I deliver food in a bizarre world

Meanwhile, more shadows, like living vines, coiled upwards along his legs.

The icy chill, like vines, instantly wrapped around his entire body.

Master Liu's movements became stiff and slow. He was both shocked and angry, and struggled desperately.

"Damn it! Let go!" His other hand quickly reached into the right pocket of his work pants, as if trying to pull something out.

But Chen Mo wouldn't give him that chance.

The moment the shadow trapped Master Liu, Chen Mo had already approached like a ghost, his right hand forming a knife-like shape, precisely and ruthlessly slicing Master Liu's wrist as he reached for his pocket!

He was already much stronger than the average person, and now he was using even more strength, so the result speaks for itself.

"Crack!" A crisp sound of bone breaking rang out.

"Ah!" Master Liu let out a miserable scream as his wrist bent at an unnatural angle, and an old badge covered with runes that he had just pulled out of his pocket flew out of his hand and landed on the ground with a clatter.

Without stopping, Chen Mo used the momentum of his forward thrust to slam his left elbow heavily into the back of Master Liu's neck!

Master Liu's eyes suddenly bulged outwards, his struggling movements stopped instantly, and his face still showed an expression of shock and disbelief.

His body slumped to the ground, completely enveloped by the writhing shadows.

As a result of this action, new blood gushed from Chen Mo's wound, staining the clothes on his left shoulder red.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

When the three of them came to their senses from this sudden turn of events, they saw Master Liu lying motionless on the ground, bound and entangled by eerie black shadows, like a puppet, his life hanging in the balance.

Chen Mo was slowly coming to a stop, standing in front of the bookshelf, his face cold and his breathing slightly labored.

He is very measured in his actions and will not kill.

The shadow receded like the tide, shrinking back to Chen Mo's feet, as if it had never appeared.

The room was deathly silent.

Zhang Hao stared wide-eyed at the unconscious Master Liu, then at Chen Mo, unable to utter a single word.

Aunt Wang and Li Meng were so frightened that they trembled all over and closed their eyes, unable to look any longer.

Chen Mo bent down and picked up the old badge with runes engraved on it from the ground.

It felt cool to the touch, and Chen Mo could sense that it contained a power that shared the same origin as the mansion.

He glanced at it, put it away, and then his gaze returned to the small music box.

"Are you...are you alright?" Zhang Hao asked with concern when he saw that half of Chen Mo's body was stained with blood.

Chen Mo shook his head, took out the bandage, walked to the corner, took off his shirt, and put on another layer of bandage.

He was speechless. His arm kept healing and cracking, and when would it finally be fully healed?

Recently, Xiao Zuo has been experiencing some misfortune due to bad luck.

And... another piece of clothing is ruined...

Luckily, I was thinking about the task I had to do today, so I only wore a cheap outfit.

"What...what was he trying to do just now?" Zhang Hao leaned closer and asked, his voice trembling.

"He wants to take this music box, and maybe he wants to do something else with it. Who knows?" Chen Mo said calmly.

He walked back to the bookshelf, but instead of immediately touching the music box, he carefully examined the velvet padding and the silver embroidery on it.

"His ancestors weren't stewards; they were probably people who participated in building or sealing this place. He knows far more than he says."

"Then... what do we do now?" Li Meng asked, her voice thick with a nasal tone. "Should we take him with us?"

Who's bringing it?

Chen Mo glanced at the unconscious Master Liu and shook his head: "He's too weak to carry, and there's no need to. Leave him here; the rules will take good care of him."

His voice was devoid of any emotion.

He remained perfectly clear-headed; this was the human world, and the human heart was something far more terrifying than ghosts and monsters!

When it comes to completing a mission in such a dangerous place, excessive mercy would only kill himself and others, so he showed no mercy.

His attention returned to the music box.

He carefully reached out, not touching the music box itself, but pinching the corner of the velvet cloth that was underneath, and gently lifted the music box and the cloth together from the bookshelf.

Throughout the entire process, the music box remained completely unchanged.

Chen Mo held the music box in his palm when his cell phone vibrated in his pocket.

Steady!

Without even looking, the vibration immediately confirmed to him that this was exactly what the mission required him to find!

He glanced out the window; the navy blue had deepened.

We must leave this cannibalistic mansion with this thing before dawn!

He tried to store the music box in the app's storage space, but failed.

Some quest items can be collected, such as the food from the Wangchuan Snack Shop and the music box from last time.

However, some items could not be stored in the space, such as the one in front of us, and the costumes we brought out at the Yongle Theater last time. They were only put into storage after the mission was completed.

This left him with no choice but to carefully place it inside his backpack, wrapping and padding it with soft fabric to prevent damage or other problems.

"Found it," Chen Mo said to the three remaining, still-shaken people. "We should leave now."

His voice broke the deathly silence in the room, and Zhang Hao, Li Meng, and Aunt Wang woke up as if from a dream and hurriedly followed.

No one looked at Mr. Liu, who was lying unconscious on the ground, as if he were just an insignificant obstacle.

Lily's death and Master Liu's betrayal made the three survivors realize the seriousness of the situation, and any extra sympathy they had was completely frozen.

Or rather, they themselves are barely able to protect themselves...

Leaving the children's room, the group re-entered the dimly lit corridor.

The atmosphere was even more oppressive than before. Chen Mo knew that finding "it" did not mean he was safe; on the contrary, it felt like he was carrying a time bomb.

No one knows whether holding this thing will trigger new events or attract something even more terrifying.

Chen Mo's eyes were fully open as she warily scanned the area in front of her and around her.

The eerie atmosphere in the corridor seemed to become more active because of their arrival; even behind some of the previously closed doors, thicker mist began to seep out from the cracks...

"Stay close to me, don't fall behind, don't make a sound, and don't cause trouble," Chen Mo warned again in a low voice.

His intuition told him that the mansion's malice was escalating...

The road back seemed longer and more winding than the way there.

Chen Mo clearly remembered the fork in the road when he came, but when he got closer, he found that the corridor extended in an unfamiliar direction!

"Are we... lost?" The others noticed this too. Li Meng's eyes reddened even more as she asked in a low voice, gripping Zhang Hao's arm tightly, her nails almost digging into his flesh.

Zhang Hao's expression was also grim. He looked at Chen Mo and asked, "Brother Mo, are we going the right way?"

Chen Mo did not answer. He stopped and pondered for a moment.

He confirmed that he had not misremembered, but why did this happen?

After thinking for a moment, he couldn't think of anything wrong with it, and could only attribute the reason to finding the music box...