WTNL Chapter 82

Fantasy Amusement Park
Chapter 82: Teach you a new game

Yun Bilan froze and turned her head to look in the direction the sound came from.

Because their bodies had been shrunk, everything in the entire room was magnified to an absurd degree. Submerged in the obscure and dim light, the stiff, smiling faces of the dolls were chaotic and indistinct, like a terrifying dream half-sunken into a dark ocean.

That touch of red was so vibrant and sharp.

Carrying an unstoppable sharpness, it pierced straight through the darkness and stabbed into her eyes, making her heart uncontrollably constrict and her chest ache.

…It was him?

Why?

“Play… play… hehe…”

Felix laughed. He retracted the hand reaching for Yun Bilan, turned his mountain-of-flesh-like body around, and took heavy steps, walking step by step towards that touch of red, waving his hand to catch him.

“Play, play!”

The young man lifted the hem of his skirt with one hand and nimbly rolled on the spot, dodging the other party’s palm that came sweeping in with the wind.

Felix’s large hand caught nothing but air.

He lowered his head, staring in confusion at his empty palm.

Wen Jianyan grinned, baring his teeth:

“What’s so fun about Red Light, Green Light?”

He violently grabbed a corner of the skirt’s hem. With a “rip”, more than half of the gorgeous, soft, fluffy red skirt was torn off.

“If you can catch me,”

The young man stood on the high shelf, holding the torn-off half of the skirt in one hand. He looked down, his expression teasing and smiling:

“I’ll teach you a much more interesting game, how about that?”

In the “Integrity First” live broadcast room:

[Ahhhhhhhh teach me, teach me, teach me! I want to learn ahhhhhhh!]

[Help help help, is this the charm of a mature man! It’s clearly just a provocation, but I’ve already imagined a hundred types of games in my head!]

[Damn it, damn it, why is he so handsome!!]

Seeming to feel the contempt radiating from the other party’s tone, Felix’s ugly, fleshy face twitched slightly. Those sluggish grey eyes stared dead at the tiny doll that was only a dozen centimeters tall. A muddy, hoarse, bizarre low roar spilled from his throat. As if enraged, he abruptly bent down and lunged towards Wen Jianyan’s direction again!

Although he had been verbally provoking the other party, Wen Jianyan’s gaze was dead fixed on the other party’s movements, constantly vigilant and ready to deal with the next wave of attacks.

His body was as nimble as a fish, cleverly dodging the other party’s attack once again, turning around and running towards the other side.

Wen Jianyan bolted, sprinting wildly while conveniently pushing down all the dolls he encountered along the way.

One by one, dolls were pushed off the shelves. Lace, velvet, and satin skirts of various colors spread out in the air, resembling a grand rain of falling fireworks.

Felix was dazzled. He waved his fat hands, dodging the dolls smashing down one after another and the skirts that had become even larger due to being scattered. He let out furious shrieks:

“Dolls, dolls, disobedient, disobedient!!!”

Wen Jianyan used his peripheral vision to look at the opposite shelf.

The blue-haired doll hanging on the edge of the shelf was struggling to pull herself up from mid-air. That card representing clearance was not far in front of her.

All he needed to do right now was buy time. Once the other party obtained the card, the task would be completed, and the hidden side quest would automatically close.

Wen Jianyan’s gaze fell on an iron pole not far away.

Before speaking out to rescue her, he had already calculated his retreat path.

Just now, while Yun Bilan and Felix were chasing each other, Wen Jianyan had been observing the environment around him. That iron pole near the wall was the only one on the entire shelving unit that went straight down without connecting to any metal plates.

He could slide directly down to the ground along it.

As long as he reached the ground, he could use the advantage of his size to hide and maneuver around.

Wen Jianyan once again grabbed a doll in front of him and took the opportunity to push it towards Felix.

This serial killer wasn’t a ghost; he was just many times larger than himself. Moreover, the other party was obviously intellectually limited; not only was he easy to anger, but he was also easy to manipulate.

In this entire pursuit, the only thing affecting his performance was…

Wen Jianyan gritted his teeth and adjusted his running posture.

The lace fabric was digging into his inner thighs, rubbing against his soft skin as he sprinted wildly. Even without looking, he knew that patch of skin was definitely chafed red.

Damn it, this doll’s dress set was a bit too complete!

Why did it even have a garter belt!

Wen Jianyan was having a slight breakdown.

That doll let out a “hee hee” laugh in mid-air and smashed onto Felix’s thick shoulder.

“…Ugh ahhhh!!!”

The obese man screamed, a look of furious rage flashing in his eyes. His entire body charged straight ahead, violently crashing into the shelf!

The ground shook and the mountains swayed, the world spun. From underfoot to the horizon, everything was trembling and shaking.

Great, right now!

Wen Jianyan used the momentum to roll forward, wrapping the hem of the skirt he had torn into a long strip around the vertical iron pole, and pushed off hard with his calves! Relying on the external force brought by the tilting of the shelf, his entire body rapidly slid downwards with gravity!

At the same time, the blue-haired doll struggled to pull her body up from mid-air and stumbled towards the card.

Wen Jianyan landed lightly on the ground.

“Ugh!”

He let go of the skirt in his hand, preparing to continue kiting the monster, but unexpectedly, just as he stood up, Wen Jianyan felt his legs give way. He lost his balance entirely and fell to the ground.

A strange feeling came from below his knees.

Wen Jianyan’s pupils shrank.

Could it be…

He lifted the tattered hem of his skirt.

Since who knows when, his two legs had taken on the texture of a wooden doll, and the grain of the wood could clearly be seen at the joints.

Red Light, Green Light.

It seemed this game didn’t just mean not being discovered; it also meant that being stared at by the other party for a prolonged time would turn one into a wooden doll.

“Thud, thud, thud.” Heavy footsteps approached, casting a shadow from above.

Wen Jianyan raised his head, staring at the mountain-like monster in front of him.

It’s fine; everything is still under control.

He analyzed calmly in his heart.

Before taking action, Wen Jianyan had already calculated all possible worst-case scenarios, including unexpectedly breaking a leg, losing his mobility, and so on.

A cowardly scammer would never step into a life-or-death situation without being prepared.

Unlike other streamers, his talent didn’t need to wait for a cooldown period to end because, during the last instance, that Apple of Lies hadn’t been used.

Before entering this instance, Wen Jianyan had confirmed that previously unused talents could be accumulated directly into the next instance.

Even if things developed into the worst-case scenario, he had a way to deal with it.

Wen Jianyan raised his eyes, scrutinizing the huge man in front of him with a thoughtful, rational gaze—to be honest, with this monster’s intelligence being so low, the probability of a lie being judged as successful would be frighteningly high.

It was just a bit of a pity.

He sighed regretfully.

Seeing that the disobedient doll was no longer nimbly escaping, Felix couldn’t help but chuckle. As he smiled foolishly, he reached out his hand towards Wen Jianyan:

“Play, play games—”

Thick fingers pinched the doll’s waist, preparing to lift him up.

However, the next second, Felix’s grey eyes abruptly widened, and a miserable, shrill scream erupted from his throat: “Ahhhhhhhhhh—!!”

With a “clang”, his entire body collapsed to the ground, causing the floor to tremble. Felix shakily cradled his fingers, screaming nonstop:

“It hurts, it hurts so much! It hurts ahhhhh!”

Wen Jianyan froze.

…?

What was going on?

This was a situation he had never anticipated.

Wen Jianyan stared at the fingers the other party was cradling. Suddenly, as if realizing something, he subconsciously raised his hand and pressed it against his side waist.

Beneath that piece of fabric was the spell-like, complex red tattoo.

Wen Jianyan narrowed his eyes.

Could it be that…

That name also had this kind of effect?

Interesting.

It seemed the gold content of the other party’s so-called “Father God” title might be quite a bit higher than he had previously guessed.

Right at this moment, Yun Bilan finally reached the location of the card. She reached out and hugged the card, which was almost half as tall as she was, into her arms with maximum speed.

At this time, the familiar mechanical voice of the system rang in the ears of all the streamers:

[Ding! Hidden side quest completed!]

Accompanied by a bout of dizziness, when Wen Jianyan opened his eyes again, he found that he had returned to that gloomy dungeon.

Behind him were the shelves full of dolls, and not far away were the rust-spotted torture equipment racks.

What was different was that, compared to before the side quest opened, everything here had become a total mess.

The dolls from the shelves were scattered all over the floor. Scissors and knives lay haphazardly on the ground, and cotton fragments and lace fabric were everywhere.

Wen Jianyan seemed to think of something and abruptly looked down at his own body.

Great, the dress was gone.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

[Ding! Live broadcast special task: Red Light, Green Light has been completed!]

[Reward Points: 5000]

Suddenly, Wen Jianyan’s gaze paused, falling near his feet.

A fat doll lay on the ground, its body bulging, stuffed full of cotton. It wore a miserable expression, hugging its hand in its arms, looking exactly like Felix before the side quest closed.

At this moment, Yun Bilan walked over quickly from not far away. Her clothes and hair had also returned to their original appearance.

She didn’t look at Wen Jianyan. She just inserted the two cards she had obtained into the slots, and then turned her head to look for Piqiu’s figure: “Where is the card you got from the attic?”

The teammate who was called walked forward and similarly inserted the card into the slot on the door.

With a faint “click”, the pitch-black door in front of them slowly opened, revealing a deep, pitch-black tunnel.

Yun Bilan pulled the card obtained from the hidden side quest out of the door and tossed it to Wen Jianyan:

“Hey, it’s yours.”

Wen Jianyan froze, subconsciously reaching out to catch the card.

The next second, the system’s notification sound rang in his ears.

[Ding! Congratulations, Streamer, for obtaining a hidden item in the instance (Hard)!]
[Collection Progress 1/6]

This is a hidden item…?

Wen Jianyan raised his eyes in some surprise, looking towards Yun Bilan.

The blue-haired girl uncomfortably shifted her gaze away:

“Just now… thanks.”

She knew that in the situation just now, even a teammate would rationally decide not to attempt a rescue.

Although she was already very close to the card, no one knew what might happen after breaking the rules. The safest method was still to wait for Felix to turn around before moving again.

Teammates were just partners for clearing instances; there wasn’t actually that deep of an emotional bond between them. In most situations, they would act on the premise of guaranteeing their own lives.

And the other party wasn’t even her teammate, just a stranger she had temporarily partnered with to complete the attraction. He was the person with the least responsibility and obligation to lend a helping hand.

But he still did it.

This kind of behavior was extremely rare in Nightmare.

So rare… to the point that it made Yun Bilan feel astonished and find it hard to believe.

Wen Jianyan narrowed his eyes and smiled:

“You’re welcome.”

He flipped his fingertips, putting the card into his pocket.

Suddenly, Wen Jianyan seemed to think of something:

“Oh right, wait for me a moment…”

He bent down, picked up the Felix doll from the ground, and thoughtfully examined it for a few seconds before turning around and placing it into the pile of dolls on the shelf.

Whether it was an illusion or not, the constantly smiling faces of those dolls seemed to suddenly come alive, smiling even more radiantly.

[Every late night, someone can always hear sorrowful weeping coming from here. It is said that their souls are still trapped in this tiny room, wandering eternally at the place where they lost their lives.]

Perhaps it was true after all.

Wen Jianyan recalled the slogan on the poster plastered at the entrance of the slaughterhouse.

He smiled, leaned in close, and said in a lowered voice: “Let me teach you a new game.”

The young man’s eyes and brows were kind:

“The game is called ‘How to Treat Your Dolls Well’.”

Surrounded by the souls of countless former victims, the miserable face of the Felix doll became contorted, seemingly appearing exceptionally terrified.

“Bye-bye.” Wen Jianyan smiled cheerfully, bidding farewell to Felix.

After finishing all this, the young man turned around and walked towards the other people.

Just as he took a step, his movements suddenly paused, a trace of stiffness flashing across his face.

Not far away, Yun Bilan noticed his anomaly and raised her eyebrows in surprise:

“What’s wrong? Is there something not right?”

“…It’s nothing.”

Wen Jianyan secretly gritted his teeth and stepped forward again.

A burning, slightly numbing itch surfaced.

—That damn garter belt!