Everyone hesitantly emerged from their hiding spots, standing there in a daze as they gazed at the sun outside, their expressions carrying the relieved lightness of having survived a disaster.

However, this lightness couldn’t last for long.

Because they only had 6 hours.

After 6 hours, Mali and the cat would awaken once more, and they had to come up with a way to save themselves during the day.

Everyone gathered again beneath the carousel.

Shen Mo, Bai Youwei, Shen Fei, Yan Qingwen, Lu Ang, Yu Yaqing, Luo Bin, Jiang Hao, Tan Xiao.

Nine people in total.

Every one of them had varying degrees of exhaustion in their eyes.

Yan Qingwen looked around at everyone and said, “Let’s all share — the situation on your end last night, or anything you discovered.”

“The cat is controlled by Mali.” Shen Mo spoke up, “When Mali hasn’t given a clear command, the ragdoll cat seems to have no instinct to attack, so our next assault should still be focused on Mali. We must separate Mali from the cat.”

Yu Yaqing nodded. “If the ragdoll cat is controlled by Mali, then that makes sense. No wonder no matter how we attacked it, nothing worked.”

“It wasn’t just that nothing worked — we couldn’t budge it at all,” Lu Ang said worriedly. “That thing is enormous, and the stuffing inside is really hard, like a steel skeleton or something. With just the few weapons we have in hand, it’s like trying to fight with matchsticks…”

“Matchsticks…” Yan Qingwen murmured thoughtfully. “We could consider using fire. The outer cotton fabric and stuffing on the ragdoll cat are both flammable, and once it catches fire, Mali will also leave that cat. Last night, Fantasy Street had a fire — if we go there now, we should be able to find a source of flame.”

“But what if it jumps into the lake?” Tan Xiao couldn’t help asking. “There’s a large lake over at Treasure Bay, and there’s also a big fountain at the front gate of the amusement park — neither of those places are short on water.”

Shen Fei explained to him: “The goal of using fire isn’t to burn the cat to death, but to force Mali down from the cat’s back. That way, everyone can concentrate their strength on dealing with Mali.”

Shen Mo asked Tan Xiao: “Where did you and Jiang Hao hide last night? I didn’t see either of you.”

Tan Xiao startled, then stared wide-eyed and replied, “I was at Treasure Bay! Right in the trash can by the roadside. I was genuinely puzzled — nothing happened the entire night, I almost fell asleep.”

Everyone who heard this was left speechless.

Treasure Bay was on the other side of the lake, directly opposite Adventure Island, far away from all the other zones. No wonder Tan Xiao had been completely unaware of what happened last night.

Luo Bin asked the ever-silent Jiang Hao beside him: “What about you? Where did you hide?”

Jiang Hao looked up at everyone and explained with a smile, “I hid beneath the Ferris wheel, inside the control room — that little house with the red roof.”

The expressions of several people turned somewhat peculiar when they heard this.

Last night, when they had been mounting a siege against Mali and the cat, they had passed right by that place — yet Jiang Hao never appeared.

Either Jiang Hao had lied, or Jiang Hao had clearly seen them and simply chose not to come out and help.

Just thinking that while they were fighting for their lives, there was a person watching coldly from the shadows — even though they knew he owed them nothing, they couldn’t help feeling uncomfortable deep down.

Yan Qingwen, however, didn’t dwell on this too much, and simply said in a light tone:

“The trash can at Treasure Bay, the control room at the Ferris wheel — both places had no dolls, and the two of them were able to spend the night safely there, which once again confirms this point. It seems what we need to do going forward is destroy every doll in sight! Especially the eyes — even if we can’t destroy them, we need to find a way to cover them all up—”

“But…” Yu Yaqing furrowed her brow and looked upward toward the carousel, hesitating. “That only guarantees our safety at night. What about during the day?”

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