Lords of the Old Ones? I thought it was a speed bump.

Chapter 31: A Stage Lacking a Protagonist

Even at this moment, Lin Jue's expression remained as calm as ever.

He stood at the entrance to the downhill tunnel, which was simply paved with wooden planks.

Judging from the sound of footsteps on the wooden planks, Lin Jue was clearly preparing to go down and continue working.

Seeing the figure preparing to turn and leave, Jiang Fan couldn't help but call out:

"Wait...wait! Don't go down yet, now is not the time to dig a hole."

Lin Jue turned around and looked at him with a puzzled expression, then asked in return:

"Why isn't this the time to dig holes? What else can we do besides digging holes?"

"At the very least, we need to find out that paradoxical demon first. If it's really mixed in with the crowd, wouldn't we be in great danger?"

Upon hearing Jiang Fan's words, the surrounding classmates quickly nodded in agreement.

If Lin Jue goes down into the mine to work, then only ordinary people like them will be left upstairs.

The thought that the paradoxical demon might be mingling among the crowd sent chills down everyone's spines.

What if that guy suddenly attacks and goes on a killing spree while Lin Jue is away? Wouldn't they all become lambs to the slaughter?

However, upon hearing this, Lin Jue calmly shook his head and said indifferently:

"There's no need for that. Even if it really blends in with the crowd, it won't take the opportunity to attack you."

Jiang Fan frowned in confusion: "Why...why do you say that?"

"If it really wanted to kill you all with its own hands, there would be thirty-two corpses in the fire, not just one."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.

Lin Jue's words were like a pebble thrown into a deep pool.

What it stirred was not ripples, but solidification, as if even space itself was frozen.

This conjecture actually came to Lin Jue's mind when he thought of "Detective Conan".

He could never understand why murderers in comics always used such complicated methods to commit crimes.

For example, when you're on a deserted island or in a castle.

Why didn't the killer just kill everyone present at once?

Why kill them one by one, and leave a detective to solve your mystery?

If Lin Jue were the murderer, he definitely wouldn't have been so hesitant and indecisive.

Instead, they would kill everyone on the scene overnight and then destroy all traces with a fire.

It's not that the more complex the case, the harder it is to solve; on the contrary, simple brute force is the best approach.

Coincidentally, the current situation is exactly the same as those deliberately mysterious cases in comics.

Logically speaking, since the paradoxical demon could kill one of them silently and impersonate him, it should be reasonable to assume that the paradoxical demon was capable of doing so.

Then it would definitely have the ability to kill all thirty-two students and teachers except for Lin Jue in one go.

But the fact that it didn't do that means it was unwilling or did not intend to do it.

It wanted to play, to act like a naughty child and toy with everyone present.

It wants to see people blame each other, distrust each other, and even attack each other, while it hides in the shadows and laughs.

Unfortunately, Lin Jue had absolutely no interest in playing this boring detective game with that guy.

All he wants now is to quickly dig a downhill road and leave this broken dimension.

After all, Lin Jue hadn't been to the dungeon for two days, and he was starting to miss it.

Upon hearing Lin Jue's words, Duan Hong's Adam's apple bobbed, and he squeezed out a hoarse laugh.

"That's true... Our most important task right now isn't internal strife, but getting out of here as soon as possible."

After speaking as if to himself, Duan Hong began to arrange for everyone to continue their work.

Although, under Duan Hong's arrangement, everyone continued to chop down trees and lay planks as they had the day before.

But the work atmosphere was no longer as relaxed as it used to be; instead, it became gloomy and suspicious.

Even several classmates who were usually close to each other quietly distanced themselves, and tried not to speak to each other unless absolutely necessary.

For a moment, an awkward silence fell over the entire area, with only the sounds of footsteps and sawing wood echoing around.

Surprisingly, everyone's work efficiency was unusually high under these circumstances.

In less than half a day, a simple downhill path made of wooden planks appeared in the deep pit.

"Phew... that should be about it. Everyone come out. The final dimensional collapse should be about to begin."

After placing the last plank, Gao Guizhi looked at the short downhill section and quickly called everyone to leave the tunnel together.

According to the old professor who had previously taken classes with his father.

Once the conditions for resolving the "logical contradiction" are met, that plane will begin to disintegrate completely.

As the plane crumbles, the hiding place of the paradoxical demon will also vanish.

Even if it is unwilling to come out, it will inevitably be forced to reveal its true form in front of everyone.

At this point, it's time to engage in the final battle with this great demon king.

As for how the plane itself would collapse, everyone soon saw it.

Not long after, everyone left the downhill section of road that was located underground.

A violent earthquake suddenly began beneath the entire winding mountain road!

This was the first time Lin Jue had ever experienced such a strong earthquake; its magnitude was so high that it was difficult to describe it in terms of magnitude.

Amidst the gasps of the crowd, the earth seemed to transform into a soft, fluffy carpet, trembling wildly beneath their feet!

Even the once clear sky began to shatter like glass, turning into fragments that slid down, revealing the deep, dark landscape behind it.

Seeing this bizarre scene of sudden change in the sky and earth, Bai Tingting was so frightened that she hid behind Lin Jue.

The other students, their faces pale, also moved closer, all surrounding the only superhuman present.

Fortunately, the commotion came and went quickly.

Within minutes, the outer area of ​​the entire mountain road almost completely collapsed.

From the distant sky to the mountain backdrop in the distance, and then to the uphill sections at both ends.

It was as if the whole world had sunk into a deep, dark ocean, leaving only this small room of a few hundred square meters stubbornly standing still.

After this series of intense dimensional collapses ended, Duan Hong swallowed hard and said tremblingly:

"Is it... over? How do we get out of here now?"

Compared to the previous situation, the small dimension in which everyone is currently located seems to be more dangerous.

They were like passengers on a small boat sailing on a bottomless, dark sea, where they could capsize and disappear at any moment.

"Something's not right." At this moment, Gao Guizhi also tensed up, twitching his shoulders and muttering to himself:

"Logically speaking, by this stage, the demon that controls this plane should have nowhere else to hide... Why hasn't it come out yet? Could it really be inside us?"

The moment Takashi uttered those words.

The crowd that had been tightly surrounding Lin Jue was suddenly startled.

Then they scattered quickly, like startled rabbits.

Lin Jue stood in the very center of the crowd, calmly scanning each of them with his gaze.

As for the students being scrutinized by his gaze, they unconsciously trembled slightly.

What's going on? Could Lin Jue be... could he be planning... planning to wipe us all out?

The moment this possibility was considered, many people couldn't help but shudder.