Liu Juan's gaze towards the little girl instantly deepened. What an amazing child! She was so calm. In such a pressing and stressful environment, even she, an adult who had been in society for five years, couldn't remain completely clear-headed, let alone have the mind to look for loopholes in the rules!

"It's nothing, really!" As if sensing Liu Juan's admiration, Cheng Shuang shrugged. "I know I can't compare to adults in terms of physical strength, so I can only try my best to survive." The little girl sadly rested her chin on her hand. "Sigh! Adults are so kind! I want to grow up quickly too!"

In the past, Liu Juan would have definitely given this naive child a few words of inspirational advice, but now she can only remain silent.

At least in horror games, adults have far more inherent advantages than children.

Before long, Ma Guoxu quickly walked past several people, rubbing his bald head as he approached and sat down next to the little girl. He muttered in a slightly exasperated tone, "This is the first time they've given us a pass. What was the point of everything before?!"

"Do you know what online games are?" Du Jun, who hadn't spoken to anyone before, slowly walked over and suddenly answered, "The carousel is the login screen, and the running track is the registration channel..."

If it were phrased differently, Ma Guoxu would immediately understand.

"What a mess!" he muttered angrily, swallowing his profanities, but refraining from speaking out of consideration for the children present.

At this point, it is clearly unwise to complain or blame others.

"Hey girl, kid, how about we team up?" He was in a good mood and immediately started forming a team.

Liu Juan's dim eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly nodded, holding the little girl's tiny paw, and imitated a lucky cat in a sweet voice, "Thank you, big brother, we will try our best!"

Ma Guoxu scratched his head sheepishly. "Big brother" is a term that suits young people, but it doesn't suit him at all!

Liu Juan quickly composed herself and said seriously, "Brother Ma, just don't mind that we're both weak."

"How could that be!" Ma Guoxu chuckled. "In this day and age, if you don't have physical strength, you still have brains. Who would look down on whom?" Although he came from a rural background and was a manual laborer, he was clear-headed and had no prejudice against women. Compared to strangers, he was more certain of the young girl and the older woman's character. Besides, he could see clearly that although the young girl lacked physical strength, she was incredibly clever and could remain calm and meticulous in crucial moments. And Liu Juan was a kind and grateful girl.

He felt at ease teaming up with them!

"Where are you, young man?"

Ma Guoxu turned to ask Du Jun in front of him. When he fled into the town, this boy was right behind him, but the difference was that at that moment, an angry roar that was not human came from the mist behind the other party. The intimidating power made Ma Guoxu, who was already far away from danger, tremble in his soul and his legs went weak with fear.

The second person to come in, Sun Han, was even worse off than him. He plopped down on the ground and didn't recover for a long time.

Such monsters are definitely not something humans can easily withstand.

But the young man was not affected at all. His expression was indifferent and his steps were firm. Even his breathing was not disordered. He seemed to be taking a leisurely stroll as if he were on a spring outing.

Ma Guoxu immediately realized that this young man was a capable and ruthless person.

In a moment of distraction, they almost missed the chance to pull Cheng Shuang and Liu Juan out of the abyss.

Fortunately, it was not too late.

Normally, Ma Guoxu wouldn't have thought of getting close to someone as knowledgeable, capable, and extremely arrogant as him. But this young man wasn't a bad person at heart. If it weren't for his help, they wouldn't have been able to rescue the two young women so easily in time.

Du Jun nodded silently. The mechanical voice sounded again, 'Ding, team formation time countdown: 1 minute 59 seconds, 1 minute 58 seconds...'

Ma Guoxu scratched his head and sighed, "If Sun Han were here, that would be great. Five people are always more powerful than four!"

Since arriving at Nintendo, they had not seen Sun Han. Now it seems that the surviving players are not just them. Sun Han may have been trapped in other so-called games, or he may have already lost his life.

Ma Guoxu wasn't the only one who thought this way. After the first five-person team succeeded, some people immediately tried to turn their own team into the second five-person team.

At this point, everyone realized the trap set by the rules. The temporary team, now short of members, argued incessantly over manpower and almost came to blows.

But soon, the countdown ended, and with a ding, the strongest man in the trio picked up the smallest man in the five-man group and ran back to his own territory.

A mechanical voice aptly announced: 'The combination has been selected and cannot be adjusted or changed!'

The team, which could have been a group of five, was immediately dumbfounded.

All the arguments subsided, and even the most troublesome thugs, after numerous escapes, could not hide their mental exhaustion and succumbed to the rules promulgated by the mechanical voice.

Wu Qian was in the only group of five. Two of the men, who appeared to be brothers and looked remarkably alike, were frowning and talking to Wu Qian's boyfriend. Wu Qian glanced at Cheng Shuang, clearly disappointed that the young girl had formed her own team. But it was just disappointment, because most people were now solemn and quietly waiting for new instructions. Personal grudges could be temporarily set aside as long as they didn't involve life or death.

A thin mist immediately appeared in the empty environment after the mechanical sound ended.

In the blink of an eye, the mosaic-like fairytale town reappeared. Amazingly, this time the town was condensed to the size of a sand table, with five of them standing in mid-air. You could vaguely see paper figures, like ants, moving about in an orderly fashion.

"The pass has changed." Du Jun's voice rang out, and the three of them immediately looked down.

The black lettering on the silver card slowly distorted, and the reassembled content became 'Small Town Adventure', temporary team number C zone 03198, team size 4, participant name Cheng Shuang, and finally four red hearts.

"Are we supposed to go in and fight these paper figures?" Ma Guoxu wiped his sweaty forehead, looking utterly exasperated.

Liu Juan said with a bitter face, "Fighting? I can't do it, I've never dared to fight since I was a child!"

Cheng Shuang, however, felt that the game was far more complicated than that. Otherwise, they could have simply filtered out the elderly, children, the sick, the disabled, and women. Why bother sending them into the game?

The young girl subconsciously exchanged a glance with Du Jun, who remained calm throughout, and their thoughts were clearly aligned.

Sure enough, a mechanical voice sounded, "Please send out one adventurer and one gatekeeper for each group of participants. Friendly tips: 1. You can choose whether to save after each level. If you save, you will need to change your adventurer partner; 2. The gatekeeper cannot be changed midway."

Adventurers are understandable, but what the heck is a gatekeeper?

This is the sentiment of all those who experienced it.

Unfortunately, this isn't a school, and no one is willing to explain it to them in detail.