Lu Shi thanked them for the gifts and then beckoned the paper figures to his side: "When I open the door in a moment, you all run to the left and don't look back."
Chapter 12
☪ True Plague Prison
If anyone unconditionally obeys orders and is not afraid of death, they must be a paper doll.
At Lu Shi's command, the three paper figures prepared for their glorious sacrifice.
Holding his breath, Lu Shi opened the door a crack, trying his best not to make a sound.
Unfortunately, even his slightest movement attracted the monster's attention.
A rumbling sound came from the floor, and the green-haired monster that had been lingering at the top of the stairs took off running.
As it ran wildly, the grotesque face on its belly even laughed, with silvery saliva dripping from its mouth.
Both heads emitted sharp cries simultaneously, causing Lu Shi to briefly lose consciousness.
When he came to his senses, the monster was only inches away from him, its sharp claws right next to Lu Shi's ear.
If Lu Shi leans forward even slightly, he will be torn to shreds by this monster.
For a moment, Lu Shi felt as if his body had stopped beating.
However, the paper figures only obey their master's orders. The moment the door opened, they ran wildly to the left without hesitation.
From Lu Shi's perspective, the monster would definitely deal with itself first before chasing after the paper figure that served as bait.
Unexpectedly, the head on the green-haired monster's belly rolled its eyes and stared at the three running paper figures. It then let out a strange cry that Lu Shi couldn't understand.
The other head groaned in annoyance and then surprisingly let Lu Shi go, chasing after the paper figure.
Lu Shi didn't waste time thinking about why he was less charming than the paper doll in the monster's eyes.
Instead, taking advantage of the opening, they quickly ran in the opposite direction.
Upon reaching the stairwell, Lu Shi took his first step upstairs without saying a word.
He heard a piercing scream that only he could hear.
Lu Shi knew that his paper figure had disappeared.
Where he couldn't see, the two-headed monster tore the paper figure apart, and the head on its stomach let out a mournful cry.
The monster then pushed open another door and continued to wander around like a headless fly.
As for Lu Shi, who escaped, it seemed completely unconcerned.
Walking up the quiet stairs, Lu Shi finally had the leisure to study why the monster was doing this.
It doesn't like living people? Impossible, when he first arrived, this monster relentlessly pursued him. Lu Shi repeatedly stroked the notebook cover, then suddenly shuddered.
Could it be that this monster has a special interest in paper?
“Paper figure, paper, paper.” Lu Shi’s eyes lit up: “Perhaps it has been searching for this notebook all along!”
Could this wandering monster be the warden? After all, besides a few dorm rooms, the only other place on the second floor is the warden's office. And Lu Shi still hasn't seen the warden.
"Judging from the diary, Dr. Liu seized power..."
Lu Shi was startled and suppressed the urge to turn back.
Yes, in Wang Qiang's seemingly ordinary records, Dr. Liu became the new warden and even sat in the warden's office.
"So that monster is Dr. Liu?" Lu Shi became increasingly convinced that his judgment was correct: "What use would a diary be to it?"
"No wonder he came from the dormitory; he probably goes to every room every day to search for this notebook!"
After the analysis was completed, Lu Shi was standing on the third floor.
This time he learned his lesson and didn't immediately run up the steps. Instead, he peeked out like a thief.
"There isn't a single monster." Lu Shi wasn't in a hurry. He was worried that the monsters were hiding inside the house, so he deliberately made a noise.
One second, two seconds, a minute passed, and still there was no sound from behind any door.
"Nobody's here?" A look of confusion appeared on Lu Shi's stunningly beautiful face.
In his analysis, the laboratory on the third floor should be the most dangerous place.
After all, according to his reasoning, all the nightmares in this prison started on the third floor.
He even imagined that when he reached the third floor, he would run into dozens of rampaging plague dogs and extremely aggressive prison guards.
He had even prepared banana peels, ready to take a gamble and sneak into the lab.
Lu Shi never expected that it would be so quiet here, so quiet it was almost eerie.
But if he were to return to the second floor now, he would have to face the two-headed monster alone.
Without the paper doll to restrain him and unable to use the White Bone Ghost Fire, Lu Shi would be courting death if he faced that monster.
Having no other choice, Lu Shi finally took the first step. He looked around but made no move.
Even after he was fully on the third floor, no monsters rushed out to attack him.
The place was so peaceful that Lu Shi suspected that the so-called third floor was a deliberate design choice to mislead players.
But what could he do? Lu Shi walked forward cautiously, and in just a few steps, he reached the laboratory door.
Across from the laboratory is a room without a nameplate.
Lu Shi thought for a moment, then turned around and pushed open the door without a nameplate.
In the pitch-black room, Lu Shi could only make out a rough outline by relying on his night vision.
There was only one chair in the room, and nothing else.
When Lu Shi walked to the chair, he suddenly had the idea of sitting down.
Moreover, the thought was so strong that Lu Shi found himself unable to control it.
Before Lu Shi could even figure out what was happening, he was already sitting in that strange chair.
"Click!"
Lu Shi's hands and feet trembled as he realized that his hands and feet were tied up.
"Damn it, how dare they tie me up!" Lu Shi's anger was genuine; he absolutely hated having his freedom restricted.
No matter how much Lu Shi resisted, the octopus-like tentacles binding his hands and feet remained completely still.
Lu Shi quickly accepted the fact that he was being held hostage by a chair.
Little did he know, his current image was being frantically screenshotted by countless fans in the live stream.
Yes, Lu Shi was unaware that this perilous game also had a screenshot function!
"Hey, streamer, you can't be lewd!"
"Ahhh, the beautiful Demon Lord tied up, I'm totally smitten!"
"It's a pity we didn't see the humanoid monster. Otherwise, if the streamer had been whipped by the humanoid monster, the viewership would have been incredibly high!"
Bored, Lu Shi turned on the bullet comments and looked at some words he didn't understand, but he was still a little shy.
How could these people want to watch such rubbish!
Lu Shi, who had just turned off the bullet comments, suddenly felt everything go black and lost consciousness.
From the audience's perspective, a sticky tentacle covered with lips quietly crawled up to Lu Shi's head from directly behind the chair.
Some viewers who saw this started to lose their sanity, and those who were taking screenshots stopped themselves from vomiting.
Then the tentacle slowly bent down, aimed at Lu Shi's forehead, and easily burrowed in and out.
Each time the tentacles penetrate deeper, the oddly shaped lips blooming on them split open, revealing a mouthful of bloody teeth.
It's as if it's smiling at you who are seeing this!
Chapter 13
☪ True Plague Prison
"Doctor, Doctor, I was wrong!"
The desperate screams echoed in Lu Shi's mind.
He tried to cover his ears, but found that he couldn't even do something as simple as raising his hand.
"I...I killed someone, just kill me, okay?!"
"I won't do it again, I really won't do it again! It hurts, it really hurts so much!"
Blurred vision, fleeting afterimages, and repeated screams.
Even Lu Shi suspected he was going crazy.
Is he blind? Why can't he see anything?
And that voice—one second it was a shrill male hoarse voice, the next it became a deep, resonant uncle's voice.
Isn't he sitting in a chair?
"When you killed him, did you never think about how much pain he was in?"
A calm, inexplicably reassuring voice rang out.
Finally, the incessant shouting in Lu Shi's head subsided.
Best of all, he discovered that his eyesight had also been restored.
"You look much better to me now."
The middle-aged man, wearing a white coat, was thin but looked very energetic, and he was looking at Lu Shi with a wicked smile.
He was holding a syringe filled with a green solution.
"Are you Dr. Liu?" Lu Shi asked.
But what came out of his mouth was something else entirely: "Dr. Liu, I... I really don't want to get it injected. Please, please, let me go!"
Lu Shi opened his mouth, gradually realizing that he had entered a state where he could no longer control his body.