Chapter 174
Chapter 174
Jiang Li froze for two seconds. “Nothing. I just… missed you.”
Jiang Li casually made up an excuse.
So this mechanism couldn’t open the cabin door?
Fortunately, the appearance of the vent had given everyone a chance to catch their breath.
For now, the oxygen crisis could be considered over.
After hearing Jiang Li’s answer, Huohuo covered her little mouth and giggled quietly.
She flipped down from the roof and hopped in front of Jiang Li. Imitating a little gentleman, she bent her knees and gave a sweet, well-behaved curtsy.
“Thank you for missing me, big sister!”
“Big sister, you’re the first person to find the mechanism! As a reward, I’ll take you somewhere.”
Huohuo turned around and opened a hole in the metal cabin.
She kicked the door panel, and the iron door fell outward, away from the passenger cabin.
That sheet of metal extended outside, forming a narrow tin path.
“Come out, big sister. The Ferris Wheel Game can continue later!”
Time froze at that very second, and the Health Points of Jiang Li and the others stopped dropping.
With her hands clasped behind her back, the Little Girl Huohuo walked out onto the metal sheet with an air of exaggerated maturity.
Outside the tin cabin was not open air a hundred meters above the ground, but another world controlled by the Ghost Face Organization.
The outside was like hell, shrouded in endless darkness.
“It’s okay, big sister. Come on over!”
Seeing that they had not moved, Huohuo turned back on her own and reached for Jiang Li’s hand.
At once, Jiang Li rolled up the sleeve of her Thermal Protective Suit.
[Huohuo’s body is corrosive to the Thermal Protective Suit. Please avoid direct contact as much as possible.]
“Jiang Li, you’ll get burned!” Liang Chen called out, trying to warn her.
Earlier, when she had shielded Jiang Li from the sparks, one of them had burned her.
Based on that experience, if Jiang Li held Huohuo’s hand directly, her skin would definitely be scorched too!
But it was already too late.
Huohuo had already grabbed Jiang Li by the fingertips.
A cool sensation spread through her fingers-
Huohuo had withdrawn the flames on her body.
Jiang Li gave Liang Chen a reassuring look to comfort her.
Before Liang Chen could react, Huohuo’s other hand took hold of hers as well.
[Subjectively, Huohuo will not harm visitors.]
“Big sister, I’m sorry I accidentally burned you earlier, okay?”
Huohuo rubbed Liang Chen’s burn with her own chilly little hand.
“I-It’s fine, haha…” Liang Chen laughed, a little embarrassed.
Remembering the rules, she also relaxed around Huohuo.
Huohuo was the amusement park’s mascot.
Although Huohuo had countless ties to the Ghost Face Organization, she did not seem to intend them any harm.
Led by Huohuo, the three of them stepped into the darkness outside.
This place… seemed to be the Ghost Face Organization’s underground prison.
On both sides of the path Jiang Li and the others were walking on, countless dry, charred hands reached upward, grabbing at their ankles.
Those people were not very strong. Jiang Li only had to pull away lightly to break free.
Jiang Li looked back in the direction they had come from.
Each metal cabin over there looked like a glass room, transparent to the eye.
The people inside the metal cabins… looked exactly like the former selves of the “prisoners” in this prison.
Perhaps the visitors whose Health Points had hit 0 after leaving the Ferris Wheel Game all ended up here.
“Water… water…”
“So thirsty… I’m so thirsty…”
“Please, let me out… I’m so hot…”
“I’m so dry. I want water…”
If one listened closely, countless hoarse murmurs came from both sides of the tin path.
Every single one of them had died in this Ferris Wheel Game.
“I am the amusement park’s mascot, and also their guardian spirit. When I asked you for water, I was actually asking on their behalf.”
As Huohuo spoke, another new batch of prisoners was delivered inside.
Jiang Li had seen this group of prisoners before.
They were the participants from the last round of the Ferris Wheel Game.
Sparks of all sizes clung to each of them.
After those sparks entered this area, they flew straight toward Huohuo.
Huohuo’s power also grew even stronger.
Jiang Li’s mood turned heavy.
In the Ghost Face Organization’s hands, these hostages not only had to endure inhuman treatment while they were alive.
Even after death, they would be trapped here forever.
“What about you, Huohuo? What is your relationship with the Ghost Face Organization?” Jiang Li asked the question that had been nagging at her.
Based on Jiang Li’s observations over the past few months, Aberrations that played different roles also had their own rules they needed to follow.
The Ghost Face Organization seemed to be the maker of all the rules in the Strange Tale World.
Aberrations, on the other hand, were all different.
Some seemed to have been captured by the Ghost Face Organization and apparently needed to work for them.
But some Aberrations seemed to have a little more freedom, existing only for the obsessions in their hearts.
Huohuo thought for a very long time, but did not answer.
Perhaps the Little Girl herself did not know what her relationship with the Ghost Face Organization was.
She was the collection of every prisoner’s lingering obsession here.
She had been born here. Though she was called a mascot, she was also an Aberration herself, and she needed to act according to the rules.
In silence, the group made their way through that stretch of darkness.
At the end of this path was once again the metal passenger cabin roasted by blazing fire.
The end of the road was also the beginning of the road.
“Big sisters,” Huohuo called out from behind them.
“I like you all quite a lot. I hope you don’t get sent in here.”
After saying that, Huohuo took out a magnetic key card and stuffed it into Jiang Li’s hand.
“Use this to open the door of the metal passenger cabin, and you’ll be able to escape from the Blazing Fire Illusion,” Huohuo said.