The Place of Annihilation

A buzzing filled Ji Li's ears, as though countless bees were circling beside them, producing an endless stream of noise.

He picked up his phone and struck his temple with it, forcibly clearing the chaos from his mind.

"If the Number Cards we obtained have December 13 as their final date,

can the path to survival still continue?"

The answer was clearly no.

The Four-Star Promotion Mission was a special mission whose format and style differed from previous ones.

In this mission, the ghosts' role was nowhere near as important as before.

The employees' opposing force was evidently a set of rules that was both stronger and fairer.

December 15 through December 18 could be viewed as a sealed-off line segment.

The Calendar.

This vessel of the rules had placed ten employees upon that line segment.

Escaping the rules' constraints was the path to survival.

Gathering all eight cards was the solution.

Before this, Li Yi and Ji Li had shared the exact same approach—strike directly and destroy the rules.

Adhering to that principle, they had split into two groups, each performing their own duties.

Judging from the arrangement, the ten employees in this mission had been divided into two batches.

The nine employees led by Li Yi had ventured deep into the Ash World in search of the eight Number Cards.

Ji Li alone had remained in Qingyuan Residential Community, waiting for the Calendar to be completed.

In other words, everything Li Yi and the others did was in service of Ji Li alone.

Even if they gathered all eight Number Cards, the person who ultimately obtained the Calendar would only be Ji Li.

Therefore, whether it was December 13 or December 18, the complete Calendar would end up in his hands.

According to the original plan, the moment