Chapter 3192: Intelligence Aspect

The lock disk on the giant wall turned slowly. Even if no survivor came to correct it, the lock disk had a certain probability of correcting itself, but this probability was lower than winning the jackpot in the lottery.

Under the low wall more than 100 meters away, Morey, Moon Apostle, and Lilim lay here. They were in a high-tier concealment state. As survivors, they could see each other. This was the advantage of the survivor side.

Morey had tears in her eyes. She felt she was reaching her limit. If she had known about this, she would never have drunk so much Life Fountain.

Compared to Morey, Moon Apostle on the side was much calmer. She was adjusting her breathing frequency.

Lilim on the right side of the two looked puzzled. She hadn't figured out what happened to her two allies suddenly. One had a green face, and the other was breathing and exhaling?

This puzzle didn't last long. When Lilim looked at Moon Apostle, she understood.

"I can't do it anymore, I'm going to explode."

Morey spoke in a very low voice, low enough that only Moon Apostle and Lilim could hear. The Nightmare body wasn't like the main bodies of a group of people, possessing strong hearing, vision, perception, etc.

"Persist, for the sake of friendship, persist."

Moon Apostle also spoke in a low voice, her neat little white teeth biting tightly.

"Although friendship is important, I can't persist anymore."

"You deserve it. Who told you to come up with that bad idea, drinking Life Fountain."

"Didn't you drink it too."

"It's all your pot."

Moon Apostle also had tears in her eyes. She had one part fear, two parts nervousness, and seven parts shame in her heart.

"It's not my pot, it's yours."

"Yours, yours, your whole family is carrying the pot, your whole family is a turtle immortal, woo~, I really can't do it anymore."

Moon Apostle and Morey began to interact in friendship, and the Apocalypse sisters were downgraded to plastic sisters.

"Hahahaha~"

Lil

"Lilim, keep your voice down, keep it down."

"Hahaha, I can't take it anymore, I can't hold it back. One nightmare avatar, so be it if it dies. Hahahaha, are you two here to be funny? The Bladder Sisters, hahaha..."

In such a serious situation, Lilim usually wouldn't laugh unless she couldn't help it. In reality, she intended to die on purpose this time. Someone had to lure the Fate Hunter away; those two little sisters were about to wet themselves and couldn't run fast at all. Lilim knew she was the only one who could do it, and she only hoped that when her nightmare body died, the sensation of death wouldn't be too realistic.

"You succubus, fine, let's do this."

Morey leaped up from the ground and stepped onto the low wall, her short pink hair flying, looking heroic and spirited.

"Axe-man, if you've got the guts, come and chase me! Ptooey!"

After Morey taunted him, she turned and ran. The moment she turned, a killing intent that made the hair on her body stand on end surged toward her, soaking her base layer in sweat.

Morey bolted, and footsteps approached rapidly from behind her.

Su Xiao rushed down from a pile of rubble. The reason he had been guarding here was that he suspected Morey and the others hadn't gone far. He had also confirmed one thing: the survivors possessed a powerful stealth ability.

When he was hunting the female spellcaster, Luoxi, earlier, she had suddenly vanished, which had given Su Xiao a vague idea. Later, when he encountered Tianyu, he witnessed the other party's stealth ability.

Now that he had encountered Morey and the others again, Su Xiao was certain that all survivors possessed this stealth ability. This ability must have some drawback; otherwise, the game wouldn't be playable, and the hunter would definitely lose.

Su Xiao speculated that after using this stealth ability, the survivors' movement speed was likely drastically reduced, or they might even be unable to move at all. Alternatively, the ability had a cooldown and a limited duration.

Su Xiao had now confirmed that survivors could not move after entering the stealth state; they would be exposed the moment they moved, just like Morey right now.

Su Xiao strode toward Morey. Before he vaulted over a low wall, the ground beneath his feet suddenly became very soft and rose slightly into the air.

Su Xiao stumbled twice. After steadying himself, he raised his hand and swung his axe at the spot he had just stepped on. Someone was there; he had just stepped on them.

With a bang, the hunting axe sank into the stone slab, sending stone chips flying. A figure was in the middle of a backward leap, and a bloodstain could be seen on her shoulder—it was Lilim.

Lilim was speechless. Su Xiao's step just now had almost knocked the wind out of her. As the Fate Hunter, Su Xiao's strength was too great; with Lilim's current 30 points of stamina, it was pure luck that her ribs hadn't been crushed.

"Morey, you won't get far, I have a chance..."

Lilim's words were only half-finished when a crisp 'clang' sounded. A pebble hit Su Xiao's metal mask—it was Morey.

Su Xiao turned his gaze toward Morey. Morey raised both hands, extended two slender middle fingers, and said with a smile:

"Come on, let me show you the power of a Battle Angel."

Morey was full of confidence. The next second, she did a full split, lowering her body height.

Boom.

The hunting axe cleaved into the wall behind Morey. She swallowed hard; this was truly too stimulating.

Morey got up and fled in a less-than-graceful posture. She stopped after running several hundred meters. This was a large house; the front door had been removed, and there were many compartments inside. The doors and windows of the compartments had all been dismantled, leaving only rectangular openings.

Including the second floor, this house was at least a thousand square meters, with a complex environment inside, including stairs, landings, compartments, and short corridors.

Morey stood in the central hall on the first floor of the house, on a stone platform, doing stretching exercises like gymnastics. Today, she, Morey, a Battle Angel of the Apocalypse Paradise, was going to show off against the Fate Hunter here.

"Come!"

After Morey stomped her foot, she crouched down, her eyes fixed on Su Xiao as he walked in through the front door. It had to be said that Morey was a very loyal girl; facing that certain-death situation earlier, she had taken the initiative to jump up and attract the enemy, winning a chance for her teammates.

"..."

Su Xiao stopped and punched the stone wall beside him. A square section of the wall suddenly caved in.

Boom.

The front and back doors of the house, as well as all the windows, were sealed by falling iron shutters. Morey didn't know that this house had a pleasant name: the House of Mandalas. In many places, the mandala flower represented despair and pain.

Morey, who had been preparing to show off against Su Xiao, stood dumbfounded. Her mind had just been full of flashy maneuvers, such as running in circles, jumping out of windows, or jumping off the building.

"You, don't come over here, I'm very good at fighting, yamete~"

Morey resisted for less than seven seconds before Su Xiao kicked her into a corner, unable to move.

Su Xiao looked at Morey, who was curled up in the corner, and aimed at her neck. Just as he was about to remove Morey's head with an axe, he thought: Why kill this clown? What is the benefit?

If he killed Morey now, she still had two nightmare bodies. In a few minutes, this clown would emerge from the Spawn Plaza and be able to move freely. As for killing Morey three times, that was difficult.

Su Xiao estimated that to get rid of Morey forever, he would have to kill her at least three times to potentially cause her sanity to drop below 1 point, making her die forever in the Painted World. Undoubtedly, doing this would take a considerable amount of time.

Since killing her wasn't effective, why not capture Morey? It would keep her from dying and prevent her from continuing to search for the lock plates. If he really wanted to slaughter her, he could do it in other inner painted worlds more efficiently.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao pulled a chain from his clothing. The chain was about as thick as a little finger, with a sharp spike at one end.

"What are you doing? I won't give in! Wait... wait, help!!"

Amidst Morey's shouting and struggling, the chain pierced through her arms one after another and then wound them together. Although this person kept screaming, she never begged for mercy.

The hunting axe flipped in Su Xiao's hand. He used the back of the axe to strike Morey's two lower legs once each. Morey unlocked the "broken legs" achievement once again.

Ten minutes later, beneath the giant wall, a metal rod as thick as an arm was nailed into the wall surface, five meters above the ground. Morey was hung upside down on it, with a leather mask tied over the lower half of her face. The thing stuffed in her mouth made it impossible for her to scream, only allowing for muffled "woo woo woo~" sounds.

Morey twisted left and right like a caterpillar. Not far from her was the No. 2 lock plate.

Behind a low wall a hundred meters away, the Moon Apostle and Lilim were watching Morey, both with expressions of sorrow.

"This is a trap."

"Although it's a trap, if the Fate Hunter's intelligence isn't high, we have a chance."

The Moon Apostle's words made Lilim hesitate. Of the three, Morey unlocked the plates the fastest because Morey had strong observational skills. Don't forget, Morey was a Battle Angel, a Battle Angel who had killed over a hundred rule-breakers. Although she was a bit of a clown, her comprehensive strength was high.

When Morey had just been promoted to the Eighth Tier, she was able to lead the Eighth Tier contractors of the Apocalypse Paradise to reap benefits, which showed her strength. As long as she wasn't going head-to-head with Su Xiao, Morey was actually not weak at all.

"The Fate Hunter's intelligence... is hard to determine."

Lilim wanted to play it safe and leave Morey behind. Dying once in the Nightmare World was not an unacceptable thing.

"I'm certain that the axe-man's intelligence isn't high. Think about it, the axe-man crushes us in many aspects. Except for the rapid turning being a weakness, everything else is too strong. If his intelligence were high, there would be no point in playing. When the time comes, we can report this Fate Hunter to the Void Tree."

"Re... report?"

Lilim felt that her strange knowledge had increased.

"Yeah, report to the Void Tree. I've reported before; I reported Bai Ye of the Samsara Paradise, and the report was successful. He's also in the Painted World this time. Oh, right, this matter must be kept secret."

"Uh~"

Lilim was speechless for a moment. She discovered that Su Xiao's reputation in the various paradises was not very good.

"In any case, let's try to save Morey. At most, you or I will lose a life. Lilim, you lure the Fate Hunter away, and I'll go save Morey. If I can't save her, as a good sister, I'll break her neck so she can respawn."

"Okay."

"Let's go."

The Moon Apostle and Lilim rushed out simultaneously. Lilim flicked her arm, and a pebble flew out. Before the stone could hit Su Xiao's head, he caught it in his hand with a 'snap'.

An 'angry' panting sound came from under Su Xiao's metal mask. He chased after Lilim, carrying the hunting axe like an enraged beast.

Seeing this scene, the Moon Apostle was overjoyed. She ran toward the upside-down Morey—5 meters, 4 meters, 3 meters. The Moon Apostle looked at Morey, who was facing the wall while hanging upside down, and thought silently: 'Good sister, I'm here to save you, don't be afraid.'

Just when the Moon Apostle was only three meters away from Morey, she suddenly felt her foot step on a hard object. It seemed to be a protruding metal corner. She guessed what it was, and her pupils constricted violently. Unfortunately, it was too late; a crisp sound came from under her feet.

Click!