Chapter 146

As Nelson died, the studio rapidly collapsed and contracted, reverting back to the original dilapidated villa layout.

Nelson, along with the corpses of all the viewers lying on the ground, rapidly decayed, turning into a pool of red and black, emitting an indescribably foul stench.

Chai Da Xiaojie carefully picked up the wooden box, the prize, from beside the remains of Nelson's corpse and handed it to Li Ang.

The latter opened the box and saw that it was an antique-looking sheepskin book, large and heavy, with two red cloth-covered boards as its cover. The four corners were inlaid with copper flower-shaped ornaments.

In the center of the cover was a gold inverted triangular emblem, its texture intricate and complex, composed of lines, circles, and unknown characters, resembling the Kabbalistic Tree of Life from Hebrew culture.

Li Ang glanced at the item called [Alchemist's Travel Diary], discovered that he couldn't directly learn any skills for the time being, and put it into his inventory.

The most urgent task at hand was to find the "other interdimensional traveler" that Nelson had mentioned as soon as possible.

Li Ang surveyed the dilapidated and desolate villa hall, took out a giant, winter melon-sized yellow beehive from his backpack, and held it in his hand.

He used the Swamp Divinity to drive the queen bee in the hive, causing her to release pheromones, driving hundreds of worker bees to fly out like a dense swarm of unmanned reconnaissance drones.

They flew towards the various rooms of the villa, searching for any traces of human existence.

The visual organs of ordinary honeybees consist of a pair of compound eyes and three ocelli. The ocelli are hemispherical protrusions, and the compound eyes are composed of thousands of hexagonal facets.

When flying out of the hive, they need to use the small facets at the top of the compound eyes and ultraviolet polarized light to locate themselves, combined with landmark objects on the ground and the position of the sun, and then construct a complete beehive - bee source geographic location information system with the help of dance and smell to complete the positioning.

The worker bees, modified by the Biomass Prototype, not only had their flight speed greatly increased,

but their sensory organs were also greatly enhanced. They could even generate sound waves by rapidly vibrating their wings for long-distance communication.

Moreover, these worker bees were not all the same, but came in different models.

Some were specialized in thermal sensing, capable of detecting the temperature of distant objects.

Some were palm-sized, pot-bellied, and could spray corrosive liquids or explode directly.

Others had long, sharp stingers at the end of their tails, which could be shot out like blow darts.

For a time, the entire villa was filled with the buzzing sound of flying worker bees.

Li Ang stood on the messy floor, concentrating on using the Swamp Divinity to communicate with the queen bee, receiving the complex and varied information fed back from the worker bees.

The different models of worker bees cooperated with each other. When encountering locked doors, several pot-bellied worker bees would step forward and spray corrosive liquid to melt the lock open.

Then, other worker bees would fly into the room to scout for any abnormalities.

Soon, the worker bees discovered a special situation—a room's door was blocked by a large amount of furniture, and the scouting worker bees sensed a heat source reaction inside the room.

Li Ang tossed the giant, winter melon-shaped beehive to Chai Da Xiaojie, stomped heavily on the ground with one foot, shattering the wooden floor into countless pieces.

He shot up into the air, barging forward, rushing to the third floor, rounding several corners, and arriving in front of the door blocked by worker bees.

Under the passive deterrence of the Divine Mark, the worker bees consciously retreated. Li Ang stood in front of the door and casually unleashed a [Scatter Debris],

blasting open the pile of debris blocking the door.

Whoosh—

A sharp sound of air being torn apart came from ahead. Li Ang's upper body tilted backward at an odd angle, like a human bridge, narrowly avoiding the object that was cutting through the air.

As his body leaned back, the corner of Li Ang's eye clearly saw that

the object was a slender metal arrow with a three-edged arrowhead.

This is...

Some memory fragments flooded into Li Ang's mind, but the arrow that grazed over his head suddenly spun in mid-air, attacking his head again with undiminished speed.

Li Ang's body was still in a backward leaning position. His right palm lightly supported the ground, and his whole body bounced up like a spring, while his left hand reached behind him,

grabbing the arrow firmly before it could change direction.

The energy attached to the metal arrow was not weak,

but under Li Ang's brutal and tyrannical power, it could only stagnate unwillingly.

The sharp three-edged arrowhead couldn't even tear through the protection of the Mirage Dragon Crimson Mane Gloves.

Li Ang unhurriedly brought the arrow in front of him and snapped the metal shaft in half with a "creak," casually tossing it on the ground, extremely relaxed and nonchalant.

In the corner of the room, Liu Wudai, with a pale face, knelt on the ground, her body covered with dense, tiny spiders, still clutching that Jiaoliang Bow in her hand.

She looked at the intruder wearing a black cloak and dressed in bright red as if he were a Fuwa Huanhuan, with a look of unwillingness on her face.

Is this as far as I can go...

Damn it, if this arrow could have killed that referee and retrieved my memories, that would be great...

Liu Wudai felt the discomfort and weakness in her body. Just as she was about to exit the mission and return to the real world, she heard the oddly dressed intruder say, "It's me, Li Risheng."

Li Ang's player nickname was projected above his head, and Liu Wudai immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Ang took a step forward, glanced at Liu Wudai's condition, and directly cast the [Drowning Assassination Art] skill on the latter.

Liu Wudai instantly felt her throat fill with warm spring water, and she subconsciously vomited, spitting out a large pile of tiny spiders, as well as a mass of pale threads tangled together.

Li Ang ended the [Drowning Assassination Art].

As this mass of thread was spat out, Liu Wudai immediately felt the itching in her throat disappear, and no more spiders emerged.

She dry heaved, while supporting herself on her knees and slowly standing up, her eyes red as she looked at Li Ang and said, "Thank you,

why are you here too?"

"After I entered the dream realm of the Sheng Nan Prince, I resolved two anomalies, and then I kept walking along the road until I arrived at this villa."

Li Ang looked at Liu Wudai and said calmly, "What about you?"

"Pretty much the same as you."

Liu Wudai's voice was a bit hoarse. "This house is the end of the road. It seems that if you want to continue deeper into the Sheng Nan Prince's dream realm, you can only pass through here..."

After saying that, Liu Wudai seemed to have thought of something, and her expression changed slightly. "By the way, there's a referee named Nelson in this house. He'll trick people into playing a game with him where you can only tell the truth..."

"I've already killed him."

Li Ang shook his head and said, "Tell me about your experience getting to this house."

He and Liu Wudai stood facing each other, his tone peaceful and calm.

He wanted to find out if there was anyone else in the House of Candor,

and if Liu Wudai had heard his questions and answers on the show.....