Chapter 100

"Ah..." Han Yimo's eyes gradually filled with panic, "Those holes aren't filled with harpoons, are they?"

Upon hearing Han Yimo's words, Qiao Jiajin decisively put down the table board and walked to the wall to look into those holes.

Not looking was one thing, but the sight made him jump.

"Damn!" He shouted, quickly stepping back, "They are indeed harpoons! The holes are full of 'retreating' harpoons!"

Everyone was in a panic, their voices rising and falling in a cacophony of shouts.

But Qi Xia's expression remained complex as she looked at Han Yimo.

"Did you know there were harpoons inside?" Qi Xia asked.

"No... I just saw it by accident a moment ago..." Han Yimo's eyes kept darting around, clearly lying.

"Could it be that you also..." Qi Xia stared at Han Yimo in a daze but swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue.

Han Yimo also remembered.

He had concealed this fact.

From another perspective, those who remembered the previous events seemed to have received the human sheep's card.

Since Qi Xia didn't know what would happen if memories were exposed, she chose not to expose him.

"There's no need to be afraid," Qi Xia changed the subject, looking at Han Yimo seriously and speaking in a low voice, "This time, the harpoons won't pierce you."

"But... but Qi Xia..." Han Yimo seemed to have something to say but didn't know how to start.

If Qi Xia's guess was correct, Han Yimo wanted to say, "I was pierced last time."

"This time we'll adjust our positions; you stand between me and Officer Li." Qi Xia looked in the direction of the others, "If there are no gaps around you, there's no reason for the harpoons to pierce you."

Han Yimo looked at Qi Xia with a hint of gratitude and nodded blankly.

When everyone calmed down, Qi Xia rearranged the team's formation.

She made sure that each girl had a man nearby and protected Han Yimo.

After all, Han Yimo was also a "Resonator," and it was right to ensure his safety.

"I also need to arrange an emergency plan, everyone, please come over," Qi Xia directed everyone, "If someone's table board becomes unstable..."

After arranging everything, Qi Xia had everyone stand in formation, pushing all the table boards together to form an unbreakable cone.

The people inside the cone stood back-to-back, surrounded by complete darkness.

Qi Xia could feel Han Yimo trembling beside her, as if this formation gave him no sense of security at all.

"Sorry..." Han Yimo, realizing he was drawing attention, apologized in a low voice, "I've always had claustrophobia; I've been afraid of enclosed spaces and dark environments since I was a child."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Qi Xia suddenly thought of something.

Han Yimo was hit by harpoons in the dark cone and pierced by a giant sword in the dark dawn.

Could this all be related to his "claustrophobia"?

Suddenly, a loud whistling sound filled the air around the cone.

"They're coming!"

At Qi Xia's command, everyone began to shift their weight slightly, firmly holding the table boards in front of them.

After all, Qi Xia's strategy seemed foolproof, and the main thing now was to ensure the cone's stability.

The harpoons began to rain down on the cone like a storm, and everyone felt their palms ache from the impact. But this time, the nine people were mentally prepared, and the cone was surprisingly sturdy.

"Bang!"

A loud noise came from in front of Xiao Ran, and the table board in her hands was instantly knocked askew.

A glaring light pierced through the crack, and Qi Xia immediately sensed the danger. After all, behind Xiao Ran was Han Yimo, and if a harpoon shot through the gap, it would certainly be fatal for Han Yimo.

"Turn!" Qi Xia shouted.

Following the order, everyone shifted their table boards to the right.

The entire cone spun like a top in a storm, now facing the harpoons at an angle and continuously rotating, preventing any harpoons from entering the gaps.

After two rotations, Doctor Zhao helped Xiao Ran stabilize the table board.

"Stop!"

Qi Xia shouted again, and everyone once more steadied their table boards, the cone firmly rooted like a bamboo shoot in the rain.

As the collisions near the table boards gradually decreased, the harpoons' attack slowed down. After another half minute, the impacts completely stopped.

"Is it over?" someone whispered.

"Wait another minute," Qi Xia said cautiously.

Naturally, no one objected, and they waited another minute in the pitch-black cone.

Qi Xia carefully lifted the table board.

She looked at the now safe room, reached out, and patted Han Yimo's shoulder, saying, "See, we're fine."

Han Yimo was still trembling but nodded gratefully, "Is it over... but I still feel..."

The others also lifted their table boards and were speechless at the scene before them.

The two corpses on the ground were now like porcupines, pierced by countless harpoons, with blood splattered everywhere.

It was a hellish sight.

"Oh? What's this?" Officer Li picked up a harpoon with exaggerated acting, "There seems to be writing on it."

Qi Xia shook her head helplessly; it was really difficult for Officer Li to do such things.

While Officer Li led everyone to examine the harpoons, Qi Xia checked on Han Yimo again. Although he still looked scared, his condition was much better than before.

"Han Yimo, I told you, you'd be fine this time."

Han Yimo smiled bitterly and said, "Qi Xia, thank you... but for some reason, I always feel that the harpoons will hit me."

Just as Qi Xia was about to say something, she suddenly felt something was off.

There was still a faint sound of chains coming from somewhere in the room.

Could there be more harpoons?

Qiao Jiajin seemed to have noticed something as well.

A rope was taut, stretched across the middle of the room.

"What's this?" Qiao Jiajin looked at the rope, noticing that both ends were in the holes, unlike the ropes on the ground that were tied to harpoons.

Qi Xia also felt puzzled.

Why were both ends of the rope in the holes?

Where were the harpoons?

Qiao Jiajin walked up and gently touched the rope, feeling it vibrate slightly: "That's strange..."

He tried pulling the rope and found that it could be pulled out.

Qi Xia was slightly stunned, instantly realizing something.

It wasn't a rope "suspended in mid-air," but a harpoon that had accidentally shot into a hole in the wall, blocking another harpoon.

"Qiao Jiajin, don't touch it!"