Xiaolan had just straightened her back and prepared to face the challenge with dignity. Unexpectedly, the world suddenly turned upside down. By the time Xiaolan realized what she was doing, she was already lying on the ground.
The sound of frogs chirping could be heard in my ears.
The cool night wind blew and dried the thin sweat on Xiaolan's body. She shivered and slowly got up.
There was a rustling sound behind him, and Xiaolan turned around suddenly, opened her mouth wide, and was stunned.
Several identical faceless people slowly crawled up on the ground.
Xiao Lan counted and found that there were eight faceless people in total. The height and shape of the faceless people were exactly the same, and their faces were blank, as if they had a duck egg on their neck.
The faceless people twisted their necks and waists, looked at each other, and also showed surprising body movements.
Wait, eight.
Could it be that you...
Xiaolan lowered her head and was surprised to see that she was wearing the same clothes as those eight people.
Xiaolan raised her hand and touched her face.
Nothing.
Even the eyes are gone.
Xiaolan didn't know how she could see other people clearly without eyes, but for the first time in her life, she was taller than 1.7 meters. Xiaolan decided to cherish the time she had now.
At this time, one of the eight people pointed far into the distance. Xiaolan turned his head and saw a quaint village standing behind him.
Village at night.
Among the eight people, someone ran towards the village, and then everyone started running. Xiaolan followed them and carefully observed their running posture.
I originally thought that since everyone was in Area F, there was a high chance that I would meet my friends, but it turned out that this level had such naughty rules. If I had known better, I would have agreed on a hand signal with my friends before entering.
This body didn't fit well with Xiaolan herself. Xiaolan swung her unfamiliar long arms and legs and followed the eight people awkwardly.
The person running at the front was only a few dozen meters away from the village.
The autumn night was extremely quiet, with the fragrance of lotus floating in the air. Nine duck-egg heads crossed the wheat seedlings in the field, running toward the seemingly silent village.
Suddenly, Xiaolan felt something was not right.
The people in front slowed down and looked in one direction questioningly.
The duck head who had been running at the front suddenly disappeared.
Xiaolan and others cautiously stepped forward.
It was a deep pit buried under weeds, with several sharp bamboos inserted densely in the pit. The poor duck egg head was like a deflated duck egg head, lying limply on it, with blood seeping out.
After entering the wet soil, the duck egg head stopped moving and looked dead.
I didn't expect that there was such a mechanism here.
The night breeze didn't seem so refreshing anymore. It blew on people and caused goosebumps all over Xiaolan's body.
The others then walked towards the village. Xiaolan tested it step by step and found several similar traps in the fields. Holding her arms, Xiaolan climbed over the low soil slope and walked to the main road of the village.
Xiaolan turned her head and looked towards the field.
What is the purpose of such a cruel trap?
This doesn't seem like a place where wild animals would roam.
Is it to hunt them?
But they are just a bunch of harmless duck-egg heads!
The first few people tiptoed to the door of the first house. There were dark lights in the wooden hut, and a half-person-high bamboo fence surrounded the yard.
The architectural styles in the village are generally similar, and no house lights are on at this time.
Xiaolan was observing and walking along the path when she saw a duck-egg head in front of him picked up something from the ground, weighed it, and threw it into the window of a house.
The windows here were not blocked by glass, so things fell directly into the house. The duck-egg head stretched its neck while holding on to the fence to look inside.
A few seconds later, a black shadow swished past, and the thing was actually thrown out of the window, but it was thrown in the wrong direction and almost hit Xiaolan's head.
There are people inside.
The duck-egg head got excited and ran straight to the entrance of the small courtyard, kicked open the door and ran into the small house.
Xiaolan picked up the thing just now, which was a half-cut old bamboo. One end of the bamboo was a bit sharp, a bit like the bamboo that appeared in the trap just now.
Where did he pick this thing up?
Xiaolan stuffed the bamboo stick upright into her belt and continued to squat on the spot looking at the duck egg head.
Duck Egg Head ran to the door of the cabin and pulled the door handle.
With a crash, a big net suddenly folded up and caught him securely. The net rose into the air. Duckhead struggled in the net, but he couldn't escape.
Trap, another trap.
Xiao Lan turned around and ran to other houses. Several duck egg heads were caught in this trap, but the net was not very strong. Just based on what Xiao Lan saw, several people had already managed to escape from the net.
body.
If you want to find your own face, where can you look for it?
Xiaolan saw a broken net at the front entrance of another house. She thought about it, lowered her head, and found a gap on the side of the fence of this house.
Xiaolan quietly moved into the yard.
Looking through the dark window, it seemed that he couldn't see anything inside. Xiaolan didn't dare to walk towards the front door of the hut at all. Instead, he crawled forward and climbed to the small warehouse behind the house.
The small warehouse was surrounded on three sides, and there were only a few large, sturdy vats on the other side. Xiaolan took a look inside the warehouse and saw that everything inside was all at a glance. They were all tools used for farm work and some iron tools that Xiaolan had never seen before.
, it doesn’t look like there is a trap.
Let’s look here first.
Xiaolan got into the warehouse and took a closer look at the things.
It seems like nothing special.
Since you are looking for your own face, in what form will your face appear?
Xiaolan was about to reach out and grab the tools on the ground, when suddenly, there were light footsteps outside the warehouse.
Xiaolan's movements suddenly stopped.
Are they duck heads like themselves, or are they people who want to kill them?
Xiaolan squatted quietly.
A trace of cold sweat broke out on Duck Dan's head.
Suddenly, there was a crash behind him.
This sound...
Xiao Lan turned around, and another duck egg head was caught in the big net. The net holding the duck egg head was dangling outside the warehouse, and the duck egg head in the net was struggling desperately.
Xiaolan ran to the door of the warehouse and looked at the footprints outside.
If I had taken a wrong step just now, I should be the one trapped in the net now.
Xiaolan looked up and saw that the people in the net were at a loss. Although she couldn't see their expressions, Xiaolan could feel that the duck-egg head was desperately asking for help.
At this time, a loud rooster crow suddenly came from a place not far away.
It's going to be daybreak.
It was still late at night a second ago, but in the blink of an eye, the darkness shrouding the world slowly dissipated, and a ray of sunshine shone on them.
Xiaolan's left hand, which was holding the edge of the vat, felt a sharp pain.
Xiaolan pulled her hand back in front of her eyes, and saw that the place where the pain had just occurred had changed color slightly, and that part was exactly where the sun shone just now.
The rules say that you have to look for faces in the village at night.
Can’t see the light yourself?
That……
The burning sound of stinging attracted Xiaolan's attention. The duck egg head hanging in the net was struggling painfully, and a few wisps of white smoke came out of it from time to time.
Will he be burned to death?
Xiaolan didn't even hesitate, rushed to the net, took out the bamboo joint, and started to use the sharp end to cut the rope hanging the big net.
Xiaolan felt that her exposed skin was gradually maturing, especially her duck egg head.
It is conceivable that the duck egg head on the Internet is probably medium rare.
Xiaolan gritted her non-existent teeth and made a few final scratches. With a bang, the big net finally fell from the rope. Xiaolan dragged the smoking net and Duck Egg Head back into the warehouse.
The duck egg head in the net was several shades darker. With Xiaolan's help, it slowly crawled out of the net.
The two collapsed on the ground and gasped.
Soon, it was getting bright outside.
Outside the warehouse, a man was whistling and approaching.
As soon as Xiaolan recovered from the stinging pain on her body, she pushed the other duck head and hid deep in the warehouse.
A pair of feet wearing red and blue cloth shoes appeared outside the warehouse, and the whistling stopped.
"Damn it, I didn't catch it again."
It was the voice of a middle-aged woman.
The feet walked back and forth several times, and she dragged the broken net out and threw it aside. The woman walked to the three large tanks and opened the lids one by one.
"Okay, okay..."
The woman muttered, her tone less dissatisfied. After checking it, she picked up the old net and walked away.
The two waited for a while, but there was no further movement.
Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief and turned around, only to see another duck-egg head next to her, with its head next to her arm, not knowing what it was doing.
Xiaolan subconsciously stepped back and kicked him out.
The man was kicked in a daze. After slowly getting up from the ground, he thought about it, picked up a wooden stick from the side, and wrote on the dirt.
What is he going to say?
After the man finished writing, he pointed to the ground and motioned for Xiaolan to read it.
Xiaolan leaned over.
On the ground are two words and a question mark.
"Xiaolan?"
Xiaolan became excited instantly, but could not open her mouth to speak. She could only point to the words on the ground and then to herself.
Since he knows himself, he must be his partner.
The man nodded and wrote on the ground, "I am Baomu."
Xiaolan opened her arms to show her happiness and hugged Baomu, hoping that this warm hug would make Baomu forget the kick just now.
Baomu patted Xiaolan's back gently.
Xiaolan took Baomu's stick and wrote, "How did you recognize me?"
Baomu wrote, "You have no taste."
It turns out that Baomu came up to me just now to smell it.
Fortunately, Baomu couldn't see Xiaolan's embarrassed expression at the moment.
But what's even more fortunate is that fortunately, I chose to save this duck egg.
Xiaolan wrote on the ground, "I think there might be something in those tanks."
Baomu nodded in agreement, and the two of them stood up and moved towards the big vat.
Baomu watched the wind while Xiaolan gently opened the lids of the three large tanks.
In the first two tanks, there were only floating green algae.
The two of them poked their heads toward the third vat.
The water in the third tank was very calm, reflecting the faces of the two people.
Their faces are exactly the same.
But it is no longer a duck egg without facial features.
But the face of a strange man.
This must be the face of one of the players!
Xiaolan picked up the wooden stick she had just used to write on and stirred it in the water.
There were waves in the reflection of the two of them, but nothing could be caught.
There is definitely a face in the water in the tank.
The question is how to take it out?
Xiaolan suddenly thought of something.
She looked at her reflection in the water, and then slowly stretched her head toward the water.
Baomu was startled and quickly hugged Xiaolan's head.
Xiaolan shook her head, took Baomu's hand away, and stuck her head in insistently.
This water is not too cold, and is a little different from ordinary water. When it wraps around my face, it has a strange smooth feeling.
After a while, Xiaolan raised her head.
All the water drops fell back into the jar, and not a drop remained on Xiaolan's face.
Baomu looked at Xiaolan who was rubbing his face.
He took half a step back in shock.
Xiaolan opened her mouth and found that she could speak.
"Brother Baomu," a rich baritone voice came from Xiaolan's throat, "Do I have a face now?"
Baomu looked at the sharp-edged and handsome face in front of him and fell into silence.
I have a face, but it's worse than not having one.
Baomu silently picked up the stick and wrote on the ground, "Xiaolan, you have become a man."
"It's okay. This is someone else's face. I just took it out first. I should still be able to take it off..."
Xiaolan said as she scratched her face to look for the seam, but she groped around her face with both hands and couldn't find a way to tear off the skin.
She was stunned.
Baomu looked at Xiaolan with his arms drooped, almost as if he was mourning in silence.
"What should I do?" Xiaolan looked at the tank of clear water.
She stuck her head in again.
Pulled it out.
"What now?"
Baomu shook his head.
"Brother Baomu, why don't we dig our faces in together and see if we can transfer the face to you," Xiaolan grabbed Baomu's arm, "At least you are a boy."
Baomu was a little reluctant, but still agreed.
The two of them plunged in together.
come out.
Xiaolan looked at Baomu's duck-egg head and shook it.
She squatted on the ground dejectedly.
"If you find your own face, will you be able to change it back?" Baomu wrote.
"I'm thinking about this too," Xiaolan said, "but what will happen to this face? And the owner of this face."
Xiaolan hugged her knees and said nothing.
What if, the owner of the face is judged to have failed because of himself...
Baomu patted Xiaolan on the back and wrote on the ground, "Don't think so much, let's go find it first."
Xiaolan pouted and nodded. After a while, she stood up suddenly and walked to the edge of the warehouse.
Baomu followed her in confusion.
Xiaolan raised her hand and stretched out towards the sun little by little.
No more stinging and burning sensation.
"I can see the sun now," Xiaolan cheered up again, "At least this is good news."
Baomu nodded quickly.
"Brother Baomu, I plan to go out and take a look," Xiaolan turned around and said, "I won't go far."
Baomu wrote, "You must be careful."
"Brother Baomu, you have to be careful," Xiaolan pulled Baomu to another window in the warehouse, "I'll be walking around here. You can see me at any time. If something happens, I will definitely be there first."
Run back immediately."
Baomu waved his hands worriedly and watched Xiaolan shrinking her back and running into the yard.