“Guest, please come in.”
The Pincer Monster, with its large head and thin body, walked in, its footsteps tapping. It walked straight to Bai Youwei, sat down as it had last time, then raised its head and opened its wide mouth!
Clang!
Last time, its mouth was filled with dense fleshy suckers; this time, it was full of iron nails.
The nails stood upright in its mouth, glistening with oily saliva, incredibly sharp!
Bai Youwei frowned and looked.
There were still dozens of fleshy suckers in the monster's mouth that hadn't been filled, constantly contracting, a nauseating sight.
Fortunately, Su Man had already filled most of them; otherwise, if they were all crammed together, she might have died on the spot from trypophobia.
The Pincer Monster held its mouth wide open, motionless, like the children's toy "Shark Teeth"—one wrong move, and the shark would bite your finger.
Bai Youwei took a nail and placed it in the Pincer Monster's mouth. The sucker quickly absorbed the nail, becoming one with it.
Some suckers were exceptionally small, and with their constant contraction, they were difficult to spot.
She held her breath, slowly placing the nails while silently counting…
38 nails, fewer and fewer; the Pincer Monster's mouth, fuller and fuller.
Bai Youwei's expression gradually changed.
She repeatedly looked at the monster's mouth and the nails in her hand, her brow furrowed, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on her forehead.
Shen Mo was the first to notice something was wrong. He asked, “Are there not enough nails?”
“…Not enough.” Bai Youwei continued to slow down her movements, biting her lip as she said, “Still missing…4 nails.”
As her voice fell, everyone's nerves tightened!
“How can there still be some missing?!” Li Li couldn’t believe it. “We counted! We were missing at most 38 nails! We found exactly 38! How can it not be enough?!”
“It should be 42…” Bai Youwei said in a deep voice. “On the outermost sides of the upper and lower teeth, there are 4 more small suckers…very small. I only just noticed them.”
“Slow down!” Yan Qingwen immediately said. “Li Li, Zhu Shu! Quickly check the wheelchair to see if there are any more nails we can remove!”
Everyone panicked!
Li Li and Zhu Shu hurriedly searched the wheelchair parts. Cheng Laoshi and Pan Xiaoxin also joined in the search!
The crystal ball on the ground didn't expect this situation. It was startled, then burst into laughter!
“Didn’t expect this, did you?! Didn't expect this?! Even if you dismantle the wheelchair, it’s still not enough! From the moment you abandoned that boat, you were destined to lose! Destined to die in autumn!!! This is the consequence of your arrogance!”
The crystal ball flew into the air, singing victoriously:
“Foolishness and ignorance are not the biggest obstacles to survival, arrogance is! Just wait for death, humans! Wahahahaha!…”
Bai Youwei tightly pursed her lips.
The rumbling sound in the Pincer Monster's throat continued, as if dissatisfied with the speed at which she was installing its teeth.
Another nail was enveloped by a sucker.
She only had five nails left in her hand, and Yan Qingwen still hadn't found anything.
Bai Youwei picked up the fourth-to-last nail and slowly placed it in the monster's mouth.
Her heart was in her throat.
Sweat dripped down her face.
She clenched her damp palms and said to Shen Mo, “Tell them to stop searching. Go upstairs, find a place to hide…”
Shen Mo nodded and asked her, “Do you have the puzzle piece?”
“Yes,” she replied. “Don’t worry.”
She had a puzzle piece to save her life.
But what about Shen Mo?
His puzzle piece had been used during Truth or Dare! With his personality, he would never snatch someone else's puzzle piece!
Bai Youwei bit her lip, every cell in her brain racing! She was thinking of a way, a way to survive! A way to clear the stage!
Where were the missing nails?!
Was the game really giving them no way out?!