Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?
Chapter 153 - 150: Problem Detected, Mission Aborted

Employee dormitory, refresh point.

The new member lay on the ground facing up, while Yang Mingzhong sat cross-legged beside him. From somewhere, he took a few coils from transformers and stripped the metal wires from them, wrapping them around the Soul Threads on their new member's fingers.

Seeing the metallic wires entangled around the Soul Threads, Mr. Jiao finally released the two alloy pincers on his oral part, and started biting the Soul Threads with a sound like eating vegetables, "crunch, crunch."

The Soul Threads that were originally unbreakable by scissors or fire were easily dealt with by Mr. Jiao.

Seeing this, Yang Mingzhong breathed a sigh of relief, "Done. This little guy didn't refuse to help, he's just picky. He only eats metal, won't touch other materials."

Hu Jiayao, Huang Yan, and Guo Xiaofu immediately gathered around, showering Yang Mingzhong with praise for his cleverness.

Gu Jinxing, sitting next to Yang Mingzhong, glanced at the Soul Threads, which had been bitten off along with the connecting wires, and then at the countdown timer for the task floating overhead, "It's eating too slow, one minute has passed, and it only bit off two wires. At this rate, we probably won't be able to remove all the Soul Threads from him before the next task ends."

Yang Mingzhong glanced at Mr. Jiao in his hand, admitting that Gu Jinxing had a point——

Mr. Jiao resembled a little crab; although its alloy pincers were sharp and could crunch metal easily, it took its time eating, like a health-conscious eater not in a hurry.

This creature wasn't intelligent and couldn't be urged in human language to eat faster. Yang Mingzhong tried to pinch its shell and antennae, but if provoked, it not only would not speed up but would also retract its alloy pincers and go on strike for a while.

Lying on the ground, the new member, upon hearing their conversation, immediately used his newly freed finger to point desperately at his own mouth.

Yang Mingzhong understood and brought the wire to the person's mouth, "While there's still a little time left before the task ends, let's free his mouth first, so at least he can communicate normally with us."

"Mmm! Mmm!" The new member nodded vigorously, with a strong desire to communicate.

Yang Mingzhong quickly wrapped the metal wire around the person's mouth, and Mr. Jiao began to feast at a leisurely pace, like a refined old nobleman.

With only a few minutes left before the task ended, the new member's lips were finally freed.

He exhaled long, tears of joy spilling out.

In truth, those Soul Threads were very thin, wrapped around his mouth for so long that he hardly felt anything, only a slight pain similar to getting stitches removed after surgery when Mr. Jiao bit into them, along with a tingle, but it was completely bearable.

What he couldn't bear was the sense of helplessness, having a mouth but unable to speak.

Now finally free, he was filled with gratitude towards everyone present, "Thank you so much, everyone! Thank you so much!"

Just thanking didn't feel sufficient; to express sincerity, he earnestly warned several of them: "The task on this map has..." problems!

The word "problems" never made it out, swallowed down directly.

Immediately after, a warning sound echoed in his mind——

[Detected violation of spoilers, prohibited communication with non-same-round players during the instance, severe breach, issuing a verbal warning!]

[Three verbal warnings will result in penalties such as deduction of Gold Coins, equipment, items, and restriction on attribute upgrades. Five warnings will lead to account deletion and forced entry into the waiting space. Please take note.]

Upon hearing this warning, the new member turned pale with fright, not daring to utter another word.

Gu Jinxing observed the situation, looked up, and exchanged a glance with Yang Mingzhong, quickly understanding what had transpired.

Yang Mingzhong patted the other's shoulder, "Little brother, don't say what shouldn't be said, cherish your account."

At this moment, Wen Nan entered the dormitory right at the last moment.

Seeing Wen Nan entering, the members instinctively raised their heads to look at the countdown screen.

As expected, the screen quickly lit up with a red warning light counting down the last ten seconds.

The members greeted Wen Nan briefly and then stood up to head towards the settlement area.

As expected, this time Yang Mingzhong received the highest score of 79 points, while Gu Jinxing earned 65 points for contributing important information from his notebook. Others barely passed the mark.

Wen Nan looked at his settlement panel, lost in thought at Guan Ailin's 88% strategy completion rate.

Earlier in the CEO's office, by the floor-to-ceiling window, Guan Ailin had opened up to him, and her words still echoed in Wen Nan's ears.

Guan Ailin's unexpected awakening made her question the reality of the world she lived in. This doubt created a barrier in her mind, and as long as it existed, Wen Nan feared it would be impossible to achieve a perfect strategy with her.

Just as described in the main task — Erin is sick.

Whether it's Guan Ailin as a character or this company, both are sick...

Just as he was thinking this, the settlement panel overhead transitioned——

[Congratulations to all players! Main Line Task 3 has officially ended!]

[Now entering countdown to start of Main Line Task 4——]

[00:00:03——]

[00:00:02——]

[00:00:01——]

[Beep!]

[The new player task has arrived, please check it!]

[Main Line Task 4: Use Mr. Jiao to resolve the cause of the sickness.]

[Task Description: Clever you have successfully identified the root cause of the illness and easily obtained Mr. Jiao, so what are you waiting for? Please use Mr. Jiao to cut off the cause of the illness!]

[Now entering task countdown——]

[15:00——]

[14:59——]

Huang Yan looked up at the countdown, "Does it have to be this extreme? Last time the task was 48 hours, now it's just 15 minutes?"

Guo Xiaofu: "We already have Mr. Jiao and the key item for the cause of illness, we can complete the task right at this refresh point without going anywhere. 15 minutes should be enough, right?"

Huang Yan nodded, "That's true."

Hu Jiayao turned his head, looking incredulously at Gu Jinxing, giving him a thumbs up, "Xing, what a prophecy! Exactly the same as your prediction for the next main task!"

Now fully convinced, Hu Jiayao pulled out the confidential document and handed it over, "Come on! Quickly get Mr. Jiao out and destroy it, so we can move on to the final task!"

Yang Mingzhong cooperatively pulled out the remaining wire, "Mr. Jiao won't eat the material in the confidential document; we need to wrap metal wire around it first. The time is tight, let's start quickly."

The members discussed among themselves, gathered together, and rolled up their sleeves, ready to start.

At this moment, the president's voice sounded behind them:

"Stop everything! This is a distraction. The task target this time is not here at all!"

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