Beast taming, starting from zero point-Chapter 167 - 162: The Dreamless Doll

Chapter 167 -162: The Dreamless Doll

“Did you hear any sounds?” Qiao Sang tensed up.

Fang Sisi was taken aback and replied uncertainly, “It seems like the sound of a baby beast.”

The baby beast, a water-type pet, usually speaks in coos, but aside from that, it can also make sounds very similar to a baby’s cry.

Besides breeders, ordinary people would find it very difficult to distinguish the difference between the two sounds.

Qiao Sang didn’t expect Fang Sisi to think of the baby beast so quickly. Before she could ask anything further, Fang Sisi continued,

“When players enter the second level, the baby beast in the water will make this sound, followed by the claws of the doppelganger puppet dragging imitation human hands out from the water pipes to scare the players.”

“But isn’t that supposed to be part of the escape room’s plot? Could it be that the pet beast of the second level wasn’t affected?” Qiao Sang inquired.

Fang Sisi pondered for a moment, saying, “No, it’s still not the same, the claws of the doppelganger puppet didn’t come out.”

“You’re right,” Qiao Sang nodded in agreement.

Xiao Xunbao, the treasure-seeking ghost, blinked innocently behind them.

Taking a few steps, Qiao Sang stopped and closed her eyes once more to sense Yaobao’s location.

The view was still a black background and not more than a hundred meters in distance.

How could the distance remain unchanged after walking so much? Qiao Sang opened her eyes, feeling startled.

Just then, the sound similar to a baby’s wail rose again.

“Do you know the exact location of the baby beast?” Qiao Sang turned to ask.

“If we go by the escape room’s script, it should be in the waterways alongside us,” Fang Sisi paused, then asked, “What are you going to do?”

“If it’s willing to talk nicely, that’s best. If not, we’ll need to fight before we can have a conversation,” Qiao Sang declared.

Currently, it seemed the baby beast, an NPC, was the only one who was conscious during the first and second levels. Clearly, with something amiss in the escape room, they needed to have a talk with the baby beast, who might have witnessed something.

…

The surveillance room.

A man wearing a hat paced back and forth in front of the monitors, fretting, “How did they get in? What if something happens?”

The observation room’s screen only showed the scene where the Flame Listening Dog appeared. Now that the Flame Listening Dog could no longer be seen, and the first level’s camera also broke, naturally, there was no use staying there.

But it was different for the surveillance room.

Several screens in the surveillance room corresponded to each level of Lost Town’s escape room.

Originally, red eyes inexplicably filled one of the screen’s views, which were clearly visible to everyone in the surveillance room.

As the mist spread, all cameras in the first level room stopped working.

There were no anomalies on the cameras of the other levels, but the intercom was malfunctioning and calls could not get through.

Wanting to go out and take a look, but upon reaching the corner of the corridor outside the surveillance room, he found himself facing the surveillance room again.

Left with no choice, he had to return to the surveillance room.

They noticed the two girls entering the second level room the moment it happened.

They thought they were the culprits behind this situation.

But upon zooming in for a closer look, one was the Beast Tamer of the Flame Listening Dog and the other was the Beast tamer of NPC number 9.

The Flame Listening Dog and the Cotton Caterpillar couldn’t possibly create such a bizarre scene, so they were ruled out as suspects.

That wasn’t the most important point.

The important thing was, the surveillance showed two spectral-type pet beasts following them!

One was a treasure-seeking ghost, and the other was a dreamless doll.

The former wasn’t much of a problem, a lower-level pet beast, small in size and probably young.

But the latter was definitely a high-level pet beast!

The dreamless doll had the trait of insomnia and couldn’t sleep 24 hours a day. Some experts believe that its eyes may have reddened from staying up all night.

It liked to feed on other people’s dreams.

It was somewhat considered a spectral-type extraordinary creature that preferred energy that was slightly less evil.

But there was one thing.

The dreamless doll enjoyed creating dreams for people, all of which were nightmares.

They were naturally adept at creating dreams: the nightmares they produced made the sleeping person feel as though they were actually in reality, and even after waking up, it would take a while before they could distinguish whether the experience was a dream or reality, leaving an aftertaste of fear.

Some people might take several days to recover, thus there were quite a few whose spirits were weakened.

How did such pet beasts suddenly appear in their secret chamber?

“Still can’t get through on the phone,” the young man by his side shook his head.

“Do you think this was done by someone or did they accidentally wander in?” the man with a hat asked with an ugly expression as he looked at the monitor.

“It doesn’t seem like it was done by someone, nor does it look accidental,” the young man analyzed. “Look at the monitor, that treasure-seeking ghost is quite close to the two girls in front and there’s a bead around its neck, looks like a prop, it must be a contracted pet beast.”

“But the dreamless doll behind them keeps its distance, following them stealthily as if afraid of being discovered. If it wandered in accidentally, given the character of spectral-type pet beasts, it would most likely hide and phase straight through the wall to leave.”

“But you see, our corridors don’t lead out, there are signal problems, and that black fog, it’s all obviously done on purpose. So it doesn’t look like an accident.”

“And don’t you think the red eyes that appeared in the monitor earlier were the dreamless doll’s?”

“TNND, I knew those eyes were its since the beginning, now what do we do! And those two brats… Damn it! What the hell is this?” the man with the hat stared intensively at the surveillance screen as if he’d seen a ghost.

The young man beside him heard this and looked at the screen.

At that moment, a pair of red eyes once again occupied the entire surveillance screen of the second challenge room.

The eyes moved left and right a couple of times.

The screen went black.

…

“Ahhhhh!”

“Yaobao, save me!!!”

The shrill screams echoed throughout the whole underground tunnel.

“Xun, xun~”

The little treasure-seeking ghost grinned and sped up behind Qiao Sang, looking pleased, as if playing a game.

Following behind it were two hands and two legs dripping with red liquid, along with a baby shell covered in sharp spikes.

“Damn it! What the hell is that thing!” Qiao Sang shouted as he ran.

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“Baby shell!” Fang Sisi shouted back.

“I’m asking about the severed hands and feet!” Qiao Sang dashed forward with the fastest speed he had ever mustered.

“The limbs of a doppelganger puppet!” Fang Sisi fell slightly behind in her pace.

What? The limbs of a doppelganger puppet?

Qiao Sang was stunned, and suddenly felt less inclined to run.

She had thought it was a scene from a real horror movie bleeding into reality when in fact it was the work of a spectral-type pet beast.

Qiao Sang slowed down and turned around.

She saw the four limbs that looked covered in fresh blood and the baby shell charging at her like crazy.

Just as she slowed down, they closed in a considerable distance behind her.

Qiao Sang jumped in fright and instinctively sped up again.

Damn it! Experiencing such scenes from a horror movie personally was totally different from just watching them!

“Aren’t these just NPCs? Why are you running?” Qiao Sang shouted in exasperation.

“Because of you!” Fang Sisi cried amidst the wind.

“What did I do!” Qiao Sang was clueless.

“Why on earth did you make the treasure-seeking ghost twerk and pull faces at the drain for no reason!” Fang Sisi yelled in anger: “Not to mention, you had it spit in there!”

“Isn’t it to lure the baby shell out!” Qiao Sang was innocent: “Who knew the doppelganger puppet would be here too! Is this how the second challenge is scripted? Don’t they know we’re not here for fun? Is it fair to scare us like this!”

Fang Sisi shouted back, “Of course the plot isn’t supposed to be like this! Why else would I run!”

“Then why…”

“It’s all because of the things you made the treasure-seeking ghost do!”

“…”

“Xun~”