1TWITF[C Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Where exactly was the village chief? The village had completely fallen into chaos. Could they really find him?

Besides, even if they did find the village chief, would he easily admit it?

The sky grew darker and darker. It was clearly daytime just now, but now it was almost indistinguishable from night. Their field of vision narrowed again. Without any lighting equipment, they could only try to open their eyes wide to see clearly and avoid falling.

Crap!

He clearly felt a pair of hands under the water grabbing his ankle and pulling him down!

“Lu-ge, please help me.” He called out to Lu Yanli, who had stopped beside him. “Please!”

Lu Yanli didn’t hesitate much and grabbed the hand An Xingyu extended with force. His strength was great, completely different from his seemingly weak and mild-mannered appearance, and he pulled An Xingyu out of the puddle in one go.

What made him uneasy was that even though the water in the puddle looked normal, An Xingyu’s lower body looked like it had been soaked in blood plasma after he climbed out, completely drenched in a thick, red liquid.

This liquid…

No, not just one.

It was as if someone was flying kites!

As if sensing their gazes, the eyes of the paper figures looked down…

“Don’t look up! Keep moving forward!”

Lu Yanli only glanced at them before quickly lowering his head. Years of compulsive memory training allowed him to completely recall the scene just now. Those lanterns… on closer reflection, their faces were extremely similar to the villagers he had seen during the day!

Perhaps, they were the villagers.

“Hehe…”

“Hehehehe…”

The paper figures let out crisp laughter, intertwined high and low.

Don’t look!

Don’t listen!

And the laughter of the paper figures above their heads grew closer and closer, gradually turning into hoarse and cold laughter. That kind of sound didn’t sound like it could be made by a living person at all.

However, no matter how difficult their journey was, they couldn’t stop moving. Once they stood still, the paper figures floating in the sky would continue to approach, and the mud under their feet would quickly become wet, trying to swallow them in. So, no matter how difficult it was to walk, they tried to move forward to an unknown destination.

“Lu-ge, which way do we go now?” An Xingyu kept his voice very, very low. He could sense that the other person was right beside him, slowly moving forward.

However, the aura emanating from the other person’s body was extremely cold.

“Keep moving forward,” a voice answered him.

“Okay,” An Xingyu responded.

But beneath his calm exterior, a storm was raging in his heart.

This wasn’t Lu Yanli!

Who was beside him?

Cold sweat broke out on An Xingyu’s forehead, but he forced himself not to make a sound, still maintaining a blank expression.

No matter what the mission, only those who were meticulous and able to think calmly could survive. Those who lost their composure from the start due to panic were easily eliminated.

Stay calm, don’t panic.

Everyone he had worked with on missions thought he naturally lacked emotions, but only he knew that it wasn’t like that. He would be afraid, he would be terrified, but a strong desire to survive and a bit of youthful self-esteem wouldn’t allow him to show a vulnerable side.

Even in front of ghosts, he absolutely wouldn’t!

Stay calm, calm down…

Even though it was pitch black and he couldn’t see anything, he could sense that the thing was not far away, staring at him intently!

An Xingyu quickened his pace, trying to get rid of that figure. But to his disappointment, in his perception, the thing from beside him… was getting closer and closer!

Why, as soon as they saw him, did the paper figures accelerate and fly towards him?

The same went for the thing following him. If he used his physical senses to perceive it, it would quickly approach him.

Then… a guess popped up in An Xingyu’s mind.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds…

No movement.

An Xingyu maintained the state of closing his eyes and got up from the ground.

He guessed right.

Once you perceive, you will be perceived.

Judging from the touch of his palms and the ground beneath him, he was now lying on a flat surface. All the thorns, rocks, and puddles had disappeared, and the exposed skin also felt the warmth of the sun.

He reached out to explore little by little but suddenly touched a warm sensation.

He subconsciously wanted to shake off his hand, but he immediately realized that warmth meant it was a living person.

The only ones who might still be alive in the village were them.

“Who are you?” he asked cautiously.

“Quiet, wait a moment,” Lu Yanli’s voice said.

He was also closing his eyes, busy with something in his hands, occasionally opening his eyes to take a quick look, and then closing them again immediately.

In his hand was a paper figure half the height of a person, and what was most terrifying was that although the facial features on the paper figure’s face were also childish drawings, they bore some resemblance to himself.

Lu Yanli closed his eyes like this, relying on the momentary vision of opening his eyes from time to time to complete a paper figure in his own image.

He only had a few chances to open his eyes, and now he had used almost all of them. One of the paper figures was only a step away from him. If he opened his eyes again, it could kill him.

An Xingyu didn’t know what the other person was doing, but since there was a living person, he felt somewhat relieved and waited quietly with his eyes closed.

Lu Yanli reached out to touch it, repeatedly touching it several times, and only after confirming that the paper figure was gone did he slowly open his eyes.

His whole body was tense. If there was any abnormality, he would immediately close his eyes and leave, leaving An Xingyu to take the hit for him.

But fortunately—he bet right.

The paper figure made in his image floated leisurely in the air without any abnormality.

Only then did Lu Yanli have time to look around at the environment.

It was Uncle Wu’s yard.

He still had unused materials beside him, some paper and thin bamboo strips, as well as a few thin skins with a faint flesh color.

That was… human skin.

Lu Yanli quickly glanced at it and then looked away, but in the next instant, he immediately turned his gaze back to An Xingyu’s leg.

To be precise, it was a mark on his calf.

It was a bright red mark, mixed in with the red stains and scars, which ordinary people could easily miss.

And the shape of that mark… Lu Yanli trembled all over.

Lu Yanli glanced at the mark again, and only after it had completely dried because of the blood flowing on it, without any liquid soaking it, and faded away, did he start to make An Xingyu’s paper figure.

An Xingyu slowly opened his eyes.

The crisis was temporarily resolved.

How could he not know that this was Lu Yanli’s doing? He immediately thanked the other party again.

“No need to thank me,” Lu Yanli said with a gentle smile.

In the next second, he and An Xingyu made eye contact, and those eyes suddenly became deep, and his words carried a trace of inexplicable bewitchment.

“Relax, you are very safe now…”

“After hearing a snap of your fingers, you will fall asleep… you will hear a few questions…”

With a snap of his fingers, his head drooped down.

On the other side of the village, Zhao Chuan had run to the edge.

“Quick! We can get out!” He Lou said loudly, “Time in the village is chaotic!”

Hearing this, Zhao Chuan quickened his pace.

They were running along a railway track. At the beginning of the mission, they had come to Honghe Village by train, and now, that station was close at hand.

He Lou had looked at the map. As long as they ran past that station, they would leave the range of Honghe Village.

Hurry! Faster!

Because these ghosts had no perception ability! So, they could only rely on increasing the number to find them.

He Lou used this loophole to successfully save Zhao Chuan.

At this moment, the station was close at hand.

Seeing that the end was coming, Zhao Chuan shouted loudly and actually accelerated in his exhaustion, rushing straight to the other end of the station.

He Lou followed behind him, also about to rush over, but in the next instant, his eyes widened, and he stopped abruptly.