Hu Feiyan spoke as she saw Jing Minghe and the others, asking with surprise, "Guests? What are you doing here?"
"It's like this," Gu Chenhui stepped forward to explain. "We were drawn here by the shouting."
Hearing this, Hu Feiyan repeatedly waved her hands. "You should hurry back to your rooms and rest. This matter will be handled by the people Mr. Lu sent, it's not something you can interfere with. Hurry back."
"But..."
"Alright, sister," Gu Chenhui stopped Xia Rong, who was about to speak, and said with a smile, "We'll be right back."
Jing Minghe and the others were thus politely escorted out.
As they reached the fourth floor, Xia Rong couldn't help but question Gu Chenhui, "What do you mean, Gu? You don't want to leave the instance, but we do. If we don't stay at the scene, how can we find clues? If they clean up the scene later, won't it be even harder for us to find clues!"
"So what?" Gu Chenhui sneered. "What do you plan to tell Hu Feiyan? That we're players and must stay at the scene to find clues?"
"This..." Xia Rong said indignantly, "We definitely can't say that, but we can find other excuses."
Gu Chenhui chuckled coldly. "Then you go by yourself and see if they'll let you stay."
After speaking, he ignored Xia Rong and turned to ask Jing Minghe, "Minghe, what are your plans?"
Jing Minghe raised an eyebrow. "Let's go talk to some other people. That Yawei should be someone we can talk to."
"I'll accompany you."
"No need," Jing Minghe refused Chi Hao's offer. "Even if they're NPCs, they're women. Having too many people might prevent us from getting any information."
"In that case," You Mi stepped forward. "Wouldn't it be more appropriate for me to go?"
Jing Minghe had originally been worried that You Mi and the others might not dare to go, which was why he planned to go himself. After all, Yawei's face made it difficult to muster the courage to have a normal conversation.
"Alright," Jing Minghe nodded. "If Sister You Mi dares to go, that would be best."
Qiao Qiao stood beside You Mi. "I'll go with You Mi."
"Okay," Jing Minghe thought for a moment and said to them, "You don't necessarily have to extract clues. If you find anything strange, leave immediately. We still have time, no need to rush. Your safety is paramount."
The two agreed and prepared to leave. After taking two steps, they were stopped by Chi Hao.
Chi Hao handed You Mi something that looked like a small, transparent plastic ball, too small for others to see clearly.
You Mi glanced at the object in her hand and looked at Chi Hao questioningly. Chi Hao said, "If you encounter danger, crush it. It will help you."
Unexpectedly, Chi Hao would actively help her, You Mi was flattered and said gratefully, "Thank you."
At the same time, she sighed inwardly, the power of love was truly extraordinary. Since getting together with Jing Minghe, Chi Hao had become much gentler than when they first met.
After You Mi and Qiao Qiao had gone far, Jing Minghe turned to the others. "Besides Quan Zhe and Ding Wang in the lounge on the third floor, there are other members of the art troupe. If you're willing, you can each go talk to someone. I'll go find Li Zhong. The rest of you, do as you please."
With that, he left by himself.
Gu Chenhui quickly followed behind Jing Minghe, catching up to Chi Hao. He leaned in and whispered, "Mr. Chi, you actually possess a high-level item like the Portable Storage Ring. You're truly remarkable."
Chi Hao glanced at Gu Chenhui indifferently. "You too."
"No, no, no," Gu Chenhui shook his head, deliberately slowing down Chi Hao's pace and creating distance between them and Jing Minghe ahead. He said something inexplicable to Chi Hao, "We're different. His schemes are something neither you nor I can escape. We're both his pawns, but the difference is, you're passive, and I'm active."
After speaking, Gu Chenhui sped up and strode upstairs.
Even the smart and calm Chi Hao paused for a moment at Gu Chenhui's words.
He did have thoughts about the Storage Bead that could contain everything, and the dozens of high-level items within it, which they couldn't possibly obtain now.
However, regarding the term "pawn," he couldn't judge whether it was Gu Chenhui's malicious misdirection, or if Gu Chenhui truly knew something, or even if Gu Chenhui knew more than he himself suspected.
This was the domain of the system. Was it possible for someone to truly interfere with the system?
"Pawn?" Chi Hao let out a cold laugh. "Born in a world ruled by the system, who isn't a pawn?"
So what if they were pawns?
What Chi Hao wanted, he had never failed to achieve, whether outside or in this City of Death.
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You Mi and Qiao Qiao arrived on the fifth floor. Since the doors had names on them, they quickly found Yawei's room. The two looked at each other, and You Mi stepped forward to knock gently.
"Who is it?"
A sweet voice came from inside.
You Mi took a deep breath and replied, "It's us, we came to check on you."
The door creaked open, and before them stood Yawei's black-hole-like face.
Before You Mi and the others could speak, Yawei spoke first.
"You're here to check on Cheng Xiao, right? Please come in."
Anyone with such a beautiful voice must be very beautiful.
You Mi thought this, trying to ignore Yawei's black-hole face. Sudan Novel Network.
Entering Yawei's room, the layout of the art troupe's rooms was indeed the same as the players'.
You Mi saw Cheng Xiao resting in a half-reclining position on Yawei's bed. On the bedside table, there were three cups. This number made You Mi's steps falter. She thought: Could that invisible Luo Yu be here too? How do we talk? Can he hear us? If he speaks, can we hear him?
"Make yourselves comfortable," Yawei gestured towards the foot of the bed.
To facilitate a smooth conversation, You Mi and Qiao Qiao mustered their courage and sat down at the foot of the bed.
After they sat down, Yawei spoke again, this time to the air.
"Luo Yu, you should go back and rest too. You performed enough today. I'll take care of Cheng Xiao."
As the room door opened and closed, You Mi also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Outside, Jing Minghe, standing at the top of the stairs, saw You Mi and Qiao Qiao successfully enter Yawei's room and felt a little more at ease. He prepared to go talk to Li Zhong. As he reached Li Zhong's door and was about to knock, the door opened on its own.
The lights inside were on. Just as Jing Minghe hesitated whether to enter, a voice came from within.
"Come in."
Hearing the voice, Jing Minghe's eyes widened suddenly. He then walked in without hesitation, closing the door behind him.
"Brother!" Jing Minghe rushed into the room, his voice filled with a bit of excitement. "I knew you definitely..."
"What's wrong?" Lu Fanfei walked towards Jing Minghe with a smile. "Aren't you happy to see me?"
Jing Minghe looked at the person before him, a flash of anger crossed his face, and then he asked with a cold smile, "Who are you? Don't think that just because you're using Lu Fanfei's voice and appearance, I'll be fooled!"
As Jing Minghe spoke, he clenched his fists slightly.
This instance was truly full of malice.