Playing the Foolish Beauty in a Deadly Game - Chapter 58

Lin Qiao was very anxious as he spoke. He couldn’t guarantee that Yatagarasu would listen to him. But Yatagarasu said nothing and directly moved towards the dormitory building. In the dimly lit corridor, white face masks were constantly surging. Whether on the walls, ceiling, or floor, there were human faces.

Their irregular arrangement, with each face gnawing and swallowing the others, turned their eyes towards Lin Qiao and his companions as they approached.

Lin Qiao had already dismounted from Yatagarasu and felt a physiological discomfort facing the overwhelming face masks.

His protection value was high, so when he stepped on them, the white face masks would feel a burning sensation. They stretched out their crimson tongues from their mouths, trying to get closer. Yatagarasu, impatiently, lashed them away with his tail.

Yatagarasu turned his head and said, “I’ll carry you. Hurry up and get on.”

The Doberman beside him took the initiative to pick up Lin Qiao and showed no intention of letting go. Yatagarasu wrinkled his nose, not very pleased as he looked at the Doberman, not understanding why the other party had taken the opportunity to hold Lin Qiao.

In the span of just a few words, it seemed that all the white ghost faces in the entire dormitory building had gathered here.

If there were patients with trypophobia present, they would definitely feel their scalp tingle and faint on the spot.

The bustling white ghost faces had already broken through the wall and became crowded. The protection value had dropped significantly.

After Yatagarasu lashed away a few, he stopped, unable to fight them all off and could only rely on the protection value to endure.

Yatagarasu asked, “Which floor is Dao Zhang in the dormitory building? With so many white ghost faces, he must have been eaten clean by now, right? Well, let’s go over and help collect his bones.”

Yatagarasu’s desire to save people wasn’t that strong; he was just following Lin Qiao’s words. Among the many ghost faces, Lin Qiao spotted a familiar figure: “It’s Bian Yi.”

Almost the moment Lin Qiao spoke, Bian Yi, who was facing Lin Qiao from not far away, suddenly turned his head, revealing the back of his head.

There were more than ten white ghost faces on the back of his head, which had already bitten through his clothes and grown on his back. Each of them had self-awareness and varied expressions.

When Bian Yi moved, he still had that eerie appearance of reversing his body, with his face at the back and his feet reversed, charging over at a not slow speed.

Lin Qiao noticed that Bian Yi was also holding someone under his arm, with long hair scattered and limbs already gnawed away, leaving only deep, bone-visible wounds.

Yatagarasu was quite pleased when he saw this: “No need to save him. Dao Zhang has indeed been eaten almost clean.”

But Lin Qiao frowned and said, “No, Dao Zhang’s live-stream ranking is still there. He’s not dead. He just temporarily closed the live-stream.”

Yatagarasu directly rushed out, with scales covering his entire body, even growing tiny, tender scales on his cheeks: “Just grab them and see, won’t we know?”

The black cat suddenly “meowed” at this moment, signaling Lin Qiao to look outside.

The dormitory glass was also packed with white faces, and through the gaps, one could vaguely see a hole broken in the high wall behind the dormitory building.

Nelson’s mouth was full of lies, but he was right about one thing: there was indeed an exit on the side of the dormitory building.

The Doberman pressed against Lin Qiao’s ear and whispered, “The Church’s enforcement team is approaching. There are many ghosts here, and we need to waste their time.”

“Take advantage of Yatagarasu’s inattention and we should leave as soon as possible.”

Then sneak to a place where no one can find us and safely get through the next period of time.

Lin Qiao hesitated for a moment but did not agree. Yatagarasu had come to the dormitory building for Lin Qiao, and Lin Qiao was not prepared to leave him behind.

So Lin Qiao decisively raised his hand and used the prop handgun he had exchanged to cover Yatagarasu.

His shooting skills had been trained quite well in the last scenario, and he would not miss a shot, being able to accurately hit the white ghost faces that lunged at Yatagarasu.

The mutated Bian Yi was pinned to the ground by Yatagarasu, and the white ghost faces on the floor excitedly gnawed at Bian Yi’s remaining body.

Bian Yi was conscious for a moment and began to beg loudly, constantly pleading and crying in an attempt to get Yatagarasu to spare him.

But he didn’t know that a layer of white mask had already formed on his normal face, and the live-stream name also began to flicker on and off as if encountering a malfunction.

Yatagarasu picked up Bian Yi and dragged him to Lin Qiao like a treasure, not forgetting to drag Dao Zhang with his other hand. “Lin Qiao, they can’t be saved. It’s better to kill the two of them. Your protection value and likes will become number one.”

Yatagarasu’s eyes were bright. He had no awareness of how dangerous it would be to be number one; he just simply wanted Lin Qiao to win.

Lin Qiao fired a gun in the Doberman’s embrace, which was a very awkward position at the moment. He moved his twisted waist and said with a smile, “I am already number one now.”

Yatagarasu looked and it was indeed true, so he killed Bian Yi and Dao Zhang himself.

However, after Bian Yi’s death, Yatagarasu’s likes increased, but after Dao Zhang’s death, Yatagarasu’s value remained unchanged.

The killed “Dao Zhang” slowly became deflated like a punctured balloon, and finally turned into a piece of paper. Yatagarasu flicked it with his snake tail: “It’s a paper decoy. He probably ran away early, leaving a decoy here to tease the ghosts.”

Lin Qiao looked at the “paper decoy” and had an epiphany. He asked the system in his mind, “Is this thing a prop? Can I exchange for one?”

The system seemed to guess what Lin Qiao was going to do: Not a prop.

Lin Qiao’s cat ears on his hat drooped down, looking unhappy, but the system’s next sentence made Lin Qiao happy again.

But there are similar props.

Lin Qiao prepared to exchange without hesitation, planning to do a “golden cicada shedding its shell” like the Dao Zhang player.

The system reminded: I have helped you perfect the character background of this world.

With the decoy, you don’t have to worry about exposing your cat ears.

The only thing to pay attention to is Yatagarasu.

Lin Qiao “hmm”ed, and then said to Yatagarasu, “Since that’s the case, let’s go out. How about going through the window?”

Yatagarasu glanced at the window. The white ghost faces seemed to sense something and crowded together to block the window.

After a moment of thought, Yatagarasu transformed into a giant python. His body expanded, and he directly pierced through the wall and leaped outwards.

Lin Qiao squinted his eyes, casually took out the decoy and threw it down, then transformed into a white kitten and continued to stay in the Doberman’s embrace.

The Doberman felt a void in his arms, with a fluffy thing added, while “Lin Qiao” fell freely like being thrown out.

Yatagarasu turned his head and saw this scene. He coiled his tail and brought Lin Qiao into his arms.

His upper body transformed back into a human form, and then he flipped over and held Lin Qiao in his arms, using his back to bear the impact of the ground.

The white kitten and the decoy had a connection. Lin Qiao could hear Yatagarasu’s pained grunt.

Lin Qiao anxiously kneaded in the Doberman’s embrace, and then, after the Doberman landed, he decisively went over to check the situation.

The decoy’s eyes were tightly closed. Yatagarasu’s waist was very strong, and he straightened up from the ground: “Lin Qiao?”

The decoy slowly opened its eyes, but Yatagarasu frowned and sniffed Lin Qiao’s cheek carefully.

The white kitten Lin Qiao stood not far away, not daring to approach. He didn’t forget how sensitive Yatagarasu’s sense of taste and smell were.

The decoy looked a bit dazed. The white kitten controlled the decoy to speak: “I’m fine.”

Yatagarasu didn’t smell anything after all. He seemed to want to lick, but probably thought it was inappropriate, so he didn’t do it.

However, Yatagarasu soon spotted the white kitten. He stretched his tail tip and poked the kitten’s head, then directly coiled it up and held it in his hand.

Yatagarasu didn’t dare to do anything to the human form of the decoy Lin Qiao, but he had no qualms about the white kitten. After sniffing a few times, he decisively licked: “The taste… is the same.”

The Doberman took the white kitten back. Yatagarasu curiously asked, “Is this also a cat that Lin Qiao keeps?”

Lin Qiao controlled the decoy to reply, “Yes, we found it at school during the time we were apart.”

Yatagarasu’s little calico cat had been in the Doberman’s pocket since entering the dormitory building, looking like it had just woken up. It curiously “meowed,” as if asking why it didn’t know about this.

The black cat suddenly extended its paw pads, revealing sharp claws, and then patted the calico cat’s head.

The calico cat shrank back into the pocket and stayed still, pretending it didn’t exist.

Yatagarasu wanted to say something more, but Lin Qiao controlled the decoy to lower its eyes: “I’m a bit hurt. I might have been hit by some debris when I jumped down.”

Yatagarasu was indeed distracted and examined the decoy’s wound.

After looking around, Yatagarasu said, “You’re really delicate. There isn’t even a scratch.”

Lin Qiao blushed a bit and used the decoy to show concern for Yatagarasu: “Then let me check your body. You must have been injured when you saved me just now.”

Yatagarasu moved his tail tip. He was fine, and those minor injuries would heal quickly, but he still wanted Lin Qiao to check him.

At this moment, the enforcement team of the Woof Woof Church had arrived.

They were all tall, burly men, wearing hats and combat uniforms. They were very alert when facing Yatagarasu, but very enthusiastic when they saw the Doberman, each coming up to rub shoulders and show affection: “08.”

The Doberman put the white cat in his arms into his pocket: “What do you want?”

The team captain was also a Doberman, with his pointed ears standing upright and looking very domineering: “We received orders to take you and your master back to the Church for investigation.”

The captain couldn’t read any clues from 08’s expression and turned to observe the human named Lin Qiao.

Lin Qiao’s aura was gentle, and his protection value, which could be sensed, was clearly nurtured by love. At this moment, he was by the side of the sacrificial player Yatagarasu, examining something.

This human seemed to have a gentle personality and was a bit naive.

Judging by human standards, he should look very good.

However, the captain of the Woof Woof Church still preferred girls with a robust physique. Those too soft and delicate were like the cats.

The Doberman stood in front of the captain without a word.

The captain laughed and said, “Don’t be so nervous. But you guys are really bold, directly achieving the number one ranking. A sacrifice still has a chance to leave, but a civilian can only be hunted and killed by ghosts.”

While speaking, the captain also gave a signal to another teammate. That teammate sneaked up to Lin Qiao, trying to knock off Lin Qiao’s hat.

However, he was caught by Yatagarasu on the spot.

Seeing that a fight was about to break out, Lin Qiao took the initiative and said, “Were you just curious about my hat?”