Transmigration: Experiencing Life's End - Dying Peacefully in One's Sleep

Chapter 736 Ultimate Notes 3 24

The light shining onto the ceiling startled everyone.

"Holy crap, what's that?! A dead person?"

Startled, Fatty Wang pulled Wu Xie back several steps before they both looked up at the beam.

They weren't frightened by the dead body, but rather by its sudden appearance.

Wu Xie squinted at them, and when he saw the two deathly pale faces, he quickly looked away.

In the room, which was originally empty, two people appeared hanging from the beam the moment the flashlight was turned on.

A woman dressed in a red wedding gown and a man dressed in a black robe, both with a large red flower tied around their chests.

Their collars were hanging from the beam, their faces were deathly pale, and they looked down at the ground, like a newlywed couple.

Xie Yuchen shone his flashlight around, first on their clothes and then on their faces.

After seeing clearly, he said, "They seem to have been dead for a long time?"

Hei Xiazi and Zhang Qiling also took out their flashlights. They stared at them for a while without saying a word. After exchanging a glance, they both felt something was off.

"Hey bro, did you guys figure something out?" Wu Xie walked over and asked.

Zhang Qiling didn't speak. After observing for a long time, Hei Xiazi concluded: "It looks like a human, but it doesn't look like a human."

After they finished looking, Qin Xuan stepped forward, rolled up the hem of the woman in the red dress, and showed them a section of her ankle.

Xie Yuchen and the others also shone their flashlights in response.

"Ahem, girl, why are you pulling up someone's pants? Is there a problem?" Fatty Wang asked, seeing how quickly Qin Xuan had done it.

"Didn't you guys notice?" Qin Xuan asked.

Fatty Wang looked closely but couldn't see anything: "What's there to see? It's just a section of ankle, but it's quite white and slender."

"You fatso, what are you saying?" Wu Xie cursed at him. How could he say something like that at a time like this?

“It’s not a real person,” Zhang Qiling said.

Upon hearing this, Qin Xuan nodded and explained to everyone, "That's right, these are two puppets."

"Puppets! Then they're not human at all!" Wu Xie exclaimed in surprise, he hadn't even noticed a thing.

Hei Xiazi also made a move, rolling up the black-robed man's trouser leg and touching it: "The skin feels no different from a real person's; this puppet is very realistic."

"Judging from the clothing, it's impossible to tell which dynasty it belongs to. How could they have such puppetry technology? Could the danger this time be the puppets themselves?" Xie Yuchen expressed his opinion.

"Try it and you'll see. You guys turn off your flashlights and see," Qin Xuan said, withdrawing his hand and taking two steps back.

Upon hearing this, everyone tacitly stepped back a few paces, keeping their distance from the two puppets and preparing themselves.

As Wu Xie stepped back, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's the principle behind this? They appear when the flashlight is on, but do they move when it's off?"

“We’ll find out by trying,” Xie Yuchen said.

Seeing that everyone was ready, he, Hei Xiazi, and Zhang Qiling simultaneously turned off their flashlights.

The light in the room dimmed, and after about ten seconds, everyone heard a series of clicking sounds coming from the two puppets.

It sounded like some kind of mechanism was being activated on them.

By the dim light from the window, everyone saw that the two puppets raised their heads and even turned their stiff necks.

"It really moved! Quick, turn on the flashlight and tell them to stay still," Fatty Wang said.

Qin Xuan's idea was confirmed, and she was basically certain of the situation: "It's no use. If I'm not mistaken, they should appear when exposed to light and move after dark."

Xie Yuchen also guessed the game rules: "Tomorrow at daybreak, a lot of puppets will probably appear, and they will all start to move by night."

“Then we’ll get a preview tonight.” Seeing the two puppets about to come down, Hei Xiazi drew a knife from his waist.

Everyone else also took out their weapons, and Qin Xuan followed suit, taking out her dagger: "Puppets aren't like humans; they're not made of flesh and blood, so they won't be easy to deal with. Everyone be careful."

As soon as she finished speaking, the two puppets landed with a thud, and their positions were immediately locked upon landing.

Once the fight started, everyone realized just how high quality these two puppets were; no matter how much they were slashed with a knife or stabbed with a dagger, their bodies couldn't be damaged at all.

"Wu Xie!" Zhang Qiling saw Wu Xie being kicked against the wall by the puppet in red and rushed over to help.

"Cough cough cough~, Brother, I'm fine." Blood trickled down Wu Xie's lips. He felt that he had suffered internal injuries, but they weren't very serious.

Fatty Wang helped Wu Xie up and asked worriedly, "Tianzhen, are you seriously injured?"

"It's okay, you go help them first, I'll rest for a while."

Over there, Hei Xiazi and Xie Yuchen were dealing with the black-robed puppet, while Qin Xuan and Zhang Qiling were dealing with the red-robed puppet.

After fighting for a while, Qin Xuan realized that continuing to fight like this would be useless against the two puppets.

I don't know who trained them, but although they're not as good as my weapon-refining skills, they're still pretty good.

Without some special ability, it would be very difficult to break through their defenses.

She didn't want to use her spiritual power, so she suggested, "Get a rope and tie them up."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang quickly rummaged through his bag for rope, and then, together with the others, tied up the two puppets, rendering them temporarily immobile.

"Wu Xie, do you train after each dungeon run?"

Seeing that Wu Xie's injuries weren't serious and that he seemed fine after resting for a while, Xie Yuchen went over to ask him.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie looked somewhat embarrassed: "Yes, but it's not something you can master overnight."

"Naive. I trained with you when we got back this time. I didn't expect to improve my abilities twice. We can't even beat the puppets now," Fatty Wang said.

Black Bear walked over casually and patted the two on the shoulder: "Keep it up."

Xie Yuchen looked at Qin Xuan: "If you guessed correctly, then the daytime should be the time for us to find the beads, and the nighttime should be for fighting the puppets."

"Well, everyone should try to conserve their energy. We can only get some rest tonight." After saying that, Qin Xuan sat down on the bed, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes to rest.

"Should we go back to our rooms to rest?" Wu Xie asked everyone.

"But what will happen to these two puppets if we leave? They're scary just looking at them."

The fat man laughed and said, "Do you think Qin Xuan is the kind of girl who would be scared by these two?"

Hei Xiazi said, "The monk has assigned us rooms, so we should be going back."

"Let's go then. Let's hope nothing else happens tonight, we still need to find the Buddhist beads tomorrow," Wu Xie said.

"Qin Xuan, then we'll head back," Xie Yuchen said before leaving.

Qin Xuan didn't open his eyes, he just nodded.

After everyone left, she took out a sofa, lay down, and went to sleep.

Wooden beds are too hard to sit on, and I'm not used to sitting on futons. Besides, who knows if anyone has ever used one?