Chapter 184: Anomaly
“It seems we can only make one stone statue disappear at most, and such a disappearance is only temporary. As soon as we shift our line of sight, that disappeared stone statue will immediately reappear.” Zhang Qian said.
Just one statue, compared to the countless stone statues in the aisle, is really no big deal.
Can’t afford to provoke them, can’t afford to provoke them, better to honestly look for other exits.
“The ghost eye attack seems to have no effect either, or rather I haven’t found a target that can be attacked.” The mannequin said helplessly at this moment, “Do they not have eyes?”
The ghost eye attack doesn’t necessarily require seeing the opponent, just like when killing those invisible insects, as long as the opponent can see the ghost eye, that’s enough.
“The stone statues all look pretty much the same, their facial features are carved quite vaguely, but the outline of the eyes is still there, definitely enough to trigger the attack pattern.” Zhang Qian said, “The problem is these stone statues are all covering their faces one by one, where’s the chance for eye contact.”
He was feeling a bit uncomfortable at the moment too.
Covering the eyes means the ghost mask’s ability can’t be activated either.
Although Zhang Qian had no intention of confronting the stone statues, this feeling of being restrained still made him uncomfortable.
The mannequin scratched its forehead suspiciously, “Is there a possibility that they knew my ability in advance, so they deliberately did this to avoid my attack?”
“Anything is possible in a dream, but with your supernatural strength, hitting a stone statue probably won’t make it feel anything.” Zhang Qian exposed the mannequin’s attempt to gild its own face.
Then he didn’t plan to delay any longer.
After scanning around and confirming no other clues, the strength in Zhang Qian’s hand gradually weakened, and the two main entrance doors silently closed.
“Bang——”
After a muffled sound, the huge portal became tightly sealed again.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.
Zhang Qian even felt a bit uneasy, after all, ever since he came to the ghost ship, opening and closing doors had often led to danger.
Now in such a eerie environment, being able to close the door without any incident felt a bit too easy.
The vigilant mannequin relaxed a bit, but was still unconvinced by Zhang Qian’s earlier belittlement, “If they weren’t afraid of me, why cover their eyes? Don’t tell me they’re guarding against you.”
“…”
Without answering, Zhang Qian just gave it a look of pity for the imbecile.
It seems the mannequin’s fierce ghost control ability really has major side effects. In less than an hour, Zhang Qian felt the mannequin’s intelligence had clearly dropped a lot.
Maybe using it a few more times would really make its intelligence drop to zero, turning it into something similar to a fierce ghost?
“I still have some self-awareness. Without truly confronting them, I wouldn’t dare say I can definitely beat the stone statues.”
Mentioning the mannequin, Zhang Qian explained as he walked toward the lower level of the music hall.
“They probably cover their eyes just to avoid triggering the pattern, not wanting to freeze the other stone statues around them in place.”
Although two lines of sight canceling a stone statue requires meeting other conditions, a single line of sight pausing a stone statue’s action has no traps.
It doesn’t matter who the line of sight comes from. Zhang Qian can do it, the mannequin can do it, and those stone statues themselves naturally can too.
When there were few in number before, they could actively avoid it, but now the stone statues have nearly filled the aisle. To avoid pitting their own kind, they probably have no choice but to cover their eyes.
“Makes some sense…” The mannequin nodded solemnly, then asked puzzledly, “But what exactly are these stone statues? I surprisingly don’t remember encountering a similar fierce ghost.”
“No idea, anyway not something we can afford to provoke. If this thing gets out, the ghost ship will suffer first, it has little to do with us.” Zhang Qian said indifferently.
“And they’re still in the aisle now. I don’t think they can blindly figure out the pattern to get out of the aisle. If I don’t encounter it, its terror level is no different from zero to me.”
Not figuring it out is normal; there are plenty of things on the ghost ship that can’t be figured out.
These fierce ghosts each have their own unique characteristics, all one-of-a-kind existences. And with no other clues, researching them one by one would probably exhaust you to death without figuring them out.
If all the fierce ghosts here were gathered, they could put on a supernatural exhibition, definitely opening the eyes of those contemporary ghost controllers who haven’t seen the world.
“That guy Wang Xiaoming would definitely like this place, just don’t know if he had a chance to board the ship.” Zhang Qian sighed.
If Luo Wensong could make a move against the ghost ship, with his ability he definitely wouldn’t leave this thing behind, so others probably have no chance to board.
If Luo Wensong can’t make a move, the ghost ship will go completely out of control, and these fierce ghosts escaping would definitely cause a worldwide shock.
By then, who would have the mind to care about this ghost ship? Being able to survive would be thanking the heavens.
“There are still people who would like such a ghostly place?” The mannequin immediately expressed disbelief.
“If it were the old Pleasure Ship, that could be understood, but the current ghost ship is already out of control. Boarding it is just adding a meal for the fierce ghosts?”
“Adding a meal… I think it’s more likely someone’s inventory will gain a bunch of fierce ghosts…”
The voices gradually faded away.
Neither Zhang Qian nor the mannequin noticed that after they left, a grayish-white stone statue silently emerged from the shadows.
Its appearance was very similar to the stone statues seen before, the only difference being that this stone statue had only one eye, and there was no pupil within that one-eyed.
Perhaps due to some unknown reason, this stone statue didn’t rush to attack Zhang Qian and the others, but instead patiently lurked until now, sneaking toward that main entrance.
“Click click click——”
Stone claws scratched at it, but only made a slight sound, unable to leave even a tiny mark on the door.
Clearly, this door’s quality was far better than a doorway, impossible to destroy with brute force.
Normal fierce ghosts would have no way.
But this clever stone statue just scratched its head and thought of a way to solve the problem.
It actually reached for the handle and pulled it to open the door.
Ridiculously, the main entrance that even Zhang Qian had to handle cautiously seemed like an ordinary door in the stone statue’s hands, opening in an instant to reveal the scene behind.
Excitedly walking in and seeing no movement around, the one-eyed stone statue finally realized and covered its eye.
Such a pig teammate in a ghost controller team would probably have been cursed to death, but the other stone statues around ignored the one-eyed one’s intentions.
In the instant they could move, they all turned their heads in unison, staring intently at that doorway representing the exit.
