A huge lamp stood at the highest point of the villa, illuminating the entire courtyard as if it were daytime, leaving no room for any player to hide.
"What's going on?!" Many players looked around in horror.
Standing on the second-floor railing, the male homeowner, holding a hunting rifle, sneered: "As expected, it was you bunch of trash who were behind this."
The woman also lifted the blanket that was used to disguise herself, revealing her hand holding a cleaver underneath.
She sneered, "I sensed something was wrong yesterday, and sure enough, none of you will escape today."
As soon as the words were spoken, a group of servants emerged from behind the male and female hosts, all of them sharpening their knives and rushing towards the players.
It turns out that the NPCs inside the villa did not give up after yesterday's encirclement.
As night fell, they pretended to be asleep as usual, but in reality, they were secretly watching all the players' movements.
Deathly silence, an absolute stillness pervaded the surroundings.
A moment later, someone shouted, "Run!"
The scene instantly descended into chaos!
Xiao Jin grabbed Chu Yuan's mangled body and, using the pulleys beneath his feet, rushed toward the window. Tong Xiaolu's springy legs smashed through the glass, with Song Chao following closely behind.
The remaining players then used their unique skills to scatter into the villa in an instant.
As for Sakurai Chinatsu and her teammates, they all fled towards the basement...
"Wow, these people are really ruthless, they've been watching from the shadows for so long." Chu Yuan said through gritted teeth as he ran.
"This way." Xiao Jin looked around and quickly located the place she wanted to hide. Behind her, Tong Xiaolu and the others followed Xiao Jin without saying a word.
Five minutes later.
Xiao Jin huddled in a hidden compartment of the warehouse locker, with Chu Yuan and the others beside her.
When Xiao Jin came in, she saw Xiao Chengzhi's corpse on the ground. His face was pale, his fingers were clenched into claws, and he stretched his arm out towards the door.
It seems the spinal injury wasn't too severe, as he can still move it!
Unfortunately, even if he could move, he couldn't hold on to pick up the medicine and inject it into his body; at least, that's what the syringe rolling down at Xiao Chengzhi's feet told Xiao Jin.
Chu Yuan and his two companions also saw the body.
However, the three of them looked perfectly normal, seemingly not caring at all whether Xiao Chengzhi was alive or dead, and not even particularly interested in the fact that there was a corpse there.
Soon, the group found the overhead cabinets in the warehouse and climbed inside, followed by others who came after them.
"Bang bang bang!!" The sounds of rummaging and knocking kept ringing in my ears.
"Is there?"
"Nothing was found."
"Let's take another look over there..."
Outside the cabinet door, the maid's footsteps paced back and forth, and the beam of a flashlight occasionally swept through the gap.
"Strange, I clearly saw them running this way..." the maid muttered, tapping the cabinet door with the pliers.
The maids were persistent. The toys were too small to be easily spotted in the large villa, but they still searched the warehouse for a long time.
Immediately, the servants' gazes were fixed on the top of their heads.
Xiao Jin held her breath—if the cotton doll needed to breathe.
"Have you seen it from above?"
"It's a bit high, I'll find a ladder."
With a rustling sound, the ladder was moved to the bottom of the hanging cabinet. In the darkness, Xiao Jin and the others pressed their bodies against the cabinet wall.
The beam of a flashlight shone in from inside the door, and the maid stared wide-eyed as she looked up into the cabinet.
However, perhaps because it hadn't been cleaned for too long, as soon as the door opened, a cloud of dust fell onto the servant's face.
Ouch!
"What's wrong?" The other servants' pupils shrank instantly, and they all gripped their knives and sticks tightly.
"No...cough cough, there's too much dust, there's nothing there, let's hurry to the next place!"
The sound gradually faded into the distance until not even a single footstep could be heard.
However, given the example of the hostess, none of the four dared to move, and they remained there for a full twenty minutes.
Twenty minutes later.
"Phew..." Tong Xiaolu's springy rabbit dangled upside down from the ceiling vent, looked around, and then gently nudged Song Chao's shoulder with its metal leg: "It's alright, safe now."
Chu Yuan's teddy bear also popped out from behind, cotton leaking even more from its broken leg: "These NPCs are even more troublesome than contaminated toys."
Xiao Jin gently pushed open the cabinet door, his plastic eyeballs scanning the warehouse. Suddenly, he noticed that Xiao Chengzhi's body, which had been on the ground, had inexplicably disappeared.
Were they taken away by an NPC?
They jumped down from the cabinet and tiptoed to the door, peering out through the crack.
At this moment, three male servants holding hunting rifles were standing in the courtyard, their eyes constantly scanning the lawn and bushes, searching for the players' location.
"Alright, it seems we won't be able to get out anytime soon, so let's stay here for now." After saying that, Chu Yuan found a relatively clean spot and lay down.
Xiao Jin did the same thing.
Seeing this, Tong Xiaolu and Song Chao exchanged a glance and sat down quietly.
After that, everyone hid from nightfall to dawn, and then from dawn to nightfall again. Fortunately, the toys didn't need to eat and didn't feel hungry.
Even so, Xiao Jin and the others were almost found several times, but they managed to escape each time.
Today is the fifth night, and it's also the day that Xiao Jin and Jian Yiqiu had agreed upon.
Chu Yuan and the others knew about Xiao Jin's side quest and believed that there would be significant changes after rescuing the 'author'. Therefore, Chu Yuan, Tong Xiaolu, and the other two decided to go to the third floor of the villa with Xiao Jin.
To get to the third floor, you have to overcome many obstacles from the NPCs.
The NPCs have been taking turns sleeping, while the people on duty are responsible for searching for players' whereabouts in the villa.
To get to the third floor of the villa, it's best to have a well-thought-out plan.
As for the other players, they did consider leaving, but the main quest was to protect the humans inside the villa, and if they left, the quest would fail.
So, even though they had to protect the humans who were hostile to them, the players still had to grit their teeth and stay.
It's night again.
At this moment, most of the humans appeared in the courtyard, their probing gazes never ceasing.
"Looks like they've learned their lesson." Song Chao appeared unhurriedly from behind the food rack: "They're deliberately blocking the way, preventing us from getting the batteries. They don't intend to let the players revert to human form."
“Of course these people don’t want to.” Tong Xiaolu pouted. “If we could recover, we wouldn’t be being chased like rats.”
Xiao Jin nodded: "Then let's proceed according to plan for now, and ignore the battery issue. Once the contaminated toy appears, we'll go straight to the third floor."
Yes, although plans can't keep up with changes, the outcome wasn't too different.
Even if Xiao Jin and her group are not discovered by the people inside the villa, if Xiao Jin releases the imprisoned 'writer' tonight, it will still cause a riot.
It's just been brought forward now...
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