The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 110

“Should we send someone to push them? If we can trap the taskers here, will our plan go more smoothly?”

“It should.”

Even so, no one stepped out to make a move. They basically just waited for each other.

Five minutes passed.

“Why aren’t those two moving?”

“I suspect they’re waiting for us to take the bait.”

“That’s too much.”

…

Ji Mingxiao had already sat down and taken out something to eat.

Xianyu stood beside her, looking at Ji Mingxiao with a bit of disdain. “Didn’t you say you cared about your image a lot?”

“I am Qin Wan.”

The image-less Qin Wan has nothing to do with her, Ji Mingxiao.

“You are truly a master of self-hypnosis,” Xianyu shook her head. She believed she would never show any unappealing state in front of others. Even when angry, she would find the most suitable expression.

Xi Ruan lay on Ji Mingxiao’s body. It was a bit difficult to maintain this position, but it was fine. In her soul state, she didn’t feel any arm soreness.

“I want to eat too,” Xi Ruan said.

Ji Mingxiao took out a talisman, lit it, waved it over the food twice, and then handed the item to Xi Ruan.

“Here.”

“It really works?” Xi Ruan was a little shocked, taking the small cake. She hadn’t touched anything solid for a long time, and she was so moved she almost wanted to cry.

Xi Ruan took a bite.

“I can really eat it!”

“I found this method in a book last night, but it’s still too much trouble,” Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan, a smile gracing her face.

“It’s not troublesome, I think it’s great,” Xi Ruan quickly finished the food, feeling emotional. “It even makes me feel full.”

“You haven’t had anything to eat all this time?” Xianyu was shocked, then shook her head at Ji Mingxiao.

Ji Mingxiao took a deep breath and looked away.

No need to argue with this person.

She glanced at the forest not far away. It had been so long, and they still hadn’t come out. They were quite patient.

Ji Mingxiao then looked at the boundary only a step away from her, slowly stretched her hand out, and just as the group held their breath in anticipation, she pulled her hand back.

She seemed to hear a sigh.

The energy field of this place was different. Without a doubt, if she stepped in, she would enter another space. Where she would go depended on where they intended to trap her.

Ji Mingxiao stood up, patted the dust off her body, and took out a few talismans.

“What are you going to do?” Xianyu asked.

Ji Mingxiao smiled at Xianyu, and the next second, she and Xi Ruan vanished.

Xianyu: ???

“Didn’t you ask me to come? And now you’re abandoning me here?” Xianyu yelled, then heard a shout from the forest not far away. “You stole my money.”

“What do you mean, your money?”

Ji Mingxiao’s voice carried over. “It’s obviously my money.”

Xianyu also quickly used her item to cross that minefield. When she landed, she found there were many people around, but her item had no reaction.

“They’re not the ones,” Xianyu gritted her teeth.

Ji Mingxiao naturally realized this, as she had been foolishly holding her item without catching a single one.

She also found that these “things” were the residents of that village.

Ji Mingxiao was very frustrated. After waiting so long, she had gained nothing.

She raised her hand.

With her bare hands, she pulled the vengeful spirits out of those people’s bodies.

Screams echoed through the forest.

This work lasted for half an hour. After the vengeful spirits were extracted, these vessels completely lost their life and fell to the ground, quickly turning into dry bones.

If it hadn’t been for Qin Xiu’s temporary change of heart last time, Ji Mingxiao felt she could have taken on so many people by herself.

These vengeful spirits, confined by their vessels, had no offensive power.

The spirits floated around them.

Each one was uglier than the last.

If it were anyone else, they might have fainted, but the three people here were still immersed in the pain of their money flying away. They were expressionless and their moods were calm.

Even Xi Ruan went up and kicked the spirits a few times.

She had thought she was about to get rich, but in the end, it was all for nothing.

Ji Mingxiao took out some small bottles and put all the vengeful spirits inside. This time, the three of them watched as the contents in the bottles turned transparent, leaving behind a short, black strand of hair.

“This should be the AI’s hair. It controls these people to do its work so it doesn’t have to show up itself,” Xianyu said.

“Can we do that too? Would that make it safer?” Xi Ruan asked.

“Theoretically, yes,” Xianyu said. “But we’d need to find a lot of vengeful spirits and raise them. It’s too much trouble, and if you lose control, they could backfire.”

Xi Ruan sighed. “There really is no such thing as a free lunch.”

“Let’s go check out the corpse forest over there,” Ji Mingxiao stood up.

The source of power for the minefield earlier was probably from these vengeful spirits, so when the spirits dissipated, the minefield disappeared as well.

With the paper figurines leading the way again, Ji Mingxiao considered herself to be smart, but she wasn’t good enough to navigate a forest.

The corpse forest was still there, but the students’ bodies from last time had also turned into dry bones. Ji Mingxiao still felt that the speed at which they turned into white bones was a bit too fast.

“I don’t want to go in,” Xi Ruan frowned, looking at the corpse forest in front of her. “I have a bad feeling. I feel like there are a lot of… things inside.”

“Hmm?”

Ji Mingxiao was taken aback. She caught a glimpse of a small black dot rushing towards her from behind and immediately stepped back.

She then casually stuck a talisman on herself. She was about to put one on Xianyu when she saw that the other person was already prepared.

A dense swarm of bugs rushed out of the corpse forest.

Ji Mingxiao’s scalp tingled. She was on the verge of a fear of swarms, and with so many bugs, she felt uncomfortable all over.

She finally understood why they turned into white bones so quickly.

Because they had taken precautions in advance, the bugs just swirled around the two of them without being able to touch them.

But just looking at them made Ji Mingxiao feel suffocated.

She took a deep breath.

“This is too horrible.” Ji Mingxiao closed her eyes, the buzzing sound still in her ears.

Xianyu’s face was also very pale. Although she hadn’t lived a pampered life for many years, she still couldn’t stand bugs.

Ji Mingxiao took out a talisman, and a great fire instantly ignited.

A wave of heat swept over them, and a barrier directly enclosed the entire corpse forest. The fire consumed the entire forest.

“You’re really something,” Xianyu suddenly said with emotion. “I’m starting to like you again.”

Ji Mingxiao: …

“It’s rare to find someone who can cause this much trouble.”

The sound of the bugs grew louder.

Ji Mingxiao opened her eyes and saw that the barrier around her was covered in crawling bugs.

Xi Ruan had long since hidden herself in the jade pendant.

“If there’s anything, don’t call me out.”

Ji Mingxiao: …

In the end, she was the one who had to handle everything.

Ji Mingxiao placed a few more talismans and made the fire burn directly along her barrier.

It was very hot, and the temperature was very high.

A minute later, it suddenly turned cool beside her.

The sounds also disappeared.

She opened her eyes and saw a ground full of bug corpses and frozen bugs. Most of the corpse forest in front of her had been burned away, and the skeletons had all fallen to the ground, looking terrifying.

“Isn’t it better to kill them?”

“Definitely, but I didn’t want to lose eight hundred in the process. You’re too ruthless,” Xianyu’s eyes were full of complex emotions.

“It was just a little hot,” Ji Mingxiao didn’t feel much.

She squatted down and carefully examined the charred bugs.

She couldn’t tell what species they were.

Eight legs, two antennae.

“Human faces,” Xi Ruan exclaimed. “On the backs of those bugs, are those human faces!”

Ji Mingxiao turned to find that Xi Ruan had come out and was standing in front of the ice.

She stood up and walked over. The three of them huddled in front of the ice.

“They really are human faces,” Ji Mingxiao frowned.

“Bugs with human faces on their backs, what’s the meaning of that?” Xi Ruan asked.

The two were silent.

“Let’s take this back to the Qin family elders. They might know something.”

“Okay.”

Of course, they didn’t take all the bugs back, only one. The rest were all burned away.

They also went to see the small village, but there was no one inside.

It was clear they wouldn’t be coming here again.

The two returned to the Qin family. The Qin family members were so worried when they learned that the two had gone to Ling Mountain.

Now seeing them return, they were relieved. However, when they saw the thing Ji Mingxiao and Xianyu brought back, they were upset again.

“Where did this come from?”

“From the mountains. We burned all of them, only this last one remains,” Ji Mingxiao said.

Qin Si’s expression was a little grim. He was the general manager of the Qin family in K City.

“This is a form of evil sorcery that hasn’t been seen for a long time. They are bugs with vengeful spirits sealed in them. It’s good that you burned them,” Qin Si said, looking at the bug sealed in the ice on the table. “You didn’t touch it, did you? Getting in contact with this thing would be very troublesome.”

“We didn’t touch it.”

“That’s good. If you were, the bug eggs would enter your body directly, and in a few days, your body would rot and turn into a puddle of mush. You could also be controlled by the bug’s breeder.”

Ji Mingxiao was stunned and looked up at Qin Si.

Zhong Yu.

So Zhong Yu must have escaped?

“What’s wrong?” Qin Si asked, looking at Ji Mingxiao.

“A classmate of mine might be in this exact situation.”

Ji Mingxiao sent the message to Officer Wang.

Officer Wang was shocked.

“What happens if you touch someone who has been touched by the bug?”

“That’s fine,” Qin Si waved his hand. “The bug eggs can only stay in one host’s body. If it could cause problems just by touching someone, we’d all be finished.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at Qin Si’s smiling face, feeling a little helpless, but she was also relieved that it was the case, otherwise, she would be gone too.

Xi Ruan also sighed in relief, lowering her voice. “Let’s see if you dare to touch everything you see with your bare hands in the future.”

“I was wearing gloves at the time,” Ji Mingxiao emphasized.

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