Chapter 411 [(*^▽^*)]
Xue Rui's eyes flickered slightly, but he asked calmly, "That's true... But is it alright for us to chat like this now?"
The other person took a deep breath and calmed their heartbeat. "It's okay, we can chat and work at the same time, as long as we don't leave our seats."
Xue Rui: "That's good. If she comes back and says I broke the rules while we're chatting, then I'll be in trouble."
"Phew...that was really scary! I wish someone could take her down."
Xue Rui: "What? Has no one tried this before?"
"Why hasn't anyone tried? Of course, some people have tried, but no one has succeeded! This female secretary is impossible to kill! Even if she's ground into mincemeat, she can quickly regenerate and hunt down those who break the rules!"
Xue Rui: "Is there really no way? If things continue like this, wouldn't that be..."
"There are ways, but these are all things that people came up with before, and no one has dared to be the first to try them. So until now... everyone thinks that as long as they don't break the rules, they'll be fine as long as they can hold out until six in the morning. So no one dares to mess with this female secretary!"
Xue Rui: "That's true. By the way, what's the method?"
They chatted as they talked, the content of their conversation not really mattered, the important thing was having someone to talk to to ease the tension, and the other person also thought that Xue Rui wanted to relax.
"I've never actually seen this method myself; I've only heard about it from others. Apparently, this female secretary is very stubborn and will kill anyone who breaks the rules, even herself. So if she breaks the rules herself, she'll kill herself! Of course, this is all just hearsay; I haven't actually tried it."
Xue Rui looked at the chat group on the desktop. His teammates were all talking about how to kill the elite female secretary, and when he and Huajiao asked the employees around them, they got the same answer.
However, no one has ever tried this before, or rather, no one knows what the rules this female secretary needs to follow are. If you really want to use this method to deal with her, the most important thing to figure out is the content of the rules she needs to follow. How can you find out?
Xue Rui asked the other person with little hope, "Do you know what rules she needs to follow?"
He hadn't expected to get a useful answer, but to his surprise, the other person said, "All she has to do at night is kill anyone who breaks the rules. If she can't kill them, she'll kill herself at six in the morning."
Xue Rui was slightly startled. If that was really the case, then as long as the player who was hiding could hold out until six o'clock in the morning, wouldn't they be able to win this time?
But Xue Rui quickly realized something, "Didn't you say that no one had ever tried this method before? How do you know that she won't kill all the rule-breakers and will kill herself at six in the morning?"
The other person paused for a moment upon hearing this question, then looked somewhat bewildered. "What you said seems to make sense. I don't know why, but I just feel that this answer is correct."
"That's really strange." He touched his hair, a little confused. "It seems like this is how it is, who told me that... but no one has ever tried it. Am I remembering wrong?"
Xue Rui mentioned this in the group chat and also sent his final reaction to the group, saying, "If you know anyone else, ask them too."
Besides Huajiao, the other three also started asking their nearby employees. Except for Fang Hong, who kept her head down and didn't say anything, Zhou Feng and Ding Baishuang both asked and gave the same answer.
But none of them were sure if this was the right thing to do, since no one had ever tried it before.
Sichuan peppercorns: "We have no other choice now, so why don't we give it a try?"
Zhou Feng: "How do we try? Should all five of us break the rules and let the elite monsters hunt us down? If we can hold out until six in the morning, she'll commit suicide?"
Fang Hong: "Isn't this a bit cheating? If this really works, we'll time it perfectly, breaking the rule a few seconds before six o'clock. That way, the elite monsters won't be able to kill us 100%, and they'll have to commit suicide instead?"
Upon seeing this comment, Xue Rui couldn't help but nod. This bug was indeed what he had thought of. If it really worked, killing this elite monster would be very simple.
If it were really that simple, then this elite monster would be far too easy to kill, posing absolutely no challenge. Therefore, this method is definitely wrong!
"Sichuan peppercorn: Now that you mention it, I think it's too simple. This method is definitely a way for these NPCs to mislead us! What do we do now?"
Zhou Feng said, "Let's wait and see. There's always a way. First, let's observe the elite monsters' activity routes and see if there are any other people violating the rules. We'll meet at the staff canteen at midnight."
Xue Rui said, "It's settled then. We'll go to the staff cafeteria at 12 o'clock to discuss it properly. Those two hours might be crucial."
The fact that the elite monster, dressed in a monstrous appearance, was patrolling the building, appearing and disappearing intermittently, quickly became known to all the players.
The elite monster doesn't patrol floor by floor; instead, she can be on the third floor one second and on the thirtieth floor the next. In short, no one can guess where she'll patrol next.
Just then, something unexpected happened on Fang Hong's end. She had asked this employee a question, but had not received any answer. The employee just kept his head down, didn't move, and didn't say anything.
She had initially thought the employee was just too scared to talk, but she never imagined that this employee was not an ordinary employee, but a ghost that had been overlooked!
When she realized something was wrong, she could no longer send messages in her own group chat, and of course, she couldn't contact her teammates either.
In other words, I must get through this crisis without any rescue and without breaking any rules. So how do I kill this ghost?
Wait! Can I really kill this ghost? Would killing it be against the rules? If it is, would running away now be against the rules? No, I can go to the toilet!
Yeah, if I go to the toilet, that elite monster will appear next to me and follow me. If that monster attacks me and interferes with my work, can I complain to the elite monster?
Fang Hong's lips twitched. Only she could come up with the idea of complaining to an elite monster!
But there was no other way now, so she pretended not to notice anything strange and continued typing away on the keyboard as if she were working diligently.
She seemed completely oblivious to the changes in her surroundings. For instance, the walls suddenly became mottled and stained with blood, the ground appeared to be covered in black sewage, the ground beneath her shoes felt sticky, and she even felt a breeze blowing over her head.
It's not wind, it's breath... What kind of breath? It's the breath of a ghost!
Just then, Fang Hong suddenly stood up and walked out. The ghost probably didn't react in time. Having learned from the experience of the previous three days, it subconsciously thought that she was trying to escape and chased after her.
But the next second, the elite monster, still in its transformed state, teleported to Fang Hong's side. At the same time, it also saw Fang Hong transformed into a ghost, its mouth agape!
Fang Hong seemed completely unaware of what was behind her and walked straight towards the restroom outside, while the elite monster and the ghost stood there, staring at each other for a moment.
The elite monster's two eyes darted back and forth in different directions, as if trying to determine which of the two people had broken the rule. Fang Hong was heading towards the toilet.
The one left in the office... although he didn't seem to have left, he revealed his true form. Was he going to devour the employee in front of him?
That won't do. If you eat the employee, they won't be able to continue working, right? Being unable to work is a violation. It's one thing to break the rules yourself, but what if someone is forced to break the rules...?
So who broke the rule? Of course, it was this one! Finally, the elite monster's gaze fell on the ghost that had transformed into its original form inside the office.
The ghost instantly vanished, disappearing without a trace from the office in the blink of an eye. The elite monster also disappeared from its spot, chasing after the ghost that had just escaped.
Fang Hong had already come out of the restroom and returned to her post. She sat down in her chair and quickly tapped the front wheel, telling everyone everything that had just happened.
Fang Hong: "Wasn't I awesome?! I pretended to go to the bathroom, and the elite monster showed up. The ghost I was sharing a room with just now just confronted the elite monster, staring at each other! The ghost ran away, and the elite monster chased after it, probably to kill it. So hunting other employees working overtime is also against the rules!"
"It seems that the two rules on the other side of the elevator door are not comprehensive. We need to make our own judgments on many things. For example, hunting others can also affect our work."
Xue Rui looked at the constantly updated content in the chat group and asked, "Has anyone spotted an elite monster on their monitor?"
Because elite monsters can appear anywhere at any time, it's impossible for them to put all five people's monitoring equipment in one place. They can only be scattered across nearly forty floors.
Of course, they didn't have that many surveillance devices, so they only placed them in key locations. Now, Dai can see elite monsters.
Zhou Feng: "They're on the 26th floor, heading downstairs. Keep an eye on them!"
Sichuan pepper: "I see it. It's on the 23rd floor. It's moving pretty fast. It seems the ghost being chased is running down the stairwell. But this ghost doesn't have any player items. Even if it hides, it will be found and will definitely die. It's just a matter of time."
Fang Hong said, "What a pity, even an ordinary ghost can earn several hundred points."
It's a pity that they were killed by the elite monster. Not only Fang Hong, but everyone thought so. It would have been better if they could have let them have it.
Ding Baishuang: "We've reached the sixteenth floor, but we're still in the hallway."
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