Chapter 371 Rusty City Strange Stories

Xu Zhiyan didn't react, but the audience in the live broadcast room started howling and had different opinions.

[Hey! Is there something supernatural in this rule-based weird dungeon? ]

[It’s not impossible. ]

[That figure from behind really looks like Xiao Baiwan, I think it should be a stand-in or something? ]

[Oh, I encountered a similar incident before, and my teammate also had a substitute. However, I had a time limit at that time. If I couldn’t tell them apart within three days, the substitute would really replace my teammate…]

Monsters that replicate the player's appearance often appear in shadow and mirror-related copies, but Xu Zhiyan looked at the back that looked like him for a while and quickly rejected the idea.

Not to mention that we had only just entered the game, and we hadn't encountered anything related to light, shadow, or refraction along the way.

He observed for a while and found that there was no ring on the other party's swinging left hand. If it was really a monster that was a replica of himself, then there would be a high probability that a ring would also appear.

Feeling the round ring that turned from black to gold, Xu Zhiyan quietly squatted down, walked past Workshop No. 8, and walked towards the distance.

It's working hours now, so there aren't many people coming and going.

The Riguang Handicraft Processing Factory is very large and is divided into two major areas: the living area and the working area. The living area is the area where they came from, while the working area is much larger and is mainly divided into the raw material processing center, processing workshop, and packaging workshop.

In the guild channel, several teammates also took the opportunity to share the information they obtained.

Like Xu Zhiyan, the identities of the others are also reserves of the city rescue team, and everyone’s starting point seems to be similar.

[Jiang Huai Que: I'm in a murderous haunted house in the suburbs. According to the map, this place is deserted and there's not even a toilet within a 20-kilometer radius. I'm afraid I won't be able to meet up with them for a while. According to the rules, I can't leave the house before I've solved the rescue.]

Jiang Huaique's mission is to rescue the suicidal exploration team trapped in a haunted house. Perhaps because the time is too short, he doesn't have any special clues.

Dou Hongshan was assigned to the botanical garden in the urban area, while Jin Sheng was sent to the Rusty City Traffic Brigade.

The progress of each person's mission is different. At present, it seems that the one with the highest difficulty should be Dou Hongshan. The botanical garden where she is located has been abandoned for a long time. There are high-density plant mutations in it, but because of her special abilities, she has become the person with the fastest mission progress among the few people.

[Dou Hongshan: I have already received the Botanical Garden Visitor Manual. The three fish are also very obedient. The plants have given me a lot of information.]

Then, she briefly explained the information about the botanical garden.

Since the rules of different places were not interchangeable, Xu Zhiyan originally did not have much hope, but after taking a quick look, he discovered some interesting rules.

Article 4 of the Botanical Garden Visitor Handbook:

If you find rust spots on your fellow tourists, please ask them to leave the exhibition area as soon as possible and go to the Science Park, and be careful not to enter the exhibition greenhouse on the way.

When rust spots appear, do they appear on the body or on the clothes?

However, the time is too short now, and Dou Hongshan has not seen any relevant traces of rust, so everything can only be guessed.

Finally, it was Xu Zhiyan's turn to speak.

Like Dou Hongshan, he simply posted the rules he had obtained, and when talking about the current situation, he expressed his satisfaction.

[Xu Zhiyan: Everything is fine. There is a replacement with rust on his body who is screwing in the screws for me.]

Not only did he not intend to report the substitute to the workshop leader as prompted, but he also planned to go out and explore while someone was working in his position.

Just as he found the elevator and was about to leave the processing plant, the information discussed by several people in the guild dialog box caught his attention.

[Dou Hongshan: By the way, do you also have two regularization cards? ]

[Jin Sheng: Alas, because of these two cards, the atmosphere in the team has become strange...]

"Become a regular employee?"

Xu Zhiyan was slightly stunned. How come he had never heard of it?

It turns out that after all four people have obtained the correct identity, one of the identity cards will have two additional regularization cards, indicating that in the first round of the rule game, only two people can successfully become regulars...

But he had never heard of Xu Zhiyan.

Thinking of the remaining two people who were at odds with him and Qi Shanren who didn't even dare to breathe, Xu Zhiyan couldn't guess for a moment who had obtained the two regularization cards and was keeping it secret.

If this really means that only two people can leave, then the probability that the other three will take it and not tell anyone is about the same.

Gan Mi had just been cheated by Xinan, so it was normal for him to want to keep a backup plan after getting the card; Xinan's movements were unpredictable, so it was not surprising for him to do anything; Qi Shanren was timid, so the possibility of him hiding something was relatively low, but since one can only judge a person by his appearance, one cannot completely rule out the possibility.

"Tsk, I am indeed the most unlucky one."

Xu Zhiyan was not surprised by this. If this temporary team really allowed the players to work together and not fight among themselves, he would have thought something was fishy.

Leaving the processing workshop area, Xu Zhiyan walked towards the living area.

According to the information available, the disappearance cases at the Riguang Handicraft Factory have been occurring for at least a year, and the level has been increasing, which means that the city rescue team has sent more than one wave of people.

Assuming that the remaining teams also consisted of four people, then at least eight people were missing.

He tried to put himself in the shoes of the other rescue team members and imagined the exploration routes they would take. If he could get the information left by the previous team, he would have an advantage next time.

Normally, if an ordinary rescue team were to sneak into a factory as undercover, they would not act rashly on the first day. Even if they did, they would start late at night when everyone was asleep. So Xu Zhiyan planned to check other locker rooms and dormitories.

The dormitories are all underground.

After passing the elevator he came from, he tried to continue walking forward.

But after just a few steps, he actually walked to the edge of the processing plant area.

It was past three o'clock and the sun was high in the sky. The bright sunlight outside the glass door rushed in, dazzling and warm.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Zhiyan changed his plan and walked towards the door.

His action of pushing the door open caused a worker passing by to stop, but the NPC, who was wearing the same blue-gray work clothes, did not say anything. He just quickened his pace and rushed to his own workshop.

[What the hell, what is Xiao Baiwan going to do? ]

[Hiss… This is probably against the rules, right? Doesn’t the rule state that you can’t leave your work station except to go to the bathroom? ]

【But nothing has happened to him yet. 】

[Not necessarily. Maybe something is going on. Aren’t there rusty figures at his position? ]

[Huh? Where is he going? ]

The audience in the live broadcast room watched Xu Zhiyan leave the workshop, looking around and searching for something on the factory floor.

After a while, he found the guard booth.

The factory's guard booth was very large, and from a distance one could vaguely see two figures sitting inside.

Pushing open the door, Xu Zhiyan blurted out his request.

"Hello, how do I get to the restroom? I just joined this afternoon and I'm not very familiar with the situation here."

What responded to him was the black muzzle of a gun.

The two guards were looking at the newcomer with serious eyes, holding their guns with solemn expressions.

Xu Zhiyan's eyes widened, and his whole body began to tremble. He seemed to be stunned by the situation and was at a loss for words. "I'm... I'm sorry! Can't I ask this? I'm a newcomer, I, I, I don't know either."

He was in a dilemma and tripped over the threshold in his panic. He fell to the ground with a fart. Without time to stand up, he began to search for his work ID on his body.

Looks clumsy and has zero lethality.

When he was taking his work ID, he accidentally dropped it on the ground and had to look for it again.

After a series of actions, the two guards believed his words, put away their guns, and their expressions changed from serious to disdainful.

"You can't be so stupid if you're a road idiot..."

The bald security guard muttered softly, stepped forward and lent a hand to pull Xu Zhiyan up, pointed at the place where he came from in the distance and said fiercely: "Go back and find him, or I'll shoot you!"

Xu Zhiyan seemed frightened and nodded repeatedly.

Another guard saw this and said with disgust: "I just don't like these idiot outsiders."

The thin young man did not respond to the ridicule. He thanked the guard like a quail and staggered out of the guard room. Behind him, the two guards continued to make sarcastic remarks, which sounded xenophobic.

But when Xu Zhiyan walked into the shadow under the tree, the fear on his face was gone.

"Well, the rules seem pretty good."

He reached into his bag and took out the guard room rules that Xiaokui Gu had just copied down, and glanced at them without looking closely.

If all the previous members of the rescue team were killed, then the identity of a screwdriver would represent danger, and the danger would increase with each extra day he spent screwing. Anyway, there was a Rusty Shadow working for him now, so he had to take the opportunity to get a new identity.

The identity of the doorman is just right.

"Has the detection device been thrown in?" he asked

A skeletal hand poked out of the bag, holding up a small note.

[All ready, all equipment in place, the guard booth rules require two people to act at the same time, as long as they leave, you can search inside.]

[If necessary, I will release monsters to cause a small riot...]

When he faked a fall just now, he took the opportunity to throw Xiaokuigu's left hand and head in.

Having a subordinate who can split himself up and use props always makes it easier to gather information.

Next it's time to find a trash can.

Thinking in his mind, Xu Zhiyan walked towards the processing plant area again.

The moment he opened the door, he passed by a familiar figure.

It was Gan Mi, but he did not stop. Instead, he pretended to meet her by chance. He just frowned and glanced at her, then quickly disappeared out the door.

Xu Zhiyan was stunned for a moment and subconsciously reached into his pocket.

Sure enough, there was an extra note inside.

But judging by the other party's performance, Gan Mi probably didn't want the people watching the live broadcast to see this...

Thinking of this, Xu Zhiyan withdrew his hand and walked forward quickly.

Just before he was about to find the restroom, a door suddenly opened quickly behind him. He felt someone grabbing his collar and dragging him into a compartment for sundries.

The opponent is very strong and moves extremely quickly.

Xu Zhiyan looked up and met a pair of inorganic eyes. It was Xinan.

"Bang--"

A sound-blocking prop was thrown to the ground.

It seems that he has something to say too.

Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but feel speechless. It was really hard to deal with such a team... How come everyone had something to say? He hadn't caught the traitor yet.