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Chapter 869 White Lines, Enticing Sinking

Li Chengxiao switched the lighter to his other hand, and when he looked down, he saw a certain thing darting around in his palm. He quickly pressed it.

Only then did he feel some barely noticeable grayish-white powder on his hands, and he quickly shook and patted it off.

Jiang Hanying: I feel much better now.

Looking at those thin white lines that had burrowed into people's eyes, mouths, noses, and ears, the urge to cut them off stirred within me.

However, before he could get out, he was held down again.

The man's face was now visible on the ground. If you ignored the few thin white lines, you could tell that his expression wasn't one of pain, but rather one of dreamlike enjoyment.

Gu Xi had already recognized the man, but just to be safe, she covered her mouth and nose, leaving only a small gap to speak: "This is Liao Chong. It is said that he came here to find a way to extend his master's life. His level of importance is three stars, which is average."

Li Chengxiao nodded. This indicated that there was a desire in the other party, but it wasn't extremely strong.

Those with the strongest desires are basically acting in their own self-interest.

"What should we do now?"

The unknown is the most troublesome and tricky thing, because they have no idea how to deal with it, and they can only feel their way forward!
Just like the experiment we just conducted using fire.

Li Chengxiao took off his coat, and although he was used to using his right hand, he temporarily switched to his left, wrapped his hand in the coat, and grabbed at the thin white line that had drilled into his mouth.

With just a gentle pull, Liao Chong's face immediately showed a pained expression, and he even raised his hand slightly, as if he wanted to stop him.

Gu Xi noticed the change in his expression and said, "You seem to be enjoying yourself."

But the stuff isn't anything good, so it's best not to continue enjoying it.

Li Chengxiao described the feeling of pulling it just now: "It has a certain resilience and is not easy to pull."

Then they switched to a dagger, and discovered another feature: the white line was very elastic.

"Try heating the dagger up."

Gu Xi couldn't help but turn her head to look at the hummingbird who had given the suggestion. When she looked away, she saw that Li Chengxiao had already taken a lighter and burned the dagger in his hand.

He heated the dagger blade until it was slightly reddish in one go, then made a clean and decisive cut.

The white line finally broke into two sections. Just as I could see that it was still hollow inside, the half that I had put into my mouth began to shrink.

With a flick of the dagger, it was easily removed.

While the dagger was still warm, Li Chengxiao did the same thing again, without even looking at the increasingly ferocious and painful face below, and simply and neatly cut off the remaining few blades and picked them out.

The cratered fog above, perhaps due to a lack of energy, gradually shrank and drifted away.

But the person on the ground still didn't wake up.

Li Chengxiao touched the still-hot tip of the dagger and simply stuck it on Liao Chong's left ring finger.

The ten fingers are connected to the heart.

Gu Xi raised an eyebrow at his actions but didn't say anything to stop him.

So what if it's a burn? As long as it wakes the person up. As it turns out, the pain from the burn was quite intense; the person on the ground quickly let out a yell, clutched the burned area, and opened their eyes.

Li Chengxiao subtly withdrew his dagger.

"Captain Li, Deputy Captain Gu, what are you doing here?"

Gu Xi said irritably, "We were about to ask you the same thing. Li and I just got back to the camp and found it deserted. We searched all the way here and found you. What happened to you?"

Hummingbird: I speak for myself!

It's one thing if he wasn't seen, but wasn't he a human being who stayed in the camp?
However, none of them had time to pay attention to him at the moment.

Liao Chong glanced at the small piece of flesh on his finger that was almost scalded, and dared not speak out in anger. He thought about it carefully for a moment, during which his expression changed again and again. When he spoke again, his tone was heavy and somewhat unpredictable: "I came here with everyone in the middle of the night last night. When we arrived, we saw that the door was finally opened a crack, and wisps of white mist were drifting out from the crack."

At this point, he glanced at the lingering mist, swallowed hard, and continued, "At first, we didn't take this seriously. There was even a conflict at the scene. Some people wanted to close the door, while others couldn't wait to open it wider for easier access. But before the conflict escalated into a full-blown fight, someone started having problems. First, their head was enveloped by the mist, and they quickly became like they were drunk, swaying and then collapsing into a deep sleep, motionless. The changes happened very quickly; several people collapsed at once. That's when we realized something was wrong with the mist, and I immediately turned around and ran back, but I still got caught in it!"

"What did you see after your head was covered by the fog? You seemed to be enjoying it just now, and you even subconsciously tried to stop us when we were rescuing you."

When Gu Xi asked him this, Liao Chong blinked twice and forced a stiff smile. "It's just that some nice things lure you into getting lost in them, and you don't want to wake up."

That's a rather general answer. But everyone has secrets, and not everyone has the courage to openly express their deepest desires in front of strangers.

We're all adults, we should have some self-respect!
Li Chengxiao lifted him up by the shoulder. "Let's go."

"Ah, I have to come too?" Liao Chong was really scared now. He had only come to try his luck, hoping to make a profit if there was any and run away if there wasn't. Who would have thought that he would almost lose his life in one go? "I, my legs are weak. I feel so weak right now. Can I go back to the camp and lie down to rest?"

Li Chengxiao glanced at him and said calmly, "The fog has spread to the back. Are you confident you won't get caught again? There's really no one left in the camp now."

The hummingbird nodded frantically in agreement: Yes, even he came in, so there's really no one here now!
Liao Chong's face immediately showed struggle. When he met the two pairs of cold eyes staring at him, he made it clear that they wouldn't save him a second time after saving him once. He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, then I'll save you again..."

Before he could finish speaking, the three people in front of him had already started walking forward.

He had no choice but to swallow his words and resign himself to following.

Along the next short stretch of road, they encountered several more people in similar situations to Liao Chong, but this time they didn't stop to spend time and effort reviving them.

We rescued the first person to find out what happened; as for the rest, we'll deal with them when we get to the door.

After checking their clothes to make sure no one was one of his own, Li Chengxiao simply pulled off a purple vine that looked equally sinister, tied the people together, and dragged them away.

Since it's a downward path, doing it this way is incredibly effortless.

As for accidentally bumping into something, just pretend you didn't hear it.

By the time they spotted a striking purple light amidst the pale white light, Jiang Hanying had already been there for almost ten minutes.

The next second, the purple light shot towards them.

A panicked voice followed: "Hey, little ancestor, don't run away!"

Before the four could even raise their hands to defend themselves, the purple light suddenly stopped in front of Li Chengxiao and then carefully brushed against the back of his right hand.

Li Chengxiao: "..."

How obsequious!
Jiang Hanying: This younger brother is not bad!