Chapter 96

Meeting? Perhaps? Ning Pan watched him leave... That was impossible. Time was running out, so there was no time for any kind of ceremony. The best thing to do was to escape quickly.

The sky was getting darker and darker, but no one in the Cen Mansion lit the lamps. The servants in charge of lighting the lamps heard the noise outside and dared not show their heads. They hid in the house and trembled.

Ning Pan ran out of the small courtyard where the woodshed was located, carrying a shovel. She looked at the intersection before her and the identical scenery in all directions, unsure of which direction to go. The courtyard where she had been imprisoned the last time was very close to the outside, and she had only determined her escape direction after hearing the voices of passersby outside. But now, she could hear no sounds from outside, only the sounds of fighting and the continuous screams from all corners of the Cen Mansion.

Oh no, it seems like someone is coming... Hearing footsteps approaching, Ning Pan looked around and quickly crawled into the hole on the rockery next to him.

The chaotic sound of footsteps gradually approached and then gradually faded away. They did not stop near the courtyard gate, nor did they rush towards the woodshed. Ning Pan breathed a sigh of relief, slowly sat down on the ground, and opened the forum to see if there was any useful information in the group.

Although this action was a bit suicidal, Ning Pan didn't really want to die, so he naturally had to find a way to leave.

The players who had escaped earlier had already spread their message and returned home. To avoid being followed, they changed routes several times along the way and even changed clothes halfway.

After returning to their own territory, they breathed a sigh of relief and opened the forum to describe their route in the group chat using arrows. North was up, south was down, west was left, and east was right. Longer routes were represented by multiple arrows. Since directions like northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest couldn't be represented horizontally with arrows, they were arranged diagonally using line breaks.

Inspired by their ideas, others also shared their own escape routes. Some felt the map was incomplete and offered to go back to the Cen family to explore and complete the map, but were dissuaded by other players.

Bei Qiao also saw the map made up of these arrows. Seeing that there were some common locations on these maps, she logged off and turned on the computer. She copied all the maps that had been posted in the group, put them into the drawing software, stretched and scaled them, and then used the same coordinate buildings as the drawing points to piece them together. She managed to piece together several maps into a large, not-so-complete map.

Comparing the assembled large map, Bei Qiao opened his mobile phone, entered it line by line into the dialog box, and sent it to the group.

Players A, B, C, and D: Holy shit, what did I see? Thanks, big guy!

Player B: Why are you two still online now?

Player C: One minute, just one minute.

Player A: I was so excited that I couldn't sleep, so I ran for a while at night.

Ning Pan: Thank you very much. Now I know where to go.

Anonymous No. 7 (Qiao Qiao): You’re welcome, stay safe.

Player G: Can I borrow this picture, please?

Anonymous No. 7 (Qiao Qiao): Of course.

With the map as a guide, more and more players started going to the Cen family's house to explore and commit suicide. For safety reasons, everyone would privately chat with others before going to form a team, arrange a separate location, and meet with their faces covered. It was like they were going to do something bad.

The Cen family: Isn’t it a bad thing to break into someone’s house?

Players: How can it be a bad thing? We just went to your house to send the captured girl away and the looted wealth away, that's all.

Players: We are not gangsters robbing gangsters, we are just carriers of justice!

In the name of chivalry and justice, the players entered the Cen family in batches and began their own fun activities.

The Cen family, previously battling each other to the death, suddenly found themselves in a strangely lively atmosphere. They were locked in a fierce struggle, when suddenly, several masked strangers appeared nearby. Some hid behind rockery, some sat on rooftops, and some even stood arrogantly nearby. They were practically everywhere.

Before this, almost no one noticed their arrival. Their elusive skills scared the two groups of Cen family members who were fighting fiercely and immediately stopped fighting and became alert. They even stopped caring about the power struggle for the time being: it doesn’t matter if both sides suffer losses, but they absolutely cannot let others take advantage of them!

What puzzled the Cen family was that these strangers who had suddenly appeared didn't seem to be here to rob them. Even if they hadn't been spotted by the Cen family before, they had no intention of attacking them. Instead, they stood by, watching the fun, their masks unable to hide their gossipy eyes. Even more outrageous, these people had brought their own food and ate while watching the fun. They pointed and talked at the Cen family like ordinary people watching a monkey show, almost clapping and shouting for them to continue fighting... Oh, some people had already started shouting, how ridiculous!

Being surrounded by a large group of people like monkeys, who could resist getting angry? At least the Cen family couldn't stand it, absolutely not at all. Now was a critical moment in the struggle for power, and the Cen family couldn't let these people continue to cause trouble.

"Murder! Haha!" Seeing several servants of the Cen family rushing towards them with weapons, the players quickly left behind their unfinished food, used their lightness skills to disperse, and their voices were quite cheerful, which made the Cen family members grit their teeth in anger.

The players had memorized the map beforehand, and even split up when they were about to be caught. While the Cen family's servants were more familiar with the paths within the compound, they couldn't stand up to the players' throngs. They would either lose the players while chasing them, or, after finally catching up, be outnumbered by players several times their size, forcing them to flee in disgrace.

"Master, I didn't catch up, but... Master?" The servant, who had caught up with him and been beaten, limped back. Although he knew he would be punished for his incompetence, he had reasons to return. Dragging his leg, injured from climbing over the wall, he ran all the way back to the courtyard. Just as he was about to say something to excuse himself, he found that no one in the courtyard was listening to him. Everyone was busy putting out the fire.

"What are you standing there for? Get a bucket and put out the fire!" The housekeeper who was directing everyone to put out the fire saw the servant standing there in a daze and kicked him.

"Yes, yes..." The servant crawled to his feet and pretended to get the empty bucket.

There was a water tank in the yard specifically for firefighting, and a lake outside. There was enough water, but not enough barrels. The servant searched the yard and told the housekeeper that he hadn't found an empty barrel and was going to look outside. In reality, he hadn't gone looking for a barrel. Instead, he had dug up the treasure from where he had previously buried it, preparing to escape that very day.

However, before he could get far, he saw another group of men in black approaching from a distance. These people were not players, and their purpose in coming to the Cen family was not to watch the fun, but...

"They are...hiss!" Recognizing the identity of the people, the servant covered his mouth in fear, crouched down, changed the route, and ran away at the fastest speed in his life: It turned out to be them! The Cen family is finished this time!

"These bastards, not only did they steal things, they even dared to set fire!" In the yard where the servant had left earlier, Cen Chao, who was hiding behind the thugs, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at the crackling fire in the house in front of him. He was so angry that he wanted to find someone to fight.

Just when everyone's attention was drawn to the fleeing men in black, another group of men in black appeared silently behind them. While the others were still not reacting, they began to steal the house. The men in black on this side released the girl trapped in the Cen Mansion, while the men in black on the other side took out the looted items from the Cen Mansion and threw them directly over the courtyard wall, laughing as they threw them.

The Cen family gnashed their teeth in hatred, yet they were powerless against these black-clad players. While their combat prowess wasn't as strong as the Cen family, their Qing Gong skills were exceptional, and they ran so fast they were harder to catch than pigs waiting to be slaughtered. Even more annoying, these people had a strange tacit understanding with each other: if one of them was about to be captured, the others would immediately lend a hand and rescue them, as if they were half-siblings.

Player: We are all one family, the fourth disaster who loves each other.

The inexplicable appearance of these black-clad players has left the Cen family, already embroiled in internal strife, on the brink of collapse. While power is a must, what good is it without the family's wealth? Without money, what's the point of living? But these people are incredibly difficult to catch, and their cunning tactics are undeniable. The Cen family entices them with money and beautiful women, yet none of them fall for them. While clearly carrying out the work of robbers, they present a seemingly unselfish demeanor, leaving the Cen family practically laughing. "Are the other courtyards on fire too? Seeing they can't move, they're burning everything down, leaving no one behind?" First, they lure away a group of thugs, then steal the house, and finally set it on fire... Are these people really in cahoots? They're definitely here to rob! Robbery is fine, but setting fire is too much, isn't it?

"Who set the fire? We're not the Eight-Nation War of Invasion, looting and burning!" A sharp-eared player shouted back in disbelief: "What kind of robbery? We came empty-handed and left empty-handed!" How can we call this robbery when it comes to porters' affairs?

"You still say you didn't burn it yourself, huh..." Cen Chao, who also had sharp ears, sneered: "It can't be that someone else broke into the house again... Holy shit! Who is it!"

"How are you, Master Cen Wu?" A figure that looked very familiar to Cen Chao walked out of the darkness with a group of men in black clothes who smelled of blood, holding a torch in his hand.

"How did you get in?!"

"If you can't even climb over a wall this low, what's the point of being a robber?"

"Robbed our Cen family? Your Black Snake Gang doesn't want to stay in Luodan City anymore?" Cen Chao roared fiercely but weakly.

"Don't talk nonsense. We are not from the Black Snake Gang. We are just passing robbers."

"You guys!" It's really like adding insult to injury!