Chapter 106: Inheritance
“At that time, I also thought it was the shadow puppet that attacked me.”
“But now looking back, rather than saying the shadow puppet attacked me, it’s better to say that something was controlling the shadow puppet.”
“Just like an ordinary person using chopsticks to manipulate the shadow puppet to make movements.”
“It’s just that the thing controlling the shadow puppet didn’t use chopsticks, but something else.”
Fu Xuesheng said.
“But fortunately, perhaps because the shadow puppet wasn’t completed yet, its lethality wasn’t enough to kill me immediately, even though I had a supernatural item.”
“But I also couldn’t completely escape it, so before that invisible thread completely severed my head, I picked up the brush in my hand and completed the final coloring.”
“The moment the coloring was completed, the shadow puppet suddenly seemed to lose its life, fell onto the table, and didn’t move.”
“I knew that was because I had completed the mission.”
“Now, I can confirm that if the mission isn’t completed, one will keep being pursued and killed, even if my supernatural item is already powerful enough, I still couldn’t fully resist it, and I even felt that if it had been a bit later, my head would really have come off.”
“If possible, it’s still better to complete the mission.”
Fu Xuesheng’s voice carried a hint of lingering fear; presumably, that brief confrontation with the shadow puppet had been extremely dangerous for her.
However, she had also probed that the shadow puppet they were making indeed had a big problem.
Seeing her finish speaking, Lu Jinzhao informed her of today’s mission, and after thinking for a moment, she said seriously, “Actually, I have a similar feeling to yours. I also think this thing is very strange.”
“Moreover, I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but Master’s head went missing a few days ago.”
“I think perhaps this final mission is related to that missing head.”
Compared to that pile of minced meat, she was more willing to believe the head was “Master.”
Although it was also possible that neither was.
“And, are your fingerprints still there?” Lu Jinzhao asked.
Fu Xuesheng shook her head and keenly noticed, “Yours are gone too?”
From Fu Xuesheng’s “too,” Lu Jinzhao got the answer.
She nodded and said in a low voice, “I’m afraid… we need to be more careful.”
Fu Xuesheng looked at her and frowned slightly, “Careful of what?”
Then, Lu Jinzhao gave an answer that she didn’t immediately react to.
“Ji Xiangchen.”
But upon hearing this name, Fu Xuesheng immediately understood, “I see, got it.”
After prolonged contact with the human skin, they felt discomfort, and their fingerprints were gradually worn away; the human skin gave them a strong sense of strangeness and some weird devouring sensation.
So, what about Ji Xiangchen, who from beginning to end on the first night had been touching the human skin longer than all of them, with deeper contact than any of them?
Is he… still okay?
Lu Jinzhao didn’t know, but that didn’t stop her from being on guard.
“I’ll go first. Take care, contact me if there are other situations.”
Fu Xuesheng nodded and watched her leave.
Their cooperation was limited to this; information exchange could be honest, but deeper help would depend on the situation.
Since the trial had reached the final stage, it was time to rely on each person’s own abilities.
Leaving Fu Xuesheng’s room, Lu Jinzhao returned to her own room again.
She closed the door, pondered for a while, not anxious about making the shadow puppet.
Even though the envelope clearly stated “Whoever completes it first will obtain the inheritance,” it still didn’t explicitly say that those who didn’t obtain the inheritance must die.
Of course, the most important reason wasn’t this, but that Lu Jinzhao knew completing the shadow puppet would definitely bring fatal danger!
Now, probably not just her had stopped making it and chosen to observe for the time being.
After all, there was no deadline in the letter!
But considering the supplies they carried when they first arrived at the platform, and the content in their memories, this platform time was the longest, probably up to half a month.
After that, with food exhausted, they would have to find a way to complete the mission.
No rush now.
Lu Jinzhao’s gaze fell on the human skin drying on the wooden frame; that was her own skin. She couldn’t help but feel fortunate that the final trial stage didn’t “rush” like before, giving her time to prepare slowly, yet she also had to think about why, at this point, the mission steps had suddenly slowed down?
The answer was actually obvious: the previous missions had already trapped these passengers.
The overly rushed mission pace left them no time for more actions, forcing them to quickly complete most of the shadow puppet making first, and now, the “first one” clearly stated on the envelope would make the passengers speculate and race among themselves; there would always be someone eager to finish first.
The more Lu Jinzhao thought, the more she felt this shadow puppet could not be made.
At least, not by following the mission requirements.
But she also knew that the waiting information’s “the only inheritor” and the letter’s “first to complete making” would urge someone to take the risk.
“Must stay calm and trust my own judgment.”
Lu Jinzhao reminded herself inwardly not to rush, even knowing someone might complete it first; she had to choose to observe.
“And completing first means being the first to display it before Master?”
No one even knew where Master was now!
Lu Jinzhao still didn’t believe that pile of minced meat was “Master.”
In the time after, as Lu Jinzhao expected, that night, no so-called “first to complete making” appeared.
When they gathered in the front hall at 11 o’clock as per habit, no one was missing, and no one showed any abnormalities.
At least on the surface.
After gathering, everyone spoke less, and more obvious wariness appeared between them.
Even if someone asked when you planned to complete the making, no one gave a real answer, just equivocating cleverly.
However, they did briefly discuss that “Master” might not refer to the pile of minced meat in the room, and on the surface, everyone seemed to agree.
Before leaving, Huo Ye spoke first, in a seemingly consultative tone, “We don’t need to gather together every day from now on, right?”
The others agreed without much surprise.
As they left, Fu Xuesheng gave Lu Jinzhao a look; Lu Jinzhao understood and walked a few steps slower. After stepping out of the front hall, sure enough, she saw Fu Xuesheng waiting not far away.
When she approached, Fu Xuesheng asked, “Did you just observe Ji Xiangchen?”
Lu Jinzhao nodded upon hearing this, but her tone carried some regret, “Didn’t see anything, just felt he was even more silent than the past few days.”
The rest was just subtle observation; really couldn’t see much.
