Among the elite talents hired by the special task force, some responded quickly and rushed over from all over the country, but a small number were completely out of touch.

Upon investigation, it was discovered that some people appeared on the BUG list.

There are also some people whose whereabouts are still unknown. It is not known whether they are simply unable to be contacted, or whether they were involved in the game and are still in a place where the police cannot find them.

Wang Teng had no choice but to contact the police to continue the investigation.

Among them was Professor Pei, whom they really wanted to invite.

As an outstanding talent in the relevant field, he is at the top level in terms of both professional core knowledge and market trends and rules. He should be a strong help to the current team.

It turned out they couldn't contact him.

Wang Teng was disappointed that he couldn't find anyone. After arranging for help, he asked Xiao Wu again: "Didn't you say you went to ask another teacher for help? Did you hear back?"

Xiao Wu also looked worried and shook his head, saying, "I can't get in touch with him."

"Can't get in touch with her either?"

"Um."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. 'Teacher San' hasn't logged into the forum in a few days and hasn't replied to personal emails. He never does that normally."

Wang Teng was about to say that they had to look for her, but Xiao Wu sighed again, "But other than these few channels, I don't have the teacher's contact information, nor do I know any real information about her. Team leader, this is a critical moment. Can I apply to the higher-ups to find out the teacher's address through the police?"

Wang Teng thought about it: According to common sense, when the other party has not committed any violations and has not shown any definite signs of being in danger, it is not reasonable to investigate the other party's true information in this way, even if they have the right to investigate.

But now the impact of this game is too great, and they should investigate thoroughly anyone who may be trapped in the game.

Wang Teng nodded and said, "Go ahead. Making sure the other party is safe is more important than anything else."

Xiaowu quickly contacted his colleagues to take charge of this matter.

Wang Teng looked at the case blackboard in the office and sighed heavily: I hope it is just a false alarm and no more people will be trapped.

As a result, on that day, "The First Empire" T country area.

On a tall, steep and barren mountain, a small team was sitting exhausted on the hillside to rest.

More than a week had passed since they were trapped in the game, and this unlucky team of players who were dropped into the mountains had only traveled halfway.

This game is too real. In the vast mountains, besides the bare alpine trees visible to the naked eye, there are also wild beasts and poisonous insects living deep in the mountains.

It has already taken a lot of energy to search for and gather compatriots who are in the same distress on the top of the mountain. Now they have to go down the mountain to face dangerous animals that may pounce at any time, be wary of poisonous snakes and ants lurking in the bushes, and grope for the right direction without a compass, a road map, and an environment where the sun and the moon are not necessarily clear every day. They feel that they are blessed by God to be alive today.

By this time today, they had almost eaten up all the wild fruits they had stored.

Because of the dryness and lack of sunlight in this mountainous area, most of the trees that grow there are trees with few leaves. These trees will not even bloom, let alone bear fruit. They searched for a long time but couldn't find any fruit.

If this continues, we will have no choice but to hunt or eat wild mushrooms.

But wild mushrooms in the mountains are not cooked by fire, so I dare not eat them easily. If I go hunting...

Everyone sat on a long, flat rock and sighed.

A young man took the opportunity to sharpen the stone spear in his hand. When it was sharp again, he held the spear and looked at the man beside him: "Professor, I should go hunt some wild animals. If this goes on, we will run out of ammunition and food."

The man next to him was sitting leaning against a big rock. Even though the situation was difficult, he still stood straight and had an extraordinary temperament.

"It's night, deep in the mountains with insufficient light. Do you think they are prey, or are you the prey?"

The young man pursed his lips, looking melancholy.

"But if we continue like this, we can only survive until tomorrow at most, and then all the food we can eat will be gone."

Pei Wen raised his eyes speechlessly and glanced at the sky.

Finally, he withdrew his gaze and ordered calmly, "Let's start a fire. If we start a fire now, it will be almost dark. Let's ensure safety at night first and then make plans."

His assistant Qian Ming quickly obeyed the order, took out the fire sticks and tinder prepared on the top of the mountain, and built a pile of firewood to start a fire.

Pei Wen picked up some dry firewood nearby and handed it to him, but he quickly stopped him, saying, "Let me do it, let me do the hard work. Professor, you're not in good health. You should take care of yourself even when you're playing games. Let me do the heavy lifting."

Pei Wen was silent for a long time before he said, "Collecting firewood is not tiring."

Qian Ming: "That won't work either. You have to conserve your physical strength to provide brain power. To be honest, here we are relying on you to identify the direction, identify the food, and show us the way. If you make any mistakes again, we really won't be able to get out of this damn place."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people who had been found by the two of them and formed a group to go down the mountain also echoed: "Yes, Xiao Ming is right. Professor, you are the backbone of our place. If anything happens to you, we really won't be able to survive."

Pei Wen said nothing more. He handed the firewood in his hand to Qian Ming and lowered his head to rest.

Several players took the initiative to help Qian Ming, and with everyone's combined efforts, they finally lit the pile of firewood before it got completely dark.

They used this fire to light two other fires, which they placed in three areas to surround where they were staying.

The fire provided warmth to everyone, while also silently protecting them from the beasts in the dark.

At this time, Pei Wencai spoke again: "We should be halfway up the mountain now. The terrain is obviously getting gentler, and there are fewer alpine plants nearby."

"Although we don't have much food stored right now, we'll get up early tomorrow morning and head down the mountain. If everything goes well, we'll be able to enter the flatter areas by noon. There will be more edible resources, and even more wild animals like rabbits and pheasants than on the mountain."

Qian Ming counted on his fingers: "Noon..."

"Ah! Then let's save some food tonight and have a big meal tomorrow at noon when we reach the target area. That way we'll have enough energy to go hunting."

Pei Wen was listed as someone who could not participate in this kind of thing. He did not say much and asked them to measure it based on their own physical fitness.

Qian Ming arranged the division of labor and then returned to Pei Wen to rest.

"Sigh, how long will it take us to get out of this mountain and meet up with the players on the plains? — Will we be able to meet these players?"

Pei Wen held a few leaves in his hands and turned them over and over again. This helped him keep his train of thought.

"If there's enough food, we can probably survive another two or three days at our current pace."

Qian Ming: "Has the plain already been developed? Our country hasn't given us any news in a while, so we don't know the progress. Those friends who settled in normal areas from the beginning should listen to the country and develop well, right?"

"We don't know when the country will discover the information we left behind. If they have already discovered it, will they send someone to rescue us the next time they contact us? Can we expect new information within two or three days?"

Pei Wen glanced at him silently, his eyes filled with "How should I know?"

Qian Ming's neck shrank, and he finally realized that he had been talking too much again. He shrugged embarrassedly: "Sorry, I talked too much again."

At this moment, a clear voice rang out from behind: "Brother Pei—Brother Pei?"

The two stopped talking and looked back to see a young woman with pigtails. She held some water in a large leaf and approached carefully. "Would you like some water?"

But Pei Wen lowered his eyes to look at the water in the leaves, but did not take it. He shook his head, looked away, and stopped talking.

Seeing the girl's embarrassment, Qian Ming quickly explained, "I'm sorry, our professor has some taboos in this regard. We appreciate your kindness, but I will be responsible for his diet."

When the young girl heard this, her hands froze. After a while, seeing that Pei Wen had no intention of taking the water, she drank the water herself and then sat down next to him.

"Hey, Brother Pei, is that a pocket watch hanging on your chest?" She turned around and saw the jewelry hanging on Pei Wen's chest, and asked in surprise.

Pei Wen was stunned for a moment, then immediately reached out and grabbed the watch: "No, it's not."

The ornament was actually a watch, and it was a watch with a photo on it.

However, the game cannot fully present these details, so now what is on his chest is just a watch-like decoration that is empty even when opened.

But he also didn't want anyone to touch him.

The young girl took one look and pursed her lips again in embarrassment.

She was the last person to join the team, and it took her quite some time to get to know everyone. Now she finally had the chance to get close to the team's core member, and she wanted to get to know him, but she didn't expect that he was only gentle and refined, but in fact he was cold and difficult to get along with.

She tried to find several topics, but in the end, only Qian Ming responded to her. No matter how friendly she was, she couldn't resist this cold attitude, so she had to leave them and return to her other teammates.

Everyone got by with it all night, and early the next morning, Pei Wen, who had been sleeping very restlessly, was carefully woken up by Qian Ming.

Seeing that Pei Wen was covered in cold sweat and his breathing was disordered, Qian Ming hurriedly scooped up a bottle of water and gave it to him to drink. After seeing that he had calmed down a little, he went to wake up the others.

"Professor, just bear with it. We'll be out soon. Once we leave this game and return home, you won't have nightmares anymore."

He whispered to comfort Pei Wen on the way.

Unfortunately, Pei Wen did not respond, and the leaves in his hand flew around as he twisted them.

His instructions were still accurate, but at the same time, he clutched the pocket watch on his chest all the way, and his pace was much faster than usual, which showed his urgency to leave.

When Pei Wen led his men out of the mountains, the camp of Si Lan and others was also in chaos that night.

Late at night, everyone slept under the house with a roof made of banana leaves.

There was some isolated rain in the plains earlier, and the air was damp and cold.

Everyone lit a small campfire to keep warm and slept soundly, leaving only a few people to patrol the camp. However, this was to prevent wild animals from invading, and the patrols focused on the side facing the forest. The patrol frequency was relatively low in the relatively safe area behind.

Just when the camp was completely silent, suddenly, several dark shadows crouched and sneaked into the camp.

People were now busy making daily necessities and building houses, and had no time to worry about defense. A few people easily sneaked into the camp.

Two of them took advantage of the patrolling residents' inattention and used thick branches tied with hay to reach into the burning campfire in the camp. The rest of them held the hay pile, ready to respond at any time.

The hay quickly caught fire. They were about to head back when the sharp-eyed patrolman finally spotted them: "Huh?! Who are you and what are you doing?!"

When several people saw that they were exposed, they had no time to arrange the hay piles in their hands.

But they were not panicked. One of the men raised a torch and shouted at them viciously: "I taught you to gang up and bully others!" Then he and his companions threw the dry grass torches on the tops of the nearest banana leaves and turned around and ran!

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A banana leaf that had just been rained on: Hmm? Is Ning okay?

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