Qin Wuji received the same treatment as Qin Nanyuan.
He was also covered in wounds and thrown directly in front of Duan Chen and the others.
However, this time there was no special treatment for Qin Wuji.
Jun Ci, filled with disgust, delivered another kick to Qin Wuji.
He looked up with a malicious glare at the Serpent of Desire.
“Bring out any other choices you have.”
Duan Chen, however, cast a glance at the large door that had already been opened.
The thought of leaving resurfaced in his mind.
This time, the door did not close.
The Serpent of Desire, oblivious, continued to present choices.
This time, it offered two individuals none of them recognized.
Jun Ci did not make a choice immediately but looked to Duan Chen for guidance on this matter.
Duan Chen did not reply but instead reached out and grabbed Xi Er.
Jun Ci heard a faint voice in his mind.
It was Duan Chen's.
“Don’t say a word, grab Qin Nanyuan, and let’s leave.”
Yuan Yuan also heard the same words in his mind.
Xi Er, with wide eyes, looked curiously at Duan Chen and remained silent.
She was quietly pulled away.
Seeing this, the others quickly followed suit.
Behind them, the Serpent of Desire narrowed its eyes and then became enraged.
It angrily slammed its tail against the cage.
“Where do you think you’re going? Come back here.”
“Come back!!”
“You haven’t made a choice yet.”
Duan Chen was already standing outside the door, a cold smirk on his face.
“Who would be stupid enough to make a choice?”
He chuckled coldly.
Then he turned and left.
Based on what he had deduced with his Divine Eye earlier,
the cage was trapping the Serpent of Desire.
Otherwise, its enormous body would never have been able to fit into such a confined space.
And if it were to be released, something terrible would undoubtedly occur.
The opportunity for it to escape likely lay in these choices.
The subsequent choices would probably become increasingly less concerning, and then the next choice…
would either be the fifth or the tenth.
They absolutely could not get engrossed in this.
In fact, Duan Chen's guess was correct.
The Serpent of Desire was left far behind as they departed, heading towards the feline exhibit.
Jun Ci, carefully holding his childhood sweetheart, asked Duan Chen with some curiosity.
“How did you figure it out?”
Duan Chen didn't say a word, smiled faintly, and shook his head.
It was, of course, thanks to his talent.
Besides the Divine Eye and the Eye of Truth, he had other eyes as well.
Seeing that Duan Chen wasn't elaborating, Jun Ci stopped asking.
After all, it was a matter of privacy.
Now, they had only two places left to visit.
These were the gorilla exhibit and the feline exhibit.
These two places…
were nowhere to be found.
Duan Chen looked at the ticket in his hand with some confusion.
“Logically, it should be here.”
He looked at a wall in front of him.
“Isn't this the feline exhibit?”
Why had it turned into a wall?
No one answered.
Just then, Duan Chen felt a sharp pain on top of his head.
He followed the sensation and saw a monkey grinning at him.
A monkey…
No.
It wasn’t just any monkey.
It was a Mandrill.
The Mandrill looked at Duan Chen with curious eyes.
Within them were pure emotions.
This was a real animal.
As Duan Chen looked up, the Mandrill seemed to feel shy, or perhaps other emotions, and jumped down from the wall.
Duan Chen’s brow twitched suddenly.
He made an immediate decision.
“Run!”
“Everyone, follow me!”
The wall wasn't indestructible, but it was incredibly thick. Even with all their might, they couldn't break through it.
Duan Chen didn’t glance back and immediately began smashing holes in it.
They climbed up through the small holes he created.
The others followed closely behind him.
They jumped over the wall.
And landed.
From the top of the wall, they had seen what looked like a vast, flat wasteland below.
But upon landing, they realized they had fallen into a circle of animals.
These animals…
were normal.
And yet, they were also abnormal.
The abnormality stemmed from their previous location at the zoo.
These animals looked like real animals.
The normality was because these animals were, in fact, normal animals.
Duan Chen rubbed his temples, feeling something he had overlooked was beginning to sprout.
As soon as these animals saw them jump down, they scattered as if startled.
Only the Mandrill remained in the distance, cautiously climbing a tree.
“Can you understand me? If you can, come here.”
Duan Chen tentatively said to the Mandrill.
However, the Mandrill showed no reaction.
At this moment, Jun Ci suddenly called out.
“Captain, come look.”
He pointed at the wall they had jumped over. Since they had jumped with their backs to the wall, no one had paid much attention to its surface.
When they shifted their attention to the wall, they noticed something they had overlooked.
The wall was covered in densely packed, very faint inscriptions.
Without deliberately focusing on it, it was impossible to see.
These inscriptions were…
“Rules.”
Duan Chen spoke the two words.
…
In the temple.
Within the water mirror.
Wu Suowei watched the actions of the figures inside with an unreadable expression.
He lazily flicked his hand, throwing his phone directly at the face of the silhouetted monster opposite him.
Before the silhouetted monster could react with anger, Wu Suowei smiled and said.
“What now?”
“You lost this round.”
“My king chess piece found your dog breeding base.”
The silhouetted monster, unable to bear it any longer, snatched the phone from his forehead and threw it back at Wu Suowei. “Scram!”
He cursed.
Wu Suowei, however, was in a good mood.
He lazily took the phone in his hand.
He opened the game interface.
With the familiar chime of Timi, he entered a tense and exciting ranked match.
The silhouetted monster grew increasingly annoyed the more he watched.
He let out a low growl.
“Your strength has almost recovered. Why haven’t you left?”
“Why should I leave?”
The reply came from a surprised Wu Suowei.
Wu Suowei, with a smile, responded to the silhouetted monster.
“Here, I have no worries about food or shelter. Why would I go back to the human world to work?”
“Don’t tell me you’ve been watching ‘Work Hard, Demon King’ with me and gotten too engrossed?”
“No way, no way?”
His sarcastic tone angered the silhouetted monster into silence.
He directly turned his body away, unwilling to face Wu Suowei.
As he turned, a cold glint flashed in Wu Suowei's eyes.
Duan Chen, oh Duan Chen…
Wu Suowei silently murmured.
How will you choose this time…