dognovel Chapter 169 The Haunted House is Broken! Guo Fan is Dead!
Chapter 169 The Haunted House is Broken! Guo Fan is Dead!
Chapter 169 The Haunted House is Broken! Guo Fan is Dead!
Even though he had the head of a butcher on his neck, Li Jiuhe ran very fast.
As he ran, he sensed that within the 48-hour safety period, as long as a head was attached to his neck, it didn't matter whether the head was his own or someone else's.
Now anyone can use anyone's head as their own.
However, if one's head is reattached and then severed a second time, it will result in permanent death, with no further safe period.
Moreover, he knew that the butcher was burning with rage and resentment, and that if he were caught up, his fate would be extremely tragic.
He ran away not in any other direction, but directly into the kitchen.
Moreover, during the escape, Li Jiuhe quickly took off his employee uniform.
He rushed into the restaurant quickly, passed through the staff entrance, and entered the kitchen.
He had already seen where the kitchen utensils were placed when he passed through the kitchen earlier. At this moment, he picked up a wide-backed fish-cleaning knife that he had already set his sights on, and then left through the back door of the kitchen and approached the cold storage.
As expected, the headless Guo Fan was waiting in front of the cold storage door.
In Guo Fan's black-and-white vision, he suddenly saw the beheading butcher returning with a fish knife in hand and a fierce look on his face.
Guo Fan was startled, thinking to himself how lucky he was that he hadn't entered the warehouse yet, so the headless body held no appeal for the butcher.
He quickly stepped aside, and in his haste, he didn't notice that the butcher's clothes were somewhat different from before.
Moreover, he was feeling uneasy at the moment and dared not look directly at the butcher, for fear of provoking his displeasure.
Li Jiuhe didn't stop at all, and didn't even look at Guo Fan who had stepped aside. Instead, he quickly went to the door of the cold storage, put the fish knife in his mouth, and grabbed the turntable of the cold storage door with both hands and spun it quickly.
The cold storage door was opened quickly, and he slipped into the cold storage without any delay.
After seeing the butcher go inside, Guo Fan was filled with doubt and moved slightly closer to the warehouse door.
Li Jiuhe acted quickly. After entering the cold storage, he rushed to the row of freezers and took a closer look. He found that Ma Li's black ants had indeed entered through the cold storage ventilation opening and had spread out as Ma Li had instructed, lying on the surface of the 37 confirmed human heads.
This way, he wouldn't need to identify them anymore; he could simply take out the head with black ants on it and smash it.
At the same time, his gaze quickly swept over the pile of heads that Guo Fan had smashed on the ground outside the freezer, and he noticed that some black ants were crawling on some of the heads.
That means Guo Fan has already smashed some of the correct targets, roughly ten heads.
That means there are 27 left in the freezer.
Without pausing, Li Jiuhe grabbed a head covered in black ants on its nose, turned the back of his knife to face up, and slammed it down hard.
The black ants immediately dispersed, and then with a soft pop, the human head shattered.
He used the same trick again; he didn't need to select anything, he just needed to spot ants on people's heads and quickly smash them.
This efficiency is far superior to Guo Fan's.
Guo Fan's headless body stealthily moved to the entrance of the cold storage, peered through the open door, and was immediately startled.
Because he discovered that the beheading butcher was unusually using his fish knife to smash the heads in the freezer.
"How come—his behavior—is just like mine?" Guo Fan was completely bewildered and began to have doubts.
Suddenly he heard footsteps approaching rapidly behind him. He turned around and froze.
In his black-and-white vision, a headless body strode over, carrying a knife, looking fierce, and heading straight for the cold storage behind him.
"Is this guy taking advantage of the fact that he's still in his safe period? Doesn't he know the butcher is inside?!" Guo Fan thought to himself in surprise.
In reality, the butcher was not only chasing Li Jiuhe to reclaim his head, but Li Jiuhe had also violated another of his rules.
That means trespassing into the cold storage and taking action against those people.
According to the Butcher's rules, even if his head wasn't taken, he was supposed to rush over and kill the intruder after discovering the cold storage had been invaded.
Therefore, Guo Fan, who was standing outside the door at this moment, had obviously become the "gatekeeper".
Although Guo Fan knew the rules of the "gatekeeper," he believed that since the butcher had already entered the cold storage, he could not be the gatekeeper.
In contrast, the headless creature rapidly approaching the cold storage outside is completely oblivious to its fate.
The butcher rushed to the entrance of the cold storage. Guo Fan's presence as the "gatekeeper" further fueled his anger. He flipped his fish knife and stabbed Guo Fan in the chest.
The butcher knew very well that the body was headless, so he couldn't cut off the head and instead stabbed.
Moreover, he is an extremely powerful being in this haunted house scene, an absolute power suppressor. No matter how strong the opponent's sequence ability is, unless they directly break through the ability limit and destroy this scene, they will be suppressed by his power.
The moment Guo Fan realized that the headless body suddenly harbored murderous intent towards him, he had no time to retreat. His chest felt as if he had been hit head-on by a high-speed truck.
With a bang, the protective sequence runes on his body instantly exploded, and a phantom sequence rune spread out and disappeared, but it blocked the fatal blow.
Guo Fan was utterly shocked. He couldn't understand how this headless body could be so powerful! It felt like it was on par with the beheading butcher—
Thinking of this, doubts arose in his mind. As he quickly retreated, his black and white vision looked closely and found that the headless body in front of him was dressed in a somewhat familiar way.
But before he could think any further, the butcher's second knife came down!
Guo Fan had already taken out his exquisite rune dagger, ready to fight this guy, but after being hit by this fierce blow, his life-saving runes were shattered.
He knew something was wrong, so he quickly retreated, scrambling and crawling to avoid the butcher's second blow.
The third slash came without stopping, striking his left shoulder and getting stuck in the bone.
A sharp pain coursed through his body, and upon seeing the fish knife up close, Guo Fan finally realized what was going on.
"This—this headless body is—the butcher!"
The thought crossed his mind, and without hesitation, he plunged the exquisite rune-adorned dagger into the butcher's heart.
But this stab felt like it had struck a piece of dead flesh. Not only did the power of the sequence runes not react at all, but the butcher in front of him also showed no reaction whatsoever after being stabbed.
With a thud, Guo Fan was kicked away by the butcher, and the fish knife stuck in his shoulder was quickly pulled out, causing him so much pain that he almost died on the spot.
He crashed heavily into the corner of the wall behind him, and then the butcher stepped forward again.
"Damn it, that guy—switched the butcher's head, and I—became the gatekeeper—"
At that moment, Guo Fan completely understood that the guy who had just entered the cold storage was using someone else to do his dirty work!
Upon learning the truth, he nearly collapsed.
He slapped the hood behind his head with his right hand and desperately threw an old man's head that had fallen out onto the ground.
This was indeed the head of the old man surnamed Yan, and it was a new head for the butcher, which, in the past, held great appeal for him.
But the butcher kicked the head aside and swung his knife at Guo Fan again.
In reality, the butcher was enforcing his own rules: he wanted to kill the gatekeeper as quickly as possible, then go in and kill Li Jiuhe, and finally take back his own head.
As for the previous normal rules of conduct, such as acquiring more new heads, they have been relegated to a secondary position.
Seeing that his attempt to distract him had failed, Guo Fan rolled over on the spot and simultaneously pulled a second head out of his large hood.
The head was his own, and he quickly attached it to his neck.
Just as Li Jiuhe had seen before, this guy's hood was deep and large, hiding two heads inside, one his own and the other that of the old man surnamed Yan.
The moment the head was reattached, Guo Fan's left arm flew into the air and was severed by the butcher's blade. At the same time, because the force of the swing was too strong, the blade got stuck in his left rib, and the blade was almost completely embedded in his body.
Guo Fan was pale and seriously injured.
However, his head and body had been reattached and he had returned to normal. He opened his mouth with difficulty and spat out a playing card, which was the sequence item, the black and white playing card.
This is one of the "J" cards, which is the "Knight" card, but it has no suit.
The moment the playing card came out of his mouth, it was quickly spat onto the ground.
With a soft thud, the "J" card hit the ground. Almost simultaneously, the entire haunted house scene suddenly shook violently, like an earthquake, with a series of rumbling sounds.
It gives the impression that a massive force is trying to shake the very foundation of the haunted house's atmosphere at this moment.
Even the butcher, who wanted to continue attacking Guo Fan, was shaken, pulled out the fish knife embedded in the man's body, and staggered several steps.
The surrounding cabinets, kitchen utensils, and other items scattered and fell with a crash, shaken by the force.
As the ground shook, the "J" card that had been smashed on the ground disappeared, replaced by a phantom young knight in silver armor, with pale skin and an evil face, who swung his longsword at the butcher.
The butcher held the fish knife horizontally and raised it above his head to block it.
Like the collapse of the heavens and the splitting of the earth, a powerful impact resounded in all directions.
But at that moment, the pale-faced knight became unsteady, as if an invisible force was about to tear him apart.
More rumbling vibrations arose from all directions of the resort center and even the entire resort island.
Li Jiuhe, who was in the cold storage, also had a strong feeling. He didn't know how many more cards Guo Fan had up his sleeve, but they were clearly beyond his expectations.
However, it now appears that the opponent's trump card has completely shaken the very foundation of the haunted house scene.
Once the critical point is reached, all of everyone's efforts may be in vain!
He grabbed the 37th head, the last one, and the black ants on its surface immediately dispersed, preventing them from being affected by Li Jiuhe.
The head was then thrown to the ground, and Li Jiuhe slammed it down with his knife, shattering the skull.
The next second, an extremely horrific scream echoed throughout the cold storage.
Suddenly, the row of freezers exploded, sending large amounts of minced meat flying in all directions.
Li Jiuhe immediately retreated several steps to the innermost part of the cold storage, where he saw a phantom-like giant human head shape appear in the sky above the blast site.
The severed head, its gender unknown, seemed to be formed from the condensed spirits of all decapitated humans. It now displayed an expression of agony, emitting a muffled roar—
Without hesitation, Li Jiuhe threw the fish-chopping knife in his hand, which struck the headless ghost in the middle.
The spirit of the human head had already exhausted its life force. Struck by this final blow, it became unstable and then vanished with a bang!
At the same moment, the beheading butcher, who was fighting the eerie knight outside the cold storage, suddenly trembled all over and disappeared on the spot.
Along with this body, the head on Li Jiuhe's neck also vanished.
This caused Li Jiuhe to instantly transform back into a headless body.
After the butcher's headless body disappeared outside the cold storage, the body of the eerie knight who fought him was torn in two by an invisible force inside the haunted house.
Immediately, the two halves split into four, four into eight, eight into sixteen, and were quickly torn into countless fragments.
At that moment, Ma Li rushed over with Li Jiuhe's head in her arms. She only had time to glance to the side and witness the eerie knight being torn apart by the "domain" of the haunted house. She also saw Guo Fan, who was slumped on the ground not far away and was seriously injured.
Without pausing, she plunged into the cold storage, where she found a scene of utter chaos, with bits of flesh and blood everywhere.
Li Jiuhe's headless body was still standing at the very back of the cold storage.
"Brother Li, hurry!"
Ma Li rushed to Li Jiuhe's headless body, clutching her own head, and grabbed the head and attached it to Li Jiuhe's neck.
Li Jiuhe raised his hands and adjusted the angle between his head and neck to ensure they were back in place.
"The haunted house has been solved, but what about Guo Fan?" he asked immediately.
Ma Li pointed outside: "Right outside the cold storage, that guy looks badly injured."
Li Jiuhe immediately left the cold storage and, upon seeing Guo Fan, walked towards him.
Suddenly, he stepped on a hard object. Looking down, he saw it was the exquisite rune knife.
Guo Fan had previously stuck the knife into the butcher's headless body. Before he could pull it out, it was knocked away. Later, as the butcher's body disappeared, the knife also fell to the ground.
Li Jiuhe immediately picked up the knife. The sequence runes on its surface were more complete, making it a rare treasure, far more powerful than the Silver Erosion Dagger and the Rune Curved Blade.
Upon reaching Guo Fan, Li Jiuhe stopped two meters away and simply stared coldly at him with her head down.
At this moment, Guo Fan's face was pale, his breathing was uneven, and blood was flowing from his mouth and nose.
His right shoulder was almost completely severed from his body, his left arm was missing, and blood kept gushing from the wound on his left rib, with his internal organs faintly visible.
This was no ordinary injury; it was indirectly caused by the "domain" of the haunted house through the hands of the beheading butcher, and it was far more serious than the injuries this sequencer suffered in the real world.
"Guo Fan, you conspired to take control of the Investigation Bureau and Police Bureau of Yuanmeng City just to buy yourself time to crack this haunted house?" Li Jiuhe asked coldly. "What can this haunted house bring you? To be honest, maybe I can still save you."
Guo Fan's eyelids were already very heavy. He glanced at Li Jiuhe, his lips moved but no sound came out, and he gave a cold laugh.
He then felt a sharp pain in his chest and coughed up blood.
Just then, text from the Death Pass suddenly flashed before Li Jiuhe's eyes.
Don't ask so many questions. This guy has deep reserves; be careful, and kill him quickly!
Li Jiuhe was taken aback. He remembered that the pass had told him that this guy wouldn't appear in the haunted house scene.
Looking up, they realized that they were now standing in the familiar passageway outside the haunted house scene, and a dozen meters away from them was an open door with a light green sign that read "Exit □".
This is the exit of the Rubik's Cube Haunted House.
"So you not only know him, but you also know his background?" Li Jiuhe wondered to himself.
The death pass looked very anxious and answered immediately.
[That's right, I know who he is and why he wants to solve the Rubik's Cube haunted house. We already have a temporary cooperation agreement; after you kill him, I'll give you all the information about Guo Fan as a reward.]
"What if you breach the contract?" Li Jiuhe asked.
His nonchalant demeanor only fueled Death Pass's anxiety.
[I am a special sequence item, a death pass! Cooperation is my innate ability; how could I possibly violate my fundamental sequence abilities?]
"Brother Li, he won't say anything, should we kill this guy or not?" Ma Li asked at this moment.
As she spoke, she licked her lips.
After a moment's thought, Li Jiuhe replied, "Kill."
He then stepped over the dying Guo Fan and headed towards the exit at the end of the haunted house passage.
Upon receiving his order, Ma Li was overjoyed. Immediately, a large number of black ants swarmed out from under her skirt, instantly enveloping Guo Fan's entire body and turning him into a black man.
The sequence ability "Death Notice" had already told Guo Fan that he knew he was about to die.
His sequencing ability allows him to warn anyone or anything that poses a threat to him in advance via death notice, which is why he has always been able to narrowly escape death and even successfully turn the tables on his opponents.
But even today, knowing that death is coming, he is powerless to escape or fight back.
All that's left for him is probably that stubbornness and longing after his death.
Guo Fan was a ruthless man. He didn't make a sound until he died, and was quickly eaten away by black ants until only a pile of white bones remained.
However, his bones were also a great source of nourishment for Ant Li, and before long, even the bones were completely devoured by the ant larvae.
As Ma Li watched Li Jiuhe walk out of the haunted house, she suddenly became excited.
Because at that moment she found that her face had an extremely real and refreshing feeling, as if she had broken through some kind of restraint and was no longer bound by anyone.
The opera mask that had been stuck to her face completely vanished at that moment!
"My abilities have advanced! I'm free, finally free!"
Ma Li was overjoyed, and even the ant larvae she released could feel her happiness, crawling and rolling around on the ground, jumping for joy.
With joy, all the ant larvae quickly returned home, gathering into a black torrent like flowing water, surging into the hem of Ant Li's skirt.
Where Guo Fan had just been lying, there were only some faint bloodstains and a playing card.
The playing card was pressed tightly against the ground, and it was unknown when it fell under Guo Fan. It was only revealed after his body was completely devoured.
After her initial joy, Mali was somewhat surprised. She took a few steps closer, looked down, and discovered that it was a "Q" card, the Queen card.
The Queen in the card has narrow eyes and a slanted mouth that almost reaches her ears, making her look somewhat eerie and unsettling, completely different from the image in ordinary playing cards.
The next second, a woman's vicious snort suddenly rang out in the passage, followed by a gust of cold air.
The "Q" card instantly turned into tiny particles and disappeared without a trace.
Ma Li was taken aback. She looked around but found nothing more unusual, so she quickly left through the exit of the haunted house.