Chapter 148 Escape from the Castle (1) - Become a Doll

After the system notification finished, Ning Shu saw a strange space in front of her. She couldn't describe it, but if she had to, it would be like a simple game screen.

There was a row of numbers in the upper left corner of her vision, displaying "23:59:59", which was a countdown.

At this moment, she felt something strange about her body. She felt like she had become very "square". She felt that her head was very big and her body was very short.

She moved a couple of times; her legs were movable, but she couldn't seem to lift her hands, though she could feel that her hands were there.

There were no mirrors here, so she couldn't see her own reflection. Then she heard Wu Yi's voice behind her, that familiar opening line.

"Holy crap, Brother Chuan, I think I've turned into..." The other person hesitated, probably trying to think of an adjective, "something I don't even know what."

"Let me see." That was Cheng Chuan's voice.

Ning Shu turned around and saw, good heavens, behind her were three... square-headed dolls in red, blue and yellow... respectively?

All the dolls are identical except for their color: square heads, short legs and arms, with the arms seemingly only able to stand vertically and unable to move.

Forgive her for being at a loss for words; she truly didn't know how to describe it.

Wu Yi was still chattering away. By using the sound to locate the doll, Ning Shu realized that Wu Yi was the red doll, Cheng Chuan was the blue doll, and then... who was the yellow one?

The yellow doll first glanced at the two talking dolls beside it and Ning Shu, then looked around without saying a word.

Wu Yi's voice came through again: "We've actually turned into dolls! I've never seen anything like it before. Who are the other two people?"

Ning Shu then spoke up: "I am Ning Shu. What color am I?"

Don't blame her for not knowing; her head was just too big. She couldn't see her own body and legs when she looked down, and she couldn't confirm her own color.

Wu Yi looked in her direction and said, "Pink, what about me?"

Ning Shu: "Red."

Wu Yi's voice was filled with excitement: "Red is good, I like this color."

Cheng Chuan: "What about me?"

Wu Yi answered first: "Blue, and you, you are yellow."

After answering Cheng Chuan, Wu Yi also told the yellow doll that was looking around. The doll seemed to be stunned for a moment, looked at Wu Yi, and didn't say anything.

Wu Yi frowned. This person was so rude. He approached Cheng Chuan and asked, "Brother Chuan, who is that person?"

Cheng Chuan shook his head: "I don't know, probably just a player randomly matched with another player. Never mind him, he's a teammate anyway."

Wu Yi: "Oh."

Ning Shu: "What do we need to do now?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Huangwa take a few steps forward with his short legs, and the remaining three people stared at Huangwa's movements.

I saw the other person walk to a row of somewhat abstract "grids" in front of them, and then jump onto them. Behind the "grids" was a very tall green wall.

After Huangwa jumped onto the "grid", he tried to jump onto the green wall, but he failed several times.

An awkward atmosphere ensued...

Cheng Chuan stepped forward: "I think that wall is quite high. Maybe it will take everyone working together to get up there."

Ning Shu: "How do we cooperate?"

Wu Yi has a lot to say about this, because he knows the answer to this question: "If we were to form a human pyramid, we could definitely get to the top."

The three of them jumped onto the "grid" together, and then looked at Huangwa, who seemed unwilling to be the one at the bottom.

Cheng Chuan suggested, "How about this, Wu Yi and I will be downstairs, then you, Huang Wa, and finally Ning Shu."

Although Cheng Chuan didn't know whether Huangwa was male or female, he had already given her a lot of face by making her the second one from the top.

Although he had never worked with Ning Shu, based on his understanding of his classmates, he believed that Ning Shu was more reliable than a stranger.

Although that was his suggestion, he didn't actually give Huangwa any choice. So Wu Yi pushed Huangwa aside and stood at the very bottom of the green wall.

Cheng Chuan jumped onto Wu Yi's head, his feet stepping on Wu Yi's head. Wu Yi didn't feel any weight and found the experience magical.

"Brother Chuan, you stepped on my head, but I didn't feel anything."

Cheng Chuan was surprised by this: "That's great, Huangwa, come up here."

But an accident happened; Huangwa couldn't jump that high all at once, and the atmosphere became awkward again...

Ning Shu observed for a while and found that the doll's head was very wide, seemingly big enough for two people to stand on.

She suggested, "Wu Yi, take two steps away from the wall."

Cheng Chuan, take two steps towards the wall where Wu Yi's head is, making some space so Huang Wa can step on Wu Yi's head and then climb onto yours.

After listening to the suggestion, Wu Yi and Cheng Chuan adjusted their positions accordingly, which at first glance looked like a "staircase".

After they got into position, Huangwa successfully jumped onto Cheng Chuan's head, following Ning Shu's advice.

Cheng Chuan: "Your turn, Ning Shu."

Ning Shu ran to the side and glanced at them: "No, I don't have a spot. You guys need to adjust your positions again. Make room for me to go up above Cheng Chuan."

The three of them made some adjustments, and then Ning Shu climbed up the stairs one step at a time, successfully jumping from Huangwa's head to the top of the green wall.

Huangwa has already tried, and it can't jump from Cheng Chuan's head onto the wall, so apart from Ning Shu, no one else can get up there.

Wu Yi asked the crucial question: "How are the three of us going to get up there?"

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Ning Shu spotted a red button on the green wall and shouted, "I found a button up there! Wait a minute, I'll press it."

Ning Shu realized that she could only step on the button, so she jumped up and stepped on it.

Wu Yi felt the "grid" under his feet moving, as if it was bouncing up and down. He shouted, "The box under my feet is moving, it feels like a spring."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Chuan said, "Let's go down and jump over the wall from below."

The three returned to the grid, then pushed off with all their might, and the spring propelled them high into the air. They controlled their direction and easily climbed onto the green wall.

Wu Yi was very excited: "So that's how it's played! It's not difficult at all when everyone works together."

Cheng Chuan's mind was filled with thoughts like: You'd better shut up, or you'll make us cry.

Ning Shu saw that they had all come up: "You're all up, that's great, let's keep going."

They walked for a short distance, and then they saw a long, green bar floating overhead.

I don't know what's on top, but there's a grid spring at the bottom of the long strip.

Directly in front of them was a large green wall, but this time the wall extended downwards, with an empty passageway at its base.

The ceiling of the passageway was covered with many red inverted pyramids, which filled the entire ceiling.

Seeing that there was an open space ahead, Wu Yi got excited and ran towards it.

Cheng Chuan didn't even have time to stop him: "Wu Yi, don't go over there."

Unfortunately, it was too late. As soon as Wu Yi reached the passageway filled with red inverted pyramids, those inverted pyramids collapsed and crushed him to death.