Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

The crawling sound of the basilisk immediately brought back bad memories for Xu Rendong.His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he couldn't help but hugged the baby in his arms tightly.Fortunately, the baby slept soundly, breathing lightly and evenly, and should not cry suddenly.

Through the narrow door crack of the cabinet, Xu Rendong could barely see the figure of the basilisk.The slender body looked extremely pale under the moonlight, like a mummy whose blood had been drained, with the thick snake tail trailing behind it, which looked extraordinarily abrupt.There was still no mouth and nose on that face, and three dark holes were bottomless.Two bloodshot eyeballs were rolling in the eye sockets. Since there were no eyelids, the pair of eyeballs were always exposed to the air, looking dry and weird.

The basilisk stood still in front of the cabinet and suddenly bent down.The pale and withered face approached all of a sudden, magnifying the sense of terror hundreds of times.Xu Rendong was terrified, and instinctively wanted to retreat, but he forced himself to hold back.The cabinet was made of wood, very old, and if he moved it it would make a noise, and he would be dead.Therefore, he could only maintain a posture close to the cabinet door, hold his breath, and nervously observe the basilisk secretly through the crack of the door.

If his guess is wrong, the price is death.

Fortunately, the price is simply death.He still has a chance to come back.

The two black nostrils on the basilisk's face twitched a few times, as if it was smelling something.Soon, it lowered its head and finally noticed the bottle on the ground.It seemed confused, looking from the bottle to the cupboard.

Xu Rendong's heart was in his throat, and he watched helplessly as the basilisk stretched out its slender fingers like dry bones—fortunately, it still chose the feeding bottle.

There is still a small half bottle of milk powder left in the bottle.The white basilisk picked up the bottle, tilted its head to look at it for a while, and then made a move that Xu Rendong couldn't understand.

—It actually stuffed the whole bottle into its mouth.

Xu Rendong was stunned.Without the hindrance of the teeth, the basilisk easily took the entire bottle into its mouth.But that bottle is as thick as a baby's arm, even if it can fit in the mouth, can it still be swallowed down the throat? (Note)

Sure enough, the basilisk's pale and slender throat rose and fell a few times, but it couldn't swallow the bottle directly after all.It had to spit out the bottle, grabbed the top of the bottle, held the wet body of the bottle, and began to tear it like eating a chicken leg.

Of course it cannot be torn apart.The glass bottle is very firm, but with sticky saliva, the bottle is very slippery.The basilisk didn't have any teeth yet, so it couldn't even bite. It escaped several times, making a soft "boo".It growled angrily.

It is pitiful to be without teeth, but even more pitiful to be without brains.So far, Xu Rendong can be sure that this basilisk has very low intelligence and acts almost instinctively.In this way, although everyone can't confront it head-on, designing some traps can still subdue it easily.At the beginning, Lian Qiao used small things like skipping ropes and sandbags to play the basilisk around.It seems that as long as there is no direct confrontation, they still have an advantage.

Xu Rendong calmed down a little, and suddenly there was a crisp sound next to his ear, and the sound of glass cracking almost resounded throughout the monastery.It turned out that the basilisk couldn't swallow the bottle, so it smashed the bottle in anger.

The glass shattered to the ground, milky white milk flowed everywhere, and the rich milky fragrance wafted out of the nostrils.Xu Rendong couldn't help swallowing, he felt his stomach was empty, and the noisy hunger surged up his throat, scratching his heart itching.

After the white basilisk smashed the bottle, it turned and left.Just when Xu Rendong breathed a sigh of relief, the basilisk seemed to remember something, and suddenly turned back.That pale face suddenly approached Xu Rendong!

If it wasn't for the closet door, Xu Rendong would have been face to face with it.His heart was beating wildly, almost breaking his chest.

The basilisk's dark nostrils twitched, and its dry red eyes turned left and right, looking inside through the crack of the door.This distance is too short, let alone retreating, Xu Rendong didn't even dare to catch his breath.He could only confront the basilisk through the thin cabinet door, praying in the dark that the basilisk would not see him.

——Wait, darkness?

Xu Rendong suddenly had an idea.He suppressed his fear, instead of retreating, he leaned forward cautiously, blocking the door gap with his body.

As long as there is no gap, the moonlight outside will not penetrate, and the basilisk will not be able to see anything.

However, in this way, Xu Rendong could no longer peep at the basilisk through the crack of the door.He pressed against the door of the cupboard, breathing the stench of the basilisk's mouth.The smell was like animal internal organs soaked in blood for more than ten days. Xu Rendong breathed lightly, but the stench stayed in the nasal cavity for a longer time, and he was so disgusted that he was about to vomit.

He was more worried about the smell waking the baby up than the uncontrollable vomiting.He gently covered the baby's mouth and nose with his hands, trying to prevent the intrusion of the stench.As for whether it is useful or not, it depends on whether God favors him.

Holding the ticking bomb in his hand, Xu Rendong had close contact with the basilisk through a thin wooden door.The basilisk outside was silent, but Xu Rendong's heart was beating violently inside, fearing that the basilisk could hear his heartbeat through the wooden door.

He tried to calm down, telling himself that at most he would die, at most he would start over, there was nothing to be afraid of.But when he thought of death, the fear engraved deep in his soul climbed up his back and climbed up the spine one by one.

He was like a cat being grabbed by the back of the neck, his fur was so nervous that it exploded.My heart was in utter chaos, and a series of thoughts entered my mind, and I couldn't stop it.

Is the basilisk still on the door?Will it just pull open the cabinet door?If he was found, could he escape?

Time passed extremely slowly, and every second was infinitely extended.Just when Xu Rendong's nerves were tense to the extreme, almost breaking, he heard the basilisk exhale a long breath.

A large amount of stench poured in, Xu Rendong immediately held his breath.At the same time he heard a slight wandering sound.

it's gone.

Xu Rendong relaxed as if his strength had been drained.

After a two-second delay, he forced himself to cheer up again, carefully adjusted his posture, and peeked out from the crack of the door again.However, the view through the crack of the door is limited after all, and he couldn't see where the basilisk went.Xu Rendong curled up in the darkness with the baby in his arms, feeling a little worried.

Everyone must have heard the smashing of the feeding bottle, and I wonder if someone will come out to check.He was most worried about Lian Qiao. With Lian Qiao's temperament, even if he was afraid, he would have the courage to confirm the situation, not to mention that he and Lian Qiao were separated, and Lian Qiao might come out to find him out of worry.

If Lian Qiao came out right now and bumped into the white basilisk, he would definitely be dead.

Although he specifically told Lian Qiao not to go out, he didn't know if Lian Qiao would abide by their agreement.Xu Rendong pricked up his ears, listening to the movement outside the cabinet.He vaguely heard the footsteps of the basilisk, which seemed to be walking away, but he couldn't tell its specific direction.The longer he waited, the more uneasy he became, and he even wanted to go back to the second floor in the dark to see if Lian Qiao was sleeping honestly.

But he didn't dare to act rashly.He was still holding the baby in his arms. If the ancestor woke up and cried, all of them would have to be buried with him.

Just like that, in the dead darkness, Xu Rendong kept his heart in his throat, for fear of hearing Lian Qiao's screams in the next second.

I don't know how long it took until there was no more sound outside, and he was slightly relieved, but he didn't dare to relax his vigilance completely.The baby fell asleep in his arms, breathing evenly.Xu Rendong closed his eyes in the dark, and began to organize his thoughts.

His guess was right, the basilisk was attracted by the smell of milk.In order to verify this, he deliberately took the baby bottle out of the kitchen.But the baby also smelled of milk after drinking the milk powder, so he put the baby bottle at the door of the cupboard and hid in with the baby in his arms.

Sure enough, the basilisk was attracted to the cabinet by the smell of milk.But Xu Rendong didn't expect that it could detect a milk fragrance outside the bottle.If it wasn't for a mistake, the basilisk broke the bottle by itself, and the milk fragrance filled the surroundings. I'm afraid it would not be as simple as just hanging on the cabinet and looking in.

According to the reaction of the basilisk, it can already be concluded that the biggest target of the white basilisk is the baby.Then the death conditions in this world should be like this: Babies cry from hunger—feed with milk powder—the smell of milk attracts basilisks—the basilisks devour the babies and scream and run away—all die.

But not only the smell of milk, but also the cry of babies will attract basilisks.In other words, even if the baby is not prepared with milk powder, if the baby keeps crying, the basilisk will find them sooner or later.

Two plans instantly appeared in Xu Rendong's mind.One is to find other substitutes to feed the baby, and the other is... to kill the baby.

Of course, the latter was immediately rejected by him.Not to mention that the baby may be a living teammate, even if he is really the "prop" that Lian Qiao said, it should have other uses and cannot be killed casually.Since the world this time has reduced all of them and deprived them of their combat effectiveness, it is obvious that the rule this time is that no force is allowed, and violence cannot be used to solve problems.

What's more, their ultimate goal is to find elevators and buttons and escape from this world, instead of living shiveringly under the shadow of ghosts.

——Speaking of which, there is still no clue about the elevator button this time.

In the last reincarnation, they didn't even survive the first night, and they were wiped out quickly.Only then did Xu Rendong realize that the NPC hadn't given them a task this time, so they didn't know what to do next.

In the previous matryoshka world, although the customs clearance condition was not to complete the task, the rabbit somehow pointed out a direction for them.And now, the old nun just led them into the convent, put them to sleep, and didn't say anything else.Are the elevators and buttons hidden in the monastery, just look for them?

So simple?

Xu Rendong felt that it was unlikely.He recalled the words that had surfaced in the elevator: esophagus.Regarding this word, he really couldn't connect it with the ghost world in front of him, so he had to give up.

Tomorrow, let's explore the monastery thoroughly... Discuss with Lian Qiao again...

Amidst the baby's gentle and even breathing, Xu Rendong gradually became sleepy.He held the baby, leaned against the cupboard, and just fell asleep.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Xu Rendong vaguely heard someone calling him: "Liandong... are you there..."

Lian Qiao?

Xu Rendong opened his eyes, but the cabinet was still dark and he couldn't see anything.When he heard Lian Qiao calling him outside, he picked up the baby and carefully opened the cabinet door: "I'm here."

In the living room, a small figure was looking around.Lian Qiao turned around when she heard this, and said pleasantly, "Brother Liandong! As long as you are fine!"

He came forward happily.Xu Rendong wanted to climb out of the closet, but he felt numb all over and couldn't use his strength, after all, he was sleeping in the closet in a bad position.Lian Qiao has already stretched out his hand to him: "Let me hold the baby."

Xu Rendong nodded.Lian Qiao took the baby and found that the baby was still asleep, so he asked, "Have you been hiding here all night?"

"Yeah." There were ten thousand ants crawling in his limbs.Xu Rendong rubbed his sore arm, and told Lian Qiao what happened last night.He suddenly noticed that the living room was very dark, and the surroundings were very quiet, as if they were the only two of them in the entire monastery.He couldn't help being surprised, "What about the others?"

Lian Qiao said: "Still sleeping." He looked at Xu Rendong with admiration in his eyes, "Brother Liandong, luckily I listened to you and didn't go out at night, otherwise it must be cold now. I heard the milk bottle shattered I’m still a little worried about you. But when you think about it, you’re already a big boss of Baguan, and it’s not my turn to worry about it. Besides, you are so confident, you must have a plan. Sure enough, you put it on the first day The death condition has been tested, it is really amazing!"

Xu Rendong thought to himself, it's nothing serious, no matter how stupid a person dies a few times, he will know what's going on.So he just listened to Lian Qiao's praise so casually, and didn't take it to heart.

After he came out of the cabinet, he came to the main entrance of the monastery.When I opened the door, I saw that the big iron gate in the yard was still tightly closed, the iron chain was cold, and the morning dew was still condensing on it.

At this time, the genius was dimly lit, and the sun was still hiding behind the clouds and refused to show its head.It can be seen from the gaps in the iron railings that there is a thick fog outside the courtyard wall.The gray-white fog was abnormally thick, and the visible distance was less than one meter.Regardless of whether there was anything hidden in the fog, Xu Rendong absolutely didn't want to go in.

"It seems that the dungeon area this time is limited to the monastery." Lian Qiao walked to Xu Rendong with the baby in his arms, and looked at the thick fog outside with him side by side.

"Well, I think so too." Xu Rendong glanced at him, and inadvertently found that he had a pair of heavy dark circles under his eyes.

Didn't sleep well last night?

Xu Rendong thought for a moment—could it be because he was worried that he would not be able to fall asleep?

No wonder, before dawn, they ran out to look for him.

Xu Rendong's heart suddenly softened.In the slight chill of the morning, he felt a warmth slowly flowing from his heart to his limbs, an indescribable comfort.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a stomach growling beside him.Lian Qiao touched his belly and said very sadly: "Oh, I'm so hungry... I want to eat barbecue."

...It turned out that I was just too hungry to sleep.

Xu Rendong thought calmly: Sure enough, I was thinking too much, how could he be so worried that I couldn't sleep?We don't know each other very well.

At this point, Xu Rendong's memory suddenly became a little confused.He turned his head and asked, "Lian Qiao, how long have we known each other?"

Lian Qiao was taken aback, and counted with his fingers: "Today is exactly two weeks. What's the matter?"

"Oh, it's nothing." Xu Rendong felt a blockage in his throat, but he didn't know what to say, so he smiled restrainedly, "Go back to the kitchen and find something to eat."

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Note: As thick as a child's arm: the description of gnawing a baby bottle is nothing.