The ones meant to be trapped in this “cage” were the very people about to step into the room…
Click-click-click-
The Iron Door, which had just been closed moments ago, was slowly pushed open again. Listening to the creak of the door hinges, Tang Hao, hidden in the corner, was drenched in cold sweat.
He wanted to speak up and warn them, but the black muzzle of the gun was silently warning him otherwise. Perhaps if he tried to open his mouth, Ling Mo would shoot and silence him before he could make a sound. At such close proximity, he felt as if even his heartbeat and breathing were under Ling Mo’s control.
The gun was just a threat. If Ling Mo truly wanted to kill him, his fate would likely be the same as Butterfly’s…
“Damn it, I can’t find an opening…” Tang Hao thought with growing frustration.
At that moment, a sound suddenly came from the doorway.
“Snap…”
Accompanied by a faint sound, a beam of bright light immediately pierced into the room.
The sudden beam startled Tang Hao at first, but soon a slight trace of relief appeared on his face.
“Good, they didn’t rush in recklessly… And now that they’re using the flashlight, it means they will likely stay outside the door and observe first. Even if they eventually decide to step in, they won’t be walking in blindly, completely unaware of a potential ambush,” Tang Hao thought, glancing briefly at Ling Mo. “Looks like you miscalculated, didn’t you? A single person might slip up, but with two people coordinating, your tricks won’t work as easily.”
However, what frustrated Tang Hao was that Ling Mo maintained the same expression, without so much as a change in his gaze. Even the slight turn of Tang Hao’s head was caught by Ling Mo, who immediately responded with an indifferent glance out of the corner of his eye.
“Damn it!”
Tang Hao could only curse in his mind. He flexed his fingers slightly and cautiously took a deep breath…
“Damn it. My insides feel like they’re about to give out… What matters most right now is conserving energy! Staying here with him might not be a bad thing. Things that Panda can uncover might just slip past him… But for now, I can’t rush. I need to wait…”
The spot where Tang Hao and Ling Mo were hiding happened to be in a blind corner directly facing the entrance.
From their position, they could vaguely see the door, but from the door’s vantage point, a piece of equipment obstructed the view, effectively concealing them.
The flashlight beam swept across the room twice, narrowly missing Ling Mo each time.
Tang Hao couldn’t help but feel exasperated watching this. If Ling Mo so much as twitched, he might have been caught in the beam, but instead, he remained completely calm and still. If it were Tang Hao in the same situation, he would definitely have felt a tinge of nervousness.
“No… rather than saying he’s calm, it’s more like an unusual kind of excitement. The more thrilled he gets, the calmer he appears…” Tang Hao thought to himself, suddenly coming to a realization. “Damn it, isn’t this just a classic case of being secretly uptight?” ṞΑöʙÊ𐌔
“But it’s exactly this kind of inscrutable behavior that makes him so damn hard to deal with!”
At that moment, Ling Mo, who had remained motionless this whole time, finally reacted.
He suddenly lifted his head and glanced behind him. Tang Hao instinctively followed his gaze.
On the back wall, two long shadows were clearly cast, stretching all the way to the direction of the entrance.
“Two people,” Tang Hao heard Ling Mo mutter softly.
“Damn it, using shadows to figure out their numbers in advance!” Tang Hao, who had just been complimenting his ally moments ago, now couldn’t help but curse. “Two idiots! Wait, it must be those two, right…? If so, there’s still hope. Individually, those two aren’t particularly strong, but together, they complement each other really well. The problem is Ling Mo-he’s disgustingly sneaky. Even when he has the upper hand, he’d rather quietly take someone out in the dirtiest way possible… But then again, those two aren’t exactly pushovers either… Damn it, why am I the unluckiest one here…”
Ling Mo paid no attention to Tang Hao’s inner grumbling. He kept his eyes fixed on the two shadows, his mind rapidly analyzing.
“One of them is holding something long-it’s either a blade or a staff. That would mean he’s a melee Enhancement ability superhuman. But there’s something odd about his legs-they’re constantly bent as if he’s a mantis… Hmm, that’s likely part of his transformation ability. As for the other one, the joints on his arms look strange, and it’s hard to judge his fighting style. But at least it’s clear that neither of them rely on mental abilities, nor are they particularly sensitive types…”
Ling Mo flicked his fingers subtly, and a miniature psychic tentacle dissolved into a faint Red Glimmer, silently scattering into the air.
This level of energy fluctuation could only be noticed by mental ability users or people with extremely keen senses. However, the two at the door remained completely still, seemingly oblivious.
Tang Hao only knew that Ling Mo had determined the number of intruders, but he had no idea Ling Mo had already gathered this much information.
Of course, one thing Tang Hao had correctly inferred was that this place was indeed a trap-a cage.
The reason Ling Mo had chosen to hide and preemptively shut the door was precisely to create this scenario.
The moment Ling Mo discovered that battery, this plan had already started forming in his mind.
The intruders had a flashlight, which meant they were unlikely to venture recklessly into any pitch-black areas. Given the limited resources in this area, the fact that they continuously used a flashlight inside a building devoid of zombies indicated something significant: even under ordinary circumstances, these people adhered to a cautious and vigilant approach.
However, since these individuals were likely more familiar with the layout of the building than Ling Mo, he had deliberately chosen a place they rarely visited as the “cage.” More importantly, back when Ling Mo first heard those strange noises in the corridor, he had already reached a critical conclusion-
Something was off about this place…
And this building was definitely not as simple as Tang Hao had claimed.
For instance, the words “Beware of Danger” scrawled on a surface nearby were a dead giveaway. Clearly, they were written by this group.
A few months ago, these individuals must have discovered something unusual here… It was precisely because of their findings that this building had become significant to them. And even now, months later, they had designated it as a special location.
“Their plans must go far beyond what Tang Hao said,” Ling Mo thought. “But this guy’s personality is… problematic. Forcing him to spill the truth won’t work. However, if I bait him with information, I can slowly trick a lot out of him. Luckily, under normal circumstances, his more human side tends to dominate-that makes things easier to handle.”
Throughout this journey, Ling Mo had voiced a number of speculations, and each time, Tang Hao’s reactions had confirmed them. Ironically, the unlucky Tang Hao had assumed Ling Mo’s deductions were the product of thorough analysis, leaving him silently stunned on multiple occasions. What he didn’t realize, though, was that Ling Mo had been multitasking this entire time, working against two clocks at once. He had no time for one-by-one verification, and it was impossible for anyone to analyze every detail so perfectly.
But as long as even one of Ling Mo’s guesses could be confirmed through Tang Hao’s reactions, the subsequent deductions would naturally become much easier…
“Hey,” a lazy male voice suddenly sounded from outside the door, interrupting Ling Mo’s train of thought. “Whoever’s inside-stop hiding.”