"Uh..."

Yang Wei's pupils instantly dilated.

In the next moment, under Guo Shuai's shock-stricken gaze, Yang Wei's upper body slid off from his waist.

Thud.

His upper body fell heavily into the dust, while his still-twitching legs remained standing in place.

Intestines and organs, accompanied by scalding hot blood, instantly dyed the wheat field beneath his feet red.

"Old... Old Guo..."

With only half his body left, Yang Wei lay in a pool of blood, struggling to lift his head.

His eyes began to dim, but he tried hard to open his mouth.

"Run... quickly..."

"Don't look back... just run..."

After saying this, his head fell heavily to the ground, and his eyes lost their light forever.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Guo Shuai felt like his skull was about to explode.

Looking at the friend who was joking with him just a moment ago, talking about finding a doctor for skin grafting, now reduced to a pile of flesh.

Collapse.

Despair.

And an overwhelming hatred!

"Why... why didn't I realize sooner!!"

Guo Shuai roared madly in his heart, giving himself a hard slap.

"Am I useless?! Ah!!"

If he hadn't been in such a hurry to find him, if he had stayed with him all the time... Old Yang might not have died!

"Hehehe... run... run fast..."

The creature wearing Bai Lianhua's tattered skin stepped on Yang Wei's corpse, letting out a mocking laugh.

It wasn't in a hurry to eat; it seemed to enjoy the despair of its prey more.

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!!"

Guo Shuai's eyes were bloodshot, wishing he could rush up and fight it to the death.

But he knew he couldn't die.

Old Yang had bought him time with his life!

"Run!!"

The will to survive overcame his impulse, and Guo Shuai turned sharply, using all his strength to sprint into the depths of the wheat field!

He had to live!

He had to escape this damned wheat field!

He had to become stronger, then come back and tear this monster to pieces!

To avenge Old Yang, and all those who were killed here!

"Huff... huff..."

His lungs felt like they were burning, his legs like they were filled with lead.

Behind him, the sound of rapid crawling came from the wheat field.

Bai Lianhua was closing in like a spider!

"I hear you... hehe... you're running so fast..."

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The creature's voice shifted from left to right, filled with mockery.

Guo Shuai glanced at the mechanical watch on his wrist.

[23:58]

Two more minutes!

Just hold on for two more minutes, and when the time aligns, the exit will open!

"Calm down! Guo Shuai, damn it, calm down!"

Guo Shuai bit his tongue hard, using the intense pain to force himself out of anger and fear.

If he kept running blindly like this, he would be caught in less than thirty seconds!

He had to think of something!

"Weakness... what is its weakness?"

Guo Shuai's brain raced, recalling every detail of the earlier battle.

Those little scarecrows were attracted by stones...

They had no eyes!

"Sound! It's sound!"

"They can't see! They hunt by hearing!"

With this realization, he looked at his own frantic footsteps.

The sound of his steps in the silent night was the perfect guide!

"Take a gamble!"

Gritting his teeth, Guo Shuai ran while quickly unfastening the mechanical watch that had accompanied him for years.

This old mechanical watch had a worn-out movement, and the second hand made a crisp "tick-tock" sound as it moved.

In this deathly silent wheat field, it was the perfect bait!

Using all his strength, Guo Shuai threw the watch hard at a forty-five-degree angle to his right!

Whoosh!

The watch landed in the wheat rows dozens of meters away.

Thud.

The moment the watch hit the ground.

Guo Shuai lunged forward, diving into the dense wheat on his left like a swimmer!

He covered his mouth and nose tightly, pressing his body against the ground, not daring to breathe.

One second.

Two seconds.

The crawling sound behind him... stopped.

The terrifying creature halted in the middle of the path, its straw-filled head turning eerily, as if trying to discern something.

"Tick-tock... tick-tock..."

From afar, the faint ticking of the mechanical watch drifted over with the night breeze.

"Over here..."

The creature let out an excited hiss, its massive body leaping forward!

Whoosh!

A gust of foul wind swept over Guo Shuai's head!

It didn't even glance at Guo Shuai lying on the ground, heading straight for the watch!

"I guessed right!"

Guo Shuai was overjoyed.

A few seconds later, a crisp "crack" came from afar, the sound of the mechanical watch being crushed.

Then, the creature's confused roar followed.

"Not... not this..."

Guo Shuai lay motionless on the ground, eyes fixed through the gaps in the wheat at that direction.

By the moonlight, he saw a scene he would never forget.

The creature's body began to twist violently, Bai Lianhua's human skin tearing like rags.

Rip!

A gigantic scarecrow, over two meters tall with three withered wooden arms!

Emerged from the back of that skin!

This was its true form!

The terrifying scarecrow!

"Can't find... where..."

The scarecrow swung its three arms furiously, agitated by its lost target.

Guo Shuai held his breath, silently chanting in his heart: "Can't find me, can't find me..."

However.

In the next second.

The scarecrow suddenly stopped.

It raised its three arms high, making that eerie "waving" motion towards the open wheat field.

Whoosh~

The once calm night sky suddenly stirred with a chilling, strange wind.

The wind swept through the wheat field, countless stalks swaying and colliding, creating a "rustling" sound.

Tap.

A stalk of wheat bent by the wind lightly tapped Guo Shuai's back.

The sound was faint.

But at that moment, Guo Shuai felt like it was the gunshot of a death sentence!

The distant scarecrow turned its head sharply.

Its gaping mouth grinned in the direction of Guo Shuai's hiding place.

"Found! You!"

Boom!

It dropped to all fours, exploding with incredible speed, pouncing towards Guo Shuai!

Guo Shuai's pupils contracted sharply, his body turning cold.

"So that's it..."

"It's not waving to greet! It's creating wind!"

"It's using the sound of the wind for echolocation! Even if I don't move, as long as the wind passes over me, it can find me!"

This was an unsolvable deadlock!

Watching the terrifying mouth drawing closer, the deathly scythe swinging.

Guo Shuai closed his eyes in despair.

"Old Yang... I'm sorry, I still couldn't make it out..."

"I'm coming to join you."

He silently counted down to his death.

Three.

Two.

One.

...

The expected pain didn't come.

Nor did the sound of blood splattering.

Suddenly, everything went quiet, even the chilling wind seemed to stop.

"What's happening?"

Guo Shuai trembled all over, cautiously opening one eye.

In the next moment, he was stunned.

The terrifying scarecrow was now stopped less than five meters in front of him.

It didn't attack Guo Shuai.

Its eyes, which were originally just two black holes, now glowed with two glaring red lights!

That was a state of extreme alert!

It was staring intently... behind Guo Shuai.

"What... is it looking at?"

Guo Shuai stiffly turned his head, following the scarecrow's gaze.

In the wheat field behind him.

At some point, a man stood there.

He wore a black shirt, the collar slightly open, revealing a strong collarbone.

The night wind blew, rustling the hem of his shirt.

He wasn't looking at Guo Shuai, nor at the bodies on the ground.

His dark eyes calmly watched the scarecrow.

That gaze was neither fearful nor angry.

But rather...

An appreciation and scrutiny of something that belonged to him.

That innate powerful aura was even more terrifying than the three-armed monster before him!

Guo Shuai's lips trembled, tears streaming down his face.

He recognized that face.

The mute who was always silent on the bus.

"Jiang... Jiang Nan..."