Chapter 233 Island (XV)
Realizing that the ghost disguised as Huo Ling had been paying attention to the movements here, Qiao Yuan did not say much.
After sleeping for a while, Qiao Yuan got up with everyone else and went out to look for clues.
Cheng Mengting's eyes fell on Huo Ling who was walking beside her. She was an extrovert, so she asked directly, "You don't look very happy."
Huo Ling didn't want to answer, but wanted to remain silent. However, Cheng Mengting's voice was not low, and he could feel that Qin Ning and Yu Guo looked over curiously as the other party's voice fell.
Huo Ling could only hold back his anger and replied, "I had a nightmare."
Cheng Mengting did not have any doubts. After all, in her opinion, it was normal to have nightmares after entering the game. When she entered the dungeon before, she was nervous and could hardly fall asleep in the dungeon. Even if she fell asleep occasionally , she would dream of ghosts. Therefore, she could understand Huo Ling's feelings very well.
Cheng Mengting comforted her: "It's okay, you won't have nightmares all the time."
"And I don't think this ghost is so scary anymore,"
Huo Ling: “…”
He automatically ignored the second half of Cheng Mengting's sentence. After all, in his opinion, even if these people knew that ghost meat was useful, could they still catch him?
However, Huo Ling was comforted by the first half of the other party's sentence.
That’s right, last night was just the first time.
And it seemed that Qiao Yuan didn't have any doubts at all, he just thought he was having a sweet dream.
Very good, since this way doesn't work, he will try another method.
This time, the few people went out and returned empty-handed. He saw it all and just sneered in his heart.
It is absolutely impossible for these people to find the answer to the method of sending him away. After all, he had hidden it long ago, and only he knew the answer.
At night, after Qiao Yuan closed his eyes and rested, the familiar feeling soon came as expected.
She opened her eyes and saw the narrow fishing house again, but Sheng Yegui and the others were nowhere to be seen, and it was dark outside the window.
She was the only one left in the fishing hut.
Because she knew that Sheng Yegui and the others would not abandon her and leave, Qiao Yuan's first reaction was that something had happened, or...
It was just like last night, an illusion created by ghosts.
Qiao Yuan had only guessed at first, but after noticing the extra weight in his arms and subconsciously looking down, this guess was completely confirmed.
What fell into her arms was a human head.
Because the body was severely decayed, the facial features could no longer be seen. Pus-yellow liquid was dripping down the head, and there were also thumb-sized worms that looked like maggots crawling out of the flesh and crawling up Qiao Yuan's clothes.
It seems that this time it has changed to a horror route.
After realizing this, Qiao Yuan became quite calm. He put the head on the ground and shook off the bugs on his body.
Although he knew he was dreaming, Qiao Yuan still picked the bugs off his body because he had nothing to do.
Just as Qiao Yuan picked up the last bug on her clothes and was about to throw it on the ground, she suddenly felt her back sink.
Qiao Yuan turned her head and saw a corpse lying on her back.
However, there was no head on the neck of the corpse, and the skin was covered with bulges, as if it had been fried.
Qiao Yuan: "We don't know each other, isn't this distance a bit ambiguous?"
However, the headless corpse didn't even have a head, so Qiao Yuan couldn't see through the other's expression. But judging from the corpse's arms still firmly grasping her back, the corpse without ears really couldn't even hear what she said.
Qiao Yuan simply lay down on the ground: "It's too heavy, I can't carry it."
The moment Qiao Yuan lay down, the floor began to heat up and even became boiling hot.
However, because of the headless corpse behind him, Qiao Yuan did not feel much heat, and even felt like he was in a sauna.
The head also noticed Qiao Yuan's comfort at the moment, and quickly rolled to her side again, opened its mouth, revealing its sharp, uncorrupted teeth, as if it was going to bite at the next second.
However, even so, Qiao Yuan still did not dodge.
After all, she had seen before that the ghost could only hurt her when she was alone in reality, and last night's illusion proved this point. She was not alone in reality, so the ghost could not bite her.
The facts proved that this was indeed the case. Although the head kept its mouth open, it did not bite down.
Qiao Yuan was lying on the ground. Last time, she had Lu Zhi to chat with her, so time passed quickly. However, this time, neither the human head nor the headless corpse seemed to be able to speak, so she was the only one who was passing the time alone.
After lying down for a while, Qiao Yuan's gaze fell on the head beside him.
The next second, the head was kicked away like a football, hit the wall heavily, and then bounced back with the force of the wall.
Qiao Yuan caught it with both hands and threw it out again.
The corpse on the back seemed to sense the pain in the head and became restless. The arms wrapped around Qiao Yuan tightened like a snake.
However, Qiao Yuan directly grabbed one of the opponent's arms. Knowing that the opponent had a physical body, with a "click" sound, the opponent's bones moved.
The corpse behind him felt pain and fell to the ground with a bang.
Although he played various balls with human heads in his dream, because it was an illusion, Qiao Yuan did not feel tired at all after waking up. He even felt as if he had not yet finished.
But she also knew that such an opportunity would hardly come again. After all, the other party seemed very flexible and would not use the same strategy twice.
And Joe is willing to see ghosts as accurately as he sees people.
The next time they met, the ghost really changed his strategy.
They continued their search on the island that day. After they dispersed, Qiao Yuan was looking for clues in a corner when she heard footsteps not far away.
But this time, what came into view was a face exactly like Qiao Yuan, smiling at her.
In just two days, the ghost's state of mind has changed dramatically.
At first, it was full of confidence, thinking that as long as it could master the method, it would be easy to kill Qiao Yuan. After giving up on using the deceased to lure Qiao Yuan, it turned to other methods, but they also had little effect.
The ghost wanted to scare Qiao Yuan directly and make him run out of the fishing house out of fear, but he didn't expect Qiao Yuan to kick his head like a ball. After finding that both soft and hard tactics were useless, he considered using Qiao Yuan to defeat Qiao Yuan.
However, the expected self-doubt or panic that Qiao Yuan would have when facing someone who looked exactly like him did not happen. He even forgot what happened that day, and only knew that when he came to his senses, it was already another morning. Even so, he could not help but think about Qiao Yuan's words in his mind -
Who is it, where is it, and why does it eat people?
If it hadn't fallen down while disguising itself as Huo Ling because it was too absorbed in thinking, which instantly woke it up, this problem would probably have haunted it for a long time.
The ghost also thought about giving up halfway through and eating other people to replenish his confidence and physical strength. But I don't know if Qiao Yuan really saw it, or if the other party seemed to have sensed it and interrupted it when it was about to succeed.
Realizing that it would not be able to attack anyone else unless it dealt with Qiao Yuan, its target could only shift to Qiao Yuan again.
The ghost also realized an important problem -
Qiao Yuan is no longer just difficult to kill.
If it was the other party, if this continued, he would really be able to eat it...
After realizing this, the ghost felt nervous for the first time. After all, although it had died once, it did not want to be eaten like other people.
However, as long as Joe stays on the island, this threat will always be like a dark cloud hanging over his head.
What to do...
It couldn't help but get anxious, so much so that it forgot to hide its emotions, letting Cheng Mengting and the others find out. Fortunately, Cheng Mengting and the others were very easy to deceive, and just thought it was in a bad mood.
Fortunately, the words that Qiao Yuan was talking to others came to its mind and gave it some guidance.
Qiao Yuan, who was walking in front, was chatting with Fei.
Although no clues were found yet, Qiao Yuan's calm attitude still infected many people, Fei was one of them.
When walking in a place on Xiaozhou Island, Fei pointed to a kind of flower on the island and said that it also existed in his country.
Fei: "And next month is our country's flower show..."
Qiao Yuan: "That's great. I really want to go and see it."
"It would be great if we could leave this island."
This sentence is like a ray of sunshine, pointing out the way for it.
That’s right, just send Qiao Yuan and others away and let them leave the island as soon as possible.
Although it was a bit painful to send away so many ingredients, if things continued like this, who would be the food of whom in the future? After all, just yesterday, even the usually shy Qin Ning was quietly discussing the matter of eating ghosts with Cheng Mengting, which made it feel like it was at the table while hiding among the players.
And it is the dish that is being discussed arbitrarily.
If it had been before, it certainly wouldn't have cared, but Qiao Yuan seemed to have the ability to do so.
With the idea of keeping the green mountains alive to gain more opportunities, Gui has made up his mind to send these people away first.
Its first thought was naturally to find a boat and put it on the shore, and then, using Huo Ling's identity, it led other players to the shore.
But when facing this boat, no one felt ecstatic.
ghost:?
Song Yanchi looked towards the boat, his eyes revealing a scrutiny: "Are traps so blatant now?"
ghost:???
It has a feeling of being given the wrong amount of love.
Qiao Yuan also said, "Yes, we haven't completed the mission yet, how can we leave by boat?"
yes!
After hearing what Qiao Yuan said, it also remembered.
That’s right, this group of people still have to complete a mission, which is to send it away.
It seems that this group of people will not leave until it is sent away.
The only thought left in Gui's mind now was to send Qiao Yuan away quickly, so without much hesitation, he made up his mind to help Qiao Yuan and the others send him away first.
Anyway, the real way to get rid of it is still in its hands. It just needs to modify a few words and release it, pretending to be sent away.
But judging from the reactions of Qiao Yuan and others, they were obviously very vigilant, so the ghost could only change to a roundabout way.
At this time, Qiao Yuan and others had searched the entire island and found nothing, but Qiao Yuan was not too disappointed.
She already had a direction in her mind and was sure that there were only two things they had not looked for.
