This Game Is Too Real
Chapter 506 Late Arrival

Chapter 506: Chapter 506 Late Arrival

"Fuck! Slimy mold?!"

Night Ten clenched the carbine in his hands, nervously looking around, and blurted out a sentence mixed with United Human language and Chinese unconsciously.

At this moment, he finally realized what that strong premonition of crisis was all about.

Jiang Xuezhou frowned.

Although she didn’t want to bother with this guy, driven by curiosity, she couldn’t help but ask,

"What is ’fuck’?"

Night Ten, with an embarrassed face, didn’t know how to explain and coughed before saying,

"It’s a mood particle... don’t mind it."

Mood particle?

Jiang Xuezhou’s frown deepened.

Since a while ago, she had a feeling that the people from the corporation and the Alliance were conspiring something, or at least hiding something from her.

Especially after seeing Night Ten chatting and laughing with Su Ming, her unease grew stronger.

"Mutated slime fungus cannot exist separately from the mother body..."

Looking around, Meng Liang continued with a grave expression,

"There are spores here, and mycelial patches, meaning there’s at least one mother body or a fully developed lair around; we must be careful."

Yun Yi didn’t speak but quickly walked to the terminal next to the main door, her fingers swiftly operating on the touch screen.

Soon, rows of pale blue code flashed across the screen so fast they were hard to see.

"What’s this?" Night Ten asked curiously as he leaned in to look.

"Connecting to the shelter’s security system," Yun Yi replied succinctly, "The access card gave us ’visitor’ permissions, which we can use to do some things."

Night Ten paused for a moment.

"Visitors can connect to the security system?"

"Under normal circumstances, no, the security system is one of the Manager’s core permissions, but it’s clear there’s no Manager here."

Glancing at the mycelial patch on the wall, Yun Yi continued, "According to the shelter system’s default rules, in the absence of an appointed Manager, some permissions will cascade down. We can’t change the rules here, but at least we can get access to the map and control over the main door."

Upon hearing this, Night Ten immediately became excited.

"Then the elevator outside—"

Yun Yi sighed impatiently, interrupting him.

"I’m talking about the main door; the elevator is under the Manager’s permission."

In other words, if others want to come down, they still need to figure out how to get an access card.

Or, someone inside needs to get the Manager’s permission.

Seeing that he couldn’t sway anyone, Night Ten deflated like a punctured ball.

To be honest, after seeing the situation on Floor B6 of Shelter No. 404, he really didn’t recommend that just a few people try to solo this high-difficulty instance.

It’s not that he lacked confidence in his own strength; it’s purely because there was too high a proportion of technical personnel!

That Yun Yi, their own Meng Liang, the Academy’s Class D researcher—they didn’t seem like the fighting type. As for the Weylent Military Officer, it was hard to say whether he was stronger than Old Soldier, the only thing Perception Attributes could tell him was that the person wasn’t too weak.

Vellante, with his arms crossed, glanced at this woman.

"Why do you know all this?"

Before Yun Yi could speak, Su Ming immediately explained for her.

"She used to work for a unit related to the shelter plan."

"Oh?" Vellante looked at her meaningfully.

At this moment, the alloy door to the left of the hall suddenly "whooshed" open, revealing the narrow corridor behind it.

Perhaps something had triggered it, or maybe it was simply due to disrepair after years of neglect.

Night Ten, Su Ming, Pangolin, and Wally almost reflexively lifted their gun barrels to point in that direction, but they discovered nothing stirring.

The corridor was eerily empty.

Although the wall lamps on both sides were lit, the patches of stains resembling blood spores still sent chills down one’s spine.

It was like the set of a horror movie.

Jiang Xuezhou couldn’t help but step back as she winced at the pungent odor of decay.

Although she was technically a combatant, her role had always been that of a drone operator, a technical position. She had never been this close to the front line, let alone ventured "solo" into ruins like today.

"Hey... are your people really still alive?" She looked anxiously at Yun Yi and couldn’t help but suggest, "How about... we retreat for now and discuss this at length?"

"Heh, didn’t you hear what that guy said? The access card has already logged our visitor information. Even if we retreat, we’ll still have to be the ones to come back next time," Wally mockingly looked at the obviously intimidated researcher, not hiding his anticipated ridicule, "If the people from the Academy are scared, they can go back on their own. The word ’retreat’ does not exist in the Weilante lexicon."

Old Soldier stifled a laugh, while Night Ten couldn’t hold back and his shoulders shook, but in order not to affect team cooperation, he quickly turned his face away.

"He’s right, even if we wanted to send more people, we’d at least need to get Manager’s permission." Glancing at the open door, Yun Yi spoke calmly.

"Who says I’m scared... I’m just being cautious," Jiang Xuezhou bit her lower lip and huffed, steeling herself to stay.

Returning alone was impossible.

Giving up on such an important mission outright, her mentor would likely kill her... that person had no sense of mentor-student sentiment.

At that moment, a voice came from Yun Yi’s direction.

"Got it."

Meng Liang immediately looked towards her.

"Got what?"

"The map... and access records for several key areas."

With the access records in hand, they could indirectly estimate the number of mucosal entities in each area, as well as the activity trails of the previous Pioneer crewmembers.

For instance, just now, eight people had taken the elevator down, and all the doors in the segments were locked. From this, they could infer the locations of themselves and others in the hall...

Wait.

Eight?

Staring at the number in the access records, Yun Yi suddenly paused and glanced at the six people around her. It wasn’t until her gaze fell on the robotic dog behind Jiang Xuezhou that she relaxed her brows.

It was understandable that the robot was judged as a visitor; after all, it was such a large device... It probably wasn’t a BUG in the system.

Pulling her hands back from the terminal, Yun Yi stretched out a finger and gently drew in the air.

A light blue screen unfolded along the trajectory of her fingertip, forming a flat map.

Then, a grid-like 3D wall extended upward from the flat surface, presenting the entire shelter’s three-dimensional structure before everyone’s eyes.

"The space here is surprisingly compact, with only one level, which saves us quite a bit of time. According to the use of the access control system, eighty people entered the shelter six months ago, with the last recorded access information in the X-13 Area. There is an archive room there, and living quarters... I suspect they went there to gather supplies and to find Sleep Cabins."

"Our primary goal is to head to the X-13 Area; regardless of whether those eighty people are still alive... we need to confirm their status and bring back those who are alive."

"However, we now have a significant problem: as you’ve seen, this shelter has been completely overrun by slime fungus. According to the records of the access control system’s use, I suspect that the location of the Lair is on top of the reactor in the power room... and it has already sensed our presence through spores the moment we came in here. Various indicators show that its metabolic level is rising."

"So before rescuing the trapped Pioneer crewmembers, we need to deal with the awakening Lair."

Su Ming’s brow furrowed slightly.

"Do you have any good ideas?"

"The reactor is equipped with a fire suppression system."

Casting her gaze toward the location of the power room on the map, Yun Yi paused before continuing calmly.

"If we activate the fire suppression system, the protective device will inject coolant into the room where the reactor is located. This system is sufficient to cool down a reactor core with a temperature of over a billion degrees, so freezing the Lair should be within our capabilities."

"Isn’t the power supply in the shelter going to be interrupted as well..." Jiang Xue Zhou murmured.

"The power will switch to the backup power supply," Yun Yi said concisely, "The backup power usually has an energy reserve of one to two months, so there’s no need to worry about a power outage even if the reactor shuts down."

Meng Liang frowned and asked,

"How do we activate the fire suppression system then?"

"There are two solutions," Yun Yi said, "Activate it from the terminal in the Manager’s Office, or manually start it directly."

"I’m in favor of heading to the Manager’s Office," Valli, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up, drawing everyone’s attention.

Seeing all eyes on him, he grinned and said as if it were a matter of course,

"Anyway, we’ll have to get the administrative access here eventually, right? Might as well get that sorted first."

This remark was indeed irrefutable.

Even Old Soldier couldn’t help nodding his head, it seemed that the Weilante People had a moment of clarity for once.

However, Yun Yi shook her head,

"You’re right, we do have to find a way to get the administrative access, but there’s a problem. Our access level is that of a visitor, our information isn’t registered in the shelter’s roster, so even if we access the terminal in the Manager’s Office, we might not get the complete administrative access. Without complete administrative access... I’m afraid it’s impossible to activate the fire suppression system without a major nuclear leak having occurred."

Meng Liang asked seriously,

"What’s the probability of gaining access?"

Yun Yi thought for a moment and said,

"It’s hard to say, fifty-fifty I guess, unfortunately, we don’t have the opportunity to trial and error. If we wait until the Lair fully awakens and begins to eliminate intruders entering its territory, it’ll be much harder to deal with it."

Night Ten stared at the map for a while and said with furrowed brows,

"So, to be on the safe side, we need two teams: one to go to the Manager’s Office to obtain access, and one to go to the power room to manually activate the fire suppression program."

Or, head to the power room first, then to the Manager’s Office.

However, both places are a bit far from each other, and it’s likely there will be quite a detour.

"Three teams," Su Ming continued, speaking earnestly, "The top priority is to evacuate the crew of the Pioneer; the entire Ideal City is watching their safety... whether or not we obtain the administrative access to this shelter, we must get them out."

"Hey, do you really think those people are still alive?" Valli chuckled and gestured with his chin towards the corridor not far away, "This shelter has already turned into such a ghostly state, I bet those guys have already become fertilizer for those sticky fungi."

Ignoring his mockery, Su Ming said calmly,

"Whether they’re still alive or not, we need to check... that’s what we came for."

"I agree with his point, and besides, the probability of their survival is high, the sticky fungi haven’t reached the area where they are located," Yun Yi surveyed the people present, "and it doesn’t matter if we don’t manage to get the administrative access this time. We can still rescue people before the Lair fully awakens, and re-enter after it goes back to sleep."

"Let’s not waste any more time, then," Night Ten sighed, breaking up the squabble and approaching the holographic map, "We need one team to go to the power room to manually activate the fire system, one team to go to the Manager’s Office to use the terminal there to obtain managerial access, and one team to go to the X-13 Area to rescue the trapped staff."

In narrow terrains, splitting up operations is actually more advantageous than moving together.

After all, the number of mucosal entities is also limited, and solitary entities are much easier to deal with than a dense tide.

These are lessons from experience.

When they went down to Floor B6 before, they also operated separately before converging.

After looking around at the representatives from various factions, Meng Liang nervously began,

"The problem now is who’s going to the Manager’s Office—"

"Of course, I am," Valli interrupted the Alliance representative before he could finish, grinning and saying, "I’m not interested in those dead people, whether you go to save them or not, my goal is there."

"It doesn’t matter who goes, it’s all the same, just help me plug this hard drive into the terminal," Yun Yi shook the thumb-sized hard drive in her hand and tossed it to Su Ming who was beside her.

At this moment, something occurred to her, and she added another sentence,

"By the way, just a heads up, the activity door in front of the Manager’s Office often switches on and off. Generally, mucosal entities will enter sleep mode along with the Lair, but evolutionary bodies are an exception—"

"Pangolin!"

Valli interrupted someone’s speech once more, looking towards Pangolin next to him and patting his shoulder with a smile, "I hear you’re good at dealing with Variants, even the Mother of Dead Claw has been defeated by you, the Manager’s Office task is yours then."

Night Ten couldn’t help but let out a laugh.

Although Old Soldier felt speechless in his heart, he didn’t dare show any flaws on his face and could only nod his head reluctantly, however unwilling he was.

"Yes!"

...

Once the combat plan was determined, the team division results came out quickly.

Team A, composed of Wally and Jiang Xuezhou, was to head to the power room to manually activate the fire suppression system and inject the coolant to put the Lair into hibernation.

Team B, formed by Night Ten and Yun Yi, would head to Area X-13 to rescue the crew of the Pioneer.

The difficulty coefficient for both tasks was not high.

According to the Access Control System usage, the Lair had not fully awakened yet, and the Eaters were the main active entities in these two areas.

As for Team C, the target was the Manager’s Office, and because there was an Evolutionary body there, an additional combat personnel was assigned, forming a group of three with Pangolin, Su Ming, and Meng Liang.

Each squad was equipped with at least one technician and one combat personnel, taking into account the opinions of all members.

For instance, Wally insisted that among the people heading to the Manager’s Office, there must be a member of the Army, and the number of people from other factions sent to the Manager’s Office must not exceed that of the Army.

As for the reason, he was quite frank—it was because he did not trust the corporate people.

Likewise, Jiang Xuezhou explicitly stated that she did not wish to collaborate with the Alliance people—especially that guy named Night Ten.

For this reason, she even did not mind being grouped with the Weilante People.

On this account, Night Ten was completely baffled, utterly unable to comprehend where he had offended that person.

They should be meeting for the first time, right?

While Night Ten was pondering over this, Yun Yi’s voice came from the side.

"My safety is in your hands, no problem, right?"

"Don’t worry! Definitely—"

Night Ten turned around and was about to give this beautiful big sister a confident and charming smile.

However, as soon as the words reached the tip of his tongue, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have just received a roll of the eyes from Jiang someone precisely because of that flashy smile.

Well done, case closed!

It turned out to be hated at that moment!

Thus, the confident and charming smile was forcefully suppressed back and the originally reliable tone of voice no longer sounded so reliable.

"...What I mean is, it’s not definite, but there probably won’t be any problem."

Watching that uneasy expression and the confusing speech, Yun Yi fell silent for a moment, her gaze upon Night Ten inadvertently carrying a trace of doubt.

This guy...

Is he really okay?

He seems to be quite young...

Night Ten was embarrassed for a good while under her scrutiny.

Dammit!

Confidence is no good, caution isn’t either.

What the hell do these fricking NPCs want?!

...

After determining the teams, the group wasted no more of the already limited time and immediately started moving toward their respective targets along the shortest routes, guided by the map provided by Yun Yi.

Jiang Xuezhou gripped the defensive pistol tightly and maintained constant mental connection with the mechanical dog behind her, staying alert to the corridor ahead.

She was on guard against the front, and also wary of the Weilante People by her side.

"Hey."

Startled by the sudden voice, Jiang Xuezhou almost fired her gun accidentally, glaring angrily at the Weylantian who had abruptly struck up a conversation with her.

"What do you want?"

"Don’t be nervous," Vellante said with an oblivious smile, waving his hand to indicate he meant no harm, then continued, "I’m just curious, does your Academy still send women to the front lines? What are your superiors... or rather, the doctors thinking?"

If it were just a woman, that would be one thing, but he could tell in a glance that this one had never set foot on a battlefield and had probably just learned how to shoot.

"Front line?" Jiang Xuezhou’s eyebrows twitched.

"This isn’t the front line? The forefront of the human war against ’Mutated slime fungus’..." Squinting and looking around, Vellante eyed the dark red fungal spots crawling all over the walls, and smirked, "It’s not just the trenches that count as the front line."

Jiang Xuezhou took a deep breath and retorted.

"The intelligence didn’t mention we’d encounter ’Mutated slime fungus’... I’m just here to recover the technology and data such as experimental logs."

It was a pity her previous team leader, Zheng Hao, was an idiot, and the quota given to the Academy by the Alliance, corporations, and armies was only one, otherwise, it should have been him, or at least both of them, coming down.

"Intelligence, huh, that’s just for reference," Vellante said disdainfully, curling his lips, "Not to mention ’Mutated slime fungus’, even with mutants or aliens, if you run into them, then you run into them. The whole planet is a battlefield, anything can happen on the battlefield... It’s been two hundred years, and it’s never ended."

Uninterested in his sarcasm, Jiang Xuezhou coldly replied.

"...Boring."

Though she said that, being distracted by this guy did make her feel a bit less tense.

The frontline of a civilization war, huh?

There seemed to be some truth to that idea.

I heard these ’Mutated slime fungi’ were a "gift" from the South Gate Two colony; by that logic, the war had indeed never ended...

"Oh, here they come."

Hearing noise coming from ahead, Vellante calmly raised his Eagle assault rifle, swiftly releasing the safety and loading the chamber.

Almost simultaneously, a tidal wave of roars surged from the front. Upon close observation, there were only a few dozen Eaters.

Even survivors armed with pipe rifles could easily take care of such small fry, let alone Weylentians who were born for war.

With a few bangs, the Eaters leading the charge immediately fell to the ground.

Watching the explosions of black blood, Vellante nonchalantly pulled the trigger, using burst fire to mow down the approaching Eaters.

In the blink of an eye, there were already more than twenty bodies lying in the corridor.

"Damn... These guys are pretty troublesome in numbers." After emptying a magazine, Vellante cursed as he quickly reloaded, casting a glance at Jiang Xuezhou standing off to the side, "Hey, from the Academy, help me out a bit."

"Heh."

Glancing at the Weylantian who was nearly overwhelmed, Jiang Xuezhou let out a cold laugh and pressed her index finger to her temple.

Pale blue ripples merged into her hair from her fingertips.

Almost at the same time, the back of the mechanical dog behind her flipped open, and two basin-sized drones shot out like lightning, whizzing over Vellante’s head.

"This is—?" Vellante thought in surprise, about to ask what these were when he saw the drones hover over the Eaters’ heads.

Almost simultaneously, a rapid-fire barrage erupted from the crowd of bodies, unleashing a downpour of bullets from above, engulfing each Eater in its path.

The horrid, dry corpses jerked as if electrocuted under the hail of bullets before helplessly collapsing to the ground.

Fifty-one Eaters were all killed off!

The whole process took less than ten seconds.

Looking at the corridor steaming with smoke and the drones leisurely returning to base, Jiang Xuezhou lifted her chin slightly, her expression smug, her face broadcasting her show-off.

Vellante knew she was trying to intimidate him but just curled his lip.

"Pfft, cheap tricks."

Bragging about killing a few dozen Eaters.

Too bad he couldn’t bring his clone troops with him.

Otherwise, a mere Class D researcher wouldn’t have the chance to strut around in front of him.

"What did you say?" Jiang Xuezhou’s eyebrows shot up instantly, his murderous look resembling that of a cat whose tail had just been stepped on.

This guy...

From the start, he had an air of disdain.

Even with her temper, she couldn’t take it anymore.

She admitted that the Academy did have some issues, but it didn’t mean shameless bandits and the sly and cunning Weilante people had any right to criticize it.

"Nothing," ignoring her facial reaction, Valli grumbled, "Come on, it’s time to leave."

Watching Valli march ahead, Jiang Xuezhou bit her lip but eventually followed.

Though there were other paths to the power room, walking alone in such a gloomy and eerie place didn’t exactly fill her with courage...

...

At the same time, not far from the Manager’s Office, with the cooperation of Old Soldier and Su Ming, the Eaters encountered along the way were easily dealt with.

Meng Liang trailed closely behind the two, never firing his gun throughout the journey. He even turned on the safety of his personal firearm... because the Weilante attendant named Pangolin told him it was safer that way.

For some reason, he always felt that guy took especially good care of him.

Even though he was from the Army...

Hearing faint gunfire in the distance, Old Soldier checked the map on his tablet and took a deep breath.

"Group A is getting close to the power room... We need to speed up too."

Away from Valli, with no need to keep up the guise of the silent expert, he became much more talkative and noticeably more cheerful.

Su Ming whistled and said with a smile.

"Don’t worry, there aren’t too many Eaters there, your superior will be fine."

He didn’t dislike the guy.

While he couldn’t understand the mindset of an attendant serving Weilante people, he had to respect the guy’s skills, which impressed him as a fellow warrior.

Old Soldier sighed.

"I’m not too worried about him."

After all, it was his own request to move along with the people from the enterprise and the Alliance. He had already made a recording on his tablet.

If something went wrong eventually, he could just shift the blame onto that young Academy lady.

Su Ming asked out of curiosity.

"What does the Mother of Dead Claw look like?"

Old Soldier thought for a moment and gestured with his hands.

"As tall as two or three stories."

"Incredible..." Su Ming’s face was filled with surprise and admiration as he gazed at him, "You took down such a huge creature all by yourself?!"

Old Soldier, embarrassed, wasn’t sure how to respond when suddenly a creaking noise came from up ahead, followed by the stench of decay.

The two chatting swiftly became alert.

"There’s something ahead."

"You feel it too?"

"Yes..." Su Ming’s eyes narrowed as he cautiously touched the helmet of his exoskeleton, releasing a hummingbird-sized reconnaissance drone.

With a buzzing sound, the drone set off into the pitch-black darkness ahead.

Yet the moment it reached the end of the corridor, a large hand reached out from a shadowy corner and crushed the drone to pieces.

"Damn!"

Su Ming cursed under his breath and once again tapped his helmet, turning off the flickering snow-white light on the left side of the tactical goggles.

Heavy footsteps approached from the front.

The sound was like a sledgehammer striking a wall.

The three looked forward, only to see a silhouette standing at the end of the corridor.

It appeared as though it had been waiting for them for a long time.

A hissing growl came from the gaps in the armor, its left hand carrying a door panel ripped from somewhere, and its right hand grasping a steel bar almost as tall as a man.

The aura of murderous intent emanating from its body was nearly visible to the naked eye, its armor covered in crimson, obscuring its original form, and its fierce helmet resembling a demon’s mask.

Suddenly, Su Ming’s pupils constricted in an instant.

"No..."

He took half a step back, his voice trembling with disbelief.

"How is this possible..."

Standing beside him, Old Soldier’s nerves were stretched to their limit, his hand clutching the rifle sweating in an instant

Decaying Knight!

A hybrid of power armor and mutated slime fungus!

A steel monster driven entirely by flesh and blood!

He had faced this thing head-on in the last Tide. No one knew better than he did how horrible this thing was...

He turned to look at Meng Liang, who was at a loss, and said in a lowered voice.

"Stay back."

"Okay..."

Meng Liang swallowed nervously and quickly retreated, hiding in an empty room on the side of the corridor, beneath a cabinet.

"Motherfucker... it’s even got a shield!"

Turning back to see the Decaying Knight with its knees slightly bent, Old Soldier took a deep breath and raised his "Eagle" assault rifle.

Whether it worked or not, he had to try!

...

On the other hand, after dealing with nearly a hundred Eaters and several Crawlers, Night Ten was covering Yun Yi as they moved towards Shelter No. 404’s X-13 Area.

Seeing the fairly reliable teenager, Yun Yi’s opinion of him improved a bit.

"You’re quite skilled, you could be more confident."

Night Ten gave her a helpless smile.

"You’re right... how much farther?"

"We’re here."

Yun Yi’s gaze landed on the tightly closed door ahead.

Dark red fungal patches obscured its number, but the number 13 could still be seen.

She stepped forward, entered the visitor code into the terminal by the door, and soon with a hissing exhaust sound, the door slowly opened.

The dry air flowed out, dispersing the spore clouds gathered at the entrance.

The people inside had adjusted the area’s air pressure, creating a positive-pressure system in relation to the rest of the shelter, preventing the infiltration of slime fungus and spores.

Seeing this, Yun Yi felt somewhat relieved, the passengers of the Pioneer might indeed still be alive.

"Let’s go... they must have entered the Sleep Cabin, maybe waiting for us right ahead."

"Hmm."

Night Ten nodded, hoisted his LD-50 carbine, and took the lead in front of Yun Yi.

Usually, during dungeon runs, he would be the vanguard to trigger battles, and after the battle had started, players like Old White or Quit Smoking would take over the main tank role.

He could predict the murderous intentions locked onto him.

Only by standing at the front could he maximize the advantage of his Perception Attributes and Talent.

However, Yun Yi seemed to have misunderstood his intent, thinking that this shy young man was surprisingly considerate, which made her smile unexpectedly.

The situation here was exactly as she had gathered from the terminal at the entrance, unconsumed by the "Mutated slime fungus," with hardly any fungal patches visible.

But as the two entered the archives of Area X-13, the scene that met their eyes plunged their hearts into the abyss simultaneously.

A fierce battle had broken out here.

Surveying his surroundings, Night Ten recalled the thought he had before entering the shelter and suddenly spoke up.

"Right, there’s something I’ve been unable to figure out."

Staring intently at the blackened scorch marks on the wall, Yun Yi swallowed and spoke with a slightly trembling voice.

"What is it?"

"All the way down here, we saw no traces of battle, including the areas covered in fungal carpets... until here," Night Ten said in a lowered voice, looking at the bullet marks on the wall. "So did the Enlightenment Society turn on the Pioneer’s crew only after they arrived here?"

Yun Yi paused, wondering why he would bring this up.

"Possibly... what about it?"

"Nothing... I just thought it would have happened earlier. After all, wasn’t Yi Hai already in the Sleep Cabin before the Pioneer’s crew entered the shelter?"

Muttering to himself, Night Ten aimed his carbine and continued to explore forward, meticulously searching every file rack and being alert to every corner that might conceal danger.

They were unlikely to find any slime fungus here now.

However, the unease lingering in his heart grew stronger.

As he passed through the rows of file shelves and was about to reach the door leading to the next room, he suddenly found a decomposing body behind an overturned desk.

The body was severely decayed, but because it was near a vent, the stench of rot hadn’t spread far, so Night Ten only smelled the pungent odor when he leaned closer.

The deceased was clutching a handgun.

From the bullet holes on the desk and the nearby walls, it seemed he used the flipped-over desk as cover to engage in a firefight with someone or some people.

And the outcome was clear.

Those people had shot him dead and crossed over his cover, as well as the door he was protecting.

"He was killed by someone..."

Yun Yi walked up next to Night Ten, looked at the corpse, her face turning slightly pale, uttering a phrase that was obvious to anyone.

But who could have done it?!

Suppressing the pungent stench,

she silently crouched down, her right hand searching the chest of the corpse, quickly finding a bloody, crusted name tag.

At the moment her gaze landed on the name tag, her expression froze, and the flickering look in her eyes was indescribable as shock or bewilderment.

"What did you find?" Night Ten immediately crouched next to her, looking at the name tag in her hand.

Although the dried blood obscured most of the text, he could still make out the content written on it.

And at the same moment he recognized those words, an expression of shock and confusion likewise took over his entire face.

[’Silver Wing Group’ Overseas Division First Pioneer Group Deputy Leader——]

[Yi Hai]

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(Thanks to the "Southeast Wind Level 18" League Master for the reward!!!)