The old woman's light footsteps sounded like a mouse gnawing on a cupboard in the dark night. Qing Jiuliu pressed his forehead against the carpet and did not raise his head to look at her.
Just one look at her crooked smile was enough for him. He did not want to see the old woman disappear around the corner of the corridor.
Once she left, the four of them would be stuck in a deadlock between life and death. Perhaps, they would have to spend the rest of their lives like this. If they were lucky, it would be a short life. If they were unlucky, they would have to stay in this state until the next world, where they would die in some unknown way.
"The worst thing is, I have to endure my addiction to alcohol until the day I die …" Qing Jiuliu thought in despair as he listened to his grand prize struggling beside him.
Even with Ji Shanqing's wit, he could not come up with a solution. The only thing he could do was to find an opportunity to dash to the corner of the corridor again and again, trying to catch up with the old woman. However, the old woman's blurry shadow soon left him behind and disappeared from Ji Shanqing's sight.
Qing Jiuliu closed his eyes and sighed.
"Don't waste your energy." Even without opening his eyes, he knew that Ji Shanqing's face was swollen and bruised. "You're the only one who can move now. Think of a way to cancel the effect on us."
"We can only cancel the effect if we catch up with her!" After a series of failures, Ji Shanqing's attitude turned sour. "If we can't catch up with her, we can only wait for our deaths!"
"We can't catch up with her now, can we?"
"How will we know if we don't try … Huh?" The grand prize suddenly stopped talking.
"What's wrong?" Qing Jiuliu, who was lying on the edge of the pool, did not even bother to turn around. However, after waiting for a few seconds, he realized that Ji Shanqing still did not answer him. He had no choice but to turn his head.
He did not expect that the hunchbacked man in the green robe would once again appear at the corner of the corridor.
"The old woman is back?"
Before Qing Jiuliu could rekindle his hope, he frowned again. It seemed that the old woman was walking backward. Her face was still facing the corridor. After a pause, the thin figure cautiously took a few steps back and quietly stood behind the corner of the wall.
"What … what is she doing? Why did you come back? " Qing Jiuliu murmured in confusion. Then, he suddenly raised his eyebrows. At this time, another faint voice floated in the air, seemingly answering his question.
"Ah, yes … it's very important … but I say …"
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation A faint human voice drifted into Jiuliu's ears from the corridor. The person was far away, and the voice was indistinct. However, the sense of familiarity made Jiuliu's eyes light up. He knew the person!
The old woman, holding her breath, stood in the corner, waiting for the speaker to emerge from the corridor.
Ji Shanqing and Qing Jiuliu looked at each other and saw the same thought in each other's eyes: Strange...
This old lady's combat power must be very high. Putting everything else aside, since she knew about the existence of the Astral Plane, it was obvious that she also had Higher Consciousness. But why did she hide before activating her ability?
However, this was not the time to be puzzled by the old woman's behavior. Seeing the grand prize gesturing at him, Qing Jiuliu immediately raised his head and shouted, "Don't come any closer!"
The footsteps stopped immediately.
The old woman whipped her head around and glared at Qing Jiuliu. When she turned her head around again, two rows of words lit up beside her finger. The contents of the two columns, "Conditions" and "Consequences", had been refreshed, and the option of "schizophrenia" was no longer there.
"Why? What's wrong? "
From the corridor, a slightly dumbfounded voice could be heard.
At the same time, Ji Shanqing shouted as the old woman took a step forward, "Hide!"
The corridor was in their blind spot, so no one knew what was going on. After the old woman took a step forward, they heard a loud clang as if something had fallen to the ground. Then, the sound died down. Even Lin Sanjiu, who had a blank expression on her face, took a few steps forward and stared at the direction of the corridor with the other two people.
After a few seconds, Irezumi's angry voice rang out again.
"Who the f * ck is this old lady? She scared me so much that I dropped my communicator. "
When the others heard that, they all heaved a sigh of relief. Ji Shanqing quickly shouted toward the direction of the corridor, "Are you alright? Don't let her see you! "
Before Irezumi could reply, Ji Shanqing paused and added, "Don't let her escape!"
"Why don't you go after her, you gigolo? It's easy for you to say that, "Irezumi's grumbling could be heard clearly. Apparently, he was still safe. Lin Sanjiu had no idea where he was hiding. He could see the old woman, but the old woman couldn't see him. Coincidentally, both of them were stuck on the path to the exit. Just like that, they were caught in a strange tug-of-war.
"Hey, are you sure you can hide from her?" Qing Jiuliu asked in a low voice, frowning.
If the old woman was the one who caused the end of the world, it meant that she didn't need to see everyone in the world with her own eyes to unleash her ability … If that was the case, was there any point in Irezumi hiding?
Ji Shanqing gasped for air. Between the punches, he found the time to answer, "Think about it. She knows that Magus is on this floor, but she has to wait until the illusion on Magus is erased before she can make her move. The last time she saw you, she made use of your concept of 'all members' to change our species … I guess she needs to see her target first."
After Ji Shanqing finished his words, the corridor was still in a stalemate. Qing Jiuliu thought for a while and said with uncertainty, "So, the end of the world has nothing to do with her?"
He thought that the grand prize would answer with a "yes", but Ji Shanqing bit his lips and said nothing. It was as if there was something he couldn't figure out.
Since Qing Jiuliu had been waiting for the battle in the corridor with his neck craned up, he soon felt his head aching. Seeing that there was no result even after a while, he sighed in relief and lowered his head once more.
Almost as soon as he lowered his head, a strong gust of wind brushed past the back of his head. It was as if something wrapped around his head was hurled backward and hit the wall with a loud bang.
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"Hey, I say," Irezumi's voice came from the corridor. He sounded a little embarrassed, "The [Bashful Giant Python] is a little reckless, but why don't you dodge it?"
"Do you think I can dodge it?"
Qing Jiuliu roared in his heart. Even though he couldn't feel it, Qing Jiuliu was sure that the rest of his body was under the [Bashful Anaconda]. He tried his best to look in Ji Shanqing's direction and found that the grand prize was sitting at the side, staring at the direction that the anaconda had rushed out from without blinking.
"What happened?" Qing Jiuliu was struggling to breathe under the pressure of the huge snake on his body, and he finally managed to ask with great difficulty.
"His … His python has wrapped itself around the old lady," the grand prize gulped as if he couldn't digest what he had just seen. "The snake is tightening around her … very tightly …"
Qing Jiuliu suddenly recalled the scene he had seen before. When Lin Sanjiu and Irezumi were fighting downstairs, the old lady was also wrapped around by the python. She couldn't move an inch, and her face was flushed red.
He couldn't help but feel a little relieved. Since the old lady couldn't move, she wouldn't be able to call out the subtitles. If she couldn't call out the subtitles, she wouldn't be much of a threat to him.
However, when he looked at the grand prize again, his heart skipped a beat.
The grand prize opened his mouth, "But, the old lady has changed shape."
"What?" Qing Jiuliu didn't understand. "She was squeezed to death?"
Ji Shanqing sucked in a deep breath.
He had a lot of experience in finding time to talk when he was being beaten. He looked into the distance and panted, "No, she's not dead. I … I don't know how to describe it … Let me give you an example. It's like you're holding a picture in your fist …"
Qing Jiuliu's brows were knitted together as he tried to imagine the scene.
"If a person is held like that, isn't that the same as being dead?"
Just as the question left his mouth, he heard Irezumi curse in a low voice. Then, Qing Jiuliu felt the back of his head lighten. The [Bashful Giant Python] seemed to have slithered away. As soon as he regained his freedom, he twisted his neck and looked behind him.
He looked behind him and immediately understood what Ji Shanqing was trying to say.
The old lady who was released by the python was not only alive, but her face didn't even twitch. Underneath her head was a body that looked like a piece of paper that had been folded countless times.
"Where did this old lady come from?" Irezumi cursed. He raised his voice from behind the corner of the wall, "I've kept the snake as tight as I could. Even a rock would have been crushed into powder. How come she's still fine?"
No one answered him because the old lady had already moved her deeply wrinkled legs. Step by step, she approached Qing Jiuliu in an unimaginably twisted manner.
When her tiny feet in black cloth shoes reached Qing Jiuliu's ear, she stopped. The air was silent for a moment.
After a while, she let out a low chuckle. Her voice was so hoarse that it reminded one of a tree that had been struck dead by lightning.
"To be able to think of hiding him from me, your reaction isn't slow either. However, there are some contents in my 'Consequences' that don't require a specific target … "
Qing Jiuliu was shocked. He suddenly remembered the 'Dispel Illusion' that the old lady had cast on Magus.
If she had something like 'Reveal the hidden target', wouldn't Irezumi's defeat be a matter of time?
"I'm not in a hurry." The old woman rolled her eyes and saw Qing Jiuliu's expression. Her loose skin swayed on her cheekbones and she smiled. "Even though I don't have it in my hands right now, in a few minutes, the 'consequences' will be refreshed … You've all seen it before. He can't run away now even if he wants to. "
The grand prize suddenly took a deep breath. If that was the case, wouldn't it be a dead end?
As soon as Irezumi came out from his hiding place, the old lady would notice him immediately. However, if he did not show himself, he would end up in the same predicament as the old lady. All of a sudden, the few of them found themselves in the same predicament as before. They could do nothing but wait and watch as the old lady refreshed the screen again and again, unable to do anything about it.
The first sixty seconds passed quickly. The old lady glanced at the subtitles a few times before she snorted and shifted her gaze away. She continued to stare into the depths of the corridor, but she didn't put the subtitles away.
This way, as soon as Irezumi appeared, she would be able to use [Concept Collision] on him as soon as possible.
"I'm warning you. Don't go out and don't make a sound."
Another examiner's voice came from the communication box that was left alone in the corridor. "… Otherwise, it doesn't matter if something happens to you, but I'll have a lot of work to do."
Irezumi didn't make a sound. At that moment, even Qing Jiuliu could imagine how unhappy he was.
After a while, the old lady snorted through her nostrils and stared at the subtitles beside her. The second sixty seconds were about to pass. The two rows of subtitles were about to be refreshed for the second time.
For a moment, the entire floor was silent. No one knew what to say, and no one knew what to do. The only sound that lingered in the air was the muffled thud of the grand prize being hit and the sound of water splashing against the wall of the pool.
The second refresh came quickly. The two rows of subtitles lit up and changed their contents.
Qing Jiuliu, who had been staring at the old lady's fingertips, glanced at the fifth row and saw the words' Meet the person you want to meet '.
'Oh, no. 'He closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the old lady grinning. She was smiling as she pointed at the fifth consequence.
The next moment, the old lady's figure swayed and suddenly became elongated as if she was being sucked up by something. Just when Qing Jiuliu was about to scream, she had already disappeared.
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