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The NPCs in this dungeon are all crazy.

After rushing all the way, they finally approached the square building that looked like a Rubik's Cube, and everyone had time to catch their breath.

The one who rushed to the front was naturally Lu Cai.

"Is someone trying to mess with us?" Zhao Yan gasped.

Shi Rukui's injuries had mostly recovered, and he fluttered his wings and landed on the ground: "It's obvious."

"Is this the headquarters?" Yue Xiaoyan looked at the building not far away.

Lu Cai looked at it, his eyes filled with scattered numbers, a bunch of orange numbers mixed with scattered green.

"Someone has already broken in—" Hua Xiaochi stopped beside Yue Xiaoyan's water ball.

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud bang in the corner of the building and a thick smoke billowed up.

"It seems to be an old friend." Lu Cai was too familiar with this smoke. The guy who liked to self-destruct actually broke in first.

"Shall we go in during the chaos?" Zhao Yan asked.

Lu Cai looked towards the building, seeming to be lost in thought.

......

Inside the building, the light is bright, and black reflections occasionally appear on the pure white walls.

Guan Chengyu was currently curled up against the fire extinguisher in the corner. Now a snake, he could easily escape. But the explosion had made too much noise, and now the entire building's security personnel were trying to catch him...

He felt the wound on his side was still bleeding, and the animal's appearance made it impossible for him to remove medicine to treat the wound.

We have to leave here first... I wonder if Wen An has found the boss.

The wound felt a sharp pain, and he gritted his teeth and stuck his head out from behind the fire extinguisher. He spat out his tongue and made sure that no one was around before slowly crawling along the floor towards the exit.

After moving for a while, I heard a flurry of footsteps coming from the corridor behind me.

Oh no! Guan Chengyu looked up. There was no cover here, and the nearest hiding spot was a long way away. He was anxious, speeding forward, hoping for better luck today...

After climbing a short distance, the security guards were already running over: "Here! Be careful, it might explode!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a white powder came pouring down. Guan Chengyu felt his skin begin to burn, his eyes blurred, and a sudden pain hit him. Then, the snake's body was clamped by the metal clamp.

He struggled, his long body twisted into a ball. The person behind him said with a smile: "We caught him. This little beast has a bad temper——"

Then there was another sound of footsteps, and someone said "What's wrong?", then the pressure on his back loosened, and behind him there was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

Before he could even catch his breath, a familiar string wrapped around his body tightly, causing him to choke on sobs.

"What a fate—" The girl's voice was playful as it entered Guan Chengyu's ears, like the terrifying whispers of a devil.

"It's poison powder." A calm male voice continued, "Clean it up and it will be fine after some treatment."

The cool water rushed across his scales, washing the powder off, and then a gentle warmth was injected into the burned area, and the burning pain slowly subsided.

Guan Chengyu took in the scene before him. A black and white bird gently flapped its left wing, and dots of light-golden light hovered around it. There was also a small water ball, containing a black and white butterfly-tailed goldfish with a slightly swaying tail. The water ball was spraying clear water, washing away the powder for him.

Looking upwards, I saw a young man, a white scorpion, a pudding mouse, a black pony, and... the red-eyed tabby cat cub.

Surrounding them were a dozen muscular men in black suits—all security personnel for the building—their eyes had turned red and their faces were expressionless.

Guan Chengyu's expression instantly turned into resentment: "Kill me if you have the guts!"

Lu Cai: “…”

This person probably has a bad brain.

A light cough sounded from the side, and Hua Xiaochi seemed to be unable to bear it: "Classmate Guan, you will be beaten for being so arrogant in front of your savior."

Thinking back to when Yue Xiaoyan had asked her about the player with the "flowered snake" appearance, some things became clear. They had a way of communicating with each other, so one of them must have met Guan Chengyu before.

But no one mentioned it afterwards. Perhaps they had a "conflict" with Guan Chengyu, so they were worried about her and worried that she was familiar with Guan Chengyu.

In KB games, distrust is the most normal phenomenon. After all, they have only met a few times and cannot be open and honest. Hua Xiaochi didn't think she should be angry about being deceived, and she and Guan Chengyu were not very familiar with each other.

Guan Chengyu's tone softened when he saw Hua Xiaochi: "Stay away from them! That tabby cat is a scavenger!"

Hua Xiaochi was indeed startled and glanced sideways in the direction of 666.

Lu Cai frowned slightly, feeling inexplicably annoyed.

"Do you know Feng Ziyi?" Shi Rukui suddenly asked.

Guan Chengyu's eyes were blank for a moment, then turned to anger: "You know Teacher Feng, and you are in cahoots with him!"

Shi Rukui understood clearly: "He did not kill Feng Ziyi."

The other party was stunned by this sentence: "You...what nonsense are you talking about!"

Look, everyone has secrets. Lu Cai relaxed his brows and glanced at the little kitten with a blank expression. Unfortunately, the person involved didn't care at all.

Soon, the sound of footsteps was heard coming from the direction of the stairs.

"Let's leave first." Yue Xiaoyan said.

The men in suits in the outer circle changed direction and headed towards a common goal.

Controlling this group of people was the method Lu Cai realized when he was attacking the black smoke.

She copied and invaded the black smoke, and then entered the vast unknown area. If we assume that it was just the black smoke's memory, everything becomes much easier to understand.

The principle is just like when she hacked into the main system and saw the picture, it was a memory and also a piece of stored information.

So, when they were planning how to quickly find the person in charge of the manor, Lu Cai thought of hacking into the security personnel and using the information in their minds to build a map of the headquarters building.

But there was an unexpected surprise. When Lu Cai copied into the NPC's consciousness, he controlled them inexplicably - just like someone was controlling the group of crazy NPCs outside.

Just like they were bringing a few more brothers, they followed this group of former security personnel with peace of mind and headed straight for the boss's office.

"Who is Feng Ziyi?" Yue Xiaoyan shook her tail, and the water ball rolled forward.

Hua Xiaochi on the side explained: "An old player who once took the lead in resisting the game management and was eventually surrounded and eliminated by the scavengers." She paused, "Remember last time in the mission area on the third floor, we talked about the black cloak." This was said to Lu Cai.

Lu Cai thought for a moment and said, "The rebels were surrounded and suppressed... This has been going on for quite a while, right?" She looked at the flower-skinned snake. Was this guy so old?

"He's not one of those players. He's probably joined a similar group." Hua Xiaochi's tone was calm, as if he didn't take his words or actions seriously. "Some secret player alliance that uses the name 'Feng Ziyi' to promote itself, specifically recruiting middle school boys."

Guan Chengyu was so angry that he was about to explode, but the red silk on his body was stronger than last time, severely suppressing his superpowers.

"Even if I wasn't the first player to follow Teacher Feng, he's still our mentor!" he shouted. "I won't go along with the scavengers!"

"I don't know about the grudge between you two, but I'm sure there's an information gap between you two." Shi Rukui said, "I'm considered a younger player, but I've indeed met Feng Ziyi and treated his injuries."

"You are in cahoots with this scavenger, so you will definitely speak up for him." Guan Chengyu snorted coldly.

Shi Rukui felt that Lu Cai was very patient. If it were him, if he met such a stubborn kid, he would definitely abandon him and not take him away.

"Everyone thought he was dead?" Lu Cai muttered to himself, "But players have a system. How could he possibly hide this from the management?"

"I only recently learned of his identity." Shi Rukui paused, as if choosing his words. "He should have a way to block the player system. There are also rumors that a player tore up the game system and stole it, but I don't know if it's true. He seems to have been searching for the player in the rumor."

"Wow, there are so many hidden talents among these players!" Zhao Yan seemed to have been opened up to a new world. "Tear up the system by hand? How did they do that?"

Lu Cai noticed the mockery in Shi Rukui's tone and asked, "Is your previous disappearance related to them?"

Yue Xiaoyan, who was trying hard to drift away, was stunned for a moment. Others didn't know, but she knew that after leaving the "Amber" copy, Shi Rukui had disappeared for a while. When she picked him up, Shi Rukui was seriously injured.

Was it Feng Ziyi who did it?

Shi Rukui did not answer, and Lu Cai understood something in his heart: "It seems that these old players are all foxes of a thousand years and turtles of ten thousand years. Each one is more cunning and scheming than the other." As he said this, he glanced at Lao Ke who was pretending to be in the air beside him.

"Don't look at me. We're both veteran players. He's a thousand-year-old fox, and I'm a ten-thousand-year-old turtle." Lao Ke didn't mind. "I'm much older than him. I don't even have a system."

There were security personnel clearing the way along the way, and they also encountered several groups of people blocking the way, but it was not a big problem, and they soon arrived at the president's office.

"Is it here?" Zhao Yan couldn't believe it.

Lu Cai said, "According to their memories, the entire manor's main control console is inside the president's office."

"The building is in a mess now. He should have run away, right?" Yue Xiaoyan rolled closer with a gurgling sound.

"Maybe..." Lu Cai raised his horse's hoof and gently kicked the door open.

It was quiet inside, with only a few dim ceiling lights providing soft light.

Looking inside through the slowly opening, gradually widening crack of the door, I could see a spacious office. The floor and walls were spotless, and a luxurious desk was backed by a glass wall. There was no coffee table, no sofa, not even a filing cabinet.

Just... empty space.

"Did he really run away?" Zhao Yan seemed unconvinced and looked at him twice more.

Lu Cai took a step forward and walked inside first, with 666 following closely behind her.

A horse and a cat slowly approached the office. The others were about to follow when their eyes blurred and the door turned into a white porcelain wall.

"Lu Cai!" Yue Xiaoyan tried to pounce forward, but ended up bumping into a solid wall. The water ball vibrated, and the little goldfish swayed with the waves for a few circles until its claws stopped the rolling water ball.

"A classic one-shot mission." Hua Xiaochi looked up at the wall. "But judging by their combat power, they should be safer than us."

Having broken away from Lu Cai, the red silk on his body loosened and disappeared, and Guan Chengyu fell to the ground. He twisted a few times before finally recovering: "It would be best if those two lackeys of the management died in there—"

Before he could finish his words, the spotted snake's head was pressed to the ground by a dog's paw. Several thin vines broke out of the ground and tightly pressed down the snake's body.

"This brat looks like he deserves a beating." Zhao Yan snorted coldly, looking at the spotted snake at his feet that could no longer twist.