Chapter 217

Seeing teammates again, seeing cooperation again

The mouse was stunned.

It didn't expect that as soon as it drilled out, it would be met with a flash of sharp silver light.

At this time, looking from the tip of the knife to the end, after seeing clearly that the person holding the knife was a knight...

Hmm? Wait!

Why is this knight wearing a prisoner helmet!?

The mouse's two green-bean-sized eyes widened round; it looked at the "teammate" in front of it who could cause its death at any time in disbelief, and excitedly raised its claws.

But just as it raised its claws, Cheng Shi used another scalpel to knock its claws down.

"If I were you, I wouldn't move around; next time, this strike won't be on your claws, but on your head.

Pay attention, my good teammate, Mr. Beast Tamer."

"......?"

The mouse was stunned again; it squeaked anxiously twice, seemingly wanting to say something, but how could a mouse speak human language? So it wanted to raise its claws to gesture, but just as its claws were raised halfway, it silently put them back down.

Nothing else, just afraid of death.

Cheng Shi watched it raise its claws again, and the scalpel in his hand moved forward, directly poking into its fur, squeezing a small drop of fresh blood from under the skin.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

Seeing the mouse's anxious look, Cheng Shi frowned.

He knew that Beast Tamers have the Beast Language talent, but he wasn't sure if a Beast Tamer who had turned into a beast had the talent to speak human language, so he stared at the mouse stamping its feet in front of him for a moment, and suddenly asked:

"You are not Su Wu?"

The mouse nodded like a garlic masher!

"You are Li Yi?"

The garlic masher mashed even more fiercely!

"......"

Damn, Li Yi is a Beast Tamer?

No, he is indeed a magician; although that purification card looked a bit problematic, that honesty card should be fine, so how did Li Yi turn into a mouse?

Cheng Shi frowned and thought about it, but couldn't figure it out; the little mouse looked at Cheng Shi in confusion, squeaking anxiously.

It stretched out its claws and pointed to the ground; Cheng Shi saw this and raised his eyebrows with a smile: "You only have one chance."

The mouse nodded and carefully wrote a few Chinese characters the size of fingernails on the ground with its toes.

"I am Li Yi, Soul Parasitism."

So that's it!

Cheng Shi suddenly realized; it turns out those so-called "purification cards" in Li Yi's hands were not purification cards at all, but Soul Parasitism cards originating from a Necromancer!

No wonder the "Light of Purification" on that card face was green; because that wasn't the Light of Purification, but the Light of Soul Parasitism.

However, Li Yi didn't lie either; the 【Death】 talent of Soul Parasitism does indeed purify the host's low-level negative effects before parasitism, making it easier for his own soul to occupy the magpie's nest.

So that was Li Yi's plan; he never thought about swapping himself with other prisoners, but was waiting for someone to die so he could occupy their corpse, and then, like Gao San, escape through death.

But this explosion probably killed his target group... no, it's also possible they were rotten, so he had no choice but to parasitize that dead mouse.

This also explains one thing, which is that the explosion wasn't his doing.

Interesting.

The plan was well thought out, but there is one point...

Cheng Shi's eyes narrowed, he pushed the knife in his hand forward, and snorted coldly:

"Why should I believe you?"

"......"

The mouse stood stunned on the spot; it thought for a long time, and then wrote a few words with its claws.

"Help me find a corpse, I can change back."

After writing, it cautiously tore open a small tuft of fur under its belly, and there was a slightly glowing miniature version of a Soul Parasitism card hidden there.

It really is Li Yi.

To be honest, Cheng Shi's impression of Li Yi is much better than Su Wu's; he can't say where this good feeling comes from, but he just looks pleasing to the eye, even though both of these teammates have faces that can't be seen under the prisoner helmet.

Perhaps because Li Yi is more like the magician in his imagination?

"So, you are begging me?" Cheng Shi laughed.

Li Yi hesitated for a long time and wrote two words: "Cooperation."

"Tsk, are you kidding me, brother?

You are just a mouse now, why should you cooperate with me."

Cheng Shi didn't refuse, nor did he accept, and this attitude usually represents only one demand, which is:

Need to add money.

Li Yi pondered for a moment and offered his price; he wrote:

"I know the way out, it's right below; there is an unfinished sewer connecting to another space, which has a very high probability of allowing us to escape the predicament."

Space is limited; in order to express clearly, the mouse had to write and erase, but before he finished writing, Cheng Shi was happy.

"Oh, is that so; then does that mean as long as I dig along the traces you came from, I can escape?"

"......" The mouse stiffly stopped its writing claws.

"Keep writing, why stop; did I guess right?

You wouldn't doubt my stamina, would you? You know I am a clown who possesses 'Lies like Yesterday', and I also stole the 【War】 faith and became a supervisor; as long as you give me enough time, my healing and potion inventory are enough for me to dig through the Continent of Hope.

At this time, what use are you?"

The mouse stared at Cheng Shi with flickering eyes for a long while, and then wrote four words on the ground:

"Master of Deception."

"......"

Now it was Cheng Shi's turn to be stiff; his smile froze on his face.

Careless...

Was deceived by the mouse's small appearance...

What's going on?

Has Master of Deception become standard for liars?

Why is it that every liar I meet today has Master of Deception?

If you had it, you should have said so earlier; waiting to see me make a fool of myself, right?

Hehe, me, the clown.

Cheng Shi grinned, made his stiff smile even bigger, and then knocked the hilt of his knife on Li Yi's mouse head, instantly knocking him dizzy.

"This is the punishment for being dishonest with me, happy cooperation."

"......"

I hope this isn't your embarrassment and anger, Li Yi thought to himself, one claw holding his head, one claw reaching out toward Cheng Shi.

Cheng Shi was stunned; he didn't reach out, but just handed the tip of the knife over.

The mouse claw grabbed onto the back of the knife and shook it solemnly.

"Are magicians all so focused on a sense of ritual?"

The mouse nodded heavily.

Cheng Shi shook his head and laughed:

"Alright, the content of the cooperation is that you lead me to find the way out, and you need to act as an external 'Master of Deception' for me for a period of time; when someone lies, I hope you don't lie to me.

And I...

Will let you go at the right time and find you a corpse that can be parasitized, how about that?

Very good, it seems you agree, then let's do it this way; I happen to have a mouse cage...

What kind of look is that?

We are partners now, you have to believe me; am I the kind of person who abuses team... animals?"

"Clang—"

Li Yi was locked into the mouse cage while completely unable to resist.

"......"

His claws grabbed the bars of the cage, and that shocked look seemed to make him remember the moment the trial began.

Only this time, there was no prisoner helmet on his head.

"Sigh, you say, if I use a Soul Parasitism card like you, can I take this helmet off?"

"......"

Li Yi sighed and accepted his fate.

He nodded and used his sharp nails to carve two more words on the bottom of the cage:

"Cooperation."

The meaning is very clear; when he recovers his true body, he can naturally help Cheng Shi get rid of this troublesome helmet.

Cheng Shi nodded with a smile and then hung the mouse cage on his waist.

"Hold on tight, the Warrior-class shield machine is about to start digging!"