Chapter 816 - 552: Tired—Let’s End It Here
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The pair of plaster long legs stepped over, quickly reaching the stone gate passage.
The spacious passageway for Li Pu and his companions felt like a mouse hole in its presence.
From Li Pu’s perspective, he saw a large white plaster head lower down, blocking the passage.
A scarlet eye stared at him.
This feeling was uncomfortable; Li Pu felt his breathing become heavy.
At this moment, his vision seemed unable to hold anything else, only that ruby-like, soul-capturing eye.
He noticed his body becoming rigid; even his heartbeat gradually slowed.
[You died of petrification]
[Judged to restart]
After a short while, they were back at the starting point.
"This... what should we do."
So far, Room 123, particularly Room 3, gave the strongest sense of despair.
Not only does it block the door, but it also instantly kills.
"It seems like there may be something strange about the eyes."
"Would it be better if we didn’t look at its eyes?"
With his chin propped up, Li Pu muttered to himself.
"It’s a pity the whole room hasn’t been searched yet."
"Let’s see if there’s a chance to find any clues."
Having made the decision, he led his companion to start the challenge again.
The first two stages were a breeze, and soon the stone gate leading to the third stage opened again.
"This time we’ll do it together."
He shared the plan with his companion.
To avoid meeting the eyes of the plaster statue, closing eyes seemed the best solution.
But, as mere mortals, closing their eyes meant they could do nothing.
So, they decided to enter Room 3 simultaneously and immediately split up, using the short time to search for anything unusual in the room.
In short, they would rely on infinite trial and error, risking their lives to gather clues.
There was only one plaster statue; it was impossible to petrify both of them at once.
With this idea in mind, both Li Pu and his companion were petrified together.
Yes, that’s right, together.
It turned out the plaster statue didn’t even need to stare; a mere puff of breath could petrify them.
But during the gradual petrification process, the two took the opportunity to quickly glance over both sides of the room.
The result... nothing.
"Do we have to force our way through again?"
Sitting in the room at the starting point, Li Pu seemed a bit troubled.
With only 1/3 of the nine rooms traversed, the dream ability was nearly exhausted, clearly not a perfect strategy.
But without it, passing seemed impossible.
"Wait."
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Li Pu’s head.
In the first round, he only had a brief encounter with the awakened plaster statue’s head, but this time it was different.
He died inside the room.
Just now, it seemed that in his peripheral vision, he saw a flare of fire.
[Quiet, quiet!]
After asking his companion, he received a confirmation.
In the first round, it had faced the plaster statue directly and saw that a piece of firewood caught fire as it awakened.
"Is it possible that the little elf boy can counterbalance it?"
Li Pu came up with a new idea.
The plaster statue in Room 2 was keen on extinguishing fires, which might aid them.
With this in mind, they quickly arrived at the stone gate of Room 3 after extinguishing the fire in Room 2.
The little elf boy then became idle, wandering around the room.
No matter what they said to it, the response was always [Thank you!].
But upon careful observation, he found that the movements of this plaster statue followed a pattern.
If the door to Room 3 remained open, every nine laps around the room, it would sneak a peek into the passageway.
However, it seemed to know Room 3 wasn’t its domain, so it stayed right at the edge without fully entering.
Li Pu attempted to push the statue but found it quite heavy.
With all his strength, he could barely move it a step, and after deviation, it would immediately correct its path and return.
However, one step was enough.
He had his companion stand by the door to keep it open.
He then waited inside the passage for the little elf boy to reach the boundary of Room 3.
After nine laps, the little elf boy indeed entered the passage.
It then stopped at the edge, peeking into Room 3 at the plaster statue inside.
"Now!"
Li Pu, having been waiting behind it, used all his strength to push.
[Oh no!]
The little elf staggered forward, stepping into the area of Room 3.
Fearing the statue wouldn’t activate, Li Pu even nudged Room 3’s area with his toe.
"Fire’s broken out!"
And shouted the words.
[Fire?!]
Indeed, the little elf boy finally responded differently.
But Li Pu dared not continue observing, dashing back into Room 2.
[Quiet, quiet!]
His companion, who was anxiously watching nearby, immediately stepped aside to let the stone gate of Room 3 slowly close.
Seeing the stone gate fully closed, Li Pu and his partner finally relaxed.
"Now, they should be able to manage it, right?"
Hearing the strange howling and roaring from behind the stone gate, Li Pu thought they might indeed be fighting.
The two of them lay by the door, listening to the sounds inside.
Unfortunately, the door had good soundproofing, making all sounds quite muffled.
Scratch, scratch... Thud!
Until it seemed like a ball rolled over and hit the door.