Chapter 388: Rusty City Strange Stories

The smell of disinfectant filled the long and narrow corridor. It should have been the familiar smell of a hospital, but it made people nauseous because of the inexplicable fishy smell.

The ground was covered with blood.

The dark liquid splashed on the wall simulated the appearance of rust, and it was difficult to tell whether the disgusting smell was caused by blood or rust.

In the room at the end of the corridor, Gan Mi, who had used recovery potion before entering the hospital, leaned against the wall with a pale face and a frown on his brows.

He reached out to wipe the blood foam from the corner of his mouth, his expression revealing his dissatisfaction with the rules.

The rules are very strict. Once you enter an area protected by small-scale rules, the repair items you use on yourself will become ineffective.

Wang Ying, with messy blonde hair, was tied up with props and thrown on the ground. It was obvious who did it.

"Can you please let me go first!"

She roared, full of energy.

If you just listen to the sound, no one would notice that she was missing a leg. The half-grown limb seemed to have stopped abruptly. Although it was no longer bleeding, it looked a little scary.

Gan Mi said "oh" expressionlessly and took back the props nonchalantly, her disdain for Wang Ying was evident in her words.

After a while, Gan Mi looked at Wang Ying who stood up again with the help of the wall, and spoke lightly.

"If you want to die, go ahead and do it yourself. Don't drag me along."

The live broadcast room was in an uproar.

【What the hell! What the hell! 】

[What exactly is the monster in the central square? It's really amazing that it can beat a T0 player like this...]

【I really never expected this. 】

[I declare that the monsters in this dungeon are the strongest monsters I have ever seen! ]

[There are so many questions that I don't know which one to ask first. So is the monster in the central square the core mission of this time? Otherwise, I can't understand why Boss Gan and Ghost Lion went to the central square to kill monsters. ]

[No way, I see that Boss Gan’s mission hasn’t been updated. ]

As soon as someone raised a question, someone immediately went to watch other players' live broadcast records and gave the answer.

[Currently, two groups of players have completed the pre-rescue team mission! ]

[The new task is to solve the city's ghost story... Oh no! But Boss Gan and others didn't solve their previous tasks. How did he get the information? ]

Time goes back to just after nightfall.

Gan Mi found Wang Ying in the hospital and successfully brought her out. They then headed to their destination, the Central Square, as the daylight disappeared.

When the third unlucky player was thrown in front of the monument, the hidden monster finally made a move...

The battle situation was very different from what we had imagined and was extremely bad.

Gan Mi thought he was fully prepared, but the monster's strength was far beyond his expectations and was completely different from the clues he had previously obtained. Even the Book of Rules could not restrain it.

In addition, Wang Ying is better at fighting alone, and the cooperation between the two is almost zero and they hinder each other.

By the time we escaped from the battlefield and hid back in the hospital, the moon had already risen very high. It seemed that there was no chance of fighting again tonight.

The audience in the barrage kept making noise, and Gan Mi in the picture was also troubled by the squeaking ghost lion.

"That monster is really interesting! Even though its attack mechanism is weird, I think I can handle it by myself!"

After failing in the first battle, Wang Ying did not feel depressed like ordinary people would after losing a fight. Instead, he was full of fighting spirit and wanted to find the monster to fight again immediately.

Her expression was fanatical, and the pupils in her eye frames no longer looked like human eyes. The colors around them were very light, and only the black pupil in the center was extremely clear. She looked more like a crazy beast.

If she hadn't been leaning against the wall, the momentum might have been stronger.

Gan Mi rubbed his temples, and used all his strength to suppress the urge to curse, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Be quiet. The information about the monster is different from what was reported in the intelligence. I need to re-plan the plan. Of course, this is for the sake of the Utopia, not for you."

He was very blunt and almost put his unwillingness to team up with Wang Ying on his face.

"Information? What information?"

Wang Ying was stunned for a moment, the fighting spirit in her eyes subsided a little, revealing a bit of innocence and confusion.

Gan Mi's breath was choked.

"Didn't Yan Chengfan tell you? Didn't he tell you what the purpose of entering the dungeon this time was?" He asked tentatively, clenching his hands at the sides of his body into fists.

Wang Ying calmed down a lot, shrugged and said, "Boss said you can handle it, let me listen to you."

"……Grass."

Gan Mi was stunned and couldn't help but swear.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, until a few minutes later, his clenched fists slowly loosened and his expression stabilized again.

"The plan has changed. We will split into two groups." Gan Mi's voice was emotionless.

"You removed the hospital and other small locations in the factory area, and dealt with the players who might provide nutrients to it and cause accidents..."

He smiled and continued before Wang Ying could refute.

“Don’t be quick to say no.”

"Before entering the dungeon, I received a tip-off that the Joker is dead, but the secret pot in his existence shell has been taken away."

Wang Ying, who originally wanted to find the monster to fight again, thought for a while and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Oh? Are you saying that some of the players this time have obtained the power of the Joker?" Her tone suddenly rose and she became excited.

Gan Mi nodded and didn't talk more about this topic.

"I don't want any unexpected players to rush in and cause accidents when I'm dealing with the target later. You... should understand what I mean." He meant something.

"Is it Jianghuai Partridge?"

Wang Ying was only interested in the battle and guessed it immediately.

In the present world, the old house of Xu family.

There were two people sitting in the small conference room.

The projection screen above the long table showed the conversation between Gan Mi and Wang Ying.

Yan Chengfan yawned, his hand on his cheek. His frizzy short white hair matched his current lazy mental state very well.

The collector sitting nearby pushed his glasses and spoke suddenly.

"You didn't tell him the correct information... You, don't believe Gan Mi?" He frowned slightly, very surprised.

If someone had told him before that the mimics would backstab their companions, he would have sneered and killed them as collections, but the person who did this now seemed to be their leader.

"He hid his memories from me and took away Uta before entering the dungeon. This really worries me."

Yan Chengfan shrugged expressionlessly.

Under Xu Yan's shocked gaze, he continued, "This is the main system's final struggle. As long as this instance is finished, everything will be over..."

During the conversation, he heard Gan Mi hinting to Wang Ying to kill Jiang Huaique.

Then he smiled and changed the subject back.

"Hmm, but it seems that he didn't betray the Mimic. Maybe I misunderstood him."

"Gan Mi wants to pick Xu Zhiyan out and keep him away from her completely. I have to say, it's a good idea." Yan Chengfan praised, but his tone was not one of praise. Instead, it was filled with sarcasm.

"You can't have it all."

He didn't think Gan Mi could really save Xu Zhiyan but kill everyone else.

"Unless I really watch Jiang Huai and the others die, I just think he is doing this for me to see..."

Gan Mi's credibility is at stake.

"Businessmen won't do things that lose money. If he really lets Xiaoying kill Jiang Huaique, what's the point of going to so much trouble to save Xu Zhiyan? He will get nothing but hatred from him."

This is important evidence for Yan Chengfan to suspect Gan Mi.

Xu Yan listened with a frown on his face.

"Anyway, let them handle the final counterattack without enough information... There is still a mad dog in the copy."

As a surprise, Xinan always appears in inappropriate situations.

Seeing Xu Yan hesitated to speak, Yan Chengfan waved his hand: "Xiaoying will not be killed by monsters. She has the rules I gave her. Gan Mi... let's see the situation. If he really didn't betray, then you will take over the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce."

"If he betrays us, everything related to him will be sealed and burned."

In a way, Yan Chengfan was very cautious. Even though there had never been an example of a mimetic betraying his companions before, as long as the signs were not right, he would no longer give them any trust.

After a pause, thinking of Xinan, he suddenly laughed.

"A mad dog is nothing to be feared."

"Power is a blessing but also a disaster."

It seems that Yan Chengfan is absolutely sure that he will not let Xinan leave this copy alive.

"Let's wait and see. By the way, do you think I am being too cold-blooded?"

He stretched and his tone was very relaxed.

Xu Yan shook his head and his frown relaxed. When he learned that Gan Mi had taken the Gray Tower, he understood Yan Chengfan's actions.

"No, if it were me, I would do the same."

Anyway, a companion who has lost trust will eventually die, so it is a brilliant plan to arrange for him to exert his greatest strength before Gan Mi disappears.

"It was his honor to die for the Republic."

"I just think it's a pity."

"There is no power in the Grey Tower, only memories. I don't understand why he would go to such lengths for a human."

…

Time doesn't stop at any corner.

The sun will not disappear just because of the chaos in the dungeon.

Xu Zhiyan was immersed in a state of half sleep and half wakefulness.

Being inexplicably placed under house arrest in the factory, he felt very safe.

Yesterday he finished everything he could do, and after recording the information given by Jin Sheng, it was already past three in the morning.

Although I failed to get more information out of Xinan, just based on the other party's sudden cautious attitude and the factory rules' fear of the city, it is not difficult to see that the monster chasing the car has a complicated background.

Yes, that is the rule for the monsters that can take over the city and come alive...

If it can even modify the rules within the factory, there is no reason why it cannot do the same outside. Just thinking about it makes me feel overwhelmed and I don’t know how to deal with it.

Before he could sort out his messy thoughts, Xu Zhiyan heard hurried footsteps in a daze.

He felt relieved when the detection props didn't make a sound.

Before Xu Zhiyan could turn over and continue sleeping, he felt two hands pressing on his shoulders and began to shake him.

"You...you you you, how did you do it!?"

"Liar! All humans are liars!"

"Didn't you promise me that you would never make calls to anyone? How did you get it... How dare you take the phone from the buyer's office..."

A sharp female voice roared.

Xu Zhiyan raised his eyelids and saw that it was roaring until its face turned red and its neck was thick, and it was constantly changing its face.

One moment it was a head covered in black mist, and a few seconds later it turned into Miss Lil's furious face, with even the blood vessels on her forehead bulging out tensely.

Feeling dizzy from being shaken, Xu Zhiyan hurriedly tried to stop the other party.

"Calm down! Lao Hei, calm down! You have to trust me, we are partners, and I am helping you now!"

Hearing this, it stopped moving, with a confused look on its face.

"Old...Old Black? Who is Old Black? Me?" He pointed to the tip of his nose. He couldn't accept his new nickname for a while.

Perhaps influenced by Miss Lil, its roar changed its words.

"My name is Lil! She has to give me a name after she devours me! Don't give me a nickname! Damn human!"

"Okay, okay."

Xu·Name Master·Zhiyan immediately changed his tone: "Lao Li, calm down a little. If you have anything to say, talk to me nicely."

“…”

It thought the name Lao Li was strange, but it didn't know how to refute it.

Xu Zhiyan was completely awake.

Considering the plan executed yesterday, he rubbed his eyes and said in a gentle voice, "Did you receive a notice from the rescue team? Inform them to send people to Rusty City?"

"Don't worry, I can guarantee that you won't die at the hands of the rescue team. They might even be able to help you take your employees away..."

Looking at Lil who suddenly sat silently beside the bed, Xu Zhiyan cleared his throat.

"If you can fulfill Miss Lil's wish, you should also be free. It's a win-win situation!"

But last night he saw the monster under the monument.

If that monster is the cornerstone of the city, when the cornerstone collapses, the rules associated with the area within the city may not be able to survive, so Xu Zhiyan will not easily promise it more.

Lil was silent for a while, then suddenly asked doubtfully.

"What on earth can you do to make... you not kill me?" It seemed to still be afraid.

Upon learning of the other party's doubts, Xu Zhiyan licked his lips, quickly prepared a speech in his mind, and among dozens of soothing words, he chose the most unreliable but strange and reassuring one.

"Let me be frank with you. Xiao Qi and I are both members of the rescue team, so we have the number."

"As for why you came here..."

He moved closer and lowered his voice considerably.

"In fact, the captain and I have been having an office romance for a long time, but you know, it's not allowed in our place..."

The content is quite unreliable, but the expression is very serious and upright. Even if an ordinary person comes, he may not be able to tell whether Xu Zhiyan's words are true or false, not to mention that he is not a human being in essence.

Lil's expression gradually changed.

From its initial confusion, it gradually opened its mouth, as if it was stunned by the information.

"Office... love, lovers?"

Xu Zhiyan nodded.

"Just pretend you don't know about this. I'm worried that he will bring other colleagues here, so don't say anything."

In this way, he wouldn't worry that Lil would talk nonsense after Bai Jin really came to the factory.

But just after he finished talking nonsense, Xu Zhiyan found that its body suddenly became stiff, and the fingers covering its legs trembled slightly.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

No way! Is this guy so timid? If he had known that Slice was so famous, he wouldn't have made up such an outrageous story... No, something is wrong!

Looking at Lil who was frozen in place, Xu Zhiyan suddenly realized something.

He turned over and got out of bed, without even having time to put on his slippers, and walked barefoot towards the half-open door of the bedroom.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a room full of people.

Several NPCs in black military uniforms suddenly lowered their heads when Xu Zhiyan opened the door. They looked just like Lil who had just entered the bedroom. They were all immersed in fear and trembling.

In the center of the crowd, a man with a familiar face was sitting on a chair, looking over with interest.

"...Captain Bai, you came so quickly?" Xu Zhiyan was stunned and blurted out.

He was thick-skinned and didn't feel embarrassed about being caught, but the speed at which the slices arrived was beyond imagination.

"Um."

Bai Jin laughed softly.

"If you don't come, I'm afraid the object of my office romance will run away."