Just ten short minutes later.
The three who had been laughing and chatting returned to the Special Operations Office with grim expressions.
"After all this time, why was there still a squad camping at the west gate...?"
Zhou Yue frowned, unable to figure it out.
After fighting their way out of the dormitory, they had run into an ambush by the Central Control Pavilion Team.
Fortunately, Zhou Yue had enough seasoned combat experience to discover their intentions with a Detection Arrow beforehand and decisively retreat.
Zhong Yi had chosen to circle around from the dormitory to the West District Gate, swipe it open with a Secret Sigil Card, and bypass the team at the Central Control Pavilion before deciding their next move.
But to their surprise, the moment they opened the West District Gate, a full squad in full gear camping behind it shot them from ambush.
"Strange, so strange... there weren't any footsteps in Fuli or Centrifuge. How could they have taken position somewhere like that in advance?"
Zhong Yi was equally baffled.
They weren't looting supplies in the Core Zone, nor were they knife-running squads hiding in the Rat Passage. Why would they ambush anyone in such an open location?
It was far too abnormal.
It was practically as though they had set the ambush in advance!
"Boohoo, my fat four-million loot haul! Aaah!!"
Zhou Qiaoling sobbed in anguish.
"Wait! Old Zhong! The same person killed me in both matches!"
While checking his match history, Zhou Yue suddenly spotted something wrong.
In both consecutive matches, the person who killed him was called [Desire to Destroy Spirit Cloud].
That username, coupled with camping ahead of them two matches in a row...
Zhong Yi immediately frowned. "Are they coming after us specifically?"
At the sight of that username, the danmu