"Jiamu?" Modi's expression changed, both surprised and delighted: "Where's your brother?"
Jiamu patted himself, then lowered his head and said in a sobbing voice, "Brother, brother stayed down there."
"What?!" The receptionist exclaimed in shock. "You, how did you get downstairs!"
Lu Shi interrupted their conversation: "Grab him, don't let him get away."
However, taking advantage of everyone's distraction, the third person managed to run away and disappear into the night.
A note from the author:
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Chapter 111
☪ Malice 7
"Oh no."
Modi frowned. He had to explain to Lu Shi and Ye Bugui, "He's not that person. He's been switched."
Although Modi's words seemed cryptic, Lu Shi immediately understood.
"A quagmire?" He immediately guessed the reason for all of this.
Modi nodded, thinking to himself that he was indeed a smart man, even his words were so concise.
At this moment, Jia Mu showed just the right amount of surprise, looking as if he had never seen a mud pit before:
"A quagmire? What's that? How is it related to switching items?"
“We don’t have time to explain right now.” Modi raised his head and looked at the silent Ghost Asura.
He pointed at Jia Mu and the second man: "Could you keep an eye on them for me?"
Ye Bugui, who had been hesitant to speak, fell silent. At first, he was worried that Modi might have forgotten his suspicions about Jiamu.
After all, no matter how you look at it, it's not normal for Jia Mu to be here.
This also shows that Modi is intelligent enough to become the chairman.
"Why!" Jia Mu was somewhat unconvinced, but the others didn't give him any explanation and had already left him behind.
Just as Jia Mu was about to run away, Gui Xiuluo had already appeared behind him without him noticing.
The taciturn man picked up Jia Mu by the back like a chick and tossed him aside.
"Don't run!" Ghost Asura shook his tattooed arm, making it impossible for anyone to disobey him.
The receptionist standing nearby was equally astonished by what she saw; she couldn't understand what had happened.
When she came to her senses, she realized that Lu Shi and his two companions had already run out of the guesthouse.
She stood anxiously at the entrance of the guesthouse, but dared not take a step forward, as if the darkness outside would immediately swallow her up.
"I told you not to go out at night, why didn't you listen! Now the consequences are unimaginable."
She sighed, as if the three who left were no different from the dead.
Ghost Asura rarely spoke, but asked, "If we go out now, will we encounter anything evil?"
“It’s not something dirty,” she shook her head and said coldly, “that’s even more terrifying than something dirty.”
Hearing this, Ghost Asura felt a chill run down his spine; he was certain the other party wasn't lying.
Lu Shi and the others had already left, and it was too late to call them back. After much deliberation, Gui Xiuluo could only wish the three of them good fortune.
“They’ll be fine,” the second man said softly, though his face was as pale as a piece of white porcelain, making his words sound unconvincing.
"Hmm." Ghost Asura nodded absentmindedly.
Outside the darkness of night, the village was so quiet that not even a dog barked.
...
Down in the tunnel, Han Ran finally couldn't walk any further.
She endured the pain and said softly, "We've been walking for hours, haven't we? But why hasn't anyone come down to worship? Are these Buddha statues just decorations?"
Jia Yang reached out and covered Han Ran's mouth, gently reminding her, "Don't talk bad about the Buddha statue here, it's dangerous."
Yin Hong had no interest in the two of them. She looked around, pondered for a moment, and then spoke:
"If I'm not mistaken, we're back where we started."
This conclusion is nothing new, so both Jia Yang and Han Ran looked very calm.
"Hmm," Han Ran nodded, "So, are we going to keep trying our luck like this? What if we're already stuck here?"
Yin Hong walked up to Han Ran at this moment, looking down at her condescendingly:
"What would you do if you really couldn't get out? Would you just give up?"
Han Ran shook his head: "I...I don't know. We have too little information right now, and we're too passive."
"Shh..." Jia Yang interrupted their conversation. He didn't want their team to disband before they even encountered any danger.
"Did you hear that? There's a sound."
At this moment, Han Ran and Yin Hong wisely shut their mouths and listened silently. They actually heard strange noises.
It's like...a person chewing food.
As soon as this thought crossed Han Ran's mind, he felt his body involuntarily turn cold.
She immediately looked up at the source of the sound.
As expected, Han Ran spotted a figure over there.
The hunched back suggests someone is squatting over there.
"Shall we go over there?" she asked softly.
Although bizarre, this was probably the closest they'd ever come to finding a clue in order to clear the dungeon.
Yin Hong nodded, then glanced at Han Ran and said in an unquestionable tone:
"Don't move, just stand behind me."
After the three of them lined up, they began to walk towards the figure.
As they got closer, they saw more and more clearly.
No one expected that the figure was actually kneeling in front of the Buddha statue.
At first, Han Ran even thought he was performing a ritual, thinking that the Buddha statue was indeed effective.
But when she got closer, Han Ran realized that the person was actually stealing the offerings in front of the Buddha statue.
Come to think of it, when they passed by the Buddha statue, they all subconsciously ignored the offerings placed in front of it.
The offerings, which appeared to have rotted long ago, did not emit any foul odor.
It was very strange, as if water had suddenly started dripping from their heads.
At first, there was only one drop, and both Han Ran and Yin Hong thought that the drop was just a natural phenomenon in the cave.
But when the water droplets increased and almost soaked their hair, they finally raised their heads.
At that glance, all three of them screamed on the spot, including Jia Yang.
The person who was stealing the offerings turned around without hesitation.
He was incredibly ugly; his face, which was otherwise perfectly fine, was covered in pockmarks and scars.
What's most disgusting is that those potholes and craters are definitely not natural; they look more like flesh has been gouged out with tools.
"We...we went to the wrong place!"
Han Ran's heart skipped a beat. Just from being looked at by this strange man, she felt like she couldn't breathe.
And the top of the head...
Yes, how could she forget!
Above their heads, at this very moment, hung bloated corpses.
And those water droplets were leaking from the corpse.
"Run!"
The three ran frantically, unsure if they could escape the tunnel, but certain that staying meant certain death.
The strange man who had been eating the offerings slowly got up. After letting out a low growl, countless tiny black insects suddenly flew out of his mouth, nostrils, and ears.
These tiny flying insects, like missiles, began to chase after the three frantically running individuals.
After doing all this, the strange man slowly walked up the stairs, took out a key, and opened the basement door.
The moment he stepped out of the tunnel, he transformed into an ordinary-looking villager who didn't inspire fear.
...
In the darkness of night, three people were walking through the quiet village.
"Why did they suddenly disappear?" Ye Bugui frowned. This was the first time he had ever encountered such a tricky situation while tracking someone. "We're not slow anymore."
“It might be a trap,” Lu Shi said calmly, with a disdain that seemed to say, “I knew it was a trick all along, but I still fell for it.” “He deliberately lured us out.”
"So you still came out?" Modi shook his head. "Fine, you two always manage to clear the game in such a unique way. So, tell me, what are you planning to do?"
"Keep looking for people. If it really is a trap, then don't bother us; they'll come to us on their own."
After Lu Shi finished speaking, he looked at Modi and asked, "What exactly did you see in the mud?"
Modi, who was well-prepared, cleared his throat and revealed everything he knew.
After hearing his words, Ye Bugui's expression was quite subtle: "There's another you at the bottom of the quagmire? In other words, if you fail to snatch it from him, he'll be the one who climbs out last, while you'll be forever stuck at the bottom of the quagmire?"
“That’s right.” Modi sighed. “So this place is really weird. How could there be another me down there? And I suspect that everyone in this village has already been replaced.”
“Possibly,” Lu Shi said softly. “If this is the content of the curse, then this curse is really interesting.”
"Is this interesting?" Modi clicked his tongue. "Don't forget, we have a time limit."