Chapter 58

Then, the duck turned into a mouse, and a red sign with white letters gradually appeared on the wall. The sign read: Ducks are hairless animals. When processed, they will grow white hair and a yellow flat beak with attached toes. Their eyes are black and their foreheads are round. After processing, they will grow gray-black fluff, a long and thin tail, and sharp teeth.

Please make sure this is a mouse, not a duck. Please make sure the food you cook is the duck neck, not other parts. Please confirm.

The chef glanced at the label, didn't care, and quickly dealt with the things in his hands. The piece of stuff soon turned into a pile of black paste with some black bones in it. The rotten meat turned into a sticky, glue-like thing because of the high temperature and boiling water. It seemed completely inedible, but bones were gradually growing out of it, the kind with sharp teeth.

It looks very penetrating.

Kohaku's hands began to tremble.

She reached into the package that she had been carrying with her until now and had not thrown away. It was a small package and could not hold much stuff, but hanging it on her body gave her a sense of security, as if with this package, she would have a chance to leave even if she was attacked. It seemed that with this package, she could go home. Although things had come to this point, she knew that going home was a delusion.

There were some things in the bag, but not much. It was warm and dark inside, as if there was a small sun. Hongbai put her hand inside and felt a little safer. She breathed a sigh of relief and was not so nervous anymore. She touched the pistol she had picked up before. There was a bullet in the pistol. She remembered it very clearly and always felt that the bullet and the gun were the same and should belong to her.

She gripped the pistol, put her finger on the trigger, and flipped the safety.

The bullet is still in the pistol and has not been removed, so you can take it out and use it directly when you need it.

Now, pistols are a source of peace of mind for the red and white.

Her complexion gradually returned to normal.

Screams began to be heard from the kitchen. The screams came from the pot. There was a big fire underneath the pot and boiling water inside. There were actually black rats trying to crawl out one by one. Every time, a rat climbed to the edge of the pot, fell down, fell down, and climbed up again. At first it was covered with dry hair, but later it was wet all over, bleeding, and losing flesh.

The flesh had fallen off, revealing the bones of the mouse's body. The outline of the body was very clear. The chef laughed and knocked the bones down with a spoon. The bones fell again and landed in the pot of boiling soup, which was pitch black. After waiting for a while, nothing would come out of the pot anymore. The chef swirled the soup with a spoon and tasted it.

He smacked his lips, as if he thought the food was almost ready, cooked and ready to eat, nodded, put the spoon aside, and smilingly stretched out his fat, wrinkled hands to pick up the pot. The ears of the pot broke off at once, and the whole pot fell over. The chef was stunned for a moment, then became furious. He clenched his hands, which were peeled by the boiling water, into fists and looked outside.

He seemed to notice that someone was watching outside.

He rushed out, looked around, quickly discovered the clue, and rushed to the place where everyone was hiding.

Jongin whispered, “Run.”

Red and White and Blue and White both ran ahead. This time there was no splitting up. Blue and White said to Red and White, "Hurry up and attack him with your weapons!"

Hongbai shook his head: "No."

She said nervously and solemnly, "I don't think it's time yet. What if there are other dangers later? What if this bullet doesn't work? We don't have the chance to try and make mistakes, and we don't have any other choice. Don't we have to leave here? If we die on the way, there's no way we can go home! Besides, aren't we not being touched now? We just need to run faster than him."

Lanbai took a deep breath and stopped talking, which was considered as his tacit approval of Hongbai's choice.

Hongbai thought, it's not that I'm stingy with this bullet, but there's no danger to life now, so there's no rush to use it right away.

Her hand was still holding the gun and she never let go.

Lanbai didn't know, but Jongin saw it from behind them, but he didn't show any intention of reminding them, so Hongbai pretended he didn't know.

After they ran for a while, they felt the panting sound behind them weakened, as if they had gotten rid of the cook. Looking back, Hongbai was terrified and screamed, "The cook has turned into a bunch of monsters!"

Before he could finish his words, there was an irresistible sewer-like stench behind him, along with a gurgling sound. The chef behind him was no longer in human form, but a huge monster that covered the entire corridor. The monster had countless black spider-like eyes, dark red octopus tentacles, and a yellow-green liquid was flowing underneath, with transparent stains overflowing from its surface.

It squeezed forward while staring closely at the person in front of it and making ambiguous sounds. It seemed as if its movement was very difficult, but in fact, it was moving very fast, a little faster than before, and even speeding up on the road, as if it couldn't catch up before because it didn't want to, and now it couldn't catch up because it wanted to play tricks on the mouse.

From beginning to end, it didn't take the people who broke in seriously.

Hongbai suddenly felt a surge of anger in her heart, and she wanted to shoot the monster behind her, but her reason told her that it was useless. Even if she shot, the monster might not die. What's more, the chance to escape would be fleeting. If she accidentally stumbled on the road and was caught by the monster, she would die without knowing how she died.

Hongbai gritted her teeth and gripped the gun tighter. More and more sweat appeared on her palms, and the darkness inside the bag felt wet and slippery, as if something was about to slip out of her hands. She became even more nervous.

Lan Bai suddenly said, "I see a place, you guys follow me."

Hong Bai was startled and thought to himself, it's so dark here, what can I see? Where should I go? Can I hide?

Before she could think it through, Lan Bai disappeared. Hong Bai was stunned for a moment, but did not stop. Zhong Ren opened a door for her. Hong Bai hurriedly went in, and Zhong Ren followed closely and closed the door.

Lan Bai stared at the door closely, and when he saw that Zhong Ren didn't need to be reminded, he breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the floor again, his chest heaving violently.

Hongbai was still able to stand up, panting and asking, "What happened?"

Lan Bai asked: "You mean how did you find this place?"

Hongbai nodded perfunctorily: "Almost."

Lan Bai said: "I felt something was a little off here, and after a closer look I realized there might be an opportunity, so I rushed over. I didn't expect that after you came in, you had time to close the door without being caught or blocked, so I was a little surprised."

Kohaku was confused: "You're not sure?"

Lan Bai nodded: "It's not like I have any special night vision ability."

Hongbai also sat on the ground to rest: "What should we do next?"

Lan Bai said: “I don’t know.”

Hongbai sighed.

Jongin walked by and banged on various things in the room.

When he knocked on the window, a miserable white face suddenly appeared outside. Hongbai turned around to talk to him, and suddenly saw a miserable white face behind the window opposite him. He was startled and stood up immediately, almost jumping: "What is this? You recognize it?"

She screamed frantically, "This can't be an illusion!"

Lan Bai looked over in confusion, but saw nothing because the face was gone.

Hongbai grabbed her messy hair twice, and following Lanbai's puzzled gaze, she saw that the outside of the window had returned to darkness and there was nothing outside. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly rushed over, and even wanted to open the window and look out. However, the window was locked, so Hongbai did not open it. She tried, but found that she did not have enough strength, and it was too dangerous outside, so she gave up.

Hongbaek looked at Jongin who had made way for him, and stared at Jongin's eyes and face, like a sprinter looking at the clock and trying to sprint, and asked with almost gritted teeth: "You saw it, right? You must have seen it, right? Tell me, did you see it? Please!"

Jongin blinked and said, “I saw it.”

Hongbai took a step back like a balloon that had been poked, and almost fell down. He looked at Lanbai and murmured, "Look, I'm not the only one who saw it. It's not fake, it's definitely not fake."

She twitched the corners of her mouth, as if she wanted to laugh, but she couldn't. She could only remain silent, her face gradually turning pale and gloomy.

Lan Bai looked at Zhong Ren and then at Hong Bai, and said thoughtfully: "If you all saw it, it means that I was a step slower, or there was something different between what I did with you that led to the current result. Is that right?"

Jongin said, “Maybe.”

Lan Bai stood up and glanced out the window, but saw nothing. It was still pitch black outside.

The door suddenly rang.

Someone knocked on the door four times outside.

Huang Bai said from outside: "Open the door and let me in! I am your companion! Don't lock me out alone. It's so dark here and there are monsters coming. It's so scary. Please, give me a way out!"

Hongbai subconsciously wanted to go forward and open the door, but after taking a step, she stopped, remembering that Huang Bai had already died in front of her eyes and there was no way he could be resurrected. The person talking outside must be fake, no matter if he was a human or not. She looked at other people.

Jongin said nothing.

Lan Bai also remained silent. For a moment, there was no response as if no one was in the room.

There were knocks on the door again, and the person who spoke was a middle-aged woman.

"Open the door, I know you want to go home, I have the key, I can take you out."