"Wait!"
Bai Yuze suddenly spoke, stopping Xueno's advance.
"What's wrong?"
Xueno was a bit confused. There was no rush to travel now. Was he thinking of taking a "sulfuric acid bath"?
"Wild brats have refreshed."
From Bai Yuze's perspective, directly in front of their path floated a wooden barrel filled with liquid, carried by two transparent, child-like figures.
Bai Yuze knew that the barrel contained corrosive liquid, and the amount in one barrel was enough to corrode a person completely, leaving no bone fragments.
"I hate brats the most."
Bai Yuze said, picking up his flashlight and shining it over.
The moment the flashlight beam hit them, the two children turned into specks of light and dissipated.
Clang!
The wooden barrel lost its support and fell directly to the ground, its liquid spilling out and mixing with the water on the ground, making a sizzling sound.
"Such pure malice!"
Xueno exclaimed in surprise. They looked like children who had just learned to walk, yet their malice towards others far surpassed that of adult Weird.
"Children's evil is pure, devoid of any conflict of interest, only simple emotional revulsion. For this, even if they take someone's life, they won't feel the slightest remorse. The reason they cry is that they know they are about to be punished."
"You understand a lot. So, do you like children?"
"I don't know, but I know I hate brats. I can't stand them for a second. When I see them, I want to strangle them. Throw them into a septic tank to be used as fuel."
He recalled some unpleasant experiences, simply put: relatives came to his house, he went out for something, and the brats entered his room... that was roughly the situation.
Those few words were Bai Yuze's lifelong pain.
"Hmm, you are quite sincere, not good at pretending."
Xueno smiled slightly. Her view on brats was that they were uncivilized monkeys, and parents who could give birth to and raise such miraculous species were also rare wastes.
"No, I still feel like those brats aren't convinced. Anyway, let's proceed with caution. You hold the flashlight and try to illuminate all the space ahead."
One cannot be careless with brats, and even more so with brats who have turned into Weird. He did not want to die at the hands of a group of brats.
"Okay, I understand."
Xueno took the flashlight and continued walking. Bai Yuze still dragged the corpse behind him, picking up the wooden barrel from the ground along the way.
Nothing strange happened along the way, but Bai Yuze knew this was merely the calm before the storm.
"We're here. This is the green door."
Xueno pointed to a green door beside the corridor, while Bai Yuze frowned. This green door... seemed a bit faded?!
Just as Xueno was about to approach, her body was pulled back by Bai Yuze.
"What's wrong? Is there something happening?"
Xueno immediately became highly vigilant. From her time with Bai Yuze, she knew that Bai Yuze was not a person who liked to joke.
"You step back a few paces first."
Bai Yuze picked up the wooden barrel and scooped up a little water from the ground. Although it was only a little, it was enough.
Bai Yuze grabbed the wooden barrel and splashed it onto the door. The door made a sizzling sound, then the green color faded, leaving only a crimson red.
"This is... a red door?!"
Xueno was stunned. Such a large green door turned into a red door just like that. And both she and Bai Yuze could see this green door. If she alone had an illusion, that would be understandable, but for two people to have an illusion at the same time was inexplicable.
Bai Yuze thought for a moment, then suddenly he realized something, so he took the flashlight from Xueno's hand.
He immediately turned the flashlight around and adjusted it to maximum brightness to shine on his face.
Then, he heard a scream from above his head. When he turned his head, he found a baby crawling on the ground.
This time, it wasn't so lucky. Its body was pinned to the ground by Bai Yuze's throwing knife.
The baby let out an unbearable shriek. Bai Yuze stepped forward and stomped the baby's head on the spot.
The world fell silent.
"What are you doing? Why did you suddenly throw the knife at the ground?"
Xueno's questioning voice came. As Bai Yuze was about to answer, the scene he saw was a baby riding on Xueno's neck, covering Xueno's eyes with its hands.
"So that's it. No wonder we got lost. So, we fell for your trick!"
Bai Yuze turned on his flashlight and also shone it on Xueno. The baby fell to the ground upon contact with the light and was also swiftly taken care of by Bai Yuze.
"When did they get on us?"
Xueno felt a chill down her spine. She instinctively touched her neck, afraid that something might still be riding there.
"They probably latched onto us while we were talking. They even deliberately arranged a conspiracy to protect the two Weird babies riding on our heads."
Bai Yuze saw through the purpose and methods of these babies. They first obscured Bai Yuze's eyes to execute their plan, and the later appearance of the Strange Baby carrying the wooden barrel was deliberately arranged by them. At that time, the Strange Baby on Bai Yuze's neck released its hands, intending to make Bai Yuze believe that his eyes were fine.
Just after Bai Yuze cleared the two Strange Baby carrying the wooden barrel, the Strange Baby on Bai Yuze's neck once again covered Bai Yuze's eyes. This was to facilitate the later Strange Baby in covering Xueno's eyes.
Therefore, this plan became even more perfect, because who would doubt their own eyes? Especially enhanced eyes.
Bai Yuze couldn't help but marvel at the wisdom of these Strange Baby. The reason the Strange Baby knew that Bai Yuze's eyes could see them was because Bai Yuze had previously attacked them by suddenly turning on his flashlight in a no-vision situation (from their perspective). The later scene of Bai Yuze fighting the male corpse in the dark further confirmed the extraordinary nature of Bai Yuze's eyes.
So they came up with this idea to harm Xueno and Bai Yuze.
But unfortunately, Bai Yuze always remained vigilant, and he also had a habit of occasionally listening to ghost stories to fall asleep in his previous life. These two reasons made him suspect that there might be something unclean on his neck covering his eyes.
It was also fortunate that Bai Yuze kept his guard up, otherwise, he and Xueno would have met their end here.
"These damned little brats, if I don't get my revenge, I'll go give positive reviews to Sanguosha."
Bai Yuze was amused by his anger, and Xueno didn't understand the latter half of Bai Yuze's sentence, but she knew that Bai Yuze was very angry at the moment.
Just then... the red door silently opened without anyone pushing it...