Cheng Huaijin's expression grew increasingly serious as he walked through the dimly lit passage for an unknown amount of time.
The mark on the stone wall on the right was left an hour earlier, when she remembered that the wall was clearly on the left.
In a very bad situation, Cheng Huaijin lost his sense of direction.
More likely, this space has no direction, and no matter which way you go, it's an unsolvable loop.
Cheng Huaijin took a deep breath, sat down against the wall, and told himself to calm down and think.
Don't waste your energy and effort, and don't put pressure on yourself. Think about it: after going through so many times, what unusual things happened?
Meanwhile, the progress of other players continues to be updated.
[First place, Blazing Inferno, progress 35%]
[Second place, Leah, progress 32%]
[Third place, Wang Mingyang, progress 30%]
[Fourth place, Qibu, progress 25%]
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[Rank 250, Yunfei, progress 20%]
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[Rank 500, Alldis, progress 11%]
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[Number of participants remaining: 752]
"Why isn't Huaijin's name on the live stream anymore?" Fang Juexia had been watching the live stream since she woke up, but she hadn't seen that familiar name.
Cheng Woyu didn't go to training; he locked himself in his room and stared intently at the constantly scrolling leaderboard.
"...No, she didn't appear."
His gaze fell on the last line, "Number of Remaining Personnel," and a twisted smile crept across his face.
Guan Shanyue was at the location of the Heart-Softening Vine when a contestant sent out a distress signal 5 minutes earlier. Guan Shanyue, carrying first aid equipment, had just arrived on the Golden-Winged Beast.
The Golden-Winged Beast was quite large, making landing inconvenient. Guan Shanyue jumped directly off the Golden-Winged Beast's back, skillfully avoiding the Soft Heart Vine, and arrived in front of the person in distress.
"Hey, are you alright?" Guan Shanyue took out a radio wave device and shocked the vines that were entangled with the person calling for help. The vines obediently loosened their grip.
The person who cried for help fell into Guan Shanyue's arms, his eyes closed and motionless.
Guan Shanyue frowned and patted the person calling for help on the face: "Hey, wake up."
No! This person's body feels so cold.
Guan Shanyue placed her finger near the person's nose; the person was no longer breathing.
“Golden-winged Beast!” Guan Shanyue exclaimed.
Without hesitation, the golden-winged beast descended from the sky, its massive size crushing a grove of trees.
Guan Shanyue scooped up the person who had called for help and placed him on the back of the golden-winged beast: "Take him back quickly, and bring others over as well. Something has happened."
"Gold!" the Golden-Winged Beast cried out, flapping its wings and soaring into the sky, quickly disappearing from Guan Shanyue's sight in the direction it had come from.
Guan Shanyue summoned a deer-shaped pet: "Nine-Colored Deer, Time Domain."
"A deer." The nine-colored deer gracefully raised its forelegs and stomped twice in the air. One antler had four gems, and the other had five gems, for a total of nine gems.
Four gems sparkled, and then a square barrier, faintly glowing with rainbow light, enveloped the area where the Heart-Softening Vine was located.
The Nine-Colored Deer is an extremely rare time-specialized pet. It is a high-level pet of the superpower type with no attributes. It can control the flow of time and is very rare. It is said that it will have the time reversal skill when it reaches the maximum level.
Guan Shanyue followed the Nine-Colored Deer into its [Time Domain], crouched down, and carefully observed the ground.
She rubbed her hand on the ground, then put her finger under her nose and smelled it: "Ninth Brother, what do you think?"
"Deer." The nine-colored deer stood at the edge of the domain, not moving an inch, and casually responded, indicating that it was none of its business.
Guan Shanyue felt a sense of familiarity with this diverse array of elements.
The feeling of these elements sticking together is very similar to a case she encountered when she was young.
None of the victims had any external or internal injuries, but all died of suffocation.
Ten years ago, a serial murder case that killed 11 Beastmasters was solved. The only clue was the cross symbol, the symbol of the Hunters organization.
Have the hunters returned after disappearing for ten years?
A shadow crossed Guan Shanyue's eyes. The wind blew through the white hair at her temples, and one could still vaguely see the sharpness of her youth.
"The Nine-Colored Deer's Time Domain? It seems the skill level has increased again." A righteous-looking middle-aged man knocked on the barrier. "Shanyue, let me in."
Guan Shanyue looked over and saw a gem on the antlers of the Nine-Colored Deer sparkling.
A middle-aged man walked in, a badge pinned to the left side of his suit jacket, the scales and sword on it indicating that he was a security officer.
"The hunter is back." Guan Shanyue didn't waste any words, his gaze sharp as a knife.
The guard took a deep breath, sensing the sticky elements: "Yes, I will never forget this scent."
He waved his hand toward the main body of the Softheart Vine, and a pattern slowly appeared on its thick body.
Cross.
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