Volume Three, Second Floor. The Abyss, Chapter 106. A Night at Two in the Afternoon
"Really? What kind of monster did you see? Has your ability been restored? Can you sense the monster?" Listening to Tang Ling's words, Lu Shang asked about Tang Ling's situation with some urgency. Within a few hours, they were here as they pleased.
Wandering around in the maze, not a single trace of the monster was seen, and now someone finally said they had seen a monster. There was finally a small breakthrough in the blank cognition, and it was impossible for Lu Shang not to be excited.
Tang Ling nodded and shook her head. Thinking of what she had just experienced, she timidly grabbed Tang Yong's clothes. After hesitating for a while, she slowly said to Lu Shang: "I can't sense monsters. I just saw a little girl."
, in that sunflower doll, she asked me to help her and wanted me to play with her."
"Little girl? Sunflower doll? Tang Ling, are you sure? We didn't see any little girl just now."
Everyone around was confused after hearing Tang Ling's words. They had no idea what the connection was between the little girl Tang Ling mentioned and the sunflower doll. While everyone was thinking about it, Liu Ruyan, who was hanging on Lu Li, was secretly poking at the ground.
Looking at Tang Ling, her eyes were full of doubts and explorations, and she also discovered the fun of a new game with a little childishness.
"I don't know what to say. I thought the doll looked strange, so I was curious and looked at it for a while. But suddenly the surroundings became so scary. There was a little girl who kept talking in my ear and pestering me.
, don’t want me to leave.”
Thinking of Tang Ling, who had no power to resist due to the sudden illusion, she began to tremble uncontrollably. She quickly hugged Tang Yong's neck tightly and huddled in his arms dependently.
"Did you see the little girl because you saw the doll? Did the doll make you feel uncomfortable?" Lu Shang thought for a while and asked.
"Yes." Tang Ling nodded quickly, then stretched out her hand and pointed behind Lu Shang, "Just like those dolls behind you."
A cold feeling rushed up Lu Shang's back in an instant. He quickly turned his head and looked around. Lying in every corner, there were eye-catching but indifferent dolls, cute costumes, and weird figures that took up more than half of his face.
Smiling and buttoned-up eyes, he seemed to be quietly observing the group of people who were staying in place despite being completely dull.
"The same goes for the dolls around."
After listening to Tang Ling's words, everyone felt that something was wrong. From the scene when they entered the second level to the time they moved in the maze for so long, there were dolls everywhere, all kinds of dolls.
Animals, plants, and humanoids differ in style and decoration, but the same smiles are the same. Because they just ended a life-and-death ordeal and stayed in the dark space for too long, they suddenly reached this fairy tale style.
There is no threat. The scorching sun and blue sky above the head are reassuring. Unlike the first level, which immediately puts people into a desperate survival mode, everyone's vigilance is constantly declining, so they naturally ignore these.
The inherent weirdness of dolls.
Now after Tang Ling said this, everyone realized that they were not safe. They were still in this terrifying survival game. The person who designed the game would not be so kind as to specially arrange a level for them to relax. Everything was not like this.
Simple.
His vigilance was actually so low. Lu Shang shook his head with some self-deprecation. The dolls around him became more and more terrifying. Lu Shang said to the others: "I don't know what dangers these dolls have yet, but just treat them like this."
Staying where we are is not an option, so we try not to look at these dolls. We have all been on the run for so long, so we must be very tired. Let’s find a relatively safe place and take turns standing guard to rest. There is no rush for the exit of the maze.
The most important thing now is to recharge your batteries.”
The others had no objections and nodded in agreement. Tang Ling signaled Tang Yong to put her down and let her go by herself, and stood back on the ground. Yan Yan on the side saw it, and quickly released Wang Fanglu's hand and ran to Tang Ling.
He was looking around with a wary expression, causing Tang Ling to look at him strangely several times.
After discussing the next arrangements, everyone slowly left the place.
"Fang Lu, what are you looking at? It's time to go."
Qiu Yanling called out to Wang Fanglu, who had been staring at the dolls on the ground. Wang Fanglu reacted for a long time, looking at Qiu Yanling as if she suddenly woke up, patting her chest in shock and said: "Oh, you really scared me, what's wrong?"
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"We should go. Don't look at these dolls anymore. Didn't that kid from Lu Shang just say that these dolls are scary?"
"Oh, sorry, sorry, I was so lost in thought just now that I didn't even notice what Lu Shang was saying. In fact, I didn't pay much attention to these dolls. It's just that the little bear doll at my feet looks a bit like the one I lost when I was a child.
I just took a few more glances out of curiosity, thank you for reminding me, I won’t look at these dolls anymore.”
Wang Fanglu glanced at the little bear doll lying at her feet again, and looked away with some disgust. Then she smiled at Qiu Yanling, chatted with her, and the group slowly left.
Not long after they left, the little bear doll that Wang Fanglu had been staring at was lying on the grass, leaning against the wall. Its dark button eyes turned, and then its head turned 180 degrees.
Rotating, the cloth had many wrinkles due to the large twist. The little bear's head was facing directly in the direction where Lu Shang and his party left, and the dolls around it slowly began to turn their heads, all following the little bear towards Lu Shang and his group.
In the direction of leaving, at another corner of the maze, a snow-white thing was jumping and moving...
The day above our heads began to slowly darken, the bright sun was slowly engulfed by black, the blue sky was no longer there, the white clouds disappeared, the light dimmed, and the night came quietly. Everyone looked up and watched the night fall unprepared.
"It's strange. It says two o'clock in the afternoon on the phone now?"
Zhang Ziang took out his mobile phone and looked at the two o'clock time on the screen. Then he raised his head in disbelief and looked at the dark sky. He said uncertainly: "Did it get dark too fast today?"
Like everyone else, Tang Ling raised her head and looked at the dark sky, a little lost in thought. Suddenly, the flies flying in the air from the previous level flashed before her eyes, as well as the mice and insects running in the grass. In the blurry picture,
There seemed to be a flash of red light on their bodies. Maybe it was her own fear that put a filter on those monsters. Tang Ling trembled twice. Just when she felt disgusted with her own imagination, a cold feeling ran down her back.
It wasn't like the slight coolness blown by the wind, but the biting coldness of being suddenly locked in an ice cellar. It grabbed her ankles and climbed up her body, bit by bit, until it reached Tianling Gai. Tang Ling froze, and she
She could hear her violent heartbeat and rapid breathing. There was a cold sight that was hard to ignore, like a spy locked in the eyes of a tall beast lurking in the dark in the jungle. Who was looking at her?
No. I'm looking at these people.
Tang Ling swallowed hard and pulled Yan Yan, who knew nothing next to her, to absorb the warmth from his hands. With a little courage, she moved slowly, walked behind Lu Shang, and hesitated
He grabbed Lu Shang's clothes.
Lu Shang, who felt his clothes being pulled, lowered his head and saw Tang Ling staring straight at him. With fear on her face, she begged him hard: "Leave, leave here."
"It's not safe here, take out the flashlight, we have to leave quickly."
Without a trace of doubt or hesitation, Lu Shang hurriedly spoke to the people around him who were still looking at each other. Then he rubbed Tang Ling's head comfortingly, took her cold hand, bent down beside her and whispered softly: "Wait a while."
Can you tell us which way to go later?"
"But……"
"I believe you." Lu Shang smiled firmly at her, then turned to Yan Yan next to Tang Ling, and sternly ordered, "Protect my sister."
Then he stood up, took out a flashlight, and illuminated the road ahead for a certain distance. Lu Shang shook the hand that held Tang Ling's and asked softly: "Shall we go?"
"……good."
With Lu Shang's 100% trust in her, Tang Ling's worries and hesitations gradually disappeared. She took a deep breath, then nodded firmly towards Lu Shang, and based on her own feelings, she began to point out what she thought to Lu Shang.
The right path.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, after an hour of moving, Tang Ling brought a group of them to a spacious grassland surrounded by entrance corners leading to other places. There were not necessarily any strange dolls in this open space.
After more than an hour of hurrying and slow driving, plus Tang Ling making one or two misjudgments on the way and taking the wrong direction, they finally successfully arrived at a place that Tang Ling intuitively believed was not dangerous at all.
"Great job." The group of people could finally rest a little. Lu Shang rubbed Tang Ling's head and praised.
Tang Ling touched her head, and the warmth of Lu Shang's palm still remained on it. She felt a little warm in her heart. She looked at Lu Shang and asked curiously: "Why do you believe me?"
"Maybe it's like you were willing to believe me back then."
Lu Shang thought seriously for a moment, and replied with a smile as if he had thought of something. He squatted down and looked at Tang Ling, and thanked Tang Ling somewhat solemnly: "I never had the chance to say it, I hope it's not too late now. Tang Ling
Ling, thank you for helping us in the first level, thank you for saving my life. Have a good rest."
Although Tang Ling has now forgotten the help she provided to them in killing the monsters in the first level, and others may not have noticed it, Lu Shang still clearly remembers that she was affected by Zhou Ye's words at that time and became confused.
Proportionate, so that when the mouse pounced on him, when he thought he was certain to die, a force knocked the mouse away, and that person was Tang Ling. She was panting, and she needed to just stand there.
With Yan Yan's help, Lu Shang was really grateful to Tang Ling at that moment. This eleven-year-old girl, without her help, he would not have been able to survive until now.
Helping a stranger without any bottom line is something that a thoughtful person like Lu Shang cannot do. Everything he does is based on profit and for the people he cares about, so for
From the beginning, Tang Ling was able to firmly say that she was willing to help when Tang Yong and Qiu Yanling were opposed and hesitant. This pure kindness and trust made Lu Shang feel ashamed. He no longer regarded Tang Ling as an ordinary person.
As a child, she is his companion, just like any other.
He also clearly saw that Tang Ling was under great pressure along the way. In order to try her best to help all of them survive, she had to constantly sense the monsters without gaps, prevent the coming monsters, and try her best to detect nearby monsters.
She had always been afraid that she would not be able to help others and would drag them down. In fact, she had already helped them too much. Tang Ling had long become the same backbone as him in this team. Even if she lost her memory and entered the third
In the second level, Tang Ling was also the first person to notice the abnormality around her. She may not have even realized it herself. She had been subconsciously keeping herself tense, wary of everything around her, and testing everything around her.
Worry about sudden disasters and accidents.
Now, Tang Ling can take a little rest.
There were many things that were left unsaid, and Lu Shang could not continue to sigh about the current situation. He rubbed Tang Ling's head again, took her and Yan Yan and handed them over to Qiu Yanling, and began to discuss with the men in the surrounding team.
Start the arrangement of taking turns to stand guard.
