Chapter 79 Anonymous Text Message (4) After all, the rules are clear here...
Fei Yu had no intention of actually using a gun to fight this monster.
After firing, the monster's movements paused briefly. He adjusted the angle again, and the bullet penetrated the monster's legs and torso that supported its walking. The next second, the deafening roar almost tore through his eardrums.
The mycelium became more agitated, and Fei Yu let countless tubular filaments wrap around his arms. Before they continued to extend and branch, he threw away the pistol and instead grabbed the mycelium, infiltrating the alien objects that controlled the area.
The thin filaments adhered obediently to the palm of his hand, extending endlessly again until they connected to all the legs and torso of the spider monster. Fei Yu tightened his grip and pulled it back suddenly, cutting off its walking vehicle.
The smooth cut surface was a bloody mess, the monster's mouth was wide open, spilling out chaotic sounds, and tentacles with barbs protruded from it, swishing and flowing with saliva that corroded the soil.
Taking advantage of the monster's inability to move, Fei Yu stepped onto the monster's body. He raised his dagger and forcibly cut off the tentacles and hyphae that were blocking the way. Finally, his eyes fixed on the remaining part of the alienated human.
The closer he got, the more frantic the mycelium became. They didn't want him to get any closer, which only made Feiyu certain of the mutant monster's weakness. He flipped his wrist, and the thin, mist-like filaments floating in the air were bisected by the sharp blade.
Fei Yu quickened his pace, he clenched the weapon in his hand but did not cut off those annoying filaments. He forcefully infiltrated all the mycelium in the nearby area, ordering them to make way for him and create a path to the monster's lifeline.
He stared at the mutated monster's eyes without whites, and when he came in front of it, he swung the dagger in his hand horizontally and chopped off the monster's head.
But that’s not the end of it.
New mycelium continued to grow. They had not yet been controlled by Jade and were scrambling to repair the monster's damaged body. As long as these mycelium existed, the possibility of the alienated monster's resurrection would not disappear.
Fei Yu suddenly felt a tremor under his feet. He lowered his head and saw that the mycelium had merged into the monster's body. This was not a good thing.
"I need gasoline and a lighter." Fei Yu told the system that this time he was not going to rely on controlling the movement. He wanted to completely eliminate this mutated monster. If he wanted to cut off its resurrection, the best way was to leave no residue at all.
[No problem, here you go.]
Fei Yu picked up the gasoline that appeared out of nowhere and poured it onto the monster's body from the bucket mouth, and the mycelium was also soaked.
The fusion of mycelium not only made up for the fatal damage suffered by the monster, but also made it stronger. Before more tentacles tightened its throat, Jade stood on the ground again.
He retreated again and again. The mycelium had not completely merged into the monster's body, and some of it was still trying to kill him. Fei Yu laughed mockingly, opened the lid of the lighter, lit it, and threw it straight over.
Realizing that something was wrong, the mycelium began to prevent the lighter from igniting the gasoline, but was entangled by the mycelium controlled by Fei Yu and could not move.
The sudden flash of fire illuminated the dark night, and the shrill and hoarse screams were soon buried in the burning flames. The remains of the alienated monster were burned to ashes, leaving only a few hyphae struggling to recover.
[Oh my god, where did you get the gasoline and lighter? I've only heard of magic tricks that can transform living people, but I've never seen magic tricks that can transform dead things. Magic performances are prohibited here.]
[Burn! Burn it all! I don't care about your Impure World Reincarnation or restoration, I'll burn you to ashes and see how you can be resurrected!]
Mycelium: Leave some Cheng Bu Ge for me?
Fei Yu leaned over and grabbed a part of the twisting mycelium. The intertwined mycelium was entangled, as if to establish some strange root network. He pulled the whole thing down, then turned around and looked at the housekeeper who had been standing behind the tree and watching for who knows how long.
The thing in his pocket vibrated, Fei Yu took out his phone and glanced at the unknown text message lying alone in the notification bar.
A deceased person will appear today.
This strange area still has no signal coverage, emergency calls cannot be made, but text messages from unknown numbers can be sent as usual. Fei Yu would not be surprised if a consciousness crawled over along the line.
"Looks like we won't have any food for tomorrow." Feiyu shook the small amount of mycelium in his hand and smiled. "After all, the alienated creatures have been dealt with in advance."
The butler seemed not to have heard the other meaning hidden in the guest's words. He walked forward, snatched the mycelium from Fei Yu's hand, then let go, letting them fall to the ground and blend into the soil until no trace of them could be found.
"Please return to your room." The butler's tone did not change at all.
Fei Yu waved his hand disapprovingly, and hung the gun back on his belt. He put the blood-stained dagger into his coat, and there was no sign of him carrying any dangerous items. However, he did not follow the butler's words, but went to Chen Que's room.
He told Shen Que his confirmed guess that the food was the guests who mutated into monsters at night, and the source of the alienated infection was a mimicry black substance similar to mycelium. As to whether all the food in the villa was like this, it remained to be determined.
"...So one of the two people mentioned in the text message refers to the alienated monster you dealt with?" Shen Que also received the anonymous text message. If he thought so, there would be new guests who would be alienated into monsters that night.
Feiyu nodded. "That's right. The text message was sent at a perfect timing. It came right after I burned the mutant monster."
"The mutated monster first appeared on the top floor. The rules also state that you cannot go to the top floor. There must be something there." Fei Yu added two more sentences.
Seeing that he seemed to be planning to go and find out what was going on, Shen Que asked, "Are you leaving now? There's still some time before dawn anyway."
Feiyu pondered for a moment, then shook her head. The mutated monster was gone, so there wasn't much point in going there now. "We'll talk about it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The sound appeared at midnight, so we have to go there early."
Shen Que said it was no problem.
"Don't tell Xiaoyu, let's just go by two people." Feiyu reminded before leaving, and Shen Que responded. He didn't intend to drag Shiyu into this, and it would be safest to stay outside.
When day came, the other guests trapped in the villa did not notice the disappearance of one of their companions at first. They chatted idly until the dinner was set up and the vacant seat caught their attention.
And then they realized that they hadn't seen this person again the whole day.
"What bad luck! Could he have done this? Yesterday's accident was so strange. How could someone die from falling? It feels like a cover-up... Could it be that he killed him and then fled?"
"It's so annoying! What if that guy calls the police? How are we going to explain when they come looking for us? The most suspicious people are those of us who stayed in the villa."
"Damn it! I should have been back to the company by now. How much money have I lost from all this wasted time?! If the person who invited me hadn't died, I would definitely make him pay for it!"
"Wait a minute... What if that guy didn't escape? We gathered here because the host invited us, but the host died, and then someone else disappeared. Could it be that someone is deliberately trying to harm us...?"
"What should we do? Should we go look for that guy? It's getting dark, and we don't know if there are any wild animals in the forest. This method is too dangerous."
Feiyu listened to the people's argument, but he had no intention of expressing his opinion. He calmly picked up his fork and continued to eat his untouched fruit salad. The rich second-generation man sitting next to him spoke slowly, "Did you hear any noises last night?"
"No." Fei Yu naturally would not tell the truth. He lowered his eyes coldly and said nothing more.
"That's weird. You're only eating this bowl of fruit salad?" The rich second-generation, who had no appetite, glanced at the two people opposite him and asked casually, "Your friend didn't seem to eat anything either. Did they not like dinner, or is there something else?"
He seemed to have noticed something. Fei Yu did not reply, but just mechanically repeated the chewing action, as if he could not taste anything and just needed to replenish energy.
In fact, Shen Que also found it strange. Logically speaking, except for desserts, all dishes are inedible. Besides, Fei Yu had already eaten a little yesterday in order to find out the reason, so it didn't matter if she didn't eat it today.
I guess he was afraid of trouble, so he pretended to eat some in order to avoid suspicion.
Shen Que cut the super sweet strawberry cream cake into several pieces. He frowned and stuffed the tasteless cake into his mouth. He felt that the desserts he had eaten in the past two days were almost as much as a month's worth. Shi Yu, the sweets lover beside him, was quite happy.
"How about we go to the rooftop tonight?" Chen Que couldn't help but shout into the dungeon system's communication channel. He really couldn't hold it any longer. "This weird story is too vicious. Let's finish it and get out of here sooner or later. I'm going to get high blood sugar if I stay any longer."
Feiyu didn't refuse Chen Que's request to take the initiative to raise the progress. He said: [Just don't let others find out.]
Shen Que was eager to go to the top floor to search for clues immediately. If it weren't for the fact that the time was not up yet, he would not be able to find anything by now. He might have already been standing in front of the door of the room on the top floor.
The final plan was realized at around 11:30 in the evening. They climbed the stairs to the top floor of the villa. The space here was obviously much narrower than the floors below. There was only one room at the end of the corridor.
The door could not be opened, so Fei Yu decisively took out the wire prop he had used before and pried the door open. He pushed the door open and walked in. Nothing unexpected happened, and there were no monsters or similar horror elements.
It looks like just a small house.
Fei Yu glanced at her watch. It was eleven thirty-five. Although everything seemed normal now, as soon as it reached midnight, something strange would definitely happen, and it certainly couldn't be somewhere else.
After all, this is the key place where the rules are laid out, and it is also where the alienated monsters first appear.
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