Chapter 157

Qiao Sang was led into the observation room, while Like Ya Bao was blindfolded and taken into the escape room leading to Lost Town.

Before leaving home, Qiao Sang had told Like Ya Bao about bringing it to the escape room to play.

Knowing that it might break through its limits and become stronger, Like Ya Bao naturally had no objections; instead, it was eager to try.

The observation room was somewhat like a movie theater.

It just wasn't as large, and the lights weren't turned off.

It didn't use a custom white screen but a virtual one, which was live-streaming Like Ya Bao's movements.

There were a few people scattered inside, all of whom were Beast Tamers whose pet beasts were acting as NPCs in the escape room.

Some Beast Tamers who were worried about their pets would stay in the backstage of the escape room to accompany them, but most chose to watch from the outside.

As soon as Qiao Sang walked in, a girl in the back row stood up and waved: "Qiao Sang! Over here, over here!"

After selecting the Lost Town escape room, she had contacted Fang Fang Sisi on her phone, and sure enough, she was here.

Qiao Sang went to the seat next to Fang Fang Sisi and sat down.

"Hey, you only told me after you arrived. Were you planning to surprise me?" Fang Fang Sisi asked with a smile.

"Not at all, it was just a whim," Qiao Sang said honestly.

If Lost Town hadn't been a single-pet escape room, she might not have thought of the Cotton-Sun Jie Worm choosing this one.

Fang Fang Sisi didn't mind. She looked at Like Ya Bao on the large virtual screen and sighed: "If I'd known the Fire-Tooth Dog had an evolution that could look this handsome, let alone burning my hair, I'd have contracted one even if it burned anything else. What do you think about me contracting a Fire-Tooth Dog if I get a second page in my Beast Taming Tome later?"

After the news that the Fire-Tooth Dog could evolve into the Yanling Dog came out, those most concerned were naturally Beast Tamers who owned Fire-Tooth Dogs, as well as their friends and family.

After seeing this news, Fang Fang Sisi contacted Qiao Sang immediately and was one of the first to know that Qiao Sang's Fire-Tooth Dog was the very first one to evolve into a Yanling Dog.

Qiao Sang was silent for a long while: "You should think about it carefully. It doesn't burn hair; it burns money."

Fang Fang Sisi: "..."

Like Ya Bao on the screen had just had its blindfold removed.

The surroundings were dim, but faint red light barely illuminated the area, enough to keep it from being completely invisible.

It was just that there were gusts of eerie wind, and the shadows of objects swayed back and forth in the strange light, making the atmosphere seem somewhat gloomy.

As a Fire-type pet beast, Like Ya Bao had a natural constitution for staying warm, so it didn't feel cold.

Looking at the only passage in front of it, Like Ya Bao's wind-catching ears twitched, and without hesitation, it walked straight ahead.

Suddenly, something rolled over, making a loud noise in the quiet space.

Like Ya Bao didn't look down to pay attention and continued walking forward.

The staff member in the monitoring room was stunned and directed into the intercom: "Bite its leg."

"This is a Doppelganger Puppet. Most pet beasts that come to play in this escape room are scared out of their wits by it. My Cotton-Sun Jie Worm usually won't even move if I tell it to exercise, but as soon as it hit this escape room and ran into this, it immediately performed a 100-meter dash," Fang Fang Sisi said, looking at Like Ya Bao on the screen with a smile. "But the Yanling Dog is a Fire-type pet beast after all, and it has a bad temper. Do you think it will just burn the Doppelganger Puppet directly?"

"It's possible," Qiao Sang replied.

Escape rooms for pet beasts are different from those for humans; they can use various skills to deal with levels and NPCs.

Depending on the pet beast's level, the escape room will also set up levels of varying difficulty.

This shop wasn't large, but it still had escape rooms set up for intermediate pet beasts, as most Beast Tamers can cultivate them as long as they are willing to put in the effort.

If she wanted Like Ya Bao to break through its fear, it definitely couldn't be scared into running around everywhere; it had to face it head-on.

In the escape room, under the dim light, a head with fangs and covered in hair heard the voice in the intercom, opened its eyes, opened its mouth, and lunged fiercely at the red-and-white figure not far ahead.

However, just as it was about to bite, the red-and-white figure's right hind leg suddenly kicked backward, accurately hitting it in the face and kicking it several meters away.

"Mo-mo!"

Accompanied by a scream, the head rolled several times, saw stars, lost a fake tooth, and a clump of the low-quality hair stuck to its head fell off.

The staff member in the monitoring room was stunned for a long while, then came to his senses and shouted into the intercom: "Number 2, get ready! Number 2, get ready! The player is coming over now."

Observation room.

Fang Fang Sisi looked at the scene on the screen with wide eyes and said in disbelief: "Holy crap, are all Fire-type pet beasts this brave? And how did it kick so accurately? Does it have an omniscient perspective?"

Qiao Sang was also a bit confused; this wasn't quite what she had imagined...

Like Ya Bao walked forward with a conflicted expression. In the dimness, its footsteps were exceptionally clear, and there were... voices.

"Number 2, get ready! Number 2, get ready! The player is coming over now."

"Received, received."

"I heard the pet beast playing this time is the legendary Yanling Dog. What do you think if I go ask its Beast Tamer for a group photo after it's done playing?"

"Sure, let's go together later."

"Is the Doppelganger Puppet okay? It still has to go on stage later."

"It's fine, its body and limbs are already prepared over there."

"Gui-gui!"

"Yuan-Ghost Ball, don't be impatient. I'll take you out to eat after this escape room is done."

"..."

The dense voices kept entering Like Ya Bao's ears, making it very conflicted.

What happened to the scary silence?

The Doppelganger Puppet from just now was the same; someone spoke to give a warning before it acted, and they spoke so loudly. How was it supposed to be scared, how was it supposed to break through and become stronger?

Like Ya Bao was conflicted for a while, remembered its Beast Tamer's words, and then remembered the horror movies it had seen, its expression becoming firm again.

Its Beast Tamer had said there were many Ghost-type extraordinary creatures in here, so it couldn't be careless!

"Ya!"

Like Ya Bao cheered itself on and continued walking forward.

At the end of the passage, the scene changed drastically.

What came into view was a town street shrouded in purple mist. The surrounding houses were dilapidated, and coupled with the occasional mournful cries of crows, it seemed very eerie and terrifying.

The door of the passage behind it closed automatically and slowly.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and a house not far away was slammed open. A woman covered in blood ran out in a panic.

When she saw Like Ya Bao, her eyes lit up, and she ran over frantically. Just as she was about to reach it, she seemed to trip and fell to the ground.

"Save me, save... me, please! Take me away! I don't want to die! Please!"

The woman's voice carried a crying tone and pleading, as if she regarded Like Ya Bao as her only salvation.

She didn't crawl up, but just stretched out a hand covered in blood toward Like Ya Bao.

"Ya..."

Like Ya Bao looked at the human in front of it, slightly dazed. Although it had heard the voices just now, she acted as if it were real...

The next second, black viscous liquid suddenly appeared on the ground where the woman was, wrapping her firmly from bottom to top.

"Save..."

Before the woman could finish her sentence, the black liquid took her and seeped into the ground, disappearing before its eyes.

Like Ya Bao stood where it was, feeling a bit distressed.

The acting was great, the scene was terrifying, it would have been even better without those voices.

"Awesome, Number 2! You're acting more and more like the real thing."

"If you repeated these lines and actions a dozen times every day, you could too... Speaking of which, did Black-Black Mud not brush its teeth today? Why does it feel like it has bad breath?"

"Black Mud! Black Mud!"