The peacock returned to the skylight, and it would take some time before it appeared again.
Su Er: "Don't be afraid, just do it! What do you think?"
Ji Heng looked at him with a look that was hard to describe: "It's not wise to offend a host so badly."
The Rose Gentleman is fine, but the Smiling Merchant has done business with countless people. If he really deals with a player, it will be very troublesome.
Soul also knew this: "I know my limits."
After realizing his inevitable death, only three things troubled him: the electric shock device, the mysterious eye inside his body, and Zhu Yun.
Now that the other eye has appeared, Suer is determined to get it.
Ji Heng nodded: "Just be mentally prepared."
His eyesight was excellent, and he saw the tail move above him, predicting that the monster was about to circle and fly again. On the third floor, Li Shuo and the old Taoist priest continued to maintain a standoff.Priest accessories
Xu Yangyang was very good at reading people's eyes and noticed something was wrong: "They seem to be waiting for something."
"Waiting for the monster to completely escape."
The peacock's roosting time was getting shorter and shorter. If this trend continued, it would soon leave the skylight. Zhu Yu vaguely sensed something was wrong, but he didn't understand what the peacock could do.
At this moment, a loud and clear cry rang out in the air, making people dizzy. Su Er quickly used the electric shock device to stay awake. Ji Heng's voice came to his ears: "Go downstairs."
It was only one floor away, and the two of them quickly reached it. The monster was essentially a condensed resentful spirit, and it swooped down at the scent of human. This was exactly what Ji Heng wanted, so he didn't dodge and slashed the dagger from top to bottom.
There was a cut on the peacock's abdomen, and it screamed twice in anger.
"It's off." Although he knew that the possibility of success in one go was extremely low, he still felt a little regretful.
After the first round of attack, the old Taoist priest and Li Shuo reacted and, just as Ji Heng had predicted, temporarily gave up the fight and joined forces to attack.Priest accessoriesPriest accessories
The old Taoist priest was the most powerful. He could jump down directly from a distance of three stories. Li Shuo still needed to rely on several support points.
Su Er cut his finger and waited for this moment. He estimated the approximate landing point and said, "Find a way to move one meter back."
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Peacock was wary of Ji Heng, and when he raised his dagger again, he leaped into the air, ready to circle around and stab him from behind. Seeing this, the old Taoist priest let out a gloating smile: "If you want to snatch food from the tiger's mouth, you must also consider your own weight."
Attacked from both sides, one of them could only deal with the old Taoist priest and Li Shuo while the other faced Kong Que head-on. If one line of defense was breached, the remaining ones would face three waves of attacks simultaneously.Priest accessories
The old Taoist priest was even happy that they took action, so as to avoid a stalemate with Li Shuo.Priest accessories
Li Shuo was clearly far superior to the old Taoist priest in terms of strategy, and he said, "Let's work together and kill this Taoist priest first."
The old Taoist priest cursed him as shameless.
Soul smiled slightly and shook his head.
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Li Shuo narrowed his eyes and pulled out a gun: "Then I can only apologize."
A few seconds ago, Soul squeezed the milky white stone tightly in his hand and sighed, "I'm sorry too."
The little clay man followed his instructions, holding on to the treatment props tightly, and immediately rescued the scumbag if the timing was not right.
After being rejected, Li Shuo acted decisively and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Sur tried his best to calm his heartbeat, took a small step back, and kept his eyes fixed on the position where the gun was aimed. As long as he was not hit in the brain stem, the healing props would come in handy.
The bullet came through the air, encountered a strange airflow in mid-air, and actually turned around in place.
Li Shuo's pupils trembled. He didn't expect such a change to happen.
Seeing this, the alertness in Sur's eyes was masked by a smile. Every time the host appeared, there would be a slight distortion of space. The timing was not too difficult to grasp, as long as it could be maintained in a relatively safe range of seconds.
Across different spatial dimensions, when the murderous intent lurking in the dark attacked, the smiling businessman reflexively moved his fingers to fight back.
The bullet returned along the same trajectory and shot into Li Shuo's chest. The old Taoist dodged quickly, but was still hit by a gust of air. He was sent flying against the wall and spit out blood.
Compared with Li Shuo who was on the verge of death, he was extremely lucky to have survived.
The smiling businessman frowned as he made his move, realizing something was wrong. He appeared just in time to see Su Er rushing towards Li Shuo with a healing item.
A soft white light appeared on his bloody chest, and the bloody hole slowly healed. Because of the timely rescue, Li Shuo saved his life.
Ji Heng's voice sounded sullen, "What are you thinking! Giving the last healing item to the enemy?"
Soul smiled bitterly with a pale face. He ignored him and looked up at the smiling businessman: "Sorry, there's really... nothing else to do."
The wound on his hand was from a previous cut, but he deliberately rubbed his face with blood. The deep fatigue in his eyes was infinitely magnified with the trembling eyelashes.
The coldness in the smiling businessman's eyes gradually dissipated.
When he understood the other party's plan, his smile disappeared for the first time. He even wanted to smash this ignorant bastard to pieces on the spot. However, when he found out that Su Er went to rescue Li Shuo, the haze in his heart was lessened.
The host cannot kill the natives without reason, otherwise they will be severely punished. Being attacked is a special case, and you can fight back. However, the attack itself is directed at the player. He is a temporary intruder and will definitely be held accountable.
All in all, although Suer had plotted against him, he did not take it to the extreme.
At this moment, the culprit barely curled his lips, turned around, and actually exposed his back.
Lifting the baton he'd picked up on his way in, Su Er struck Li Shuo several times, breaking bones and rendering him unable to react. The entire process was like a psychopathic act, venting his frustrations through violence.
"I don't want the props anymore. Consider it compensation." After venting his anger, he snorted softly and turned his head to look at the smiling businessman: "You can take revenge if you want."
The Camellia Princess who was watching everything was simply stunned by this high-end tea art operation!
First he used the host to block the knife, and then he took the initiative to clean up the mess when the smiling businessman's anger level exceeded the limit. Ji Heng's words "the last healing prop" were a stroke of genius, emphasizing the sacrifice made to prevent the smiling businessman from being punished!
Finally, Su Er did not forget to show weakness.
His performance in the game was always effortless, which quite disgusted the host. However, Soul grasped this subtle psychology very well, highlighting his miserable side.
The smiling businessman's attention was successfully diverted, and now his face was full of "You have come to this day too" written on it.
"It's worth the trip."
He glanced at Ji Heng who was repeatedly defeated by Peacock's attack, and finally glanced at the weak Su Er, sneering: "I hope you can see the sun tomorrow."
After he finished speaking, he disappeared without a trace.
After making sure the host had left, Suer and Ji Heng looked at each other, swept away their previous dejection, and walked towards the old Taoist priest with batons in hand, looking energetic.Priest accessories
"Let me weigh it, how many pounds and how many ounces?" He raised the stick and smashed it down hard: "Sorry, I'm not good at math, can you help me weigh it?"
The old Taoist priest looked at the stick falling heavily in horror and let out a scream.
"Evil, demon!"
Su Er kept smiling: "Tell me how much I weigh. If you answer correctly, I will let you go."Priest accessories
The old Taoist priest has many tricks up his sleeve, but he is not good at close combat. Now that he has been seriously injured twice, he has no ability to set up formations or cast spells.
"Hurry up and tell me!"
The scolding made the old Taoist tremble all over.
"One, one hundred and fifty pounds."Priest accessories
Su Er's expression changed, and he hit him with a stick again: "Are you blind?"
The old Taoist priest was in so much pain that tears were about to burst out: "One hundred and thirty...ah!"
He screamed in agony as Ji Heng counterattacked. Peacock, thinking he had the upper hand, attempted to devour him, his false eyes each revealing a ferocious hue. Ji Heng's fingertips ejected a few small round particles, which, upon contact with the feathers, created a small explosion, blowing off dozens of eyes. Peacock began to shrink from the battle.Priest accessories
"It's trying to run away!" While beating the old Taoist priest, Su Er did not forget to pay attention to his surroundings and give him a reminder.
Not long ago, in order to cooperate with the other party's tragic drama, Ji Heng had many injuries on his body, and high-end props were used. The investment was huge, so how could he let the cooked duck fly away?
Relying on the prop's speed boost, Ji Heng moved with ghostly swiftness. Within a few breaths, he appeared directly above the peacock and hurled the dagger directly at it. Amidst the wailing, he used one hand to use the downward force to press down the dagger heavily, and with the other hand, he pulled out the eye hidden in the heart.Priest accessories
Afterwards, he pulled out the dagger cleanly and neatly, and kicked Peacock away.
Without this eye, the resentful spirits seemed to have lost their backbone and began to attack and devour each other, while some even drifted away to other places.
Zhu Yu dealt with a vengeful spirit that was drifting towards them, and looked at Ji Heng with a gleam in his eyes: "So this is what they want."
I don't know what's so magical about that eye that made these two people risk their lives to get it.
Stepping over the old Taoist priest who was covered in mud, Suer walked to Ji Heng's side and stared at his eyes that were trying to escape.Priest accessories
Compared to the mysterious eye in the body, this one is just a little softer, but looking at everything is like looking at food.
——A dormant beast.
He subconsciously came up with this idea.
Sur cut open the wound that had just clotted blood, and his vertical pupils quickly absorbed the dripping blood.
"The same goes for the blood-sucking trait."
Ji Heng: "Let's try and see if we can use it for our own benefit."
Soul shook his head. He could clearly sense that even though they were a pair, they were mutually repelling each other. He stared at it for a moment, then said uncertainly, "It seems to be afraid of you."
Ji Heng nodded. He had noticed something during his direct confrontation with Kong Que. His eyes controlled the vengeful spirit, and even as it was about to kill him, it was subconsciously afraid. Otherwise, a powerful demon wouldn't retreat so easily because of a temporary defeat.
The timing and the place were wrong, so he could only temporarily put aside his exploration of deeper issues and ordered, "Lead the way, find the detector."
The vertical pupil moved twice and slowly turned in one direction.
Ji Heng didn't move forward immediately, but raised an eyebrow at Su Er, who then looked at Zhu Yu and the others on the second floor. "Since the old Taoist knows the secrets of the museum, he should also be aware of other things. Let's ask them separately."
After saying that, he dragged Li Shuo to the exhibition hall first.
It was obvious that this was an attempt to use the prisoner's dilemma. Li Shuo hated it in his heart, but he was powerless to do anything.
The old Taoist priest, myself, and that eye...it's impossible for them all to keep their mouths shut.
After closing the door of the exhibition hall, Su Er, who was always very cautious in dealing with enemies, took Li Shuo's gun and said calmly: "I just learned it, so my shooting skills are not very accurate."
Having said that, at such a close distance, a living person can be instantly shot into a sieve with just one pull of the trigger.
"Are you a human or a bug?"
Li Shuo was almost beaten to death by the smiling businessman before. If he was a parasite, white fluff would have appeared in his body long ago. It was really difficult for Suer to judge his identity.
At this point, Li Shuo no longer concealed the truth: "I've been in charge of the old Taoist priest's line. The spies I sent over brought back news that this old thief wanted to take advantage of the chaos to steal an eye hidden in the museum."
He also wanted to get the things that the old Taoist priest could take away without regard for his own safety.
"As for the racial issue," Li Shuo said with a strange smile, "Parasite is just one of the abilities that insects have evolved. Beyond that, there's also assimilation."
Su Er's eyes darkened slightly: "...You and the bug have completely merged into one?"
Li Shuo nodded.
Su Er sighed inwardly. No wonder Ji Heng predicted the world's doom over twenty years ago. The vitality and evolutionary capabilities of insect eggs far exceeded human imagination. He shook his head and got straight to the point: "Where is the alien probe launched by humans over three hundred years ago?"
Li Shuo didn't understand why he was so obsessed with this issue.
Su Er didn't bother to explain and just offered a practical benefit: "If you provide the correct location first, I'll spare your life."
Li Shuo's expression changed: "Really?"
Soul: "The prisoner's dilemma is a game that only requires two people. Killing you won't affect the overall situation. I didn't kill you then, and there's no need to do so now."
His sharp gaze darted back and forth across his face, revealing no further emotion. Li Shuo lowered his eyes, ultimately choosing to believe it. "There's a mummy room on the third floor, and the detectors are stored scattered throughout the mummies."
"…"
What kind of performance art is this?
"Those mummies were part of a failed experiment on living subjects. The higher-ups had ordered their destruction along with the probe. The researcher felt it necessary to preserve this piece of history, so he tried to transport the probe this way, but unfortunately, he died in an accident shortly thereafter."
Su Er's expression remained unchanged: "You know quite a bit."
"It was the bugs here who told me." Li Shuo raised his broken arm with great effort, and some white fluff swam from the air and jumped into his palm.
Confirming that he couldn't get any more useful information out of him, Su Er slowly raised his gun and said before Li Shuo started to curse, "It's just to temporarily disable your ability to move."
After saying that, he shot the man in the leg. Just in case, he knocked him unconscious and tied him to the cabinet.
As he walked out, his brow furrowed. Normally, metal embedded in a human body for so long would inevitably corrode to varying degrees. There was no need for the mission to require the player to destroy it. Unless, after all these years, the core components were still intact.
Thinking of this, Sur made up his mind and decided to destroy all the mummies once and for all.
"I can already see the light at the end of my inevitable death..." He touched the clay figurine's head, "but the real trouble has just begun."
Neither of the two options offered by the game suited his wishes. Becoming the host was also a bad idea. Once he became the host, Ji Heng and he would probably lose their humanity sooner or later.
The little clay figure squatted in the pocket and said nothing.
Su Er continued to mutter to himself: "...I just tricked the Smiling Face Merchant, so I need to trick the Green Tea Princess again."
"It's Camellia!" An exasperated voice came from the darkness.
Su Er's fingers froze, a hint of embarrassment visible in his expression. He rubbed the clay figurine's head twice: "You kid, you didn't even tell me when you saw someone."
Princess Camellia appeared on the other side and said coldly, "I'm not a fool like Smiley Face who would be deceived by poor acting skills."
Su Er's lips moved, and he suddenly looked behind him in surprise: "Laugh..."
Princess Camellia's expression changed, and she quickly turned around: "Listen to me..."
But there was no one behind him.
"My acting is obviously very good." Su Er raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and the little clay figure also rolled around in his pocket with joy.
Camellia Princess: "…"
Fuck! I really want to beat these two animals to death!