Chapter 2: Promote Civility and Set New Trends
The scimitar stabbed down smoothly, and the powerful recoil from the collision with the ground made its wrist tremble twice. Looking up, it saw that the sharp tip of the knife was slightly curled, and below.
There is nothing.
Empty.
They ran away.
It curled the corners of its lips and slowly turned around. The iron armor on its body made a series of crisp clash sounds as it walked.
Countdown one minute and thirty seconds.
It still has time to catch those players who love to run away.
…
"Damn, you scared me to death." Sun Yuancheng, who had survived the disaster, almost shed two lines of tears of emotion, "I really thought I was going to die just now."
"You are quite naive. You believe everything I say," Li Ziyue pulled him to run, "But let me digress. Even in the infinite flow world, we must be civilized and strive to become innovative and high-quality talents with new ideas in the new era."
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"Sorry," Li Ziyue sighed, "I just finished organizing the Chinese composition materials for the college entrance examination before the next copy."
"Ah? How can you still play a dungeon in your third year of high school? Hurry up and review!"
"..." Li Ziyue hesitated for a rare moment, "I have been repeating the grade for nearly ten years... I have basically finished all the questions that have appeared in the market."
[Brother Li: That year, that gloomy afternoon, that damn English test paper ruined my dream of getting into C9 and Huawu]
[Hahaha, don't go too far in the beginning. Even if Li Ge scored full marks in English, he still scored 60 points in Chinese and only did the last big question in physics and finally got 20 points in the comprehensive science paper. Support Li Ge! ]
[Ah? Arts students don't quite understand, what is the full score for the last big question in physics? ]
【20ah】
【ah? ? 】
"Hiss..." After repeating the same grade for nearly ten years... Sun Yuancheng calculated Li Ziyue's real age.
"Brother!" He suddenly hugged Li Ziyue.
As the saying goes, "Older people are more reliable": "Brother, please take care of me!"
Li Ziyue: “……?”
"Brother...what is that..." Sun Yuancheng, upholding his newbie spirit of asking three thousand questions, was about to throw out a question after just taking two breaths. Li Ziyue kept silent and turned into a storage room at the back where fruits and vegetables were stored.
"Hide," Li Ziyue pulled Sun Yuancheng to an inconspicuous corner and stuffed a long green eggplant into his mouth. "If you really want to talk, eat some eggplant to plug your mouth."
Sun Yuancheng felt wronged, Sun Yuancheng felt uncomfortable, and Sun Yuancheng didn't want to eat eggplant.
Sun Yuancheng swallowed the eggplant with a tasteless look, his face miserable but he huddled in a corner obediently. He thought to himself that he would wait until Li Ziyue's expression eased up before asking if he could replace the eggplant with tomatoes, cucumbers or something like that, as they were more refreshing when eaten raw.
Unexpectedly, before he could even chew a few bites of the eggplant, Li Ziyue grabbed his collar and pulled him upwards. The powerful pulling force made his throat feel sore and swollen. Sun Yuancheng was still in an unclear state, and his whole body was spinning in the air following Li Ziyue's movements.
Li Ziyue held him in his hand, and he held the eggplant in his hand.
In the midst of darkness, he heard Li Ziyue calling him, "Sun Yuancheng, crawl forward."
Sun Yuancheng was still in a daze. Li Ziyue grabbed his calf from behind and pushed him forward.
Sun Yuancheng suddenly started and quickly retracted his calf, then looked at Li Ziyue nervously.
Li Ziyue thought Sun Yuancheng was not used to physical contact with others, so he apologized: "Sorry."
He lowered his eyes and looked at his hands without saying anything.
Sun Yuancheng smiled awkwardly: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm still a little dizzy, and I subconsciously resisted you..."
He realized that he had been stuffed into a narrow ventilation duct at the top of the warehouse by Li Ziyue without knowing when. Sun Yuancheng did not dare to hesitate. Just as he was about to reach out and crawl forward, he heard... another strange sound in the tight sound of the wind.
The sound was rhythmic, alternating between heavy and light, like someone was running.
He suddenly recalled the footsteps he had heard in the corridor earlier, and his mind went blank. The next moment, Li Ziyue tapped him lightly on the forehead.
Return of consciousness.
Sun Yuancheng lowered his lips and lowered his voice as if he was about to cry: "Brother...the sound...did you hear it?"
"I heard it." Li Ziyue lowered his eyes and looked down.
The ventilation hole is located at a high altitude, and through a small gap, you can get a general view of the lower end of the warehouse.
He counted down in a low voice: "47 seconds left."
"What?" Sun Yuancheng was stunned, his attention obviously drawn to the other side, "Brother, you can wear a watch? How come my watch was confiscated when the dungeon was opened?"
"No." Li Ziyue looked up at Sun Yuancheng's wrist. There was a white circle on it due to wearing a watch. It seemed that he usually needed to keep an eye on the time to do things. "Candidates are not allowed to bring their own watches in the college entrance examination room. This is to prevent some candidates from bringing their own watches and the time indicated in the examination room from deviating from the time. Candidates use the time to make a fuss about unfairness."
"This dungeon is the same. They are afraid that players will use the few seconds when the dungeon ends to cause trouble, so the time is strictly monopolized by a third party. So after finishing this dungeon, you can practice your inner countdown. Multiple skills give you multiple ways to survive. Maybe this can save your life in a dungeon in the future."
"Okay, let's get back to the topic." Li Ziyue's voice became deeper.
"The one chasing us in the corridor just now was neither a human nor a fake human. It was a third-party inspector arranged by the game. In order to promote the progress of the game, [it will chase and kill whether it is a fake human or a human]."
"Brother, can you beat it?" Sun Yuancheng's eyes were filled with expectation and admiration.
[My brother Li can defeat anyone in a second. I can defeat anyone.]
[Are you really that strong? Why isn't your name on the leaderboard? I'm dying of laughter.]
[Where did this troublemaker come from? Housing manager, kick him out quickly]
"I can fight it," Li Ziyue held his forehead helplessly, "but there's no need. This thing is made of iron all over, it's hard to fight. Secondly, it can revive infinitely, and I can only paralyze it for a while after all my efforts."
"Also, judging from the rules, the game is not designed for it to fight with the player."
The footsteps gradually increased.
"As long as you are out of its sight for two minutes, its lock on you will automatically clear. Now, there are still 30 minutes..."
Li Ziyue suddenly changed the subject: "You didn't hear it all before. There was more than one footsteps."
Sun Yuancheng was stunned.
"Someone is coming."
A broad knife with a sharp tip revealed itself and inserted itself into the gap in the door that Li Ziyue had left half-closed, like a lurking cheetah.
The blade swung slightly, opening the door, and then a muscular figure shrank in stealthily.
"Uh..." Before Sun Yuancheng could react, Li Ziyue stuffed a piece of cabbage into his mouth.
[Hahahaha, when did Yueyue touch the cabbage?]
【Sun Yuancheng: ? Brother, I haven't finished eating the eggplant yet, isn't this a bit of a waste?】
Li Ziyue looked over in a deep voice.
There were several wooden storage boxes stacked under the vent. It was with the help of those boxes that Li Ziyue and Sun Yuancheng climbed up to the vent.
Similarly, Yang Hu could also climb up the box, but the ventilation hole was so small that it was difficult to accommodate the two of them, so Yang Hu definitely could not get in.
But this doesn't mean that Yang Hu doesn't want to come up.
Li Ziyue's eyes darkened slightly, and his fingers felt a cold spot in his arms.
The scimitar is ready to go.
It's not that he doesn't have the ability to kick those overlapping boxes into pieces, but Yang Hu is not powerless. If he wants to get up, he has too many options to choose from.
Because of this, Li Ziyue chose to wait and see, in other words, to test things slowly.
He still couldn't be sure whether the Yang Hu in front of him was a real player or -
Fake person.
Yang Hu lowered his head and looked around the warehouse for a few rounds. It seemed that he didn't find anything unusual, so he walked out the door.
He won't come up.
The stone hanging in Li Ziyue's heart quietly relaxed.
And just one second after he took a step, a sharp gaze suddenly met Li Ziyue above.
Yang Hu's huge bloodshot eyes stared at the ceiling, like a poisonous frog lurking beneath his body, ready to jump up at any time.
A cool breeze blew in from the vent, and behind the long white blades was just an unpainted wall.
There are no people there.
As soon as Yang Hu left, Sun Yuancheng couldn't help twisting his body twice. Just as he was about to take a breath, Li Ziyue stuffed the cabbage into his mouth again. "The footsteps haven't disappeared yet. There are still 15 seconds."
"ah?"
Sun Yuancheng hesitated.
As soon as he finished speaking, the inspector appeared at the door.
[Why is it that as soon as one wave subsides, another wave rises? Are we having a banquet? How many more waves of people are coming?]
[Brother Li, hold on. I'm going to steal the electric bike with the license plate number 475*** in front of me to exchange points for your reward. You have to survive this.]
[Fuck, stop it, that's my electric bike! ]
The inspector scanned the ground with his eyes and made no attempt to look up.
The upper ventilation vents can barely be considered a visual blind spot. When faced with a scene surrounded by a lot of clutter, people will subconsciously choose to carefully check the ground. Their attention will be drawn there, and they will naturally ignore the ceiling.
Li Ziyue muttered to himself.
[10]
[9]
[8]
Suddenly, a strong wind blew outside, and the cramped vent made a whistling sound. The inspector at the bottom suddenly raised his head.
Seeing the ventilation window that seemed to be normal, the inspector gave an ambiguous smile.
[I found you]
[5]
[4]
[3]
The blade was unsheathed, and at the same time, on the other side——
The broadsword suddenly slashed down from behind the inspector, heading straight for his neck. The collision and friction of the iron weapons sparked a flash of sparks. The man held the broadsword with both hands, veins on his arms bulged, and pressed down hard. The inspector could not bear the weight and his feet sank down.
The ground began to break apart from that point, the cracks became deeper and deeper, and gradually a densely packed dark rift emerged.
The man did not relax, and immediately swept the sword downwards, slashing diagonally towards the inspector's waist and abdomen.
“Bang!”
The sharp sound of the weapon shocked the ears, and the sound lingered for three days, filling the people's minds and replaying for a long time.
"puff--"
The armor was cut open, revealing the complicated circuits inside. Yang Hu reached out with one hand and pulled out hundreds of wires from the inspector's body without hesitation. Sparks flew everywhere, and the protective layers wrapped around the outside broke one after another, exposing the fragile filaments inside and instantly split into several pieces.
The patroller was stuck deep in the collapsed ground, his limbs were powerless, and he seemed to have lost his ability to fight.
Seeing this, Li Ziyue retracted the scimitar with half of the blade exposed.
Sun Yuancheng held a half-eaten eggplant in one hand and a cabbage with only the heart left in the other, and breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before he could utter any happy words, Li Ziyue's expression became increasingly gloomy.
He expected that Yang Hu was capable, but he did not expect that Yang Hu could kill the inspector single-handedly in such a short time.
If it is friendship, it is good and bad.
The good thing is that Yang Hu's fighting power is obviously above the standard, and he is a strong teammate. The bad thing is that after a normal person becomes a pseudo-human, his fighting power will be further strengthened on the original basis. Yang Hu is so strong as an ordinary person, but once he becomes a pseudo-human, most people will only die if they confront him head-on.
But, if it is an enemy——
His eyes swept across the area, and when he saw a certain place, his heart suddenly tightened and all the blood in his body rushed to his forehead.
As the saying goes, when people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth.
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