"Captain, what do we do?" One of the men, his forehead covered in cold sweat, crouched in the corner, anxiously looking at the squad leader.
"Clang, clang, clang..." The sound grew closer and closer, and everyone involuntarily held their breath. The oppressive feeling made them feel like they were drowning, unable to breathe.
One of them couldn't take it anymore and reached out to grab the captain's clothes. His hand was still trembling uncontrollably, and his eyes were full of fear: "Let's go, Captain, let's give up and leave."
Seeing his team members' pale faces, the squad leader knew he wasn't much better off, so he nodded: "Okay, let's go."
He turned on the light panel and was about to press the button when a series of footsteps came, followed by a girl's voice from outside.
"Wow! He's so big! Why is he wearing a mask?" Momo asked curiously, sitting on Dahei's back.
The butcher with the large knife stopped and looked at the newcomer. He was excited to see so many prey in front of him, especially since some of them had a familiar scent that piqued his interest.
This time, when Luo Xi and Yi Yi saw the eerie figure before them again, they weren't overwhelmed by its strange aura as before. This was because the golden light emanating from Xu Anran's body blocked the eerie presence.
The butcher took two steps forward and then stopped. He felt extremely uncomfortable about getting close to these people, or more precisely, to the golden light over there.
Seeing that he stopped and did not go forward, Xu Anran used golden light to create a knife and rushed over, slashing at the butcher's head. The butcher's instinctive fear made him dodge and use his own big knife to block. What he did not expect was that as soon as Xu Anran's golden light touched his big knife, the knife immediately turned into ashes.
The butcher's fear deepened, and he used teleportation to escape.
Xu Anran looked at the empty corridor with a regretful expression. Turning her head, she saw several heads peeking out from a room. Just as she was about to take out her knife and finish them off, she heard the people there say, "We are human beings, let us go!"
Xu Anran didn't care about any of that. She was in a bad mood, and besides, weren't all the people here supposed to be enemies trying to steal her tickets? If they were enemies, there was no need to hold back.
Luo Xi reached out to stop Xu Anran. Seeing her puzzled expression, Luo Xi said, "Let's hear what they have to say first."
The team members raised their hands above their heads and walked out of the room. These people had just witnessed Xu Anran and her group's behavior; they weren't afraid of the eerie creature at all, and had even scared it away, which made them involuntarily widen their eyes.
Seeing the powerful figure radiating golden light in front of them, just as they were about to take action to eliminate them, the team leader nervously spoke up: "Don't make a move! We still have some points. We can give them to you and then withdraw from the competition."
"Hmm? Can points be transferred from this competition?" Luo Xi asked.
The squad leader nodded: "Yes, when I tried to quit the game, the option to transfer points appeared."
"This must be a new rule added by the waiting room itself. The waiting room probably also hopes to reduce the number of deaths," Zhao Chang'an said.
Luo Xi looked at Xu Anran and asked, "How about letting them transfer their points and withdraw from the competition? That way, they won't be a threat to us."
Xu Anran tilted her head and thought for a moment, the red circles in her eyes unusually bright. She nodded and said, "Okay, then hurry up, we need to find that guy as soon as possible."
After transferring the points, that team immediately withdrew from the competition.
After they came out, one of the team members asked, "Captain, let's give them the points and ask them to let us go. If we leave that place, we might still have a chance."
The team leader shook his head, looking helpless. "Didn't you see? That's the mutual aid society that's been making waves lately, and that guy radiating golden light is their leader. If I had spoken a moment later, we would have died there. We're too weak; there's no need for us to stay there. Let's go back to the waiting room and work harder, and participate again next year."
The factory corridors turned into a giant game of hide-and-seek, with Xu Anran and the others searching everywhere for the butcher, who would immediately flee and hide whenever he sensed them.
After a group of people had been waiting there for more than half an hour, Xu Anran smiled and looked at everyone: "I have a solution."
The footsteps inside the factory were chaotic and disorderly. Many people were running around inside. Momo and Maisui were leading the zombies on the first floor, while Zhao Chang'an, Liu Bo, and Su Shuzhi were on the second floor. Some of the others were in the basement, and some were on the third floor. Everyone was searching for the Butcher.
Luo Xi walked down the dark corridor and came to a fork in the road. Yi Yi, who was beside her, said, "I'll go right, you go left."
Luo Xi nodded, and the two went their separate ways. A pair of gloomy and crazed eyes watched Luo Xi walk down the corridor. He had been secretly following her for a while, and seeing that the person radiating golden light had not appeared beside her, the butcher grinned, grabbed his large knife, and teleported behind Luo Xi in the next second.
The broadsword swung horizontally behind Luo Xi, aiming for Luo Xi's neck. With a "bang," the broadsword was deflected. The butcher looked on in disbelief as his broadsword was blocked by the golden light that suddenly appeared on Luo Xi's body. Luo Xi turned around and, before the butcher could react, threw several golden stones at him. Then he announced to everyone that he had captured the strange creature.
Xu Anran sensed the stone's activation and was almost there when she received the message. The others who received the message also rushed over.
Seeing the butcher locked in golden light, Xu Anran excitedly raised the golden knife she had condensed, ready to slash at him. At this moment, the butcher, who wanted to escape, was unable to teleport away from the golden light.
Xu Anran's idea was to put the golden light into a crystal and have everyone carry it around, so the eerie creature would be too afraid to come out. Then, the others could act as bait to lure the eerie creature out, and the stones she provided could be used to subdue it.
As for whether the people acting as bait will be in danger, of course they won't be. The stone she gave them will protect them, and she can sense when the stone is activated.
Xu Anran swung her golden knife down, and the butcher looked at the knife in horror. His face under the mask was contorted with terror. Before he could even scream, the golden knife cleaved his body in two, turning the butcher into ashes.
Seeing the points on the board increase dramatically, the guild, which was originally ranked around tenth, suddenly rose to third place, which shows how valuable this butcher is.
If he hadn't been trapped in this factory and unable to leave, he might have become the Ghost King long ago.
Seeing the Passengers' Mutual Aid Association's points surge, the other team leaders looked grim. One of them asked uncertainly, "If we join forces, can we solve the problem of the Mutual Aid Association?"
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