Chapter 494: Putting Your Head Back On

"Ah...?"

"Don't worry." Chen Jun Nan could see that the others still looked worried, so he smiled and said, "In this round, although I locked the door, that little rabbit bastard won't be able to get to me right away. After all, in the same round, after 'jiesuo' and 'kaimen', he can't move anymore."

"But you're on your own. Even if that rabbit takes a detour, it'll still find you," Cui Shisi said.

"Ever played 'Weiqi'? A single black stone can't surround a single white stone. Don't worry." Chen Jun Nan turned to the group and said, "No time to waste. You all head out, and remember..."

Chen Jun Nan gave everyone a meaningful look, then pulled out what looked like a metal hair stick from his pocket and waved it in front of them. The tip of the stick was covered in dark mud.

After seeing the iron stick, the group nodded cautiously.

They needed to hurry to Room Shisi to find the last "Fa Bao".

Cui Shisi signaled to Shi Er San with his eyes, and the three of them entered Room Shisi in the distance one after another. They closed the door behind them, but this time without 'shangsuo'.

In his room, Chen Jun Nan narrowed his eyes, trying to imagine what the others were doing. Jiang Shi was in the room right in front of him, and Rooms Shi Er to Shisi had set off as an independent unit.

So... what about Song Qi?

Now that the Di Tu had been released from the "Qidian", Song Qi knew full well that the Di Tu had chosen Jiang Shi... so how would he move?

Chen Jun Nan walked to the side and glanced into the room where Song Qi had been, only to find it empty. It seemed Song Qi had already started moving.

But where had he gone?

"Xiao Song, you... probably can't understand my strategy, right? Where did you go?"

Just then, the broadcast voice echoed through the room again, announcing that the "Canyuzhe" round had ended and it was now the Di Tu's turn.

The door in front of Chen Jun Nan hadn't been unlocked, which meant the rabbit had started taking a detour.

Although it had left Jiang Shi's room, it hadn't opened its own door directly...

Thinking about it, that made sense. The door in front was blocked by him, so if the Di Tu didn't want to get stuck, it had no choice but to change direction.

Otherwise, going through endless cycles of 'jiesuo' and 'shangsuo' would just be like stalemating with the "Guanmen Dizi".

"So that means you're moving from Room Wu to Room Jiu, or even back to the 'Qidian' One, or even farther...?" Chen Jun Nan scratched his head, feeling like his brain cells were running out. "Are you planning to attack me from the side?"

He stepped forward and locked the south door as well.

Chen Jun Nan's room had four doors, and now two of them were locked. Those two should be the directions the Di Tu would come from.

But did he really need to escape?

"The 'Canyuzhe' 'locking' and 'moving' both use two action points, right...?" Chen Jun Nan smiled to himself, suddenly getting a strange idea.

From a normal perspective, the best move now would be to run away and make the Di Tu lose its target.

But if he ran now, the Di Tu would lose its clear target, and the entire "Mao" team would be in danger.

He had already done one 'locking' this round, so he only had one action point left.

"In that case, let's really confuse you. If you chase me, then I'll chase you."

Chen Jun Nan took a few steps forward and unlocked the door he had locked last round with a click.

"You dead rabbit..." Chen Jun Nan laughed, "Now this door's open... are you coming or not? Oh, sorry, I forgot you've already left this room... Can you even make it back?"

After waiting for a while, there was no response from the surrounding rooms, only the hoarse broadcast voice starting up again.

The "Canyuzhe" round had ended once more, and the "Shengxiao" was beginning to move.

Chen Jun Nan's heart was in his throat—this unlock was pure gambling.

If the Di Tu had only moved one space last round, it would have enough actions this round to 'move', 'kaimen', and 'move' again to reach him, since a hunter's 'move' only costs one action point, and only 'jiesuo' costs two.

In that case, the Di Tu would meet him directly and enter his room.

But... would things go that way?

Chen Jun Nan smirked wickedly: "How impatient are you...? You really want to kill me, so I don't believe you only moved one space last round."

After waiting about a few minutes, the broadcast sounded again—the "Shengxiao" round had ended.

Chen Jun Nan carefully opened the door in front of him and saw only Jiang Shi on the ground, gradually regaining consciousness, with no sign of the Di Tu.

This meant the Di Tu knew it couldn't enter his room from Jiang Shi's, so it had chosen to go around. But the Di Tu hadn't expected Chen Jun Nan to boldly follow its path. Now, whether it turned back or kept going around, it would waste an extra round.

"Will you be close to Room Shisi...?" Chen Jun Nan smiled, "But you probably won't go straight to Shisi to kill my teammates, right? After all, as long as the whistle around your neck is still there, you don't need to intercept us early—you just have to wait for us to come to you..."

With that thought, Chen Jun Nan walked straight into Room Wu, where the groaning Jiang Shi lay.

"You fool of a leader..." The eyes on Jiang Shi's head twitched. "Why did you come in...? That rabbit hasn't gone far—you're in danger here..."

"Danger is exactly what I want..." Chen Jun Nan laughed, "I've always been the most dangerous one in this game anyway. It doesn't matter."

He helped Jiang Shi's body up and gave it a quick check. The only visible injury was a broken right leg; the rest were probably internal, impossible to tell from the surface.

"Can you stand?" Chen Jun Nan asked.

The next second brought an odd sensation—Jiang Shi's body didn't speak; instead, the head from afar did:

"My leg hurts a bit."

"Oh, damn... you scared me..." Chen Jun Nan leaned Jiang Shi's body against the wall, then walked over and picked up his head.

This was Chen Jun Nan's first time holding a severed head in his hands—it was heavier than he imagined.

The head looked a bit gruesome; the entire left side of the face had been smashed off, but no blood was flowing out. The broken edges were all pitch black.

"Kid... I'll carry your head and run with it for now..." Chen Jun Nan said.

"What's the point of us running now...?" Jiang Shi shook his head helplessly. "I called you a fool of a leader, and you still won't admit it... What are you going to do here? You've already 'moved', so you can't 'lock the door' anymore... If that rabbit comes back, I might be okay, but you're definitely done for."

"Who between us is the fool?" Chen Jun Nan looked puzzled at Jiang Shi's head. "So what if I don't 'lock the door'? Does that mean the rabbit can just come in?"

"Of course..."

"Aren't you a 'Canyuzhe' too?" Chen Jun Nan frowned. "What, your head got knocked off, so you can't 'lock the door' anymore?"

"Ah... you're right... I can 'lock the door'..." Jiang Shi gave an awkward laugh. "I've used 'Huixiang' too much... I'm a bit out of it now..."

"Out of it or not, it doesn't matter... We're winning this game no matter what." Chen Jun Nan slowly moved Jiang Shi's head back to his body. "Young master here has a brilliant plan—now, let's get your head back on."