Chapter 15: Statue Party (7)
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After making up her mind, Shu Yushuang lay back on the bed again.
Although she feared she would have that nightmare again, not sleeping would make her exhausted and more likely to fall into a bewitched state.
As Shu Yushuang had expected, the village appeared in her dream once more.
The rotten pieces of flesh that had appeared before could now speak.
Their voices were dry and unpleasant, like the sharp sound of nails scraping against a blackboard.
"You... can't... escape..."
In the dream, Shu Yushuang was filled with an intense fear she had never experienced before.
She had never wished so much to wake up quickly, but it was as though she was in a sleep paralysis. No matter how hard she tried, she could only watch helplessly as the terrifying pieces of flesh crawled toward her, getting closer and closer.
The disgusting pieces of flesh climbed onto Shu Yushuang’s body, and she immediately felt a slimy, repulsive sensation.
But Shu Yushuang immediately realized: How could there be any sensations in a dream?
She finally opened her eyes and sat up.
The room was still as it was, with no terrifying pieces of flesh and no "mother" with a sinister smile.
Sweat slid down her forehead and dropped onto her legs.
She stared blankly at her legs, seeming not to fully understand what was happening.
Was everything just a dream? It felt so real, so terrifying. Those things really wanted to drag her into hell.
The light coming through the small hole in the window made Shu Yushuang realize that it was now dusk.
Shu Yushuang only felt hunger in her stomach, but her body was weak, and she didn't want to move at all.
The dream she just had had nearly drained her.
It gave her an extremely strong sense of danger.
Shu Yushuang did not doubt that if she hadn't woken up in time, she would have died in that dream.
But how did she wake up from that dream?
She had no idea.
At that moment, the door to Shu Yushuang's room was knocked on.
She immediately tensed up. After all, every time the door had been knocked on before, nothing good had ever happened.
Shu Yushuang didn't move. One reason was that she didn't want to open the door, and the other was that she was too weak to move even if she wanted to.
Two very familiar voices came from outside the door, one was Qi Qi's, and the other was An Lin's, whose skin had already turned to stone.
Shu Yushuang didn't understand how these two... no, how these two monsters had come together, but if they teamed up, it would be very detrimental to her.
The first to speak was Qi Qi. She said, "Why did you run off by yourself last night? I made some discoveries, come out, and I'll tell you."
Shu Yushuang ignored her, and outside the door, An Lin let out a mocking laugh.
Then, the two monsters lowered their voices, and it seemed like they were plotting something.
A few minutes later, An Lin loudly said to the room, "Do you remember the person you poked in the eye before? He will attack you again today. This door won't stop him. Even if you hide in the room, it won't help. We can take you to a safe place."
Shu Yushuang remained silent.
The two monsters outside clearly wanted to trick her into going out.
If the thick stone door couldn't stop the monsters, why hadn't they just barged in directly?
The two monsters, seeing that she wouldn't respond, still persistently kept talking, but Shu Yushuang's sense of weakness grew more intense. She simply covered her ears and closed her eyes.
Despite this, the voices of the two monsters grew louder, and their words occasionally reached Shu Yushuang's ears, causing her an excruciating headache.
Eventually, they almost started shouting, and in the deafening sound, Shu Yushuang somehow fell asleep again.
This time, Shu Yushuang slept very soundly. There were no flesh chunks, no village, and she didn't even have any dreams.
When Shu Yushuang woke up, she was still lying in bed, savoring the rare peaceful sleep.
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The feeling of weakness in her body wasn't as intense as before.
The voices from outside the door had long disappeared. She didn't know if the two monsters had found new prey.
Shu Yushuang looked at her phone and realized that it was exactly the time when the residents of the strange room were usually out.
She wanted to investigate again today, but when she reached the door, she hesitated.
Would it be too risky to go directly like this?
And just during the brief hesitation of Shu Yushuang, she saw a shadow quickly flash past the peephole.
From the figure, it seemed to be another girl. Could she be the only remaining executor, other than Shu Yushuang?
This time, Shu Yushuang was even less eager to leave her room. She carefully observed the girl's movements outside.
The girl walked up to the strange room, but instead of entering directly, she first looked around.
Her gaze quickly swept over the other rooms, finally resting on the peephole of Shu Yushuang's door.
The girl turned around, her eyes fixated on the peephole as if contemplating something.
A few minutes later, Shu Yushuang saw her walking toward her room.
Through the peephole, Shu Yushuang carefully observed the girl.
The girl had her hair tied in a ponytail, wearing a plain white short-sleeve T-shirt and denim shorts, looking clean and capable.
She seemed to have noticed that Shu Yushuang was watching her from behind the door and flashed a friendly smile.
"You’re an executor too, right? It’s just the two of us left now."
Although the girl appeared harmless, Shu Yushuang didn't dare relax her guard.
She couldn't forget how the first executor who came to knock on this door had bad intentions.
Monsters were terrifying, but humans could be just as dangerous.
Seeing that Shu Yushuang didn't speak, the girl got straight to the point. "Have you been to that room to check it out?"
Shu Yushuang asked in return, "What about you? Have you been there?"
The girl probably hadn’t expected that Shu Yushuang would not only remain silent but also toss the question back to her.
After a brief pause, she said, "Actually, I haven’t been there, but I know there are important clues there. Do you want to go with me today?"
Upon hearing this, Shu Yushuang didn’t immediately reject the idea.
On one hand, she couldn't be sure if the girl genuinely wanted to cooperate with her or if she just wanted to use her as cannon fodder. On the other hand, the hidden door was fraught with danger, and going down alone would be too risky. Having a companion would be much safer—of course, as long as that companion didn’t intend to harm her.
The girl knew that Shu Yushuang needed time to think, so she didn’t rush her. She only left behind one sentence: "You can think it over. I’ll come back to find you tomorrow. But you should know, two people are always much safer than one."
This was something the girl didn’t need to say. Shu Yushuang understood it perfectly.
However, she still couldn’t be sure whether the person outside was good or bad. She couldn’t even be certain if the person outside was truly human.
The next night, the girl arrived as promised.
Shu Yushuang had thought it over the entire day and decided to temporarily agree to the girl’s request.
The girl wasn’t surprised at all that Shu Yushuang agreed. When she heard Shu Yushuang’s consent, she smiled and said, "Then let's go now, there’s not much time left."
"You go ahead."
The girl didn’t mind at all Shu Yushuang’s wariness. She cheerfully walked ahead.
While walking, the girl occasionally looked back at Shu Yushuang.
Shu Yushuang understood that caution went both ways. If she didn’t trust the girl, the girl certainly couldn’t fully trust her either.
However, the girl’s current attitude actually made Shu Yushuang feel a bit more relaxed—this was the normal behavior of an executor in the dungeon.
"By the way," the girl had already reached the mountain of corpses, while Shu Yushuang stood a little further away. "I still don’t know your name."
"Shu Yushuang."
"My name is Han Yueye."
Shu Yushuang nodded, then realized the girl, with her back to her, couldn't see. She quickly said, "Alright, I understand."
This was Han Yueye’s first time seeing the mountain of corpses, but her composure far exceeded Shu Yushuang’s expectations.
She stood at the base of the corpse mountain, lifting her head to carefully observe the bodies.
Shu Yushuang, of course, knew there were no clues on the mountain of corpses. Fearing a waste of time, she quickly spoke up to remind her, "There's a secret door over there. Let's move the mountain of corpses together."
Only then did Han Yueye retract her gaze. She seemed to pull out a wooden board from nowhere.
Shu Yushuang watched as Han Yueye pressed the wooden board onto the corpses, and then the patterns on the board lit up with white light. The mountain of corpses disappeared.
Shu Yushuang blinked in surprise, then immediately realized that this wooden board was probably the "tool" mentioned by the two executors on the first day.
Han Yueye put the wooden board away and glanced at Shu Yushuang with a hint of pride. However, she saw that Shu Yushuang’s expression was calm as if she wasn’t emotionally affected by this strange scene.
Han Yueye rolled her eyes and looked at the now fully exposed secret door.
She had, of course, seen the childlike doodles on it.
"Do you know what those drawings are?"
"I think they should be stones."
"Stones? They do look a bit like that."
Han Yueye nodded in agreement.
She was about to open the secret door when Shu Yushuang spoke up, reminding her, "The things below can lure people. If you are lured in and stare at them for a long time, you'll end up like the residents of the small town."
Although Shu Yushuang wasn’t one to meddle in others' affairs, if something happened to her only remaining teammate, she would be in a difficult position to complete the instance alone. Moreover, giving a reminder didn’t cost her anything.
Han Yueye asked, "Does it use any medium to lure people? Like sound or images?"
"No, it should..." At this point, Shu Yushuang suddenly remembered the intense urge she had felt when she first saw the secret door. "It relies on this secret door."
"What do you mean? Does it or doesn’t it have a medium?"
"It does. The medium is the secret door, or rather, the drawings on it."
Han Yueye nodded. She didn’t ask how Shu Yushuang knew, perhaps because it didn’t matter. Since she didn’t ask, Shu Yushuang wouldn’t volunteer the information.
Now that they knew about the medium, things would be easier.
Han Yueye once again pulled out a small bottle from somewhere. The bottle’s mouth was corked with a soft stopper, and it was half-filled with liquid.
A hint of surprise finally appeared on Shu Yushuang’s face.
How does this person have so many props?
Han Yueye held the small bottle above the secret door, removed the cork, and let a few drops of the liquid fall onto the drawings.
Although Shu Yushuang didn’t see any visible changes, Han Yueye was already satisfied as she put her tool away.
"Alright, let’s go down now. We won’t be lured anymore."
Shu Yushuang expressed her doubts about it. Seeing her hesitation, Han Yueye took the lead and started walking down into the dungeon.
Shu Yushuang called out to her, "Wait a minute. After being enchanted, a heavy blow can break the spell."
Han Yueye paused, turned her head, and looked at Shu Yushuang in surprise, before smiling and saying, "Trust the power of the props."
Shu Yushuang wanted to ask more about the props, but she knew now wasn’t the time, so she followed Han Yueye down into the dungeon.
This time, as they descended, Shu Yushuang’s mind remained surprisingly clear.
Finally, she couldn’t help but ask, "Are the props usable in every dungeon? Why do these two props happen to be effective in this dungeon? Are they special props for this dungeon?"
Han Yueye didn’t immediately respond, seeming to be thinking.
After a moment, she said, "First, any tool you get in one dungeon can be used in all subsequent dungeons; second, I have many props, but these two just happen to be the most useful in this dungeon; and lastly, I know there are special props that can only be used in one dungeon, but I’ve never seen one."
"In the same dungeon, are there limits on how many times a tool can be used?"
