The story begins a few hours earlier—

It was late at night when the little white duck finally returned to the car after a difficult search. Half-dizzy, it was carried by Xi Xi to rest on the soft carpet.

At this moment, Aura, who had put on the synesthetic necklace again, was curled up to the side. She looked at the little white duck's slightly ruffled wings, and her obsessive-compulsive disorder kicked in, so she couldn't help but want to lick its feathers.

"Pah..." Aura suddenly spat, "Your fur is no good, it's a bit prickly."

Perhaps sensing the commotion, the little white duck, which had been sleeping soundly, slowly opened its eyes and groggily flapped its wings. It turned its head and its gaze met Aura's.

Upon seeing this, Aura's eyes lit up immediately. Like a child who had discovered a new continent, she excitedly leaned forward and whispered, "Hehe, you're finally awake! Tell me quickly, did you catch the cat at the blue dot on the map?"

Xi Xi, who was sitting in the driver's seat deep in thought, heard Aura's thoughts and immediately perked up her ears.

What blue dot?

The blue dots on the map represent players. Does this mean there are other players around besides them?

Xi Xi's heart tightened suddenly. She stared at the central control screen but did not notice anything unusual.

Aura's inner voice echoed again: "That's strange, I clearly saw it, how could it disappear in a flash?"

Xi Xi couldn't help but sit up straight.

So Xi Xi stopped hiding it and immediately used the synesthetic chain ring to ask Aura for the specific details.

Aura was startled by Xi Xi's questioning voice. It arched its back and its paws froze in mid-air. Upon hearing that there would be dried fish as a reward, it grabbed Xi Xi's trouser leg and got into the car without saying a word.

Xi Xi opened the portable light screen map and remembered the location that Aura had pointed out when she touched the central control screen with her cat paw.

She searched around for a while and then found the hidden passage behind a moss-covered boulder not far away.

Xi Xi then realized that there should be more than one sewer entrance, in addition to the usual drainage manhole cover, there should also be a normal entrance that maintenance workers can enter.

The iron gate behind the boulder was clearly a proper entrance, much more legitimate than the manhole cover they had to climb down using a telescopic ladder.

Xi Xi held her breath and quietly opened the iron gate. Surprisingly, the gate opened and closed very smoothly, making almost no extra sound.

"Aura, go scout ahead. Be careful and don't make too much noise," Xi Xi said telepathically to Aura as she glanced at the narrow, dark passage behind the door.

Since other players have been spotted, it would be unwise for her to venture forward rashly. The cow cat, small in stature and agile in limbs, moves silently and can even detect things in the dark; it is clearly more suitable to scout ahead than she is.

After saying that, Xi Xi returned to the RV and maintained real-time contact with Aura through the sensory link ring.

The dark passage in the cat's eye was indeed very clear; Xi Xi could even see the spider web in the corner.

The passageway was clearly an abandoned employee corridor, exuding an air of antiquity and desolation. The walls on both sides of the passageway were covered with a thick layer of dust, with faint traces of its former glory still discernible.

However, upon closer inspection, some unusual signs can be found: some of the clutter was not discarded randomly, but seemed to have been deliberately rummaged through!

She could clearly see that in some of the opened wooden crates, some of the waste had been cleaned of dust, and even had clear five-finger marks left behind, scattered messily around.

Someone really has been here! Xi Xi was startled, and her thoughts began to race.

Therefore, other adventurers may also possess fragments of the diary...

The black and white cat tiptoed, taking very light steps, and stepped over the discarded glass bottles with a hint of disdain, heading straight for the stairwell at the end of the passage.

The staircase looked incredibly long, and Aura climbed it quietly, finally reaching the iron gate at the top after a long while.

The iron gate appeared even more dilapidated, with the lock broken and obvious pry marks on the door panel. One of the doors was even pried up, which, coincidentally, made it easier for Aura to pass through.

The synesthetic ring on Xi Xi's hand felt slightly warm, and she quickly heard the sounds coming from Aura's side—the voices of several men talking.

"Brother, you really don't know! It's pitch black down there, you can't see anything, you can only hear the rushing water! I'm getting really scared. Just thinking about the monster we encountered in the desert makes my legs spin! How about we wait until tomorrow morning and go down together to take a look?"

"Useless! I just asked you to scout ahead, and you're making such a fuss."

"Brother Hao, don't rush. Brother Bin is right. Our lighting equipment is all worn out. Going down now would be too risky... Once Wang Chenzhong gets his hands on the new Radiant Candy first thing tomorrow morning, then we'll be completely safe!"

......

Hao Ge?! Wang Chenzhong?! Upon hearing these two names, Xi Xi was startled, and alarm bells went off instantly.

She never expected to run into the three Wei brothers so soon.

Recalling the various trivial matters she had experienced in her past life, especially the inhumane and unforgivable crimes committed by this group of thugs, Xi Xi involuntarily closed her eyes tightly, as if it had happened just yesterday.

Images of her former captain, Li Zhongmin, and his gentle and kind wife, Su Qing, flashed through her mind, one after another, but were quickly replaced by those painful memories.

Su Qing suffered such inhuman torture and ultimately died with resentment, all because she was saved by Wei Chenghao. These images haunted Xi Xi's mind like a nightmare, causing her immense pain.

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