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Chapter 199: Getting Off The Train
Chapter 199: Getting Off The Train
Hei Jiji was deep in thought for a moment. Then, she pointed at Zhao Hao and said, "Why don't you call yourself Flora?"
"Huh!?" Zhao Hao was stunned.
"Think about it. You're a man, so your code name should be something opposite. Flora sounds like it has nothing to do with you."
"That's right!" Zhao Hao's eyes lit up. "From now on, I'll be Flora."
"What about me?" Liu Shuai asked with a mix of hope and nervousness.
"You can be Aroma."
"Good name! That sounds totally irrelevant to me."
At this moment, Hei Jiji turned her attention to Fang Xiu. "Xiu, do you want a code name too? You have such a strong presence. Let me think... how about—"
She was cut off by Fang Xiu's calm voice, "It seems you haven't learned your lesson."
Hei Jiji immediately pouted. "Xiu, I meant no harm. It's for your safety. If you don't want to be called—"
"Liar swallows a thousand needles."
His calm words struck Hei Jiji like a thunderbolt. Her heart surged with waves of panic.
_'How does he know what I've dreamed of? Is it a coincidence? Or was it deliberate?'_
Hei Jiji's eyes became wary. She pretended to be upset. "Xiu, what are you talking about? When did I lie? I just—"
"The Drum Tower is here." Fang Xiu's calm voice interrupted.
Only then did everyone notice that the previously flickering green lights of the Drum Tower station had turned blood red.
They could also feel the train slowing down.
Their hearts tightened, and they quickly looked out the window. In the once pitch-black surroundings, they could now see a faint light far away.
As the train got closer, they finally saw what the light was. It was a lonely wooden Drum Tower, with torches barely illuminating it.
Around it, where the light didn't reach, there was only endless darkness.
The Drum Tower stood alone in the darkness, in eerie silence.
Seeing such a ghostly structure in the darkness was enough to scare anyone, especially on a train.
Gradually, the train stopped near the Drum Tower.
CREAK!
The previously locked door suddenly opened. It seemed to be suggesting that they get off.
"Space turbulence? Liu Shuai, are you sure you sensed it correctly?"
Liu Shuai's face was pale as he nodded, "I'm sure. The space in the darkness is chaotic. Once inside, it's very likely we won't come out. We might even be torn apart by space turbulence."
At this moment, the Drum Tower suddenly resounded with the sound of drums. The drumbeats were heavy, slow, and had an eerie rhythm.
In the darkness, a sinister smile unconsciously appeared on Fang Xiu's lips. "It seems the owner of the Drum Tower is welcoming us."
Then, he walked straight toward it.
Seeing this, everyone quickly followed.
Fang Xiu followed the sound of the drums and quickly entered the Drum Tower. The tower was about five meters tall, painted in dark red, with many areas already faded and looking very worn out, as if it could collapse at any moment.
At the very top of the Drum Tower stood a large drum, painted red with a white face, also very worn out.
The booming drum sounds were coming from this drum. Next to it stood a figure, extremely thin, almost like a bamboo pole. The most bizarre thing was her head, which was enormous, about five times the size of a normal human head. She looked like a deformed doll.
This Big Head Doll was repeatedly using her massive head to hit the drum, producing the muffled drum sounds.
Seeing this terrifying scene, coupled with the Specter drum sounds, everyone felt like they had difficulty breathing.
At that moment, a clicking sound of gears turning came from the neck of the Big Head Doll. Her head suddenly rotated 180 degrees to face the group, fully revealing her face.
Her face was perfectly round, like a flawless circle. Thick white powder and eerie blush adorned it. Her eyes were as large as an adult's fist; she had no nose, and her mouth was a small cherry mouth painted with red lipstick.
Her eyes were wide like copper bells but empty, like a soulless puppet.
"So many people here, let's hang out together, hee hee hee..."
A chilling, sharp laugh came from her crimson cherry mouth. The sound was like nails scratching a chalkboard, painfully grating on the ears.
"I love to play Red Light, Green Light. I'll hit the drum three times, then turn around. Don't let me see anyone move. If you move, you'll die. If you can reach the Drum Tower, you win."
Without waiting for them to react, the Big Head Doll turned her head away with a click and started preparing to hit the drum.
"I'll handle this," Bai Qi stepped forward confidently. He trusted his speed. With a height of just over five meters, he thought he could reach the doll before she finished hitting the drum once.
Bai Qi lightly tapped the ground, and his Extreme Speed ability burst forth, sending him shooting toward the Big Head Doll like an arrow.
However, as he leaped into the air, thud!
A heavy drumbeat echoed.
Bai Qi's face instantly changed, feeling as if his bones had dislocated and his muscles were all out of sync. His entire body stiffened, and he fell from midair.
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