Especially after he already knew his character card.
As they stepped onto the wooden stairs, the plank beneath Lu Shi's feet suddenly transformed into a hand, grabbing his ankle and determined to drag him down!
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Chapter 48
☪ Good Family Apartment 23
"careful!"
Ye Bugui shouted, and just as he was about to make a move, he found that Lu Shi had already broken free in a flash.
This movement technique is clearly not something ordinary people can possess.
However, before Ye Bugui could ponder this further, the floor beneath his feet underwent a dramatic change.
The originally dilapidated wooden staircase has now been transformed into a human staircase made up of bloated corpses.
Every body here is lying face up.
If the expressions on each of these corpses were those of pain and despair, Lu Shi and Ye Bugui could still accept it.
What they could hardly imagine was that each of these piled-up corpses, used as a staircase, had a genuine smile on their face.
"How can they laugh?" Ye Bugui couldn't understand it at all.
"These people have all been deceived, haven't they? Their children died at Dr. Wang's hands, and they themselves have become monsters, neither human nor ghost. If it were me, I would never forgive Dr. Wang."
“It must be that their original life was too painful. So after following the Black Tai Sui, even if their lives didn’t improve in essence, at least they were more spiritually satisfied,” Lu Shi analyzed.
Seeing that the monster beneath their feet was trying to grab them again, Lu Shi then said to Ye Bugui:
"What we need to think about right now is to get rid of these monsters."
"Have you come up with a plan?" Ye Bugui asked, while frantically shaking his body.
For him, the monsters themselves weren't particularly dangerous. The only problem was their sheer number, and after they grabbed his ankles, Ye Bugui felt his internal strength draining away at an extremely slow pace.
It's like a swarm of ants devouring a bridge; eventually, the bridge collapses.
Lu Shi, however, was not in a hurry at all. While nimbly dodging the hands that were attacking him, he said to Ye Bugui:
"We should be able to get up there by stepping on banana peels."
Ye Bugui immediately laughed, "You're quite the thinker, treating these monsters like a slide. But we're climbing upwards, which probably won't be easy."
"Let's at least give it a try." Lu Shi had already taken out the banana peel by then.
To his slight regret, this useful tool would only be usable once more after this use.
"Hold on tight to me," Lu Shi said, turning around to Ye Bugui.
Ye Bugui had already hopped and skipped up behind Lu Shi and grabbed the hem of his clothes.
As the two drew closer, Ye Bugui watched Lu Shi's long hair brush against his chest and felt an urge to reach out and touch it.
He quickly restrained himself, after all, what he was doing was too much like the mischievous kids in his class who liked to touch pretty girls inappropriately back in school.
Lu Shi had no idea that Ye Bugui was making connections to his growth. He stepped on a banana peel and was sent flying forward.
"So fast!" Ye Bugui laughed loudly. In his opinion, this banana peel was much more exciting than bungee jumping.
And the banana peels lived up to expectations; they easily used them to fly over the layers of corpses to the third floor.
At this moment, Lu Shi and Ye Bugui looked down at these corpses who were forced to become stepping stones, yet were still filled with joy, and felt somewhat uncomfortable.
"My Lord Demon Lord, do you think these souls will be able to reincarnate if we kill this Doctor Wang?"
"It should be possible." Lu Shi's tone was somewhat hesitant. He actually knew that people who had been corrupted by the Black Tai Sui...
Not only theirs, but even their souls were devoured by the Black Tai Sui.
Reincarnation is nothing more than a beautiful wish.
"I understand." Ye Bugui didn't glance at the staircase made of corpses again, but instead focused his attention on the four doors in front of him.
"I thought it would be that street." Lu Shi was extremely surprised when he saw the scene on the third floor. The contrast between the magnificent corridor on this floor and the ruins below was so stark. "I never thought I would be back in the beginning."
“Perhaps we should check out the fourth door,” Ye Bugui said as he walked towards it. “I think the boss we’re looking for is hiding behind it.”
"Is it really that simple?" Lu Shi asked rhetorically.
Little did he know that his words had already left many viewers with countless questions.
Simple? Can this really be considered simple?
Putting aside the eight-legged spider in the room, the staircase full of corpses alone is enough to make your sanity level go crazy!
However, to these two people, the staircase made of corpses did not seem terrifying at all, as if it were quite common.
Fortunately, the audience was already used to the two's unconventional behavior, and only knew to shout "666" at this moment.
However, when Ye Bugui tried to pull the door open, he realized that no matter how much force he used, he would eventually be swallowed up by the door.
He couldn't open the door at all.
So Ye Bugui turned around helplessly and said to Lu Shi standing behind him:
"You're right, it seems that seeing the Boss won't be so easy."
"So what should we do?" Lu Shi looked at Ye Bugui, already having an idea in mind. However, seeking advice from teammates was a good habit.
Ye Bugui, who was standing to the side, pondered for a second before speaking, "Perhaps we can go and take a look at the other doors first. It seems we have to conquer the other three doors before we can open this last one."
“There are only two doors,” Lu Shi reminded him.
"Of course, we've already dealt with a whole room full of faceless men." Ye Bugui, with his hands in his pockets, swaggered towards the room where countless black palm prints had once crawled out.
Judging from his nonchalant expression and fearless actions, it seemed that Ye Bugui was not afraid of the monster behind the door at all.
Just as Lu Shi was about to warn him to be careful, Ye Bugui had already opened the door.
"Why?"
Lu Shi looked at the scene unfolding before him and fell into deep suspicion.
Because when the door opened, those black handprints did indeed crawl out as usual.
However, they have also undergone some changes.
For example, these black handprints actually developed bodies; they were a group of infants whose faces were indistinct.
They were the same children that Lu Shi had seen in his memory, those who were stranded in the underground hospital.
"No wonder they called us big brother and big sister at first." Ye Bugui suddenly remembered the words these black palm prints had uttered when they first saw them.
“Hmm, maybe they really don’t want to hurt anyone.” Lu Shi walked over, and the babies crawled to his side. Lu Shi boldly reached out and gently stroked the backs of the babies. “They really just want someone to play with them.”
“They seem to like you a lot.” Ye Bugui tried to imitate Lu Shi’s behavior, but he found that when he was about to touch the babies, they ran away as if they had seen a ghost.
Then all the babies came to Lu Shi's side and surrounded him.
"It seems so." Lu Shi was surprised; he had always thought he was unlikable. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been the target of everyone's hatred back in the cultivation world. "They seem to want to play with me."
But now, these wronged souls who died tragically in the hospital felt very close to him. This immediately melted Lu Shi's heart.
He didn't even realize that a smile more beautiful than a snow lotus was blooming on his usually cold face.
Ye Bugui, sitting opposite, was stunned. Lu Shi was so beautiful that even he, a straight man, couldn't find any fault with her.
This scene, as seen by viewers in the live stream, naturally became a source of countless screenshots as a memento.
[Supreme Demon Lord's Livestream]
"Stop talking, I'm just drooling over the screen! Honey, I love you!"
"Demon Lord, I'm totally in love! You're so beautiful, I'd do anything you asked!"
"As expected of the Demon Lord, even ghosts are bewitched by him."
"Is there a theory that these ghosts know the Demon Lord is not to be trifled with, so they avoid his sharp edge and dare not anger our Demon Lord?"
"Haha, I think that's a great idea."
If you only look at the comments, some people would definitely think this is a C-level dungeon, which is why the atmosphere is so cheerful.
...
However, Lu Shi couldn't play with these children forever. When he got up, the ghosts looked at him with reluctance.
"I'm leaving." Lu Shi waved his hand. "I'm going to avenge you."
Whether they understood Lu Shi's words or not, the ghosts who had originally intended to block Lu Shi from leaving immediately made way for him.
Ye Bugui was deeply shocked by what he saw.
Is this Lu Shi's personal charm? He didn't do anything, yet these ghosts like him so much.
Ye Bugui thought about himself again. If he had come here alone, he would probably still be fighting a bitter battle with these ghosts right now!
This time, they hadn't gone far when the door behind them suddenly disappeared.
The room that had originally imprisoned the Faceless Man vanished instantly after they opened it.
Only two doors remained before them, one that could not be opened, and the other equally dangerous.
"Are we really going to go in?" Ye Bugui glanced at Lu Shi beside him. Although Lu Shi hadn't spoken yet, Ye Bugui already knew what he was thinking and what he was going to do next.
Behind this door lies nothingness, a deathly silence like a black hole.
"It seems we have no other choice," Lu Shi said softly. He looked up at Ye Bugui's handsome face, which was filled with worry. "If we don't jump down, we probably won't be able to pass the level. Are we just going to stay here and be assimilated into monsters?"
Ye Bugui knew that Lu Shi was an extremely intelligent person, and it would be useless to say that there were other ways in front of him.
So Ye Bugui gritted his teeth and, without waiting for Lu Shi to speak, jumped down first while Lu Shi wasn't paying attention.
His echo still lingered in Lu Shi's ears: "I'm going down first. If my status in the game console hasn't logged off yet, it means there's no danger down there."
Lu Shi's face was grim, and his eyes held a dangerous glint.
This is a side of Lu Shi that many viewers who have followed him all the way have never seen before.