Clown Game
Chapter 323 - 310: In the Dream

Chapter 323: Chapter 310: In the Dream

Chen Xiao quickly came to his senses.

Since the seal had been torn open a crack, the events that occurred during that time wouldn’t be entirely forgotten.

Chen Xiao rubbed his neck, "Ah ah... that was quite some pressure indeed. So, now all that’s left is to commit suicide, huh?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he bent down to start undoing his belt.

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Um... Don’t think too much about it, that kind of philosophical introspection will never happen, he was only trying to wrap the belt around his neck.

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"Ah ah, although tight, it’s not tight enough to keep me from making noise, air can seep in quietly into my windpipe if I stay still, I should be able to last for about 20 minutes," Chen Xiao said laboriously as he pulled at his belt.

"I’ll come and wake you up after 20 minutes," Bai Xiong responded gravely.

"Oh, and since I don’t know how those ants might try to control my thoughts, if they haven’t finished or left after 20 minutes, please rush over and pull the belt off. If I die so unamusingly, I’d never accept it. At most, you’ll just re-enter the collective consciousness with me again, but don’t worry, I’ll kill you again."

Bai Xiong fell silent for a while, "Say, do you plan on how to kill me all the time even in real life?"

"Of course not... Heh heh heh."

"Alright, now is not the time to discuss these things," Bai Xiong clearly understood what Chen Xiao was like, so he brought the topic back, "Regarding what you said, I’ve thought about it too. Based on my scars, although I’m not their match, they shouldn’t be able to subdue me instantly. Rushing over to unbelt should still be no problem..."

As he spoke, Bai Xiong turned back around, "Also, the passage of time in the world of thoughts shouldn’t be too fast, after all, not everyone inside is like you. So, Song Xuan should still be in the apartment in front of the street corner where you were a vagrant."

Chen Xiao was startled, "Hey... isn’t that your place?... Um... Heh heh heh, are you suggesting that you and her in the world of thoughts..."

"Enough, let’s get moving. If we wait too long, there could be complications!" Bai Xiong said, then returned to his own cave.

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"Tsk, how boring..." Chen Xiao curled his lip, saw Bai Xiong leaving, and then fumbled with his belt, stumbling out of the place. He then stood up and gave the tunnel wall a kick.

"Hmm... The material is purely mud, the surface is exceptionally hard; it must’ve been mixed with some sticky secretion from the bugs. There’s no moisture, the air flow is slight, I can’t tell how deep underground we are. The fact that I can see might be due to the effects of the Gene Toxin when I first joined the Foundation; it doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a light source here." A few seconds later... "Eh... Nothing stirring, it seems the vibrations in the tunnel don’t alert them, which means if I run quickly there probably won’t be a big problem, but I can’t be certain. A major reason might be that the soil absorbs the vibrations."

Thinking this, Chen Xiao loosened the belt around his neck a bit more and then took a deep breath.

"Ah~ ah ah~ ah ah ah..."

He howled in the manner of Tarzan swinging from vines.

"Ah, with this level of noise, it should be about right. If there’s still no reaction, then this bunch must be almost insensitive to vibration."

Almost the next second, he got his answer, as the sound of rustling came from both in front of and behind him almost simultaneously.

"So it is... sharp indeed, and those so-called ants are at both ends of the tunnel, huh? They seem to move fast and know to block both ends, just like guards. They must possess a certain level of intelligence. Well then, let’s see what you all look like!"

The ants were quite cooperative and didn’t make Chen Xiao wait too long. With rustling noises, they quickly rushed towards him. Five seconds later, from a place beyond his line of sight, two crazily waving gigantic antennae poked out from the darkness, followed by a pitch-black, spike-covered mandible. Then, an enormous ant head that nearly filled Chen Xiao’s entire field of vision burst forth. Its bulging compound eyes vibrated aimlessly, giving off the impression that it was almost blind, while the two antennae jutting out towards him were unwaveringly straight. The dense hairs at their tips quivered violently as they approached Chen Xiao.

In the face of such a colossally unfamiliar being drawing near, the oppressive force could have scared someone into wetting their pants in an instant.

But Chen Xiao remained as if nothing was wrong.

"Hmm, its size is indeed surprisingly large, with a shell covering the whole body. It’s hard to say how tough it is. The attack power goes without saying, seeing the position of the upper jaw, it must be what pierced through the ion shield. Vision is certainly not very good, obviously hard to develop good eyesight from living underground for a long time. But the sensitivity of the antennae must be extremely high. If about ten or eight of these things came, they could probably block both ends of the tunnel completely... yeah, this is tricky."

Chen Xiao pondered over these various aspects in his mind when the ants behind him also caught up and surrounded him.

"Hmm... only two, it seems the division of labor in the group is quite clear. Little disturbances don’t cause a whole swarm to rush up. The two here suffice for handling the humans they’ve farmed, huh? Hehehe, well then, let’s see how they plan to subdue me..."

Right at that moment, before Chen Xiao could finish mumbling, the ant in front of him suddenly leaned forward, its two straight antennae gently touching Chen Xiao’s forehead.

Immediately afterward... Chen Xiao’s eyes closed, and he lost consciousness.

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"Hey! What are you thinking about?" Chen Xiao felt someone nudge him.

He came back to his senses to find himself sitting in the middle seat of a van, with a bearded man beside him staring at him suspiciously.

"What’s wrong? Wussing out?" he barked menacingly.

Chen Xiao patted his cheeks: "Of course not, let’s go!"

"Let’s go!" the man also shouted, as if to psych himself up. He then pulled out a large duffel bag from the back seat and took a stocking out of his pocket. Tearing open the package, he was about to pull it over his head.

Yes, Chen Xiao and this guy were about to rob a place!

And their target... was the supermarket by the street.

Seeing this, Chen Xiao also pulled a stocking out of his pocket...

Just about to open it.

Suddenly, his head swam. It felt like something had burst into his thoughts, causing his whole body to tremble.

"Damn it, what’s wrong with you now!" the man across from him shouted angrily through the stocking, his spit spraying onto the inside of the stocking and then rubbing onto his face.

Chen Xiao rubbed his head... slowly looked up...

"Who... did you just call a damn fool?"