Chapter 2828: The Phantom Murder Room (End)

The flames quickly spread into the bathroom, but just as Shiller had speculated, not a single flame touched the toilet.

Shiller had actually realized that the entity controlling the illusions in the room and the entity that had contaminated the people there might not be the same, and it was more likely that they were two different systems.

If the entity creating the illusions had a way to contaminate others, there would have been no need for these fancy illusions; it could have simply placed the contaminant on the carpet at the entrance, and anyone who stepped on it would die.

And if the entity controlling the toilet water contamination had the ability to affect the entire room with illusions, it would be entirely possible to create invisible toilet water to splash on people, without the need to confine itself in the bathroom.

Therefore, it was very likely that the two entities were independent monsters, possibly even having established some sort of balance of power, with the illusion-controlling monster using illusions to force people into the bathroom to be contaminated, while the toilet itself provided the Hallucination Monster with a means to kill.

But the prerequisite was that they did not harm each other's fundamental interests.

Obviously, the monster that contaminates others' territory was the toilet, contaminating others by splashing toilet water, while the Hallucination Monster might control the rest of the space outside the toilet, with the illusion existing almost everywhere.

But now that Shiller was standing on the toilet, all three parties were somewhat embarrassed.

The water and fire created by the room's illusions were real, at least in the perception of the guests, which meant they must consist of some kind of material. It might not be scientific, but it was a physical substance.

This material, trying to invade the toilet's domain, was naturally not allowed by the toilet, so the flames of the illusion could not interrupt the toilet.

The toilet contaminated others by spraying water, but now with Shiller standing on the lid, the lid simply couldn't open, so the toilet couldn't spray water and contaminate Shiller.

It seemed neither party could truly affect the guests directly, only through indirect means, otherwise, even if Shiller was a living person, the lid should still be able to open as expected.

Shiller felt that if he put something heavy on it, the lid would definitely not care and would open as usual. The only reason it couldn't open now was that it was him standing on it.

Fire couldn't reach him, and the toilet lid wouldn't open, leading to a stalemate among the three parties. In the end, the illusion chose to compromise, as it was already approaching ten o'clock in the evening and it didn't have much time left.

Shiller smoothly jumped down from the toilet lid and dashed out of the bathroom at the fastest speed, not getting sprayed by water. But as soon as he returned to the room, he found it was unseasonably cold.

Temperature was also capable of killing, and Shiller was well aware of this. The illusion had run out of tricks and tried to torture him with various forms of death. Being frozen to death was indeed a rather painful way to go.

Moreover, the low temperature would affect the speed of brain function, which in a way was the room's strategy to weaken Shiller.

Despite the fact that the room's temperature had reached levels utterly unsuited for human life, causing Shiller to shiver uncontrollably, he decided to turn back to the bathroom after figuring out the room's intention.

Now the toilet was affected. A thin layer of ice formed on the outer surface of the toilet. Shiller pressed the flush button and quickly dodged away. The lid still popped open and water sprayed out, Shiller noticed that both the water that had just sprayed out and the water left on the floor from before didn't freeze.

This confirmed his earlier assumption; the toilet water was indeed problematic, otherwise, it didn't make sense for only that water to resist freezing.

Enduring the cold, Shiller went to the living room, picked up the beverage bottle he had finished drinking from, and returned to the bathroom. He took a very bold action, which was to use this beverage bottle to collect the water on the floor.

He was very careful not to let his hand touch the water, and the water, defying no laws of physics, did not jump up to slap him. Instead, it was smoothly collected into the beverage bottle.

There wasn't much water that sprayed out, he filled the bottle to about one-fifth full. After noticing the water was gone, Shiller pressed the flush button again and dodged aside, collecting little more water successfully.

That's how Shiller filled the bottle with mineral water.

Then he started throwing water around the room.

Wherever the water touched, all the ice melted, and the illusion seemed to be scalded, disappearing in patches. But Shiller was not satisfied yet, he lifted up a thawed bedside cabinet, carried it into the bathroom, and smashed it down hard on the toilet.

Crash! The heavy, hard solid wood bedside cabinet shattered the toilet completely. After the toilet was destroyed, the pipe connected to it began gushing out water incessantly.

Moreover, it seemed that Shiller's rash action had disrupted the item's balance, and water began to emerge faster and faster. By the time Shiller exited the bathroom, water was already leaking through the door gap into the outside.

This was the so-called reprisal, wherever the water touched, all illusions vanished, and the room started to tremble slightly, as if something had been attacked and was screaming in pain.

Shiller leaned casually against the wall, watching as the water covered the floor and the illusions disappeared. It didn't take long for the temperature in the room to begin to rise.