allonlinenovel Chapter 65 The Silly Sculpture Attack
Chapter 65 The Silly Sculpture Attack
Before she could hear a reply, the photographer who was following her spoke up first, "To be honest, the three of us have been unable to contact Director Gong since noon yesterday."
"Huh?" Song Yifei was surprised for a moment, then suddenly realized, "No wonder he didn't send a makeup artist to Sister Xiao Ai, it turns out the headsets all malfunctioned."
Cheng Baoni clearly didn't believe her, rolling her eyes dismissively, "I suspect you're pretending to be stupid!"
Song Yifei instantly bristled, "What do you mean?"
"Hehe." Cheng Baoni hummed twice in a sarcastic tone, leaned lightly against Hao Jian's chest, and raised her middle finger at her. "It's normal for one piece of equipment to break down, but the probability of all of them breaking down at the same time is extremely low. I think Gong Qian is deliberately messing with us. He'll probably wait until Old Wu is half-dead before he pretends to help and tries to create a stir."
Song Yifei actually found it somewhat reasonable. In the talent shows she had recorded before, the directors often made fun of unknown celebrities without any connections to increase the ratings.
Having gained some fame himself, and knowing that Cheng Ai and Zhong Zheyi were artists under Shengding International, Gong Qian certainly wouldn't dare to offend them recklessly. So he set his sights on Hao Jian, Cheng Baoni, and Wu Xu.
Song Yifei quickened her pace, her panicked expression evident. "What should we do? Master Wu's condition is critical; we can't delay any longer."
Of course, she wasn't really worried; she just wanted to get more screen time and get Ye Jingke's attention.
"Ugh, forget about him!" Cheng Baoni rolled her eyes impatiently, glancing at the inactive Cheng Ai. "Where's the ice water? Hurry up and share it with everyone!"
Cheng Ai hesitated. Before coming to record the variety show, she did not expect to encounter unclean things in the castle, so she did not bring many talismans. If she took them out and used them every time something happened, wouldn't that be too wasteful?
Wu Xu's consciousness gradually returned as Song Yifei continued to fan him. He struggled to lift his eyes and waved his hand unsteadily, "Thank you, Fei-ya... I'm much better... Let's find a way to leave..."
The moment he finished speaking, the sound of huge, heavy wings flapping rang out.
"Fluttering...fluttering..."
Cheng Ai looked up in confusion, as dark fur swept across her head, bringing a slight chill.
She frowned, slightly surprised.
feather?
Why are there birds inside the castle?
If I'm not mistaken, a spatial teleportation array should have been cast around room 501.
I'm in a desert, and the only birds that can live in arid places are probably man-eating vultures, right?
However, this is a bit too exaggerated. Its wingspan is a full five meters when fully extended, its legs are as thick as two pillars, its head is enormous, and its body is covered with dense down. Although we can't see its face, judging from its size and back view, its combat power is absolutely astonishing.
"Wow~ a big bird!" Song Yifei shouted excitedly, pointing to the sky. "It has no hair on the back of its neck~ it's bald~ so ugly~"
Hao Jian glanced at it briefly before looking away, his tone slightly displeased, "Keep your voice down, that's a vulture. Luckily we didn't move, or we would have been its meal long ago."
Zhong Zheyi also strongly agreed and nodded in agreement, "Vultures feed on carrion and usually eat small animals. They will gnaw on carcasses directly, and if they find a live creature, they will peck it to death before eating it."
Song Yifei's lips twitched, and she retreated in fright. "It's too cruel! My small body definitely can't withstand its hard beak."
She rushed to Cheng Ai's side, winking mischievously twice, "The vulture definitely wouldn't dare to do anything reckless. I bet it flew away just now because it was afraid of Sister Ai's intimidating presence!"
Wu Xu's lips were cracked and his throat felt like it was on fire. "Let's go quickly, I can't hold on much longer."
Cheng Baoni couldn't wait any longer and dragged Hao Jian towards the door like crazy.
Song Yifei gritted her teeth, grabbed Cheng Ai's arm, and tried to catch up, but the person beside her didn't budge.
She turned around in surprise. They were both girls, so why was there such a big difference in strength?
Cheng Ai was looking around for traces of vultures when she felt a pull on her arm. She was slightly startled, but quickly picked up her foot and started walking.
Zhong Zheyi didn't say anything, but helped Wu Xu follow closely behind.
As expected of a desert, the temperature remained consistently high.
Cheng Baoni collapsed from exhaustion again, but as soon as she touched the ground, she immediately bounced up, "Ahhh...it's so hot...my butt is going to be roasted..."
Hao Jian, having held back for so long, finally snapped, "I'm not saying anything, but Bonnie, can't you at least ask others before you do anything? Blindly acting without a plan only wastes unnecessary time!"
Song Yifei was furious. "From beginning to end, it was Sister Xiao Ai who led everyone to find the puppet. You couldn't help, and you even made things worse!"
Cheng Baoni ignored the last sentence and pouted at Hao Jian with a wronged expression, "Ah Jian, don't be angry. I just want to finish the task as soon as possible."
Suddenly, her expression changed, and she pointed to the sky, "The vultures... the vultures are back!"
Everyone looked up and, sure enough, a gray-black figure appeared in the distance, speeding towards them at an extremely fast pace.
In the blink of an eye, it hovered above them, letting out a sharp and loud cry.
Song Yifei covered her ears, her face ashen.
Seeing the enormous creature so close at hand, her eyes widened suddenly, and she turned and ran, yelling, "Ahhh...it's not a vulture...it's an eagle...it's a sand eagle...ahhh..."
Cheng Baoni swallowed hard, covered her head with one hand, grabbed Hao Jian with the other, and ran away, completely ignoring his warning to her.
Zhong Zheyi was no exception; he carried Wu Xu on his back and fled in a panic.
Seeing that Cheng Ai was still standing still, he shouted urgently, "Sister Ai, run! Vultures eat people, and who knows, sand eagles might eat people too!"
Just then, a shadow fell over, and two powerful orange claws grabbed Wu Xu's Taoist robe and lifted him into the air.
Zhong Zheyi was stunned and hurriedly reached out to grab it, but unfortunately he didn't even touch the edge of the clothes.
Although Wu Xu's heatstroke symptoms have temporarily subsided, he is still somewhat confused.
As he realized he was getting further and further away from the ground, his mind cleared instantly, and he frantically searched his body.
I wanted to use talismans to force the sand sculpture to loosen its claws, but I couldn't find a single one.
Damn it, I should have packed more before I left!
Just as Wu Xu was about to ask Cheng Ai for help, a sudden feeling of weightlessness struck him, and he was upside down, head down and feet up, plunging straight into the sand.
Zhong Zheyi and Cheng Ai pulled him out from the left and right, respectively, exhausted and drenched in sweat.
Wu Xu was completely covered in sand, his head, cheeks, nostrils, mouth, and ears were all stuffed full.
"Huff...huff...cough cough cough...huff...cough cough cough..."
He finally managed to spit out the sand, but the sand sculpture swooped down again.
Wu Xu was terrified and scrambled forward.
However, this time the sand eagle changed its target, abandoning its previous attack pattern and pouncing straight at it.