"Where was he?"
Lu Bai opened the car door.
It wasn't locked, and the phone had been left on the seat.
Knowing Yao Yi, he wouldn't have wandered off and left the car behind unless something had happened.
Where had he gone?
Lu Bai closed the door and looked around.
There were no signs of a violent abduction. Maybe Yao Yi had gone to a nearby convenience store?
He leaned against the car door and rubbed his chin.
Lu Bai had planned to wait a while, but before long, a string of mechanical notifications abruptly rang out in his mind.
[Ding!] [Deathmatch Arena Node detected.] [The Deathmatch contestant who acquires the Node will receive a Double Points Reward] [The Node has been located in real time. (Click to view)]
Lu Bai had only meant to open the location map and take a quick look. But when he saw where the "Node" was, his eyes narrowed.
"This location..."
A secluded alley.
A figure flew backward, crashing through a collapsed waterproof tarp and kicking up a cloud of dust.
"The 'Node' is him?!"
The high school girl's eyes widened.
As Deathmatch contestants, they could hear the system notifications too.
The frail boy gripped a section of iron railing, his expression grave. "I think I understand. This guy is both a monster and a human."
"Cough... cough, stop talking nonsense."
The other boy struggled to his feet. The butterfly knife he'd been holding was nowhere to be seen. "What do we do now?"
All three of them were wavering.
On the one hand, Yao Yi seemed like he was in grave danger. On the other, they didn't want to give up the "Node" so easily.
After all, Yao Yi was in pretty bad shape right now.
The high school girl