"Qin Lan, these things are very dangerous. Even if we release one, it will be enough for us to suffer!" I frowned and pulled Qin Lan back who was approaching the glass cover, and warned her in a serious tone.
Qin Lan has a little-known hobby, she likes insects. She was scared just now because the scorpion had human eyes. Now that Jack has explained it, she has completely let herself go.
I looked at Qin Lan and felt uneasy. I turned around and estimated how long it would take to walk from here to the stairs on the eighth floor.
Well...it should take about five or six minutes.
It will only take five or six minutes, as long as we move quickly, there shouldn't be any problem.
Thinking of this, I suddenly said to Qin Lan and Jack: "Let's go!"
So I took the lead and ran towards the stairs on the eighth floor. Jack followed closely beside me. However, after running several meters, I didn't hear Qin Lan catching up. I suddenly felt something was wrong.
"Bang--"
Sure enough, before I could finish my thoughts, I heard a loud noise suddenly coming from behind me. Jack and I both changed our expressions and turned our heads at the same time.
The glass cover containing the beauty scorpion was overturned and shattered on the ground. Qin Lan stood not far away with a pale face, looking at the beauty scorpion that came out of the glass cover and slowly stretched its body with horror.
"Qin Lan, run!" I looked at Qin Lan and shouted, my eyes full of anxiety.
Qin Lan was awakened by my voice and turned around and ran towards me. Although she was running very fast, she was stumbling because she was too scared.
Seeing that I was about to be caught up by the beauty scorpion, I suddenly smashed the bone stick in my hand towards the scorpion's eyes. However, before it touched the scorpion's eyes, it was entangled by one of its thin and long centipede legs.
Then grind it into powder little by little.
Those cold eyes without any human emotion stared straight at me, making my scalp tingle and my hair stand on end.
However, although I didn't hurt it, I successfully stopped it from attacking Qin Lan. Qin Lan also took advantage of this gap and successfully ran behind me.
Without thinking too much, I grabbed her and ran towards the corridor on the eighth floor, not even daring to look back.
The beautiful scorpion did not show any anger when she saw us running. Instead, she slowly chased after us, like an elegant lady, and seemed to despise us.
Just like in her eyes, we are just a group of food that will become her stomach sooner or later, rather than living human beings.
Even if it is, it's useless. Look at its eyes. Apart from the appearance and structure being exactly the same as humans, where is the trace of human emotion?
The three of us ran to the entrance of the corridor on the eighth floor smoothly, but found that there was a staircase at the entrance. At the bottom of the staircase, which was the place closest to them, there was an old man sitting. He was wearing a black cloak and exuded a faint gloomy aura.
gloomy?
I squinted my eyes and saw that all his skin was hidden in the cloak, not a single bit was exposed. I couldn't help but frown, feeling that something was wrong.
This old man looks weird no matter how you look at him.
But I've learned too many lessons, and the saying that curiosity kills the cat is not groundless. I tried hard to ignore the messages he kept sending and tried to walk around him.
Unfortunately, before one of my feet stepped on the stairs, Jack grabbed my arm and pulled it back suddenly. I lost my balance and almost fell to the ground. I didn't think Jack would be able to pull me up, so my first reaction was to look down at my feet.
I saw a broken hand bone appear under my feet, and my face turned pale instantly.
"What's going on?" I suppressed the fear in my heart and didn't show it on the surface. As a man, even if I was afraid, I couldn't show it too obviously.
"There's something wrong with this old man. Go and take off his cloak!" Jack stared at the old man covered in the cloak for a long time, then suddenly said to me. When I was about to walk over, he handed me the bone stick and added, "Use this!"
I nodded gratefully, then looked at the old man and walked towards him warily, being careful not to make any noise with my feet.
One step... Two steps... Three steps...
The closer I get, the thicker the cold aura becomes, and there's even a hint of...death?
I had doubts in my heart, but I couldn't say them out loud. I could hear my heart beating out of rhythm even when I frowned. I gritted my teeth and when I saw that the distance was close enough, I suddenly used the bone stick in my hand to lift the black cloak off the old man.
The cloak fell, and my eyes suddenly widened, staring at the "person" in front of me as if I had seen a ghost.
This was indeed an old man. His face was covered with wrinkles, his eyes were cloudy and hollow, his skin was green, like a mummy, and his nails were blue-black, like a zombie.
The moment his cloak was lifted, he suddenly raised his head, revealing a knife wound on his neck that was deep enough to see the bone.
The knife wound cut off half of his neck, but... he was still alive.
My eyes suddenly widened and my breathing became heavy, becoming more and more rapid and heavy, and I completely forgot to react.
What kind of monster is this?
Just when I instinctively wanted to step back, he suddenly jumped up from the ground. His body was so thin that he looked like skin and bones. His sharp nails scratched straight at my face, and the fishy smell sprayed all over my face.
The sight of his eyes bloodshot and teeth bared made my stomach turn sour and my heart beat rapidly. I heard Jack and Qin Lan gasping behind me.
"Be careful!" Qin Lan couldn't help but scream, but Jack rushed directly towards me.
Just when I thought I was going to die at the hands of this unknown monster, a strong arm suddenly wrapped around my neck and pulled my body straight back.
The monster missed its target and rushed towards me even more angrily. Its pair of bloodshot and bulging eyeballs made me forget to be afraid, and its face turned pale with fear.
Just when I thought I was doomed, a pair of arms appeared in front of me again, separating me from the monster with flesh and blood. I couldn't help but be stunned and subconsciously looked up along the arms.
Immediately afterwards, Jack's expressionless face came into my sight. He was staring straight at the monster in front of him, as if he didn't notice my gaze. His face was so ugly that it made people feel nervous.
The foul smell came back in an instant, and I knew that nothing could save me this time.
We only had two bone sticks on us, one was just broken and the other was knocked away by the monster.
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