Chapter 202
Chapter 202
“Do you remember the house rule Butler Yang mentioned?” Zhong Jiangyuan continued. “He told us to ignore the sound of a baby.”
That house rule proved there was a baby in the Yang Residence.
But who had ever seen it? Neither Shen Yun nor Zhong Jiangyuan had.
Xiao Huai spoke up then. “I saw something similar.”
“What? When?” Both men suddenly stared at Xiao Huai with wide eyes.
There was such a thing as something similar to a baby?
Xiao Huai said, “Under the bed. A rubber doll.”
A rubber doll that looked like a baby.
“Wow… You were seriously unlucky. Sounds like you ran into a ghost. What happened after that? Did you get rid of it?” Even Shen Yun could not resist making a remark.
There were always some unlucky souls in horror games who drew a ghost’s attention for no reason, then died without ever understanding why.
Xiao Huai did not realize that the little ghost under his bed had quite possibly been a ghost that claimed lives.
He said mildly, “It disappeared. I checked under the bed a few more times afterward, but I never found it.”
After hearing this, the two were silent for a moment before saying in unison, “Good thing you’re all right.”
The words came straight from the heart. It truly was good that he was all right.
The bottoms of the wells were strewn with the bodies of players.
They were players who had failed to clear [Town of the Blind]. Their corpses had not decayed here. Each one remained forever frozen in the most agonizing second before their death.
Some wore expressions of shock, others of terror.
Quite a few players might have died at the hands of their “companions,” just like the fake Lu Yuanshi that Shen Yun and Zhong Jiangyuan had encountered moments ago.
Few things could be more terrifying than a sudden betrayal from a teammate.
Some of the corpses here also bore obvious bite marks.
Their deaths were somewhat similar to that of the bald man in the suit.
However, the expressions on the bitten corpses were subtly different.
Not every player had died with a brilliant smile. The expression on most of their faces was despair.
There was one thing every corpse had in common: their eyes. Every one of them had died with their eyes open, the whites showing.
At that moment, Shen Yun’s eyes widened slightly as his flashlight illuminated a strange glowing object.
He abruptly realized that it was not an object at all, but a living creature.
Before he could speak, shrill cries of babies rose from all around them. They sounded at once like sobs and laughter, one after another, especially piercing in the silent space.
Row upon row of rubber dolls opened their eyes. They had no pupils. Clawing wildly, they lunged at the group.
The three did not need to exchange a word. One look was enough, and they immediately ran forward.
The rubber dolls were extraordinarily fast. In the blink of an eye, they were upon them.
Xiao Huai swept out a hand, flinging a piece of raw Black Diamond that pierced a rubber doll’s body.
Shen Yun hurriedly thrust the long blade Xiao Huai had given him at a rubber doll charging straight toward him.
At the same time, Zhong Jiangyuan swung his own long blade. The Black Diamond gleamed with a cold light as he drove it viciously forward.
The pierced rubber dolls let out bloodcurdling screams. Their bodies kept melting, turning into black smoke that dispersed into the air.
Even so, some of the rubber dolls were abnormally tenacious. They could continue attacking even after their bodies had been run through.
The three fought shoulder to shoulder, repeatedly beating back the rubber dolls as they ran desperately forward. But there were simply too many dolls, and the men gradually found themselves overwhelmed.
Just then, one rubber doll took advantage of Shen Yun’s distraction and launched a surprise attack from behind.
It laughed loudly as it reached for Shen Yun’s back in delight.
Shen Yun frowned. Reacting quickly, he twisted aside and dodged the rubber doll’s attack.
A piece of raw Black Diamond from Xiao Huai instantly finished the doll off and knocked it down. Even so, its claws had already torn a deep gash across Shen Yun’s shoulder, and blood immediately soaked his clothes red.
“Damn it.” Shen Yun gritted his teeth. They could not afford to keep fighting. There were too many of these things, one after another, and they even knew how to feint in one direction and attack from another.
They were like vermin hiding in a gutter.
A light flashed in Shen Yun’s eyes as inspiration struck. Vermin in a gutter?
Perhaps they were afraid of fire.
Shen Yun spent a fortune in the System Shop on a flamethrower and planted his feet. With a hiss, flames shot from the weapon. The rubber dolls’ eyes widened at once. They shrieked and retreated several steps.
“Run! You two find somewhere to hide!” Shen Yun shouted at them.
He wanted to stay behind and cover their retreat, but Xiao Huai seized his hand. Shen Yun froze in confusion.
Still gripping Shen Yun’s hand, Xiao Huai called to Zhong Jiangyuan, “Take him.”
Zhong Jiangyuan reacted at once and pulled Shen Yun from Xiao Huai’s grasp.
At that moment, Shen Yun saw countless green eyes begin to appear all over Xiao Huai’s body.
The instant the rubber dolls saw those eyes, they seemed to fall into a trance and stood rooted to the spot.
Zhong Jiangyuan kept dragging Shen Yun along until they reached a fork in the passage.
There was no time to leave a mark. What would they do if they became separated?
Zhong Jiangyuan was beside himself with anxiety. After hesitating there for several seconds, he suddenly saw a piece of Black Diamond glowing at the left-hand passage.
Xiao Huai came running toward them at a brisk pace. Pointing left, he said, “Get in there first.”
Zhong Jiangyuan nodded firmly.
The moment the three reunited, the raw Black Diamond transformed into a door that blocked the passage. Its light faded, concealing all three of them in darkness.
Before long, the rubber dolls’ delighted laughter came from outside. They crawled everywhere, their sounds filling the darkness.
All three suppressed the sound of their breathing, minimizing their presence as much as they could.
The dolls reached the fork, but in their eyes, only the passage on the right now existed.
Only after the rustling sounds of their crawling faded away did the three dare to breathe again.
Zhong Jiangyuan released Shen Yun’s hand, which he had been gripping tightly, and leaned weakly against the wall. His eyes were full of exhaustion.
Blood was still dripping from the wound on Shen Yun’s back. He struggled to hold himself upright, his breathing ragged and heavy.
One arm hung at his side. Although he had almost no strength left, he still raised his head to look at Xiao Huai.
“Why did you do that?” Shen Yun asked very softly.
Xiao Huai had told Zhong Jiangyuan to take him away, then stayed behind to cover their retreat.
There was a trace of fatigue beneath Xiao Huai’s eyes. A few green eyes still lingered on his hand.
He hid his hand behind his back and quietly looked at Shen Yun. “I didn’t want you to die for no reason.”
It was a simple sentence, yet Shen Yun’s heart gave a faint jolt.
How could one flamethrower have held off such a vast swarm of rubber dolls?
He had naively wanted to cover their retreat. Perhaps all that would have awaited him was for the rubber dolls to trample over his corpse and continue hunting his teammates.
After a long while, Shen Yun said quietly, “Thank you.”
The green eyes on Xiao Huai’s hand vanished, and he slowly walked over to Shen Yun.
He took out a piece of candy and held it toward him. “Eat it.”
Shen Yun frowned in confusion. What was that supposed to mean?
Was candy not something people only gave to children when they were hurt?
Xiao Huai seemed to read the meaning in his eyes. “Everyone has the right to want something sweet, whether they’re an adult or a child.”
As he spoke, he ate a piece himself.
In the past, Xiao Huai might not have eaten candy in front of others. It had seemed somewhat at odds with his image.
But now, he no longer thought that way.
Shen Yun’s lashes trembled. He accepted the candy and ate it.
A few seconds later, his eyes widened slightly.