After I got up, Ji Lin'an brought the food to me: "Eat something quickly, the barrier will be activated again at 2 o'clock."
I couldn't help but frown: "We've got one dead, one unconscious, and An Xin and I injured. How are we going to get out of here?"
Ji Lin'an sighed: "We can only take the risk of not leaving the safe house for the time being, but the barrier will not be closed. If we don't go out, we can only pray that Zhu Chen's team won't come looking for us, then we will be safe."
I said, "We haven't been able to get through any of the three routes, nor have we seen any other safe houses. Maybe the other teams can't find our safe house for the time being either?"
Ji Lin'an nodded: "That's possible, but we can only take a gamble. If we really encounter it, we have no choice but to hold this place and fight to the death."
I looked at the food on the tray by the bedside and had no appetite. I picked up the water glass; it was still warm, and I felt a warmth in my hand. "Wei Bin is still unconscious. According to the rules, the door won't close until everyone has left. We can't leave Wei Bin behind and act alone. Besides, the door doesn't care; people can come in at any time. But taking Wei Bin with us means we'll have to take turns carrying him out. An Xin and Li Song are injured, and Song Yi and I can't carry them. Xiao Dian is too small. It's just you, Zhang Funan, and Chen Hu. We can't count on Zhang Funan's small arms and legs. You need to free up your hands to hold the gun and protect us. If it's just Chen Hu alone, it won't work. So it seems we can only take a gamble by hiding in the safe house."
Ji Lin'an nodded helplessly: "Okay, let's decide on this then. I'll go out and talk to them, and discuss with everyone whether there are any protective measures."
Ji Lin'an turned and walked out of the room. When he reached the door, he stopped, turned around, and pointed to the food on the bedside table: "You should eat something. You lost too much blood and need to replenish it."
I smiled and nodded, "Okay, I understand. You go ahead and get busy."
After a moment, Ji Lin'an and everyone agreed to stay at the safe house. There was only one pontoon bridge leading to the safe house. Ji Lin'an and Chen Hu set up several animal traps at the entrance of the pontoon bridge at the three-way intersection. Ji Lin'an, Zhang Funan, and An Xin all had long-range vision. The three of them took turns using their skills to keep watch outside. As long as they could hold out for two hours, they would have a night to rest.
At this point, the TV showed only 22 people left. Out of the 10-person team, we only killed 9, and one escaped. That means there are only two teams left. If only a successful match allows entry to the safe house via coordinates, then the team we killed didn't include Kaka and that man. This can only mean they were matched with Zhu Chen's team. Thinking about this, my head instantly went blank...
If I'm not mistaken, the person next to Kaka is Yuan Rui from the leaderboard. The top four on the leaderboard are all in their team, so it's going to be really difficult for us to survive to the end.
After the barrier was activated, Ji Lin'an was the first to use his skill to observe the outside world. After fifteen minutes, there was no movement. Zhang Funan was the second, and after fifteen minutes, there was still no movement. An Xin was the third to use his clairvoyance, and after fifteen minutes, there was still no movement.
All three of our skills were off cooldown. In order not to waste skills and points, we held on until 3 o'clock. After 3 o'clock, Ji Lin'an started looking at the thermal imaging after his skills were off cooldown. After observing for a while, Ji Lin'an frowned. I asked nervously, "Has anyone come?"
Ji Lin'an shook his head: "No one was there, I just saw something strange."
I asked, "What?"
Ji Lin'an brought the phone screen closer to me and pointed to the lake on the screen: "Look, there seems to be a barrier not far from the lake. The barrier in this corner is a different color."
I carefully observed the thermal image displayed on my phone, and sure enough, as Ji Lin'an said, there was a barrier about 3 meters away from us on the lake surface. The barrier on the left side of the floating bridge was orange-yellow in color and shaped like a door.
I said, "Could this be an exit?"
Ji Lin'an shook his head: "I don't know, but we can go and investigate."
I frowned and said, "How are we supposed to get across? Swim across?"
Ji Lin'an nodded: "That should be the only way."
I said, "Or we could try using manipulation skills to move the items and see if we can get through."
Ji Lin'an thought for a moment: "Hmm, that works too. You have a solar-powered monitoring system in your space, right? Get me one and use it to go and investigate. If it's an exit, we can see what's going on the other side."
I nodded happily and took out the surveillance camera from my space. Ji Lin'an finished using his skill, and Zhang Funan activated his All-Hearing ability to continue investigating. Ji Lin'an placed the camera in the sunlight outside the door, but found that although the sunlight was strong, the camera could not be turned on. The idea of using the camera to investigate had to be abandoned.
Ji Lin'an went back inside and took off his coat. I asked curiously, "What are you doing? Are you planning to swim across?"
Ji Lin'an nodded: "Yes, it's not far. I'd better go and take a look to avoid wasting my skills."
I nodded: "Okay, then you can ask Zhang Funan... oh, he's in the skills section, you can ask Chen Hu to help you out."
I had barely finished speaking when I heard Zhang Funan's terrified voice from the living room: "I heard some noise, and there are quite a few people."
Ji Lin'an rushed to the living room, and I also got out of bed and ran to Zhang Funan. Zhang Funan listened with a frown: "It's another team. I heard the movement of 10 people. They are in the maze, more than a kilometer away from the exit."
We all immediately became alert and stood at the door, keeping a close eye on the three-way intersection. There were two windows directly opposite the safe house, so we split up and squeezed behind them. We listened as Zhang Funan reported Zhu Chenma's distance: "1100 meters... 1000 meters... 900 meters..."
When they reached 900 meters, Zhang Funan's skill also cooled down. At this point, there were only 30 minutes left before the barrier gate closed. It would take them about 10 more minutes to walk over. If they could just hold on for another 20 minutes, they would be safe.
Time passed second by second. At 3:40, there was still no sign of them. At 3:45, there was still no movement. Ji Lin'an's skill cooldown time was over. He activated his All-Hearing, listened for a moment, and then said, "They're gone."
Zhang Funan immediately asked in confusion, "What happened? I clearly heard a noise just now."
Ji Lin'an seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Perhaps it was almost time, so they chose to return to the safe house first."
Hearing Ji Lin'an's words, everyone relaxed. Some went back to their rooms, while others lay down on the sofa. Ji Lin'an and Chen Hu remained at the door, with Ji Lin'an continuing to use his skill to observe the situation...
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