Chapter 815 - 551: Room 2_2
Li Pu was sure there had to be something here they hadn’t discovered yet.
Since this was a stage, then in theory every room definitely had a way to clear it.
Sure enough, before long he was the first to make a discovery.
Turned out that right at the edge of this mass of flames, there was a plaster statue.
Because it was so short, he and Imitation hadn’t noticed it earlier.
"It should be you."
Seeing the plaster statue, Li Pu actually felt his heart settle down.
The breakthrough point had to be on it.
From the back, this seemed to be a statue of a child.
Just in case, he hurriedly called Imitation over to act as a meat shield.
In Room No.1 it was always him getting pounced to death; the experience was terrible.
[Quiet quiet?]
Imitation: Master, there’s no killing intent on it.
Imitation’s perception was actually pretty sharp in some aspects.
So the man and the fox lightened their steps and walked over, quickly seeing the statue’s full appearance.
This statue didn’t seem to be a human statue.
It had pointy ears and looked more like a young elf or something.
Right now the statue was standing there with its hips thrust forward, one hand on its waist, peeing at the flames.
From the look of it, it seemed like it wanted to put out the fire.
"Uh..."
Li Pu had seen something similar in a textbook, an old-era statue from the Euro region.
It seemed to be called "The Peeing Boy" or something.
Supposedly there was some story about him once using his pee to save a city crisis.
"But yours kind of feels like a drop in the bucket."
He looked at the roaring flames, then at that thin trickle, and could only feel helpless.
There was no way it could put out the fire; instead, he felt this plaster statue would get along well with Ugly Little Wolf.
As if it had sensed their gaze, or maybe heard Li Pu’s voice.
The little elf boy plaster statue actually turned its head to look at them.
[Come help!]
Its mouth opened, and it actually spoke human language.
It seemed that in this room, the plaster statue wasn’t an enemy, but their ally.
Only this put Li Pu in a bind.
He wanted to open his storage space to look for a suitable tool, but found he actually couldn’t open it.
[Come help!] x3
The plaster statue seemed very anxious and repeated its urging three times in a row.
[Quiet! Be quiet!]
The next second, Imitation also got anxious and hurriedly tugged on Li Pu’s arm.
Because the fuse above had been lit again.
"What do we do?"
For the moment, Li Pu really couldn’t think of a method.
He didn’t know if Grandpa’s knock could physically extinguish flames.
With no other choice, he could only bring out his dream ability.
With a thought, a spatial tear appeared once more.
A giant hand stretched out from within and gave that clump of fire a massive thump.
Boom!
The flames weren’t extinguished; instead, they were smacked into a spray of sparks.
Some sparks even bounced up and burned the fuse even shorter.
"We’re done. Go reincarnate, we’ll come again next life."
Li Pu spread his hands calmly.
Rumble!
The man and the fox returned to the starting point.
Next, they went back to Room No.2 again.
This time Li Pu didn’t say a word and chose to smack the giant iron ball hanging in midair.
It was infinite trial and error anyway; maybe triggering the explosion themselves would actually be less harmful.
Rumble!
Result: the bomb exploded even earlier, and they got blown to pieces again.
On the 4th run, inspiration struck Li Pu.
He chose to smash the stone gate.
But even the mighty knock couldn’t break open this door.
Rumble!
On the 5th run, the man and the fox kept searching for new clues and new suspicious spots, but found nothing.
Rumble!
On the 6th run, Li Pu decided to start with the plaster statue.
"Excuse me, could you tell us how to put out the fire?"
He leaned in close.
[Come help!]
The little elf boy turned his head to look at him.
"I’m saying, put—out—the—fire."
He started gesturing with his hands.
[Come help!]
The little elf boy.
"Uh..."
He was at a loss for words.
Looked like this guy only had that one line.
[Come help!]
The little elf boy indeed didn’t change.
"Shh, shh, shh..."
With no other option, Li Pu could only help out.
He’d heard that this way, kids would pee faster.
[Come help!]
However, the trickle was still just a trickle, no change at all.
[Quiet! HE~TUI!]
Eventually, the Fufu beside him got so annoyed it couldn’t stand it anymore and spat a mouthful of saliva at the flames.
Fwoosh...!
Unexpectedly, the big mass of fire really did die down by one-third.
"That works too?"
Li Pu was dumbfounded on the spot.
[As long as the intention’s there, it counts!]
[As long as the intention’s there, it counts!]
The little elf boy, on the other hand, was grinning from ear to ear.
Li Pu had a lightbulb moment; his throat moved.
"HE~TUI!"
He copied Fufu, spitting a mouthful of saliva into the fire.
[As long as the intention’s there, it counts!]
[As long as the intention’s there, it counts!]
[As long as the intention’s there, it counts!]
Sure enough, the elf boy looked even more delighted.
Rumble-rumble-rumble-rumble...
They suddenly heard a strange rolling sound inside its body.
Li Pu froze for a moment, then quickly grabbed Fufu and pulled him back.
He’d heard that sound before; it was like the sign of a flash flood about to burst.
Sure enough, the next second the elf boy’s trickle turned into a waterfall!
Whooshhhhhhh!
A torrent of water jets very quickly snuffed out the fire completely.
"Come on, you could’ve handled it yourself from the start."
Li Pu couldn’t help complaining.
[Quiet!]
Fufu flapped his little wings, fired up: Master, we each contributed to that, that’s two shares of credit!
By this point, Li Pu had more or less figured out Room 2’s rules.
Looks like as long as they take part in putting out the fire, the flames can be completely extinguished and won’t trigger the bomb.
All in all, it was pretty easy and fairly friendly.
After the fire was out, the elf boy finally moved his feet and turned toward the human and the Fufu.
[Thank you!]
It said so.
Li Pu didn’t answer right away; he hopped and lifted his leg.
Because this guy’s pee still hadn’t stopped, it had gone back to being a mere trickle.
"Can we leave now?"
He asked tentatively.
[Thank you!]
Looks like a plaster statue is just a plaster statue, no intelligence, it only acts according to preset rules.
[Quiet! Nice and quiet!]
Fufu: Master, the door’s open!
By now, Fufu was already standing in front of the stone door leading to Room 3.
The plaster statue in Room 2 didn’t attack them or drive them away, so Li Pu simply stayed in Room 2, peering into Room 3 through the stone doorway.
Room 3 seemed to be the widest of the three so far; just judging from what he could see, it was about fifty meters long.
"This..."
Then Li Pu saw the plaster statue inside.
Room 3 had nothing else, just a single stone door leading to Room 4.
And the plaster statue stood right in front of that door, blocking it completely.
This plaster statue clearly wasn’t anything nice, and it was very tall.
Because there was a short arched passage at the entrance, from their current angle they could only see up to its knees.
[Quiet!]
Fufu: Master, look!
Fufu had already dropped down to lie by the door.
Good idea; Li Pu Imitation.
Lying on the ground, they finally saw the statue in full.
It was a statue with a woman’s body but a snake’s head.
She wore leather boots plus shorts, with a cape on her back.
On her head was a crown of radiating spikes representing rays of sunlight.
One hand held a book, the other raised a bundle of firewood high.
"What is this, a Liberty Heroine statue or something?"
Li Pu felt like he’d seen it somewhere before, especially that pose.
It was just that compared to the statue in his memory, this one had less solemnity and more wildness and creepiness.
After watching from the doorway for a long time, the man and the Fufu still couldn’t figure anything out.
"Come on, go in and take a look."
So Li Pu shoved Fufu forward.
[Quiet?]
Fufu pointed at himself, a bit at a loss.
"I need to stay here and observe."
Li Pu was perfectly justified, speaking righteously and with complete confidence.
[Qui-quiet!]
Fufu: Master, I’ll go die then!
He shivered a little as he cupped his fists in salute, but his resolve was pretty solid.
Sure enough, the instant Fufu stepped out of the passage, the firewood in the snake-headed statue’s hand burst into flame, and its eyes lit up, turning red.
That intimidating scarlet glow looked like it could see straight through a person’s soul.
[Qui-qui... gack?]
Fufu’s throat seemed to be stuck by something, his whole body frozen.
Right after that, Li Pu saw his outer surface gradually turn gray, as if... turning to stone!
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