At this moment, the guard captain suddenly frowned: "Now, look around you and tell me, is there anyone among you behaving strangely?"
The NPCs around him all looked around blankly, and Xiao Jin also pretended to be looking around with a blank expression.
Meanwhile, Mao Liu felt a tightness in his anus when the guard captain mentioned that someone was behaving strangely. He then blankly looked around, though his back was practically soaked with sweat.
"Very good!" The captain of the guards seemed very dissatisfied with the result; the coldness on his face was almost tangible.
"It seems you're not being honest. Bring the person over here."
Then, two guards came in from outside, carrying a bloodied and mangled humanoid object. The object's head was drooping and its feet were hanging down on the ground. The two guards brought it in and threw it hard to the ground.
Screams and commotion erupted in the crowd; they had never expected to witness such a horrific scene.
The chubby boy that Xiao Jin had noticed earlier was trembling like a leaf. However, he was lucky; his seat was not only at the back, but there was also a pillar in front of him that blocked the guard captain's view.
Otherwise, judging from his appearance, it's obvious that something's fishy going on.
Due to the limited view, Xiao Jin could clearly see that the chubby boy's legs were wobbling. If it weren't for the chair supporting him, he probably would have sat down on the ground long ago.
Xiao Jin chuckled; this was the first time she had ever seen such a timid player.
He was just a person who wasn't quite dead yet, with a lot of blood on him, and the fact that the person who attacked him was human had terrified him like this.
Ahead, as the guard captain threw the bloodied man in front of the crowd, his eyes, like searchlights, frantically scanned the crowd, trying to find anyone whose expression was unusual.
Unfortunately, he was disappointed.
Frustrated at not achieving his goal, the guard captain took a few steps forward and then kicked the man on the ground.
"Pfft!" The man spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Hmph!" The guard captain didn't care about the mental damage he had just caused to the others. He said coldly, "This person was trying to find the top secrets in the laboratory, but I found out."
"When we found him, he resisted to the death and even tried to break through the defenses by force. Now you've seen what happened to him. I don't care if there are any of his accomplices among you or not, you'd better watch out and don't let me find you."
After saying that, the captain of the guards waved his hand, and the two guards behind him raised their submachine guns and began firing at the players on the ground.
In that spacious hall, a sudden, loud gunshot rang out like a thunderclap, instantly tearing apart the previously solidified air. The echo leaped repeatedly between the cold walls, as if even time had stopped for a moment.
The light reflected from the blood flickered erratically amidst the flying dust, shrouding this sudden turn of events in an eerie veil.
The crowd's reaction was like a wheat field swept by a whirlwind. First, there was a collective moment of stunned silence, and then fear spread rapidly like wildfire, with screams and shouts mingling together.
People retreated rapidly, searching for a possible safe corner. Whether out of fear of the guards' force or some other rule, none of them dared to flee.
Looking at the corpses at the front, their eyes showed fear and reluctance, but no surprise. Clearly, they were used to killing people at the drop of a hat.
Amidst the chaos, a perfectly timed look of terror appeared on Xiao Jin's face, her eyes flashing with panic, and her body trembling slightly, as if she too was quite frightened by this sudden turn of events.
However, beneath this seemingly fragile exterior, Xiao Jin's gaze silently slid to her right.
Even before the echoes of the gunshot had completely faded, she caught a whiff of something unusual – a murderous aura mixed with a heavy, labored breathing sound.
This gasp stood out starkly amidst the chaos. Xiao Jin felt no tension or fear, but rather an indescribable anger.
I glanced at the person and saw a thin boy with his head down, his body trembling.
If Xiao Jin hadn't noticed, others would have just assumed he was scared.
It seems the guard captain has found the 'accomplice' he was looking for!
Whether the two players knew each other beforehand or teamed up after entering, their little tricks were discovered. One was caught red-handed and riddled with bullets, while the other successfully alerted the guards, diverting their attention to the low-level researchers.
To be honest, Xiao Jin disagreed with the behavior of these two people.
The start was bad enough, but with today's incident, the nighttime patrols will definitely be more stringent, increasing the risk to my own actions.
'Bang!'
Another shot rang out, this time the muzzle was pointed upwards.
"Shut up and behave yourselves," the guard captain snapped, forcing the commotion in the hall to cease. Everyone cowered and stared at him.
Then he said contemptuously to the people around him, "Skin this person and hang him in the hall for them to see."
After saying that, the guard captain left.
"Yes." After receiving the order, the man took out a knife from his waist, then squatted down, seemingly about to perform the operation on the spot.
Now who would dare to eat? All the NPCs hurriedly put down their plates and ran back to their dormitories with their heads down.
The player's companion seemed surprised that the NPC would be so ruthless. He suddenly raised his head and stared at the guard wielding a sharp blade at the front with bloodshot eyes.
In a corner unseen by anyone, he subtly moved his fingertips, and two mechanical spiders, gleaming with a cold light, quietly crawled down from his trouser leg and then walked forward.
The little spider circled around the table and was about to get close when it was suddenly stepped on by a large foot. The skinny player's fingertips immediately froze.
Xu Qing looked completely stunned!
What... has he been discovered?
To everyone's surprise, when Xu Qing raised his head, he was immediately met by Xiao Jin's eyes, which were as bright as cold stars, like frost covering the thin mist in the forest on a clear early winter morning, and a chill ran down his head.
Quietly collecting the scraps on the ground into her spatial storage, Xiao Jin walked forward without looking to the side. When she passed Xu Qing, she didn't stop, but quickly whispered, "Don't do anything unnecessary." Then she strode away.
Realizing what had happened, Xu Qing bit her lip and lowered her head, her eyes, hidden beneath her hair, were slightly moist and red.
He cannot be exposed yet; if the guards discover him, his fate will likely be no better than Zhao Long's.
Trying to ignore the sounds of flesh being cut and the strong smell of blood beside him, Xu Qing left the hall stiffly.
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