"Why did they have to be exterminated?" Xiang Beifei inquired.
"Are you joking? The very existence of their entire species was to nurture the Puppet Child. When the time was ripe, if not harvested, then why keep them?" Lei Chadao retorted.
Xiang Beifei frowned deeply, then turned his head to look at Youmong, who had been hiding in his chest all along. Youmong was always filled with dread towards the Brain Hole people and hadn't moved for a long while.
"So, was Lord Zhe also going to do this?" Xiang Beifei thought of Broken Throat.
"Yes, exactly the same. The existence of those Youmeng was also for nurturing the Puppet Child, but it seems like there was a problem with the Puppet Child over at Lord Zhe's side. Speaking of which, don't you already know all this? Why are you still asking me?" Lei Chadao said.
"Strange," Xiang Beifei remarked.
Broken Throat and his Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage had exterminated the Youmeng, whereas Brain Hole was leading this group of Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage here to search for the unknown species' Puppet Child.
What did this Puppet Child mean to the "Demon God" in the mouths of the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage?
At this moment, another Ghostly Visage approached Xiang Beifei, speaking incoherently, "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I—don't want! To die!"
You fool, can't you speak human language properly?
Xiang Beifei had always been puzzled why some Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage could speak human language completely when parasitizing a person, while others could only repeat what a person said before death. He didn't know whether it was because of a mismatch with the body or a lack of intelligence that prevented them from acquiring their host's linguistic abilities.
Most importantly, Xiang Beifei couldn't understand a word these people said!
Strictly speaking, what they were saying was human language, but because they couldn't speak completely, they used the intonation of human speech to express their own language, much like Youmong's daily pronunciation of the words "You" and "Youmeng." If he didn't grasp their intonation, Xiang Beifei wouldn't be able to understand them.
This "I don't want to die" seemed to consider Xiang Beifei a comrade and clearly intended to say something to Xiang Beifei, which caused him quite a headache.
Xiang Beifei was pondering how to respond to this "I don't want to die," but just then, a scream suddenly came from the opposite side, "Ah..."
This "Ah" attracted all the attention of the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage, and he wondered if it was another Ghostly Visage's way of speaking. However, at that moment, he suddenly glimpsed many purple lights flashing beneath the floor, converging under the feet of the "Ah."
Soon after, the floor slabs cracked open, and the "Ah" disappeared into the darkness!
Lei Chadao's face changed color; he quickly ran towards the place where Le Tou had made the sound. However, by the time they arrived at Le Tou's position, Le Tou had already vanished.
"What happened? How could Le Tou have disappeared?" Brain Hole asked in a deep voice.
"I don't know, I never saw where he was standing," the blue-faced woman said. Everyone had been spreading out to look for the so-called Puppet Child, and no one was paying attention to anyone else.
This group of Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage couldn't see the purple eyes in the dark and had no idea that danger was right beside them.
Xiang Beifei didn't offer a warning; he needed to observe quietly and just ensure his own safety.
Brain Hole inquired from the others, "Have you found anything?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"Keep looking!" Brain Hole commanded.
Everyone quickly dispersed, beginning to search the room.
Xiang Beifei took a few steps, then suddenly heard several faint sounds. Turning his head, he saw that the stone slabs near the entrance had started to float up, covering the original entrance like pieces of a puzzle.
The entrance had disappeared!
Xiang Beifei immediately ran over and pushed against the stone slabs that were blocking the entrance, only to find that they wouldn't budge.
He looked through the cracks of the stone slabs toward the stairway he had come through, but the stairway had vanished. The stone slabs that had formed the stairs were now moving, rearranging like building blocks into a different pattern, weaving into each other, and soon all he could see was a wall.
"These moving stone slabs, are they being controlled?"
Xiang Beifei frowned deeply as he looked around the dark room. It wasn't a sealed room, yet it was eerie in every corner.
It seemed like a grand palace constructed from mechanical stone slabs, for since the stone slabs could move, they could form a secret passage or a hidden chamber at any moment.
Shasha! Shasha! Shasha!
The soft sounds of friction rose, and Xiang Beifei squatted down to look into the cracks of the stone slabs down below. He quickly saw Le Tou's body underneath the slabs, apparently being dragged by something. Le Tou was still moving, his mouth wide open, as if trying to call for help, but his mouth was stuffed with purple light, rendering him silent.
At that moment, the stone slabs below moved again, quickly blocking the view of him.
"There's an exit here, I don't know if Le Tou went this way," said the blue-faced woman on the other side.
Everyone immediately ran toward her, and upon entering the passage, Brain Hole spoke in a low voice, "Stay alert, something's not right here."
They continued along the passage, and in the darkness, no one could see what lay ahead. They hadn't run far when the stone slabs on the ground began to drift again, quickly separating them from each other.
"The stone slabs here move! Get closer!"
Brain Hole shouted, his quick reflexes allowing him to jump onto the same slab as Xiang Beifei, standing together. The blue-faced woman tried to jump over too but was sent flying by the moving stone slabs.
The blue-faced woman fell onto another stone slab three meters away, grabbing onto it, flipping up and landing on it. But before she could steady herself—
Several streaks of purple cold light flashed before her, piercing right through the blue-faced woman's body!
The blue-faced woman's eyes widened in shock. Her body twitched slightly as if trying to resist, but the moment she moved, her head rolled off, and her thighs were severed. Her body was sliced into seven or eight pieces.
The weirdest part was that the black tentacles inside of her couldn't even extend before she lost all signs of life!
Everything happened so suddenly that nobody, except Xiang Beifei, saw it. Even Brain Hole, who was standing beside Xiang Beifei, didn't notice as he kept calling for the other Ghost Mustaches of Remnant Visage to quickly regroup.
But in the blink of an eye, all of the Ghost Mustaches had been scattered.
There were just various moving stone slabs in the air, as if all the passages and walls had disassembled and started to dance chaotically.
"Damn! The holy relic of Fubei here is beyond our expectations, we need to leave," Brain Hole said gravely.
At that moment, several more streaks of purple cold light flashed towards them through the air, aiming at Brain Hole and Xiang Beifei. Brain Hole, quicker than anyone else, leaped into the air, landing precisely on the stone slab where Lei Chadao was.
Xiang Beifei also ducked, avoiding the purple cold light, and then jumped to another side. But Lei Chadao wasn't so lucky. He screamed as the purple light split him vertically down the forehead, cleaving him in two.
"Damn! Everyone, come here."
Black tentacles surged from Brain Hole's body, curling toward Xiang Beifei, attempting to pull him over. However, as soon as his tentacles touched Xiang Beifei, he suddenly recoiled in shock, bellowing, "You're not Piercing Stone, who are you!"