The only place at the bottom of the pond where the light couldn't shine on was under the iron cage that kept the puppet. Since it was hung close to the ceiling, its shadow was quite big. However, when it reached the bottom of the pond, this shadow was just medium in size.

After Feng Bujue had aimed for the general direction, he jumped. The first feeling he had was the temperature of the liquid was quite low that made his spine shiver instinctively. Then came the discomforting buzzing noise of gasoline getting into his ears. He was using his hand to cover both of his nose and mouth tightly. Currently, he wouldn't need to worry about his mouth and respiratory system to get hurt. Anyway, even if he was keeping his eyes closed tightly, the narrow slit between his lids still had the burning feeling.

What he needed to do were just two things. The first one was also the thing he must complete; moreover, it was certainly tough: find the chemical bottle. Second, with the premise of finding the bottle, he had to ignore his survival instinct and made himself drown as quickly as possible. If he couldn't do the first thing, he couldn't take the chemical bottle.

Thus, this time he had to hold his breath and take action at the bottom of the pond within one minute, and he must not fail.

Soon, Feng Bujue sank to the bottom of the pond. He had jumped there vertically, however, during his sinking process, his body's center of gravity made his head slowly lean forward. Thus, his position looked like ORZ [1] when he reached the bottom of the pond. Fortunately, he still had one free arm to support himself; if not, his knees and head would all touch the ground.

[Main Quest's progress is updated.]

[Find chemical bottles (2/4)]

As his hand had just touched the bottom of the pond, Feng Bujue heard the notification from the system. And, the bottle appeared in his hand. This time he got the [Unidentified-ingredient Chemical Bottle (D)].

"What's going on? Am I a lucky bastard now?" Feng Bujue felt strange inside: with my moral standing, I could really be lucky enough to touch the FLAG where hides the item while sinking down to the bottom?

At the same time, inside the iron cage hung below the ceiling in the room, the face of Billy the Puppet crooked a little bit, as a vague, strange light flashed up in his eyes.

Splash

Immediately, a splash arose while gasoline splattered everywhere.

A man covered in shimmering red light jumped out of the gasoline surface before the floor closed completely. Feng Bujue had activated his Body-Spirit Congregation Technique while he was in the pond, flexed his legs and leaped up. He simply pierced through the liquid resistance to get into the air, and the height he reached was fairly enough to grab the hand of the puppet inside the cage.

Feng Bujue used both hands and quickly climbed up to one side of the cage. With some simple moves, he secured his feet onto the cage.

"Now, it seems I can save one medal and the time running from the 'Start' to here." Feng Bujue said while stroked his hair backward and wiped his face ruthlessly.

He tried to keep his eyes wide-open. As his eyes were now congested, it made his look more intimidating. He tilted his head to the left and then to the right a few times to let the gasoline in his ears flow out. "Dude, how to open your cage?"

In fact, it wasn't a matter as Feng Bujue had hauled out the wrench from his bag while speaking. Anyway, he didn't dare to pound the cage. In case the metal impact created sparks, his body, which was soaked with petrol, would burst into flame. He then clamped the wrench on the lock and broke it.

This cage was hung by only one chain, not four. Thus, when Feng Bujue had mounted up there, it started to sway. At this moment, it was swinging back and forth in the air.

Under such circumstance, Feng Bujue was still calm enough to break the lock on the cage. He stretched one arm into the cage and dragged Billy the Puppet out of the cage as if it was just garbage.

During the whole process, this doll didn't make any attempt to resist. This made him think the fighting capacity of Billy was equivalent to yeah, a puppet.

Apparently, Billy wasn't a machine-operated beast or a fighting puppet. He couldn't even make his nose grow longer! At most, he could play the recordings and pedal the tricycle. Perhaps he had some skills to create the deadly secret chamber, but things like beating people weren't in his field of profession.

"Really easy..." When Feng Bujue caught the puppet, he thought that he would hear the notification from the system, but nothing had happened. He then tried to put the puppet into his bag, but the system notified him,

[Storage failed. You don't have the complete control of the living being or the living being resists to enter the bag.]

Since he was holding a puppet that could fight against him at any time, Feng Bujue was careful, waiting until the floor closed completely then jumped down from the cage. Currently, the cage wasn't swinging so hard so Feng Bujue could land safely on the floor.

He had just activated the Body-Spirit Congregation Technique for a short while. When he clutched on the cage, he dismissed it; thus, it didn't cost him much of his Survival Value. However, the damages from the gasoline weren't gone away yet. He now felt his eyes were burning painfully while his nostrils were filled with petrol smell. He was drenched as his clothes stuck to his skin together with the bloodstains. All brought him a considerable discomfort.

However, Feng Bujue was well, it was already mentioned many timeshe was a man with a strong endurance. This level of discomfort was insignificant to him. He rushed to the door nonchalantly as if nothing had happened, holding the puppet in one hand while running like crazy to the end of the passage.

The time he had spent playing the game finding the chemical bottle in the gasoline pond was shorter than he had imagined. No matter it was finding the bottle or catching Billy the Puppet, all were unexpectedly smooth. However, the remaining length of the fourth corridor was somehow deceptive. He had finished it in almost ten minutes.

However, it matched with the 80th minute that Rabbit had mentioned, as Feng Bujue had just spent eighteen minutes from the fourth corridor to the 'End' prison.

"Hey! I got the prisoner for you. Give me the stuff!" Feng Bujue got out of the hallway, yelling to Rabbit while still running.

Rabbit was sitting behind the desk, looking at him then at Billy. "Ah! Traveler from the other world, you've caught Billy! Ha, ha!" Rabbit laughed. "Great!"

"Don't be wordy. I'll hand you the puppet, you'll give me the stuff," Feng Bujue said then pressed Billy on the desk.

"Although I don't know why you've brought me the one I wanted to catch, anyway" Rabbit shrugged then stroked his beard. He then pulled a drawer, took out the chemical bottle and brought it to Feng Bujue. "You've got him, as you said, give me"

"Why did you know I wanted the chemical bottle?" When Feng Bujue asked the question, he snatched the item the Main Quest requested, shoved it into his bag as fast as lightning and also took out the [Kill In One Shot Pistol].

"Oops You asked me to " Rabbit's visage changed, stammering an answer.

"I asked you what? I didn't say 'chemical bottle,' I said 'stuff'" A cold smile beamed out from the corner of his mouth as Feng Bujue aimed his pistol at the rabbit face of Rabbit and pulled the trigger.