Zhong Mu narrowed his eyes disdainfully, "It's not that we choose the stronger person, but that the team trusts and relies on each other, and is not controlled by you unilaterally."
"Your dissatisfaction with Yin Xiu is simply because he is in an alien land, but everyone still believes in him unconditionally, which makes you resentful, right?"
"Useless people are like this; they only know how to be jealous of others."
Zhong Mu flung Ling Feng's hand away.
Although he uses the appearance of a doctor, he is actually quite strong. It's not impossible for him to go head-to-head with Ling Feng. Since he has been captured and taken to the town, he can no longer expect to get along peacefully with Ling Feng. He might as well just break off all pretense of civility.
Ling Feng's face darkened. He had lost his own team in the dungeon and had to join Yin Xiu's team, but the team obviously did not accept him. He tried to do something, but Yin Xiu refused.
Isn't Yin Xiu the one who is clearly dangerous to the naked eye? With so many strange and mysterious beings around, why do people always choose to believe in Yin Xiu, this otherworldly figure, instead of him, a real person?
He turned and strode forward to catch up with Zhong Mu, grabbing him tightly. "You've already told the town about our plan?"
His eyes were incredibly fierce and gloomy. So much so that if Zhong Mu uttered a single word of certainty, he would immediately tear off his mask and unleash murderous intent upon Zhong Mu.
Zhong Mu didn't back down, and raised her head defiantly, "Yes! I said it! I just don't want you to take action against the town!"
Ling Feng tightened his grip on Zhong Mu's wrist, his eyes darkening.
But before he could do anything, a bell suddenly rang out from the darkness in the distance, breaking the tense atmosphere between the two.
A familiar, dull sound echoed throughout the town, a sound that became a nightmare for almost everyone. No matter where they were in the town, they would instantly become alert and on high alert.
But this time, what accompanied the tolling of the bells was not black mist.
A dark cloud swept in from the horizon, covering the sky above the town. In the thick darkness of night, the townspeople could clearly see wisps of red light shimmering in the sky. At the same time, a clear female voice sang a nursery rhyme, its ethereal sound echoing throughout the town, causing panic among everyone amidst the booming of bells.
"My sister lost her doll!"
"My sister will be skinned alive and tortured by Mom, she's scared, she needs a new doll!"
"Sister~ Let's set off~ Let's begin...the search for a new doll..."
"Watch out! They're looking for everything! Dolls!"
The chilling, deep female voice sent shivers down everyone's spines. A quick-thinking veteran player immediately used the loudspeaker to shout, "That voice belongs to the older sister who turns people into dolls in low-level dungeons! Everyone be on alert!! If you see a doll pass by, do not move or speak!!"
"The dungeon boss has arrived in town! Remember! Don't move or speak when the doll appears! Try to move into the nearest room!!"
The broadcast announcement, interspersed with a deep female voice singing, broke the silence of the town's night amidst the continuous ringing of bells, plunging the surrounding area into chaos and panic.
Ling Feng stood silently in the alley, staring at Zhong Mu, showing no intention of letting go.
Zhong Mu frowned, about to struggle, when he caught a glimpse of a pair of tiny rabbit ears peeking out from the alley entrance.
Then, from the darkness, a pair of red eyes slowly emerged from the base of the wall, meeting Zhong Mu's gaze without blinking, staring at the two people frozen in the alley.
"Doll…doll…" The rabbit with bloodshot eyes stared intently at them and crawled out from behind the wall.
It was a pink rabbit, but it was holding a knife in one hand and a fork in the other. Its two legs were torn apart, and bright red liquid mixed with the exposed cotton wool was constantly flowing out.
The rabbit, holding a knife and fork, crawled along the ground towards the two people.
Zhong Mu remained motionless, barely daring to breathe, maintaining his current posture.
"Doll, pretty doll..." the rabbit murmured in a small, high-pitched voice, glancing at Zhong Mu and then at Ling Feng.
Perhaps because Zhong Mu's face was handsome enough, or for some other reason, the rabbit kept staring at him intently.
Zhong Mu didn't move, and neither did Ling Feng. The two remained frozen in place, waiting for the rabbit to leave.
But the rabbit seemed very curious about Zhong Mu. After circling around his feet, it raised its head and stared at him. "Why... do you have... two layers of skin..."
Zhong Mu broke out in a cold sweat, as if his disguise had been discovered by a rabbit.
Before he could come up with a solution, the dark clouds, which were originally mixed with red light, suddenly burst out with a thunderclap, and the red light in the clouds shone even brighter.
Zhong Mu trembled slightly. If he remembered correctly, he seemed to have seen information about red light and dark clouds in some dungeon guide. This was also a mid-level dungeon boss.
It seems that around the third clap of thunder... the sky will rain down knives... incredibly sharp, capable of slicing off a person's limbs.
First, a doll-like older sister dungeon boss appeared, then there was red light and dark clouds. This time, the bell tolled not with black mist, but with the dungeon boss!
Just as Zhong Mu had predicted, after discovering that it could not kill the townspeople this time, the black mist would intensify its efforts and make more targeted changes next time.
The changes, one after another, and the resulting differences are the best proof of this.
As they were pondering, a second clap of thunder suddenly boomed in the sky, plunging the entire town into darkness. Everyone was plunged into darkness and could see nothing.
This is the effect of the second clap of thunder. When the third clap of thunder sounds, everyone will be hacked to pieces by a rain of knives in the darkness.
The third clap is coming soon, very quickly after the second one, and then it'll rain down like knives, but the rabbit at my feet still shows no sign of leaving!
Because of the darkness, Zhong Mu could no longer see Ling Feng in front of him, and conversely, Ling Feng could not see himself either.
Without a second thought, Zhong Mu let go of Ling Feng, shook him off, and took a step back.
The rabbit at Zhong Mu's feet suddenly exploded the moment Zhong Mu moved, charging at him with a kitchen knife, but in the next second, it was quickly turned into a small piece of wood and fell to the ground.
Almost simultaneously, a third thunderclap exploded in the sky.
Aggressive monsters or people might turn into small pieces of wood because of his passive ability, but the merciless rain of falling knives won't! If Zhong Mu gets caught in it, he'll definitely die!
He instantly turned and rushed toward the nearest room. Within seconds, chaotic footsteps echoed around him, as if someone had realized that a rain of knives was about to fall. But in the darkness, someone suddenly pushed him aside as he approached the house.
Then the door slammed shut.
Zhong Mu was left standing alone in the alley; there was no time to go into the next room.