Chapter 96: The tenth scene. This liar is not worthy of being trusted at all...
“Tick-tock.”
“Tick-tock.”
“Tick…”
The sound of sticky yet distinct liquid dripping echoed in the dark corridor of the castle. The road ahead was dimly illuminated by the firelight, and the intertwined tentacles seemed particularly huge.
"Hum, hum, hum..." Minglin walked in front, holding a flaming arrow in his hand, humming a song.
Tang Xiqin followed behind her, holding the bow in her hand, keeping it strung, not daring to relax.
"Is the rocket still burning?" Tang Xiqin asked.
Minglin seemed to raise her arm, shaking the still-bright arrow in her hand, and replied, "It's still burning. It should be fine!"
"Is that so? If it goes out by accident, remember to come back and ask me for another one."
"Isn't that necessary?" Minglin's voice trembled. "I can light it again myself."
"Oh, that's a good idea. As long as it works, it's fine. Do whatever you want." Tang Xiqin slowed down her pace and raised the bow silently.
"Then, then Captain..."
"what?"
"...I was wondering, are your eyes any better than mine?"
“Whoosh!!!”
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“Chi——!!!”
He Yue turned around and smiled at Tang Xiqin, then pulled out two daggers in an instant and stabbed them into the man's eyes!
“Ah!!!! Minglin, what are you doing!!!??!”
"Minglin? I'm not Minglin, I'm a monster, Captain! I'm a monster, a monster! The kind that eats people!"
He Yuezhe kicked the man to pin him on the tentacles against the wall, and with a twist of the dagger in his hand, he gouged out the man's eyeball intact!
"Are you... a [freak]?!" Tang Xiqin wailed in pain, covering her gouged-out eye sockets and asked.
"[Deformed species]? No, no, no, I'm not a [Deformed species]," He Yuezhe quickly shook his head in surprise. "If it's so easy to find your kind, then life must be too easy for your species, isn't it?"
"Hmm, but it's really strange. Why would a [Deformed Species] voluntarily serve a [Deformed Species Alien]?"
"Are you weak?"
"You're weak! You're weak!! I'm its—bah! Don't try to get anything out of me!! I'm keeping my mouth shut!!!"
The man's expression changed again and again, and a bunch of wriggling tentacles tried to wrap around his face.
He Yuezhe frowned, cut off the tentacles with a dagger, and asked, "Why are you so secretive?"
"Look, I can kill you right now."
"Do you want to die with some secrets that have surfaced, or do you want to lead the way and I will spare your life?"
"Or... I can also obey your wishes and cut you into many pieces, put you in a vase, plant flowers in it, lock you up, and admire you every day."
"Well, it seems that your suggestion is indeed the best! Let's get started now?" He Yuezhe used the trembling tentacle to wipe the dagger again, making it clean again.
"You! Why don't you bite her?!" The man looked at the tentacle with his remaining eyes and roared.
"Clear your mind, relax your body, we'll get started soon."
"Wait!! I, I choose—"
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"Minglin?!"
Tang Xiqin shouted angrily and used her arm to block the man's attack.
Then he shot an arrow, hitting the man right on the forehead!
"You're not Minglin?!" Tang Xiqin took a few steps forward and grabbed the man's neck.
A crack slowly appeared on the man's face, which was extremely similar to Minglin's.
"Minglin? I'm not Minglin. I'm a monster, Captain. I'm a monster, a monster! The kind that eats people."
The corners of Minglin's mouth slowly cracked to the temples, and her teeth, which were old and yellow and dripping with foul-smelling liquid, began to creak.
"[Deformed Species]?" Tang Xiqin narrowed her eyes, held the arrow close to it, and asked, "Do you serve the master of this castle?"
"You, you!!" The man suddenly became furious.
"What?! Let me make it clear first, I will never let you step on my feet!!!" Tang Xiqin took a few steps back due to the shaking in the corridor.
"Me!! I won't step on a [human's] feet!!! I eat with my mouth!! I'm an ogre!!! Do you understand?!!!"
“…”
Tang Xiqin, who was once deceived by an enthusiastic teammate (Honeysuckle) during a mission, danced with a [freak] for 30 minutes, and had her feet stepped on for 30 minutes, finally felt relieved.
"So you mean you want to eat me?" she asked, tapping the man's face with the butt of her arrow.
"Yes, yes, yes!!! That's right, I want to eat you!!!"
"Really? Your teeth are so yellow, are you going to eat people without brushing them?" Tang Xiqin said in disbelief, "That's too rude."
"With this attitude, why should I let you eat me?"
She then lit the arrow, jumped over the man, and walked deeper into the corridor.
"No! There's no reason for eating people! This is my nature, my true nature! My kind eat people, so I eat people too! Is there any reason for this?!"
"How stupid! I didn't stop you from eating humans." Tang Xiqin ignored the man's footsteps and continued to burn those disgusting tentacles.
She broke off a broken tooth from her tentacle, showed it to it, and said, "See, they all know to keep their teeth clean. Unlike you."
"So, just because I brushed my teeth, you'll agree to let me eat you?!"
“…”
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"Wait!! I, I choose the first one, I'll take you there!!!"
"Do you think you still have the ability to choose?" He Yuezhe smiled happily. She was holding a pen and planning how to cut.
The man had been trapped on the wall by her tentacles, and seemed to be feeling a little itchy, so he suddenly began to sway from side to side.
"Don't move, otherwise it will hurt you." He Yuezhe kindly reminded.
The man was silent for a moment, then said, "I, I really admitted my mistake! Please, don't cut me! Let me go, I can take you to the compartment you want to go to!"
"Why should I believe you?"
"I, I...anyway, I will never lie to you!!!"
"Can I cut off your hands and feet?"
"No... I, I really won't lie to you. I will take you there!! I promise!! I promise!! Otherwise I will be struck to death by lightning on the spot!!!"
"But you've clearly been lying to me all along." He Yuezhe looked at the energy fluctuations that appeared in a certain color and chuckled softly, "A liar is not worthy of being trusted at all, okay?"
"Me!!! You're talking nonsense!!!"
"Nonsense? Oh, you don't have the ability of the Word Spirit, but I do."
"Ha, host, when did you acquire this magical ability?"
He Yuezhe didn't give it time to react and immediately said, "If you lie, you will be struck by lightning right now!"
“BOOM——”!!
A flash of lightning appeared in front of the two people, separating them, and then decisively drilled into the man's body!
“…”
"Wow, that's so cool!!"
“Aa ...
"See, you really are lying to me," He Yuezhe shook his head helplessly, "It's a pity that if you do this, your meat will be cooked and unsuitable for cutting."
"Aa ...
"Lead the way, please lead the way."
"I'm going to be electrocuted I'm hungry hungry hungry hungry hungry hungry hungry hungry hungry!!!!"
“Pah.”
He Yuezhe clapped his hands, and a thin bolt of lightning emerged from the man's heart.
"Is this all right?" she asked.
The lightning surrounded her neck, flashing faintly, but it would not hurt her at all.
"You...I...I, I, I..." The man seemed to be at a loss for words, "I, I, I'll do it..."
"Okay, I'll hold you and let's go now!"
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"..." Tang Xiqin didn't quite understand this person's train of thought, "When did I say that?"
"Y-You don't mean that?"
"What else? Should I still let you eat obediently?"
The man rushed forward, blocking her way, and angrily said, "Then tell me! What do you want me to do in order for you to be eaten by me?!"
"Hey, why do I have to let you eat me?" Tang Xiqin slapped it away and continued walking. "I still have a mission to complete. Can you please stop bothering me?"
“…”
“…”
"I, I know the secret of this castle!!!"
“……?”
“…”
"Tell me about it."
"If you don't want to be eaten by me, I won't tell you!" The man said angrily with his hands on his hips and his head raised.
"...Ha, why do you want to eat me so much?" Although Tang Xiqin was quite curious about the secret of this castle, she really didn't want to be eaten by this man.
"I told you this is my nature!" the man said angrily. "Also, are you willing or not? If not, I'm leaving!"
"No."
Tang Xiqin's decisive answer seemed to hurt the man's poor little heart. He cried out in pain and rolled on the ground.
"Wow! Is there any justice in this world?! I wanted to help you out of kindness, but you treated me like this!! Wow!! I'm so sad!!!"
"Go somewhere else, you're blocking my way." Tang Xiqin kicked it away and began to burn the tentacles on both sides of the wall.
She had now reached the end of the corridor. The corridor, without windows or lights, was still pitch black.
"There is no room and no secret compartment on the ground. Where can she go...?" Tang Xiqin began to clean the tentacles back, searching for any mechanism while cleaning.
"I know!! Why didn't you ask me??!"
"oh."
"I, I!!!!——I agree, I will take you to find her!!"
"Then you still..."
"I won't eat you either!!! But you have to help me kill that [Deformed Alien]!!!!"
"[Deformed Alien]...your master?"
The [Deformed Species] actually harbored murderous intentions towards the [Deformed Species Alien], and even towards its own master? This was somewhat beyond Tang Xiqin's expectations.
"Yes! You must help me kill my master. If you don't agree, I will regret it!!"
The man had already stood up, but suddenly collapsed to the ground and convulsed: "Ah ...
"You possess the [Transfer] trait?" Tang Xiqin immediately saw the reason for its strange behavior and squatted down to ask, "In other words, you are a twin?"
"Twins!? You—"
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