Chapter 1085: Chapter 1085
Xie Yangchun’s words caused everyone to look at Lin Baici.
After the recent contamination with the rules, Lin Baici had saved everyone and his status had now surpassed Yuan Jifeng and Deng Mingyu, making him the temporary leader of the group.
Lin Baici pondered, gazing around.
This was a vast area of muddy black soil that stuck to the soles of the shoes, making it quite uncomfortable to walk.
Numerous clay figures stood here...
growing would be more appropriate, as these clay figures seemed like crops growing from the black soil.
Lin Baici walked to the nearest clay statue on his left, crouching down without touching the statue, he began digging next to the base of it.
"What are you trying to do? I’ll help!"
Hua Yue Yu came over, rolling up her sleeves ready to undertake the burdensome task.
Lin Baici dug about half a palm deep and saw that the clay figure was indeed buried deep in the black soil, furthermore, there were some root tendrils thicker than a pinky finger penetrating the soil, frantically absorbing nutrients.
"Let’s keep moving, stopping here won’t help."
Gu Qingqiu didn’t want to use cannon fodder to probe the path, it was pointless. There was a good chance that the cannon fodder might pass safely, but once the main troops advanced, they would encounter rule contamination.
"Exactly, block the soldiers, cover the water with earth!"
Xia Hongyao was now full of confidence and fighting spirit as once the God’s bones were contained and the Luoyang Seven Towns monument fully resolved, her Seventh Star would be renowned throughout the entire Jiuzhou Security Bureau, becoming one of the ace teams.
"Be careful not to touch these clay figures, let’s go!"
Lin Baici continued to lead the way.
"God Lin, you don’t even have to say it, anyone with a brain wouldn’t touch these clay figures!"
Xu Wei said with a laugh, trying to close the gap between him and Lin Baici.
"We will surely follow your lead, I Xu..."
Halfway through his words, Xu Wei’s right foot suddenly kicked something, stumbles forward a few steps.
Xu Wei nearly fell but steadied himself, then turned and spit out in annoyance.
a clod just about tripped me up.
Zhang Hao exclaimed, pointing at something.
A mud ball the size of a walnut rolled on the ground; on closer inspection, it appeared to be a clay figure’s head.
Its facial features were vividly detailed, now showing an angry expression, and it was screaming.
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The voice was piercing and terrifying.
Everyone came to a halt, faces filled with fear as they looked at the clay head on the ground and then at the clod that had tripped Xu Wei.
It was a Little Clay Man, and Xu Wei had knocked its head off.
Listening to the anguished cries of the clay head, Xu Wei panicked, speaking incoherently: "God Lin, I didn’t know it was a clay figure, you must save me..."
Xu Wei was very remorseful, how could he have been so careless to kick that thing?
"Be careful, everyone, that clay figure had just emerged from the black soil!"
Xie Yangchun shouted.
Xu Wei was cunning; it was impossible for him not to have seen the clod on the ground.
The Great Aunt cried out.
Everyone looked and saw a small mound of soil on the black ground, then a Little Clay Man pushed through the soil and emerged.
It was visibly growing from a small ball, getting taller and bigger.
Xie Yangchun had guessed right; this kind of clay figure had just sprouted, which is why Xu Wei hadn’t noticed it.
The clay head cried a few times, its voice growing weaker until it sounded as if it had died, then there was silence.
Xu Wei watched the surroundings nervously for several minutes but wasn’t attacked.
"Is... is it safe now?"
Xu Wei sniffed in hope.
"Let’s hurry and leave this area!"
The team set off again.
Xu Wei’s eyes widened as he watched the ground, fearful of kicking another newly sprouted clay figure, and he also tried to keep his distance from the clay statues, walking around them.
But Lin Baici didn’t detour, he walked normally, so Xu Wei ended up walking a lot extra.
Since there was no encounter with danger, gradually, Xu Wei’s tense mood also eased.
"I think you should run out as fast as you can!"
Gu Qingqiu suggested, "Walking is too slow!"
Xu Wei actually wanted to run, but if he went alone, wouldn’t that make him cannon fodder?
"There might be a time limit, ten minutes or a quarter of an hour after you kicked that clay head off and it screamed ’I will kill you,’ then the attack will come!"
Gu Qingqiu analyzed solemnly, "So you don’t have much time left!"
"Don’t... don’t scare me!" Xu Wei stuttered, nearly in tears, he looked at Lin Baici: "God Lin, shall we walk a bit faster?"
Xu Wei was very cunning.
Unable to get close to Lin Baici because there were people around him, he moved toward Fang Mingyuan so if he encountered danger, Fang Mingyuan would be affected too, and Lin Baici, who was known for his loyalty, would likely save Fang Mingyuan, allowing him to benefit by association.
Actually, the best positions were next to Hua Yue Yu or Gu Qingqiu, but sadly he was self-aware enough to know that if he went over there, Lin Baici would definitely set him straight.
"Mingyuan, stay away from him!"
Long Miaomiao pulled on Fang Mingyuan.
Fang Mingyuan didn’t want to be near that person either.
"We are all examinees, we should look out for each other, right?"
As soon as Xu Wei spoke, suddenly, a gigantic clay figure, eight to nine meters tall and towering over twenty meters, lifted its foot without warning, stepping toward him.