Cheng Shuang fell into deep thought.
Something feels off.
As the bespectacled girl slowly regained her composure, she saw the little girl's peach blossom eyes gently sweep over it, empty and inorganic... It trembled all over, terrified that she would suddenly attack again, and quietly withdrew its leg, moving closer to the door.
Even so, it didn't escape.
Why is that?
The little girl held the bear cub's paw. Although the bear cub's paw fur was short and stiff and there were thick calluses on the paws, it felt very solid to the touch, like...like a maze.
Yes!
The maze is a series of interconnected loops; you might wander around and end up back at the library.
Because of the possession of the black cat Defiance, she was certain that although this place was filled with malice towards the maintainers and even their souls, it was not an illusion. Otherwise, Defiance would have already seen through everything and rescued her from her suffering.
Moreover, leaving its own territory also puts it at a disadvantage. The bespectacled girl, who shrinks and gets hurt, is reluctant to find an opportunity to escape, perhaps because there are some restrictions here besides the fact that it is profitable to stay by her side.
For example, the pig-headed monster in the library was trapped by the corridor door, which made it resolutely give up the 'delicious food' that was right in front of it. This shows that the power of food is still no match for the threat from the 'outside'.
Upon realizing this, Cheng Shuang grabbed the teddy bear without a word and crawled into the nearby door.
The brightly lit playground was deserted, with only pools of blood remaining on the lush green grass, whether left by the maintainers or wild animals, it was unclear.
As soon as the little girl stood still, she heard the extremely intimidating roar of the bear. Her gaze suddenly shifted, and when she came to her senses, she was already sitting on the neck of the bear cub, listening to it baring its teeth and howling at the surroundings, emitting a terrifyingly threatening sound.
The surrounding grass swayed incessantly, as if coveting something yet hesitant about something, and the wild beast hidden in the shadows did not reveal itself for a long time.
Seeing this, the first one to feel relieved was the girl with glasses. She secretly hid behind the giant bear's leg, which looked 'exceptionally tall' at this moment, and breathed a slight sigh of relief. She had a premonition that once the beast showed itself, she would be the one thrown out to attract attention again.
Cheng Shuang perked up, after all, the bear cub's physique was limited. From their perspective, it was the size of a giant bear, but from the perspective of wild animals, the bear cub might be no different from a toy.
So even though the roars echoed across the empty playground, sounding quite imposing, the little girl still dared not let her guard down. Given the objective conditions, it would be far too disadvantageous to confront a pack of wild beasts head-on.
Cheng Shuang wouldn't allow herself to completely trust the girl with glasses, but she had to make two preparations. While the beast was momentarily stunned, she calmed down and tried to find the 'exit' on the playground, while the bear cub grabbed the girl with glasses to cooperate with Shuang Shuang in interrogating her.
The playground of the girls' private school was completely different from that of a modern school. There were no basketball hoops or soccer fields, but there were volleyball nets and a racecourse.
Those wild beasts couldn't be horses, could they? Horses have hooves but no claws.
However, it's nothing new for the Gate of Reincarnation to contain all sorts of strange and unusual species.
Peach Blossom Eyes darted quickly across the playground, but unfortunately, apart from the empty lawn that was clearly visible, the tall grass surrounding the playground was pitch black, and only the emerald green pupils of the beasts, which were savage and greedy, could be glimpsed from time to time.
Where is the export destination?
Following the trail of bloodstains on the lawn, her gaze settled on the center, where a large patch of dark color converged, like a severely wounded person who had fled all the way, finally collapsing from exhaustion, and desperately allowed the beasts that had been following closely to devour them.
Impossible! If they were the maintainers, they would at least leave behind one or two bone fragments.
It's impossible to leave no trace other than blood.
Cheng Shuang held a card in her hand and looked at the bespectacled girl who had been lifted up by the bear cub and looked listless. Her skin had returned to its fair color without her noticing, no longer showing the illusory pearly white color. Instead, the bloody claw marks on her face appeared more obvious, and she looked like a pitiful little thing abandoned by fate.
"Are you going to bring it up yourself, or will you repeat the previous three steps?"
The little girl's voice was still sweet and gentle, but to the bespectacled girl, it sounded as cold and ruthless as the dead of winter.
It blinked, first giving a fawning smile in an attempt to gain some sympathy, but after being ignored by the little girl, it dejectedly pointed to the pool of blood in the center of the playground.
Cheng Shuang lowered her eyes, gesturing for the bear cub to move forward.
As if it were a signal, when the bear's paw took its first step, the grass began to tremble violently, and the wild beasts, unwilling to be left out, finally decided to make their appearance.
"run!"
Before the words were even finished, the bear cubs dashed off, and almost simultaneously, the wild beasts hidden in the grass revealed their ferocious faces.
Human-headed horses, unlike the majestic centaurs of fairy tales, resembled miniature horses with their necks cut off and a grotesque human head forcibly attached. But they were far less endearing than chubby miniature horses; their bodies were emaciated, with each joint branching off a human limb—long legs, short legs, thick arms, thin arms, all different, densely intertwined. What was particularly disgusting was that some of them had fresh blood and bits of flesh stuck in their fingernails.
Even though she had seen several different kinds of monsters, Cheng Shuang still gasped in shock. These humanoids no longer had the appearance of girls, but rather both men and women, all with the faces of young children.
Their features were distorted, their mouths and teeth were covered in bloodstains, and their bald heads even had several faces, with different eyes looking in different directions, giving the terrifying illusion that no matter where you hide, you can't escape their gaze.
Despite their short limbs, centaurs are surprisingly fast runners. Even with running socks, the cubs couldn't escape the centaurs' deliberate encirclement.
They are used to hunting and are obviously experienced in chasing enemies. The bear cub wobbled on its short legs, and it looked like it would be surrounded before it could reach the center. The girl with glasses immediately frowned, closed her eyes tightly, and clung to the bear's arm, fearing that she would be abandoned.
Using it as bait was ineffective; it was small, while there were dozens of centaurs.
Just as the girl with glasses was silently praying that Cheng Shuang wouldn't notice her, a piercing whistle shattered the sky. The girl with glasses opened one eye in surprise and just happened to see the comical scene of a group of horses tripping over each other.
The whistle was indeed piercing, but it was far from enough to prevent the centaur from getting up.
The girl with glasses pushed up her glasses and glanced at the glowing whistle lying on the lawn, her eyes gradually revealing greed.
Although the sound is annoying, it's really a great thing!
The bespectacled girl's ambition was stirred once again, and a smile slowly bloomed on her beautiful face, which resembled Cheng Shuang's. At this moment, she looked seven or eight parts closer to the little girl in appearance.
Cheng Shuang didn't notice the bespectacled woman's unusual behavior. All her attention was focused on that small patch of blood. So when the bespectacled woman stretched out her arm, and the arm gradually became mirror-like, stretching longer and longer until her palm directly transformed into a small mirror house, and she placed it on the whistle—the sound disappeared.
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