Chapter 30 The Gift

A gust of night wind blew, and Zhang Junyu couldn't help shivering. He didn't hesitate any longer and strode toward the small courtyard.

A Biao stood in front of the room where the paper figures were stored. The first thing he saw was the paper figure standing outside the door. The scarlet fingernails on its hands were somewhat eerie.

But after hearing Zhang Junyu's introduction, he had a general understanding of the mysteries of the paper figures in the room. More importantly, he had some new ideas. Although there were some risks, if he succeeded... A Biao couldn't help but let out a low laugh. It would be very interesting.

The door was ajar, and the lantern placed behind the door had already been extinguished.

But Zhang Junyu had clearly said just now that when he left, the lantern was still lit.

A Biao only frowned slightly at this point. His facial muscles were not very flexible, and he looked very strange when making some expressions. In a battle, the muscles near his right eyebrow had been cut off.

But he didn't care. After all, several of his opponents were dead, and he was still alive.

Living... was more important than anything else.

Bringing his thoughts back, A Biao stared at the extinguished lantern and made a guess in his heart. After everyone left, the lantern would go out. This could be seen as a reset of the scene after each task was completed.

He gently moved his neck, making a few cracking sounds, then stepped forward, pushed open the door, and walked in.

He didn't trust Zhang Junyu and the other two very much, so he didn't light the lantern immediately. Instead, he simply walked around the room according to his own ideas.

After he turned back to the starting point, he confirmed that Zhang Junyu should not have lied to him. The things the latter said all matched up. Apart from the female paper figure that Zhang Junyu had moved away, there were still 5 female paper figures with clean feet left.

After checking the 5 female paper figures, A Biao turned back, picked up the fire starter, and lit the lantern.

Using the light of the lantern, he found the female paper figure without a shadow.

But at the same time, he discovered something unusual. Zhang Junyu had simply described the location of the problematic female paper figure to him, saying that it was at the second corner. But the female paper figure he found was in the middle of the corridor after the third corner!

A strange emotion appeared in A Biao's eyes. Zhang Junyu had no need to deceive him about this kind of thing, so the only explanation was that this problematic female paper figure... had moved on its own.

Calm down, A Biao marked the location of the female paper figure in his mind, turned around, and went to a slightly farther place to confirm the other two paper figures that were not problematic.

Calculating the time, A Biao knew that he had to hurry up. After all, he had to do twice the amount of work as Zhang Junyu.

He moved the ladder, found the brush and paint pot, and began to paint the fingernails of the first female paper figure. Because he held a knife all year round, his hand was very steady, and he quickly painted the fingernails of the first paper figure.

Then he carefully untied the rope around the paper figure's neck. After putting the paper figure down, he moved it to the door.

But only to the door, not outside.

Immediately afterwards, A Biao returned, set up the ladder again, and began to paint the fingernails of the second female paper figure.

That's right, he was going to take two non-problematic paper figures out!

In this way, the original 4 non-problematic paper figures were reduced to only 2. And then... there were still 3 people to participate in the task.

A Biao didn't know the order of Jiang Cheng and Du Moyu, nor did he need to know, because Zhou Qing was the 4th. So with only two paper figures left, even if Jiang Cheng or Du Moyu could pick one of the safe paper figures, there would still be one left. Zhou Qing, who had intelligence support, would not die.

In this way, the last person would have no way to avoid it, and what awaited him would be hell difficulty.

He wouldn't dare say that he would definitely die, but A Biao felt that it was about the same.

And after he went out later, he would secretly hide one of the two paper figures he took out. That way, Jiang Cheng or Du Moyu would definitely not know that he had taken two paper figures out.

A Biao's lips curled into a smile. They probably wouldn't even dare to think about it.

A Biao sped up and finally put down the second paper figure as well. Then, holding one in each hand, he was about to take the paper figures out of the room when he glanced at the lantern out of the corner of his eye. He saw that the lantern was still glowing faintly.

"Hehe, I almost forgot the most important thing."

A Biao put down the paper figures and came to the lantern. The handle of the lantern was very rough. It was made of a section of curved branch. The bark was scraped off the part where the hand held it, so it looked a little smoother.

After thinking for a moment, A Biao found a small stone with edges and corners from behind the door and used the edges and corners to scrape a few barbs on the part of the lantern where the hand held it. The barbs were below the handle, so they couldn't be found unless you looked carefully.

If his hand was pierced and blood dripped on these paper figures, something very interesting might happen. A Biao grinned, his teeth were black and yellow. How many people who made a living in the Golden Triangle didn't like to smoke those things?

"This is my gift to you, self-righteous kids."

After doing all this, A Biao placed the lantern in a conspicuous position behind the door, waiting for the prey to come. He then carried the two paper figures out of the door without hesitation.

He placed one paper figure next to Zhang Junyu's paper figure, and the two paper figures were next to each other.

Just as he was thinking about where to hide the other paper figure, a life-threatening clapper sound suddenly rang out. In a moment of desperation, A Biao turned his attention to a shed not far away.

There were several paper horses and a paper sedan that looked very grand in the shed. A Biao picked up the paper figure, quickly came to the back of the paper sedan, and hid the paper figure inside.

Worried that it wouldn't be stable, he moved the sedan a bit, then took a lot of straw and covered the paper figure.

After doing all this, he quickly walked towards the door. He had only taken a few steps out the door when he bumped into Jiang Cheng, who had come to relieve him.

A Biao immediately adjusted his breathing, smiled, and nodded at Jiang Cheng. Then, before Jiang Cheng could speak, he quickly left.

Jiang Cheng looked at A Biao's hurried back, raised his eyebrows, and felt that he looked just like himself after calculating against others, running away in a hurry for fear of being caught.

"Is someone trying to plot against me?" Jiang Cheng muttered to himself as he walked into the yard. Like Zhang Junyu and A Biao, Jiang Cheng first simply walked around the yard.

He was also always thinking about the missing woman.

After failing to find the woman, he came to the outside of the room where the paper figures were stored and immediately saw two female paper figures like door gods, with bright red fingernails painted on their hands. They were quite beautiful.

Jiang Cheng slowly frowned. He noticed something very unusual.

He and A Biao should have been walking out at the same time after hearing the clapper sound, but why had he almost reached the yard, while A Biao had just left the door?

What was he doing during this time after hearing the clapper?

His eyes swept left and right, and Jiang Cheng finally noticed the paper horses in the shed on the right, as well as a very domineering paper sedan. His memory was very good. He had been here during the day, and at that time, this paper sedan... didn't seem to be facing the door.

With doubts, Jiang Cheng picked up a fire stick from the corner and cautiously walked towards the paper sedan.