novelbin Chapter 321 - 317: Script [2]
Chapter 321 - 317: Script [2]
"Let me take a look!"
Just then, a woman’s voice sounded beside him.
What was striking was the strange tattoo on this woman’s hand. It was shaped like a spiderweb, its color a dark, dusky purple-black.
Like congealed blood that had long since begun to rot, the "web’s" fine threads seemed to be faintly wriggling.
"Gao Qian, how is that Dream Eye of yours doing?"
Wei Fan asked after glancing at her.
"It’s fine for now. Let me try."
The woman was Gao Qian. She glanced at the unconscious Ouyang Shuokong and replied in a low voice.
"Alright then!"
Wei Fan nodded. After all, while he knew some first aid, he was nowhere near as skilled as Gao Qian.
He then stood up and moved to the side, while Gao Qian knelt and reached out to tear open the bandage on the patient’s back.
Seeing this, Wei Fan tactfully turned away, his gaze falling upon the other three men.
When the three men saw this, they seemed to understand and quickly averted their eyes.
After all, everyone had witnessed the performance of Wei Fan’s group of three during the scenario mission.
Wei Fan in particular had left a deep impression with his intelligence and his ruthless, decisive nature.
Those who had managed to survive this scenario were no fools.
They naturally knew how to conduct themselves.
After kneeling, Gao Qian slowly tore open the bandage. When she saw the wound beneath, her expression turned to one of shock and uncertainty, and she couldn’t help but gasp.
The wound was so deep that bone was visible. She simply couldn’t understand how the woman before her, about her own age, had endured such a grievous injury for so long.
After a moment of thought, Gao Qian placed her hand—the one with the spider tattoo—on the other woman’s back.
Immediately, dark greenish-black threads appeared over the gaping wound, weaving themselves together.
They actually stitched the horrific wound shut.
Once that was done, Gao Qian took a fresh bandage from the pack at her waist, carefully wrapped the wound, and finally let out a long sigh of relief.
"Done!"
Gao Qian said.
Wei Fan turned at the sound of her voice, but before he could speak, Gao Qian cut in.
"Zhou Qing’s injury is very serious. That gash nearly tore straight through her back. Although I’ve stitched the wound for now, whether she’ll pull through depends on how things go from here."
Wei Fan listened, nodded, and said nothing.
He looked at the unconscious figure, a strange glint flashing in his eyes.
’If I really wanted to act, I could save her completely and heal her injuries.’
’Besides, the reason she got hurt so badly was to save me.’
’But... that ability is my trump card. Using it would come at a significant cost.’
’Unless absolutely necessary, I would never use it.’
’I’ll just wait and see for now.’
His gaze flickered.
...
「Li Country.」
A nation neighboring the Yu Country.
The population here was predominantly white.
「At this moment.」
Inside an Ancient Castle, dim and shadowy, with mottled, peeling walls.
Ropes materialized one by one from the pitch-black ceiling.
They were coarse-looking hemp ropes, woven from multiple tightly-twisted strands of fiber, and were a dull, yellowish-brown color.
One end of each rope extended into the dark void above, while the other was tied into a hangman’s noose.
The hemp ropes swayed down, trying to loop around a figure below.
However, in the next instant, a blazing light surged forth.
The moment the hanging ropes touched the flames, they turned to ashes and scattered like fragile pieces of paper.
Then, the flames gradually receded, revealing Hu Qi. He was clutching one of the yellowish-brown ropes in his hand.
"Not bad. It actually held on for this long!"
Hu Qi’s gaze fell on the rope in his hand. At first glance, it looked no different from an ordinary hemp rope, exuding an air of age.
In reality, however, it was a powerful Dream Eye.
The fact that it had withstood his Crimson Sun Flame Fire for eight seconds before starting to burn was a testament to its nature.
At that moment, the yellowish-brown rope, enveloped by the Crimson Sun Flame Fire, seemed to have a will of its own, struggling desperately to escape Hu Qi’s grasp.
It twisted its body, coiling around Hu Qi’s arm like a small snake.
It even tried to tighten its grip, but it was all in vain. After a few more seconds...
...it dissolved into streams of black smoke, which Hu Qi swallowed.
Modification Points +1230 (93%)
Seeing the increase in his Modification Points, Hu Qi’s expression shifted slightly.
Over a month had passed since the Fox Tail Mountain incident.
During this time, he had been traveling around with Hu San.
He dealt with Nightmare incidents that were fixed to specific areas.
These Nightmare incidents weren’t all in the Yu Country; some were in other nations as well.
And the Nightmare incident here, according to the Security Bureau’s records, was this very Dream Eye, known as the Hangman’s Rope.
Once bound by it, even a Dream Master would have their powers suppressed, becoming an ordinary person.
Any living creature that entered this Ancient Castle, be it human or animal, would, without exception, end up hanging dead in mid-air.
He had dealt with many similar Nightmare incidents over the past month.
However, this was the first time he had ever encountered a Dream Eye that yielded over one thousand Modification Points.
At this thought, Hu Qi’s gaze shifted to Hu San, who was squatting nearby.
’If I were to devour this thing, I bet the Modification Points wouldn’t be too shabby either.’
Nearby, as if sensing Hu Qi’s strange gaze, Hu San trembled violently.
"Master..."
A bad feeling welled up in its heart. It quickly plastered a fawning smile on its fox face and was just about to speak.
But it suddenly felt a yellowish-brown hemp rope around its neck.
The rope was looped around its neck, the other end dangling loosely in the air.
But it understood this was just for show.
The one controlling this Hangman’s Rope was, of course, Hu Qi.
If he wished, he could grab the other end of the rope at any time.
But that was secondary.
What terrified it most was the discovery that its own power seemed to be suppressed.
It was as if it were now just an ordinary fennec fox.
"I..."
"Little San, don’t be nervous. In our human world, pets have to be kept on a leash. It’s a tradition. You don’t mind, do you?"
Hu Qi said with a faint smile.
"That... of course not!"
Hu San’s expression stiffened.
It still managed to force a sycophantic smile.
However, it was inwardly shocked and uncertain.
’This Hangman’s Rope Dream Eye...’
’It’s powerful, but it hasn’t reached the level of a primordial Dream Eye.’
’Restraining me... should be completely impossible.’
’But it’s actually happening right now.’
’Moreover, in the time I’ve been following Hu Qi, I’ve witnessed his bizarre Ability.’
’He can use that golden flame to directly destroy a Dream Eye’s vessel and absorb the power of the Dream Eye itself.’