A slight cracking sound was heard, and the thing I was worried about finally happened. The cracks on the clay figure became bigger and bigger, and after a "pop" sound, it broke into several pieces.
Su Er was stunned for two seconds before putting away the stun gun and looking down at the fragments in his hand: "It's broken."
As expected, Ji Heng didn't react much. He turned slightly and said, "Try injecting a small amount."
After mixing some mud and sticking the clay figure together, he began his second attempt. Drawing on his previous experience, every time he injected some Yin Qi, Su Er paused to check the status of the little figure.
Suddenly, the villain's head seemed to shake.
Sur was sure he saw it right, so he put the little man on the ground. He moved very slowly, and after just a few steps, he fell to the ground like a stuck tape.
Hearing the movement behind him, Ji Heng sighed and turned around completely, saying, "From the current perspective, even if it succeeds, it won't have much effect."
Sur patiently glued the broken figurine back together and put it in his pocket, showing a determination not to give up.
The little figure in his pocket occasionally stirred unconsciously, like a dying fish flapping its tail. Soul ignored it for the moment, raised his head, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Do you know who the Love Killer is?"
Ji Heng nodded.
The other party was experienced, so Suer was not surprised by this answer. What puzzled him was that knowing Ji Heng's identity as the love killer, why did he not take the initiative to push the progress of the task, but instead seemed to be deliberately delaying time.
As they looked at each other, Ji Heng seemed to see what he was thinking: "Some ideas need to be verified."
Su Er didn't like playing dumb, so since it didn't involve solving a dungeon puzzle, he simply asked directly: "What's your idea?"
Ji Heng was about to speak when he was interrupted by a noise in the distance. His eyes moved and he said, "Let's go and take a look."
There was a ship docked at the coast. When I got closer, I could see that it looked more like a fishing boat, and two crew members were unloading cargo.
Ji Heng: "You run and I chase you."
Soul gave him a questioning look.
Ji Heng: "Your flesh seems to have a special attraction to some ghosts."
Su Er understood what was happening and messed up his clothes on the spot, revealing the wound on his arm. He staggered out and shouted for help.
When he was less than one meter away from the crew, he deliberately fell to the ground.
When the crew was halfway through unloading the cargo, the tempting smell of blood wafted over with the air, and they all showed an intoxicated look.
Lunch delivered to your door!
"He's not dead yet." One of them was somewhat rational.
According to the rules, live players cannot be eaten.
Ji Heng ran out at this time and saw that the crew seemed to be about to turn around. The crew threatened: "Aren't you going to kill people? Why are you running!"
Frightened by the scolding, Ji Heng stopped and looked back at them, a little hesitant.
Crew member: "Kill this man, and we will not only let you go, but also provide you with benefits."
With a look of slight struggle, Ji Heng finally stepped forward, picked up a huge rock, and was about to smash it at Sur, but in an instant, he changed his target. Meanwhile, the 'seriously wounded and dying' Sur suddenly jumped up and opened his mouth to suck at the two crew members.
Everything requires surprise. Ghosts have always stood in the middle level of the pyramid. They never thought that one day they would be plotted against by humans.
"Back off." Ji Heng reminded in a low voice.
Suer took a step back and saw that the moment Ji Heng swung his fist, everything in the surrounding space seemed to be distorted for a moment.
Ji Heng was already very adept at things like killing ghosts and disposing of corpses. After dealing with the crew, he jumped onto the boat swiftly, followed closely by Suer.
The boat was quite well stocked, even storing fresh water. Sur looked around and said, "This ghost is quite sophisticated."
As they were talking, the boat was gradually sailing away.
Ji Heng not only has the ability to pick locks, but he can also sail a boat: "The supplies they transported were originally provided to the guests."
This was Soul's first time out to sea. With someone at the helm, he was happily idle at the stern. Gazing at the coast, condensed into a black dot, he suddenly remembered a popular saying. He waved at the empty distance.
"Goodbye, host. I'm going on a long voyage today!"
Ji Heng, who was driving the boat, turned around when he heard the voice and gave him a complicated look.
After entertaining himself, Sur found an open space to sit down and began to integrate the clues in the copy.
Gentleman Rose explicitly mentioned that there was only one Love Killer. Logically, he would have sought to find the altar and sabotage it. If it were him, he would have avoided any group action and searched alone.
Thinking about it this way, Qu Qingming's suspicion actually increased. Although his partner had changed to a judge, he could have avoided any interaction with the others.
Before we knew it, we had been traveling on the sea for a long time, surrounded by the vast ocean.
Suer stood up and asked: "Should we stop and search?"
Ji Heng laughed: "My purpose of going out to sea is not to find an altar."
Soul raised an eyebrow.
Ji Heng looked into the distance and said suddenly, "The world is so big, I want to go see it."
"…"
They looked at each other in silence. Su Er opened his eyes wide, then put his hand on the side of the boat and said with a smile, "So you can make such a joke."
Five minutes later, the ship was still moving forward bravely, as if it would never look back.
Su Er then realized that something might have gone wrong. He didn't panic, but just looked at Ji Heng and said, "If you don't return to complete the mission within seven days, we will die together."
Ji Heng was very calm: "We can still make it in time, because there are people who are more anxious than us."
Before Su Er could ask in detail, he saw Ji Heng smiled at him and continued, "Don't you want to see the world outside the island?"
After looking at him for a long time, Suer realized that as long as the show is filmed, there will be people watching it, so what kind of people are the audience of this variety show?
The boat created huge ripples in the sea. Gazing at the endless sea, Sur was reminded of the movie The Truman Show, in which Truman also wanted to take a boat to leave where he lived.
Ji Heng could often guess his thoughts without even communicating. He smiled and shook his head, "The game is dedicated to exploring the potential and greed of human beings, and it won't give you a chance to escape."
Su Er touched his chin and said, "It depends on how much time Mr. Yue can give us."
Once the host finds out that a guest is going out to sea, he will definitely look for him as soon as possible.
"Not for now." Ji Heng: "Because he doesn't want to see you."
Out of sight, out of mind. In daily life, Rose Gentleman doesn't pay much attention to Suer's behavior, probably because he is afraid that looking too much will shorten his life.
Telling the truth often kills the conversation. Su Er pressed his brow, unable to find any rebuttal, and finally changed the subject: "Perhaps there is a destiny in the dark."
"Definite number?"
"Mr. Rose in the novice field was my host." Suer said recalling the past.
Ji Heng watched the entire performance through the water curtain, and the scene of the child being thrown out was very impressive.
Su Er also thought of the same thing and curled his lips: "The ghost baby's bones were crushed. Now I think it was actually me who left the shadow."
Otherwise, you should have thought about going outside the island on the first day.
Ji Heng: "There's nothing wrong with being more cautious."
It was only after he saw two crew members coming safely from the sea by boat that he was sure that the copy did not prohibit setting foot in the outside world.
At this moment, he wished he could cross the entire ocean in an instant. Time seemed to pass very quickly. Sur watched the sun move its position little by little, heralding the arrival of afternoon.
"It seems like the hosts all have the ability to disappear out of thin air. Will Mr. Rose appear on our ship the next second?"
"That's not called teleportation, at most it's a space jump." Ji Heng gave a direct negative answer: "It's difficult to locate in the ocean, he can't use it frequently."
Human resources are limited, and the host is no exception.
"That's right." Su Er murmured.
The electric shock device can provide the host with vitality, which indirectly proves that their vitality will also be exhausted.
No matter how anxious he was, the speed of the ship was there, so Sur put his worries aside and went into the cabin to search for some food.
While chewing on a chocolate bar, he took out the little man from his pocket and studied him.
The boat caused some vibrations as it moved, and the clay figure couldn't stand steadily at all. His two matchstick-like legs moved very uncoordinatedly, and finally he fell flat on his face as if he was seasick.
Fortunately, Sur had been prepared and put a coat under the little man to prevent it from losing any limbs.
"When will I be able to find a suitable container?" Suer poked the little man regretfully, with some dirt on his hands.
Ji Heng looked back, suddenly frowned, and motioned him to bring the things over.
Su Er did as he was told. Seeing that the other party had no intention of taking it with his hands, he spread out his coat and put the little man back on the ground.
Looking down at the villain with scrutiny, Ji Heng suddenly curled his lips in indifference: "I almost got fooled by you."
Unaffected by these words, the little man continued to repeat his previous actions woodenly, like a toddler learning to walk.
Soul blinked. "You think it's pretending?"
"It's hard to define whether it's pretentious or not, but it does have some intelligence."
Sur looked at the little man carefully and found a clue. Every time it fell, it would assume a strange posture: its arms were slightly bent and its palms were facing upwards, as if it was holding something.
Suer's heart trembled. Could it be that he was protecting his face?
Ji Heng: "When you fall down, you should know not to break your face. It's not as simple as you think."
"…"
After staring at the villain for several seconds, Su Er couldn't help but say, "He's really promising."
Even if it had intelligence, it clearly wouldn't be very high. After a brief discussion, everyone agreed that it could be kept for now, and destroyed immediately if anything went wrong.
After a while, seeing that Su Er was still squatting on the ground staring at the little man in a daze, Ji Heng said, "There's nothing to do now, take this time to rest."
Sur put away the little man, nodded and walked into the cabin.
I didn't sleep much last night, but I was very energetic now. After dozing off for a while, I couldn't fall asleep, so I started to wander around and accidentally found a telescope.
Take a telescope out to look around, and you can vaguely see the outline of the city in the distance.
Suer was delighted, they were almost there!
But when he turned around to look at the scenery behind him, his smile disappeared: "It seems like a shark is following us."
As he said this, he handed the telescope to Ji Heng, who observed more carefully and confirmed that the black shadow floundering in the sea was not a shark.
The black shadow was moving very fast and the distance between the two sides was rapidly closing. Ji Heng frowned and sped up the boat.
Sur hurriedly walked to the stern with a telescope to observe and found that there seemed to be a person swimming in the sea. As the distance got closer, he could gradually see a red dot next to the black shadow's ear.
"…"
The only boat had been taken away by them, and frequent space jumps would overdraw their vitality. Thinking about it, could it be that the one desperately swimming after them was...
"Gentleman Rose." Ji Heng's cold voice came over, giving the worst answer.