69novels Chapter 37 Tang Mubai's Strange Changes
Chapter 37 Tang Mubai's Strange Changes
[Zhang Wei - S City University: Yeah, why haven't the two young masters been online for so long? Where's Young Master Tang? Is he still not recovered from the plane crash? [Eating popcorn]]
[Wu Bing - S City University: Tang Shao has the invincible Wind and Fire Wheels by his side, and he can survive by using invincibility frames at crucial moments. How dare you, a mere Ah Wei, spout nonsense here?]
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The atmosphere in the group changed again. After Zhang Wei and Wu Bing made such a fuss, the others only casually expressed their concern for them before forgetting about them again.
The topic quickly shifted back to team mountain climbing.
After thinking for a moment, Li Jiu replied to Chen Xueyi:
[Li Jiu - S City University: @Chen Xueyi, Tang Mubai and I are together. You guys go ahead, thank you.]
[Chen Xueyi - S City University: @Li Jiu - S City University, we've already set off, see you on the mountain! Hehe [playful]]
After scrolling through the group chat and returning to the front, Li Jiu suddenly discovered that Lin Weiwei had sent him a private message.
[Lin Weiwei: Haven't you guys left yet? Want to come along?]
Lin Weiwei from Shanhe Daily... Li Jiu seemed to be deep in thought.
Shanhe Daily is a very niche newspaper. Its content is mostly fantastical and bizarre, yet also based on realistic themes, and is very popular among a small group of people.
Lin Weiwei is one of the moderators.
Should I invite them out proactively...?
Could it be that they came for Tang Mubai and him?
Li Jiu initially wanted to refuse, but then he thought that a niche forum moderator like Lin Weiwei, who was deeply involved in the supernatural field, might actually know some unknown inside information. Working with her might yield unexpected gains.
Li Jiu then replied:
[Li Jiu: How many people are on your side? Have you planned the hiking route?]
Lin Weiwei said: "It's just the two of us, me and another colleague from our newspaper. As for the hiking route, we mainly stayed within the safe areas of the trails; we didn't have any other plans..."
Li Jiu looked at the message, especially the word "mainly," which was very subtle and clearly left room for maneuver...
Before Li Jiu could reply, Lin Weiwei's message popped up again:
[Lin Weiwei - Shanhe Daily: We'll wait for you in the lobby for a while. Can we talk more when we meet? If it's not a good fit, we can part ways. [smile]]
[Li Jiu: Okay.]
Just as Li Jiu finished replying to the message, the terrifying, piercing gaze he had felt not long ago by the White Dragon Pool, the one that sent chills down his spine, returned to him without warning.
Li Jiu's muscles tensed instantly, like a startled wild beast, and he sprang up from the bed!
Something is wrong!
Is there something dirty in the room?!
Li Jiu hunched over, like a cheetah poised to pounce. His mind raced as he quickly checked every detail mentioned in the Mushroom House rules. However, just like when they re-entered the room, everything in the room was normal.
and many more! !
Apart from……
bathroom!!
Oops!!
Li Jiu's pupils contracted sharply, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back!
Because Tang Mubai couldn't wait to take a shower as soon as he entered the guest room, the bathroom became the only blind spot in the entire guest room that was not checked!
"Old Tang!"
Li Jiu cried out and rushed to the bathroom, but strangely, just as he reached the door, the chilling gaze vanished as if the tide had receded.
The sound of water in the bathroom seemed to have stopped long ago, and Tang Mubai's voice came through: "Hey! I'm done!"
Li Jiu quickly asked, "Old Tang, did anything happen when you were showering? When you first went into the bathroom... was there any of that slime mentioned in the rules?"
"Splash!"
The door opened, and Tang Mubai, wrapped in a bath towel, looked bewildered: "No... Old Li, do you have any extra clothes? Can I borrow a set?"
His luggage was all heavy, and he didn't have a single change of clothes.
Li Jiu looked Tang Mubai up and down; the latter had many scratches on his body. "Why are they so red?"
Li Jiu frowned as he handed over the clothes.
"I can't help it, it's so itchy, I can't stand it if I don't scratch!" Tang Mubai complained as he took the clothes from Li Jiu's hands. "The water in that White Dragon Pool is definitely problematic, it's definitely polluted. If I weren't already in Fulong Mountain, I would definitely go to the hospital for a full-body checkup!"
"Speaking of a full-body checkup, why don't we get one done by the medical team at the Mushroom House first?" Li Jiu felt that Tang Mubai had been acting strangely ever since the plane crash, but he didn't know if it was just his imagination or what.
Tang Mubai waved his hands repeatedly: "Forget it, forget it... I don't trust them."
"Then how about we see Dr. Su?"
Tang Mubai's eyes lit up upon hearing this, but he still shook his head: "They're doing psychological counseling, not a proper doctor..."
As he spoke, his gaze unconsciously drifted to the fruit plate on the coffee table behind Li Jiu.
The moment his gaze fell on the fruit plate, Li Jiu keenly sensed that Tang Mubai's entire demeanor underwent a dramatic change!
In that instant—just that instant—Tang Mubai suddenly froze on the spot, as if petrified.
Immediately afterward, his expression began to freeze, replaced by an empty, almost greedy focus. His dark eyes instantly lost their focus, leaving only a strong and pure desire for the watermelon.
He ignored Li Jiu and walked straight to the coffee table, his movements carrying a strange stiffness.
Then, he slowly crawled down beside the coffee table, stretched his neck, and, in an almost reverent posture, focused intently on admiring the watermelon on the plate, as if it were a rare treasure.
The next moment, he opened his mouth, not with his hands, but by leaning down, he took a precise bite into a piece of watermelon flesh...
He slowly moved his mouth, like a silkworm gnawing, and slowly finished one piece of watermelon, then the second, and the third.
The entire process was eerily quiet; Li Jiu was completely stunned…
"Old Li, Old Li?"
Just as Li Jiu was staring at the fruit platter, he heard Tang Mubai's voice in his ear.
Li Jiu was startled and looked closely. He suddenly realized that Tang Mubai, who had just been behaving extremely abnormally, had returned to his side and was standing in front of him with a puzzled look on his face. He had changed into the borrowed clothes, and his expression was natural with clear eyes.
The bizarre scene that just happened seemed to be just his hallucination.
He paused for a moment, then looked at the fruit platter.
All three watermelons lay there perfectly intact.
Ok? ? ?
What's going on?
Am I hallucinating?
This time, it was Li Jiu's turn to be puzzled. He felt a persistent chill surrounding him, which would occasionally irritate him and constantly provoke his nerves.
"Old Li, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you saying anything?" Tang Mubai waved his hand in front of Li Jiu.
Li Jiu regained his composure and said, "It's nothing, I might be hallucinating..."
"Hallucination..." Tang Mubai clicked his tongue, looking empathetic. "Hey, didn't I hallucinate too? I even mistook seaweed for a swarm of snakes. It's kind of funny when I think about it..."
Li Jiu thought for a moment, then asked, "Are you sure you don't want to see a doctor?"
Tang Mubai thought for a moment, then said, "Since you've already said so, I'd better play it safe... Anyway, I'm just staying in the Mushroom House, and I'm just killing time, so I might as well go and check it out."
Li Jiu nodded, feeling slightly relieved.