A silver... metal ring?
"What's this for?" The other players crowded closer curiously. Just as they were about to take it for a closer look, a hand suddenly reached out and took the ring from Shen Jiayue.
They were about to snap at whoever had been so rude, but then they looked up-oh, it was Bo Yi... They promptly swallowed their complaints. After all, while searching their assigned areas that afternoon, they had seen it with their own eyes-the NPCs really had chased Bo Yi around all afternoon.
They had no idea where Bo Yi got that kind of stamina... But without him, they probably couldn't have searched the sanatorium so freely and without worry. He was arguably the biggest contributor that day-the effort they had put into searching was nothing compared to Bo Yi's entire afternoon of leading the NPCs on a chase.
"Bo Yi!" Ran Yan looked delighted. "Are you all right now?" Ran Yan instinctively glanced behind him. "Where are the NPCs?"
Bo Yi was carefully inspecting the object in his hand. At the question, he answered distractedly, "Oh, it's already eight in the evening. The NPCs went back to rest..."
Only then did everyone look up at the clock, shocked to discover how late it already was. That meant... they had less than four hours left in their "invincible (pardoned)" state.
The players began to grow anxious.
"Did you figure anything out?" they asked Bo Yi, who was still examining the silver ring.
Bo Yi actually nodded. "Don't you think this thing..." He held the silver ring in his palm for the others to see. "Looks a little like... a key ring?"
A key ring?
The players froze, then stared intently at the object in Bo Yi's palm. Only now did they notice that the metal