(Note: This chapter contains mild horror elements. Skip to the next chapter if you're uncomfortable.)
The brief hum faded, but their night's mission was far from over.Instead,the true gamehad now begun!
The rules were the same as the second Blood Moon in his past life,which put Chen Xiao at ease.He knew how to play this game!
"Did you hear that?""Of course! Look at how confused everyone is.""What does it even mean? Who shouldn't we trust?"
Someone in the Nancheng Warehouse team quickly asked.
Lü XingJi thought for a moment and said coldly: "Think about it," Lü XingJi countered coldly. "If a voice in all our heads says 'Do not trust him,' then 'him' cannot possibly refer to just one person!"The questioner was stunned: "Trust no one?"
Lang Fei nodded: "Exactly. We need to be on high alert now, think twice before acting—don't be reckless!""From now on, we make our own rules."
Jiang YunHan reacted swiftly, issuing orders immediately:"Anyone who breaks the rules—I'll execute them myself!""Our goal: reach the peak of Tuoluo Mountain and find the flash!""Our rule: total silence!"
As soon as he said this, those who had wanted to ask fell silent, following the rule voluntarily.Some even covered their mouths to avoid forgetting.
Jiang YunHan gestured "move out."The team of over a dozen set off toward the peak again.
Chen Xiao followed Jiang YunHan closely, watching him intently,as if afraid he might suddenly change.He was impressed by Jiang YunHan's plan,but relying only on this to survive the Blood Moon was naive.
Under the Blood Moon, countless lost souls wandered. It was a universal nightmare, and its horrors were far more profound than anyone realized.
Soon, they reached the mountainside.Suddenly,a young man in the team clapped his hands,drawing everyone's attention.He pointed downward, then at the bushes—clearly, he needed to relieve himself.
Jiang YunHan and Lü XingJi exchanged a look, then raised their hands helplessly,quickly pointing to the spot—signaling that anyone needing to go could do so, then return promptly!
Chen Xiao shifted slightly to avoid some eyes,but his gazeremained fixed on Jiang YunHan.
Five minutes later,everyone returned, not a word spoken.Lang Fei counted the numbers and nodded at Jiang YunHan.
Jiang YunHan didn't order them to set off immediately, choosing a different approach.He began to point at people one by one.Those selected formed one team, the rest another—eight in one, seven in the other.It happened to be the team that had relieved themselves and the team that had waited.
Jiang YunHan gestured, signaling a split into two groups,using the same formation as before!
This panicked the group that had relieved themselves!What does this mean?!Were they cursed or something?!Why are they being excluded?!
They kept gesturing, begging Jiang YunHan to keep them,but Jiang YunHan's attitude was firm—he even glared fiercely at them.He was the leader, so they had no choice but to obey.Otherwise, in the apocalypse, without protection, they'd be doomed!
Thus,the vanguard split into two paths.
Yuan Ye was now frustrated—he'd just relieved himself and was immediately abandoned.He didn't know why,but his intuition told him it was bad.
So, their group of eight headed in another direction.Fortunately, their final destination was the same—the peak!Once they reached it, they'd reunite with Jiang YunHan and the others!Maybe…they'd find an opportunity before the others, no longer needing to be subservient!
Even without Jiang YunHan, everyone still followed the rule, silent.The night was deathly quiet,only the rustle of footsteps, unsettling.
Yuan Ye forced himself to stay optimistic, pushing away dark thoughts.He looked to the sky—tonight, it was a deep, impenetrable black.A blood-red moon hung high, its hue like thick plasma, filled with unease.Its light dyed the clouds a 诡异,terrifying crimson,casting dark red shadows on the ground, enveloping the world in horror.
A breeze blew, leaves rustling—a sound eerily clear in the silence.To distract himself, Yuan Ye's eyes dropped, tracing the patterns of shadow and moonlight. That's when he saw it. Something off. The person walking ahead of him was Captain Liu, Liu Qingqing, a quiet girl. But her shoes… Why were the toes of her shoes pointing directly at him?
"Hum!"Yuan Ye's scalp tingled!
Liu Qingqing was walking backward toward him?But when he looked up,he saw a head of black hair,with an ordinary white hairpin.
"What's wrong, Captain Yuan?"A dry female voice spoke.She was asking him,but…how could she speak?!Jiang YunHan had strictly forbidden talking!
What unsettled him most was:when Liu Qingqing spoke,the sound came from behind her hair!
His legs trembled, cold sweat pouring down.Then, he fell into an endless abyss—someone else spoke to him.
"What's wrong, Captain Yuan?""What's wrong, Captain Yuan?""What's wrong, Captain Yuan?""What's wrong, Captain Yuan?""What's wrong, Captain Yuan?"
Yuan Ye forced a smile, his forehead drenched in sweat.This wasn't ending.The questioning voices seemed endless, echoing in his ears.
"What's wrong, Captain Yuan?""What's wrong, Captain Yuan?""What's wrong, Captain Yuan?"
Yuan Ye bit his tongue hard—the pain forced him to calm down."It's nothing, everyone. Let's move quickly—Jiang YunHan is waiting for us."
After he spoke, silence answered him.All his teammates stared at him in unison!He felt waves of intense, malicious intent!
Then, Liu Qingqing's hands rose slowly, parting the curtain of her long, black hair to reveal the face behind it—a face that had once been delicate, now ghastly pale. It was only then that the horrific realization dawned on Yuan Ye. The 'white hairpin' he had seen nestled in her hair wasn't a hairpin at all. It was her nose, upturned and protruding grotesquely from the part in her locks.
And Liu Qingqing was smiling. An unnatural, grotesque smile. Her jaw unhinged, her mouth stretching wide—so wide it seemed to split the very flesh of her face—a visage of pure, unadulterated madness....