CH 11

Chai Yong and his party walked ahead.

Li Chengyan tended to Fang Ziyue and let her walk in the middle as he walked behind. Despite this, Fang Ziyue still felt creeped out. The ice sculptures on either side of the path were so realistic that she felt like they would come to life at any moment.

The NPC said that the Ice Sculpture Garden holds the secret of the Snow Woman. Chai Yong made them examine each ice sculpture carefully. It was highly likely that the secret was hidden in one of these ice sculptures.

But no matter how Fang Ziyue looked at it, she felt like the ice sculptures were carved with the intent to scare people, especially the human ones. Those eyeballs were as good as real ones. Obviously, they were only carved from ice, but the more she looked at them, the scarier they seemed.

Luckily, it wasn't dead silent in the Ice Sculpture Garden because of the Clink Clink Clink Clink sounds coming from behind. It reminded her that these ice sculptures were nothing more than man-made pieces of art which you could easily break down with a hammer.

For once, Fang Ziyue thought that Lin Xinghe, who she just thought was deranged, still had her uses. At least she made her feel less scared. She could sort of understand why Tang Xin would want to follow Lin Xinghe.

The mood obviously resembles a horror movie, but Lin Xinghe has the acting skills to make it a comedy.

Fang Ziyue secretly craned her head to look behind.

Tang Xin was chatting and joking around with Lin Xinghe.

Despite her harmless appearance, Lin Xinghe split open the head of an ice sculpture without mercy. It fell onto the pavement with a "Bang!"

Fang Ziyue suddenly felt a bit envious of the atmosphere over there. But once her fear washed away, she carefully began to study the ice sculpture in front of her.

It looked like a little girl, about three or four years old. She had two small braids and wore a dress and shoes.

Maybe because she wasn't so scared anymore, Fang Ziyue couldn't resist touching the ice sculpture of the little girl.

When she touched it, Fang Ziyue witnessed the ice sculpture's lips curling up slightly.

She screamed in horror.

Chai Yong whirled around and scolded her: "All you do is scream all day. Women are so troublesome. They get scared from the smallest things." When Chai Yong saw the ice sculpture of the little girl in front of Fang Ziyue, he sneered at her, "Even this sculpture of a little girl made you scream? Is she going to eat you or attack you?"

Fang Ziyue stammered, "She-she-she-she smiled."

Li Chengyan said, "You're just psyching yourself out. Nothing's there."

To reassure Fang Ziyue, Li Chengyan reached out and patted the little girl's face. He knocked on her mouth with his knuckle and said, "See. Nothing happened. Girls are like this, Brother Chai. Let's keep looking for clues. Clues are more important."

Chai Yong glared at Fang Ziyue before turning around and continuing to look for clues.

Fang Ziyue was so anxious that her eyes started to redden. Tugging at Li Chengyan's sleeve, she said, "I... I really saw her smile. She just smiled."

"You're imagining things."

"No, really. I... I really saw her..."

Li Chengyan interrupted her and said, "Okay, stop it. If you keep talking, Brother Chai will be upset. Hurry and find the Snow Woman's secret. We'll kill the Snow Woman and get out of here."

With this little episode, Fang Ziyue was too afraid to look at the ice sculptures again. She lowered her gaze and just stared at the ground.

Half an hour has already passed since the group entered the Ice Sculpture Garden. Chai Yong saw at least twenty different ice sculptures, both large and small. The NPC said that the Ice Sculpture Garden wasn't big, having only 30 to 40 ice sculptures altogether.

However, Chai Yong has already inspected over half of the ice sculptures and still hasn't found anything.

The ice sculptures in the garden were no different from ordinary ice sculptures.

There weren't many sculptures left in the Ice Sculpture Garden. After turning the corner, they would be able to see the end of the path, yet they didn't have a single lead. There was also no turning back. They were looking for clues in front, while Lin Xinghe was knocking down ice sculptures behind them.

Chai Yong became a little impatient. As soon as he turned around and saw Fang Ziyue cowering in place, accomplishing nothing at all, his temper immediately flared.

"Didn't I tell you to..."

But before he finished speaking, he heard another scream come from Fang Ziyue.

"All you fucking know how to do is scream. What else can you do besides screaming?"

Fang Ziyue quickly raised her head and said in panic, "No, no, I really saw the ice sculpture move. It... It just moved. It was clearly standing over there before. It moved a step. It really moved a step..."

"Shut up! Bitch only knows how to drag her feet! How could an ice sculpture move? You've seen too many horror movies. If it moves, Lao Tzu will twist its head off and kick it like a football for you. It..."

Before he finished, Chai Yong saw Li Chengyan looking past him with a panicked expression. He said, "Brother Chai, it... it moved."

Chai Yong almost laughed out of anger.

"One and two. Both are pig teammates. Move your asses. Lao Tzu will bash its head off..." (1)

Chai Yong suddenly felt a chill at his fingertips and glanced down. The dog sculpture, which was seven or eight steps away from him just now, had already rushed up to him. It opened its mouth, revealing its sharp fangs before viciously biting down on his hand.

There was a crisp sound.

Blood flowed everywhere.

Chai Yong's hand was actually bitten off from the wrist. Bright red blood splattered all over the ground.

The dog sculpture's mouth, nose, and eyes were dyed red with his blood. It lunged back at Chai Yong like a spring.

Chai Yong did have some experience after all. He endured the pain and rolled on the ground to dodge the dog sculpture's attack. Before he could steady himself, however, he felt another chill come from behind him. A human ice sculpture revealed a sorrowful smile before the sword in its hand descended and slashed him straight in the right shoulder.

Fang Ziyue and Li Chengyan were shaking in fear. They wanted to run away in panic.

But at this moment, the nearby ice sculptures began to surround them, thus blocking off their escape route.

Lin Xinghe and Tang Xin, who were in the middle of bashing ice sculptures, stopped what they were doing when they saw this scene.

Tang Xin asked, "Why aren't they attacking us?"