Chapter 77

As the teaching building suffered irreversible damage, Su Cheng could feel the constraints weakening.

The loud noise from the teaching building attracted the attention of the students, and Su Cheng and her two companions were blocked by dozens of students before they could run far.

Without saying a word, these students launched a tentacle attack!

Su Cheng parried with her knife. These tentacles appeared to be formed from flesh and blood, but their outer skin was exceptionally hard, like steel, sparking as they cut against the blade.

They resemble both humans and monsters, and the Fire-Attracting Art used against the supernatural cannot burn their bodies; the only way to deal with them is by utilizing the physical properties of weapons.

Su Cheng discovered that they showed no mercy to Yan Xing and Hai Lu as well.

They immediately understood that the contestant, who was a student, was participating through the main storyline.

Contestants whose consciousness has been invaded will gradually regain their cognition after the rules are weakened.

The mutations on the contestants may disappear at that time, thus the monsters will be "rejected"!

After thinking it through, Su Cheng immediately came up with an idea.

The subordinates attacked even faster, their blades flashing like afterimages as they sliced the splitting tentacles into pieces...

Even after the student died, their tentacles continued to bounce on the ground.

She paused for a moment, then said firmly to Yan Xing and the other person, "To the school gate!"

As the school buildings are gradually destroyed, the contestants who were stationed alongside the monsters will awaken, and chaos is sure to ensue...

This means there is a breakthrough.

Mu Zhe seemed to awaken from a long sleep, his mind heavy and confused.

Even though I slept for a long time, I felt extremely tired and weak when I woke up.

Where is he?

Mu Zhe belatedly turned his head slightly, and through his blurry vision, he saw the red school uniform beside him.

He immediately realized something was wrong; he had graduated high school two years ago, so where did he get his school uniform?

As his memories became clearer, he shuddered and suddenly realized that he was in a dungeon!

Once he realized what was happening, his vision cleared. The motionless figures around him weren't people at all; they were clearly deformed monsters with tentacles.

And he was right in the middle of the monsters...

Mu Zhe's heart leaped into his throat. He carefully took two steps back, trying to escape the group of monsters surrounding him and sneak away.

At the same time, he spotted someone else who was also cautiously backing away.

With just one glance, they knew they were both contestants.

Before he could even rejoice at finding his kind, a tentacle that had previously been harmless suddenly reached out towards the contestant!

The monsters seemed to suddenly awaken, uttering low, hoarse, and puzzled questions. "How come you're different from us?"

Countless tentacles began to sway, but instead of attacking immediately, they cautiously aimed their tips at the enemy.

Mu Zhe was completely unaware of what he was doing.

amnesia

What happened during that time? I didn't foolishly think about how to deceive the monster.

With a determined heart, he drew his sword and shield before the monster could attack, and slashed at the nearest monster first!

"Contestants, unite and kill all the monsters!!"

With his roar, the other contestants no longer hesitated and drew their weapons, plunging the scene into chaos...

When Su Cheng arrived, all she saw were flying tentacles and people wielding various weapons.

The most difficult part of the monsters to break through is their thick-skinned tentacles. They also like to fight in groups and often have an advantage in numbers.

They are perhaps following orders, guarding the gate fiercely. Contestants attempting to escape through the gate will face an even more intense all-out attack!

Su Cheng didn't say much, and strode forward to join the battle.

There are currently around three hundred monsters at the school gate. If they don't leave soon, the remaining monsters responsible for burning down buildings on campus will likely arrive.

Breaking through will only become more difficult then.

Yan Xing and Hai Lu followed closely behind, the three of them tacitly choosing the same breakthrough point.

Su Cheng dodged the tentacle that attacked from behind, and with all her might, she severed it, then cut off the main body of the tentacle.

Mu Ling: "Do you need me to come out and help?"

"Need not."

If Mu Ling were to intervene, it would naturally lighten the burden, but Su Cheng was mindful of Yan Xing's keen Perception of the supernatural.

Yan Xing clearly understands some of the ins and outs of this.

Moreover, there were many other contestants present, and she subconsciously didn't want to expose Mu Ling's existence in public.

Anyway, it hasn't come to the point where Mu Ling absolutely has to take action yet.

"Leaving school means you can escape the dungeon!" someone shouted.

The contestants gritted their teeth and fought back against the monster with even greater effort. When they realized that Su Cheng was closest to the school gate, they all chose to approach her.

The contestants, wielding poisoned blades and long swords, attacked the same opening.

Until the gate was blown open, the impact swept over the unsuspecting contestants, causing screams and curses.

"Ah! Who threw the bomb?! They even bombed their own people!"

"Don't make me find out who it is!"

Although the monster guarding the gate was also injured by the explosion, in team combat, this was a case of "harming the enemy a thousand, but losing eight hundred of your own."

The person who threw the bomb is estimated to be outside the affected area...

Su Cheng had half her body burned, but ignoring the pain, she seized the opportunity while the monster guarding the gate was injured and rushed out!

Someone followed them out, but the gap was quickly filled by the monster before anyone else could run out.

Su Cheng ran a short distance without stopping. The monster didn't chase her, and a mechanical voice sounded in her mind:

[bite]

[Congratulations to the participant for completing the main quest "Bloody Baptism"! An unopened quest has been detected. Please confirm within 10 seconds whether to proceed to open it.]

confirm.

[Participant has confirmed the start of the Golden Leaf Pharmaceutical Factory instance quest. The system has marked the direction for participants. Please arrive at the location: Golden Leaf Pharmaceutical Factory within 2 hours.]

A red arrow appeared in Su Cheng's eyes, pointing in a direction that wasn't telling her to take the bus. It seemed to be nearby.

With a slight twitch of her ears, she Perception something being thrown at her, but without turning around, she quickly dodged and ran away.

Five seconds after she moved away from her spot, an explosion was heard.

Such precise targeting clearly indicates someone wanted to blow her up!

Dust flew up from the explosion, and through the billowing dust, Su Cheng met a pair of small eyes from a distance, eyes filled with malice!

Seeing that she was still unharmed, the other person was somewhat annoyed, but disappeared the next second.

Seeing that Su Cheng hadn't left the instance, he guessed what was going on and tried to eliminate her with a bomb.

He doesn't want to give others the opportunities he can't have.

Su Cheng memorized the unfamiliar face, a ruthless glint in her eyes. From then on, if she ever encountered this person again, she would repay him in kind.

There are no bus routes passing by at the bus stop at the school gate.

Furthermore, the system didn't let her take the bus this time, which suggests there was no bus that goes to the pharmaceutical factory.

She remembered that the newspapers Song Yating had kept recorded the location of Golden Leaf Pharmaceutical Factory, which was in the western suburbs.

Since the system had already provided helpful directional guidance, Su Cheng didn't hesitate any longer and ran towards the asphalt road following the arrow.

*

Fang Tingrou watched the last building of the school collapse in the fire, a profound sense of satisfaction welled up within her.

Her deskmate came over and patted her on the shoulder, reminding her, "It's all resolved, time to go."

Fang Tingrou responded and followed the group.

Of the thousand students, only a hundred have survived.

They arrived at the school gate, where corpses were piled up, including their students and strangers who had appeared out of nowhere.

Fang Tingrou sighed softly, "Those who deserved to die and those who didn't are all dead."

The girl next to her laughed, "We didn't need so many people alive anyway. Even if they hadn't died, they wouldn't have been our future companions."

Fang Tingrou's gaze fell on a familiar face. This male classmate always liked to pester her with silly questions, which was very annoying.

And among these corpses were people as stupid and foolish as him.

"Hurry up, the car's here, they're already waiting for us over there," someone shouted.

Fang Tingrou looked up at the double-decker bus that had appeared at the school gate; the vehicle that was there to pick them up had arrived.

She stepped over the corpse, and as she passed through the school gate, the tentacles on her back turned to ashes.

She touched her shoulders and face, a relaxed smile appearing on her lips. It felt so good to be a normal person again.

And next, it will be their turn to destroy this town...

A note from the author:

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Chapter 77

Su Cheng walked for nearly two hours on the deserted road until the red arrow grew darker and darker before she could see the shadow of a building.

There was a large building in the desolate and uninhabited environment.

There are several large characters on the roof: Golden Leaf Pharmaceutical Factory.

Unlike the factories Su Cheng had seen before, Golden Leaf Pharmaceutical Factory did not have security booths to control access. The front yard was a parking lot, but there were no cars there.

The factory was very quiet; from the outside, one might even think it was deserted and wonder if it was an abandoned factory.

As Su Cheng approached, she took out Ai Xiang's work badge. As she expected, the information on the badge had changed:

Name: Su Cheng

Department: Golden Leaf Pharmaceutical Factory

Employee ID: 09312

Just a moment ago, on the way here, the name on this work badge was Ai Xiang. It seems that once you enter the corresponding area, these things representing the area's identity are updated to her information.

Su Cheng, wearing her work badge, rubbed her fingers together, a certain thought floating in her mind. She steadied herself and walked to the tightly closed steel door.

There is a black sensor next to the door.

Su Cheng picked up her work badge and attached it to the sensor's recognition area.

"Beep beep"

The sensor's red light flashed twice and then turned green.

"Buzz--"

The steel door opens automatically.

After Su Cheng entered, the steel door closed by itself, and a mechanical female voice sounded from the door's audio system: "Welcome back."

Behind the door was like entering another world.

There were no windows or natural light inside, only the white light from the fluorescent tubes, and the roaring sound of the machines could be heard from afar.