Doll Survival Game - Chapter 150

Luo Yiran really couldn’t reply to messages, because right now he couldn’t move anything except his head.

Sigh.

He let out a light sigh, and the doll’s head spun around 360 degrees again to check the surroundings.

It was still pitch black, and he could only vaguely make out some collapsed office desks and chairs, and broken walls.

This was probably the monster’s stomach or belly. Everything from the Tianhong building was here, and if the black bandage puppet touched the “flesh,” it would also be corroded.

But he didn’t know what material he was made of-surprisingly, he wasn’t corroded, though he was also stuck in the flesh and couldn’t move.

Mainly, the monster kept moving, so he couldn’t break free steadily.

And because of the shaking, stones and other things here kept hitting him.

By the way, could this monster corrode cement and steel bars?

It probably could, otherwise the monster wouldn’t bother to swallow them…

Luo Yiran corrected himself-not corrode, but digest.

Another stone hit his head, along with a bit of liquid splashing up. Luo Yiran felt a bit of anger.

Could you stop moving?

Luo Yiran looked ahead expressionlessly-if it didn’t move, he could briefly release the black bandage to pull himself out.

Luckily, the item didn’t have to be taken out by tapping the holographic display; it was just that the black bandage would be “digested,” so he couldn’t take it out while the monster was thrashing about, or it might get ruined by accident. He didn’t want to use the black bandage as a disposable item.

His gaze shifted to the holographic display. Luo Yiran saw a message had come in, but unfortunately his current holographic display interface was the map, so he couldn’t check it.

Dong-

There was a sound like something bumping into something. Luo Yiran paused, and then he very quickly sensed “stillness.”

This was the first time the constantly moving monster had stopped. Luo Yiran swiftly manipulated the black bandage to pull himself out.

The moment his body was airborne, Luo Yiran retracted the black bandage, then quickly arranged the silver thread into a net as his landing point.

A muffled roar sounded, and then the monster rolled, causing the inside to churn as well.

Luo Yiran firmly fixed himself on the silver thread, and apologized to the monster in a not-too-loud, not-too-soft voice: “Sorry, I used a bit too much force.”

But the silver thread probably hadn’t pierced through the monster.

Luo Yiran thought for a moment about whether to leave first or check his surroundings. In the end, after looking down and seeing that all his clothes had been dissolved, he decided not to go out yet.

It was extremely dark around him, and almost everything on Luo Yiran’s body had been dissolved, so he could only use the faint light from the holographic display to find some papers.

Although the monster had already swallowed almost everything from Tianhong earlier, some materials protected by wall fragments hadn’t been destroyed.

After spending some time, the most important thing Luo Yiran finally found was probably a notebook, which should be the work log of Tianhong boss’s secretary or assistant. It wasn’t like a diary; it recorded more work-related things, with almost no emotional expression.

By the light of the holographic display, Luo Yiran read through all the materials he had collected so far.

During this time, he also casually “wove” a robe out of silver thread and put it on.

To avoid exposure, he used the silver thread quite thickly, which made it very uncomfortable to wear.

The doll sat on the silver thread. He turned to the last page of the notebook, his gaze drifting over the final words. Luo Yiran closed the notebook, then tossed it down below.

He listened to the sizzling sound, knowing it was the sound of it being dissolved.

Hmm, now he knew the origin of the monster.

But there was no way to change the situation.

There was another noise from outside. Luo Yiran stood up, looked at the holographic display, and happened to see the ranking list on the edge of the map changing.

Luo Yiran paused, then quickly focused on the numbers appearing after each organization on the ranking list. The interface automatically scrolled, and the scrolling speed was quite fast.

When it scrolled to the end, several organizations there turned gray, which probably meant they were eliminated.

After the interface finished scrolling, the ranking list returned to its original state, showing only the organization names and nothing else.

The whole process took less than ten seconds, and there was no prompt saying points would appear at this time.

So probably only half the players could see the points, and even among that half, only a very few could see the points for four or five organizations at this speed.

After all, it was too fast.

But the first and last ones should be the easiest to see clearly.

Only-

Luo Yiran lowered his eyes-in his case, it was the opposite. There were only five he didn’t see clearly, the last five in gray, the eliminated ones. He hadn’t looked at their organization names.

Resting his hand on his chin, Luo Yiran’s eyes flickered.

First place was an organization he’d never heard of, called [White Cube], with 345 points.

Then there was a huge gap.

Second was [Hunter], with 98 points.

Third was [Parasite], with 88 points.

And the last place, with zero points, was also an organization he’d never heard of, called [Brocade].

Their organization, [One Two Three], ranked eighteenth, with 34 points.

Pretty low, and-

Luo Yiran roughly calculated that the vast majority of those points should be Via’s.

“…”

What were the others doing?

Could it be that their whole organization was made up of parasites? All the points went to [Parasite]. Luo Yiran thought expressionlessly.

The hunter’s score was a bit low; their nature is evil, so even if they only kill NPCs, their score shouldn’t be this low.

But the game has only been going for three hours, so it’s not too unreasonable.

What’s really strange is the White Cube… Luo Yiran paused, thinking of the high-risk zone that had disappeared from the map.

Just as the thought crossed his mind, the sound of explosions suddenly rang out, growing closer.

Luo Yiran froze, a bad feeling rising in his chest. He jerked his head up and saw firelight coming from above.

“…?”

“Doll-I’m here to save you!” Via’s voice drifted in from outside, faint and indistinct.

The explosions grew louder and louder. A round bomb swung clearly past Luo Yiran, landing right at his feet.

Red light flashed. Luo Yiran fell silent: “…”

-I think you’re trying to kill me.

…

Via was covered in small wounds at the moment, all from passing through the silver thread Luo Yiran had set up. Although he had some understanding of Luo Yiran’s personality and was mentally prepared for it,

he still got hurt because monsters tried to attack him. He couldn’t focus on two things at once, so when dodging attacks, he’d get scratched by the silver thread without noticing.

But after he got near the big-mouthed monster, the other monsters stopped coming.

…

Via hung from a steel bar, looking down at the monster below, which kept exploding with loud bangs.

-This monster had just kept shrinking downward. To keep it from running off with Luo Yiran, he had no choice but to throw bombs and blow it up quickly, then see if he could dig the doll out of the pile of monster corpses.

Anyway, the doll shouldn’t be dead. Since they’re in the same organization, they’d get a notification if a member died.

The blast from the explosion blew Via’s body upward, so he took the chance to flip over and step onto the steel bar, grabbing the broken wall to keep himself from being blown away.

The explosions hadn’t stopped yet. Via silently counted the bombs he’d thrown down-there should be about three left, so three more explosions.

Counting them, he glanced at his item bar with a pang-these were good stuff, really powerful…

“…”

Via suddenly paused-wait, could he blow up Luo Yiran by accident?

Probably not… that doll should have a way to protect himself, right?

After two explosions, everything went quiet. Via curiously poked his head down-where was the last one?

He couldn’t see anything, just the monster at the bottom of the pit lying motionless, so he waited a bit. When he still didn’t hear the last explosion, he decided to go down.

Just as he leaned out, a thick silver thread suddenly shot out and, by sheer coincidence, hooked onto Via.

Via: “…?”

He realized what was happening and immediately shouted, “Hey-wait-”

But it was too late. The silver thread below yanked hard, pulling Via down.

A curse slipped out of Via’s mouth.

Four seconds later, the disheveled white-haired boy and the doll stared at each other.

Via sat on a soft lump of flesh, looking at the sticky, goo-covered doll who’d changed into a “white dress.” His first words came out with a hint of excitement: “Rescue successful!”

“…” Thinking of the bomb wrapped in countless layers of silver thread, Luo Yiran was speechless.

After a moment, Luo Yiran looked at the rope looped around Via: “How did it end up on you?”

No wonder it loosened right after pulling.

Via tore off the silver thread: “I thought you did it on purpose… your aim’s not great, huh.”

Luo Yiran didn’t reply. He looked up at the four walls at the bottom of the pit, dug out by the monster.

Via followed his gaze, then his eyes widened: “Damn!”

After that, Via’s voice dropped quickly: “What is this?!”

Luo Yiran looked at the white pupae on the wall and said, “Monster ‘seeds.'”

Via had guessed as much, but he didn’t want to believe it-those white pupae were packed densely all over the walls.

Luo Yiran’s gaze swept past a spot on the wall, where there was a very familiar game pod.

And beside the game pod was half a human corpse, the kind that had been severed.

Luo Yiran looked away-this really was beneath Tianhong.

Via noticed too and said, “Tianhong’s been destroyed so badly there’s nothing left. What do we do now?”

Luo Yiran frowned, looking at the pupae around them: “I’ve got some information. Let’s head up first.”

Via had no objections, but he took Luo Yiran’s silver thread: “Let me do it.”

The pit wasn’t shallow, but for Via, climbing up was quick.

Luo Yiran watched from above Via’s head, looking down at the big-mouthed monster’s corpse. For a moment, he wondered if the monster kept digging down, it might break through Sky City’s underground and reach below.

Via reeled in the thread, but didn’t go all the way up, afraid other monsters would see and come over: “What information did you get?”

Luo Yiran twisted his index finger, glanced up at the electric net, and frowned-the magician was no longer up there.

Via patted the top of his own head, just happening to hit the edge where Luo Yiran was sitting: “Hey? I’m asking you a question.”

Luo Yiran snapped back to himself and said, “The monsters come from the ground.”

Via was stunned.