Chapter 98 [(*^▽^*)]

Lin Leyou nodded. "I recognize him. He's one of the four who set a trap for me."

Captain, "It's up to you to decide how to handle this."

Lin Leyou nodded, but instead of pulling out a knife and killing him in front of the captain, he grabbed Tang Zhengchu and dragged him toward the gate of the residential area.

He stopped at the edge of the fog, turned his back to the captain, and threw the player into the fog. He had long wanted to know what would happen if a player was thrown into the fog. He had been struggling to find someone to experiment with, but now, one had been delivered to his door for free.

He stood there for a while before he heard some faint, fragmented sounds coming from the fog.

"Congratulations to Lin Leyou for killing a player and gaining 20 points and 100,000 funds."

It turns out that throwing someone into the fog can actually kill them.

And even though it was Fog who killed him, the reward was still credited to him, which is not bad.

The team leader looked pleased when he saw him do this. "Good job, you need to get him out of the community."

Lin Leyou was very satisfied. "Then I'll go on patrol, Captain."

Captain, “Go ahead, but remember to be careful. They’ve become exceptionally rampant lately. Watch out for streetlights, tall trees, and falling objects on the road.”

Lin Leyou: "Don't worry."

The captain sighed again, leaning back in his chair and looking truly exhausted.

But Lin Leyou found it strange. Wasn't the captain always in the security booth? How could he be so tired? It was as if he was working overtime 24 hours a day without stopping.

"Captain, are you very tired?"

I could vaguely see dark circles under my eyes, but upon closer inspection, I couldn't actually see them.

The captain gave him a deep look. "Unless all the other guards are wiped out, I need to stay here. After all, I'm the captain. Unless someone takes over and watches the gate for me, I can't rest."

Lin Leyou was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what the captain meant, but he immediately thought of Tang Zhengchu, whom he had just thrown out into the fog.

Perhaps Tang Zhengchu wasn't killed by the mist, but rather by something hidden within it? The question then becomes: what were those things?

It was only then that he realized that perhaps the real danger of this instance was not inside the residential area, but outside it!

The security captain has to watch the gate, otherwise, what's wandering in the fog outside will break in?

So the player he just threw into the fog wasn't killed by the fog itself, but by an unknown number of evil spirits hidden in the fog!

"Captain, is the outside completely..."

The captain nodded wearily. "Yes, all of them. We absolutely cannot let them in, otherwise the entire neighborhood will become their paradise, and not a single one will survive."

Lin Leyou was truly taken aback.

He had always thought the biggest challenge in this dungeon was the boss, but he never expected that the biggest challenge would come from outside the neighborhood!

Moreover, to ensure the most basic security of this community, there should be at least two security guards: a team leader who guards the gate and a security guard who is responsible for patrolling.

They work 24/7 without rest.

Lin Leyou breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm going to work."

He gritted his teeth as he walked, knowing he had to complete the mission as soon as possible, or... they would all die.

Lin Leyou didn't want to test whether this instance would really spawn all the injured security guards. What if they didn't spawn, or if they did something sneaky when they did spawn? Would he still be the same person?

Of course, there is another way to avoid being refreshed yourself, but to refresh the instance: kill all the players.

I have one at home.

He may think about it, but he won't do it. Xue Rui is a good person, and at least you can trust him if you cooperate with him.

If we kill him, and then kill the remaining players, then the new batch of players after the refresh won't necessarily be as reliable as Xue Rui.

He breathed a sigh of relief and, while patrolling, texted Xue Rui on his phone. He needed Xue Rui's help now, and he believed Xue Rui also wanted to clear the level quickly.

Upon receiving the message, Xue Rui immediately got dressed and went to the residential area. He did not meet up with Lin Leyou, but instead wandered around the area alone.

As for contacting each other, we will of course do so via mobile phone.

Xue Rui: "Brother Lin, I understand. We'll leave now. But you seem very anxious. What happened?"

Lin Leyou: "I just talked to the team leader, and he told me about something important, something that concerns the entire community."

Xue Rui: "What is it...? Can you tell me?"

Lin Leyou said, "There's no need to hide anything anymore. We've lost one security guard, leaving only three. Two of them patrol, so they have to work in shifts. And we absolutely need someone to guard the main gate of the complex, otherwise..."

Xue Rui noticed something suspicious. "What do you mean?"

He had a strong, vague sense of foreboding.

Lin Leyou said, "The community is surrounded by fog, and there are countless evil spirits in the fog. There must be security guards at the gate to watch over it 24 hours a day, otherwise the evil spirits outside will definitely break in."

"If another patrol guard is attacked and we lose one, then I'll have to work 24/7. So, while there are still two patrol guards, we need to kill all the evil spirits in the neighborhood as soon as possible and find and kill the last and strongest mastermind behind it all!"

Xue Rui gasped when he saw the news. No wonder the security captain, despite being the captain, stayed in the guard booth all day without moving or coming out to search for the evil spirit. So that was the reason!

If I really leave, then the evil spirits outside the neighborhood...

Xue Rui said, "Don't worry, Brother Lin, I will do my best, but... I just don't know how many evil spirits are still in the neighborhood that I haven't killed yet."

Lin Leyou thought about it. In fact, he had already killed quite a few evil spirits since the beginning. If there were still many left, then this dungeon would be too unfriendly to the players.

But then he realized that the instance had been taken over by a boss that had lost control, so it was understandable that it was unfriendly to the players.

But then I remembered that the security captain was still alive, which meant that the evil spirits in the fog outside definitely hadn't been let in. Since that's the case…

Although the mastermind has lost control, the number of its minions should not have increased; it should remain the same as in a normal dungeon. They might just be more aggressive and target players and security guards more aggressively.

Lin Leyou said, "There shouldn't be too many of them. Anyway, the evil spirits will definitely target you. As long as you keep luring them out and keep killing them, the evil spirits behind the scenes will eventually show up on their own."

Xue Rui: "Brother Lin, should we contact the others?"

Lin Leyou hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are they the suspicious people I told you about before, the ones I encountered in the square?"

Xue Rui: "Yes."

He hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth, and sent another message to Lin Leyou, "Actually... I'm pretty much the same as them."

After sending the message, Xue Rui felt his heart pounding. He stared intently at his phone screen. This message was tantamount to admitting that he, like those weirdos, was a player who came to clear the dungeon.

Lin Leyou has spent so much time with those players, he must know information about players, NPCs, dungeons, clearing levels, and rewards, etc.

Lin Leyou was a little confused when he saw the message. Was Xue Rui just coming clean with him? Admitting that he was a player who came to clear the dungeon?

Lin Leyou blinked, somewhat surprised, but mostly delighted. Since Xue Rui was willing to reveal his player identity to him, an NPC, it meant that he had truly begun to trust him.

In that case...

Lin Leyou: "I saw it coming a long time ago."

Xue Rui was stunned for a moment after seeing it, "Huh?"

Lin Leyou said, "If they weren't like those self-proclaimed players, why would they help me search for evil spirits? After all, no matter how powerful an ordinary person is, they wouldn't dare to knowingly approach an evil spirit."

Xue Rui touched his face awkwardly. So Lin Leyou already knew. In that case, what did all his previous struggles mean?

Xue Rui said, "Thank you, Brother Lin."

Lin Leyou said, "Alright, enough of this nonsense. Since you're one of those players, then give it your all and get rid of all the evil spirits in the neighborhood as soon as possible!"

Xue Rui took a deep breath, "Okay!"

Lin Leyou himself didn't realize that a very cheerful smile had appeared on his face. This was a genuine smile that he had never shown before, whether in his terrible past life or since returning to the past.

However, he quickly returned to work mode. He was currently carrying out a crucial mission to ensure that he was not harmed or refreshed, so he could not slack off!

Meanwhile, Xue Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I didn't expect Brother Lin to have found out so early. Was all my nervousness for nothing?"

He muttered to himself that he had lost out big time.

"But it's better to be honest sooner rather than later. There will definitely be opportunities to meet Brother Lin in future dungeons, and then there will be no need to explain anymore."

"You can also team up with him to complete the game, which is much faster and better than completing it alone."

Xue Rui couldn't help but sigh inwardly, Lin Leyou was truly amazing, as long as he was by his side, he could feel at ease.

Most importantly, he doesn't need to worry about betrayal.

He took a deep breath, pushed open the unit door, and went outside.

Now that it's late at night, evil spirits should be more active outside than before. If he and Lin Leyou were together, these evil spirits definitely wouldn't come out.

Moreover, Xue Rui has basically determined that the evil spirits in this instance are mainly targeting security personnel and players. As a player, he would definitely attract a lot of evil spirits if he were to wander around the neighborhood suspiciously late at night.

He sent his location to Lin Leyou every two minutes, allowing Lin Leyou to track his whereabouts at any time.