Chapter 1116: The Scam
The problem was with Gu Shuangshuang!
During his recent conversation with Gu Shuangshuang, Ling Mo had been using psychic communication… But strangely, Gu Shuangshuang had cooperated the whole time… She hadn’t tried to speak directly, nor had she questioned Ling Mo’s actions. Most crucially, her behavior… was just too natural! It was as if she was already used to this way of communicating…
And this was definitely not how Gu Shuangshuang should react! At least, not the Gu Shuangshuang Ling Mo knew! If there was anyone here, besides the Zombie Puppets, who might be familiar with psychic communication, it would only be that Progenitor Zombie, and… that woman…
Ling Mo suddenly felt a chill run down his spine! If he hadn’t found this flaw, he would have been completely fooled! Who would have thought that in such a short time, the other side could figure out Gu Shuangshuang’s speaking habits and personality so thoroughly! Looking back now, even the less smooth parts had been covered up by fear and excitement…
It was just too precise! Besides that, Ling Mo couldn’t help but think of another problem… It seemed that everything had started the moment they stepped into the granary… So, did this whole thing really begin then? If so, this series of schemes was just too timely, wasn’t it? Honestly, it made Ling Mo start to have a terrifying thought…
Could it be that from the moment he entered Dawn Town, he was already in the other side’s sights?
Zhang She’s death. That was actually the real beginning…
Death itself isn’t frightening. What’s scary is the unknown lurking in the darkness before death arrives. That’s what no one can face calmly. Just like Ling Mo now-even though he’d realized all this in time, he couldn’t help but feel chills running down his back…
These were the things he’d already discovered, but what about those he hadn’t noticed yet? When would they suddenly jump out and reveal their hideous faces…
Ling Mo took a deep breath, then continued floating forward as if nothing had happened: “No matter what that thing was that just talked to me… Since the other side knew I’d only act after finding Skinny Monkey, then no matter what, he’d have waited quietly until then. For us, that’s not necessarily a bad thing… But since his goal is just me, he’ll do everything he can to separate me from the others… But that’s not a problem I can solve alone… At times like this, I can only trust my teammates.”
He knew very well what was happening here. It was probably all under the gaze of that Progenitor Zombie. If he wanted to save Gu Shuangshuang and Skinny Monkey, he absolutely couldn’t let it show that he’d noticed anything wrong. That might be the only advantage he had left… Which meant he couldn’t give any hints to those around him right now, except…
“…Looks like it’s just up ahead!” Mu Chen and the others finally reached the area near the Dormitory Building, but as they raced up the steep slope, someone suddenly noticed a problem…
“Hey, where’s the captain?” Ye Kai’s voice came from behind. “How come he disappeared in the blink of an eye? I just saw him turn around, like he was about to say something to us…”
“Yeah… Where’s the captain…” Everyone looked around, and suddenly realized Ling Mo had vanished right before their eyes…
“Maybe he’s already gone in?”
“Something’s wrong…” Xu Shuhan stopped in her tracks, frowning. “I was watching him just now. No matter how fast he is, it’s impossible…” As she spoke, she turned her head. But in that instant, Xu Shuhan froze…
Behind her was nothing but an empty passage… The voices that had just sounded behind her seemed to have appeared and vanished like an auditory hallucination. Xu Shuhan stared in horror into the depths of the passage, and just then, a strange sound suddenly came from the darkness, rapidly approaching her…
Rustle…
At first the sound was vague, but it grew louder and louder… Xu Shuhan could clearly sense countless giant Spiders hiding in the darkness, quickly surrounding her… Maybe those companions had already been silently taken by these Spiders… And now, it was her turn… ŕἈ₦ɵ₿Èṣ
Xu Shuhan’s body started trembling uncontrollably. She was faced with two choices… One, retreat into the Dormitory Building immediately; two… keep standing here… But whichever she chose, she’d have to fight like mad…
“It can’t just suddenly disappear… Although in my eyes, they’re all prey too, hunting them always comes at a price… If they haven’t disappeared, then the problem must be with me… I can’t move… I mustn’t move…”
In the blink of an eye, Xu Shuhan’s mind had already sorted out the issue… But understanding it was one thing; how her body should react was another…
Rustle!
The huge noise was getting closer and closer, and Xu Shuhan could vaguely make out the outlines of the Spiders… They were even bigger than she’d imagined, looking ferocious and terrifying. The moment they appeared, Xu Shuhan felt a strong sense of life-and-death crisis.
If she didn’t move, she’d die… If she didn’t resist, she’d be gnawed to the bone by these Spiders in an instant… This thought quickly replaced everything else in Xu Shuhan’s mind, making her eyes turn redder and redder behind the mask…
Finally, the swarm of Spiders fully revealed themselves, closing in, leaping at her! Xu Shuhan clenched her fists, her blood boiling, heart pounding wildly… How should she judge? What choice was the right one?!
…At the very instant the Spiders lunged at her, Xu Shuhan suddenly squeezed her eyes shut and let out a scream: “Ah…” At the same time, a muffled “thud” sounded on her mask…
Thud!
Thud thud!
It took a good ten seconds before Xu Shuhan gradually came to from the blankness in her mind. At this moment, her mask was still echoing with thuds…
Xu Shuhan mustered her courage and slowly opened her eyes… But to her surprise, there wasn’t a giant Spider clinging to her face… Just then, another Dark Shadow suddenly slammed into her, striking her mask once more.
“Hey!”
Xu Shuhan shuddered all over, finally hearing a voice… Turns out, besides the “thud,” there was another sound in front of her…
“Hey, are you awake yet?”
Xu Shuhan looked forward in confusion, following the voice, and at that moment, a figure finally couldn’t hold back and leapt up, flashing past her eyes and shouting, “Can’t you look down? You’re making me feel really hurt here!”
“Hm? Black Silk?” Xu Shuhan quickly lowered her head, just in time to see Black Silk standing before her with hands on hips. She looked around, still shaken, and asked, “Where are those Spiders?”
Seeing Black Silk silent, Xu Shuhan answered herself, “No Spiders, right?”
“That’s right, you all just fell into a brief hallucination at the same time,” Black Silk said.
“Then why are you here?”
“I rushed over…”
Xu Shuhan turned with Black Silk’s figure and finally saw that Mu Chen and the others were all standing behind her… Ye Kai was among them, holding his nose, looking like he’d just been punched. But Xu Shuhan instantly understood… At the moment they were disturbed by the hallucination, it was Black Silk who rushed over and separated them.
The Spiders that had just appeared before their eyes were most likely each other… If they’d recklessly attacked, it would have turned into mutual slaughter… Ye Kai was probably stopped by Black Silk when he lost his composure. Xu Shuhan also knew clearly that if Black Silk hadn’t woken her up, she might have collapsed and lost control as well…
The group exchanged glances, all looking a bit pale, and at this moment Xu Shuhan also noticed that the only one truly missing from the team was Ling Mo, who had suddenly vanished at the start…
Yuwen Xuan tapped his forehead and said, “Looks like the hallucination wasn’t just to make us kill each other… The main thing was to get Ling Mo away… and Xia Na and the others… They should be just ahead, right? But now they’re nowhere to be seen…”
“Yeah… Host Xu just screamed so loudly, if they were nearby, they should’ve rushed over by now…” Zhang Xincheng agreed.
Xu Shuhan suddenly felt her face flush, noticing Black Silk was staring at her with a half-smile. She quickly coughed and said in a low voice, “Yeah, I’m just that cowardly Zombie… Can you not mock me with your eyes? I’ve never been looked down on by a three-year-old before…”
“By the way, your timing was way too perfect… What exactly happened in that instant?” Xu Shuhan paused, then asked again.
Now, she was actually less panicked than the others. Black Silk, who was supposed to be guarding outside, suddenly appeared at such a critical moment, which meant Ling Mo must have made arrangements…
“Hehe… Not bad, you react pretty fast,” Black Silk smiled at her.
Xu Shuhan smoothed her Hair: “Of course, I’m not a Host for nothing. My specialty is digging up all the gossip from the live audience on my show… Wait, don’t go!”
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