Today, I Have Yet to Become a Doll

The man shrank back in terror towards the base of the control panel. However, with his legs injured, he was paralyzed in the corner, unable to budge.

Bai Youwei asked him, "What exactly is going on with this Snake Maze?"

"I really don't know!" the man cried. "If I knew what was going on with this maze, I would have gotten out a long time ago! I'm not deliberately lying to you, I really don't know!"

"Then tell us what you do know," Bai Youwei said, looking at him coldly. "Don't try any tricks!"

The man pleaded bitterly, "Please, spare me! I really don't know anything…"

"Xiaoxin," Bai Youwei turned to Pan Xiaoxin and said, "Take your cleaver. Every time you hear the words 'I don't know' from his mouth again, chop him once."

Pan Xiaoxin: "…"

Cheng Weicai hesitated. "Weiwei, this… this isn't right, is it?"

"Teacher Cheng, this guy isn't being honest. We won't get the truth out of him unless we show him we mean business." Bai Youwei beckoned Pan Xiaoxin. "Come here, stand next to me."

Pan Xiaoxin glanced at Cheng Weicai, then at Bai Youwei. His feelings were complicated. He picked up his cleaver from a pool of bloody mud and walked over silently. He asked in a small voice, "Chop… where?"

Bai Youwei said casually, "Wherever you see fit."

Pan Xiaoxin: "…"

Cheng Weicai really felt this was inappropriate. He asked, "How about… let me do it?" How could they let an 11-year-old child do such a thing?

"No need," Bai Youwei said lightly. "Teacher Cheng, please guard the door for us, so no more monsters run in."

With a few words, she assigned Cheng Weicai a task, one he couldn't refuse.

Teacher Cheng glanced at the man on the ground again with a troubled expression and couldn't help but advise, "We won't harm you. Just tell us everything about the maze. Why… sigh…" Teacher Cheng sighed and went outside with his cane.

The man on the ground was filled with grief and indignation! They had a knife to him and they still said they wouldn't harm him! What kind of people were they?!

Bai Youwei said, "I'm asking you one last time, what exactly is going on with the Snake Maze?"

The man cowered. He was truly afraid of her. He replied, "It's… it's… a Snake game maze… The snake eats monsters in the maze. When the number of monsters decreases to a certain level, they will… they will replicate. One becomes two, two become four… and then… and then…"

— Rumble!

A violent tremor ran through the floor!

Pan Xiaoxin and Cheng Weicai, who was outside, lost their balance and fell to the ground!

Bai Youwei, sitting in her wheelchair, was also jolted badly. She glanced over and saw a hint of joy on the man's face! He looked towards the door with a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes.

Why?

Why wasn't he afraid?!

Before she could ask, the man seemed to notice her scrutiny and his expression changed again, leaving only terror.

The tremors rumbled like a passing train. The giant snake seemed to be getting closer and closer! The sound of flesh being crushed against the ground was clearly audible, drawing nearer!

"Xiaoxin! Go chop up all the monsters outside!" Bai Youwei said decisively. "We can't let the snake grow any bigger!"

Pan Xiaoxin scrambled to his feet. "O-Okay…"

Hearing Bai Youwei's voice, Cheng Weicai quickly picked up his cane and started poking at the monsters one by one!

Dozens of monsters were beaten and chopped by Cheng Weicai and Pan Xiaoxin, blood splattering everywhere! Just as they were about to finish off the last two or three, the giant snake appeared outside!

"Forget those two!" Bai Youwei shouted urgently. "Come in! Close the door!"

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