In the end, Mu Rufeng still did not choose a self-pickup point.
After all, this was not his territory.
The location of the self-pickup point had to be considered carefully. At the very least, he could not choose here.
"So sleepy. I'll take a nap first." Mu Rufeng yawned.
He had only been awake for a short while after sleeping in the instance world.
But he had slept for less than five hours, and now that he no longer had a zombie constitution, he naturally needed more rest.
Suddenly, Mu Rufeng thought of something and immediately turned off his phone.
After turning it back on, he directly chose to enter the normal system.
The moment he entered the normal system, the Scarlet Preferred APP turned gray and could not be opened.
Oddity Forum, however, was still lit up and usable.
Once his phone was on, several missed calls and WeChat messages instantly appeared in the notification bar.
The missed calls were all from familiar colleagues such as Uncle Liu and Uncle Wang.
As for the WeChat message, it had been sent at noon by one of his university roommates whom he was fairly close to. Well, the roommate was asking to borrow money.
The two of them had a good relationship, and they always borrowed and repaid money properly. Whenever the roommate asked, Mu Rufeng would basically lend him money.
After thinking for a moment, Mu Rufeng replied, "How much do you need?"
That guy replied instantly. "Never mind, I cashed out my credit card. Why did it take you so long to reply?"
"I just got off work. Didn't check my phone," Mu Rufeng said.
"Fine, then. It's my birthday next Friday. Come over to my place for dinner that night."
"Will there be crayfish?" Mu Rufeng asked.
"Yes. Of course there'll be crayfish."
"Alright, I'll come over Friday night."
"Oh, right. Don't buy a cake. My girlfriend already bought me one. Just come yourself."
"Is that so? Then I'll bring some drinks," Mu Rufeng said.
"Sure. You handle the drinks. Don't bring alcohol—Brother Qiang said he'll bring it."
After closing WeChat, Mu Rufeng pondered for a moment, then called Uncle Liu back.
Five minutes later.
"Whew! Good thing Uncle Liu didn't press me for answers, or it really would've been hard to explain." Mu Rufeng hung up and let out a sigh of relief.
The moment Uncle Liu answered Mu Rufeng's call, he transformed into a hundred thousand whys.
Mu Rufeng did not know how to explain it. He could hardly tell Uncle Liu about the instance world.
So Mu Rufeng could only speak vaguely, saying that the higher-ups had issued a gag order and made him sign a confidentiality agreement, forbidding him from talking about it.
Uncle Liu seemed to understand the seriousness of the matter and did not press further. Once he knew Mu Rufeng was safe, he hung up.
"Almost forgot—I still need to write the instance guide." Mu Rufeng remembered something else.
He immediately opened a document on his phone and began typing.
Mu Rufeng sorted through everything he had done in the instance.
He then excluded the fact that he possessed a zombie constitution and moved up the time when he obtained the bandage. That way, he could say he had successfully completed the job by relying on the bandage.
Later in the guide, Mu Rufeng recommended that players entering this instance prioritize choosing delivery worker, stock clerk, and receiving clerk.
He especially mentioned that they must never choose loader, because the probability of death was extremely high.
By the time Mu Rufeng finished writing the guide, half an hour had passed.
"Sleep, sleep!"
"Wait, did I forget something else?"
"Ah, right. The bandage is still soaking in the bucket." Mu Rufeng suddenly got to his feet and quickly headed into the bathroom.
He walked up to a plastic bucket, reached in, and took out the thing inside.
It was a soaking-wet bandage, covered in plenty of shower gel bubbles.
Soaking-Wet Bandage: Originally a Stinky Bandage. After being washed, it no longer stinks, but it is soaking wet and still needs to be dried.
Effect: Possesses extremely strong toughness and elasticity. It fears neither sharp blades nor flames, can extend up to twenty meters, and can accelerate recovery when wrapped around wounds.
At this moment, the bandage had almost completely healed itself. There was no sign at all that it had previously been scorched black.
Mu Rufeng took a clothes hanger, wrapped the bandage around it, and hung it by his bedside.
"Sleep, sleep!"
Mu Rufeng flopped onto the bed and closed his eyes. A wave of drowsiness washed over him, and before long, his breathing became even.
It was already close to nine o'clock. Outside, the air was stiflingly hot, but fortunately, there was air conditioning in the room, so Mu Rufeng would not be awakened by the heat.
As time passed, midnight arrived.
Mu Rufeng slept exceptionally soundly.
Yet elsewhere in the city, things had already become a complete mess.
Location: Train station.
Time: July 17, 2023, midnight.
"Drive them all away! No one is allowed to remain!" An enraged voice rang out across the train station plaza.
"Minister Tian, those are reporters, and there are also many onlookers outside filming videos with their phones."
"If we forcibly drive them away, it will cause a huge impact," the director of the Public Security Bureau hurriedly said.
"Impact? Do you think I care about the impact? Do you have any idea how serious this is? I'm giving you three minutes to drive everyone away, including the onlookers. Your people are not allowed to step within half a pace of the train station either. Otherwise, you can forget about wearing that hat of yours."
Tian Lin loudly berated him.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes. I'll arrange for people to drive them away right away." The director wiped the sweat from his forehead, secretly groaning in misery.
Just then, the distinctive buzz of a drone came from overhead.
Tian Lin looked up, instantly flew into a rage, lifted his foot, grabbed his shoe, and hurled it fiercely.
A sharp whistle split the air as the leather shoe instantly struck the drone dozens of meters above the ground.
"Damn it. Go catch the bastard flying that drone. Give him a week of administrative detention and knock some sense into his head," Tian Lin said irritably.
"I'll go right away." The director of the Public Security Bureau did not dare say another word and quickly turned to leave.
By now, temporary walls had already been erected around the plaza. Not only the plaza—rather, the entire train station had been placed under lockdown.
Outside the train station, Public Security Bureau personnel and soldiers were everywhere.
No one knew what method the director had used, but he had actually driven everyone away within three minutes.
Not a single noisy sound could be heard anymore.
At this moment, Minister Tian Lin had returned to the train station's ticket hall.
"What are the calculation results? How much longer until the Bloody Train instance arrives?"
Tian Lin walked up to a bizarre instrument as tall as a person and asked.
"Minister, according to the instrument's calculations, the Bloody Train instance will descend in at most ten minutes," a woman seated before the instrument said.
"Tian Bu, the Bloody Train actually came here. This time, who knows how many people will die again." A dark-skinned man sighed.
"I remember the Bloody Train has always been up north, hasn't it? This time, it actually came here." Zhou Wen shook his head as well.
Thanks to Yisheng Qihuan for becoming an Alliance Leader!!! Thanks to Su Maliya for the 250-point reward!
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