acceptable. Skip the character introductions and intro, and begin the main storyline.

2. Proceed as planned and continue writing rule-based ghost stories, then arrange the prelude and character introductions.

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Please state your opinions; I respect everyone's thoughts.

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A few minutes later......

The members of the two patrol teams who had just gone out on patrol nodded thoughtfully.

So, the news that we can't go to the toilet or go to the 6th floor came from here...

Yingque picked up a pen and paper again and succinctly wrote down the contents of the recording.

Looking at it this way, the rules here are quite complicated.

An eerie silence fell over the room once again...

With nothing else to do, RPK stopped watching the monitor. She picked up the voice recorder and, mimicking AK15, pressed the "skip" button again.

"Hello? Hello hello?"

"Ok?"

The group of people who were deep in thought looked up again.

"It seems he hasn't finished speaking yet."

RPK smiled and twirled the recorder between his fingers a few times before moving closer to his teammates with it in his hand.

"Uh... this is Douglas, and this is my third day working here. Obviously, things aren't quite right here, and I think you've noticed it to some extent. Unless you don't go out on patrol all night and then just wait to get fired... just kidding. I think you and I are here for the same reason: the extremely generous pay. Who would have thought that working seven night shifts could earn you $1200?"

"puff......"

RPK couldn't resist.

Everyone felt a few black lines appear on their heads.

Although the pay here is indeed good, they didn't come here to keep watch because of the salary...

They're more like nouveau riche with nothing better to do than come to places like this to experience life.

"I never dreamed it would be so easy! As an unemployed person, I accepted the job without hesitation after seeing the job posting, along with a few of my good buddies."

"At first, on the first day of work, we didn't encounter any problems. Some of us patrolled, some watched the surveillance cameras, and then we sat down here at specific times before going out again. But when we started our seventh patrol at 4 a.m., we saw a few mannequins in the corridor. We just assumed that the merchants hadn't had time to collect them. The rules also stipulated that we shouldn't enter clothing stores at night, and it was quite scary at night, so we didn't care. After we returned to the monitoring room, we didn't go out on patrol anymore, thinking it was completely unnecessary. One of the guys was in poor health, so we found the heating remote control and turned on the heater ourselves. The heating was indeed very effective, and it quickly warmed up the originally cold monitoring room. We relaxed a bit and used our hands to operate the fire door, surveillance cameras, lights, and heaters, completely forgetting rule number 6, the voltage issue."

At this point, everyone probably guessed what was going to happen next...

"As expected, the power went out. That's how it was on the first night. We were still smoking and drinking when this happened. We lost our motivation to continue. We took out the rules we had written down and reviewed them. We paid attention to listening, closed the doors, and paid attention to the sound equipment. We got back into work mode and waited for the power to be restored. But to be honest, we were really scared at that time."

"After about 5 or 6 minutes, nothing happened. One of the guys even said, 'Hey, it's nothing.' Then he was about to go out and check. We even tried to persuade him to go out. But as soon as his hand touched the doorknob, we heard the sounds described in the rules outside: the sound of plastic rubbing, the sound of collisions, and the sound of metal joints twisting... We were stunned. The guy didn't go out anymore and sat back down."

"There were no windows in the monitoring room to see into the corridor, and the power outage also rendered the corridor lights and surveillance cameras unusable. After about thirty seconds, the sound suddenly stopped, and was replaced by a 'thump, thump, thump' knocking on the door..."

Luo Fan and the girls were on tenterhooks. This was the only information they could get about what might happen next, and they could no longer relax.

Yingque's hands, holding the pen and paper, were even starting to sweat slightly, and Luo Fan seemed to have loosened the buttons on his collar due to unexplained breathing difficulties.

The girls in the rebellious squad looked extremely cold, as if facing a formidable enemy...

"'Hello, I accidentally fell asleep in the fitting room. Could you please help me?' a hoarse female voice asked... Are you kidding me?! Would a mall not know someone's in its fitting room when it closes? And those footsteps were slow, very slow, accompanied by some kind of plastic clattering and rubbing sound, a metallic twisting sound, and even a dragging sound! Just like the rules describe! We all know those are definitely not human sounds..."

"..."

"So we followed the rules, said nothing, and didn't open the door."

"'Hello, is anyone home?' The knocking became more urgent, sounding somewhat anxious and impatient, as if trying to avoid something. But I immediately used the speaker next to the monitor to play a lost and found recording in the merchandise area. Not long after, the footsteps sounded again, gradually fading away until they disappeared completely... Five minutes later, the power was restored. It was 5:16 a.m., and the sound never appeared again. We dared not use these old devices again, fearing another power outage."

"Until the very end, we still didn't know what had come looking for us..."

"But I know very well that thing won't give up so easily..."

Recording ended

......

"Tsk, this is really unbelievable."

Luo Fan couldn't help but curse.

Although they didn't want to believe it, everything here seemed to be trying to tell them that something...bad... was here.

But when they went out on patrol, they saw nothing. Aside from maps and equipment, almost everything was unknown to them...

They didn't know if this emotion could be called "fear," but they were certain that it stemmed from the unknown.

Luo Fan was even reluctant to continue the patrol work, even though the next patrol team wouldn't be them.

"Commander, what's next? What should we do?"

AK12 asked in a low voice.

From the beginning, Luo Fan had been keeping his head down, his hands crossed to support his head, constantly thinking.

His brows were furrowed, as tangled as his thoughts.

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If they go out, the patrol personnel will have to bear the risk, but according to the rules, if the monitoring room loses power, the monitoring room may not be safe either.

However, closing fire doors requires electricity, corridor lights require electricity, closing ventilation ducts requires electricity, heating requires electricity, lighting requires electricity, and monitoring requires electricity, but very few devices can be used simultaneously.

Seeing that the indoor temperature was about right, RPK turned off the heating.

"drop......"

Then, Luo Fan stood up from his seat and went to RPK's side.

"Hmm? Have you discovered anything?"

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P.S.: If you want to enhance the immersive experience, you can try playing "Claustrophobia".

She gave up her seat, and Luo Fan sat down as well.

He picked up the mouse and began to manipulate the monitoring screen.

Pressing "Switch camera" doesn't reveal anything unusual in the ventilation ducts yet.

Switching back, they checked CAM01 and CAM02 respectively. These were the surveillance cameras in the corridor. The corridor was pitch black and nothing was visible at the moment. However, the area they could see through the cameras was only the area closer to the security room. And the pitifully weak light was probably only obtained through "charity" from their monitoring room.

"Turn on the left corridor light."

Luo Fan's cold and emotionless voice suddenly appeared in the room where you could hear a pin drop.

AN94 turned around and pressed the white button next to the left door.

Then, a faint white light appeared in the left corridor. Perhaps due to poor contact or aging circuitry, it even flickered continuously, just like a scene from a classic horror movie.

Like a flickering candle in the wind, it tries its best to tell people what is hidden in the darkness, but its insignificance prevents people from understanding its meaning.

Luo Fan was finally able to see the entire corridor through the surveillance camera. As usual, there was nothing there except for some buckets, flyers, and a handcart.

Or perhaps it's just that there's nothing there for now...

Just twenty seconds later, the lights went out, and everything returned to the pitiful darkness.

Within three minutes, the light could no longer be turned on.

Luo Fan stared at the monitor screen, lost in thought once again.

The girls remained silent, waiting quietly for the commander's instructions.

Two minutes later...

"Let's go, continue patrolling in the original squad order. When everyone is back at 2:25 am, we'll see what happens then."

His cold voice succinctly issued the order.

"Yes."

"it is good."

The girls answered in unison. Then, the RPK16, AK15, AK12, and AN94 stood up, grabbed walkie-talkies and flashlights, pushed open the iron gates on both sides, and walked into the boundless darkness, like moths drawn to a flame...

After the rebellious squad left, Ying Que locked the two doors again and then returned to Luo Fan's side to watch the surveillance footage together.

Do you think we can accomplish this task?

Like a heartwarming signal, Yingque's gentle voice reached Luo Fan's ears.

His expression softened somewhat as a result, but that did not mean he relaxed in any way.

He quickly switched between the surveillance feeds, rapidly examining the two teams and their surrounding areas, working with the efficiency of a machine following a programmed sequence.

"I'm not sure, Yingque, we know too little right now..."

He said it so calmly.

But Yingque knew him best; how could she not hear the helplessness in his words?

"Yes, we know so little..."

The two stared at the static-filled surveillance footage and fell silent.

......

The three teams took turns patrolling five times, but still nothing happened; it seemed they had simply strolled around the mall a few times...

Until 1:15 am...

It's time to go work in the basement...

......

45 took his flashlight and cell phone off the table and got up to leave.

"I'll head out now. Contact me if anything comes up."

Both sides had very serious expressions. This was a time when no one was allowed to leave except for those going to the basement.

So, what will the one who needs to go out face?

Nobody knows...

"be careful."

That's all Luo Fan could say...

Yingque added, "If you encounter a situation that is difficult to deal with, be sure to come back first. Your own safety is more important."