39 Ruined City-Day 9

◎Extreme Escape 1◎

After checking all the facilities in the RV, Yan Lan closed the door and stood on the road with Xueqiu.

As soon as 8 o'clock arrived, the system bell rang on time.

[The dungeon is about to begin. This dungeon is an extreme escape dungeon with random maps and random dangers. Please enjoy it~]

As soon as the voice fell, an ancient vermilion door appeared before his eyes, and the operation was the same as last time.

But this time she was a little hesitant. The previous copy was about searching for supplies, but this one was about extreme escape. Just from the name, it didn't seem like a good copy.

Not only her, many players were also undecided.

"Extreme Escape! It sounds so dangerous, I'm a little afraid to go in."

"Me too. I feel like I'm going to get choked as soon as I get in."

"I say you're too timid. It's just an escape game, what's the big deal? I'm going first—what the hell is this? Damn it!"

"Ah, is it so scary? I'd better not go."

"Then I won't go either."

"I think it really comes down to personal preference. If you want to take a chance, then go for it. I believe the risk is high and the reward is high. If you're scared and don't go, that's fine too, but don't be jealous of others' good harvests."

"You're right. I must participate. How can I know the outcome if I don't try?"

"I'm going too."

"Let's all work together!"

Yan Lan was also the type who bravely rushed forward. She took out the Frost Moon Bow and hung it on her shoulder, turned the door handle, and walked in with Snowball.

Turning around again, the red door behind me turned into a half-worn glass door. The objects inside the door were almost moved out, but you could vaguely see that it was a flower shop before.

So this is coming to town?

She looked around and saw a main city road in front of her. There were shops on both sides of the street and various house numbers hanging above the doors.

The sun is high in the sky, and the golden sunlight shines on the earth. If you ignore the eerie scene of deserted people, this is also a quiet scene.

Since it was a town, there would definitely be some supplies left behind, so she began searching house by house.

Most of the shops here have the same decoration and large floor-to-ceiling windows. She can see everything in the room from the outside. As long as there are obviously supplies inside, she will go in to check it out.

We passed by many shops including steamed bun shops, noodle shops, bakeries, milk tea shops, etc., and finally stopped in front of a hot pot restaurant half an hour later.

The store is brightly colored and the furnishings are much cleaner, like a resource point in a game.

She looked happy, exchanged a glance with Snowball, then opened the door and walked in.

"Welcome~"

A standard female voice sounded in front of her. Yan Lan was startled and suddenly gripped the bow handle. Snowball jumped up in fright.

There are still living people here?

She exerted force on her palms and looked forward. A golden lucky cat on the cash register not far away was waving its hands mechanically. The sound just now was made by it.

Her heart dropped as she followed his gaze and looked around the room.

In addition to the lucky cat, the power system inside is also functioning normally, and the ceiling lights, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. are all working.

After confirming that there was no one inside, she walked in quickly.

Snowball had long recovered from his shock. He flew around the store, looking at this and touching that, extremely curious.

"Snowball, you go guard the gate and inform us immediately if there's any news."

“Chirp~”

Snowball immediately became obedient, raised his paw to salute, and then leaned against the door to explore stealthily.

With the loyal security guard, Yan Lan went straight to choose the vegetables and filled the supplies into the backpack compartment with peace of mind.

Before coming, she specially emptied her backpack. The RV was filled with upgrade materials inside and out. Now, 18 slots out of her 20-slot backpack are empty, so she doesn't have to worry about not being able to take too many supplies back.

This is a buffet hot pot restaurant.

The meat area is filled with various kinds of meat, including marbled beef, lamb rolls, beef tripe, tripe, crispy sausage, etc. The meatballs include shrimp balls, cuttlefish balls, beef balls, lucky bags, etc. The vegetarian area is filled with various vegetables and noodles. In addition, there is also a beverage area.

There are hundreds of kinds of food, but each grid in the backpack can only store one type. It is impossible for her to put all the supplies into the grid of the backpack.

Her mind was working quickly, and she was running in a second, putting all the food into several freezers.

Each freezer takes up one compartment, but it doesn’t matter how many types of food you put in it.

The vegetable plates were piled high. She used both hands to easily pick them up and walked quickly back and forth between the meat and vegetable areas.

As expected of a woman with well-trained physique, she moved more than ten times without even breathing hard.

At this moment, Snowball, who had been exploring outside the door, flew over anxiously, waving his little paws in a disorderly manner.

“Chirp!”

Yan Lan's heart valves were beating, and she looked at the row of drinks in front of her, and her movements quickened again.

“Chirp~”

Snowball was really anxious. The enemy was right in front of him, but his little master had not put away his supplies yet. Not only these drinks, but also the freezers full of food were not put into the backpack compartments.

Yan Lan put the last row of drinks into the large wooden boxes in the first two compartments of her backpack, then ran to the meat area, slid her hands across the freezers, and emptied all 18 freezers filled with food.

After collecting the supplies, she felt relieved. She ran to the door with Snowball, but suddenly found a group of strange men in black coming about ten meters ahead.

A chill rose behind her and she quickly stepped back.

They were wrapped in black cloth from head to toe, so tightly that you couldn't tell what they looked like. One look at them gave the impression of danger.

In this extreme escape game, the pursuers might be these men in black.

Snowball kept spinning in circles anxiously. Yan Lan forced herself to calm down and in the last few seconds quickly pulled Snowball under the counter a few meters away.

She held her breath, and in just a moment, the group of men in black pushed open the door and walked in.

"Welcome!"

A standard female voice came from above her head. Her pupils suddenly contracted and she covered the snowball that was about to jump up again.

She raised her index finger and made a silencing gesture to Snowball.

"Wow wow wow."

"Chirp, chirp."

An unusually hoarse voice sounded above her head. She felt as if her heartbeat almost jumped into her ears, and it kept beating non-stop. She even suspected that the group of men in black could hear her heartbeat.

She tried to tell herself that they were just talking at the counter and they didn't notice her.

But the danger was right beside her and she couldn't pretend nothing had happened. The silent torment tortured her all the time.

Suddenly a black hand reached down and hung just above her head, only a few inches from her eyeballs.

Yan Lan's heart almost jumped into her throat. She huddled under the narrow container holding Snowball, not moving a muscle and not even daring to breathe loudly.

Did you discover yourself?

She stared at the textureless black hand, her palm quietly touching her back.

After groping in the air, the black hand finally pulled out the drawer under the counter.

She couldn't see what was happening outside and could only imagine what the other person was doing based on the vague movements.

In her imagination, the owner of this black hand was probably standing in front of the counter, leaning over half of his body to rummage through the drawer. Fortunately, he was only standing outside the counter. Once he entered the counter, his whereabouts would be exposed.

There are more than a dozen people on the opposite side, and their abilities are unknown, so it's better not to confront them head-on.

Although she could guess the other party's actions, imagination was more frightening than the fear of the unknown. Her heart was beating like a drum, and several times she seemed to see those black faces without facial features suddenly appear in front of her.

She stood there frozen, not daring to move, until the other person's conversation finally faded away.

But they did not leave the hot pot restaurant, but walked indoors.

Are they going to have dinner here?

Before I could react, there was a crackling sound in the room, as if someone was rummaging through something.

Oh no! The 18 freezers inside were put into the compartments of my backpack, and the food on the remaining shelves was gone.

If they were regulars, they would sooner or later guess that someone had just been there and find themselves hiding under the counter.

Now, it is urgent to escape from this place.

Yan Lan quietly poked her head out. More than a dozen people from the other side were gathered in the food selection area, rummaging through drawers and cabinets. The fighting had not spread here.

Now is the best time. She slowly moved her steps and walked gently towards the door.

Standing up was too conspicuous, so she remained squatting and moved step by step.

3 meters, 2 meters, 1 meter——

We’re at the door!

Her heartbeat quickened as she gently pushed the door open.

“Welcome back next time~”

A familiar female voice sounded, and Yan Lan was suddenly stunned. She had actually forgotten about this!

She twisted her head stiffly to look into the room, and her eyes met with the man in black who turned around after hearing the sound.

After a second of embarrassment, she pushed the glass door completely open and ran out.

"melon!"

A sharp cry was heard from behind, followed by the sound of more than a dozen pairs of footsteps.

Even though she didn't understand their bird language, Yan Lan knew that she had offended someone.

She didn't even dare to look back, and ran as fast as she could. The snowball on her shoulder grabbed her collar tightly, and she was sent flying backwards by the violent forward impact.

Outside the shop was a main road. The enemy was chasing her from behind like a vengeful demon. She could no longer hide in the shop, so she could only run forward regardless of her own safety.

The streets were filled with the scent of pursuers, her heart was beating rapidly, she didn't dare to stop, and she used all her strength in every step.

“Chirp~”

She frowned and thought to herself that it was not good. She couldn't spare the time to look back, but Snowball could.

The man in black behind her was about to catch up with her.

Her scalp went numb instantly, but she did not stop. She raised the Frost Moon Bow while running quickly and pulled the bowstring with one hand.

He turned around within a thousandth of a second and shot two arrows in succession.

[Skill 1: Stun.]

[Skill 2: Penetration.]

As soon as the arrow is released, it turns into cold frost, and the skill spreads outward in a circular shape with the arrowhead as the center.

At the moment when all the men in black were frozen, an arrow pierced through.

Yan Lan breathed a sigh of relief as the footsteps behind her gradually faded away, but soon they caught up with her again.

This time, the man in black was even more violent. He screamed and yelled, as if he wanted to skin the woman in front of him and pull out her tendons.

“Chirp!”

Snowball's reminders became more and more urgent.

Yan Lan turned around and shot two arrows again, widening the distance again.

Before entering the game, she used the manufacturing table to produce several bows with special attributes. Currently, there are 2 stun and 2 penetration left in the quiver.

But this is not a solution. They are faster than her and it is only a matter of time before they catch up with her.

The other side has more people and is stronger than her.

So we had to find a way to get rid of them, but this main city road was long and smelly, and there was no suitable opportunity.

After she used stun and penetration again, a small alley finally appeared in front of her.

She thought for only a second before rushing in.

The man in black hesitated for a few seconds, looked around with a stiff head, and then chased after Yan Lan in the alley.

The alley was just as she had imagined, winding and with many forks in the road.

After running for an hour, her breathing began to become disordered, but she could not give up yet because there were still a few men in black behind her who had not been shaken off.

She took a deep breath, gritted her teeth and continued forward with her sore legs.

Suddenly, she stopped abruptly and looked ahead with bloodshot eyes - it turned out to be a dead end!

Her scalp went numb instantly, and her skin became covered with scaly skin. She hesitated, not knowing what to do.

The footsteps behind me are getting closer and closer, and they are about to catch up. There is no way forward, and if I go back, I will meet those men in black.

Her heart sank suddenly. Did she really have to fight head-on? She used the attribute bow and arrow three times in a row but failed to kill a single man in black. With only one left, her chances were slim.

Just when she was at her wit's end, a familiar figure came out from behind the opposite wall. He took out a huge trash can out of thin air and covered the two of them and the elf in it.

Her head buzzed loudly and she didn't react for a moment. Did he think that he couldn't find the man in black by covering him with a trash can?

Just as she was about to open her mouth, the man suddenly covered it.

The hot breath blew on the man's palm, and he retracted it again, raised a finger and pressed it on Yan Lan's lips.

Yan Lan was confused. Even though she had a thousand questions in her mind, she could only remain silent.

She followed the man's instructions and remained silent, hoping that the man in black was truly blind and couldn't see through this clumsy concealment.

The space inside the trash can was small, and the two people were face to face.

The last few men in black outside the trash can caught up. They twisted their heads mechanically, looked at each other for a few seconds after not seeing any figure, and finally left this place. The same was true for the men in black chasing them from the other side of the wall.

Hearing the sound of footsteps fading away, Yan Lan finally felt relieved. Worried that the man in black would come back, the two of them stayed inside for a while longer.

Their bodies were pressed tightly together, their breaths intertwined. They had just hugged each other out of an emergency, but now that they had calmed down, they realized how ambiguous this posture was.

As long as Yan Lan looked up, she could see the man's handsome and cold white jaw. To avoid embarrassment, she lowered her head slightly so that her ear was pressed tightly against the man's chest. She didn't know whether it was out of nervousness or fear, but she heard the rapid beating of his heart under his clothes.

After maintaining this posture for a few minutes, she finally couldn't help but ask: "Can we go out now?"

There was a hot breath in my ears, followed by a man's sexy voice: "Okay."

Yan Lan opened the trash can from the inside out, took a deep breath, and finally breathed in the fresh air outside.

The two came out of the dead end and entered a hidden empty room. After closing the door, the tense atmosphere completely dissipated.

The two looked at each other.

"What a coincidence, meeting you here."

Ji Zhou's eyes moved around, a smile on his lips: "What a coincidence, I was on the other side of the wall, and I just heard some movement over here and jumped over. I didn't expect it to be you."

Yan Lan finally asked the question she had asked before: "How did you know that if we covered the trash can they wouldn't be able to find us?"

Ji Zhou: "I discovered this through experimentation. Their speed and strength far surpass ours. I figured someone this strong would have weaknesses, and it turned out to be true."

Yan Lan looked at him with wide eyes: "Then what is their weakness?"

Seeing Ji Zhou looking down at her, she added, "Of course, you didn't tell me for free. I will compensate you."

Ji Zhou chuckled, and his cold face softened a little.

Yan Lan couldn't figure out his intention, so she kept staring at him.

Ji Zhou glanced at Yan Lan again and said, "No need to compensate, I'll tell you everything. The men in black are weak in hearing and vision. They'll notice any sound above 30 decibels, and they'll notice anything within a 90-degree field of view without obstruction."

30 decibels is equivalent to the volume of a whisper, and as long as the black man does not speak, he will not be able to detect it. A 90-degree line of sight is equivalent to looking 45 degrees to the left and 45 degrees to the right.

Yan Lan nodded with satisfaction. With this theory, there was a reason why the two of them had successfully avoided the man in black by hiding in the trash can.

"Then can I tell this news to other players?" She stared at the tall man with her dark eyes wide open.

Ji Zhou smiled again and said in a low voice: "Of course."

Yan Lan sent this message to the regional channel without saying a word. Since everyone was playing extreme escape games, it would surely be useful to other players.

"So we're still going on a mission together today?"

Seeing that she had finished sending the message, Ji Zhou asked casually, with a flash of expectation in his eyes that disappeared in an instant.

Yan Lan looked up at him without any hesitation: "Of course."

Who can refuse such a strong teammate!

Ji Zhou raised his lips slightly, took out two folding camping chairs from the backpack, and spread them out on the ground.

"Then let's take a break."

This was exactly what Yan Lan wanted. She had been running at her maximum speed for an hour without stopping. She was extremely nervous and really needed to adjust herself.

She sat down and immediately let out a comfortable sigh.

Just as Ji Zhou was about to sit down, Snowball flew in front of him, wagging his paw and chirping. He hadn't spent much time with Snowball, but he could already guess what he was trying to say.

He pursed his lips and apologized to the elf seriously: "I'm sorry, there are only two left and there's no share for you."

“Chirp!”

Snowball's two fleshy paws were inserted into his round waist, and his little mouth was pouting in dissatisfaction.

Yan Lan took a look at the puffy little ball, picked it up and placed it on her lap, moving its head.

"Okay, just bear with it while the conditions are tough."

Snowball cried out in grievance. He didn't like this man because every time he met him, his little master would leave him.

"Are you hungry? I have beef burgers."

Ji Zhou handed over a huge hamburger, which was still steaming.

Yan Lan sniffed, what a domineering fragrance!

She hadn't eaten this kind of fast food for a long time and missed it badly, so she took it without hesitation: "Thank you."

Snowball licked the corner of his mouth and stared at the big hamburger. It smelled so good, even better than any rice he had ever eaten.

"Here, this is yours."

An exclamation mark appeared on Snowball's forehead. He hurriedly took the hamburger handed to him by Ji Zhou and took a bite with his mouth wide open.

“Chi!”

Its little eyes widened and it lowered its head to eat voraciously.

This is so delicious! It’s much better than the rice that the little owner usually feeds it. It decides to eat this thing called a hamburger for every meal in the future!

Seeing its useless look, Yan Lan shook her head helplessly, not knowing that this glutton had already included this luxury thing in the scope of main meals.

They rested for half an hour, replenished some water and energy, and prepared to set off.

"I found a gathering place of men in black. They have been wandering around there. Do you think there are treasures hidden there?"

Yan Lan's eyes sparkled: "Let's go take a look?"

"good."

Ji Zhou knew the location and led the way.

Yan Lan followed closely. As long as she looked up, she could see the tall figure of the man. He had a broad back and a strong waist, which made her feel safe.

The two encountered another group of men in black on the road, but this time they mastered the trick and took advantage of the men in black's visual and olfactory defects to successfully avoid the attack.

The men in black stood blankly on the street, wandering around aimlessly.

The two hid in the corner and found another way to get there.

The gathering place that Ji Zhou mentioned was some distance away, and it was half an hour later when the two arrived.

"There are quite a lot of people here!" Yan Lan hid in a corner not far away, squatted down and stuck her head out to check the military situation.

It was a bungalow with a tin roof, which looked like a warehouse. The rolling door of the bungalow was wide open, and several men in black were wandering around the door.

Ji Zhou also poked his head out from above her: "Yes, so we can't force it."

Yan Lan: "Then how do you plan to outsmart us?"

Ji Zhou: "Split the troops into two groups. One group will lead them away, and the other group will take the opportunity to go in and find supplies."

Yan Lan looked up at him: "Then I..."

Ji Zhou interrupted: "Let me lead them away. I can run fast."

Yan Lan frowned.

Not only would it be dangerous to draw the enemy away, but it would also make him vulnerable to betrayal by his teammates. There was no binding contract between them other than moral constraints, and if she ran away for the supplies, it would be unfair to him.

Her gaze turned to the snowball above Ji Zhou's head.

Snowball shuddered inexplicably when he saw the familiar look. He remembered the same situation last time. Neither of them went to pick the durian, leaving it, a little elf who hated the smell, to suffer.

It turned around as if nothing had happened, flapping its claws and preparing to take off.

But Yan Lan grabbed it and stuffed it directly into Ji Zhou's pocket: "Then take it with you. It can help you in the critical moment."

And it can also be used as a hostage to dispel his concerns.

Ji Zhou raised his eyebrows, took the struggling snowball from Yan Lan's hand and placed it on his shoulder, rubbing its head soothingly: "Be good, I'll give you a hamburger after you finish the task."

"Chi!" Snowball made a high-pitched sound, and rubbed his soft head against Ji Zhou's cheek.

Yan Lan looked at the snowball with two faces in front and back, her expression indescribable.

Ji Zhou straightened up and extended his hand like a gentleman: "Shall we set off now?"

He rolled up his shirt sleeves to his elbows. His fingers were long, slender, and clean with distinct joints. Beneath his porcelain-white skin, were blue veins that were distinct and contained vigorous power.

It was the most manly hand she had ever seen, and she couldn't help but take a second look.

Ji Zhou bent his palm upwards and uttered a small questioning sound: "Hmm?"

Yan Lan coughed lightly, suppressed the strange expression on her face, and held his wrist.

The man exerted force with his arms, and Yan Lan stood up easily with the help of his force.

She brushed the nonexistent dust off her knees and said, "Then let's meet up at the place where we rested just now."

"good."

【Author’s words】

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