Everyone responsible for protecting Dr. Dorr and everyone planning to kill him went pale. The big man closest to him lunged forward, grabbed Dr. Dorr by the collar, and shouted through gritted teeth, "Don't you dare die..."
Before his words had even faded, Dr. Dorr's already-rolled-back eyes turned completely upward, and he slumped in the big man's grip. It was clear without checking his pulse that he was dead.
"Fuck!" Everyone cursed in unison again. The players who had escorted Dr. Dorr to Second City were at a disadvantage, but the moment he died, they charged forward in a rage and scattered the players who had surrounded them.
With Dr. Dorr dead, the players who had come after them had no desire to keep fighting. But they still looked at the big man with open hostility.
"Why put on an act? Look what you've done—you scared him to death!" a player shouted from a distance, spitting on the ground.
"Why didn't they save him?" Xu Huo asked a player watching the commotion from afar.
The other player became wary when he heard Xu Huo's voice. Only after seeing that Xu Huo meant no harm did he answer, "You don't know? Gemini City sent out a bunch of fake stand-ins. They die easily. This is already the third one who's been scared to death like this. Once their heart stops, there's no bringing them back."
"Are you here for this Dungeon too?" He sized Xu Huo up. "You're too late. The Winter Wind Laboratory has been sealed off. There's a bunch of people fighting inside and another bunch fighting outside. You can't tell who's who anymore."
"I was passing by and thought I'd take a look." Xu Huo handed him a bottle of water. "The Winter Wind Laboratory should be the