"Fang Ming, Fang Ming."
Qing Mian's voice sounded from outside. Fang Ming didn't dare to get up rashly. He pressed down Zheng Zhu Liu, who was trying to get up, his expression somewhat serious.
"Fang Ming, Fang Ming..." The voice outside continued.
Zheng Zhu Liu also realized something was amiss. How could Qing Mian keep calling like this? It was completely out of character for Qing Mian.
A few minutes later, the voice disappeared.
Only then did Fang Ming let out a long sigh of relief. There was some kind of monster outside that even knew his name to try and deceive him.
"Protect Sixth Master!"
Fang Ming spat out a mouthful of blood, struggled to stand up, and stared intently at the Ferocious Soldier Puppet. This guy was too difficult to deal with.
"Fang Ming, Fang Ming..." Suddenly, calls came to Fang Ming's ears again. Fang Ming's heart leaped. It was that unknown monster!
"Who is calling me?" The Ferocious Soldier Puppet scanned its surroundings. The other soldier puppets also heard someone calling their names and responded, looking around.
For them, they hadn't heard anyone call their names in a thousand years. Many of them had almost forgotten their names, and now someone was calling them again.
How could this not surprise them?
"Fang Ming, Fang Ming..." The monster's calls grew more urgent, but Fang Ming ignored them completely, pretending not to hear.
The surrounding soldier puppets, however, were different. Their intelligence was limited. Hearing someone call their names, especially with the monster's characteristics, it sounded like their family and friends were calling them, instantly triggering their memories.
Suddenly, the monster's calls stopped. The surrounding soldier puppets instantly froze. With the first crackling sound, one by one, they shattered into dirt, including the Ferocious Soldier Puppet!
Fang Ming watched this scene in shock. Good heavens, this monster's calls were indiscriminate?
"Don't just stand there, hurry!" Fang Ming quickly reminded Qing Mian and Zheng Zhu Liu. These two were so engrossed in their shock at the surroundings that they forgot to run.
The unknown monster's attack had a certain range, so only some of the soldier puppets died. The other soldier puppets surged forward again.
Fang Ming seized the opportunity and, with Qing Mian and Zheng Zhu Liu, rushed to break through. The closest Ferocious Soldier Puppet didn't have time to attack, and the three of them successfully passed through the group of soldier puppets and escaped into the passage leading to the next level.
"Swish, swish, swish..." A mechanism on the wall of the passage was triggered, and countless arrows shot out, but Fang Ming's thick skin and strong defense easily blocked them. After the mechanism stopped, the three of them finally caught their breath and rested.
The soldier puppets behind them did not pursue, likely due to some restriction. The resentment here was too thin to support their activity.
"I never expected this group of soldier puppets to be feigning slumber," Fang Ming said, leaning against the wall, panting, and laughing at their narrow escape.
"It seems Fang Ming's guess was correct. The experimental subject's condition for killing the target is that the target responds to its calls," Qing Mian recalled the situation and affirmed Fang Ming's conjecture.
"You scared me to death. I thought I was going to die," Zheng Zhu Liu's legs were still trembling. It was remarkable that this personality hadn't wet himself in such a situation.
"With the professor's abilities, I suspect the number of conditions that trigger death is more than one. That monster likely has other abilities. We need to be even more careful next," Fang Ming speculated.
He didn't believe the professor would only endow his experimental subject with one easily guessable ability. If it were only like this, the monster would be too useless, only capable of a surprise attack.
"Understood." Qing Mian nodded.
The three rested for a while.
"Let's go to the third level."
Fang Ming maintained his transformation and strode towards the third level, with Qing Mian and the other two following.
After the three left, the air rippled, and a transparent figure resembling a woman appeared, staring intently at the backs of the three.
Qing Mian sensed something and looked back, but the transparent monster had already merged back into the air and disappeared.