Trapped in the Cube
Chapter 2

Black Imp

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"Let's try how to use it." The two Black Imps looked very anxious.

One of the imps took out a Stone Knife from his waist, cut his finger, and pressed the bleeding finger against the metal outer wall.

"It's useless." The imp shook his head.

Mo Ling watched them, completely bewildered.

"Use your finger," the other imp commanded.

Hearing this, the imp who had cut his finger seemed startled and wanted to retreat.

But the imp who had given the command grabbed him, pressed his hand onto the metal block, snatched the Stone Knife, and with a swift cut, severed his finger.

Flesh and blood flew, and a finger flew out, landing on the ground.

The imp who had lost his finger clutched his hand, wailing on the ground, blood flowing incessantly.

Mo Ling was so scared he collapsed onto the ground.

Thank goodness there's still a layer of metal wall between me and the outside.

But the imp who had mutilated his companion seemed not to be finished. He picked up the one on the ground and slammed him against the block.

He chopped off his palm, arm, ankle, ear...

As if dismembering him, the imp stuck various limbs and organs of his companion onto the metal block, one by one.

It was as if he was trying something.

As the imp tried, he muttered to himself, "This isn't right, this isn't right either."

Mo Ling was already frozen in place, shocked by the bloody scene.

What kind of creature was this?

After trying all the organs, the imp opened his companion's bundle and took out everything inside.

As if performing a sacrifice, he arranged them one by one on the ground around the metal block.

Clothing, food, tools...

There wasn't much in the bundle, and the Black Imp impatiently dumped it all out.

His sinister gaze fixed on the metal block again, as if anticipating something.

"This isn't right either!" The imp looked very impatient and viciously kicked the metal block.

The foot with sharp claws came towards him, and Mo Ling instinctively dodged backward.

Bang!

The metal block remained motionless; only the angry imp was injured.

After a short rest, the imp took the items from the ground again and stuck them onto the metal wall, still not stopping his attempts.

Nothing happened.

Finally, the imp gave up, packed his things, and wanted to leave.

At this moment, Mo Ling was unwilling.

"I have to let it keep attacking." Mo Ling's courage gradually grew.

The Imp was about to put away the items on the ground. Mo Ling spotted one of them and framed it.

The Berries on the ground disappeared.

One after another, the Berries on the ground were quickly swept clean.

The Imp's eyes lit up, and it quickly took out a few handfuls of Berries from its own bag.

Mo Ling accepted all comers, claiming all these Berries for himself.

"Even if this Imp can't save me, I can still store some food."

The Imp found all the Berries in its bag and ran out of Mo Ling's perception range.

When it returned, it was holding a full load of Berries in its hands.

After loading some, the space inside the metal block was not enough. Mo Ling still needed to leave some room for movement, so he stopped the transmission.

The Imp looked at the Berries in its hand that no longer disappeared, and was happy again. It put down the Berries and ran far away again.

What was it doing?

When Mo Ling saw the Imp again, it was covered in blood, with deep wounds all over its body, and it was staggering.

It came to the metal block, looking back with every step, and then quickly hid behind the metal block.

Before Mo Ling could observe carefully, a huge impact force came.

The metal block was actually knocked over ninety degrees!

Fortunately, the Imp dodged in time, otherwise it would have been crushed into meat paste.

Mo Ling was knocked dizzy inside, hitting the inner wall heavily.

Struggling to look, a ferocious Wild Boar-like creature was lying on the ground in pain, its back steaming, its eyes glowing with man-eating red light.

The creature quickly got up, its back armor erect. It curled up, turning itself into a ball, and rolled towards the Imp again.

The Imp quickly hid behind the metal block again. The spherical creature emitted an overheated red light, suddenly accelerated, and chased after the Imp, biting it.

Like Qin Shi Huang circling a pillar, it narrowly avoided hitting Mo Ling in the middle several times.

"No, I can't take it anymore if it keeps hitting."

The metal block was hard enough, but Mo Ling inside was made of flesh and blood.

Mo Ling made a decisive decision and quickly transmitted several stones in, then threw them onto the path of the rolling ball.

But the rolling ball flashed with red light, and when it hit the stones, it actually shattered them directly.

What kind of power was this?

Mo Ling transmitted a trap onto the ground, but the rolling ball could also jump over it in time.

In this small field of vision, he couldn't find any other object harder than stone.

There's only one way left.

Mo Ling focused his perception on the rolling ball.

Teleport!

Inside the metal space, a bloody cubic piece of flesh appeared.

The red light on the rolling ball also disappeared, and it fell to the ground.

Its curled-up body unfolded, and a part of its front limbs was gone, leaving only a cubic void.

Blood slowly seeped out along the extremely smooth cut surface.

It worked! Mo Ling immediately pressed the advantage.

Large and small cubic voids continuously appeared on the rolling ball creature's body, making it riddled with holes.

Meanwhile, Mo Ling threw the teleported flesh pieces out again, causing a rain of meat in the rainforest.

Soon, all that was left of the original rolling ball was a pile of irregular rotten flesh, faintly showing smooth surfaces all over it.

And in the puddle, there were cubic pieces of flesh of various sizes.

"Done." Mo Ling let out a long sigh of relief.

In his vision, the dense green of the rainforest had been stained red.

The Black Imp lay on the ground, trembling with its head in its arms. Only when the movement stopped did it slowly stand up.

It looked around, and upon seeing the surrounding scene, it was terrified and scrambled out of sight.

It had long lost its initial arrogant appearance.

After the adrenaline subsided, looking at the bloody situation outside, Mo Ling also started to feel nauseous.

Fortunately, he had eaten earthworms, so Mo Ling's heart grew stronger.

"I'm trapped here waiting to die anyway, what's there to be afraid of being nauseous?"

It was just that the only little person who seemed able to save him had also been scared away.

It started to rain outside. The pouring rain washed away the blood completely, and raindrops hit the metal block.

The sound of dripping rain and the earthy smell full of life filled Mo Ling's perception.

"What a wonderful feeling."

His mood finally calmed down, and the exhausted Mo Ling also fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up again, his vision had changed.

The surrounding scenery kept receding. The metal block was placed on a small cart.

Not only that, but a circle of berries was also placed on the cart's platform around it.

Two Black Imps were struggling to pull the cart in front, as if they were transporting the metal block somewhere.

Mo Ling quickly became alert.

Black figures kept flashing outside his vision, indicating there were many little people around.

Soon, a little person ran over in a hurry.

"Quickly pull this to the front, the Humans are about to break in!"

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