"Soul-Crying Street": So Expert Xu Xi Had Fallen for It on Purpose
Level 4, no abnormalities, proceed.
5th floor.
Xu Xi silently looked up at the sky, speechless for a moment.
Was that enormous needle in the sky, its tip twice as thick as his entire body, for real???
And the giant needle is still descending at a speed visible to the naked eye.
No matter where he stood, the needle seemed to be aimed at him.
Without further ado, I took off running.
This cycle is similar to the one submerged in blood; you need to run out of the street before the giant needles land on your head.
He could accept being drowned, but being crushed to death by such a huge needle was something he'd rather not do.
Fortunately, the fruit knife he carried improved his physical fitness, allowing him to easily get through cycles that only required fast running.
Congratulations, your judgment was correct.
"Thin, sharp, and painful"
Seeing the slogan on this floor, Xu Xi couldn't help but have some thoughts.
Breathable fur, a captured cat, a needle falling from the sky...
Could they be cat traffickers?
Level 6, no issues, proceed.
7th floor.
This loop still appears normal.
Xu Xi was walking down the street when he thought the floor was still in normal circulation when he suddenly heard faint footsteps behind him. Although they were not obvious, he could still hear them in the quiet environment.
He tilted his head slightly, but didn't catch any suspicious figures out of the corner of his eye.
Xu Xi stopped and turned around abruptly.
But there was no one behind him.
At the same time, the footsteps disappeared.
... How is this different from the classic footsteps in horror movies?
Next, if he turns his head again, will he find a Ghostly Shadows standing face-to-face with him, ready to get close to his face?
Okay, no.
Xu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but after taking only a few steps, the sound of footsteps behind him reappeared.
"..."
Xu Xi slowly took out the fruit knife and, using the faint light reflected from the blade, quietly observed the movements behind her.
The reflection of the scene behind me was blurry on the blade.
But it was still deserted.
The footsteps seemed to appear out of nowhere.
Just then, he suddenly noticed a shadow fall over his head.
A large net was draped over his body, followed by a towel that smelled strange.
Before being covered in the mouth and nose and passing out, Xu Xi caught a glimpse of a figure gradually appearing behind her out of the corner of her eye.
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[Holy crap, these floors are so weird!]
[They all seem to be related to cats?]
Honestly, that huge hand and that needle just now almost triggered my megalophobia.
[Xu Xi's positioning is still as precise as ever]
[Big Brother: It's a bag, bro.]
[Holy crap, did you guys hear that?]
[What? Don't scare me, I'm just using the toilet by myself.]
[Hey, watch out, a hand might stick out from the hole and poke your butt!]
[Get the hell out of here!]
[Ah, it's footsteps! There are extra footsteps behind the boss!]
[Holy crap, nobody's here. Where did those footsteps come from??]
[I'm not going to poop anymore, damn it!]
[!! Big boss, get out of the way!]
Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!
The viewers watched helplessly as a large net enveloped the young man from head to toe, yet he didn't react at all.
They were so anxious they wished they could crawl into the screen.
[What do we do? What do we do? Is the big shot going to be defeated here?!]
Don't panic, he still has a fruit knife on him. We're not in dire straits yet.
[But Xu Xi seemed completely oblivious, the fruit knife still firmly in his hand.]
[Boss, hurry up and cut the net! I haven't been following you for very long, don't you dare!]
[I'm so anxious, I'm so anxious! Please help!]
[Sorry, although the situation is urgent, I still can't help but ask, what was that accent in the comments just now?]
The comments section was in complete chaos, and just when they were getting anxious, something even worse happened.
A figure gradually appeared behind the young man, holding a towel in his hand, about to cover the young man's face.
Spicy Balls!
This was the first thought that came to mind for netizens.
But the next moment, things took an unexpected turn.
As if he had expected this, the young man grabbed the figure's arm and stabbed the figure in the back with his other hand, which was holding a fruit knife.
A figure let out a shrill scream, and then its body turned into ashes and vanished into the air.
Watching the young man casually flick the fruit knife before slowly starting to cut the net, netizens were stunned for a moment, then launched a barrage of comments.
[Boss, you've changed! You're even fooling us???]
[Wow, wow! It turns out Xu Xi was deliberately fooled!]
[Shadow: We've been set up]
That fruit knife must be Item!
[I knew it! With Xu Xi's intelligence, how could he fall so easily? Setting a trap makes perfect sense.]
What else can I say? I'm tired of saying "You're awesome!"
[I actually questioned him, who do I think I am? Waaaaah!]
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Xu Xi struggled to cut the net rope, sighing inwardly.
He almost got covered up again.
Does every Rollback have to be timed at such an extreme interval?
What would happen if we went a little earlier?
The large net made of ropes was quite sturdy; Xu Xi used a fruit knife to cut it for a long time before he could make a gap that he could crawl through.
After leaving the net, he went straight to the alley without saying a word.
Congratulations, you were right.
"It is a cage, and also an abyss."
Seeing this, Xu Xi became even more certain of her judgment.
The net and the sedatives looked exactly like something cat traffickers would prepare.
Level 6, no issues, proceed.
7th floor.
Xu Xi saw a dark figure in the middle of the road from afar.
Remembering the black cat that had given him the little bell, he hurried over there.
However, when he got closer and took a look...
... It was the corpse of a black cat.
The black cat lay limp on the ground, its body horribly dented, clearly crushed by a speeding car wheel, and most likely more than once.
Xu Xi recognized it; it was the same cat from the previous loop.
The black cat wore a familiar little bell around its neck, but now the bell was broken and stained with blood, making it look particularly jarring.
With a slight curl of her fingers, Xu Xi pursed her lips and gently moved the black cat's corpse to the roadside.
This realization made him question his previous judgment.
The black cat's two hind legs had clearly been deliberately broken, and then it was thrown into the middle of the road.
It's hard to say that it wasn't intentional.
Even a speeding car might not be an accident.
Moreover, the black cat from the first story appears in the third story... there must be some connection.
On the walls of the alley.
Congratulations, you were right.
Its death took away her last glimmer of hope.
Level 8, no issues, proceed.
9th floor.
The pitiful meows of a cat echoed intermittently through the silent street.
Xu Xi walked past a residential building when a dark shadow suddenly fell at his feet.