Her Talent for Courting Death Has Always Been Impressive - Chapter 30 Part 1

Chapter 30: Almost Went Cold

【Congratulations, you have gained 900 Courting Death Value points!】

【Congratulations, you currently have over 2,000 Courting Death Value points. Unlocked reward feature—[Skill Points] upgrade】

【Congratulations, you currently have over 2,500 Courting Death Value points. Unlocked reward feature—Path of Chaos/Garden of Beast Entry Ticket x1】

【Congratulations, the reward feature [Skill Points] has been upgraded…】

…

The notification sounds popped up one after another, making Xu Turan’s mind reel. Yang Buqi beside her noticed something was off and grabbed her hand: “What’s wrong?”

Xu Turan shook her head, but her mind was full of question marks.

Regarding the values, she had no issues. She had previously fed “it” feces, snatched someone’s backpack, been chased at breakneck speed, attempted to secretly peep… Plus various small amounts, adding up to nearly 1,800 Courting Death Value points. With the 900 sent by “Mom” this time, it directly shot up to over 2,700, so it wasn’t strange to unlock two rewards in a row.

As for the “Skill Points” thing, time was limited, so she couldn’t afford to look at the upgrade instructions for now — the only thing she was somewhat concerned about was that entry ticket…

What was that thing?

A white slip of paper floated in her consciousness, enveloped by a strange light, making its pattern unclear.

Xu Turan knew it wasn’t the time to ponder these things. Although her curiosity was exploding, she could only sweep it all aside. In an instant, she locked her attention back onto the door in front of her.

The door had already been pushed open a small crack, and a strong stench seeped out, making those outside wrinkle their brows repeatedly — Teacher Yu took a deep breath and gave a look to the others beside him.

Yang Buqi grabbed Xu Turan’s wrist, and along with the others, they quickly turned back and ran into the adjacent room.

Su Sui’er, Xiao Gao, and An Nai had already gone to maintain the markers in other locations according to the previous arrangement. Only Weiwei remained in place to provide support — at this point, the triggered markers had already connected with each other, forming an enclosed space carved out from the domain, so there was no need to worry about anyone getting lost.

After Xu Turan and the others escaped into the adjacent room, they didn’t rush to leave, but instead crouched behind the door, nervously observing the situation in the room across.

The door of the room with the broken seal was ajar. The person inside seemed unaware that they had escaped confinement. Xu Turan couldn’t resist, quickly took a supernatural photo and threw it out. A long-haired female ghost crawled out of the photo, whimpering. Just as she poked out half her body, a blood vessel descending from above pierced her skull.

That blood vessel had extended from behind the ajar door — it didn’t look thick, but thin, like a tentacle. Its surface contracted unhurriedly a few times, and the pierced ghost quickly deflated, like a balloon that had been drained of air.

More thin blood vessels extended from behind the door, their heads opening like insect mouthparts, pouncing on the deflated ghost one after another. When they dispersed, not even a single hair of the ghost remained, and even the photo that had hatched the ghost had been gnawed down to just an edge.

The crowd hiding in the adjacent room: …

“Looks like this Mom is starving,” Xu Turan commented softly. Yang Buqi beside her nodded in agreement, noticing her trembling hands, he was slightly startled and comforted her with a “Don’t be afraid.”

Xu Turan, holding the camera: …

You might not believe it, but it’s not me shaking, it’s the instant camera in my hands.

Those blood vessels finished feeding and retracted behind the door. Xu Turan had no choice but to take two more photos and throw them out — honestly, she felt like she was just like a sucker visiting a cat cafe for the first time, desperately feeding to lure out the aloof cat hiding in its bed. The point is, they eat, but still remain indifferent after eating.

… No, from a certain perspective, she was even worse off than a cat cafe sucker. At least they were coaxing cute cats, what was she coaxing here?

The more Xu Turan thought about it, the more depressed she felt. Fortunately, after several rounds of feeding, it finally had an effect — this time, those thin blood vessels didn’t retract directly after finishing their meal, but instead probed the surrounding air like antennae.

Following that, a hand pressed against the ajar door.

It was a withered hand. The blackened skin clung tightly to the bone. The hand pulled the ajar door back, but what appeared first wasn’t the head, but the belly.

That belly was swollen, swollen to an unbelievable degree, as if someone had stuffed a 3 or 4-year-old child under its clothes — and those thin blood vessels were extending from beneath that round belly.

“What’s going on?” Teacher Yu was shocked, “Is it pregnant? Whose is it?”

This focus was so off that the others all turned to look at him. Xu Turan said, “It must be Cha Ruoyu’s, what are you thinking?”

Teacher Yu: ?!!

“Cha Ruoyu said ‘it’ gave his family four keys,” Yang Buqi added, “But he himself didn’t actually get one… and his daughter’s diary also mentioned this.”

According to the diary, after Cha Ruoyu’s wife’s condition improved, the couple had a sweet period. And shortly after, his younger son secretly told his sister that there was an extra person in the house — thinking about it now, it should be that Mom had revealed to him that she was pregnant again, and the child didn’t understand, leading to this strange statement.

This also explained why Cha Ruoyu could never enter this “domain” from beginning to end — when he sent his family members into the domain, he probably didn’t know his wife was pregnant. “It” only promised him four “keys” to enter, the unborn child took his slot, so naturally, he himself couldn’t come in.

Teacher Yu stared in surprise, struggling for a long time before squeezing out a “Holy crap.” The boss clicked his tongue, forcibly bringing the topic back: “Stop digressing, what’s going on now? Why is it standing there not moving?”

Everyone followed his gaze, their eyes falling on the silhouette standing silently opposite. They saw “Mom” standing in the doorframe with her terrifyingly large belly, the thin blood vessels dancing aimlessly in the air, yet she hesitated to take a step forward.

Her limbs were all in that withered, shriveled state, but her face was extremely round and vivid, so vivid that they could clearly see her slightly furrowed brows — it seemed she was troubled by something.

“She’s afraid of the cold,” Xu Turan had already roughly guessed this, and seeing the other’s reaction now, she was even more certain of her thoughts, and quickly nudged Teacher Yu beside her.

Teacher Yu nodded in understanding, quickly wiped the marker beside them twice, and then urged everyone to retreat, moving back two more rooms at the fastest speed.

The others followed without understanding, the boss still with a head full of questions: “Wait, what’s going on?”

“It was this little sister’s idea,” Teacher Yu led everyone to hide near another marker, quickly explaining under the cover of the marker, “She said the attendant here might have a weakness to cold, so she asked me to prepare two contingencies in advance…”

If the other party really couldn’t leave the room because of fear of cold, then they would find a way to cut off all the spaces with air conditioning, directly connecting the room where the attendant was to normal rooms — in other words, to clear all obstacles for the attendant’s family reunion.