Chapter 204 - Eat Poison (2/2)

Pearl could feel Tang Xia’s agitation. She nodded and said, “Yes! Both of us can’t eat it!”

Both of them came to a decision. But this dungeon was indeed not fit for survival. There was nothing at all, let alone food and water. The only water there was the extremely murky and dirty water, that could not be drunk at all. If you drink it, you would definitely fall sick.

Getting sick in a place like this was undoubtedly only going to make things worse. Even though they had no hope, they were determined not to compromise.

They had been locked up for a very long time. Pearl looked at Tang Xia. Her lips were dry and cracked, due to going without water or food for a long period of time. The color of her lips was deathly pale.

After a long silence, she knew that they had already endured this ordeal for a very long time already. They did not have the energy to continue anymore.

Tang Xia looked at the scene in front of her, as the light gradually darkened. She could feel that there was not a single ounce of energy left in her body. She wanted to open her eyes, but could not find the strength to do so.

She lifted her hand as if to grab something, but there was only air and nothing else. She…could not hold on any longer…but, she did not want to cause any trouble for Pearl.

However, her eyelids let her down and refused to open. No matter how much strength she used, they would not open at all.

Tang Xia felt that her body becoming very heavy, as if she was free-falling into a bottomless pool of water. The water was black and it swallowed her up slowly, drowning her gradually. She seemed to only hear the sound of flowing water, and the sounds of screams mixed in between.

“Tang Xia! Tang Xia!”

But she could not recall who this person was. This person…who is it? Why…was her voice so familiar?”

She struggled desperately, struggling to swim upwards. She only felt that there was a bunch of twinkling stars above her, which was her last straw. She put in more effort to swim upwards, and she was getting closer and closer to the light…closer and closer…

“Ah!”

Tang Xia woke up in shock suddenly, and gasped for air. Her whole body was covered in sweat, due to the nightmare. When her mind finally cleared, she felt disoriented for a moment. Looking all around her, she frowned in confusion.

“Weren’t they locked up in the dungeon?” She seemed to have fainted, due to lack of energy over an extended period of time, but…how was it that she had woken up in her own room?

She looked around her surroundings. The heart-warming decorations, the soft blankets, and…the maid that delivered her daily meals.

Tang Xia looked at the maid, whose back was to her, while she prepared her meals. She asked, “Where is Zhu Yuanyu?”

The maid did not reply and continued to prepare the meal. Tang Xia knew that all the maids were like this, so she instantly stopped questioning her. Anyway, she would not be able to get any intelligible answer from her.

But thinking about how they were also captured and also force-fed the medicine, Tang Xia instantly felt pity for them. However, she did not say anything, and only looked at the maid with a blank look.

The maid tidied up quickly and lowered her head as she served Tang Xia her meal. It looked very sumptuous, much more than on ordinary days. Besides, she had just came out from the dungeon, so she naturally felt that it was very sumptuous.

She suddenly felt that this maid was very strange. The vibes she gave and her figure…resembled someone…the maid gently laid the meal on the table, and turned around to look at Tang Xia. It was indeed Pearl!

Tang Xia looked at the person in front of her in shock, and could not register it right away. She quickly rushed forward and grabbed hold of Pearl. “What happened to you, Pearl?”

However, Pearl did not react at all, and stared at her blankly. That gaze of hers was the same as all the maids, as if they were controlled by something. They did not have any thoughts of their own at all.

Tang Xia’s face was full of disbelief. She suddenly recalled the scene in the dungeon, the medicine thrown at them…she then linked it to how she woke up in her room, after her faint. The answer now came to her.

Tang Xia could not believe the thought in her mind. She shook Pearl violently, “Say something! Quickly say something!”

However, Pearl did not have any reaction at all. Eventually, Tang Xia could not hold it in and hugged Pearl, as she burst into tears. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry…”

She guessed that Pearl must have swallowed the pill in order to save her, when they were in the dungeon. Otherwise, it was just a matter of time before both of them died. But when she thought about what Pearl had turned into, in order to save her, her heart hurt from all the self-blame, and she was very heart-broken.

As if receiving an order, Pearl suddenly ignored Tang Xia, and walked out of the room slowly. Tang Xia wanted to follow her, but the door was closed with a loud bang.

“This time around, Chu Tianjiao, I, Tang Xia, will never give up!”

At this exact moment, a message suddenly popped out on the tablet beside her.

“Li Xianxian, La Chapelle…all eight of you, please proceed to Game Room No.2.”

Tang Xia gave a peal of cold laughter, and turned around to open her closet. Nonchalantly, she changed into the gown that Chu Tianjiao had made her wear on the first day. She pushed the door open and stepped outside slowly.

“Chu Tianjiao, you will pay for everything!”