At this time, no one wants to stick together. Dogs have a keen sense of smell, so the more dispersed they are, the better.
However, the factory director's wife also didn't give them a chance to band together. She preferred the feeling of destroying others one by one. After clearing the exit, she ordered the five people to leave in order, with thirty seconds between each.
As the player who proposed the hide-and-seek game, Ji Heng was the last one in line and had to hide for a few minutes less than the others.
Suer was lucky enough to be the first to go out. He originally wanted to wait for him at the door, but Ji Heng shook his head and signaled him not to bother with him.
The factory was surrounded by trees and open lawns, offering more hiding places than inside the factory. All the machinery had stopped operating during off-hours, and now the cold, massive machines stood silently, exuding an air of oppression.
Su'er entered the factory and, instead of hiding immediately, found a metal pole and began destroying as many of the surrounding lighting fixtures as possible. Zheng Gao, a complete egoist but highly intelligent, entered next. He didn't even open his mouth to communicate with Su'er, but instead quickly helped him destroy everything.
Adhering to the principle of non-interference, after finishing the work, Zheng Gao pointed to an area with more machines and indicated to go there. Suer nodded and chose the opposite place.
Like the yin and yang sides of a mountain, the area Soul was heading to seemed sparse, lacking much in the way of machinery. However, he had been intending to go this way, and common sense suggested a rest room or locker room might be located there.
As he walked quickly, he found a door. Sur tried to push it, but it was not locked. The interior was simply furnished: a small table with a photo of the family of three on it, and behind it was a peeling sofa, with a wardrobe pressed against the armrest of the sofa.
Like a slippery loach, he quickly got into the closet and rubbed around, taking off the clothes he was wearing as he did so.
"Ahem…"
Suer's body stiffened. He thought his perception was sharper than that of ordinary people, but he didn't realize when there was another person behind him. When he turned around, his eyes met Ji Heng's.
Messy clothes, a bad hairstyle due to static electricity, and being in a small closet... The only thing that makes Soul look less perverted is probably this face.
After smoothing down his hair that had swelled up due to static electricity, he quickly changed into a large, ill-fitting T-shirt and said with a stern face, "Do you want to get some too?"
"...Thank you for the invitation."
Ji Heng just took a step forward, took off a coat and put it on. The two of them had the same goal: to get as much of the factory director's scent as possible so that they could use it to confuse the dog when necessary.
Soul looked around through the window: "The dog's advantage is on the ground."
A higher place would be a better choice.
With less than five minutes left, the two left the lounge and walked around looking. When they reached a platform several feet high, Ji Heng stopped in front of the window and leaned out to look up.
Su Er immediately understood: "Climb to the roof?"
Ji Heng nodded.
This was obviously not an easy task. If you were not careful, you could fall and die. Fortunately, it was not difficult to find a piece of rope in the factory. Ji Heng asked Su Er to tie it around his waist and said, "This is not a safety rope. Climb up in one direction. If you fall, I can help you if you are lucky."
Su Er was already outside and laughed when he heard this: "Bad luck?"
Ji Heng: "Become the first sacrifice."
Su Er didn't dare waste any time. He was an exceptional climber, having even earned the nickname "Sky Monkey" when he was a child. Using both his hands and feet, he soon disappeared from sight.
A piece of gravel was thrown down from a height, and Ji Heng knew that he had successfully climbed up. Seeing that there was not much time left, he did not tie a rope, but grabbed the outer edge of the window with both hands and began to climb.
When they were still half a meter away, Suer reached out and pulled him.
There was no shelter on the roof and the wind was strong. Su Er raised his collar and looked towards the place where the dogs were kept. He had good eyesight and could see the surrounding environment clearly.
Ji Heng had just dusted off his hands when the sound of dogs barking filled the distance, amplified in the gradually darkening night. Perhaps because they had been fed human flesh for so long, these dogs' eyes had lost all trace of friendliness. Instead, they gleamed with greed and ferocity.
Hundreds of dogs ran away frantically in all directions. If it weren't for their different positions, Sur might have been in the mood to appreciate the wolfhounds' agile posture.
The factory director's wife was carrying an iron rod and was surrounded by five dogs.
Soul lowered his voice: "Thank goodness she wasn't holding a shotgun."
The copy barely left them a way to survive.
Ji Heng: "This place is inaccessible to dogs, so it can be easily defended... There is only one thing that is impossible to guard against."
"What?"
Ji Heng: "Fire attack."
Soul frowned. "You're going to ruin our life's work just to kill us?"
Ji Heng found a place to sit down: "Maybe he has other businesses."
In the first half hour, no one was discovered yet, and the factory director's wife was not in a hurry. She swayed slowly, and the steel pipe rubbed against the pebbles on the ground, and the sound was so loud that it made people feel creepy.
Sur rubbed his fingers lightly on the ground, as if thinking about something.
Just then, the factory director's wife walked towards the factory. Su Er raised his eyebrows and said, "This is my chance."
Looking at the other person's twisted and complacent expression, the more inflated their mentality is, the easier it is to deal with them.
Ji Heng whispered, "It's not difficult to lure those dogs away. I'll..."
Before he could finish, Su Er suddenly raised his hand and interrupted him, asking, "Guess what I'm best at in school?"
Ji Heng looked at him, and Su Er smiled and said, "I broke the school record in long-distance running and shot put."
After saying that, he took out the electric baton he had looted from the security guard from his clothes.
"You thought it was too ostentatious before, but now it's useful." He glanced in the direction of the factory director's wife and said, "Trust my accuracy."
"…"
Sur lay on the edge, like a patient sniper, squinting his eyes and muttering to himself: "Stop, just stop for three seconds..."
Heaven did not hear his request, and the factory director's wife continued to walk slowly, dragging the steel rod.
Unable to guarantee a hit rate, Sur did not dare to act rashly.
At this moment, Ji Heng suddenly picked up a stone and threw it far away. The stone fell on the lawn with a dull sound. The factory director's wife subconsciously stopped and turned to look in that direction.
Chance!
Sur threw out the electric baton without hesitation.
Ji Heng had already broken open the cement blocks that had been lifted by wind erosion, so he could attack again if Suer failed. However, the electric baton landed squarely on the factory director's wife's head, sending her screaming. He glanced at Suer, who raised an eyebrow and asked, "How is it?"
"Very accurate."
The factory director's wife fell down, but the dogs below barked even more fiercely. Some of them kept jumping up, as if they wanted to fly up and eat them.
Ji Heng looked into the distance and frowned: "The factory director is here, let's change seats."
Following the direction he was looking, Sur saw the man running towards him, and without hesitation changed direction and climbed down.
"It's a pity that it takes time to light a fire, and there's no open flame on hand," Suer said as he climbed, "otherwise we could seize the initiative and use fire to attack."
The sound was so soft that even Ji Heng could only hear it intermittently, but the little girl at a distance could hear it clearly.
The host sat on the tree without hiding herself at all, but not only the factory director, but even the sensitive wolfhounds seemed to have not noticed her presence.
"He threw objects from a high place and even planned to set fire and kill people," the little girl said, clutching her lantern in frustration. "It turns out the law doesn't teach him how to behave."
Almost the moment he re-entered the factory, Su Er heard angry roars from outside: "Who is it! Who did it!"
The dog would jump up from time to time, trying to give its owner a clue, but unfortunately when the factory manager looked up, the culprit was no longer there.
Sur looked out the window cautiously. The factory was surrounded by dogs and he couldn't escape.
It was pitch black outside now. The lighting facilities in the factory had been destroyed by Suer and Zheng Gao in advance, making it difficult to see.
"Fuck! What did you do?" Zhang Yi was originally hiding in the gap on the side of the machine tool. Although it was not particularly hidden, the advantage was that even if he was discovered, he still had a chance to escape.
When he heard the noise outside, he suddenly lost his composure.
Ji Heng said succinctly: "The factory director's wife is dead, and now we have to find a way to kill the factory director."
Zhang Yi cautiously took two steps towards them and said in a hoarse voice, "With so many dogs surrounding us, even if the factory director dies, we can't get out."
Another voice emerged from the darkness. It came from Zheng Gao, who was hiding behind a machine. "Since there's only one person left, we can unite and utilize the resources we have."
Su Er: "You mean to kill the factory director and then continue to hide, wait until dawn when the wolfhounds are the hungriest, dismember the factory director and throw his body out, and take advantage of the gap when the dogs are eating to escape?"
"..." Fortunately, it was dark enough that I couldn't see Zheng Gao's expression at the moment.
Ji Heng: "Okay. Then follow his idea."
Zheng Gao: "…"
Who the hell meant that! He clearly meant to set up some traps, not use the factory director himself.
Zhang Yi: "Although it's a bit cruel, I agree with what Zheng Gao said."
Zheng Gao: "…"
Su Er suddenly asked, "Where is Liu Wenzhu?"
Zhang Yi: "She doesn't seem to be hiding in the factory."
Zheng Gao really couldn't bear to listen to the conversation between these people. Fortunately, time was limited, so no one said much. After assigning each of them a task, they held their breath and waited in the dark.
The door opened with a bang, showing the anger of the person who came.
"A bunch of little bastards!" The factory director flipped the switch. The light didn't come on, and he said viciously, "I'll feed you all to the dogs soon!"
He knew the structure of the factory better than anyone else. The factory director quickly found the place where the flashlight was placed, and the dazzling light cut through the darkness.
The factory manager was smart enough not to let the dogs disperse. Instead, he checked every corner in turn, letting the dogs explore the way first each time.
At this moment, a machine suddenly started to run. The factory director turned around abruptly, but before he could command the dog to go over, Sur, who was not far away, held a water pipe and sprayed at the target.
The factory director wiped the water off his face and pointed the flashlight in that direction. The moment he saw Su Er, a cruel and happy smile appeared on his face. He said word by word, "I found you."
Without him saying anything, the dog immediately ran towards that place.
Before the expected scene of people being torn to pieces appeared, it was covered by another sound -
Bang!
The smile on his face froze, and the factory director turned his head stiffly. He felt something cold on his head, as if something was dripping.
At this moment, most of the dogs rushed towards Su Er, leaving only the largest black dog by his side. Seeing its owner being attacked, the dog barked angrily and pounced on Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi first swung the stick and took advantage of the moment the dog retreated to smash the flashlight.
Darkness returned to the factory.
Ji Heng and Zheng Gao's timing was perfect, as they fumbled around and turned on the nearest large machines. The sudden rumbling of their movements would startle even the most ferocious dog.
In fact, dogs have better night vision than humans, but in such darkness, they still have a hard time.
Su Er had already found a suitable hiding spot while the machine was running. The worst hit was Zhang Yi. He was too close to the black dog and couldn't even run away. He swung the metal rod several times, injuring the dog and tearing a piece of flesh off his arm.
Even so, they still struggled to drag the factory director's body back.
"Go towards the lounge." Suer walked around and behind Zhang Yi to help pull the body, while Ji Heng and Zheng Gao made louder noises to attract the dog's attention.
The dogs barked all night long.
It was almost dawn when the howling became a little smaller, and I could hear a hint of hunger through the howling.
Just in case, Sul blocked the door with a sofa, and Zhang Yi was responsible for destroying the body. He also stripped off the factory director's clothes and replaced them with his own. The body was beaten beyond recognition.
Finally, he rebandaged the wound on his arm and leaned against the wall to rest: "I wonder if they will eat it."
Suhr: "They often feed the dogs with the corpses of students from the reform camp. The dogs have long been accustomed to it."
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At first light, the lantern's glow dimmed. The little girl, lacking X-ray vision, had no idea what was happening inside the factory. Just as she was considering whether to go in, she watched a body tossed from a second-floor window. Shortly after landing, a pack of dogs swarmed over. Soul and the others decisively fled out the west window, taking advantage of the dogs' fight over food to quietly move toward the perimeter.
When he was almost at the exit, Suer saw a man covered in blood. Liu Wenzhu was lying in the middle of the road with only one shoe left and his face was almost blurred by blood.
Su Er was stunned for a moment, and first checked her badge. The force value had not returned to zero, but remained at 5.
Ji Heng performed simple hemostasis, but there were too many wounds and the effect was not great.
Zhang Yi couldn't bear to look at this miserable scene, but Zheng Gao said, "It depends on whether she can hold on to the end with this little bit of health left."
Carrying Liu Wenzhu to the outside of the gate, several people subconsciously looked up at the sky and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Soul looked around and a little girl suddenly appeared: "Looking for me?"
The face that suddenly came close to him made him take a step back. He frowned and said, "Should we wait for the reform camp's car to pick us up, or should we go back on our own?"
The little girl pouted.
Su Er saw that Liu Wenzhu was in such a state that he would not be able to wait until the bus brought students to the internship. He softened his voice and said, "Finish your work early so that you can spread the news that I was skinned."
The little girl tutted, stared at him for a few seconds, and pretended to be compassionate: "You are lucky, there are only five of you."
Sur's expression changed slightly. From what he heard, all the players left in the transformation camp were wiped out.
The little girl disappeared, and not long after, the reform camp's car appeared.
The teacher in charge found that everyone was still alive, and his eyes showed dissatisfaction. His eyes swept over Liu Wenzhu who was covered in blood and Zhang Yi's arm with a piece of flesh missing, and this kind of worry was slightly relieved.
"Congratulations, you're the 235th batch of students who have successfully left the reform camp."
The principal's review forms were handed out to them one by one, and the teacher in charge said coldly, "I hope you won't bring shame to the reform camp after you enter society."
The road was bumpy and the scenery outside the window was desolate.
The car finally stopped at the path where they had just entered the dungeon that day, and the players got off the car one by one under the impatient urging of the leading teacher.
By the time the vehicle completely disappeared, the force value on Liu Wenzhu's badge had dropped to 2.
The host was no longer in sight. As they looked around, the approval forms in the hands of several people suddenly shattered automatically, and a familiar beam of light instantly enveloped their bodies.
The transmission was too fast, and when Sul returned to the familiar transit station, his mind was a little blank.
Liu Wenzhu, who had been unconscious due to excessive blood loss, recovered rapidly. In less than ten seconds, apart from his bloodstained clothes, he was no longer in danger.
Sur looked at this scene and couldn't help but say, "Is this the power of games..."
It is so magical that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a dead tree coming back to life.
"I'm still alive..." Liu Wenzhu slowly sat up and looked down at his palms, feeling quite unbelievable.
Zheng Gao chuckled, "If there were a luck value, yours would definitely be 100."
Liu Wenzhu chuckled, knowing she hadn't been very effective last night. She'd originally thought the most dangerous place was the safest, so she'd hidden near the main gate, hoping to escape when the factory director arrived. However, she was discovered shortly after.
"I'm sorry to bother everyone." He pursed his lips embarrassedly, and his eyes suddenly stared at Sur.
Su Er was looked at with confusion.
Liu Wenzhu asked seriously, "Do you think I can get a point that will make my family and friends soar to heaven?"
Maybe one day, the game will be full of this person's chickens and dogs.
Receiving the message from the other person's eyes, Su Er pressed his temples and said to Ji Heng, "Go back first."
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Unfortunately, the game didn't give him this opportunity. The familiar dark clouds, the familiar obstruction of the sky, and the usual cold notification sounded the moment he finished speaking: [Congratulations to player Su'er for achieving the achievement 'Infamous'.]
Su Er was stunned for a moment, the prompt tone had not yet ended——
[Since there is currently no host willing to receive you, please draw lots to force a host match.]
"…"
There was a Rubik's Cube-like box in front of him. Sur hesitantly reached his hand in and randomly grabbed a small card. After opening it, there was only one sentence on it: Five hundred glances in the previous life, in exchange for a passing by in this life.
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Another dimension of space.
Blood was flowing on the gorgeous carpet, and broken limbs were everywhere.
The man revealed a bloodthirsty smile: "They're all wiped out. The players this time are no good..."
The next moment, a card suddenly appeared out of thin air in his hand, with the words "Forced Conscription" written in gold-plated font on the cover.
The man's smile faltered as he flipped through the card. "Because player Su'er looked back at you 49 times in the Novice Field, which is the highest frequency among all dungeons, rounded up to 500 times, please respond tothe game's call and host the next dungeon this player will participate in."