"Bang."
Suddenly, a noise erupted in the conference room. The cover of a ventilation duct in the ceiling was opened and dropped straight to the floor. Everyone present was startled, thinking zombies had broken in. Before they could react, they saw a head emerge from the ventilation duct.
"Hey, are there any living people down there?"
Only after the head began speaking did everyone present stare at him as if he were a monster, yet not one of them answered. The person was none other than Zhao Tianlei. Looking down at the dozen or so perfectly living people below—some lying down and others sitting on the floor—all of them staring wide-eyed at him without responding, Zhao Tianlei could only pout and say, "All right. Since there aren't any living people, I'll be leaving. Bye-bye."
With that, Zhao Tianlei was about to pull his head back when someone suddenly shouted, "Hey, wait!"
Hearing someone speak, Zhao Tianlei stuck his head out again and looked at the speaker. "Huh? Someone's still alive? You're not dead?"
With Zhao Tianlei's reappearance, everyone present finally came to their senses. "Yes, we're all still alive. Did you come to rescue us? We've been waiting here for ages."
"You think we had nothing better to do than risk our lives coming in here, running all the way from the first floor to the tenth? What else would we be here for? Did you think we came to your company for a job interview?"
As he spoke, Zhao Tianlei jumped down through the ventilation opening. He was carrying only a fire axe; he had left the backpack containing the food at the opening. After Zhao Tianlei jumped down, Li Xuyang also jumped down from above, followed by Cheng Yao. However, Cheng Yao only dared to come down with