A man seized the opportunity and dodged to the side.
This feeling was like dodging oncoming cars on the highway, but before he could feel relieved, the huge stone unexpectedly changed direction without warning.
The man, who had already slowed down, changed his expression dramatically; he attempted to dodge again, but it was too late.
The gigantic stone rolled over him.
As blood and flesh splattered, a shriveled human skin was left behind, the man’s face imprinted on the boulder.
"Be careful, the pattern of the stone’s rolling has changed!"
Lin Baici shouted loudly.
This time, the stone’s rolling was not in a straight line, but during the roll, it would suddenly change direction, significantly increasing the difficulty for everyone to dodge.
A dozen or so unlucky souls were crushed to death.
The man with the eagle-hooked nose, who had just been woken up by the group, opened his eyes only to see a giant stone rolling over him.
Eagle-hooked nose tumbled to the side, and then the boulder crushed his legs.
Eagle-hooked nose screamed.
After a chaotic uproar, the massive stones stopped rolling again and remained on the outskirts, watching the crowd.
Lin Baici looked down at his watch.
That was the duration of the stone’s rolling.
Once more, the sound of cracking echoed from the ceiling, followed by the clatter of falling stones.
Ignoring their pain, everyone covered their heads with their hands, looking up in search of coins.
Cai Wenqi already had a coin, but she still actively searched for more. This behavior significantly improved Lin Baici’s impression of her.
Eagle-hooked nose wailed.
His legs, pressed flat onto the ground like a decal, didn’t bleed much due to the lack of wounds, but he was stuck to the floor, unable to move.
"Xiao Bai, how long is this rule contamination supposed to last?"
Hua Yue Yu whispered, "Can we leave once we get the coins?"
Lin Baici prepared to leave the crowd but was pulled back by Kim Myungjin.
Kim Myungjin didn’t want to be a mere bystander. She was up for doing cannon fodder work.
After saying this, she didn’t give Lin Baici a chance to object and ran towards the edge of the crowd.
Lin Baici followed, ready to rescue at any moment.
Kim Myungjin felt warmth in her heart.
As soon as the Goryeo girl left the crowd, the two stones closest to her immediately started rolling in her direction.
Lin Baici shouted urgently.
"It seems it won’t work!"
Kim Myungjin frowned.
Some started arguing over the coin, and then began fighting, turning into a scuffle.
Lin Baici glanced over. He wouldn’t intervene in such disputes over unclear ownership; it was down to personal strength.
"Handsome, he stole my coin!"
A girl cried out for help, calling over to Lin Baici,
Lin Baici looked over.
The youth in a hoodie standing next to her, like a student under the glare of a bully, tensed up completely.
The hoodie-wearing youth’s head rattled like a tambourine. Before Lin Baici could say anything, he threw the coin to the girl, not forgetting to explain to Lin Baici.
"It was indeed me who got it first!"
"Nonsense, I was the first to see it!"
The crying girl, seeing the boy concede, suddenly grew bolder.
"Right, you saw it first, but I got it first!"
The hoodie-wearing boy defended himself, wary of how badly the self-proclaimed fighting champion had been beaten; he didn’t want to be pummeled by Lin Baici.
In truth, he had only managed to get the coin before the crying girl because he ran faster. Since he also felt guilty, he would not have relinquished the coin otherwise.
"Handsome, please decide for me!"
"Young man, I was the first one to see the coin!"
Another two people argued over a coin. They didn’t fight physically but hoped Lin Baici would settle it.
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Lin Baici was speechless.
He hadn’t seen what had happened, so he couldn’t deliver a fair judgment in their word-against-word conflict. Honestly, Lin Baici didn’t have time for this; he needed to figure out how to escape his own predicament.
The woman in the red windbreaker and the young man also found coins and came down safely.
"They must be God Hunters!"
Lin Baici conjectured.
Five minutes passed, and the stones started rolling again, but this time, they didn’t just suddenly change direction while rolling in a straight line; they began moving irregularly.
It was like a cue ball struck with full force.
No pattern, just rolling randomly.
This was going to be a problem.
People could no longer predict the trajectory of the stones and had to rely on split-second reactions.
A pair of middle-aged women, seeing a stone rolling towards them, were so frightened their legs turned to jelly, and they stumbled forward.
One of them, less agile, tripped and fell. The other, not waiting for her, darted sideways and ran off.
"Don’t leave me behind!"
The fallen woman cried out to her bestie. Just when she thought she was going to die, the stone suddenly veered, catching up with her friend instead, rolling over her.
A stretched skin was left behind, and some blood splattered on the fallen woman’s face.
She became catatonic.
So this is what her bestie’s blood felt like, so warm, so viscous.
A stone rolled past the eagle-hooked nose. He didn’t die; whether that was lucky or not was debatable, for with such injuries, survival was impossible.
Now, every extra second was an added torment.
The seven irregularly rolling stones created a formidable commotion.