Those who were lying on the ground sat up one after another, and at this point, the already small number of defenders had decreased by another third.
Several people, disregarding the bloodstains covering their bodies, simultaneously pulled out their return tickets, their faces tense as they examined them closely.
Now nobody cares if the tickets are stolen. At least two return tickets belonging to the deceased have fallen onto the rooftop. If you don't want them to be dirty, those without tickets can simply pick them up and continue using them.
The most urgent task now is to find the gate to reincarnation.
Despite their attempts to manipulate the return tickets, nothing happened. The Gate of Reincarnation still showed no signs of opening, which only meant that they had not yet reached their destination.
Liu Juan helped Cheng Shuang, whom she had shielded beneath her, to her feet, took out a wet wipe, and began wiping the girl's face. She whispered, "Don't stick your head out." She was afraid that Cheng Shuang, who had given the warning, would be used as a target for her anger.
Cheng Shuang nodded, then took a wet wipe and wiped away the dried blood sticking to her skin. It turned out they were wrong from the start; the plastic figures in the shopping mall were very likely the natives of this world, the cookie dolls the giants had mentioned.
The giantess's words were very profound: the existence of cookie dolls can attract new dolls, and the existence of new dolls can in turn provide a continuous supply of cookie dolls.
Therefore, the ultimate fate of the maintainers is not just death.
Cheng Shuang pursed her lips. After their deaths, they would have to take over from the missing plastic figures to continue the normal operation of the shopping center.
Those bloated security guards and the minotaur on the bridge were all once protectors.
Cheng Shuang shook her body. No wonder some plastic figures could use special tools, and no wonder some of the equipment in the shopping mall had special killing skills.
It would not be surprising if their predecessors were the skills of the maintainers.
And the wanderer, naturally, is a giant.
They have a way to preserve the skills of the maintainers who have been transformed into plastic people. These skills may gradually wear down and decline, but unlike the previous Land of Death, where the skills and cards of maintainers who remained in a certain area of death would immediately disappear after the gate of reincarnation closed.
This is an effective precaution taken by the Gate of Reincarnation to prevent the cards from being misused by wanderers.
Cheng Shuang thought of Li Lei. The fundamental reason why Li Lei could still possess skills even after his body and soul separated and he fell into death was that he did not truly die, or rather, his body did not truly die.
Does that mean there are two possibilities?
The first type is a powerful Death Domain that can weaken the Gate of Reincarnation to a certain extent, allowing the Wanderers to find loopholes and creating a situation where the Plastic People and the Maintainers restrain each other.
There's another possibility: the plastic figures' bodies are actually human bodies, and they aren't completely dead?! That's why the Giantess can exploit this to allow the deceased maintainers to retain their skills or cards.
Cheng Shuang's claim cannot be verified.
She truly sacrificed her own interests for the greater good, but what good did it do? She helped all the plastic dolls regain their human identities, whether they were natives or protectors, transforming them from cookie dolls into fresh dolls.
Then what?
She died from overexertion of her skills, and the fresh dolls died from the giants' revelry?
"The giants care so much about us leaving the shopping mall, could it be that the starting point for the Gate of Reincarnation is outside the shopping mall?" someone whispered.
The snoring never stopped, and everyone was careful not to wake the gluttonous kid.
Cheng Shuang snapped out of her daze and saw Sun Han take the initiative to speak, "That's possible." He didn't say anything more.
Liu Juan glanced back at the mountain of plastic trash that had been shaken apart, and pursed her lips. "I think we should also look on the rooftop. There must be some corners that have been left behind on such a big rooftop."
Aside from the convenience store staff, no one took her words to heart, assuming she was just a coward who dared not challenge the electric fence. However, because she had five teammates with her, the others simply ignored her.
Liu Juan was a little embarrassed.
Du Lanshan glanced at her and said, "We'll stay. You can leave if you want."
Du Lushui lowered her voice and said to Liu Juan, "Isn't it hard to be a good person?"
Liu Juan glanced at him, then turned her head away while hugging Cheng Shuang. The embarrassment on her face disappeared, and she relaxed.
Cheng Shuang looked up at her, then at Du Lushui, then at Du Lanshan. When she looked at Sun Han and Du Jun, she saw the two of them raising their eyebrows and silently asking questions.
The little girl quickly turned her head back, keeping her eyes straight ahead. Could she say that she had been distracted and mistakenly thought that Sister Liu Juan had suddenly become a stunning beauty and a hot commodity, and that her companions were going to fight for her?
Sigh, she wished she could see sweet romance in a convenience store too...
There's a law that goes: when there are many people, there's no unity.
Furthermore, the maintainers are all on guard, and none of them are willing to submit to the others. Even if they have a common enemy sleeping soundly beside them, it doesn't mean they will work together towards the same goal.
Besides Cheng Shuang and the other six, one man and one woman remained.
Among the dolls that Cheng Shuang brought out, these two found two teammates each. They were somewhat grateful, but more than that, they remembered that the first person to receive the warning was the little girl in the group of six.
The fact that they can stand here in such a neat and orderly fashion is a testament to their strength.
Is it wrong for them to obey the strong?
The others weren't unaware of this principle, but they were more worried about being used as cannon fodder by Cheng Shuang and her group. It was better to take the risk and find another way out; if the place outside the shopping mall wasn't the correct place to open the Gate of Reincarnation, they could always turn back.
Eight people remained on the rooftop. The others escaped the electric grid using different methods, and cards and skills appeared in abundance.
Fortunately, the giant girl was sleeping soundly and was not awakened by the flashy scene on the rooftop, which allowed them to proceed smoothly.
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