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He looked around for a while, as if searching for something, but the next moment he was drawn to the flashlight left on the ground.

"Ran away, huh..." he murmured, then slowly walked over to pick up the flashlight. After turning it off, he slowly walked back to the original room and closed the door behind him.

After he closed the door, there was no sound from the surroundings.

"..."

"..."

After a while, the door was opened again. The plague doctor slowly walked out, but this time he had a skeleton frame in his hand. While walking, he muttered, "There aren't enough corpses again. I need to find a fresh one..."

After saying this, he walked to the corner and threw the skeleton in his hand into the mountain of skeletons.

Then, without looking at it again, he walked straight in another direction without even closing the door.

"..."

After a while, making sure that the other party would not return, Xia Chuanzou carefully helped Si Gong Huiye up.

Before this, they had been hiding behind the door. In order to divert the other party's attention, they deliberately rolled the flashlight to the other side to disguise the scene where they accidentally dropped something while escaping.

This idea was certainly good, but it was obvious that the other party didn't care about this kind of thing. He didn't even think about chasing them, but went back to continue his work.

But they still didn't dare to make any noise, and only moved after the other party went out again and left the "corpse".

"We have to hurry, this should be the only chance for us to get the mission props," Xia Chuanzou said.

If he guessed correctly, the challenge of this level should be like before, requiring them to understand the "mechanism" to seize the opportunity. What the other party said when he went out was undoubtedly a reminder, probably telling them "take the props now", and if they dragged on, they would only have to wait for the next round of "mechanism", but in that case, their challenge time would be as urgent as before.

Si Gong Huiye nodded, indicating that she understood.

So Xia Chuanzou helped her into the door, letting her lean against the door while observing when the plague doctor would return, while he ran to search for the mission props.

Probably to take care of the challengers' mood, the mission props were placed in a particularly conspicuous position, so Xia Chuanzou didn't spend much effort to find the mission props on the operating table he had seen before—a heart-shaped gel.

After putting it away, Xia Chuanzou took the gauze from the side, wiped his hands, and turned back to look for Si Gong Huiye.

Although she was still in the state of "Young Huiye", the sand sculpture lady was obviously very obedient. If she was asked to watch the direction where people might come, she would never turn her head to look around.

So Xia Chuanzou stepped forward and patted her shoulder gently, indicating that she had completed the task.

Unexpectedly, he met the sand sculpture lady's confused eyes: "What are you doing?"

"I didn't think about anything else, I'm doing my job properly!"

"Uh..." Xia Chuanzou almost laughed out loud.

He felt that this might be because he spent very little time completing the task, making the other party mistakenly think that he was here to remind her not to be distracted, but in fact, he really found what he needed very quickly.

"You misunderstood, I mean the things have been found, we can go," Xia Chuanzou explained, then squatted down with his back to her.

"Come on, let's run before the person comes back."

"Ah, so fast?" The sand sculpture lady was a little surprised.

But in fact, she was just sighing casually. She wouldn't care about this kind of thing at all, and immediately climbed onto his back.

After settling Huiye, Xia Chuanzou hurried to the next passage, without even having time to admire the surrounding scenery.

This is not to say that he is a speedrunner, but he has been carrying people on his back until now, and his stamina bar is visibly running out. Saving time is of course very beneficial to him.

Not long after he left, the plague doctor also strolled back at a leisurely pace, humming a song while carrying a skeleton frame in his hand.

He was in a good mood—after so long, a group of challengers finally came. The movement he heard just now should have been made by them, so he found a reason to go out for a while, and then secretly came back according to the estimated time. This not only gave them enough space to react and think, but also happened to come back to block the door when they were looking for something, adding a little surprise to their challenge journey.

Of course, he was also very dedicated. After walking to the door, he put away his nonchalant appearance and continued to maintain the appearance of a perverted doctor.

He had already thought about how to torture this pair of partners—first, pretend that he didn't know anything and go back to do his own thing, and then occasionally pretend to have heard some movement and check the places where they might be hiding... Of course, he couldn't really find them, because the feeling he got that way would be different.

What he wanted to do was to make them feel the "fear of being discovered" at all times, instead of the "anxiety and panic" after being discovered, or simply giving up. He didn't find that situation interesting at all, and it violated his original intention of choosing to be the scary one.

Hmph hmph... Sa, let's start the cat and mouse game!

………………Where are the people??? And where are my props!

He was dumbfounded.

He had only been gone for less than 2 minutes! Brothers, there's a cheat, there's a cheat!

——————

On the other side, Xia Chuanzou, who had quickly passed a side quest, rushed to the second classic horror scene—the slaughterhouse.

After the previous experience and lessons, Xia Chuanzou told Si Gong Huiye in advance to cover her mouth and not make any noise, because they were going to take the kingly stealth route.

Although the sand sculpture lady didn't understand what the "kingly stealth route" was, she was obedient, so she agreed and even made a gesture of zipping her mouth shut to show her determination.

Although she looked like a child, she was cute, so she was also very pleasing to the eye. Xia Chuanzou gave her a thumbs up to show his affirmation, and didn't forget to touch her head to encourage her.

The latter was even more cooperative, showing a cute expression like a cat.

"..."

Looking at it this way, Young Huiye is actually quite cute? Even more approachable than the original...

Xia Chuanzou's eyes flickered.

161. Cheer up, Miss Huiye!

Looking at another "butcher" not far away who was standing next to the cutting board and chopping something non-stop, Xia Chuanzou quietly made a plan for the sand sculpture lady beside him.

"I'll make some noise to attract that guy later, and then Huiye, you take the opportunity to look for any strange-looking small objects on the table. You don't need to be picky, just take away any that you think are strange."

"I'll try to hold him back all the time. When you find something, come back here and hide, and then I'll come over to find you." After a pause, Xia Chuanzou added as compensation.

"But I'm not sure what the mechanism of this level is. I don't know if he will chase me out of the room. If you hear any loud footsteps going back while you're searching, give up searching and hide first."

He had been here for several minutes, and the "butcher" had been repeating the chopping work on his hands like a robot. Xia Chuanzou guessed that he might also need to hear some movement to react, so he felt that he couldn't waste time any longer.

"Do you understand?"

"Mmm mmm mmm." Si Gong Huiye nodded repeatedly with confidence.

She could be useful now, instead of being a good-looking vase behind the president who could only encourage him.

After confirming the plan, Xia Chuanzou slowly moved to the door on the right side.

As if deliberately designed to make it easier for challengers to run away, the facilities of this "slaughterhouse" have several exits, connected all around. The tables are also the kind of large wooden tables that are more than one meter high. Although they squeak and shake as if they are about to fall, they are completely fine for shielding figures.

After determining the escape route, Xia Chuanzou took out a few small glass balls that he had picked up from his pocket, aimed them, and threw them out of the door in the opposite direction from Si Gong Huiye, while he hid aside to observe the situation.

"What's that sound?" The butcher turned around.

With the help of the dim light, Xia Chuanzou was finally able to see the other party's appearance clearly—a face full of horizontal flesh, a fierce look and blood stains, he didn't know if it was makeup or if he was born like this, wearing an apron that kept lying with blood, and his height was about the same as the one he had seen before. Just by looking at the tonnage, he knew that it was definitely not low, and every step he took left a deep footprint, and he even felt that the wooden table next to him was shaking faintly.

But fortunately, it was just this level of appearance. At most, it would give the first-time visitor a little shock, but it wouldn't scare others.

The only thing Xia Chuanzou was worried about was that if the collar on his neck detected a high volume due to the sound of running or the other party's shouting and he was judged to have failed, it would be too bad.

He had worked so hard to get to the last level, so he should be more careful no matter what.

So he silently observed the other party's movements. Seeing that the other party was swaying around and rummaging around to find something, but didn't find anything suspicious, Xia Chuanzou threw a glass ball in the same direction but farther away.

Then the butcher, like an NPC, after detecting the "someone" command, once again put on an angry expression and approached the direction where the movement was made, muttering, "Damn little mouse, if I catch you, I'll cut you into pieces!"

Of course, Xia Chuanzou didn't react to this kind of formulaic words. He just silently watched him walk a little farther before turning a corner and quietly touching the original position, raising his head slightly to observe Huiye's situation.

She was very dutifully rummaging on the wooden table, but she didn't seem to find anything after searching for a long time, which made Xia Chuanzou very anxious and wanted to go over and help her find it.

But this was obviously impossible, because there was a butcher behind him who didn't know when he would come back, so he could only be vigilant about the surroundings while trying to divert the other party's attention.

Fortunately, the guy's behavior pattern was also very consistent with his temperament. He was a veritable big fool. After being attracted by Xia Chuanzou's attention many times, he still didn't go back to his post to do his own thing, but started searching around the house while venting his anger.

Of course, he couldn't find the two of them. Not to mention that they were both in the house, there were also some curtains blocking the view at the several entrances, and it was impossible to find them with any eagle eyes, after all, this was not a real game scene.

After this lasted for a while, the other party seemed to have no strength and moved back with heavy steps, panting every step. Xia Chuanzou quickly repeated his old trick, but this time the other party just glanced back and didn't chase out again.

"!" Xia Chuanzou immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly stood up and leaned towards Si Gong Huiye.

"Hmph, want to trick me again?" The butcher's face was still hanging with a disdainful smile, but he immediately realized the trick, "...No, this sound is in the house!"

So he immediately rushed into the house with the dripping bone knife in his hand, but he couldn't find anyone no matter how he looked. He had even opened the cabinets that might hide people, but there was still no trace.

"Strange, did I hear it wrong?" He murmured.

His not-so-smart little head was now buzzing uncomfortably, and coupled with the fact that it was too difficult to move in this outfit, he was now not only sweating but also so tired that he didn't want to move at all.

"Let's sit down for a while."

After murmuring this, he began to look around for a chair with heavy steps.

And just as he was a little farther away, Xia Chuanzou and Si Gong Huiye crawled out from under the big wooden table.

With their hands on the table, watching the butcher walk away step by step, Xia Chuanzou quickly turned back to signal to Si Gong Huiye:

"Let's go this way."

He pointed to the direction opposite the butcher, where there happened to be a door, which was very suitable for them to escape.

"But I haven't found the props yet," Si Gong Huiye signaled to him with her mouth.

"It's okay, I'll move you out first, and then I'll come in and look for it," Xia Chuanzou responded.

This place is too dangerous. If they keep hiding under the table, but the butcher doesn't leave, Huiye will definitely be caught up with her current state.

Even if he has time to carry her out, he might cause the volume to exceed the standard due to excessive movement, so the best way is to send Huiye out first and then risk coming back to see if there is a chance.

"Okay..." The sand sculpture lady nodded, looking a little guilty.

She didn't expect that she still couldn't be of any use, which was really annoying...

But just as she thought this, she raised her head and found that a black metal object was actually attached to a piece of rotten meat hanging on the ceiling, so her eyes lit up and she quickly patted Xia Chuanzou to remind him: "President, look at that!"

Xia Chuanzou looked in the direction she pointed and found something shaped like the grooves he had seen before, so he quickly went over and took it down.

"This should be it, let's go." Xia Chuanzou said with delight.

He first helped Si Gonghuiye up, and then squatted down to carry her on his back. As a result, he accidentally kicked the leg of the wooden table, making a loud noise.

Xia Chuanzou's face changed, and he quickly checked the situation of his necklace—it was still motionless, as if the switch had never been turned on.

However, just confirming this was not enough. Now was not the time for them to relax. The butcher behind them must have heard the noise here. His ears were very good, and he would not let go of any slight movements.

—That's how it should be.

But even when Xia Chuanzou carried Si Gonghuiye out of the slaughterhouse, he still didn't hear the sound of the other party running after them, as if he had completely given up searching for them.

"...Well, that's good too." Xia Chuanzou murmured.

At least it didn't take too long, and the key mission was completed.

The sand sculpture young lady on his back was also very well-behaved, quietly lying on his back without making any noise, but she liked to play with his hair, which made him feel itchy.

But considering that she had helped a lot this time, he would indulge her, Xia Chuanzou thought, and then continued to the next small level with steps that were not easy.

162. Okay, okay, you write the script like this, right?

Similar to the configuration mode of the previous two small levels, the latter two challenges are also equipped with a classic horror game character plus the corresponding scene, and they are also chase battles triggered by sound.

However, under Xia Chuanzou's operation, the style of the game gradually became a stealth mode, making several people think it was haunted—although they were the ones playing the "ghost".

After escaping from the cosplayer who was acting as Chainsaw Man again, Xia Chuanzou went around in a big circle and returned to the place where Si Gonghuiye was originally staying.

This time, the sand sculpture young lady was very competitive and found the mission props by herself. She was not discovered or caught by the BOSS of the level, which can be called a very qualified partner.

Originally, he was a little worried that separating would affect their clearance evaluation, but it seems that it doesn't matter if they don't hold hands all the time during the clearance process—after all, as long as they are not witnessed, they can't say that they are not holding hands.

First of all, you have to show evidence!

In short, after clarifying this point, the clearance became much easier, after all, sometimes conjoined people are definitely not as good as two people who are equally capable, intelligent, and able to act independently.