Nightmare Apostle

After returning to the backyard, the two teams separated and went back to the side rooms to rest. Kuang Hongyi sat at the table with a frown on his face, not saying a word.

Xu Su's face also changed, and he looked completely different from the casual expression on the way back.

"Are you worried about something?" Yang Xiao asked.

Kuang Hongyi nodded, with a puzzled tone, "Brother Chu, you are a newcomer, and you don't know. According to common sense, even if no one died in this mission, some strange things would happen, and it would never be so smooth, not to mention that there is..."

Kuang Hongyi glanced at Su Tingting and stopped talking.

Yang Xiao could probably guess what Kuang Hongyi meant. After all, there were newcomers like Su Tingting and Shi Guanming who performed mediocrely. But from the results, Su Tingting was the first one in their group to complete the mission, and Shi Guanming did not cause any trouble.

"Everyone should be alert tonight. I also think that this matter is not quite right. Shi Dali is not a simple person. It doesn't make sense for him to be the last one to come out." Xu Su hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say too much to destroy unity. After all, he had to maintain the harmony of the team.

During the time they were away, someone brought a food box. After opening it, there were some simple dishes and drinks, but they were all cold, obviously it had been delivered for some time.

"Don't think too much, eat first."

The meal was very dull, no one talked anymore, and Su Tingting had no appetite. She only ate a few bites and went back to the bed to rest.

The night outside was as quiet as death. It seemed that only a few living people were left in the whole Feng Mansion. The depressing atmosphere made people uneasy.

Suddenly, there were some strange sounds in the silent night, a rustling sound, as if someone was approaching quickly.

At this moment, the sky outside was completely dark. Who would come at this time?

The footsteps were messy, and this scene made people feel familiar.

Kuang Hongyi and Xu Su reacted quickly. One of them came behind the door and extinguished the candles on the shelf, while Xu Su extinguished the candles on the table and behind the window.

The room darkened instantly. Everyone came to the window and door in tacit understanding, holding their breath, and standing in basically the same position as last night.

Through the crack of the window, Yang Xiao saw several figures walking quickly along the lake in the faint night, and the one in front was holding a lantern in his hand.

"It's Butler Liu and his friends." Xu Su lowered his voice. Butler Liu's face was too recognizable.

The people behind were holding or carrying paper figures in their hands, and the eyes of these paper figures were covered with cloth, just like the hostages in old-fashioned police and gangster movies. They were the paper figures they painted eyes on not long ago!

The number also matched, a total of 7.

Steward Liu led several servants to the lakeside, put down the paper figures, and lined them up in a row, similar to last night, with the last one resting on the shoulder of the first one, facing the lake. Then he sprinkled a handful of paper money and lit the last paper figure with the candle in the lantern.

"What are they doing?" Su Tingting was shocked, "Aren't these paper figures our substitutes?"

Yang Xiao patted her head gently, signaling her to stay calm, "These paper figures don't have eyes, and burning them won't hurt us. On the contrary, it will make ghosts mistakenly think that we are dead tonight."

Su Tingting was relieved when she heard that there was no danger, and swallowed hard, "So... So that's it."

Steward Liu and his men lit the paper figures and ran away, much faster than when they came. In a gust of wind, the people disappeared.

Outside, there was only the crackling sound of the burning paper figures, because there were bamboo strips inside for support.

Just as everyone was gradually relieved, suddenly, a shrill scream exploded in the night, and this scream actually came from the backyard, not far from them.

Yang Xiao and the others looked at another room in an instant. The screams were mixed with the sounds of struggling and kicking, and then a figure broke the door and rushed out.

Xu Su's pupils shrank, "It's Ke Long!"

At this time, Ke Long seemed to be crazy, bumping around everywhere, stumbling towards the lake, and the piercing screams echoed in the empty backyard, as if to pierce the eardrum.

Su Tingting was shocked. She couldn't see the injuries on Ke Long's body, but she could see Ke Long's hideous face. He was in great pain.

"Look!" Kuang Hongyi pointed to the lakeside, where there was only one paper man left, wrapped in flames.

But this one was obviously different from the previous ones. This one had been burning for a while, but it had not fallen down, and it had not turned into ashes like the other paper men.

Ke Long rushed to the lake and hugged the paper man in the flames. It seemed that he wanted to pick up the paper man and rush into the lake, but it was too late. He staggered a few steps and finally fell to the ground. After twitching a few times, there was no movement.

Su Tingting's lips were pale, and she trembled and muttered to herself, "Dead..."

"Why did he die? Did he make a mistake in the mission?" Su Tingting, who came to her senses, was eager to know why it was Ke Long. She didn't want to die inexplicably like this.

"It has nothing to do with him." Xu Su stared at the corpse shrouded in the night and sighed slowly, "It was his paper man who was tampered with."

"Shi Dali." Kuang Hongyi no longer avoided the question, "He was the last of the three to come out from there."

Yang Xiao naturally figured out the trick. Long before, even if Kuang Hongyi and Xu Su completed the mission, they stayed not far from the door, just worried that someone would tamper with the paper man when they were not prepared, such as secretly dotting an eye or something.

In comparison, Ke Long, who is also a veteran player, was much less vigilant. He was actually in the mood to chat with Shi Guanming outside.

Of course, there may be reasons behind this that you don't know. For example, Shi Dali and Ke Long know each other in real life, are friends, or have reached some kind of agreement.

But it doesn't matter what it is, after all, the person is dead.

"Haha, people's hearts are separated from each other." Xu Su sighed pretending to be a little regretful, but Yang Xiao understood. Xu Su said this for himself. Shi Dali could attack Ke Long. , Kuang Hongyi can naturally attack himself.

"Ms. Xu is right, you have to keep your eyes open when choosing who to be your friend. After all... you know people, but you don't know their hearts." Kuang Hongyi added something meaningful.

In another room, seeing Ke Long's tragic situation, Shi Guanming's body kept shaking, and finally stumbled and sat back on the bed. Having murderous intentions and daring to actually participate in killing are two different things.

"Hey~" Slowly closing the door that Ke Long had knocked open, Shi Dali started to lift up the overturned table and chairs, "Don't be afraid, he brought this on himself. He wanted to kill you first, hey, I don’t know what’s going on in this world, how can people be so vicious.”

Only then did Shi Guanming slowly come back to his senses. With a plop, he knelt down in front of Shi Dali and cried bitterly, "Brother Shi, my life-saving grace will never be forgotten. From now on, I will listen to you in everything!"

"Oh, brother Shi, what are you doing? Get up, get up! If you don't want to listen, you and I will discuss it more in the future."