Fear gripped Ding Xun's heart; he threw away whatever props he had and did his best to distance himself from the two dummies.

Holding his breath, Ding Xun threw a smoke bomb and took off running in the opposite direction. He was soon covered in sweat, his hair stuck to his forehead, and his neck turned red from running.

The footsteps behind him gradually faded. Seeing that the main road had come to an end and that the path below was a winding alley, Ding Xun nimbly turned and entered a small alley.

He was panting heavily, thinking to himself that this was completely illogical; how could there be no wind when he was running so fast...

Ding Xun looked back using the narrow terrain, and what he saw shocked him.

The dummy disguised as Shi Jinzhe was less than five meters away from him, walking silently, and always following behind him.

The mannequin smiled and reached out to him, "Come here."

"I'll fuck your grandpa."

Ding Xun glanced at the fork in the road ahead, used his sixth sense to choose the left path, and turned around with a slight tilt of his body.

The houses on both sides were too close together, and he had to avoid the clutter placed against the wall when he ran. It was very troublesome for his upper body to turn left and right. He didn't notice that one red shadow after another was reflected in the glass window covered by frosted plastic sheeting.

They followed him, some running too slowly and losing him, but still trying to catch up by pressing their blurry faces against the window to see which direction Ding Xun was running in.

Gradually, these red shadows began to appear on the outer wall of the small building. Even though Ding Xun was blind this time, he noticed something was wrong. He dodged a red arm that stretched out from the wall and suddenly felt a little itchy on his head.

Ding Xun dared not look up, fearing a close-up attack. He firmly focused on only one direction and saw a mangrove forest ahead.

The eerie red leaves reminded him of the red clothes worn by Pu Kui. He hesitated, and as he slowed down, he saw a person emerge from the last fork in the road. In that instant, Ding Xun's pores exploded.

The dummy dressed as Shekh walks against gravity on the upright wall. Her skirt and hair are completely straight. If the view is rotated ninety degrees, she is no different from someone standing on flat ground.

The dummy grinned, revealing a fake smile just like the fake Shi Jinzhe.

She was standing, but what about me?

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Ding Xun's perspective instantly spun around.

His head rolled and spun on the ground, and countless red shadows embraced Ding Xun's body from behind. He fell to the ground like a soft banana that had been split in two.

Several muffled impacts rang out as Ding Xun's head slammed against Shi Jin's broken feet.

He sighed, "Not one more. It's just the two of us left in this instance."

Shekh: "We just came from the nut shop, so we don't know how he got himself killed, but it must be something Ding Xun was thinking. Normally, he would be sorting out the copy or making a deduction."

Shi Jinzhe: "He probably made the correct guess by beheading and silencing them."

“Let me see if I can still read what he sees.” Shekh lifted Ding Xun’s head and saw his own eerie smile reflected in Ding Xun’s eyes.

Upon closer inspection, Shech saw a blurred forest of red leaves, a small alleyway with exposed wall plaster, and a red shadow reflected in the frosted glass closest to her.

The red figure was turned to the side, and upon closer inspection, one could see the lines of a woman's body.

Shekh returned the head to Shi Jinzhe, saying, "His spirit entered another dimension, engaged in a chase, and finally died at the hands of the Red Force."

Shi Jinzhe: "Does that mean that just a second ago, Ding Xun asked the dummy whether what it said was credible, and the next second he was tricked into entering another space and failed to escape?"

"Well, we thought he was decapitated instantly, but in reality, he had already completed a failed chase."

"It's impossible to defend against." The reason he and Shekh didn't die was simply because the black and red forces hadn't completely broken through their defenses.

Shi Jinzhe said, "Luckily, we were the first to enter this instance. They locked the passage as soon as we entered, otherwise, no matter how many players came, it would have been a waste."

"Okay, let's go," Shekh agreed, and disappeared at the end of the long street along with Shi Jinzhe's figure.

County entrance.

Mr. Sun stood under a big tree holding a white wooden sign. The eight bright red characters of "Xin Xin Inn: Cheap Accommodation" could be clearly seen whenever a car headlights flashed by.

Her hand, which was holding up the sign, was frozen stiff when she inadvertently saw two people walking out of the county town across the street.

Recognizing that they were the city couple who had checked in during the day, Mr. Sun was somewhat incredulous.

"...That shouldn't be the case."

She gripped the wooden sign so tightly that she didn't even feel the splinter pierce her fingertip.

The bright headlights of the truck shone over, and Sun Laojia could see clearly that it really was Shi Jinzhe and Shehe coming this way.

She grabbed the wooden sign and ran toward the truck. How could those two people still be alive? Something's definitely wrong!

Mr. Sun moved his legs very fast, running along the unpaved dirt road the whole way, waving a wooden sign to stop cars.

"Stop the truck! Stop the truck! Do you want free accommodation or not?!" she shouted urgently, her voice cracking. The truck driver didn't understand what she was yelling about; he just thought she was blocking the road and getting in his way.

The car horn blared sharply several times. Seeing that the truck driver intended to stop, Boss Sun quickened her pace. She saw that Shehe and Shi Jinzhe had already reached the roadside. Her face was trembling from running.

"Here! Here, stop the car..."

Boss Sun's escape seems likely, and he's easily pleased.

Just then, everything around seemed to freeze. The leaves stopped rustling, the wild grass stopped swaying, and the tire treads of the slowed-down truck became clear due to the effect of time slowing down.

Boss Sun blinked at an accelerated rate, and she saw Sher spread his arms to the sides as if opening a transparent passage.

She traversed the slowly passing flow of time and came to herself in a few steps.

The large truck that had just been stopped sped past Shekh from behind, stirring up a gust of wind that swirled up fallen leaves.

Mr. Sun forgot to breathe, kneeling on the ground, staring up at Shekh.

In the blink of an eye, the person in front of her had become Shi Jinzhe. Seeing the small building behind him, Boss Sun felt a chill run down her spine, realizing that she had been teleported back to the county entrance.

She reached back to touch her back, where Shekh had kicked her, and the pain was only now reaching her sensory nerves, causing discomfort.

"Who...who exactly are you people?!"

She stumbled to her feet, trying to escape back to the other side of the road, but suddenly white-gold chains sprouted from the ground beneath her feet, binding her hands and feet tightly. Boss Sun swung his arms back and forth, but could not break free.

"What do you want to do to me... Do you want money? I can give it all back to you... Hurry up, let me go..." she pleaded in a low voice, "Please let me go, or... or we can talk on the other side."

Why did you flee the county seat?

Sher returned silently, and when he spoke, Boss Sun was so startled that he almost jumped up and didn't dare to turn his head.

Shi Jin asked her, "Have you found anything?"

Shekh: "Yes, the truck driver just now had a very clear face; he was a real person, unlike the mannequins in this county."