Chapter 77, Candy City Trap
“Li Hanmo, take a look at this. This one is also starting to change.”
While Zhong Bingxuan and Zhong Linlin were in dire straits, Li Hanmo and Fu Yuchen outside were also busy checking the contents of the photos.
At first, the two found nothing, but gradually, Fu Yuchen discovered a problem from a beautiful bamboo forest backdrop.
The bamboo, which was originally lush and green, turned black for a moment, carrying an extremely ominous feeling, but then it turned back to normal in an instant.
However, after the bamboo returned to its vibrant green state, the smiles on Zhong Bingxuan and Zhong Linlin's faces in the photo became stiff, and the colors on their bodies slowly began to fade.
The stark contrast between the two gave Fu Yuchen a bad feeling.
Li Hanmo felt the same way; seeing the terror in Ah Xuan's eyes in the photo, his suspicions were further confirmed.
"Get the tools and paint over all those bamboo trees."
With the idea in mind, Li Hanmo took action, pulled out a paintbrush from his versatile backpack, handed it to Fu Yuchen, and asked him to help him scratch off the bamboo.
How to draw it?
Fu Yucheng looked at the paintbrush in his hand with a blank expression. He had never encountered this situation before and did not know how to handle it.
"Did you notice the black and white photo we saw this morning, and the bamboo that flashed by in black?"
"Um."
"Then paint all these bamboos black."
Li Hanmo didn't know exactly what to do, but he wanted to give it a try rather than do nothing.
If Ah-xuan really gets caught up in the photo, his actions might help her escape her predicament.
It's okay to lose the bet; at worst, it's just a waste of time. At least I won't just sit around waiting and worrying for nothing. If Ah Xuan gets into trouble later, it will be too late to regret it.
"good."
Fu Yuchen agreed and followed Li Hanmo to apply black paint to the lush green bamboo.
Li Hanmo and Fu Yuchen noticed something was off about the photo. Li Hanmo guessed his lover's location and began preparing to rescue him.
Thanks to the help of their two teammates, Zhong Bingxuan and Zhong Linlin's situation has also improved.
The eerie bamboo, which had originally exuded murderous intent and could have easily sent Zhong Bingxuan flying, inexplicably became listless and weak.
"Linlin, don't treat them yet. Let's escape while their strength suddenly drops."
Ignoring the various wounds on her body, Zhong Bingxuan stopped Zhong Linlin from continuing to treat her, observed the surrounding situation, used the Nine Nether Ice Transparent Dart to cut through the strange bamboo, and rushed out from the place with the fewest strange bamboo.
The eerie bamboo sensed that its prey was trying to escape, and frantically waved its rotting bamboo branches, sweeping towards Zhong Bingxuan and her companion as they fled.
Zhong Bingxuan and Zhong Linlin fled for their lives, and just when they were about to be caught by the eerie bamboo, the two successfully escaped from the eerie bamboo forest.
Outside, Li Hanmo and Fu Yuchen were coloring the bamboo when they discovered that Zhong Bingxuan and Zhong Linlin in the photo had mysteriously disappeared.
What followed was that the lush green bamboo, halfway through the painting, suddenly turned completely black, and in the area on the right side of the bamboo grove where there were the fewest bamboos, the black bamboo stalks were cut in half by a sharp blade.
This bizarre event occurred to the two of them, and even Fu Yuchen, who hadn't expected his two teammates to be captured in the photos, immediately realized what was happening.
"Linlin and that mean woman ran into the photo??"
"It should be correct, otherwise there would be no way to explain the anomaly in the photo."
Li Hanmo nodded, acknowledging that Fu Yuchen's guess was probably true.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get them out of here quickly."
Having finally found his teammate, Fu Yuchen couldn't wait to find him. He took out a pair of scissors from his backpack and was about to snap the photo.
Li Hanmo snatched it away with lightning speed and patiently calmed the agitated Fu Yuchen.
"We don't know the secret of the photo yet. Taking any rash actions could potentially harm Ah-xuan and the others. For now, let's help Ah-xuan successfully avoid the danger in the photo, and then we'll figure out a way to rescue her from it."
Who knows whether cutting the photo out directly will lead to a successful rescue or prevent Ah Xuan and the others from ever getting out of the photo?
Just to be on the safe side, let's help Ah Xuan through this difficult time and let them find a way out of it themselves.
Fu Yuchen realized he had acted rashly, smiled sheepishly, and began working with Li Hanmo to find the next photo of their teammate, helping them escape danger.
"Is this a candy store??"
Fu Yuchen saw a picture of a house surrounded by candies, with the ground covered in candy. Based on his experience of clearing more than a dozen dungeons, he knew that his two teammates' next photo scene would be this.
"It should be called Candy City. The houses here are all shaped like candy, and there are even two little candy-made figures. If Ah Xuan and Lin Lin come here, they'll be in some trouble."
Li Hanmo looked at the photo, picked up the black ink, and smeared it on the cute little candy figures.
These little candy figures look adorable, but if Ah Xuan and her friends were to enter this place, these cute little candy figures would be the biggest threat.
We should paint over them as soon as possible so they won't cause any harm to Ah Xuan and the others, even if we paint them incorrectly.
Anyway, we haven't found any photos that are unusual yet. When we see any photos that are unusual, we can color them together. Every little bit helps to reduce the danger for Ah Xuan and the others.
"And this swimming pool, those little fish are too dangerous, so paint them off too."
"Cross out all the mushrooms, rats, snakes, insects, and ants in the forest."
The actions of Li Hanmo and Fu Yuchen greatly helped Zhong Bingxuan and Zhong Linlin.
Zhong Bingxuan and Zhong Linlin kept traveling to various backgrounds taken in the early morning. Thanks to Li Hanmo and Fu Yuchen's extensive and indiscriminate coloring, the two escaped from danger and successfully reached the Candy City photo that Li Hanmo and Fu Yuchen had initially seen.
"Cousin, I'm so tired and I'm starving."
After running for several hours, Zhong Linlin, who was physically weak, quickly became hungry and tired.
Zhong Bingxuan's physique was already better than Linlin's, and her attribute values had been greatly improved. She was fine at the moment and didn't feel tired at all. She directly carried Linlin on her back and looked for the exit of Candy City.
"Cousin, it smells so good! I really want to eat it."
Hungry Zhong Linlin's eyes gleamed at the sight of the candy scattered on the ground. If she hadn't been carried by her cousin since entering Candy City, which restricted her movement, she probably would have pounced on the candy and started feasting.
"Linlin, just bear with it a little longer. We'll be out soon. Think about everything we've been through. Was any of it pleasant? These candies look delicious and appetizing, but they might actually smell awful. They've probably been sitting out for ages. Eating them would make you nauseous and vomit your bile."
Zhong Bingxuan was worried that Linlin would get too hungry and reach out to eat these delicious candies, which were obviously eerie traps, when she couldn't see them. She kept making the candies look ugly so that Linlin would give up her desire to eat them.
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