Chapter 163: dreamless doll

“Did you hear something?” Qiao Sang asked, her expression tense.

Fang Sisi paused, then said uncertainly, “It sounds like a Baby Shell.”

Baby Shells are Water-type Pets that usually make ‘ying-ying-ying’ sounds, but they can also produce cries very similar to human infants.

It’s difficult for ordinary people, other than Trainers, to distinguish between the two sounds.

Qiao Sang hadn’t expected Fang Sisi to immediately think of a Baby Shell. Before she could question her further, Fang Sisi spoke up:

“When players enter the second level, the Baby Shells in the water will make this sound, and then the Clone Demon Puppet’s claws will emerge from the waterway, carrying fake human hands, to scare the players.”

“But shouldn’t this be part of the escape room’s plot? Could it be that the Pets on the second level weren’t affected?” Qiao Sang asked.

Fang Sisi thought for a moment, then said, “No, it’s still different. The Clone Demon Puppet’s claws didn’t come out.”

“You’re right,” Qiao Sang nodded in agreement.

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost blinked innocently behind them.

After taking a couple of steps, Qiao Sang stopped, closed her eyes, and once again sensed the location of Ya Bao.

It was still a black background and a distance of less than a hundred meters.

How could the distance still be the same after walking so far? Qiao Sang opened her eyes, feeling surprised.

Just then, a cry similar to an infant’s wail rang out again.

“Do you know the exact location of the Baby Shell?” Qiao Sang turned her head and asked.

“If it’s according to the escape room script, it should be following us in the adjacent waterway,” Fang Sisi paused, then asked, “What are you going to do?”

“If it’s willing to talk nicely, that’s best. If not, we’ll just have to fight it first, then talk,” Qiao Sang said.

Currently, it seems that only the Baby Shell NPC in the first and second levels is conscious. If something unusual happened in the escape room, of course, they should talk to the Baby Shell, who might have witnessed what happened.

……

Monitoring Room.

The man in the hat paced back and forth, watching the screen in the monitoring room, anxiously saying, “How did they get in? What if something happens?!”

The observation room screen only corresponded to the scene where the Yan Ling Dog appeared. Now, the Yan Ling Dog’s traces were gone, and the cameras in the first level room were also broken, so staying there was useless.

But the monitoring room was different.

The monitoring room had multiple screens, each corresponding to a different level of the Lost Town escape room.

The previously red eyes inexplicably filled one of the screens, clearly visible in the monitoring room.

As the fog spread, all the cameras in the first level room stopped working.

The monitoring for the other levels showed no abnormalities, but the walkie-talkie was having issues, and calls couldn’t be made.

They tried to go out and check, but when they reached the corner of the corridor outside the monitoring room, they found themselves back in the monitoring room.

There was no choice but to retreat back into the monitoring room.

They noticed the two girls entering the second level escape room immediately.

They initially thought they were the culprits behind this situation.

But upon closer inspection, one was the Yu Beast Master of the Yan Ling Dog, and the other was the Yu Beast Master of NPC No. 9.

Neither the Yan Ling Dog nor the Cotton Section Worm could cause such a bizarre scene, so they were naturally ruled out as suspects.

But that wasn’t the most important thing.

The most important thing was that the monitoring showed two Ghost-type Pets following behind them!

One was a Treasure Hunting Ghost, and the other was a Dreamless Doll.

The former was understandable, a Beginner Pet, small in size, likely young.

But the latter was a genuine High-level Pet!

Dreamless Doll, with the characteristic of insomnia, cannot sleep for 24 hours. Some experts believe their eyes might have turned red from staying up late.

They enjoy feeding on other people’s dreams.

They are considered one of the Ghost-type extraordinary creatures whose preferred energy is less malevolent.

But there’s one thing.

Dreamless Dolls love to create dreams for people, and they are all nightmares.

They have a natural talent for dreams, creating nightmares that make the sleeping person feel as if they are in reality. Even after waking up, it takes time for people to distinguish between the dream and reality, leaving them with lingering fear.

Some people might take several days to recover, and many have suffered from mental exhaustion as a result.

How could such a Pet suddenly appear in their escape room?

“The phone still isn’t working,” the young man beside him shook his head.

“Do you think this is man-made or did they just wander in by mistake?” the man in the hat asked, his face grim as he looked at the monitor.

“It doesn’t look man-made, nor does it look like they wandered in,” the young man analyzed, “Look at the monitor, this Treasure Hunting Ghost is relatively close to the two girls in front, and it’s wearing beads around its neck, which look like props, so it should be a contracted Pet.”

“But the Dreamless Doll behind them is further away, secretly following them, as if afraid of being discovered. If it had wandered in by mistake, given the nature of Ghost-type Pets, it would most likely have become invisible and passed through the wall directly.”

“However, our corridor is impassable, and there are signal issues, as well as that black fog, which are clearly deliberate. In that case, it doesn’t seem like a mistake.”

“And don’t you think the red eyes that appeared on the monitor earlier belong to the Dreamless Doll?”

“Damn it, I already figured those eyes were its! What do we do now?! And these two brats… Holy crap! What are they doing?!” The man in the hat stared intently at the monitor as if he’d seen a ghost.

The young man beside him looked at the screen upon hearing this.

Just then, a red eye once again filled the entire monitor screen for the second level escape room.

The eye moved left and right a couple of times.

The screen went blank.

……

“Ah ah ah ah ah!”

“Yabao, save me!!!”

A shrill scream echoed through the entire underground waterway.

“Xun, Xun~”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost, with bent eyes and a wide grin, sped up, following behind Qiao Sang, looking happy as if playing a game.

Behind it were two hands dripping red liquid, two legs also dripping red liquid, and a Baby Shell covered in sharp thorns.

“Holy crap! What is that thing?!” Qiao Sang shouted as she ran.

“Baby Shell!” Fang Sisi shouted back.

“I’m asking about those severed hands and feet!” Qiao Sang ran forward at the fastest speed of her life.

“The limbs of the Clone Demon Puppet!” Fang Sisi’s running speed lagged slightly behind.

What? The limbs of the Clone Demon Puppet?

Qiao Sang paused, instantly losing the desire to run.

She had thought it was a real horror movie scene brought to life, but it turned out to be the work of a Ghost-type Pet.

Qiao Sang slowed down and turned her head.

She saw the four severed limbs, which looked like they were dripping blood, and the Baby Shell, all rushing towards her like mad.

As soon as she slowed down, they immediately closed a significant distance on her.

Qiao Sang was startled and instinctively sped up again.

Holy crap! The scenes you see in horror movies and your personal experience of them are completely different!

“Aren’t these NPCs?! Why are you running?!” Qiao Sang demanded loudly.

“It’s all because of you!” Fang Sisi cried in the wind.

“What did I do?!” Qiao Sang looked bewildered.

“Why did you let the Treasure Hunting Ghost wiggle its butt and make faces at the sewer for no reason?!” Fang Sisi angrily retorted, “Not only that, you even made it spit into it!”

“Wasn’t that to attract the Baby Shell to come out?!” Qiao Sang was very innocent. “Who knew the Clone Demon Puppet was here too?! Is this how the script for the second level goes? Don’t they know we’re not here to play? Is it reasonable to be this scary?!”

Fang Sisi yelled, “The plot is definitely not like this! Otherwise, why would I be running?!”

“Then why…”

“It’s all because of what you made the Treasure Hunting Ghost do!”

“……”

“Xun~”