In front of the TV cabinet, "Ye Shui's" body quickly disappeared.
Before anyone could react, the NPC appeared in front of "Jiangying" again intact.
He started slapping "Jiang's camp" again, as if it was a scene starting from the beginning.
The sound of slaps echoed one after another, and the NPC roared, "You freak, why did I give birth to something like you? Why don't you just die? Why don't you just die? How dare you continue to live?!"
The god's voice rang out coldly in the players' minds: "Hurry up, go and strangle that person who is insulting the god!"
Now, none of Lu Caihui's bodyguards dared to move.
They were deeply frightened by the death of their companion.
Not far away, Bian Ya whispered, "The player killed the NPC, but not according to the god's instructions. The way he killed the NPC will be reflected back on him. What if the player doesn't touch the NPC and directly ignores the god's instructions?"
Xia Jing said slowly: "If we keep circumventing the gods' instructions, perhaps we will never leave this dungeon."
Lu Chenfei asked, "So, should we go?"
The two psychics following Chai Feng seemed to have sensed something and blocked their way, looking at them warily.
Then, Chai Feng walked up by himself.
He walked up to the two NPCs, stretched out his hands and grabbed "Ye Shui"'s neck!
"Ye Shui" was attacked unexpectedly and stumbled.
He quickly grabbed Chai Feng's hands, his eyes bulged out, and his face quickly turned purple.
He struggled hard, but Chai Feng never let him go. He even gritted his teeth and increased his strength fiercely.
"Ye Shui" fell to the ground. He couldn't make any sound. His mouth opened wide in fear, opening and closing like some kind of fish. The real Ye Shui seemed to feel the death-like suffocation.
Soon, "Ye Shui" died in front of everyone again.
Chai Feng half-knelt there, panting, and said to the air: "I have completed your instructions. Now what?"
The god did not answer him, but the NPC "Jiangying" squatted down in front of Chai Feng.
Chai Feng was stunned.
The man who had just been slapped by Ye Shui and looked as miserable as a dog stared straight at Chai Feng... above his head and said, "You are a hungry bear."
Suddenly, Jiang Ying shouted, "Watch out for your shadow!"
Everyone was shocked.
Chai Feng immediately stood up and lowered his head - the shadow under his feet was normal, without any abnormality.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Jiang Ying.
This man was sweating profusely without knowing when, and the amount of sweat was abnormal.
In fact, his emotions have been extremely unstable since he entered the cave.
By this time, the man's face had lost all color.
He gasped for breath, staring nervously at the shadow under Chai Feng's feet, muttering, "There's definitely going to be something wrong with your shadow. He's already seen your shadow!"
Chai Feng stared at him and said, "Shadow? What's the relationship between Shadow and Shadow City? This NPC's ability should be yours, right? You should know what he's talking about."
Jiang Ying just shook his head, and the words that came out of his mouth were particularly confusing: "I don't know, I only know the shadow, he can see the shadow!"
Everyone's expressions became even weirder.
Soon, Jiang Ying seemed to finally notice the strange atmosphere and felt everyone's suspicious gazes.
He paused, his mind suddenly clearing up.
He forced a smile and said calmly, "Let's not stay in this cave any longer. Let's go up quickly. There must be something else up there..."
This was such a lame way of changing the subject that no one agreed with him.
Jiang Ying turned around and saw Xia Jing, Song Yang and the others, and his steps froze again.
Xia Jing looked at him thoughtfully for a while.
Then he smiled and said in a gentle voice, "It must be difficult to play Jiang Ying."
When these words were spoken, almost everyone except Song Yang was stunned.
Jiang Ying's face turned pale instantly.
"After all, you hardly ever took care of him. Out of fear, you never dared to ask him what he had seen with his supernatural powers."
"You only know that he can see 'shadows,'" Xia Jing said, "but you still don't know what the 'shadows' he sees are."
Xia Jing's words fell to the ground -
Feng Shi was stunned and said, "Isn't this man Jiang Ying?!"
But this man clearly looks like Jiang Ying.
Or... did he use a human skin mask?
Chai Feng's expression suddenly changed: "What's going on? If you're not Jiang Ying, then who is it?"
Lu Caihui and the others seemed stunned as well.
Xia Jing said to them, "It certainly took him a while to convince you to cooperate in managing a behemoth like Smiley City. How long has he been appearing before you, and has he always been using the same face?"
Judging from the shocked expressions on Zhang Yuan and Lu Caihui's faces, this was obviously the case.
"Interesting," Xia Jing turned his head and whispered to Song Yang, "It seems that the person behind him has the ability to bring the props of Smile City to the real world."
All the props in Smiley City are made up of "power".
This type of prop can appear in the real world and can be used in the real world, which means that if Smiley City is really destroyed, people like Xia Jing will have the opportunity to return to the real world.
Although both of them had been moving unswervingly in this direction, and although Xia Jing had previously had similar speculations, this was indeed the first time they had obtained conclusive evidence.
Song Yang immediately tightened his hands and his eyes darkened.
They are one step closer to their goal.
On the other side, Lu Caihui and the others finally reacted and their faces turned pale.
The fake Jiang Ying tried to escape, but the bodyguards immediately rushed over and threw him to the ground!
Lu Caihui and the others strode over and demanded, "Who the hell are you? If you're not from Jiang Ying, then where are the people from Jiang Ying?!"
Chai Feng also walked over, took out a dagger and put it against the fake Jiang Ying's neck: "Take off the mask, or I will kill you!"
The fake Jiangying was frightened and wailed.
Soon, his face changed.
He had turned into a middle-aged man, looking a bit like Jiang Ying, but his eyes were more narrow and elongated, making him look particularly shifty. His hair was a little gray, and there were some wrinkles on his face. He was probably in his fifties or sixties.
The middle-aged man burst into tears and said, "I am Jiang Ying's father, Jiang Hui. I will tell you everything. Just don't do it. Please don't do it!"
"Jiang Ying, Jiang Ying died four years ago! No, no, no, he disappeared, he evaporated from the face of the earth!"
Jiang Hui cried, "He used to live alone in City A. My wife and I were working away from home and didn't pay much attention to him. Four years ago in the summer, my wife and I returned home and found that he was gone!"
"We didn't call the police then," Jiang Hui said, a trace of guilt flickering across his face. "This kid has had superpowers since he was seventeen. He was always talking nonsense and was really scary. His disappearance actually relieved us of a burden."
"After he disappeared, my wife and I moved back to our house in City A. We lived a relatively peaceful life for the next few years. But then, six months ago, I suddenly received a phone call."
At this point, Jiang Hui swallowed and said, "The person who called was a man. He probably used a voice changer, so his voice sounded strange. He asked if I was Jiang Ying's father, and then asked if I wanted to make a lot of money."
Lu Caihui and the others were dumbfounded.
Jiang Hui shrank his neck. "...He said that I just need to play the role of Jiang Ying and go to see you on his behalf. As long as I listen to him and complete this task, he can give me 500,000 yuan a month, and there will be more money later."
Five hundred thousand a month.
What is the concept?
Jiang Hui works his ass off but can only earn three to four thousand a month. If he can earn that much money just by playing the role of Jiang Ying, it would be like pie in the sky.
At that moment, Jiang Hui didn't even hate Jiang Ying anymore.
For a moment, he even thought it would be great if his son were still alive.
The mysterious man who called him offered him a price of 500,000 yuan a month for such a fake, so how much money could they get if the real Jiang Ying took the stage?
Lu Chenfei and the others frowned.
Although they didn't have a good impression of Jiang Ying, Jiang Hui, as a father, was even more despicable and disgusting.
And Lu Caihui and the others——
At this moment, realizing that they had been deceived, fooled, or in other words, being played around with, their faces turned ashen.
Jiang Hui shuddered, "Anyway, anyway, I kept in touch with the mysterious man by phone. I did whatever he told me to do, and I memorized the lines the way he told me to. He was the one who did all the real work. I never met him, and I don't know who he is. He even gave me cash, and it showed up right at my doorstep. The only thing I can be sure of is that the man was definitely not Jiang Ying. Jiang Ying would never do such a bold thing. He's just a coward..."
The next second, he was kicked hard in the head!
Jiang Hui's chin hit the ground hard and he was stunned by the kick.
Lu Caihui rolled up his sleeves, finally losing his composure. He pointed at Jiang Hui and said, "You don't know anything about that mysterious man, right?"
Jiang Hui nodded blankly.
Lu Caihui said to the bodyguard: "Throw him down."
Jiang Hui was stunned for a moment, then said in horror: "No, no, you forgot, players cannot fight each other in this dungeon!"
After these words were spoken, the bodyguards became afraid to take action.
Lu Caihui was so angry that he felt like his brain would burst at any moment.
Chai Feng said gloomily, "Don't worry about him. At worst, we can just leave him here and let him fend for himself."
"No, please, don't leave me!" Jiang Hui hugged their legs.
On the other side, watching this farce, Lu Chenfei frowned and said, "So what Xia Jing said at the beginning was right. The person who opened Smiley City more than two hundred days ago and the person who created Smiley City four years ago are not the same person at all."
"Then a question arises," Bian Ya's eyes shifted slightly, "Where is the mysterious man now? Is he... still in this instance?"
Xia Jing said, "Here."
Everyone looked at him.
This young man had obviously noticed Jiang Hui's strangeness before.
Everything Jiang Hui confessed just now directly confirmed his thoughts and also gave him a rough outline of the mysterious man.
"If he wants to control the situation, he has to be constantly monitoring us. I think he actually entered Smiley City a long time ago. He may even have entered many dungeons. We may have been partners with him in the past."
The young man spoke of this horrifying incident in a calm tone.
"He must be a very bold person, with huge ambitions and a strong desire to play," Xia Jing analyzed methodically. "Because if he simply wanted to use Smiley Face City to gain money and power, with his methods, he wouldn't need to cooperate with Lu Caihui and the others at all. He probably just enjoys playing with others."
"The special ability he possesses can drive the energy balls left behind by the Jiang Camp. This ability may not be widely practical under normal circumstances, but if he finds the opportunity, it will become extremely terrifying to countless ordinary humans. 'God's Realm' is the new name he gave to this terrifying world, and 'God' is also the position he gave himself."
Lu Chenfei and the others' faces darkened.
Xia Jing said, "I don't think it's likely that someone like him would openly choose to stand in the opposing camp. That would make him too obvious. Of course, it's also unlikely that he would be among the four kidnapped people, because that would put him in a very passive position."
"He will continue to hide his identity as before, while ensuring his freedom of movement."
However, if the mysterious man had entered this instance with them, but was neither in Chai Feng's camp nor disguised as a kidnapped person, then he could only be in—
In an instant, Lu Chenfei and the others all remembered one thing.
Among them, there was "one more" person.
They suddenly froze in place.
Xia Jing whispered, "When Smiley City was operating normally, he was among the players. When Smiley City was in turmoil due to its transformation, he was also among us."
"When I brought you into the safe house, he also went into the safe house. After the safe house and I disappeared, he returned to the game hall with you."
"And when I forced Jiang Hui and the others into this five-star dungeon—he was probably among the remaining dozens of players, watching me."
Li Mian couldn't stay calm anymore.
She was puzzled and asked, "If he and you were both in the game lobby at the time, then there were no dungeon rules to constrain him. Why didn't he attack you at the time, but instead chose to join us and enter this five-star dungeon with us?"
Song Yang analyzed the problem on Xia Jing's behalf: "Because his previous attacks on Xia Jing and the safe house were all carried out when he and Xia Jing were very far apart."
"When he defeated Xia Jing for the last time, Xia Jing had already transformed into the power surrounding the safe house." He glanced at Xia Jing beside him, and Xia Jing smiled back at him. "Xia Jing's consciousness was probably not very clear at the time, so it was difficult to grasp the source of that power. Even if the mysterious man was in the safe house at the time, Xia Jing would not be able to find him."
"But after Xia Jing solidifies into a physical form and fully regains consciousness, if he still wants to launch an attack within such a small area as the game hall," Song Yang paused, "then Xia Jing will be able to find him immediately."
The mysterious man must have realized at that time that he had not yet completely controlled Smiley City.
Therefore, if the players really reacted and attacked in groups, even if he could mobilize the power of Smiley City to temporarily resist this wave of attacks for a short while, this partial control would not allow him to resist for too long.
Just like in the process of rebuilding and controlling Smiley City, the distorted space could not kill all the players in the end.
——Even if Xia Jing had not appeared at that time, there would have been players who would have been able to survive in that dangerous situation under the suppression of gravity.
But the mysterious man is human after all, and he can be killed.
Of course, there are still people like Xia Jing in this world who can transform their physical bodies into pure strength after their bodies are destroyed. However, this is not something that everyone can do, nor can it be achieved under all circumstances.
The mysterious man knew this very well, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
You Ye raised another question: "But he could have just let Xia Jing enter the five-star dungeon and watched from the sidelines in the game hall. Maybe Xia Jing wouldn't be able to get out at all?"
Song Yang said in a deep voice, "This is an out-of-control dungeon, and it's also the highest-level dungeon in Smiley City. He should be worried about what opportunities Xia Jing will gain in this dungeon."
Everyone quickly thought of——
According to the rules stated by the "God", players can leave this horrible world after completing this copy!
This five-star copy does provide players with excellent conditions.
Xia Jing smiled and said, "The mysterious man should have investigated the past of Jiangying. He should be able to roughly understand the reasons and process of the creation and destruction of Shadow City."
"But at the same time, because Jiang Ying died a long time ago, the mysterious man's understanding of Shadow City is incomplete, so he still doesn't know how I transformed into a body of pure power."
"But he's so smart, he must have guessed it—the opportunity that caused my transformation must have been the moment I met the conditions to leave Shadow City."
Xia Jing opened his lips slightly.
He gazed at the seven people before him, seven companions who had once fought side by side, and spoke word by word, "He's afraid that I will take away his 'God's Realm' just as I took away Shadow City."
This is why the mysterious man had to follow Xia Jing into the five-star copy.
When Xia Jing said this, the atmosphere in this space had become very strange.
Everyone stopped talking.
...So, if that mysterious person is among them, who could it be?
Lu Chenfei said hoarsely: "...I really don't want to doubt any of us."
He scanned the familiar faces and said slowly, "Except for Bian Ya, I haven't worked much with anyone here. As for the others, I'm pretty familiar with them."
"Of course, this doesn't mean I doubt Bian Ya. Since he can join this team, it means that at least he and some of you have fought side by side before, and you trust him," Lu Chenfei paused and said, "I just..."
I just really don't hope any of them are that mysterious person.
We have all lived and died together.
However, Lu Chenfei also knew that sometimes "hope" was useless.
The facts are before them. If they don't face up to this problem, they will never be able to solve it.
At this moment, everyone fell silent, looking at each other with complicated eyes.
You Ye suddenly glanced at Fei Shengxiao.
Fei Shengxiao was stunned by this look.
She quickly reacted and said anxiously, "Well... I know the timing of my entry into this dungeon was strange, and I can't prove that the strange difference in the number of people in the game hall really occurred after you entered the dungeon. But I'm really not a mysterious person... If you don't believe me, I'll prove myself in any way I want."
Li Mian immediately frowned and said, "Sheng Xiao can't possibly be a mysterious person. I've known her for a long time!"
"Wait, let me interrupt here," Song Yang said, "Xia Jing and I just analyzed this not to let us fall into the self-proving stage again."
He said calmly: "It's just that Jiang Hui's identity has been exposed, so it's natural for us to talk about this topic."
"What we just said is just speculation and is not necessarily true. In fact, I hope that each of us can continue to focus and cooperate wholeheartedly as we have in the past, knowing that this possibility exists."
Everyone was stunned.
"I know this is a very strange request, but—"
In front of the other seven people, Song Yang said bluntly:
"First, even though Jiang Hui's identity has been exposed, Chai Feng and his men will definitely not switch sides with us. He's on the opposing side and can switch between 'killing Xia Jing to appease the mysterious man' and 'killing both Xia Jing and the mysterious man' at any time. The situation will only become more complicated."
Everyone looked towards Chai Feng.
Chai Feng looked at them with a gloomy look in his eyes, and obviously had no intention of coming over to negotiate with them.
"Secondly, it's difficult for us to easily expose the mysterious person's true intentions. Pressuring each other here will not yield any results and is simply a waste of time."
"Third, simply killing the mysterious man is useless. You all know that this dungeon isn't controlled by the mysterious man, but by the Jiang Camp's forces. In other words, the game lobby controlled by the mysterious man and this five-star dungeon constructed by the Jiang Camp's forces are already separate."
"If we can force the mysterious man out of his territory and trap him in this five-star dungeon, it will be much easier for us to take action. However, we also need to kill the mysterious man and clear this dungeon at the same time to gain true freedom."
"Fourth, even if the mysterious person is truly among us—seven of us against one person—even though we don't know who he is right now, I don't think we'll fall easily into his hands."
Song Yang said this most directly as he looked at the seven people in front of him.
"Fifth, at the beginning of the dungeon, I said that I hope everyone will protect their own selves before helping their companions this time. You are all smart and should understand what I mean."
Lu Chenfei and the others' expressions gradually calmed down.
Xia Jing glanced at Song Yang jokingly and said, "You know the mysterious man might be here, but you still dare to say such words. You really deserve to be called Doctor Song."
You Ye laughed and said, "Thinking about it this way, it's quite interesting to do it openly, isn't it?"
Fei Shengxiao said, "Actually, I think the mysterious person will definitely reveal his true colors as we progress through the dungeon."
Li Mian nodded and said seriously, "That's right."
Feng Shi took a deep breath and said, "Indeed, even if we don't know who the mysterious person is yet, as long as everyone works together, we will eventually find the one who is out of step."
Bian Ya said thoughtfully, "Besides, the mysterious man still doesn't know how Xia Jing transformed into a body of pure energy. As this five-star dungeon continues to advance, Xia Jing is getting closer and closer to his goal of completing it. He should soon be unable to sit still."
Lu Chenfei exhaled and nodded, "Once people can't sit still, they will make mistakes."
After Lu Chenfei finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
Soon, You Ye laughed out loud and said meaningfully, "Have all eight of us spoken?"
If the mysterious man is really among them, then we can only praise him for his perfect disguise.
But how long can this perfection last?
Lu Chenfei sneered and said, "Although I just said so much affectionate words, but——"
He glanced at the few people and said coldly, "You've deceived my feelings for so long. Now that I've caught you, I will never let you go."
At this moment, new changes occurred in the cave.
After "Ye Shui" died, his body quickly disappeared.
"Wang Yuan" suddenly appeared again.
The NPC with the face of Wang Yuan glared at Jiang Ying with resentment and fear, scolding him for staying at home all day and not being like a normal person. As he scolded him, he couldn't help but blame himself for giving birth to a son like him.
This "Wang Yuan" pinched his throat and everyone got goosebumps when they heard it.
This is clearly the role of a mother.
Even Wang Yuan himself couldn't stand this NPC, and his old face turned red.
The god's voice rang out coldly in their minds: "This person is also bullying the god. The god wants to kick him to death, kick him to death!"
This time, without waiting for Chai Feng and the others to react, Lu Chen flew away.
He nimbly bypassed Chai Feng and the others, and with a roundhouse kick, he sent the NPC flying. "Wang Yuan" immediately crashed into the repeatedly injured TV cabinet and died.
Lu Chenfei made a "tsk" sound, seeming a little disgusted with doing such a thing.
But carrying out the gods' orders must have some effect, whether it is good or bad. If one person from Chai Feng's camp and one person from their camp have advanced the dungeon plot, the situation on both sides will be more balanced.
So that there won't be any unexpected situations that they won't be able to deal with.
The "Jiang Ying" soon arrived in front of Lu Chenfei, stared at him for a while, and said, "You are a weak bow that keeps trying to draw itself to full length. Be careful if you keep going like this, you won't be able to protect anyone and will end up destroying yourself."
Lu Chenfei paused.
He laughed disdainfully, "Really?"
The body of "Wang Yuan" disappeared, "Jiang Ying" also disappeared, and the entire scene in the living room disappeared collectively.
The cave turned into that bare cave.
Chai Feng glanced at Lu Chenfei, Song Yang and the others, then said to Lu Caihui and the others, "There's nothing here. Let's continue up."
Jiang Hui saw that they were really going to abandon him, and he cried for his parents.
He rushed to Song Yang and Xia Jing again, crying, "Can you take me away? I know you are all good children. You will definitely not do something like indirectly killing people, right?"
No one paid any attention to him.
In fact, if they could finally pass the dungeon, Jiang Hui might be able to win without any effort.
Anyway, no matter what, it is absolutely impossible for them to carry another burden at the moment.
Outside this cave, there is still an uneven circular corridor leading up and down.
Standing at the entrance of the cave and looking up, you can see two new caves on the left and right sides, about fifty meters above, on the same level.
Chai Feng and his men were the first to act.
This time they chose to use props.
They took out a rope, Chai Feng grabbed the end of the rope and swung it hard, throwing the rope upwards!
The rope seemed to have life, it shot up to the mouth of the cave above and penetrated deep into the soil.
Afterwards, Chai Feng took the lead, followed by the four entrepreneurs in the middle, the other two psychics followed closely behind, and the bodyguards were at the end.
They climbed up in such a team, grabbing the ropes.
Song Yang and the others were too lazy to compete with Chai Feng.
They decided to go to the cave diagonally above.
You Ye took out a bow and arrow, wrapped the front end of the rope around the arrow, then she aimed at the cave diagonally above, pulled the bow to its full extent with a beautiful posture, and let go.
With a whoosh, the arrow turned into a shadow and flew out, instantly piercing deeply into the earth wall.
The props in Smiley City are very useful, the arrows are strong and the ropes are stable.
Once they've determined their position, all they have to do is swing along the rope.
The order on their side was Song Yang and Xia Jing leading the way, with Feng Shi and Lu Chenfei bringing up the rear.
The group held on to the rope tightly and rushed out of the cave.
The rope swung in a huge arc in the air.
At the moment when they were about to hit the earth wall, the eight people and the four kidnapped people bent their legs and stepped on the wall to stabilize their posture.
Afterwards, they and Chai Feng each occupied one side and climbed up together.
Jiang Hui stood alone in the empty cave, extremely panicked.
He didn't think there was any chance of him getting out alive if he was left here.
At a certain moment, he made up his mind, gritted his teeth, rushed out of the cave, jumped up, and desperately grabbed the tail of the rope on Chai Feng and the others' side.
It actually worked!
Jiang Hui was overjoyed and began to climb up.
A bodyguard shouted, "He's following us."
Chai Feng, who was at the front, frowned and said, "Don't worry about him for now."
…
The environment of this copy is really very strange.
Players have to face caves one after another.
When there is a "scene" in the cave, there is naturally light, and when there is light, there is naturally illumination.
But when the "scene" disappeared, the cave was still bright.
Just like the corridor they are climbing.
The corridor seems to have no end in sight. There is no lighting in the corridor, but the surroundings are as bright as day.
Feng Shi analyzed as he climbed: "In this dungeon, this might mean 'daytime'."
Lu Chenfei glanced down and said, "You can't even see our shadows right now... Speaking of which, Xia Jing, what exactly is this 'shadow' that Jiang Ying is talking about?"
Xia Jing followed behind Song Yang and said, "That's something only he can see. It's different from the shadows we know in our daily lives."
His voice wasn't breathless at all.
"When he observed the shadows of others, his line of sight was always above their heads, so everyone's 'shadow' should be floating at the back of their head."
"As for shadows," Xia Jing chuckled and said, "they should be considered as a projection of each person's thoughts, emotions, and personality."
Everyone's expressions became strange.
In other words, Jiang Ying has the ability to see the essence of a person's soul through his appearance?
Song Yang was the first to roll over and enter the new cave.
He reached out his hand to Xia Jing, and they held each other's wrists.
Although Song Yang had already known Jiang Ying through Xia Jing, it was only at this time that he thought of a question.
While pulling Xia Jing hard, he asked, "Can Jiang Ying see his own shadow?"
Xia Jing was about to answer.
At this moment, the voice of God suddenly sounded in their minds.
"During your break, do whatever makes you feel comfortable."
It finished the sentence lazily.
Then the light disappeared.
They fell into darkness.
Xia Jing stopped.
It was truly pitch black, so dark that one couldn't see one's hand in front of one's face. It was as if their existence had been wiped out from this world, making people feel uneasy from the bottom of their hearts.
On the opposite side, Chai Feng's group took action earlier, so their progress was faster than theirs.
At this moment, Chai Feng, four entrepreneurs, and two psychics had all crawled into the cave, leaving only seven bodyguards and one Jiang Hui hanging on the rope.
In the darkness, Chai Feng frowned.
His flashlight was broken in the previous copy, and before he could replenish supplies, Smiley City was completely destroyed.
The same goes for the other two psychics.
He could only cautiously lean towards the cave entrance in the dark, trying to observe the situation outside.
Lu Caihui heard the noise and thought he was trying to pull the bodyguards up, so he said sternly, "Don't worry about them, let them climb up on their own! I hired you to protect us, not to protect a few bodyguards. Do you still want your salary?"
Chai Feng froze.
The condescending remarks made his expression even gloomier.
Lu Caihui lost his composure in the sudden darkness. He nervously shouted, "Come here quickly, come and protect us!"
Chai Feng took a deep breath and said, "I understand."
He wanted to go back.
At this time too—
Lu Caihui suddenly screamed in the depths of darkness!
The scream came out of the cave.
Across the corridor, Xia Jing heard the sound and narrowed his eyes.
At this moment, Song Yang pulled him into the cave with force, and You Ye behind Xia Jing also began to speed up.
They started moving again and quickly went into the cave one by one.
Fei Shengxiao crawled in and asked nervously, "What's going on?"
It was pitch black and they couldn't see anything. They could only hear Lu Caihui's terrifying screams from the opposite side and the commotion coming from their cave.
"What's wrong? What's going on?"
"Old Lu, Old Lu, where are you?!"
The voices of these people echoed in the empty corridor.
The bodyguards still hanging on the ropes seemed to be frightened as well. Several of them let go and fell down screaming, mixed with Jiang Hui's shrill wails.
All these sounds quickly disappeared at the bottom of the corridor.
Chai Feng was trying to calm the situation. He shouted, "Calm down, everyone, stay calm. Where are you, Mr. Lu?"
Lu Caihui continued to scream, as if in great pain.
Then, almost everyone on both sides heard some kind of... bone-gnawing sound in the darkness.