Broken Dial, Wind Strider

"Ugh..."

Yang Wei's pupils dilated instantly.

Immediately after, under Guo Shuai's shocked, almost blank gaze, Yang Wei's upper body slid off from his waist.

Pat.

His upper body heavily impacted the dirt, while his still twitching legs remained standing in place.

Intestines and organs, along with scalding blood, instantly dyed the wheat field beneath their feet red.

"Old... Old Guo..."

Yang Wei, with only half his body left, prostrated himself in the blood pool, struggling to lift his head.

His eyes began to dim, yet the corner of his mouth struggled to open.

"Quick... run..."

"Don't look back... run!"

After saying this, his head heavily struck the ground, his eyes forever losing their light.

"Ahhhhhhh!!"

Guo Shuai felt like the crown of his head was about to explode.

He watched as his good brother, who had been joking with him just a moment ago.

Who had said he wanted to find a doctor for a skin graft, was now reduced to mince on the ground.

Collapse.

Despair.

And an even more sky-high hatred!

"Why... why didn't I notice sooner!!"

Guo Shuai roared madly in his heart, fiercely slapping himself.

"Am I trash?! Ah!!"

If he hadn't been in such a hurry to leave, if he had stayed with him the whole time... Old Yang might not have died!

"Hee hee hee... run... hurry and run..."

The monster, wearing the tattered skin of Bai Lianhua, stepped on Yang Wei's corpse and let out a giggle.

It wasn't in a hurry to eat, it seemed to enjoy the prey's despair more.

"I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!!"

Guo Shuai's eyes were bloodshot, wishing he could rush up and fight it desperately.

But he knew he couldn't die.

Old Yang had exchanged his life for this time for him!

"Run!!"

The will to live overcame the impulse. Guo Shuai made a sudden turn and, with all his might, fled desperately into the depths of the wheat field!

He had to survive!

He had to escape this damned wheat field!

He had to become stronger, then come back and tear this monster to shreds!

To avenge Old Yang, and everyone else who had been killed here!

"Hoo... hoo..."

His lungs felt like they were burning, his legs felt lead-filled.

From the wheat field behind him came the fast rustling, crawling sound.

Bai Lianhua was like a spider, rapidly approaching!

"I can hear you... hee hee... you run so fast..."

The monster's voice came from left and right, full of teasing.

Guo Shuai glanced at the mechanical watch on his wrist.

[23:58]

Two minutes left!

As long as he could hold on for two more minutes, time would overlap, and the exit would open!

"Calm down! Guo Shuai, you damn well calm down!"

Guo Shuai bit his tongue tip hard, using the agony to force himself to withdraw from his anger and fear.

If he continued to run blindly like this, he would be caught up in less than thirty seconds!

He had to figure out a way!

"Weakness... what's its weakness?"

Guo Shuai's mind raced, replaying every detail of the recent battle.

Those Small Scarecrows were attracted by the stones earlier...

They don't have eyes!

"Sound! It's sound!"

"They can't see! They hunt by hearing!"

With this realization, he glanced at himself, still Fleeing wildly.

Footsteps in the silent night, the best navigation!

"Gamble!"

Guo Shuai gritted his teeth. While running, he quickly unstrapped the Mechanical Watch that had been with him for years.

This old-fashioned Mechanical Watch had an aging movement, and its second hand made a crisp "tick, tick" sound as it moved.

In this dead silent Wheat Field, it was the perfect bait!

Guo Shuai used all his strength and hurled the watch fiercely towards the direction Forty-Five Degrees to his right!

Whoosh!

The watch landed in the wheat rows dozens of meters away.

Pat.

The instant the watch hit the ground.

Guo Shuai lunged forward like a diver, plunging directly into the dense wheat bushes to his left!

He covered his mouth and nose tightly with both hands, pressing his body close to the ground, not daring to even take a deep breath.

One second.

Two seconds.

The Crawling Sound behind him... stopped.

The terrifying Monster halted in the middle of the path. Its straw-filled head twisted eerily, as if trying to discern something.

"Tick... tick..."

In the distance, the faint ticking of the Mechanical Watch drifted over with the Night Wind.

"This way..."

The monster let out an excited roar, its massive body leaping forward!

Whoosh!

A gust of foul wind swept over Guo Shuai's head!

Without even glancing at Guo Shuai, who was sprawled on the ground, it lunged straight for the watch!

"I bet right!"

Guo Shuai was overjoyed.

A few seconds later, a crisp "crack" echoed from the distance – the sound of the mechanical watch being crushed.

Immediately following was the monster's confused roar.

"No... not this one..."

Guo Shuai remained on the ground, not daring to move, his eyes fixed on that direction through the gaps in the wheat stalks.

By the moonlight, he witnessed a scene he would never forget.

The monster's body began to contort violently, the human skin of Bai Lianhua tearing and being discarded like rags.

Riiip!

A giant scarecrow, over two meters tall, with three withered wood arms, emerged!

It burst out from the back of the skin suit!

This was its true form!

The Terrifying Scarecrow!

"Can't find... where..."

The scarecrow furiously swung its three arms, seemingly agitated by the loss of its target.

Guo Shuai held his breath, silently chanting, "Don't find me, don't find me..."

However.

The next second.

The scarecrow suddenly stopped.

It raised its three arms high and began making a strange "waving" motion towards the empty wheat field.

Whoosh~

The originally calm night sky was suddenly swept by a chilling strange wind.

The wind blew through the wheat field, and countless wheat stalks began to sway and collide, making a "rustling" sound.

Snap.

A stalk of wheat bent over in the wind and lightly brushed Guo Shuai's back.

The sound was very faint.

But at this moment, Guo Shuai felt as if it were the gunshot that sentenced him to death!

The scarecrow in the distance suddenly turned its head.

Its gaping mouth revealed a smile towards the direction where Guo Shuai was hiding.

"Found! You!"

BOOM!

It landed on all fours and instantly erupted with astonishing speed, lunging towards Guo Shuai!

Guo Shuai's pupils contracted sharply, and his whole body turned ice-cold.

"So that's how it is..."

"It wasn't waving hello at all! It was creating wind!"

"It uses the sound of the wind for echolocation! Even if I don't move, as long as the wind blows past me, it can find me!"

This was an unsolvable death trap!

Looking at the terrifying big mouth drawing closer, looking at the waving death god's scythe.

Guo Shuai closed his eyes in despair.

"Old Yang... I'm sorry, I still couldn't escape..."

"I'll come keep you company."

He mentally counted down to his death.

Three.

Two.

One.

The expected agony didn't come.

Nor was there the sound of blood splattering.

The surroundings suddenly became very quiet, even the chilling wind seemed to have stopped.

"What's going on?"

Guo Shuai trembled all over and tentatively opened one eye.

The next moment, he froze.

The terrifying Scarecrow was now less than five meters in front of him.

It hadn't attacked Guo Shuai.

Where its eyes had originally been just two black holes, two dazzling Red Lights were now shining!

That was a state of extreme alertness!

It stared Tightly at Guo Shuai's... back.

"What... is it looking at?"

Guo Shuai stiffly turned his head, following the Scarecrow's gaze.

He saw that in the Wheat Field behind him.

At some point, a Man was standing.

He wore a Black Shirt, the collar slightly open, revealing a strong Collarbone.

The Night Wind rustled, blowing the hem of his clothes.

He wasn't looking at Guo Shuai, nor at the Corpse on the ground.

His pair of pitch-black eyes were calmly observing the Scarecrow.

That gaze held neither fear nor anger.

Instead, it was a kind of...

Appreciation and scrutiny, as if looking at something that belonged to him.

That innate powerful aura was even more terrifying than the Three-Handed Monster in front of him!

Guo Shuai's lips trembled, and tears welled up in his eyes.

He recognized this face.

The Mute who was always taciturn in the car.

"J... Jiangnan..."