Weirdness is coming: Chen Mu Nugui started with trillions of ghost coins

Chapter 1454 The Essence (Thanks to the generous donor, Inorganic Salt Soy Milk, for the amazing gif

Hong Wenli saw the bald man's smile and couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine!

Why was he smiling at me? Did he already know that I knew what happened in the bathroom?

No, he definitely knows that I already know about the bathroom.

Why didn't he attack me? He's acting like nothing happened. What's his mentality?

Hong Wenli was thinking this to himself; he was already on the verge of collapse.

Hong Wenli returned to the table and sat down at the dining table.

The bald man said considerately, "My toilet is rather dirty. I don't know if you'll be used to it?"

"Hmm, it's good..." Hong Wenli hesitated, not daring to say more.

Seeing Hong Wenli's distracted state, Chen Mu and Xiao Ye exchanged a glance. Chen Mu knew that Hong Wenli must have discovered some clue!

Just then, the bald man stood up, picked up an empty wine bottle from the table, and said:

"There are five of us, and one bottle of wine wasn't enough. We finished it all so quickly."

"Please wait a moment, everyone. I'll go back to the kitchen and get another bottle of wine."

The bald man said, taking the empty wine bottle with him, and left the table.

As soon as the bald man left, the players saw him go into the kitchen and immediately breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Lin Shanshan, sitting next to Hong Wenli, also noticed his unusual behavior and quickly nudged him, "Hey! What's wrong with you?"

Hong Wenli was terrified, and he really wanted to tell the other players about it.

So Hong Wenli adjusted his speaking speed and, in just a few sentences, quickly told Chen Mu and the others what he had seen in the bathroom.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shanshan glanced at the pork chop on the plate and immediately gagged.

But she reacted quickly and immediately covered her mouth again, afraid that she would vomit on the spot and the bald man would notice something was wrong.

Chen Mu frowned as well; the situation in the bathroom was exactly what he had expected.

Chen Mu, however, couldn't figure out what the bald man was thinking either.

Why did he not care at all and let the players discover that he was eating people?

Either he sees the players as his fellow cannibals;

Or perhaps he sees the players as nothing more than fat cattle waiting to be slaughtered. The bald man's confidence in taking down a few players is merely a way of teasing his prey before killing it.

The first guess is plausible but unreasonable.

So far, the players are assumed to be postmen. There are no clues suggesting they are also cannibals.

Moreover, from the bald man's expression, Chen Mu saw more of a provocation and mockery.

This is not the attitude towards cannibals.

Therefore, the second possibility is more reasonable.

This is not good news for players.

This means the players are in a very dangerous situation!

This is not only extremely dangerous, but it also means that the players have fallen into the bald man's trap.

The bald man was absolutely certain he could kill the players. That's why he could so easily toy with them like fish in a barrel.

Chen Mu said in a low voice, "No, the current situation is too unfavorable for us. We are completely passive, and the longer we wait, the more we will fall into the bald man's trap."

While we've just arrived and aren't completely tied up yet, we must act quickly and seize the initiative!

Hong Wenli couldn't help but ask, "What is Baldy's trap? How do you know we've fallen into one?"

Chen Mu shook his head. "I don't know, but do you know?"

Faced with Chen Mu's question, Hong Wenli shook his head.

“That’s settled then. We don’t know anything about it, and we can’t guess what it is. That’s the scariest thing!” Chen Mu said. “This bald guy is very difficult to deal with. From beginning to end, we can’t figure out his true thoughts.”

Lin Shanshan, who was standing to the side, asked, "Then what should we do? You say take action, but we don't even know about the traps, so how are we supposed to take action?"

Older gingers are more spicy!

When a novice is confused, Chen Mu, the old man...veteran...veteran, can see through the essence at a glance.

"How should we proceed? We'll do the main quests, of course!" Chen Mu said.

"Don't forget, although the bald man is difficult to deal with, we're not here to deal with him."

Our mission is to deliver a message!

The recipient of the mail is indicated by the cursor in the cellar.

Hong Wenli, did you see where the entrance to the cellar is just now?

Hong Wenli recalled for a moment and immediately said, "The kitchen! I remember there was a movable wooden plank in the corner of the kitchen; that should be the passage to the cellar."

Chen Mu nodded. "That's fine then. Now, we need to find an opportunity to enter the cellar."

Once we successfully deliver the letter to the recipient, our task is complete.

We can just run away when the time comes; there's no need to get entangled with the bald guy.

Trying to figure out the bald man's motives and figuring out how to take him down is just falling into a trap.

Chen Mu's quick analysis instantly gave the confused group some direction.

Lin Shanshan's eyes lit up. "That's right, we're postmen, all we need to do is deliver mail."

She gripped the letter in her hand, the one that hadn't yet been sent.

Chen Mu looked at the group and said, "From what we can see now, the bald man won't stop us from going to the toilet."

So we split into two teams. After Baldy came back, Lin Shanshan and I would pretend to go to the toilet and sneak into the cellar to deliver the message.

You two stay at the table and stall the bald man.

"If Baldy makes any move and you two can't hold him off, you must immediately notify me and Lin Shanshan in the cellar."

Chen Mu didn't let Lin Shanshan go alone. Although that would have been easier and saved him the trouble, it would have been the riskiest option.

If a novice like Lin Shanshan were to encounter any unexpected event, she would definitely be finished.

If the letter is lost or opened by someone else, the players will all fail.

With Chen Mu by his side, he was able to take control of the overall situation.

With two people per team, whether it's Chen Mu and Lin Shanshan, or Xiao Ye and Hong Wenli, they can look out for each other.

With his own people in both teams, Chen Mu felt much more at ease.

Lin Shanshan and Hong Wenli both nodded vigorously in agreement with Chen Mu's arrangement.

Lin Shanshan was also afraid of being abandoned. Holding the envelope, she was worried about going to such a terrifying cellar alone. She felt she didn't have the courage.

Chen Mu happened to be with them, and he seemed very reliable.

Hong Wenli was also quite frightened. He knew that the bald man already knew that he knew, and he didn't want to face the bald man alone.

The players had just divided up the tasks and determined the actions to take.

The door behind them was then opened.

The bald man emerged from the kitchen.

The bald man was holding two full bottles of red wine.

"Haha, sorry to have kept you all waiting." The bald man placed the wine on the table and said:

"Since there are many of us, I'll take two more bottles so we can drink to our hearts' content."