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A young man in a suit crossed his arms and said skeptically, "You also said this is a promotion match. In the end, there will definitely be winners and losers. Everyone here is a competitor." He clearly looked down on the guy with glasses, "This is a matter of life and death. What are your intentions in telling us this? If I were you, I would find a way to advance on my own, instead of giving a lecture here."
"Why can't you appreciate the situation!" The guy with glasses retorted, immediately getting agitated. "The more people, the more strength. Brainstorming and working together is better than a group of people running around like headless flies, killing each other!"
"Who knows if you have other intentions." Seeing the guy with glasses looking angry, not pretending, the suit-wearing man sneered, seeming to feel guilty and a little embarrassed. The guy with glasses, seeing the suit-wearing man back down, felt both wronged and relieved, and therefore worked even harder to rally.
Yu Jin I watched the whole process and immediately thought that the handsome guy's refusal just now was very reasonable. People's hearts are separated by their stomachs. The current situation is so bizarre, and matters of life and death, even acquaintances may not be trustworthy, let alone strangers.
As they spoke, more and more people jumped into the deep pit.
Yu Jin Looking into the hole, a damp and fishy wind rushed towards the face. It was pitch black below, nothing could be seen. Those who jumped down seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Where did they all go? Could it be that the sound just now was a lure to trick people into jumping down, and in reality, everyone was swallowed by the black hole?
Yu Jin Feeling a little nervous, he thought Glasses Guy looked quite sincere. Teaming up for an adventure is definitely better than facing it alone and getting scared to death.
At this point, Glasses Guy continued with his generous words: "Unity is strength!"
"I want to join." Yu Jin Quickly walked over, deciding to trust his instincts.
Guy with glasses Seeing someone agreeing with him, he eagerly welcomed, "Of course!"
"I am surnamed Shi, you can just call me Shi Tau," he stepped aside and introduced, "Her surname is Liu, you can call her Liu Lian."
Youjin then noticed the girl with very short hair standing quietly next to him, who had not spoken until now.
"We are both graduate students at X University nearby, and we take the Line 1 to the city center every day for our internship at a fast-moving consumer goods company."
Youjin pinched the work badge in his pocket. "What a coincidence, I'm also heading to work, right next to your company." He gave himself a code name, mimicking guy with glasses. "You can call me Xiaojin."
Seeing the three people getting along well, and with few people left on the ground, the suit-wearing man couldn't sit still and quickly spoke up, "My surname is Li, and I also work in the CBD as a lawyer."
"I'm sorry, it was my narrow-mindedness just now," he looked quite sincere as he apologized, "I also want to join in."
The girl with the code name Liu Lian rolled her eyes not so subtly.
Shi Tau on the other hand, seemed to have let bygones be bygones and smiled friendly, "Welcome, welcome, the more the merrier!"
A girl in a skirt raised her hand weakly, indicating that she also wanted to join this temporary small team.
In this way, Shi Tau felt a sense of accomplishment as he counted the five-person team and decided to give a brief pre-battle mobilization.
"Next, we are about to enter Instance dungeon, understand the rules, and then—"
He cleared his throat, made a fist gesture, "successfully advance!"
After saying that, he jumped down first.
Youjin Wrapped in the cashmere coat specially bought for work, he thought with regret: This coat was brand new in the morning, now it's dirty and has so many holes - luckily it's still warm enough.
Finally, feeling sorry for his clothes, he also jumped down.
Almost as soon as he jumped, his feet landed on the hard ground.
Yu Jin In my heart, I'm puzzled. This pit seems... not as deep as I imagined?
He turned on the flashlight on his phone and, with the help of the dim light, he saw the scene in front of him - what appeared before him was a brand new subway tunnel!
Looking up again, the hole they came through had disappeared without a trace.
"Was that hole originally a Portal?" Shi Tau's voice echoed from not far away.
Several lights gradually lit up, and a few people gathered in the middle of the passage holding their phones.
This is a very ordinary subway tunnel, it just looks a bit old. Walking a few steps would stir up thick dust, reaching a charming level for the eyes. Therefore, everyone had to tread lightly and proceed with caution.
The range of the mobile phone light is limited. In order to save resources, Shi Tau used his own phone as a flashlight and walked at the front of the line.
There was a pervasive stench of darkness in the tunnel. The traces of human activity were very obvious, with discarded food packaging, gloves, and newspapers everywhere. In the corners, there was also the kind of teeth-souring squeaking sound, and it was unknown how many rats were moving in the darkness.
The wind raged through the tunnel, emitting a chilling howl, but at least it was a good sign - the presence of wind meant there was an exit.
The tunnel extended forward monotonously, without any branching paths.
It's been very safe along the way, but also very eerie—where did everyone else go?
Could they have been transported to different places?
"How do we define promotion?" Yu Jin asked, but his voice was drowned out by the wind. He raised his voice again, "Will we be promoted when we walk out of the tunnel?"
"Based on my years of gaming experience, it should be like this," Shi Tau also replied loudly, drawing out his words. "Of course, there may be some unusual things that happen along the way."
A constant scene, the sound of wind coming and going, very active rodents, and the unknown dangers that may appear at any time.
The unknown fear hangs over everyone's heads like the sword of Damocles, and no one is slack in vigilance, everyone is fully alert to the changes around them.
This state is quite physically exhausting.
After walking for about half an hour, or even longer, Youjin felt like his brain was numb, and suddenly everything around him became quiet.
It was a suffocating silence, because silence was unreasonable here. The wind stopped, the mice stopped moving, and it seemed like only the five of them were left in the world, in a disconcerting silence.
"I think I heard someone coughing," said the girl in the skirt, Xiao Cai, the most timid of the group. She trembled as she grabbed Liu Lian's backpack strap. "Did you hear it?"
Liu Lian She was startled by her, looking a little annoyed but not erupting. She answered stiffly, "I didn't hear anything."
Yu Jin followed behind two girls, with lawyer Li at the back.
"I didn't hear anything either." Yu Jin and lawyer Li exchanged a glance and gave the same answer.
Xiao Cai fell silent for a moment, gathered courage, and spoke up: "I heard that before the construction of Line 1, this area used to be a large wasteland."
She seemed to have been holding it in for a long time, struggling with whether to speak out: "A few days ago... I came across a post on my phone, talking about strange occurrences on Line 1. The original poster said that he often worked late and had to take the last train on Line 1 home every day. On the day of the incident, because there were still quite a few people, he habitually walked to the end of the train to wait for it." Xiao Cai swallowed hard, "As a result, he saw several people carrying a large red sedan in the pitch-black tunnel."
"Hiss..." Everyone gasped in shock.
"In this Instance dungeon, will there be... those things?"
The atmosphere suddenly changed.
Yu Jin knows a saying, "Don't talk about ghosts in a haunted place." Some places have heavy Yin energy, and discussing ghostly matters can easily attract unclean things.
He was about to stop Xiao Cai from continuing, but Xiao Cai seemed like he was about to cry, trembling as he pointed shakily to the left front, "...Is there someone there?"
Following her finger, I saw a bulky woman leaning against the side of the tunnel, emitting a faint groan. There were patches of deep red bloodstains on her abdomen.
"Help... help..." She seemed to hear the voices here and turned to plead for help: "Save me..."
Shi Tau is hot-blooded and immediately wants to go save someone.
Youjin quickly grabs Shi Tau and whispers, "Are you sure she's really human?"
As if a switch had been pressed with a single sentence, everyone felt the cold wind brushing past their ears simultaneously.
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