The air in the room seemed to have dropped to freezing point again, which was a bit scary.
It happened that at this moment, the burning human wax began to squirm and groan in pain.
Their movements are very small, and it is only possible to hear them clearly unless it is late at night.
But it's precisely this that makes it even more terrifying.
Of course, none of this affected Tang Zhen. After seeing everything in the room, he actually felt like this.
"Maybe before the memory disappears, I should be exposed to these things frequently, so I can see the strangeness?"
This thought flashed through Tang Zhen's mind, but his face remained calm as he continued to look at the thin old man in front of him.
After entering this room, Tang Zhen had already made a rough judgment based on the information he collected.
After the desperate person enters the house, he will accept challenges from these family members one by one. Each time the desperate person fails, he will pay a certain price.
The dwarf who entered earlier is the best example.
Because he failed in the challenge, many parts of his body were missing, and his severed limbs became a meal for these family members.
Watching your body being eaten before your eyes is a sight that is simply devastating. Sure enough, this city of despair is full of despair.
Previously, the old woman had a bet with Tang Zhen, and the bet was also his body. It was obviously the same routine.
She originally thought she could defeat Tang Zhen through insidious means, but she didn't expect Tang Zhen to chop off her head with a knife.
Tang Zhen's behavior seemed abrupt, but in fact there was nothing wrong with it because he did not violate the rules, so he could not be punished.
By making good use of the rules, even these weird things can't do anything to him.
At this moment, the thin old man proposed a bet again, which also verified Tang Zhen's guess. If you want to leave this house or get other things, you must first win against the owner of the house.
In this case, Tang Zhen naturally had to follow the rules and play the game first.
After seeing Tang Zhen nod in agreement, the thin old man said in a cold voice: "I also have the most precious item, which is what you call a voucher, and it is hidden somewhere in this room.
If you can find it, then you win. If you can't find it, you have to cut off one of your hands.
The time is also one minute, if you can't do it, I will personally chop off one of your hands!"
As soon as the thin old man finished speaking, a white-faced child next to him tilted his head, looked at Tang Zhen with eyes the size of black beans, and made an inarticulate sound.
If you listen carefully, you will find that he is counting down, but because one of the dwarf's arms and legs is stuffed in his mouth, the sound cannot be heard clearly.
The thin old man stretched out his hand and wiped it on the dining table. The knife that was originally placed on the plate had been grabbed by him.
With a sly smile on his face, he gently scraped the edge of the plate with his dining knife, making a disturbing scraping sound.
"Where, where?"
The thin woman's eyes kept turning, looking around at the furnishings in the room, trying to help Tang Zhen find the hidden voucher.
As long as they get the voucher, she and Tang Zhen can leave here and no longer have to endure this weird atmosphere that makes people feel numb.
But the thin woman had never seen that kind of certificate before. She didn't know what it looked like, let alone where it would be hidden.
How can we find it if we only have one minute?
The thin woman was anxious, and the dwarf also had a desperate expression. He had not answered this question before, so he became what he is now.
In fact, the dwarf should be grateful to Tang Zhen. If Tang Zhen hadn't appeared in time, he might have turned into a human stick at this moment.
At that time, if he answered one more wrong question, the price he had to pay would be his internal organs or his head.
Tang Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the thin old man rubbing his plate with his knife and the child with his head tilted and counting down.
With only one minute, it was impossible to search the entire house, so it was certain that this item was not hidden in a remote and secret place.
If you want to continue to attract desperate people to come in and look for evidence, it is impossible to set up a situation of death. There must be a glimmer of hope.
In addition, the thin old man said just now that the voucher is his most precious item, so the most likely possibility is that this item is on his person.
However, the request of the thin old man is that Tang Zhen must find the certificate. He may not be able to just guess it, but he must get it!
Tang Zhen thought of this, and his eyes fell on the thin old man, trying to find something wrong with him.
Seeing Tang Zhen's eyes falling on him, the thin old man raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a disdainful smile.
The table knife in his hand was still scratching the edge of the plate, but the rhythm seemed to have sped up a little.
Tang Zhen ignored these, but continued to stare at the thin old man, a light seemed to flash in his eyes.
Just as he stared at the other person, he suddenly felt a strange aura emanating from the other person's body.
This breath felt very familiar to him, but he couldn't remember what it was. However, when he glanced at the thin woman next to him from the corner of his eye, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.
"I see!"
A smile appeared on the corner of Tang Zhen's mouth. At this moment, the child's countdown only had ten numbers left.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven..."
Seeing that time was about to end, Tang Zhen's palm reached forward like lightning, heading straight for the thin old man.
When the thin old man saw this, he subconsciously stepped back and stabbed Tang Zhen with the knife in his hand.
His movements were still slow. As soon as he raised the knife, Tang Zhen's palm was like a hot iron inserted into butter, and it passed through his chest in an instant.
Under the horrified gaze of the thin old man, Tang Zhen grabbed his heart and pulled it out forcefully.
"you……!"
The thin old man's dinner knife fell to the ground. He covered his chest with one hand and raised the other hand weakly, pointing at Tang Zhen tremblingly.
At this time, Tang Zhen was holding a strange-looking heart in his hand. It looked like an octopus with its head split open, and it was constantly squirming and struggling.
Under the octopus's body and tentacles, there is a round object that looks like a coin, with a set of numbers cast in hieroglyphs on it.
You don't need to guess to know that this item, which is neither gold nor wood, is the so-called voucher, which is equivalent to the currency of the City of Despair.
"How...how...did you...appear?"
The thin old man was as angry as a thread, and his expression was full of unwillingness.
In addition, there was this deep confusion in his eyes, as if he couldn't understand how Tang Zhen guessed that the certificate was in his heart?
Naturally, Tang Zhen would not tell the other party. He felt an unusual aura from the thin old man, and thus determined the location of the certificate.
Of course, Tang Zhen couldn't be 100% sure before taking it out, but as long as he was half sure, he could give it a try.
Facts have proved that Tang Zhen's judgment was completely correct.
Looking at the skinny old man with unwilling eyes, Tang Zhen put the voucher in his pocket and then gently shook his head.
"Do you want to know? It's a pity that I won't tell you, and I won't let you die..."
Upon hearing Tang Zhen's answer, the thin old man's eyes widened and he spurted a mouthful of blood.
Then his arms dropped down and his head hit the plate in front of him. Like the old woman on the plate next to him, her eyes were filled with unwillingness.