Kaleidoscope of Death

As for the outcome of this battle... Lin Qiushi slowly walked to the door of the house and looked inside through the crack in the door panel.

He saw that the interior of the house was shrouded in darkness, but he could barely see the mess inside. All the furniture was scattered all over the place, but the most noticeable one was the fish-man monster lying in the middle of the room, which looked like it was dying. It was the same yellow-eyed fish monster that Lin Qiushi had seen in the house yesterday, it was still alive, but its breath was very weak.

Lin Qiushi moved very carefully, especially when approaching this fish, after all, they didn't know whether this fish still had any fighting power or not.

Good thing the actual situation was better than they thought, the creature's body was covered with dense wounds, its blood was not bright red, but an unpleasant dark green, sticky and fishy, it was lying on the ground, it didn't move at all to Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu's approach, even when they had already walked in front of it, it didn't move at all.

Ruan Nan Candle stared at it, and after a moment of silence, he stretched out his toes and gently stepped on its skin, seeing that it still didn't react before saying, "It's about to die."

"Mm." Lin Qiushi observed the monster in front of him, seeing that its breath was getting weaker and weaker, and finally its breathing rate stopped, so it was lifeless, before he pulled out his dinner knife from his bosom, "I'll do it."

"Wait." Ruan Nanzhu suddenly spoke.

Lin Qiushi turned his head to look at him, he was expecting Ruan Nan Candle to say something to stop him from doing it, but he just pulled out a pair of plastic gloves from his backpack and handed them to Lin Qiushi, "Put on the gloves, don't get any of its fluids."

The dark green liquid flowing from the fish-man monster made it very unpleasant to look at indeed, and since it could be avoided, one should try not to have contact with the body, as no one knew what would happen.

Lin Qiushi nodded, took the gloves and put them on his hands, tightened his grip on the knife in his hand, and began to half crouch on the ground to cut the thorn-like object on top of the fish monster's head in front of him.

He was very careful in his movements and was always on the alert for any movement of the fish monster, just in case it might suddenly rise up before it was dead.

Fortunately, until Lin Qiushi removed the long thorn from its head, the fish monster did not give any reaction.

Lin Qiushi got up and handed the long spike in his hand to Ruan Nan Candle, then took off his plastic glove and threw it beside him.

It was a long spike, about half a meter long, very hard and could easily pierce through a sturdy wooden board, it was also stained with a lot of inky blood, one could imagine that it must have left many wounds on the body of the white-eyed fish monster during the battle just now.

Ruan Nanzhu wrapped the spikes in a plastic bag and carefully put them into his backpack.

Lin Qiushi said, "Line, longsword, and appetizer are all ready."

Ruan Nan Candle looked up at the sky and said, "Wait for the night."

Lin Qiushi nodded.

The three of them went to the deck and found a random place to sit and chat. The others were still moving around the cabin, looking for clues about the door and the key.

"This door looks pretty simple." Gurung said.

"Where is it simple." Ruan Nam Candle said indifferently, "If Lin Lin hadn't found the mosquito clues, we'd still be in a fog."

Faced with an NPC covered in bugs, everyone would reflexively want to stay away from him, not realizing that he was the key to leaving this place.

"Also." Gu Longming scratched his head, "You two are so good."

Ruan Nan Candle said, "What's your real name?"

After hearing Ruan Nan Candle's question, Gu Longming was slightly stunned, then he showed joy, he knew what Ruan Nan Candle meant by asking his real name, it meant that Ruan Nan Candle had agreed to him joining Obsidian Stone. Someone even more powerful than Lin Qiushi... Gu Longming smiled and spoke out his real name, "My real name is Ye Bird."

Ruan Nan Candle nodded, indicating that he knew, "When we go out through this door, I'll come and interface with you."

"You know where I live?" Gu Longming wondered.

"Of course I know." Ruan Nanzhu Dao, "How else would I feel comfortable with you and my family Linlin crossing the door together." Not only did he know where Gu Longming lived, he also knew Gu Longming's real name, and this inquiry was just to test Gu Longming's sincerity.

Gu Longming: "......." he actually didn't know what to say for a moment.

Because of what happened a few days ago, the number of people gathered to eat in the restaurant today was much smaller again, and only a few scattered people sitting at the table could be seen.

These people were sitting in the restaurant, eating one thing after another, the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.

Of course Ruan Nan Candle and the others didn't eat fish, but what made Lin Qiushi a bit puzzled was that the others didn't seem to be as averse to fish as they were, even the brother who was seasick had eaten a few bites of fish today.

"You don't feel disgusted anymore?" Gu Longming didn't hold back and asked the man sitting next to him.

"It doesn't seem as disgusting as I thought it would be." Shen Juexin had been vomiting unseemly a few days ago, but today he seemed to be in a little better shape, at least his face wasn't so waxy, and he said, "Well... I feel as if I'm better."

Lin Qiushi said, "You'd better not eat it, this fish meat is not fresh at a glance."

Shen Juexin scratched his head, "It's okay." He said and took another bite, but he didn't even show an ugly expression.

Lin Qiushi looked at Shen Juexin's actions, his appearance was slightly complicated, he had tasted fish before and it was very disgusting, now that he smelled the same fishy smell, he thought that the taste of the fish hadn't changed at all, he just didn't know why Shen Juexin felt that the fish meat in front of him was fine....

As Lin Qiushi was thinking about this, he saw Ruan Nanzhu's chopsticks move, but he actually also took a piece of fish and slowly put it into his mouth.

"Zhu Meng?!" Lin Qiushi was shocked by Ruan Nan Candle's actions, not expecting Ruan Nan Candle to taste this fish.

Eventually, Ruan Nan Candle finished eating the fish, "...it's really not fishy anymore."

"Not fishy anymore?" Lin Qiushi felt that something was wrong with the situation, he listened to this and tried to eat a bit of the fish to make sure that it still tasted ol' fishy and fishy, "Obviously it's still fishy... wait..." he Looking towards Ruan Nam Candle, his eyes were filled with incredulity, "Is the aperitif, random?"

Ruan Nan Candle was silent, his chopsticks poking at the fish meat on his plate.

There are still eleven people alive now, there are only seven people sitting in the restaurant now, within the seven people excluding Ruan Nan Candle at least three of them are eating the fish meat in front of them with chopsticks, from their expressions, the matter of eating the fish meat is not at all reluctant, it even looks quite relishing.

Lin Qiushi had a bad feeling as he said, "Zhu Meng, stop eating, let's go back to our room."

Ruan Nan Candle, however, did not move, he dropped his eyes and his gaze fell on the fish in front of him, as if the fish carried some extremely attractive magic, making him unable to put it down easily for a while.

His performance made Lin Qiushi's scalp go numb, and he gave Gu Longming a wink, so Gu Longming understood and grabbed Ruan Nanzhu's hand on one side and him on the other, forcing him out of the restaurant.

Then the three of them found a random room, and when they entered the room, Lin Qiushi quickly pulled off the bed sheet and tied Ruan Nan Candle securely to the chair.

The good thing was that when Lin Qiushi did all of this, Ruan Nam Candle's behavior was quite calm, at most, he just frowned his pretty eyebrows and said, "What are you tying me up for?"

Lin Qiushi said very calmly, "I'm afraid that you will eat fish."

Ruan Nan Candle stopped talking, he tilted his head, some confusion appeared between his looks, as if he was also somewhat confused as to why he liked to eat fish, Lin Qiushi thought he would want to say something, but he ended up not saying anything, just saying, "Alright."

The door seemed too simple, so simple that people were off guard. Lin Qiushi asked Gu Longming to move Ruan Nan Candle to the corridor of the ship's cabin in case he was taken away by the changing room, and returned to the dining room alone, then found that almost everyone inside the dining room had begun to eat the fish on the plate in front of them.

The fishy and insipid fish had turned into a rare delicacy in their eyes, and they were gorging themselves on it without noticing Lin Qiushi's arrival.

Lin Qiushi only took a glance before turning around, and when he reached the deck, he saw the pale face of Xiao Mo, who had warned him before, crouching alone in the corner, and when he saw him, he cast a terrified look at him.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qiushi asked her a question.

"In the kitchen..." little Mo spoke weakly, "Something happened... in the kitchen..."

"What?" Lin Qiushi said, "What's happened?"

"It's like they're all crazy." XiaoMo was far away from Lin Qiushi, seemingly afraid of getting close to people, "They're eating fish like madmen."

Although it was just a few words, Lin Qiushi still understood the meaning of XiaoMo's words, he nodded his head and said, "Okay, I know, be careful yourself."

XiaoMo said, "You... you want to go over there to see?"

Lin Qiushi: "Well, I'll go over and take a look."

Xiao Mo sniffed and stopped talking.

Lin Qiushi turned around and went to the kitchen next to the restaurant, the kitchen was also in a fixed position, and before he arrived he would smell a strong smell of fish.

Lin Qiushi's footsteps stopped at the entrance of the kitchen, and without going in, he heard a strange chewing sound coming from inside. Through the window, he saw the horrifying situation in the kitchen.

There were only a few people squatting on the floor, burying their faces in a huge fish that hadn't been cooked and had a ghastly dead white color, with blood visible inside the fish's flesh. The three people in the room, however, seemed to be completely unconcerned about this, almost their entire faces were inside the fish, and the terrified color on their faces could be vaguely seen, as if the fish in front of them was some extremely delicious food.

Even if Lin Qiushi's tolerance was strong, he couldn't help but feel nauseous at the sight of such a scene.

He took a deep breath, steadied his mind, stepped into the kitchen, and called out, "Are you guys alright?" He wanted to see if these people still had any sense.

But the fact in front of him made Lin Qiushi's heart grow cold, it was as if the people in front of him hadn't even heard his shout, still focusing all their attention on the fish and meat, they didn't even raise their heads, they looked completely out of the ordinary.

When Lin Qiushi saw this scene, he immediately remembered something and turned around to leave. He was worried about Ruan Nan Candle and that these changes would occur in Ruan Nan Candle as well.

After Lin Qiushi left, Gu Longming moved Ruan Nan Candle to the corridor along with the chair, the corridor wouldn't change randomly, so when Lin Qiushi came back, he saw Ruan Nan Candle still sitting on the chair, but his expression didn't look too good.

"Zhu Meng." Lin Qiushi called out to him, "Just bear with me through tonight."

"I'm really hungry." Ruan Nanzhu hung his head, uniform hair hanging next to his cheeks, making his entire body look weak and haggard, and with an irresistible chutney, he pursed his lips, his eyes seemed to be watery, "Lin Lin, I want to eat."

Lin Qiushi hurriedly pulled out food from his bag, but when he put it to Ruan Nan Candle's mouth, he pursed his lips and said, "No, I don't want to eat this."

"Then what do you want to eat?" Lin Qiushi asked.

"I want to eat fish." Ruan Nam Candle said, "Will you let me have some?" He raised his head slightly and looked at Lin Qiushi with longing eyes.

Honestly, if it was anything else, Lin Qiushi might have immediately softened up when faced with this appearance of Ruan Nan Candle, but at this point he had to harden his heart and say, "No."

Ruan Nan Candle's pitiful expression instantly disappeared, his eyes turned a little icy and his tone was frighteningly cold: "Lin Qiushi, do you know what you're doing?"

It was the expression of Ruan Nam Candle outside the door, cold and arrogant, as if looking down on a god of ants.

"I know." However, Lin Qiushi was unmoved, he reached out and lifted Ruan Nam Candle's chin, word for word, "I know exactly what I'm doing, eating fish? Don't even think about it."

Ruan Nan Candle stared at Lin Qiushi's eyes, as if trying to find some sway in his eyes, but in the end he clearly failed and his tone softened again, "Lin Lin, Lin Lin, people really want to eat fish..."

His attitude was so circular, but Naive Lin Qiushi's heart was as hard as iron and he didn't move in the slightest.

Gu Longming was looking on in admiration as he said, "O Lin Lin, you can even endure this?"

Lin Qiushi: "What if you can't help it? Did you let him go and eat fish?" He told Gu Longming what had happened in the restaurant and kitchen, and Gu Longming listened bitterly, "How did this suddenly happen..." he thought of something, "Was it some kind of accelerated effect from the death of that yellow-eyed fish man ?"

"I don't know." Lin Qiushi lifted his hand to look at the time, there were still four hours left before night and they had to survive it.

The state on Ruan Nan Candle's body seemed to be the epitome of those who were gnawing on fish, and Lin Qiushi roughly counted that there were no more than four people on the entire ship who were currently normal, and everyone else seemed as if they were possessed.

No matter how much Ruan Nanzhu tried to coerce him, Lin Qiushi pretended not to hear.

Lin Qiushi, on the other hand, began to prepare for what he was going to do in the evening.

Now that the ship was full of aperitifs, the longsword was in his hand, and the line had appeared, he was simply like a knight who was about to enter the labyrinth to save his princess - although for now it seemed that his princess was tied to the chair by his own hand.

Gu Longming sighed at the state of Ruan Nam Candle, he scratched his head and said, "Strange, you and I both tasted fish before, right, why did it turn out to be Zhu Meng who got hit?"

Lin Qiushi showed that he didn't know either.

There must be some hidden conditions in it, perhaps it was only those who had never tasted fish that would get caught, but now everything was their guess, the answer to that guess didn't matter, all that mattered was that they had to end this door quickly. After all, Lin Qiushi couldn't keep tying up Ruan Nan Candle.

For the first time so looking forward to going into the night, seeing the sky darken a little bit, Lin Qiushi brought Gu Longming with him to move the chair tied to Ruan Nam Candle back to the house.

Ruan Nan Candle hadn't said much, but with Lin Qiushi's knowledge of him, he could tell from the look in Ruan Nan Candle's eyes that Ruan Nan Candle hadn't given up yet.

"Lin Lin." Ruan Nan Candle suddenly spoke.

Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nan Candle.

"Lin Lin, are you going to defeat him alone?" Ruan Nan Candle said, "I don't trust you to go alone, will you let me go with you?"

"Not good." Lin Qiushi said, "Look at you, you lied to me again."

Ruan Nan Candle was still holding her ground and said, "I didn't lie to you, when you go there, I'll be there to cover for you."

Lin Qiushi felt like he should have been angry at the tone of Ruan Nan Candle's voice, but he couldn't help but laugh, "Taking cover, I'm afraid I'll be killing monsters in front and you'll be eating fish in the back?"

Ruan Nan Candle had a look at Lin Qiushi and didn't say anything.

"Is the fish that good?" Lin Qiushi asked him.

Ruan Nan Candle purses her lips and doesn't speak.

"Better than me?" Lin Qiushi said again.

"Then of course you're more delicious." Ruan Nanzhu muttered, his whole state was very wrong now, like a child, "But I'm too hungry right now, and I can't eat you, I can't bear to part with you."

Lin Qiushi lost his smile at the words.

Gu Longming was quietly eating dog food beside him, thinking that these two people are okay, they are like this, and they both want to show a wave of love.

Lin Qiushi looked at the sinking sky outside, and was glad that he and Gu Longming were still normal, otherwise this door might be a real trouble.

After dark, Ruan Nan Candle had calmed down quite a bit and had been quietly looking out of the window, Lin Qiushi had expected him to rest for a while and still continue to make noise about eating fish, but he hadn't expected him to fall asleep.

"Should we put him on the bed?" Gu Longming whispered and asked Lin Qiushi, "This has been tying up Ruan Nan Candle for a day.

Lin Qiushi thought for a moment and shook his head, "No, keep tying it up." He currently couldn't be sure if Ruan Nan Candle was really asleep, in case this guy was pretending to be asleep, with his force, I'm afraid that both himself and Gu Longming wouldn't be able to stop him.

Moreover, it was now soon night and the monster would appear, it would be easy for accidents to happen when Ruan Nan Candle went out.

"I'd better accompany you." Gu Longming watched Lin Qiushi take the long spines out of his bag and said, "Have a care for each other ah."

"You stay here and watch him." Lin Qiushi shook his head to reject Gu Longming's offer, "I can't do it alone, it's useless for you and me to be together, besides, he's in a bad state, someone has to guard the side."

When Gu Longming saw Lin Qiushi's resolute attitude, he couldn't say anything else and just wished him all the best.

Lin Qiushi nodded his head and responded to Gu Longming's blessing.

After the sky darkened, Lin Qiushi kept listening to the movement outside, and finally, his ears caught certain subtle sounds that he had heard many times before, exactly the loud sound of some kind of huge object moving on the wooden floor.

Lin Qiushi looked at Gu Longming and said, "I'm going."

Gu Longming said, "Brother, you go, I'll take good care of my sister-in-law."

Lin Qiushi: ".......Why does he always feel that it's not quite right?

Gu Longming saw Lin Qiushi's expression and laughed in a low voice, "Alright, just kidding, besides where is this sister-in-law, go, go and return early."

Lin Qiushi pushed out the door and went to the restaurant first.

The restaurant was the starting point of the maze and the mosquito line, from there you could find the monster by following the mosquitoes connected to the line.

Lin Qiushi took his longsword and followed the line carefully, and as he did, he soon heard some unpleasant noises that sounded like a beast gnawing on meat, the only source of meat on the ship... Across the wide deck, Lin Qiushi saw the target he was looking for.

It was a huge fish-man monster, strong and covered in inky scales, only compared to yesterday, it had many more dense wounds on its body, and Lin Qiushi naturally knew where they came from. At this time, all of the fishman's attention was on the already gnawed mess beneath it, seemingly completely unaware of Lin Qiushi who was slowly walking behind him.

Lin Qiushi knew that this was his only chance, so he was cautious and filled with ruthlessness. He grasped the long thorn in his hand, slowly raised it up, and then slammed it down - stabbing the fisherman directly in the neck.

The fisherman let out a miserable scream, and a large amount of inky blood poured out of his body, before falling softly to the ground.

Lin Qiushi didn't dare to prop it up, and after the fisherman fell to the ground, he mended it a few times until he was sure it was dead.

After resting for a while, he used the long thorn in his hand to cut open the abdomen of the fisherman, and after rummaging through the disgust, he found what he wanted among the debris - an ordinary-looking bronze key. Lovely stuff now.

He picked up the keys, put them in his pocket, and left the deck.