Lu Dangui pulled out a dagger. The gap-toothed man's clothes were soaked with corpse water, and the dark water stains slowly expanded.

As soon as the gap-toothed man spoke, everyone in the basement asked Lu Dangui, "Are you crazy?"

Lu Dangui stabbed the gap-toothed man again: "Look, you're the only one wading through the water. We came in later than you. If you keep wading like this, by the time you die and your powers wear off, we'll have a way to survive once we get out."

A rare hint of tenderness appeared on Lu Dangui's usually cold face.

She stabbed the man again.

Everyone was hurling insults at Lu Dangui: "Crazy woman! Rotten woman! You're a nuisance!"

The man with the gap-toothed tooth looked at the other man and said, "Go for it!"

Inside the house, a group of people were shouting and cursing. Lu Dangui got annoyed, cut off a strip of cloth, and tied the gap-toothed man's mouth shut.

The world is peaceful.

Another man knelt down with a thud, kowtowing crisply: "His ability can only be activated once per person within a space. We are also controlled by him. Please kill him. I don't want anything, I just want to get rid of him."

The water-evolved being happened to have picked some plants and, upon seeing this scene, knelt down without hesitation.

After the two explained it to Lu Dangui, she learned that the gap-toothed man's superpower was puppetry, which could only be used once in a space, but could be used again after a space transformation.

For example, you can use it once in the wasteland and then you can't use it again, but you can use it again when you enter a dungeon, and when you leave the dungeon, you can switch spaces and continue to use it in the wasteland.

They had wanted to get rid of the gap-toothed man for a long time, but the timing of his use of his powers was uncertain, so they hadn't dared to make a move.

The gap-toothed man had secretly implanted puppet threads that aided in the activation of supernatural abilities into Xia Chuhe and the others when he approached them. Those implanted with these puppet threads would be under his control.

This ability has two drawbacks: one is that it requires planting puppet silk in the controlled person, and the other is that the wind-up animation is a bit long. (Wind-up animation refers to the action required before launching an attack or casting a spell; the gap-toothed man's wind-up animation is raising his fist.)

The sun sets in the west.

Lu Dangui tied the gap-toothed man up tightly and directed the other two men to carry the others out of the basement.

The man with the gap-toothed tooth panicked: "If I die, they won't survive either."

Lu Dangui didn't say a word, but silently hauled the gap-toothed man out of the basement.

Outside the basement, Ah Bao stood guard, with a four- or five-meter-long pole beside him.

Ah Bao kicked at the dirt in frustration: "Can't we let him loosen his grip?"

Lu Dangui said, "Xia said not to negotiate with him."

Even before the man with the gap-toothed teeth turned hostile, when Li Qiusheng went to jail, Xia Chuhe had worried that the man with the gap-toothed teeth might have a trump card, since he had never used his superpowers.

Xia Chuhe told Li Qiusheng to call the others over and be careful, but those few simpletons didn't realize anything was wrong and jumped down.

Xia Chuhe also said that no matter what the gap-toothed man wants to do, don't let him control you, and don't try to negotiate with him.

Xia Chuhe had planned everything, but he hadn't anticipated that the gap-toothed man's special ability would bind the lives of multiple people at once.

Lu Dangui couldn't think of any good way to save people; she could only meticulously carry out Xia Chuhe's orders.

But I was lucky today; the weirdo gave me two props: an iron fence and a pole.

The pole is extremely resilient; Lu Dangui hung the gap-toothed man on it without breaking it.

After confirming that everyone had come out of the basement, Lu Dangui fixed the iron fence and moved the support pole above it. The support pole wobbled precariously, and the man with the gap-toothed man was only about half a meter above the iron fence.

The man with the gap-toothed tooth was quite heavy, so the other two men and Ah Bao had to hold him from behind to control the pole vaulting up and down.

"What are you doing, mud?" the man with the gap-toothed tooth asked, twisting his body.

Everyone was like a stiff, upright maggot, wriggling in its cocoon.

Lu Dangui was extremely upset.

As night falls, the plants begin their attack.

Whenever plant vines sprouted from the iron fence, the pole would rise slightly, just enough to allow the man with the gap-toothed tooth to dodge the attack by brushing against the vines.

The wind from the swaying plants brushed against the gap-toothed man's skin, breaking his heart.

Of course, Ah Bao and his two companions cannot guarantee that everything will go perfectly every time.

Before long, the gap-toothed man's face was covered in bruises, and the faces of the others looked like they had been dyed.

Under the combined assault of mental stress and physical pain, the man with the missing teeth finally snapped: "I've messed up, let go of me!"

"It's too late." Seeing that the others were also tired, Lu Dangui straightened the pole, held it up himself, and let the man with the gap-toothed tooth swing on it.

Lu Dangui asked the other two men, "How long will it take for his superpower to wear off?"

The two shook their heads in unison: "The person he controls will be controlled for the entire duration of a dungeon each time he activates the control. We are not sure exactly how long it will last."

“Oh, then let’s just drag it out,” Lu Dangui said.

A drop of corpse fluid landed on Lu Dangui's hand, and Lu Dangui wiped his hand on the ground.

The pole lost its support, and the man with the gap-toothed tooth fell to the ground with a "thud," his bodily fluids flowing even more freely.

The man with the gap-toothed jaw was clenched; he couldn't break free from his control over others, which was his only bargaining chip.

People in the wasteland are used to not keeping their word, let alone Lu Dangui's lack of intention to bargain. Even if Lu Dangui agreed to his demands, once he released the person and his superpowers wore off, he would truly be at their mercy.

Daylight arrived.

Lu Danggui forbade anyone else from picking the plant.

Only one team can meet the strange man's requirements. If Lu Dangui wants to take Xia Chuhe and the others out of the instance, he has to fight A Bao first and also be wary of the other two men's ambushes.

In this situation, turning against Ah Bao is not a good option.

The three teams maintained a delicate balance.

When the strange man appeared, Lu Dangui asked him if they could regroup.

The strange man shook his head and simply sat down next to Xia Chuhe to keep watch.

Xia Chuhe, unable to move, was filled with bitterness.

Although the body fluid hadn't started flowing out of him yet, he now had several wounds. If this dragon beard candy didn't have any martial ethics, he would be finished if he just crawled in.

Fortunately, the dragon beard candy wasn't offered uninvited.

But at that moment, almost everyone heard the question: "Would you like to be my mother?"

The only one who wasn't injured was Li Qiusheng; she didn't notice anything unusual about the others.

Faced with the audacious question from an unknown creature, no one would be foolish enough to answer.

Wang Yan was feeling miserable. The recent events were so strange; why did they always want him to be the male mother?

The only advantage of not picking plants during the day is that it's safe at night.

As time went by, the man with the gap-toothed tooth was still locked in a stalemate with Lu Dangui. He could clearly feel his life slipping away, and he was using his own life to verify the question that had arisen a few days earlier—can a dead person die again?

Yes, the dead can die again.

Du Zhen, who was injured first, had her abdomen completely collapsed. She could feel herself gradually turning into the corpse in the corner.

Everyone is silently persevering and waiting, waiting for the man with the gap-toothed tooth to die, or for someone to give in and compromise.

Only the strange man's body grew fatter day by day.