The other man was too fast. The spatial passage seemed to possess a will of its own, swallowing the man with the earring whole. But this probably wasn't the "sudden disappearance" described by the town residents. The spatial passage had been far too conspicuous; there was no reason the other Players wouldn't have noticed it at all.
At the same time, another Player who, like the man with the earring, had frequently been spacing out also "disappeared." He had gone to the factory in the middle of the night, for reasons unknown, but he never came back out after entering.
The next day, once they learned that two people had gone missing, the remaining Players looked grim. There were already so few of them. If this kept going, how were they supposed to figure out how to clear the instance?
So half a day later, at Luo Yu's initiative, the eight Players still in the instance gathered together to discuss a plan.
They could get virtually no information on the first floor, and they didn't dare confront the factory director head-on. Their only hope was the second floor. But given their circumstances, it would be difficult for them to reach it anytime soon. If someone could go up first and take a look, things might be much easier.
The best candidate was Xu Huo. It couldn't be helped—both the quality and quantity of the instruments he made far surpassed everyone else's. If he could truly fulfill the accountant's requirements ahead of time, he might actually be able to go to the second floor.
To that end, they were willing to give Xu Huo the high-quality instruments they made over the coming days, allowing him to get to the second floor early.
"Of course, that's only one part of the plan,"