The shrill screams echoed through the night, making it feel ever lonelier, ever more terrifying.
Run?
In this situation, listening to the screams played by the Cat King Speaker, Zhang Yuanqing felt his scalp tighten and a chill rise in his heart.
He had never expected the Cat King Speaker to give such a warning.
This was definitely not good news.
Zhang Yuanqing waited silently for a moment. When the Cat King Speaker did not "speak" again, his heart sank. He slapped it.
"Hey, hey, you don't want to be stuck in this godforsaken place forever either, right? If you've got a way, spit it out already. We can only leave if we work together."
But this time, the Cat King Speaker gave no response, not even when he took out the Bloodthirsty Blade to threaten it.
So its only hint was to run?
Seeing that he could get no reliable intelligence from the Cat King Speaker, Zhang Yuanqing swiftly calmed down and began analyzing the situation, playing to his strengths.
He first sorted through the information he already knew and realized that when the old man mentioned the Paper Man, he had only said that it would appear during the second watch, without offering any further description.
But when he mentioned the Ghost Doll, he had said that it wanted to play games.
"Looks like the Paper Man and the Ghost Doll are different. The latter can be avoided by following the rules, but the Paper Man can't. We can only face it head-on—there's no shortcut."
"The Cat King Speaker's hint was to run. That says plenty already. The Paper Man is probably even more dangerous than the Ghost Doll. This is an instance dungeon. If I could run, I would've done so ages ago. Did I need you