Don't provoke mentally ill people in the infinite flow genre!

The final mission location that Yi Zanglan referred to was an abandoned theater located on the east side of the town. The theater's doors were sealed off and had not been open to the public for a long time.

This is what she discovered during her first day of wandering around. Combined with other clues, it's not hard to guess that Caroline most likely performed a puppet show here back then, was killed by the mayor here, and is probably hiding here now.

Once you get the key and open the theater doors, you can face off against Caroline's ghost.

...However, the door cannot be opened yet.

Because there are some obstacles outside.

Li Shuo and Sun Qianqian arrived unnoticed, standing on the steps, locked in a stalemate with Yang Chi opposite them.

Or perhaps, it's a new puppet that has taken over Yang Chi's body.

Yang Chi's once handsome face became hard and swollen, like a wooden sculpture coated with wax, just like the puppet in the living room earlier.

His eye sockets were ripped open, the skin and flesh turned outwards, and his black pupils were wide open like copper bells; the corners of his mouth were turned up, frozen in a hideous and grotesque smile.

The floral shirt was torn, and the fake gold chain was broken in half, revealing the crisscrossing carved wood grain on the neck and chest.

He had been chasing the two of them all the way here, and by the time he reached the theater entrance, he had completely turned into a puppet.

Sun Qianqian had exhausted herself from running so hard that she was panting heavily as she looked at her red and swollen hand.

No wonder it hurt so much after being hit; it didn't feel like a normal hand at all, because the other person had already started to turn into wood.

"Brother Li," she said, her voice trembling with tears, "what do we do? Even if we combine our efforts, we can't beat it."

"Idiot, who said we were going to fight it?" Li Shuo said grimly. "It's a puppet now. Puppets need to be burned, understand?"

"But it moves, and it's very agile, how can I burn it... It's coming again!"

How to burn it?

Of course, it requires two people to work together. One person attracts the attention of Yang Chi's puppet, while the other takes the opportunity to light a match and burn the other person.

The match props were in Li Shuo's hands; he had already made his decision.

"Qianqian, my dear." He suddenly changed his demeanor, grinning at Sun Qianqian with a fake smile, "Thank you for stopping it."

"What did you say... Ah!!!"

Just as Yang Chi adjusted his angle and prepared to pounce, Sun Qianqian hurriedly dodged. Unexpectedly, a huge force came from behind her. She couldn't resist at all and lost her balance, falling towards Yang Chi.

Boom!

She crashed into Yang Chi's chest, as if she had hit a tree, and the pain made her gasp for breath.

The next second, Yang Chi's swollen and stiff face was magnified infinitely in front of her.

It grinned maliciously and punched her in the chest.

Sun Qianqian was immediately sent flying. She coughed up blood, felt as if all her bones were broken, and couldn't get up. She was trembling with fear.

"Brother Li... Brother Li..."

But she chose the wrong person. Li Shuo doesn't care about the lives of his teammates. He teamed up with her just to find a cannon fodder to die with the times.

Yang Chi took a step closer to Sun Qianqian and swung his textured fist, striking her repeatedly.

The heavy wood collided with flesh and blood, producing a constant thud.

"Cough cough, no...no...please..."

At first, Sun Qianqian could still scream in agony, but later her internal organs were almost crushed. She was covered in blood and collapsed on the ground, where she never moved again.

Meanwhile, Li Shuo had already lit two matches in succession, and taking advantage of the moment when Yang Chi's attention was drawn away, he flicked his wrist and threw the matches at him.

The puppet ignited upon contact with fire, and the flames quickly spread to Yang Chi's entire body until they completely engulfed him.

It had long lost its sense of pain, and simply fell straight to the ground, burning to ashes within half a minute.

Li Shuo stood at a distance and waited for a while before going forward to make sure everything was alright, but he didn't find any items in the ashes.

"Damn, I thought there might be a key!"

He spat angrily and kicked Sun Qianqian's corpse to vent his anger.

Then he did nothing else, plopped down on the theater steps, and began to wait.

……

In the distance, Yi Zanglan and Wang Mingyue had just witnessed a tragic backstabbing incident.

Looking at Sun Qianqian's death, Wang Mingyue felt a little reluctant, but this feeling was only temporary and quickly disappeared.

Every player is aware of how cruel the Doom Game is; it is a testing ground of hell, where only the strongest who are selected have the chance to be reborn.

Sympathy and pity are the most useless things here.

She asked softly, "What is Li Shuo waiting for?"

Yi Zanglan smiled: "Wait for us."

"Waiting for us?" Wang Mingyue suddenly realized, "Oh, right, he doesn't have the key."

Li Shuo guessed that the theater was the final mission location, and he also guessed that there must be something fishy about the two of them getting into the police car on their own initiative, so he chose to wait for them at the door.

Since they're going in, they have to take him with them.

"Tsk, this man is uncontrollable; bringing him in would be a real hassle."

"What's the problem?" Yi Zanglan replied softly, "It would be great to bring him in. He's tall and strong, and he can protect us if we're in danger."

"..."

Sister, listen to what you're saying.

Do you still need someone to protect you?

However, Wang Mingyue had grown accustomed to Yi Zanglan's occasional nonsensical ramblings, which she interpreted as the art of language mastery, and offered no comment.

Seeing that Yi Zanglan had already walked towards the theater, she straightened her back and quickly followed.

As a result, Yi Zanglan hadn't taken two steps when he suddenly turned around and looked at her meaningfully.

"Oh, right, there's one more little thing."

"?"

* * * * * *

Li Shuo finally saw the two ladies arrive. He revealed a smug smile, as if to say, "You two really can't escape my grasp," and stood up triumphantly.

"You little bitch, you hired a lunatic as your lackey, and you really think you're so smart?" he sneered. "All that running around, and in the end you're just doing my work for free, aren't you?"

He naturally assumed that Wang Mingyue was the leader of this team, and that she wanted to use Yi Zanglan to pave the way and set traps for him.

Wang Mingyue didn't deny it; she seemed quite wary of him and instinctively took a step back.

"What do you want to do?"

"What are you doing? I knew it from when you chased the police car, those two NPCs must have some clues, right?" Li Shuo sneered. "Did you find the key? Open the door now!"

He didn't plan to touch them for the time being. After all, the final mission location was risky, and Sun Qianqian had already died. He had to use these two sparingly, and if necessary, push them out to take the fall.

He became impatient and tried to search Wang Mingyue's body. As Wang Mingyue dodged, something accidentally fell out of her pocket.

It's a small, sparkly badge shaped like a heart.

Wang Mingyue looked flustered and was about to pick it up when Li Shuo pushed her away forcefully.

"Get lost!"

Li Shuo bent down and gripped the badge tightly in his palm.