Chapter 9: On A Snowy Night, He Returns (3)

Chapter 9: On A Snowy Night, He Returns (3)

Ying Jun was dead, then he was alive again. He smiled so honestly, but he was mute.

Everyone stared as the staff greeted him as if nothing was wrong, then watched Li Ying Jun giving them a friendly nod before heading to the backyard to lay out the firewood. They waited until the staff ran into the kitchen to boil some noodles for Li Ying Jun before finally exploding.

Qian Wei expressed his surprise with a series of holy shit. Everyone just looked at each other. At this moment, Tang Cuo suddenly said: The body.

Peng Mingfans face turned completely white.

Zhang Zhiqiu and Zhao Ping also reacted and they ran for the bathroom on the second floor almost as fast as a cannonball. Thud thud thud. The footsteps echoed loudly as several people rushed to the locker and opened the door.

The body was gone.

Peng Mingfan immediately went to open the locker next to it and took out a bronze trophy that still had blood stains on it. The body was gone, but the bronze trophy remained here. Just why?

Zhao Pings face was filled with worries: So this Li Ying Jun can be resurrected? He returned from the dead last night to kill Qu Li, then this morning he just comes knocking on the door like nothing happened?

Zhang Zhiqiu said: It isnt simple like that. What did the staff say?

An Ning came in at this point, heard his question and replied: I just asked. Xiao Yuan, the staff, totally dont remember that Li Ying Jun was found dead in the locker yesterday. She said that Li Ying Jun would come to deliver firewood every morning at 6 six oclock. He came yesterday as per normal, so nothing went wrong.

Happy Death DayIts a US horror/mystery movie. You can see more information here: /title/tt5308322/. Peng Mingfan suddenly mumbled something.

What? Qian Wei asked.

Its a movie about a female college student who was killed and later came back to the morning of her death, trapping her in a time loop. Peng Mingfan said as he headed downstairs. He remembered that a tear-off calendar was hung on the wall behind the counter.

He ran fast and soon reached downstairs, then he stared at the calendar to find that time was still moving forward.

When they came yesterday, the date on the wall was December 21. Today, it was December 22.

But if it wasnt a time loop of his death, how would they explain what happened to Li Ying Juns resurrection? Even Xiao Yuan also couldnt remember it. This was a game dungeon of reasoning, so the plot elements shouldnt be just for creating a horror atmosphere.

Peng Mingfan kept thinking but he couldnt figure it out, then he glanced at Qian Wei and the others from the corner of his eye to find that Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng were gone. He quickly asked where they were, but everyone shook their heads.

It was Li Shuangshuang who eventually pointed to her behind with a frightened face: Just now when I was standing behind, I saw them go to the backdoor.

Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng went to the storage shed again.

Li Ying Jun put all the firewood here. He stacked up the new logs neatly at the top and picked some old ones to put in the basket. Although the weather is cold, his movements were quick, suggesting that he often had to perform labour work.

The sun was rising now.

Li Ying Jun picked up the basket and turned back to see Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng, then nodded and greeted them with a smile. He was obviously a tall, strong man, but his every move showed that he wasnt very bright.

Where are you taking the firewood to? Tang Cuo asked.

Ah, ah. Li Ying Jun couldnt speak and pointed to the direction of the kitchen. It seemed he wanted to tell Tang Cuo that the firewood was to be used for cooking and boiling water, but his gesture might not always be interpreted correctly so he felt a bit anxious.

Tang Cuo waited for him to finish his gesture and asked again: When did you cut down the firewood?

Li Ying Jun pointed to the sky and said: Ah, ah, ah.

Tang Cuo: At night?

Li Ying Jun nodded.

He lay dead during the day and cut down the wood during the night. It was possible that the one who died yesterday was really him.

Can you take me to see it? Tang Cuo asked.

This time Li Ying Jun shook his head and waved his hand, his body totally trying to display rejection. He seemed to express that it was freezing and dangerous outside, so he really wanted to convince Tang Cuo against the idea.

Tang Cuo asked him some other questions about the firewood but he only gestured himself cutting the wood again and again as no words could come out.

After the unsuccessful conversation, Tang Cuo watched Li Ying Jun leaving, then turned around and walked to the kitchen window. In the kitchen, Xiao Yuan was humming a song while cooking. As she saw a handsome face suddenly pop up in the blizzard, she was scared stiff and almost cut her finger.

Mister, why did you go outside? Xiao Yuan exclaimed across the glass.

Just getting some fresh air. Tang Cuo replied.

Xiao Yuan kindly reminded him to be careful to not get a cold, then smiled and lowered her head at the food casually. She was cutting Chinese cabbage and beef to make noodles, which looked much tastier than the white porridge she made for the guests in the morning.

Not a shady business. This is way better than a shady business.

As they went back to the main hall, everyone was still there.

Zhang Zhiqiu looked over and asked: Where did you go?

We went to see the firewood. Tang Cuo sat down casually and poured himself a glass of water, then said: Li Ying Jun said he cut wood at night. The place where he cut down the tree wasnt far from here. I want to go see it, does anyone else want to go?

Qian Wei: Probably we can find Qu Li that way? She may just be missing and waiting for us to save her. Its freezing cold outside, she might actually die if we dont find her soon.

Zhao Ping: About this

Some were eager, some were hesitant.

Li Shuangshuang gripped the corner of her jacket nervously and glanced at the only other female An Ning to see the other persons eyes brimming with light. She stood up to declare: I support going outside to take a look. The staff said that the snow has covered the entire mountain, but since Li Ying Jun can still cut wood, there must be a way to go around. Even though we shouldnt go outside, the place where the wood is cut should still be part of the dungeon. Perhaps we can even find some clues.

After a short pause, she added: A person is missing, we cant just not go look for her.

At this instant, Jin Cheng interjected abruptly: Actually, it needs not be so troublesome.

Peng Mingfan casted a glance at him: What do you mean?

Lets kill Ying Jun.

Huh?

Qian Wei suddenly got his point: Indeed, isnt the goal of this game to kill Ying Jun? Now Ying Jun is alive, can we just kill him? When he died previously, we couldnt clear the game. Its probably because he wasnt killed by us, so it didnt count.

Zhang Zhiqiu agreed: The most important thing is to clear the game.

Li Shuangshuang remained terribly anxious.

Jin Cheng still focused on solving the jigsaw puzzle, after which he came to the conclusion that the puzzle was more interesting than the discussion. Sometimes he looked out of the window and wondered when Tang Cuo would come back he was getting bored.

Meanwhile, Tang Cuo was cutting down a tree.

The chainsaw was at its maximum power, sawdust and snow floating amid its blaring noise. Qian Wei never thought that a person could look that handsome cutting down a tree. He moved in perfect tandem with the chainsaw before giving the tree one last kick, then with a crash, the trunk collapsed heavily into the white snow.

Tang Cuos face didnt even flinch.

Deep within himself, Qian Wei thought, it would have been great if this game was just a game of cutting down trees.

Did you guys hear anything? An Ning said suddenly.

What is it? Qian Wei and Zhao Ping both looked up at the same time while Tang Cuo was still inspecting the tree he had cut down. The trees in this forest were all like this: black and twisted into a strange shape. The cut surface was very smooth because it was cut with a chainsaw, but it felt slippery to the touch. It emitted a faint scent after being exposed to the air.

Tang Cuo sniffed at his finger but still couldnt tell what this smell was. It was however undoubted that Li Ying Jun must have gotten the firewood from here.

There really is something! Zhao Ping finally heard it, and soon Qian Wei also figured what that sound was. Three of them turned completely white.

An Ning shouted: Its a bear, quickly climb up the tree!

Fortunately, there were trees everywhere, and because of their strange shapes, it wasnt too difficult to climb them. They ran in three directions and climbed up, then as they turned around, their hearts almost jumped out.

Two giant black bears standing up to 5 or 6 meters were running directly towards them, knocking off any tree that stood in their way. The path they ran on looked as though it was swept through by a whirlwind, all its grasses plucked off clean.

Boom boom. The ground shook as the black bears roared into the air with its huge jaw wide open, scaring everyone out of their skin.

Run!!!

Without the need for another word, the three immediately abandoned the tree and ran away. With two bears that big, it was useless to climb up a tree because the bears could just push it down with a few hits. However, as the three tried to escape, they discovered that the fierce man who cut down the tree had run away a long time ago.

Why do you run so fast?!

Its all because you cut down the tree!

Big Bear and Bigger Bear are all here!

Qian Wei screamed in his heart, the wind blowing at his face like a knife and the bears roars coming closer and closer from behind. He quickly put on a piece of equipment Powerful Feet Running Shoes.

Actually, these shoes were nothing extremely special apart from helping their user run faster. With every stride, the sole would shine and play some music. There were hundreds of nostalgic songs to choose from.

Love has too many rights and wrongs, he came at the time I was beaming with joy~Lyric of the Chinese love song (lit. translated as Enraptured) by Sammi Cheng..

Zhao Ping almost slipped.

Fortunately, An Ning ran by to pull him up just in time and the two dangerously escaped from the grasp of the bear. An Ning shot a fierce look at Qian Wei and continued to sprint forward. An Ning seemed to be using some special skills as she jumped from one tree to another, her movement light yet extremely brisk.

Zhao Ping only had to struggle for a bit. He didnt have these escape skills, but he had special ability.

A blue light gathered in Zhao Pings palm and the blizzard around him swirled into a big snowball, which rapidly became bigger and bigger. Zhao Ping tried hard to exert more power as he ran, his motion much faster his usual manner. He suddenly came to a brake to stabilise himself, then raised both hands above his head and threw the snowball to the back.

Bang! The snowball hit one of the black bears and momentarily stopped it, but the other black bear was still rushing forward. It looked even angrier and roared aggressively at the sky, making Zhao Ping almost slip again.

By this time, Tang Cuo had fallen behind all of them. This was exactly why he had to run first.

He was a newcomer, an actual newcomer.

Luckily, he was good at fighting.

Only when the black bear jumped over did Qian Wei and the others realise that Tang Cuo had actually fallen behind. They were all taken aback and couldnt react in time. At this grave moment, Tang Cuo didnt try to escape, rather, he recklessly ran to the front without even a single sign of slowing down. He stretched his hands to grab a tree trunk, then quickly turned around the tree and slid through the black bears legs.

Grrr The black bear threw itself forward so strongly that the tree collapsed upon impact, but Tang Cuo had already gotten behind it.

Cough, cough A cold wind came over and Tang Cuo couldnt hold his cough, his face turning paler. But he didnt delay for a moment and swiftly got up from the ground. He continued running while taking out a rope from his mountaineering bag, then made a loop with an incredible speed and flicked his hand.

The loop made one perfect circle around a tree root 5 meters away from him.

The other threes jaws dropped as they watched him throw the rope. At this moment, the black bear attacked again. As the black bear jumped at him as fast as lightning, he turned around and rolled to the side without a care, then he pulled hard at the rope.

Argh The rope stretched tightly at the bears right thigh, all in the blink of an eye.

Although the black bear was huge and fast, its body wasnt very flexible. Judging from the fact that they only jumped madly at whatever was in front, their IQ shouldnt be very high.

A small climbing rope was only able to briefly block it, but that was enough.

The stumbling black bear crashed to the ground, showing its fangs fumingly at Tang Cuo and hurling its paws furiously as though wanting to scratch Tang Cuos face. Less than a few seconds later, it stood up again from the ground, ready to tear these abominable humans into pieces.

Right then, a brick suddenly appeared in Tang Cuos hand, no wait, to be precise, it was a book. Catching the perfect moment that the bear threw itself at him with its jaw wide open, Tang Cuo slammed the brick into its mouth.

Argh The hard book stuck firmly at the inside of the bears mouth, instantly wounding it and blocking its throat. The black bears eyes turned blood red, its paws dancing wildly in the air. Because Tang Cuo was too close, he was hit on the back and thrown into the snow 5 meters away.

Cough, cough cough His body shook up as he choked on his own blood, all the bones on his body about to fall apart.

The other black bear was coming.

Tang ge! Fortunately, the other three were finally caught up and used their magical powers to stop it together. The black bear whose throat was stuck with the survival report fanatically pulled at its mouth with its two paws, trying to take out the thick book.

Tang Cuo raised one hand and snapped his fingers.

Boom !

The black bear blew up, a deafening explosion entirely drowning out its screams. Its flesh and blood flew apart like snowflakes. The impact of the explosion was so large that everyone was sent flying back.

A Fireball attack with a wizards Skill card.

The card that Tang Cuo ransacked from Zhang Xing was kept inside the report. Hundreds of small fireballs exploded quickly as they were compressed inside a small space. Truly perfect.

The only thing that wasnt perfect was Tang Cuos HP of 5.

[We suggest that you kill yourself right away.]