Chapter 148

Chapter 148

Chapter 148

Such a frustrating dungeon attack, probably only Luo Xi could pull this off.

Ying Zhixing didn’t know whether to laugh or get angry. He stared silently at Zhou Ze’s miserable state for two or three seconds before saying, “Luckily, at least your freedom was left intact, so it doesn’t affect your mission completion. Besides, this is clearly a kind act.”

Zhou Ze slurred in response, “Kind act? Are you crazy?”

Ying Zhixing said, “At least this attack tells us that tonight’s mission condition is related to teeth. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have done this useless thing out of boredom, especially since he has no grudge against you.”

Although Zhou Ze was furious at Luo Xi, he knew the priority. After a moment of thought, he asked, “Could it be... we need to embroider the teeth onto the shoes? Although... we have seen Ziye’s corpse, but I really can’t remember... such a small detail...”

Ying Zhixing gave a sharp sideways glance: “It’s not that simple. Forget it, you better not say anything, it makes me uncomfortable. Let me find a mask first.”

Zhou Ze couldn’t stop the blood from his mouth, so he kept covering it, deeply frowning.

While others were busy and frustrated, Luo Xi and Xi Yu had already rushed back to the room where the corpse was hidden.

The room was on the west side of the village, surrounded by bustling shops filled with paper figurines, a quiet spot amidst the noise, relatively safe.

Luo Xi lifted the quilt covering the corpse and saw Ziye lying obediently on the bed. Only then did she put down the corner of the quilt: “Luckily, not completely unlucky.”

Xi Yu sat down, took out tools he had picked up along the way, and quietly said, “Let’s pluck a few hairs and finish the shoes.”

Luo Xi clicked her tongue: “You’re even reluctant to take hair now?”

Xi Yu seriously pointed at Ziye behind him: “My color is wrong. This embroidery clearly needs black hair.”

Luo Xi, like him, completely treated the corpse as nothing and sat beside him, saying, “I’m just teasing you. It’s my responsibility to make sure you don’t lack any hair strands.”

Xi Yu forced a smile and bent down to work.

The stench of the corpse and blood made the space feel especially unreal.

Luo Xi carefully observed the surroundings, confirming no one was lurking, then personally started making a tool to hunt crows. She whispered, “The third night is usually the most dangerous. Maybe the game will end soon, but we still have to try to gain the advantage.”

Xi Yu nodded, holding the embroidered shoe and sighed: “Ending early isn’t good either. If Mu Yuan lives until the end, we’ll still have trouble next time...”

Luo Xi: “You’re worried about Zhishan, Wang Lou, and Zhou Ze—the three injured ones—being controlled, right?”

Xi Yu nodded again, then smiled bitterly: “Now I’m beginning to suspect if my old grudge against Mu Yuan was an impulsive choice. I always feel it’s causing endless harm.”

Luo Xi chuckled: “You admit you’re impulsive? But it’s fine, no matter what happens, I’ll back you up.”

Xi Yu curved his lips: “Self-praise.”

Luo Xi didn’t feel anything wrong with flirting under such a terrifying situation. She was even quite happy, no longer worrying about the twisted game ahead.At the same time, Zhishan was walking alone in the shadows, unable to hold back her tears in a miserable cry.

She had risked everything to get the information, thinking she had hope to clear the level, but unexpectedly Yan Ruyu snatched the shoes away in an instant. Now she even lost the qualification to submit the mission—how utterly devastating.

During her days at Yuntai, Zhishan had witnessed too many resets and separations. The ending of dying inside the game and never opening one’s eyes again naturally filled her with fear.

Just as she was feeling sad, a sneer suddenly came from above her head.

Zhishan was scared and quickly looked up, seeing an extraordinarily beautiful woman sitting on the wall. After a moment, she realized it was Mu Yuan, whose gender had been changed, and she panicked and turned to flee wildly.

Mu Yuan shouted, “Stop! I won’t do anything to you! Otherwise, you would have fallen already.”

Zhishan had just trapped him earlier, so she dared not oppose him now. She forced herself to stop and quietly said by the roadside, “Sorry, it was all Luo Xi forcing me! Otherwise, where would I have the courage to provoke you? Don’t blame me!”

Although Mu Yuan had just abandoned Wang Lou, he showed no guilt, feeling relieved instead, continuing to smile with ill intent: “Is that so? He forced you to do things you didn’t want to do, and you don’t hate him?”

Neither of them was a fool. Zhishan couldn’t keep lying and bit her lip silently.

Mu Yuan continued, “I know your tools were taken. Now you only have a dead end.”

This person was extremely pragmatic. Since he was willing to waste time chatting here, he must have another purpose.

Zhishan’s mind turned quickly and she immediately asked, “Brother Mu, can you give me some chance? I will definitely listen to you.”

Mu Yuan’s coldness returned: “Why don’t you first tell me the information you got from Luo Xi, to show me your sincerity.”

At this moment Zhishan had lost even her shoes and saw no reason to keep secrets. After thinking, she said, “I saw on the shoes Ziye wore, besides the black embroidery patterns, there were also black teeth. The embroidery is a black snake, a pattern found in the village—it’s the village totem after all.”

Mu Yuan rolled his eyes: “I see. Use hair to embroider the black snake, then inlay the black teeth. Those black teeth… are the necklace on A Gu’s neck?”

Zhishan nodded.

Mu Yuan jumped down from the wall: “That makes sense. No wonder Zhou Ze…”

Zhishan whispered, “They knocked out Zhou Ze’s teeth, right? I saw Luo Xi attack Zhou Ze, right in front of me.”

Mu Yuan approached her: “If that’s the case, the mission is still very easy to complete. I promise you, I’ll get the two shoes for you, but you also help me make a bait—”

Zhishan got nervous: “Luo Xi is very alert now, hard to trick, and Xi Yu is even harder to deal with. If, if I’m in danger…”

Mu Yuan finally lost patience and suddenly grabbed her neck: “Hey, I’m not negotiating with you. You’re way too talkative.”

Zhishan trembled all over with fear, thinking how ruthless this former top-ranked streamer was, and immediately agreed: “Okay, okay, Brother Mu, whatever you want me to do, I’ll do it. Just tell me.”

Mu Yuan narrowed his eyes and said through clenched teeth, “I want them dead.”

With the corpse as a reference, the mission became extremely simple.

Xi Yu and Luo Xi no longer announced hints to the matchmaker but quickly copied the two pairs of shoes props and were the first to go submit the mission to the matchmaker.

At this moment, the matchmaker had just announced the second piece of information and was very pleased. She held Xi Yu’s wrist with cold hands and said, “Not bad, not bad. I knew it, the one who becomes the bride in the end must be you. Just two days and two more missions, then you can pass!”

Luo Xi, completely ignored, was very dissatisfied and forcefully pushed this NPC away, saying: “Hey, old thing, show some respect, what nonsense are you touching?!”The matchmaker was a very appearance-focused NPC, instantly furious: “You ugly freak, full of filthy words, sooner or later you’ll become a sacrifice!”

Luo Xi deliberately provoked her: “You announced the rules, I’m following them. What’s wrong with that? How could I possibly become a sacrifice?”

Xi Yu stopped her: “She’s just an NPC, no use arguing. Let’s go.”

The matchmaker stared at Luo Xi: “You all better go back to your rooms and rest. Don’t wander around outside anymore, you’re all smelling like corpse stench!”

Luo Xi snorted: “You should worry about others coming to submit missions. Anyway, you won’t be worrying for long.”

The others were still racing against time in the game.

With Ying Zhixing’s game experience, he could easily analyze the origin of the teeth.

He certainly didn’t believe Zhou Ze’s suggestion that his teeth could simply be sewn onto the embroidered shoes. Naturally, he connected it to A Gu’s necklace, so he deliberately ambushed behind that NPC’s broken house, waiting patiently.

Sure enough, soon Mu Yuan dragged Zhishan over.

Zhishan’s eyes were swollen from crying, begging: “Brother Mu, I’m afraid of pain, please spare me.”

Mu Yuan coldly replied, “How can you gain trust without some injury? Besides, now our shoes need decorated teeth. Are you going to trade with my teeth?”

Zhishan choked back tears in frustration: “But you haven’t found me shoes yet!”

Mu Yuan smiled: “What’s the rush? You’d better trust me.”

Zhishan fell into his hands, truly powerless to resist, only able to wriggle and struggle while watching Mu Yuan communicate with A Gu.

Sure enough, A Gu proposed the condition of exchanging teeth. Mu Yuan looked coldly at Zhishan and pulled out pliers he had prepared in advance: “Don’t waste time, it’s just two teeth.”

Zhishan panicked and stepped back but was immediately grabbed tightly by the throat. Her chin was forced up, and the cold, dirty pliers were pushed directly into her mouth. Soon two big teeth were pulled out, causing blood to spill everywhere!

Mu Yuan roughly pushed her to the ground like trash, then threw the teeth at A Gu: “Alright, give them here.”

Unexpectedly, A Gu was very arrogant, slowly raising a steel knife and saying: “Pick them up first, then we talk.”

Mu Yuan, having seen his combat skills, thought for a moment and decided to yield a bit. He grumpily picked up the teeth and personally handed them to A Gu.

This time, A Gu gave him two black teeth.

Mu Yuan weighed the items in his hand, then coldly looked at Zhishan: “Don’t say I don’t care about you. I’ve also exchanged your mission props completely.”

Zhishan’s mouth was full of blood; she couldn’t speak, only nodded fearfully through her tears, no longer holding much hope that he would help her get her shoes back as promised.

Ying Zhixing, who had watched the entire process, felt extremely ashamed of Mu Yuan’s behavior. He narrowed his long eyes and couldn’t help rubbing his wrist, calculating how likely it would be for him to snatch those two black teeth himself.

At that moment, a flock of black crows flew across the night sky.

Yinqiao Village was originally lifeless; this sudden appearance of living creatures caused everyone to lift their heads.