Tong Qi jumped in fright. Only when he heard Xu Huo's voice did he relax. In a low voice, he said, "You're finally awake. I don't know what happened either. When I opened my eyes, everything was already like this. And there are seven or eight people missing. The surveillance monitors are gone too. I don't know if they were killed or disappeared."
The poison gas didn't have much effect on players wearing Protective Suits. Besides, to guard against the toxic fungi in the city, players injected themselves with several doses of Antidote every day. Unless this was some particularly insidious poison, it wouldn't be much of a problem. At least, it wouldn't kill anyone in a short time.
Still, some people had been taken down. After all, they'd taken off their Protective Suits during the day and hadn't put them back on.
Xu Huo scanned the entire Mall. Aside from the eight people Tong Qi had mentioned, the rest of the players were still there. Nobody who'd left during the day had returned, either. But Scarred Glasses and Young Master Mo, who should have been sleeping inside a place item, were both gone.
There was no sign of them nearby.
The Mall was hard to see through because of the poison gas, but Xu Huo had woken up at just the right time. Even as they spoke, players were sneaking over from outside.
Xu Huo had suddenly woken from his dream after sleeping for less than two hours. It was still some time until dawn. He'd been sleeping for long stretches until now, so these people had probably timed their move and first found a way to lure away Scarred Glasses, the only B-class player, before coming to attack.
The most likely way they'd lured Scarred Glasses away was