Screaming Cycle

Taking advantage of the few little demons having dinner, Ji Xing looked down at his watch which only he could see at the moment, using the cover of his cuff.

Below the rectangular black LCD dial, the pointer on the progress bar stops at the far left, flashing a green light that makes people feel safe.

But what Ji Lu is more concerned about is a function that the watch has only appeared in this "world": timing.

"Peach Blossom Spring" told him that as long as you tap twice with your finger on the dial, the timing function will be activated. A line of timing numbers accurate to a tenth of a second will appear on the top of the progress bar. Tap again to count the seconds. It will stop, and the method of use is very similar to the stopwatch that the coaching staff used when he was training in the team.

Since his watch has an extra timekeeping function this time, Ji Yuan wondered, does that mean that the concept of "time" is very important in this "world", and it is even a matter of life and death?

--correct!

He suddenly thought of a terrible question-what time is it now?

As he thought about it, Ji Tuan craned his neck and began to look around.

In the "world" of the ancient background, there is no clock, and it is even more impossible to just take out a mobile phone to check the time.

After Ji Xuan's head turned around, he finally saw a water drop-like hourglass in the corner of the back hall. The scale of the water surface was about a quarter of the line of the hour, indicating that it is almost here. It's a quarter.

He clearly remembered that the **** "hide-and-seek" game would start at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and now it was a little over two quarters of an hour, almost half an hour or so from the time.

——There is only half an hour left!

Ji Tuan's cold sweat was almost oozing out, and couldn't help but glance at the little demons who were still eating porridge with buns.

There is not much time left, but he is still trapped in the back hall where this servant boy can enter and exit. He doesn't even know what the outside looks like, or where Ren Jianmo and Mo Tiangen are now. There are so few clues on hand...

Could it be that he was here in vain until midnight, and when nothing was clear, he faced the "hide-and-seek" who didn't know how to play?

The more Ji Yu thinks about it, the more he can't stand it anymore.

Although it was indeed safer to mix with these little monsters, Ji Shun decided to take a risk and hurry up and walk around this big house full of monsters and spirits for the last half an hour.

After all, hide and seek this kind of game, whatever else, if you are not even familiar with the map, when you really start to play, your eyes will be dark every minute, and you don't even know where to hide.

Thinking of this, he whispered "I'll go out" to the little demon beside him in a low voice, and then raised his leg to leave the back hall.

"Hey!"

Unexpectedly, a little demon wearing a yellow belt put down his bowl and chopsticks and stood up.

"Are you going to the hut?"

The yellow-belt demon wiped his face, wiped the duck's beak into thick lips, and came to a conclusion without authorization, "Let's go, let's be together."

Ji Shu: "..."

Well, it is safer to go to the latrine with a duck spirit than to wander around alone.

So the two...one person and one demon went out together.

Outside the back hall is a corridor.

The yellow-belt demon's character is rather chattering, and he goes all the way to "quack" endlessly.

Ji Xuan deliberately fell behind by half a step, letting the duck lead him unconsciously.

"Oh? So, do you already know what food is on offer tonight?"

As he walked, he tried to guide the seemingly silly duck to reveal more information.

"Hehe, I dare not say all of them, I still know the same two things!"

The duck is head high and breasted, "three fresh fish stew, white shrimp, braised fish balls, pot roast carp, braised rice eel..."

It reported several kinds of fresh food in a row, each of which was the same, and it smacked its mouth like a real duck.

"It's delicious!"

Ji Lu smiled and echoed:

"Just so many good dishes, don't know how many guests are there tonight?"

The duck spirit laughed twice, "I heard Sister Goose say that there is a group of bandits, shouldn't there be 20 or 30 people!"

As he said, it smashed its mouth, shook its head and said, "I don't know how many people can be replaced this time!"

The yellow belt demon looked envious, "If there are a few more waves, we can't say we have a chance too!"

Ji Shu's heart moved.

It turns out that these monsters lure people into the house, neither for eating meat nor drinking blood, but rather like changing one for one.

——Could it be...

Ji Xiaoniao started his reasoning based on a few words and phrases accidentally revealed by the duck spirit.

——Could it be that these monsters are all trapped in this house for some reason, or that they are trapped in this house by some power, so they can only lure mortals in and use them as their own "stand-ins" to get out?

...

While thinking about this, the duck spirit has led Ji Shu to the courtyard.

Although it is a partial courtyard, in fact, the area is quite large.

Judging from Ji Xiaoniao's knowledge of ancient architecture that even if he has temporarily made up for it, it is still "barren". Pavilions, ponds, bridges, spring stones, flowers and trees, rockery and strange rocks, indeed can be called changing scenery, you can see the universe within a few minutes.

However, Ji Tuan had no intention of admiring the beauty of the garden at this time.

The focus of his attention was that a group of monsters gathered next to the fish pond for some reason, noisy, and noisy what was going on.

"Ouch!"

Seeing the crowd gathered, the duck spirit suddenly became excited, "Rice candy! The sisters in the yard are decimating rice candy! Let's go!"

While yelling excitedly, he grabbed Ji Shu's arm, and couldn't help but pull it into the crowd.

At this time, the monsters by the fish pond have gathered more and more. In addition to the banshees wearing all kinds of light gauze skirts, there are also some servants and small servants. Rushing to ask for the candy in her dustpan.

Ji Tuan complained secretly in his heart, but seeing the cheerful appearance of this group of monsters, you know that the so-called "rice candy" must be very popular with them. If he puts on a look of disgust, he refuses to accept or eat it. , It would be too suspicious.

Just when he was too anxious, he suddenly saw the action of a girl holding a candy into her mouth. She was so anxious that she quickly took advantage of the opportunity to squeeze and squeezed her finger into the purse on his waist and grabbed one. Explosive energy storage candy", in the palm of the hand.

At this time, the duck spirit had dragged him and squeezed in front of the red skirt banshee.

"Sister, good sister!"

The duck screamed, "Please, give me a handful of candy!"

The banshee in the red dress grinned and said, "Just your sweet mouth!"

With that, she grabbed a handful of candy from the dustpan and stuffed it to the little duck.

Then the red skirt banshee moved her gaze to Ji Shu's face.

Ji Lu shook his whole body, quickly cheered up, learned the duckling's coquettish tone, pinched his throat and begged: "Sister, I want sugar too~"

The sweet-splitting banshee stretched out her hand with a smile, and wiped Ji Shu's face.

"Oh, you kid, you look pretty!"

As she said, she grabbed a large handful of sweets and handed it to Ji Shu.

Ji Yu was still holding up props in one hand, so naturally he didn't dare to open his hand to take it. Fortunately, he was very witty, and immediately pretended to be extremely surprised, thanked him repeatedly, and pulled up his clothes and pocketed candy.

After getting the rice flower candy, the duck spirit led the season thrush out of the crowd, squatting down by the pond, and began to eat eagerly.

Ji Yu took advantage of its head down, put the "explosive energy storage candy" into his mouth quickly, then lifted his clothes and threw the rice candy into the fish pond.

"Oh, have you all eaten?"

The little duck looked up and saw Ji Shu's clean clothes with a disappointed expression.

"Uh-huh……"

Ji Xuan bulged his cheeks, deliberately bit the props in his mouth into a crunch, pretending that he was eating very well.

The little duck turned his head and looked at the red skirt banshee eagerly, as if he was hesitant to go and get some more now.

However, the change happened at this time.

Suddenly they heard the scream of a woman hoarse.

"Ah! Ah!"

The voice was so abrupt that it caught everyone's attention at once.

Ji Yuan followed his reputation, and saw a middle-aged woman dressed as a servant woman kneeling on the ground about ten steps away, digging her throat with one hand, and holding a man dressed as a servant with the other. The appearance is extremely painful.

The man who was caught by the maid looked very panicked, trying to stop her screaming, and at the same time panicking to attract the attention of others.

Ji Lu's heart sank.

He vaguely had a very bad guess.

Sure enough, the woman took a bit in her throat, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of mucus with chewed rice candy in it.

——This woman, like me, is probably a participant from "Peach Blossom Spring"!

——She ate the food here!

"Ouch, what's the matter?"

The banshee in the red dress, who was still giving the little demon sugar candies just now, threw the dustpan with half a sugar grain left, and walked towards the fallen maid.

She was talking words of concern, but her tone of voice was strangely excited, her eyes scorching, and her fingers trembling slightly with excitement.

"Are you... a human being?"

The red skirt banshee said:

"I don't know how you got in, but you are a human being."

The word "human" was exported, as if a single stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the whole courtyard caused an echo that was far more intense than the distribution of rice candy just now.

All the monsters were in a commotion.

"Humanity!"

"It's human!"

"Someone! Someone is here!"

They repeated the word "human" one another, and surrounded the fallen servant-wife and the male servant who was tightly held by her.

At this time, the woman was too painful to say a word.

Her body is gradually deforming.

The skin under the clothes gradually dried and shrank, the spine became deformed and elongated, the limbs were twisted and twisted, and the shoulders were skewed and tall...

Even so, she still seemed desperately trying to grab the last life-saving straw, and with her gradually dry and hardened fingers, she firmly grabbed the man next to her.

"It looks like..."

The corner of the red skirt banshee's lips provoked a wicked smile and looked at the panicked servant.

"Are you a human, too?"