Chapter 15
The rustling sound of friction slowly passed by the stairs, and then continued to move in without any pause.
Yitu couldn't help but frown. Could that thing tell which room had someone in it?
The three of them held their breath, their nerves tense.
Without the door sealing strips, the wooden door in front of them was just a decoration and could not stop anything.
Zhang Queshan, whose hearing was enhanced by the cards, found it even more unbearable than the others, and sweat was already beading on his forehead.
The more Yitu listened to the sound, the more familiar it seemed to him, like the friction sound of hard paper dragging on the ground.
Are they those paper figures? Yitu wondered secretly.
But he burned all the paper figurines in the shop, so they shouldn't be left.
Just as he was lost in thought, the friction sound in the corridor suddenly disappeared.
Yi Tu's heart instantly rose to his feet, and Zhang Queshan and Fu Xue also clutched their ID cards tightly.
There was silence in the dark room. They were afraid of attracting monsters, so they deliberately turned off the oil lamp.
Such an environment is undoubtedly a cage that creates fear and terror, especially when the wooden door in front of them creaked and opened a tiny crack from the outside.
A sallow, wrinkled arm was exposed to everyone's sight, and something outside the door was quietly approaching the crack and looking inside.
Yi Tu was caught off guard by the black eyes on a bloody face, and he couldn't help shivering.
It was a head without any skin or flesh, made purely of continuously sticky blood-colored threads, so that there were countless twisted and shaking blood lines on its face.
There were only a few dark holes where its eyes and mouth should be, which looked particularly scary.
Only when it pushed the door open completely and tried to come in did they see the whole thing.
This is a headless human skin paper man. Except for the head made of blood-colored silk threads, its body is made of paper, but the surface is covered with a piece of naked human skin, and its whole body is wrinkled yellow-brown.
That was the same color as parchment, and at first glance in the dark it made one's scalp tingle.
Fu Xue couldn't help but take a breath and said anxiously:
"Where on earth did this thing come from? We've never encountered it during the day!"
“No, we’ve seen it.” Yitu whispered, “This is the paper figurine of a human skin that was not burned to death in the coffin in the shop.”
The glimpse he saw during the day was enough to fill him with lingering fear, so he set fire to it, but who knew that the thing in front of him was not afraid of fire at all.
It is a blessing in disguise now, as those paper figures that are afraid of fire are finally gone.
Otherwise, what will greet them next will be dozens of paper figures with bright colors on them.
While the two were talking, the human-skin paper man opened his pitch-black mouth, made a hissing sound, and walked towards them.
"Think of a solution quickly!" Zhang Queshan was covered in cold sweat.
This thing was probably meant for him and Yi Tu. Among the remaining six people, only he and Yi Tu had entered the shop.
If Fu Xue had not become the first target of attack and could have bought him some time, otherwise he and Yi Tu would have been the ones in trouble.
Seeing the human-skin paper figure approaching step by step, Fu Xue couldn't stop trembling: "You can't rely on me completely, my cards have a time limit!"
Despite what she said, she was forced to use her first Apostle card.
Fu Xue quickly tapped her ID card twice, her eyes shining slightly:
"Please tell me your name."
The human-skin paper figure that had walked in front of her suddenly stopped, and a large amount of blood-colored threads flowed out of its dark eye sockets.
Those blood-colored threads were everywhere, some even wrapped around Fu Xue's feet.
Fu Xue didn't dare to move at all. She could only watch as the blood-colored threads twisted on the ground and gathered in one place little by little.
"Zhang Queshan, I know you have other props. If you don't help, none of you will survive!"
Fu Xue's card is a fourth-level apostle card. When the card holder uses this card, both players and NPCs will be forced to interrupt their own status and be forced to answer the card holder's questions.
The paper man cannot attack until the person being questioned finishes answering the question.
But this time was very short, and soon the twisted blood-colored threads gathered into three crooked words.
That was a woman's name, Chen Xiaoyue.
Seeing those blood-colored threads quickly withdrawn from the creature's eye sockets, Fu Xue shouted, "Zhang Queshan, I need time!"
Her second apostle card needs to have the three words "Chen Xiaoyue" written on it, and the input process cannot be interrupted.
Zhang Queshan gripped his ID card tightly, and a green spear appeared in his hand.
He gritted his teeth and rushed forward. There was no other way but to fight hand-to-hand to buy Fu Xue the last bit of time.
Zhang Queshan threw a spear from behind, nailing the human-skin paper man to the wall.
Yi Tu took the opportunity to pull Fu Xue out and told her, "Run outside!"
But he had to go back, because Zhang Queshan alone could not stop that thing.
As Yitu turned his head, he saw blood-colored threads coming out of the mouth of the human-skin paper man, which soon dissolved the spear into his body.
Zhang Queshan was stunned for a moment, and the paper man, having fully recovered his movements, pounced on him quickly.
Just as the thing was about to hit his face, Yi Tu pushed him away at the critical moment, and the paper man missed and hit the wall.
"Run!" Yitu said urgently.
The two of them ran down the stairs in a panic, with the thing behind them still chasing them.
Fu Xue didn't dare to go far and just waited for the two of them at the gate of the yard.
As soon as he saw them coming out with that thing following behind them, his face changed immediately.
"Fu Xue, what's its weakness?" Zhang Queshan shouted hurriedly, "We can't outrun it!"
Fu Xue looked back and saw that the human-skin paper man had turned into four hands and knees in order to catch up with them, and was making a terrifying hissing sound from his mouth.
Fu Xue was so frightened that her face turned pale and she couldn't speak. She just handed her ID card to him.
Zhang Queshan took the card and looked at it, he was completely dumbfounded.
There are only three simple red words on the card: bang bang bang.
"Fuck! What the hell is this?" Zhang Queshan couldn't help but curse. "Are you trying to trick me?"
There was no time for nonsense at this moment. Fu Xue panted and said, "How should I know? Run away quickly!"
After she finished speaking, she turned left alone, not giving Yitu and Zhang Queshan any chance to react.
Zhang Queshan cursed again in anger and turned directly to the right.
Yi Tu was left with no choice but to run forward.
The human-skin paper figure behind him actually ignored Zhang Queshan and Fu Xue, and chased after Yi Tu straight away.
Yitu's palms were full of sweat. This guy really knew how to pick on the weak.
He had nothing useful on him except a hammer he had brought with him during the chaos.
Yitu never thought of using the hammer in hand-to-hand combat. The handle of the hammer was too short, and the man would probably be killed before he even got close.
The only thing that could save him was Fu Xue's three words.
Bang bang bang.
What does that even mean? Is that thing afraid of the banging noises?
The more Yi Tu thought about it, the more he felt that the answer was obvious. The human skin paper man had no head, and its name was Chen Xiaoyue.
Isn’t Chen Xiaoyue without a head the same as Ah Niu whose head was smashed by a hammer?
When Ah Niu was hit to death by the hammer, the dull banging sound matched Fu Xue's hint.
In an instant, Yitu figured out all the unconnected dots.
At this time, the human-skin paper man behind him also caught up, and a cold breath crawled up his back like a snake.
Yitu didn't even think twice, he pulled out the hammer from his arms, turned around and smashed it back.
The moment the human-skin paper man was hit, its huge black hole mouth opened and let out a painful hiss.
Then the head made up of countless blood-colored threads burst like a punctured water ball.
The black and red silk threads twisted and deformed and emerged from the human skin. The paper man instantly deflated, leaving only a yellowish-brown human skin on the ground.
Yitu instantly breathed a sigh of relief, bent down and patted his chest. He had just run too fast and too panicked and almost got a stitch in the side.
Looking at the strange human skin, Yitu hesitated for a moment and still didn't dare to pick it up. He dug a small hole on the spot and buried the human skin.
After burying the human skin, he probably knew who Chen Xiaoyue was.
[Player No. 7 is trying to advance the plot to 67%, but the door status has not been refreshed. Please work harder, other players!]
When a virtual screen shaped like a little fox popped up in front of him, a look of surprise flashed across Fu Xue's face.
What happened? Fu Xue stopped and immediately turned back.
Yitu, he must have obtained some key props.
Otherwise, how could it be possible for him, a newcomer?
She even looked back deliberately. Didn’t the monster go to chase Yitu? How could it be possible that he was not dead?
The more Fu Xue thought about it, the more unbelievable it became, and she couldn't even understand it.
And her servant Xiao Ahri has already opened the bidding panel for her.
Anonymous Player 809: Huh? That's it? Damn, how can it be so simple?
Anonymous player 368: 11111, this is the first time I know that goblins in a card game can die so easily (crying and laughing.jpg)
Anonymous player 457: Tsk, I thought this human paper man was so powerful, but he died after being hit by a hammer. What the hell?
Anonymous player 901: As long as you have hands, you can do it. Who doesn't have hands? (dog head.jpg)
Anonymous player 631: Come on, don't give me that. It's easy to just hit it, but you also need to get the restraining item first.
Anonymous player 586: Yeah, if they didn’t get the props, who knows how many people would have died that night.
Anonymous player 535: Also, aren't you surprised how this newbie figured out that hammer is a counter item... I didn't even remember how to use it (awkward smile.jpg)
Anonymous player 860: Holy crap! I knew the hammer was an item, but I didn't expect it to be a counter item. Aren't normal items just something you get and then take out of the game?
Anonymous player 587: This newcomer is really lucky. Others have been busy for a long time, paving the way for him. This is (cow leather.jpg)
Anonymous player 307: Haha, the guy who wanted to get the item was like this, and now this woman’s skill card is also like this, it makes me laugh to death
Anonymous player 375: Good fellow, if he had missed even one ring, this newcomer would have died, 6666
Anonymous Player 211: The Prophecy Emperor has spoken, and you still don't believe it? Hahahahaha]
After seeing the conversation between the card room owner, Fu Xue realized that she and Zhang Queshan had been truly taken advantage of.
After working so hard for so long, I ended up making a wedding dress for someone else.
Thinking of this, Fu Xue felt a surge of blood rushing to her head, making her teeth itch with anger.
When she returned to the original fork in the road, Zhang Queshan had already arrived there.
The man stared at the hammer in Yitu's hand, his face turning blue and black.
Fu Xue laughed and walked forward and said:
"I really misjudged you this time."
"What's the newcomer? I'm the real newcomer in front of you." She sneered at Yi Tu and looked at Zhang Queshan.
Yu Qi: "You are more capable. You can even endure this insult. You are truly a man who can bend and stretch."
Zhang Queshan was already depressed to death, and after being choked by Fu Xue, his face turned from blue to black and then to red.
Yitu looked at him as if he was playing face-changing, and found it very interesting.
"It's just a fair competition. What's the point of saying whether you can endure it or not?" Yitu glanced at her and said calmly:
"If I don't take this hammer, you will all die tonight."
Fu Xue laughed angrily, "Should I still say thank you?"
Yitu also smiled: "You're welcome."
Fu Xue: “!” I’d rather piss her off to death!
The three of them returned upstairs and found their original room in a mess. The floor was covered with blood from the paper mannequin, so they had no choice but to move to Fu Xue's room.
Fu Xue and Zhang Queshan were already angry, this incident was really a coincidence.
If any of Zhang Queshan and Fu Xue were missing, they would not survive tonight.
Although Zhang Queshan's actions did give Yi Tu instructions, he himself was unable to answer Liu Shijiang's three questions, so Yi Tu could not be considered to have intercepted the problem.
Fu Xue's skill card was also a coincidence among coincidences, but fortunately no one died among them, so they didn't care about it anymore.
"What do you know?" Fu Xue adjusted her mindset and looked at Yi Tu: "I think you should tell us. After all, the village festival is tomorrow."
"After all, we complete each other like this, right?"
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