The object struck the female corpse and bounced away, hitting the ground!

— It was a perfectly round black spinning top!

The moment the top hit the ground, it began to spin.

The female corpse immediately released Fu Miaoxue. As though no longer in control of her own movements, she ran toward the top and began running in circles following its direction of spin!

“Ah, I see…” Bai Youwei rested on the wall, watching the top spin. “This item seems to be able to restrict the target’s movement path. How long does it last — until the top falls over? Hmm… in that case, Du Lai, you’ve used this at quite a disadvantage in this game. After all, the ground here is uneven — the top won’t spin for long before it topples, will it?”

The top’s speed was indeed slowing!

Just as Bai Youwei had said — every item could only be used at the right moment, and Du Lai had clearly been cornered, having exhausted his options!

Having failed to clear the game and now having wasted one more item, Fu Miaoxue was livid. She yelled at Bai Youwei:

“Bai Youwei! Why won’t you open the door?! This is betrayal!!!”

Bai Youwei was impressed by her shamelessness, though not genuinely angry. She replied with casual ease, “I’m a cripple — I can’t manage it.”

Fu Miaoxue: “Then tell your boyfriend to open the door!”

“Can’t do that.” Bai Youwei shook her head. “He’s down there holding me up. If I made him go open the door, I’d fall.”

Fu Miaoxue stared, outraged. “You’re going to let us die in front of you?!”

“Of course not.” Bai Youwei said. “Don’t make it sound so heartless. I just want to see — can a doll actually die?”

“Devil!” Fu Miaoxue was incandescent with rage. “You’re a devil! Bai Youwei! You are the most wicked woman in the world — no! In the entire universe!!!”

Du Lai looked up at Bai Youwei, his voice cold. “Don’t forget — the spirit tablet is in our hands. Without it, you won’t be able to clear this game either.”

Bai Youwei looked entirely unconcerned. “We have puzzle pieces~”

Du Lai smiled with contempt. “A clearance token right in front of you and you’d rather waste two puzzle pieces to exit? Bai Youwei, say that out loud and see who believes you.”

Bai Youwei smiled back. “You’re right — nobody would believe it. So let’s just wait until she can’t hold on any longer and then let her in. After all, we only need to save the person holding the spirit tablet~”

Fu Miaoxue heard this and was simultaneously shocked and furious. On instinct she raised her hands, on the verge of shoving the spirit tablet over to Du Lai!

But then she looked at the female corpse stumbling and swaying in the distance — the top’s speed was slowing further and further — and her heart clenched with dread. She held the spirit tablet tight again!

“Despicable!!!”

Fu Miaoxue snapped awake to it. “Bai Youwei! You’re despicable! You deliberately lured me into a trap!”

The moment she handed the spirit tablet to Du Lai, with the door still not open, Du Lai would have had nowhere to turn!

Bai Youwei curled the corner of her lips. Her smile carried a playful edge. “Fu Miaoxue, after playing so many rounds of the testing game, was it all just playing house? Don’t say such childish things about despicable and not despicable~”

“…” Fu Miaoxue was speechless.

The top was about to stop!

The female corpse was about to lunge again!

Fu Miaoxue was nearly grinding her teeth to powder. After her fury peaked, what flooded in behind it was a crushing sense of grievance. Since childhood, had she ever been bullied like this?!

She was furious to death!

Absolutely furious!!!

Fu Miaoxue screamed in frustration, “What will it take for you to open the door?!”

“I don’t know…” Bai Youwei thought for a moment, then suggested in a negotiating tone, “How about — meow like a cat?”

Fu Miaoxue broke down completely, tears threatening in her voice: “You bully! You’re a bully!!!”

The top stopped. The yin-drenched female corpse came lunging!

Du Lai grabbed Fu Miaoxue and they rolled aside together to dodge. He seized the opportunity to snatch the spirit tablet from her arms, and fled!

At the same time, he shouted, “Miaoxue! Use a puzzle piece to get out!”

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