Chapter VII: Reaching a Consensus with Underworld Forces

A cold wind blew through the corridor, and Li Ao shivered from the cold.

He walked down the hallway on the second floor in fear. Li Ao had already used up the swiftness charm, and if he encountered the checkered man again, he would definitely be more than lucky.

The front door of the classroom on the right is slightly open, and the inside is neat and empty. In the middle of the classroom was a table with an unlit red candle the length of a thumb and a blackened wick at the front.

In the dimly lit corridor, Li Ao's field of vision was less than five meters, and he couldn't see anything five meters away.

Li Ao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his legs swinging, and suddenly out of his control.

Move!

Li Ao roared in his heart, and he smashed the butt of his gun into his thigh, and the soreness in his thigh made Li Ao regain his ability to move again. He held his breath and slipped quietly into the classroom next to him.

The dim light came in from the window, and after the light passed, Li Ao felt a lot more relieved.

He touched his dislocated left arm, and every time he touched it with his fingers, Li Ao could feel a sharp pain. With a fierce heart, he grabbed his left arm and pulled it up.

Grunt!

Li Ao gritted his teeth and squeezed out a miserable scream from between his teeth.

After attaching his left arm, he curled up in the corner of the classroom, waiting for the minutes to pass.

According to Li Ao's estimate, only two hours had passed since the twenty-four hours of the trial task.

Twenty-four hours~ Hurry up! Li Ao thought to himself.

The second dog on the third floor tilted his head and looked at the stairs at his feet. Each step was as long as the legs of the two dogs, and the two dogs were so frightened that their ears twitched.

It has a fear of heights.

Gotta go down!

The second dog put his front paws on the floor and used his hind legs to reach the steps. It kept a retrograde posture and waited for two minutes before finally descending to the second floor.

"Wang!"

The second dog barked happily and walked happily in the corridor.

Ergou's voice was particularly loud in the quiet corridor.

The barking of the two dogs was heard by three survivors hiding in different places. Li Ao curled up in the corner of the classroom, a smug smile on the corner of his mouth.

Li Ao thought to himself, as long as the dog was not dead, and as long as it kept barking like this, its barking would definitely be able to attract the monster away.

The three of them all breathed a sigh of relief.

Ergou lowered his head and looked at the hallway leading to the first floor.

It was about to take a step to continue going down, but found that it seemed to have hit something, and the second dog was immediately bounced back.

There's an enchantment!

Ergou was shocked. It saw a faint black light on the side of the hallway. This layer of black light spread upwards like a curtain blocking the opening to the first floor.

A person slowly walked out of the barrier, and it was the checkered man with a sledgehammer in his hand.

The man in the plaid shirt stretched out his hand to grab Ergou, but just as he was about to touch Ergou's fur, his hand suddenly retracted.

A wisp of green smoke came out of the palm of the checkered man's palm, and it seemed to be burned by the fur of the second dog.

After eating the two yellow flowers in the teaching room, the surface of Ergou's body glowed with a yellow light, the yellow light was very flat, and at the same time it was constantly weakening, but it would not be completely extinguished within a few hours.

These two yellow flowers are valuable props left by the trial space for survivors to buy time. It is also a life-saving prop used to solve puzzles. But now they are all eaten by the second dog.

Ergou was so frightened that he jumped up on the spot. It lowered itself and screamed at the checkered man.

"Good...... Dog...... Dog. Found it...... Person...... Call ......, I'm ...... Let...... You go home ......."

The ugly checkered man suddenly spoke. His voice was leaky, and his words were even more hoarse. But Ergou could understand his words.

What's the situation? Ergou's brain was confused. All it heard was the word home.

Can you go home!? The second dog's tail wagged. Its new home is Tengu City's park, which is not known how high it is from here.

The checkered man bypassed the second dog and walked up to the third floor. A moment later, he carried Liu Yuan's body downstairs. He didn't care about the second dog, and carried Liu Yuan to reintegrate into the black light enchantment.

The second dog grinned, and it felt that it had a new purpose.

It's the best at finding someone!

Zhang Xiang hid in the toilet on the second floor. There was a very strong smell of blood in the toilet, as if there had been a very bloody and tragic massacre here.

Zhang Xiang's left arm was in pain, and in the violent running, the wound on Zhang Xiang's upper arm, which was hit by a pistol bullet, constantly tugged at Zhang Xiang's fragile pain nerves.

He curled up in the innermost part of the toilet, bowing his head and sobbing quietly.

Why did it take almost two hours in a row, and it was still dark outside, and there was no sign of dawn at all.

Zhang Xiang carried an electronic watch on his right hand, his eyes were full of tears, he raised his wrist tremblingly, and looked at the time displayed by the electronic watch.

The electronic watch counts at 02:00:00AM.

It's two o'clock in the morning.

It seems that it will take a long time, Zhang Xiang thought in his heart. Just as he was about to put down his watch, Zhang Xiang suddenly noticed that his electronic watch was a little strange.

Zhang Xiang's eyes widened, and he saw that the time count of the electronic watch was not moving.

Is it broken? He patted the watch lightly and looked back at the time it was displaying.

The time is still 02:00:00AM, not even a second more, not a second less.

How so......

Zhang Xiang has been carrying this electronic watch for half a year, and the electronic watch has never been broken, even if Zhang Xiang has entered the novice trial with it, the electronic watch has not been broken. Why did I get to this Tianshen Elementary School and the electronic watch was broken?

An answer appeared in Zhang Xiang's mind that he couldn't believe.

Zhang Xiang's heart screamed. Could it be that during this time in Tenjin Elementary School, in fact, Tenjin Elementary School did not pass even a minute or a second!!

Why is this happening!

The mission released by the trial space is very clear, that is, to survive in the Tenjin Elementary School for twenty-four hours, even if the mission is successful. But now the electronic watch is telling Zhang Xiang a fact, that is, the time of the trial space where Tianshen Primary School is located is stagnant!

Zhang Xiang shuddered suddenly. He suddenly realized that this was a terrifying trap set by the trial mission.

Zhang Xiang is timid and cowardly, but in terms of intelligence, he is the tallest of the four survivors.

Although he was afraid, he also understood a truth. If you want to live, you must restore the flow of time in the trial space, not wait here for death. And if he continues to hide in the toilet, he will be found by the checkered man sooner or later, and it will definitely be a dead end.

Zhang Xiang took a deep breath and reached out to pull open the doorknob of the toilet.

The toilet was very quiet, and the checkered man was not nearby.

The door of the toilet was slowly opened by Zhang Xiang.

As soon as he opened the toilet door, he looked down and saw a big yellow dog standing in front of him.

Ergou stood in front of Zhang Xiang excitedly, and under the command of the man in checkered, it quickly tracked Zhang Xiang all the way to the toilet through the blood and smell left by Zhang Xiang.

Barking!

Ergou looked at Zhang Xiang who opened the toilet door, he grinned, his tail wagged, and he was very excited.

Find—to—you—!