Chapter 95 Nightmare Community

“A-choo!”

As soon as he went downstairs, Xu Zhiyan sneezed because of the cold wind.

I don’t know if it was his illusion.

Since entering the second phase of the mission, the temperature seems to have dropped a lot.

He tied his scarf tighter, and before he even reached the commercial street to stake out his position, his cell phone started buzzing.

It is a special order.

【The order assistant is serving you! 】

[Order number: 1-28=&%*-=(…%)]

【Merchant Address:******】

【Food: Birthday】

[Customer information: 1002, Unit 3, Building 114, Meimeng Community, Ms. Zhang, Tel: 18...]

【Delivery time: before 01:00:00】

【Please do not exceed the time limit! 】

[Estimated profit of this order: Correct time (3h)]

【Do you accept the order? 】

【whether】

Xu Zhiyan glanced at the order and frowned.

At least before there was a definite food delivery, but now there is just a 'birthday' reminder and I have no idea what to buy.

“This game is getting more and more garbage.”

He sighed softly, put away his phone, clasped his hands together and blew out a breath of hot air.

It's getting colder indeed.

My hands were almost frozen after just looking at my phone for a while.

The temperature was fine when I went out just now.

The sudden cold made Xu Zhiyan unable to judge for a moment whether it was because he was too weak that he was so sensitive to temperature, or whether the system was gradually compressing the space and time for players' activities at night.

As he continued walking, the main system seemed to sense that the special order had not been received and popped up a new stage prompt.

【Phase 2 Special Order Tip Update】

[Once the order is accepted, all current correct time will be deducted if it fails. ]

[If the person who placed the order dies, the order will be automatically completed. ]

As soon as these lines of words appeared, Xu Zhiyan indeed stopped.

"die?"

He smacked his lips and repeated the key points.

The new tips are fun.

From this point of view, the best option is to kill the person who placed the order after getting the address.

Looking at the colorful commercial street from afar, Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but start thinking about the real meaning of this punishment copy.

So far, all previous missions have tended towards survival.

Players need to survive in this community in various identities, and they will subconsciously follow the rules of the community.

Although it is not clear what the second-stage tasks of others are, Xu Zhiyan's own tasks revolve around the children, and even require him to take on the responsibilities of a father.

Before the special mission appeared, Xu Zhiyan always thought that the punishment from the main system was to reshape the players' lives.

It wasn't until he saw the new special mission prompt that he seemed to have grasped a clue...

To the main system, these players are more like tools.

During the day, he takes on various identities and serves the residents of the community.

More than just food delivery.

During the day, Xu Zhiyan often saw many children who did not go to school wandering around the community. He felt that cleaning up the abandoned kindergarten was not only for Xu Xiaohua's schooling, but also for improving the facilities in the community.

Once night falls, players who have been busy all day have to struggle for survival again.

Everyone received various special tasks to clean up the error beasts in the community and make all the "errors" in the community disappear.

After thinking all this through, Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but shake his head.

"You say I have no conscience, but the main system doesn't have much conscience either." He raised his middle finger to the sky, but shrank back because of the cold.

Helpless, Xu Zhiyan could only speed up his pace.

For some reason, he was actually a little envious of He Zui.

Although the opponent is trapped in the container warehouse by Gan Mi, as long as the mission fails and the correct time is reset, he can quickly kill the wrong beast to obtain the correct time.

It's hard not to envy this perpetual motion machine for scoring points.

In the live broadcast room, due to their previous experience, many viewers chose to jump left and right to observe the situation in multiple live broadcast rooms.

[Was Xiao Baiwan scared by his lovely wife at home? Hahahaha why did he suddenly give the middle finger to the sky?]

[I laughed so hard that I shrank back because of the cold. 】

[Hahaha, it shouldn’t be. Didn’t I criticize the game earlier? It should be a problem with the second stage prompt.]

[Luckily he didn't go clean up the kindergarten himself, that scene would have been too scary.]

[Has the class representative above seen it? Can you tell me more? ]

[The kindergarten was formerly an abandoned orphanage. It seems like something bad is going to happen. Go and see for yourself.]

[Really? I'll go check it out! ]

People kept jumping into Gan Mi's live broadcast room.

The atmosphere in the abandoned kindergarten is gloomy.

Gan Mi, wearing a security uniform and holding a large broom, had a look of despair on his face and was mumbling something, but his voice was too soft to be heard.

Beside him, Xinan, a man with flamboyant silver hair, was holding two buckets in each hand, full of fighting spirit.

The bucket is filled with rags, brushes and other cleaning tools, and it looks like it's ready for a big job.

Although the two men had killed countless people, they had no experience in cleaning, so they decided to start cleaning from the front door.

The slide in the courtyard was covered with moss, and the plastic elephant's eyes were fixed on the two of them.

Gan Mi yawned, ignoring the strangeness around him, and tilted his head to say to Xinan, "The temperature has dropped a lot. It seems that after the second stage, the main system will not allow players to release the Error Beast outdoors."

He has been through many rounds of the game.

I was already familiar with these rules and could easily guess the main system's intentions.

"It is estimated that a few were not caught last time, and they escaped and were killed, and were seen by the residents."

"Fortunately, the temperature drop was not very strong. It should just be a warning. But we still need to be careful in the future and try not to let it run away."

However, Gan Mi talked to himself for a long time and had analyzed everything that needed to be analyzed, but no one responded.

He turned around and found that Xinan was gone at some point, and there were only two buckets left beside him.

It turned out that when the silver-haired young man found the broom in the corner, he put down the bucket, picked up the broom and started sweeping the fallen leaves and vines in the yard!

“…Do you really have to work so hard?”

Gan Mi's face was full of black lines.

But seeing Xinan wielding the broom like a double-edged knife, making the already slightly messy yard even more messy, he had to take action.

"I don't want to spend the whole night sweeping the floor with you."

After saying that, Gan Mi snapped his fingers.

He controlled the air and precisely grasped the broom handle, allowing the broom to float in the air. From a distance, it looked like magic.

"Shuashuashua——"

The broom controlled by air is extremely efficient.

After a while, Gan Mi cleared a small area.

At this time, Xinan also stopped.

He looked at Gan Mi's automatic broom quietly for a while, and after a long time he uttered a word.

"Awesome, then the task of sweeping the floor is left to you."

"???"

Before Gan Mi could react to the compliment, she saw the other party throwing the broom in his hand towards her.

But before he could curse, Xinan took out his two swords, assumed an attacking stance, leaned forward slightly, suddenly exerted force with his back foot, rushed out quickly, and stabbed the sword into the shadowed corner of the yard.

A cold light flashed.

The next second, the sharp and piercing cry of a child resounded throughout the yard.

After a while, Xinan came out from the corner.

He shook the weapon to wipe off all the blood, revealing the still smooth blade.

“Run away.”

Xinan shook his head, his tone neither happy nor sad.

"Anything else?"

Gan Mi was not surprised and even felt that the occurrence of strange things was normal.

This is a weird copy. It would be really strange if the main system arranged an ordinary cleaning task for it.

"Yes, I'll go take care of it first."

Xinan obviously thought of this as well.

He no longer cared about the clutter in the yard and rushed into the room with a knife.

Seeing Xinan disappear without a trace in an instant, Gan Mi resigned himself to his fate and snapped his fingers again. Soon, the second broom also floated up.

"Shuashuashua——"

“Swish, swish, swish—”

The broom was sweeping the space vigorously, and Gan Mi simply sat on the swing.

"squeak--"

The swing that belonged to kindergarten children was pressed down by the weight of adults, making painful sounds.

However, Gan Mi didn't care at all whether he would break the swing or not, and he even tried to swing on it twice. Unfortunately, the swing was too low, and he looked funny sitting on it with his legs curled up.

"Alas, on such a good night for hunting, I am actually cleaning."

He pinched the bridge of his nose and made a note of Xu Zhiyan in his heart.

A cold wind blew, blowing in a few more leaves.

The broom that was cleaning picked up some speed.

Suddenly, the swing next to Gan Mi began to swing, as if there was someone there, and at the same time, the laughter of some children could be heard.

"squeak--"

“Hehehe…hehehe…”

Gan Mi did not stand up. Instead, he propped up his chin and tilted his head to look at the swing swinging beside him.

The next moment, the invisible air instantly deformed the empty swing, and the strange sound stopped abruptly.

"puff--"

Countless black blood splashed out.

The corpse of a young black monster was crushed along with the wooden board, and stuck to the swing, still shaking.

Gan Mi stood up, his face a little dark, but not because of the sudden appearance of the monster.

He lowered his head to glance at the black spots on his clothes, wondering which store he should go to to borrow a washing machine, after all, this was the only security guard uniform he had.

“What a hassle.”

Just when Gan Mi was on the verge of a rage, a voice came from the kindergarten building.

He looked over alertly.

It was Xinan who came out from a window.

There was a black deformed monster stuck on each end of the double-ended knife in his right hand, and his left hand...his left hand was holding a mop?

Gan Mi watched the person approach, then took the mop in a daze.

Seeing Xinan was about to leave after giving me the mop, he couldn't help but ask, "You went in and are still looking for cleaning tools for me? You, don't you have anything to say to me?"

He and Xinan are not teammates in the strict sense.

Although the two will join the same union in the future, Gan Mi has his own teammates.

...He felt that Xinan should be a little more restrained when using him!

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xinan frowned and stood there.

He seemed to have thought carefully before answering slowly.

"Sweep it clean."

After saying this, he ran away again, holding the double-edged knife.

Gan Mi was left standing there alone, holding the mop handle in his hand, stunned for a long while.

"Sweep? Sweep it clean?"

This mad dog, is he a sweeping tool?

“Crack—”

The mop handle was broken.

Unlike Gan Mi's shock, his live broadcast room was filled with laughter.

【HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA】

[Where did Xiao Bai million come from? I can’t take it anymore. I am dying of laughter. 】

【Haha X100】

[Damn, you guys laughed so loudly that you folded your body hahahahahahahaha]

[Automatic sweeping robot Boss Gan hahaha]

[I came from Xiao Baiwan’s live broadcast room. I didn’t expect it to be so funny before I came. Hahahaha]

[+1 Before watching it, I thought it would be a very boring exploration hahahahahaha]

[Mad Dog seems like that bad teammate]

[Boss Gan probably has never suffered such a big loss in his life, hahahaha]

[Is Mad Dog good? Has anyone gone to see it? If not, I will go back to Little Million.]

[Over there, Mad Dog... was just clearing monsters while looking for cleanup items hahahaha]

On the other hand, Xu Zhiyan didn't know what happened in the kindergarten.

When he arrived at the commercial street, the time was just right, mobile stalls appeared, and the commercial street was not closed.

However, he now faces another problem.

Should we accept special orders?

In fact, judging from the time, a task at one o'clock should not be difficult. Taking into account the special reminder, Xu Zhiyan finally chose to accept the order.

Special order content is taken into account.

He first came to the only dessert cake shop on the commercial street.

The scale of this shop is larger than other small shops. The boss is a short man named Fang, who works as a cashier part-time. There is also a chef who specializes in making cakes and pastries. Xu Zhiyan has taken orders from here before and has become familiar with him.

"Xiao Xu is here? What do you want to buy?"

Boss Fang was very enthusiastic and pointed at the unsold pastries on the counter and asked questions.

However, Xu Zhiyan secretly looked at the boss's expression and found that the other party was not as enthusiastic as his tone.

In fact, when he was chatting with the cake master before, he found that the number of cakes made here every day and the number of cakes sold were basically the same.

Now there were only two shrunken buns left in the glass case.

As usual, no one would come to buy the two loaves of bread until closing time, so Boss Fang and the pastry chef would each take one and pack up the two loaves to take home for breakfast the next day.

I knew in my heart that if I packed up the two loaves of bread and took them away, Boss Fang and the cake master would most likely not have breakfast.

Xu Zhiyan waved his hand.

"I'm not here to buy bread. I just want to ask if there are any birthday cakes here. Small ones are fine."

Boss Fang's expression was somewhat solemn.

"Is it someone's birthday? It's too late for a birthday. The birthday cake must be eaten by the whole family at dinner."

He looked at Xu Zhiyan with some hostility, as if the other party had done something unforgivable.

Xu Zhiyan's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this shabby neighborhood had quite a lot of management to do.

"…No one celebrates my birthday, I'm greedy."

He said it casually.

Unexpectedly, Boss Fang became even angrier.

"You can only eat your own birthday cake once a year. If you really want to eat it, you can eat someone else's. I know who has a birthday in this community, and no one will eat birthday cake today..."

Seeing Boss Fang start to chatter incessantly and pour out his opinions endlessly, Xu Zhiyan quickly begged for mercy.

"Well, okay, okay, I got it."

Xu Zhiyan repeatedly assured himself that he would not buy a birthday cake and left the bakery.

It's like this again.

Special order items cannot be purchased in regular stores.

After he had a clear idea in mind, he did not try his luck in other stores, but turned his attention to mobile stalls.

The fried rice owner who was missing a tooth was smiling at him.

Xu Zhiyan looked at the time and saw that there were still five minutes until twelve o'clock, so he came to the fried rice stall.

"Here you are, young man? What do you want to eat today? How about family-style fried rice?"

When the toothless boss saw him coming, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and in the envious eyes of his colleagues, he recommended the most expensive fried rice.

Xu Zhiyan looked around and suddenly asked in a low voice.

"Who among you knows how to make longevity noodles?"

"noodle?"

Hearing this word, the toothless boss became very alert.

He also looked up and glanced around.

There are Malatang and Xiaomian...all of them are competitors.

At this time, Xu Zhiyan found a chicken noodle soup restaurant and felt that it should be reliable.

But before he left, the toothless boss said mysteriously: "You've found the right person! I just launched a new dish today, stir-fried longevity noodles!"

"Stir-fry? Stir-fry longevity noodles?"

Xu Zhiyan was stunned at first.

What is this? I have never eaten it.

Then, he saw the toothless boss take the sign from the front of the car in front of him and casually add a line of crooked small words at the bottom with a black pen.

【Stir-fried longevity noodles-10】

"See? It's a new product! How about this? You're the first one to order it, so I'll give you a 20% discount? The chicken noodle soup next door costs 10 yuan, so if you go there, they'll definitely charge more!"

Seeing the toothless boss' earnest promise to make longevity noodles, Xu Zhiyan nodded and paid eight yuan.

Anyway, this longevity noodles is just a backup.

He mainly has to wait here and watch the commercial street disappear.

The toothless boss is very agile.

Take the pot, boil water, and cook all in one go.

Xu Zhiyan stood aside with his arms folded, closer to the stove to keep warm.

To make fried noodles, you need to cook the noodles first. It has more steps than fried rice, is more complicated, and takes longer.

When other mobile stalls around started to move, Xu Zhiyan noticed it immediately.

He glanced at the time on the panel.

11:59:00

When the time entered the last minute before midnight, the entire commercial street seemed to enter a crazy acceleration mode.

In the shops that were just lit with warm lights, the bosses and employees seemed to have received some signal. They had changed into their clothes without knowing when, and pulled the door curtains in unison.

The action seemed to have been rehearsed countless times.

After the store closed, the people sleeping in the store disappeared, and those going home disappeared in the commercial streets and alleys in the blink of an eye.

The owners of the mobile stalls had already mounted their food trucks and were heading towards the dark path.

Too fast!

In less than a minute, the entire commercial street became deserted.

Before Xu Zhiyan could see where the others were going, the toothless boss yelled.

"Boy! Follow me!"

Xu Zhiyan turned around and saw that the stove on the fried rice stall was still gurgling with water boiling, but the boss had already ridden his bike three meters away!

The toothless boss looked at him still standing there, with a look of disappointment on his face.

"What are you looking at? Run! You've already given me the money, don't you want the noodles anymore?"

Perhaps Xu Zhiyan was stimulated by the idea of giving money in exchange for nothing. Although he did not understand the situation, he still ran after the footstool tricycle.

The cold wind cut across his cheek like a blade, and Xu Zhiyan ran a few steps before feeling something was wrong.

He wanted to ask the boss if they could find a place to stop, but the hot water on the stove in front of him was boiling and the noodles were about to overflow, so he could only remind him first.

"Noodles! Boss, the noodles are about to fall out!"

He has paid the money, so he can't go without getting the goods.

The toothless boss slowed down a bit and shouted without turning his head, "Take that big spoon next to you and wait for it!"

"ah?"

"What? Hurry up, or your noodles will be overcooked if you're late." The boss said as a matter of course.

Xu Zhiyan chased for a few steps and finally got the big spoon. By the time he put the spoon into the noodle pot, he could hardly run anymore.

He began to regret it.

Why did he try to be clever and look for longevity noodles? When he saw the complicated production process of this noodle, he thought his plan was very good. He could check what the commercial street would be like when there was only one stall.

Unexpectedly...

This boss was like an illegal vendor being chased by the city management! He ran away halfway through cooking!

The toothless boss hasn't realized his problem yet.

He turned his head and looked behind him, and saw Xu Zhiyan walking farther and farther away with a spoon in his hand, so he couldn't help but stop the car.

"Hey boy! Go ride your bike, I'll fry the noodles while they're ready!"

After saying that, he got off the car, rolled up his sleeves, scooped up the cooked noodles with a scoop net, and poured them into the cold water that had been prepared in advance to chill them.

Xu Zhiyan ran out of breath, holding the spoon and wanting to return the money and say he would not buy it, but when he opened his mouth, all he could hear was gasping.

Seeing that he was reluctant, the boss pointed behind him and shouted while pouring oil: "Ride faster, if we get caught, we'll both be finished."

Caught? Game over?

Xu Zhiyan frowned and turned to look at the street that led to who knows where.

There was nothing unusual on both sides of the road, but at the end of the road, there was suddenly an abrupt darkness.

The darkness seemed to be wriggling towards this side, examining something bit by bit, not leaving out even the smallest gap.

Seeing his puzzled face, the toothless boss explained.

"The Meimeng Community does not allow the sale of items after midnight. The inspection guys check the commercial street and its surroundings every day. But it seems that it saw us today, so it may have to chase us for a while."

Hearing the battle-hardened tone of his boss, Xu Zhiyan was dumbfounded.

"...What will happen...what will happen if I get caught?" He was still catching his breath and could only ask intermittently.

"Being killed."

The toothless boss chuckled, revealing a 'don't worry' expression, and stir-fried the soy sauce with the wok in his hand, emitting an aromatic aroma.

"Isn't it exciting? But this thing isn't very fast. If you ride it faster, we can run away!"

In the end, under the urging gaze of the toothless boss, Xu Zhiyan still got on the tricycle with a look of grief and anger on his face.

The darkness detected seemed to trigger other tasks, and panel tasks popped up frantically.

[Congratulations to the player for triggering the mission...]

But Xu Zhiyan didn't have time to read it and just turned off the panel.

The tricycle was too heavy and he couldn't ride it anymore.

As usual, everyone in the live broadcast room laughed at the physically-wasting person, but it also brought back memories for many people.

[Is today's comedy special? Xiao Baiwan must have used all his strength, right? He's sweating in such a cold weather.]

[Hahahahahaha, don't say that, it reminds me of the time when I was in school and I used to chase after the stall owner at the school gate...]

[Me too, it was painful and happy at that time! ]

[Ah ...

[Fuck! The boss can’t stand it anymore]

[It's so funny. The boss probably has never seen someone with such a weak stamina.]

[Xiao Baiwan's expression made me laugh to death. He must be regretting it now! ]