Global recovery: A century of being stuck in the game

She had never thought of saving the girl, nor had she ever had any trust in these people. She only stood up to cause trouble.

Let's see if the person who jumped from the building at exactly 12 o'clock did not happen, and see if the person who caused this incident will take any action.

As for now...?

It's already twelve o'clock.

Over there, Yu An and No. 6 also took the opportunity to knock down those teenagers.

After all, Yu An was a top soldier selected from the army, and his fighting power was beyond doubt.

Facing a few martial artists is not a problem at all, let alone these are just a few high school students.

However, they had just arrived next to Taoyao and before they had time to say anything, everyone around them disappeared.

Yu An and girl number six's expressions changed immediately.

Those were clearly ordinary people, otherwise how could they possibly deal with them with just their fists and feet?

Yu An quickly took out the compass, and just like before, it was still swaying from side to side.

Could it be that... everyone here is weird?

Once this thought came out, it was out of control.

He was a little confused for a moment.

Girl number six stared at the compass with a worried look on her face: "What does this mean? Can we still get out now?"

There are people jumping off the building every day at noon. Those people just now tricked people out and then wanted to push them down.

Is there a possibility that those who came in before died because of this?

This thought lingered in her mind. Even though the girl kept repeating to herself that nothing would happen as long as Boss Yao Yao was there, she still couldn't help feeling uneasy.

In fact, both of them had reasons for their guesses. Of course, if the wishes were not shown on the wish list, Tao Yao would also guess that there was something weird here because of the reaction of the compass.

"I guess I can't get out." She replied, then turned around and said, "Let's go down first."

Neither of them knew what she was thinking, so they could only follow her with doubts.

Is this the way out?

Boss, are you leaving?

It was about 200 meters from the teaching building to the main entrance. When they were halfway there, someone came over and called them, "What are you three doing?"

The three of them stopped at the same time. Girl No. 6 glanced at the boss who turned his head slightly away without saying anything, and replied: "We are here to investigate. Here are my IDs."

"Ah! So you are a police officer! I am the principal here, please follow me..."

principal.

A middle-aged man, thin and looking very tired, but he still forced a smile at them with his serious face.

That smile is uglier than crying.

Well, such a big thing happened, and as the principal he has to take the main responsibility. It would be strange if he could laugh.

However, this matter was not something that girl number six could decide, so she naturally looked at Tao Yao.

Secretly, she wanted to leave here first because this place gave her a very strange feeling.

Seeing that they didn't move, the principal said again: "Let's go. No one knows more about school affairs than me. If you want to know anything, ask me. I will tell you everything I know!"

Tao Yao nodded slightly: "That's troublesome."

So the four of them followed him to the office building. His office was on the top floor. After opening the door, he made way to let Tao Yao and the other two go in first, and he was the last one to go in. When he closed the door, the arc of his hand movement was very small, but Tao Yao still noticed that he had locked the door.

"Sit down, everyone sit down." Turning back, the principal said with a smile.

Yu An and girl number six were about to sit down when they noticed Tao Yao shaking her head slightly at them. So they took a step forward and then stopped silently. Not only did they not sit down, but they stepped back: "It's okay, we're not tired..."

The next second, Tao Yao sat on the sofa carelessly: "Principal, we want to know, besides some children jumping off the building, is there anything else happening recently?"

The principal sighed, "Well, what else happened? We sent people to the rooftop every day to guard it and locked the door, but we couldn't stop people from jumping off the building. It's really strange! Fortunately, you came, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

"What about those people who came before?"

The principal's face turned pale. He lowered his head, looking a little helpless. Then he picked up the teapot and teacup on the table and poured tea as if to hide his mistake.

At that time, he was half squatting in front of the sofa, very close to Tao Yao.

He put the poured tea on the table: "They... they are all dead..."

Almost at the moment when the words fell, the teacup fell on the table with a "click", but the next second an evil hand reached out to Tao Yao and pushed him hard!

At the same time, the surrounding scenes faded away rapidly like flowing water, and were replaced by the rooftop.

What office? What tea? What sofa?

All gone!

The wind blew, and Yu An and Girl No. 6 were so frightened that they almost had a cardiac arrest, but Tao Yao was prepared. When the other party pushed her, she grabbed the opponent's wrist, put his arm behind her back, pressed her knees on his back, and chuckled softly, "Sorry, I caught you."

Yu An and Girl No. 6: "..."

She was obviously smiling, so why did they both feel a little creepy for some reason?

From the moment she entered the dungeon, everything seemed to be under her control. Before they could figure out what was going on, she had already escaped death twice, and it was so skillful and simple.

It was like a dream.

"Let me go, what are you doing..."

The principal was still struggling, seemingly trying to deny it, and Tao Yao raised her chin towards Yu An: "Box."

Yu An came back to his senses from his surprise: "Oh oh!"

Take out the gold box issued by the Weird Bureau from the game backpack.

The box is only thirty centimeters high and is not heavy because it is made of pure gold.

After opening it, he was puzzled again: "How can this fit in?"

Tao Yao picked up the clamped guy with one hand and pushed him inside with his head downwards.

Girl number six quickly ran over and helped from behind.

The human-shaped thing in his hand began to struggle desperately, and its body began to twist in various ways, but it was always tightly controlled by Tao Yao's hands and could not break free at all.

A few minutes later, Yu An closed the golden box with a numb face.

Tao Yao clapped her hands and smiled, "Okay, let's call it a day."

Only then did girl number six come back to her senses. Looking at her hands covered in blood and rotten flesh, she felt dirty.

It took less than two hours from entering the school to leaving.

Oh no.

Yu An looked at his phone.

To be exact, it should be one hour and ten minutes.

In other words, if they didn't come so early, and arrived before the accident at twelve o'clock, they would only need a dozen minutes to complete the task.

How can we use the word "shock" to summarize their feelings?

While driving, Yu An was still a little absent-minded.

For the first time, I wondered, are the games they play really the same game as the big guys?

Tao Yao pointed the way and asked him to stop in front of a supermarket.

Even from the street, he could see the abnormal monsters wandering around in the store.

Taoyao got out of the car, leaving the other two people in the car silent.

Girl: “Shall we go in together?”

Yu An: "Forget it. Going will only cause more trouble."

Sure enough, Tao Yao got into the car with a big bag of snacks after a while. Yu An looked at the supermarket again while driving and found that the monsters that were wandering around before were gone...

"Crunch, crunch..." The crisp sound of eating potato chips kept ringing in the car. After a while, the girl finally couldn't help it and spoke.

"Big... Boss?"

Tao Yao didn't even raise her eyelids: "Hmm?"

"What happened at school just now?" Everything happened so quickly that the two team members were like outsiders and could not help at all.

But everyone has curiosity, and who can guarantee that they won’t encounter similar situations in the future?

There's no harm in asking.

"You said this..."

Yu An quietly sat up straight and pricked up his ears.

"There are only two living things in the school."

"Ah? Those students are dead?"

"They are just illusions created by the weird. They won't last too long. That's why the security guards are alive. They can pass on information to the outside world and bring in a steady stream of strangers."

"And the people who jumped to their deaths were not students, but new investigators. Just like what happened just now, they were driven down the building and died without anyone noticing. As for the students, they were all dead long ago. That school can be called a haunted building."

"..."

I seemed to understand what I heard, but also seemed not to understand.

What I understand is what is going on inside, but what I don’t understand is how the big boss figured it out so clearly?

From beginning to end, they were only separated for three to five minutes.

Which step was missed?

It was an empty school, which was a clue. When they left, the school was eerily quiet, without a single sound of human voice.

Because the weirdness was contained, all the illusions naturally disappeared.

But, a haunted building?

"What does haunted building mean?" Yu An asked.

Tao Yao thought for a moment and said, "So many people have died, and it has a strange aura. In theory, it can be considered a strange thing, but if one day it has consciousness, then it will be strange."

"So when we go back, should we ask the deputy captain to seal off this haunted building?"

The ban here is nothing more than finding someone to guard it and not allowing anyone else to approach.

But the girl's question did not get any response from anyone.

Taoyao finished her potato chips, drank two sips of water, and then closed her eyes to rest.

The girl immediately shut up and didn't dare to disturb him.

An hour later, the car stopped at the open space next to the police station and the Weird Bureau.

Without waiting for anyone to speak, Tao Yao opened her eyes and said as she got out of the car, "Go to the lounge and rest until the others come back."

"Boss, your snacks!" The girl ran after him in two or three steps carrying a plastic bag.

Tao Yao: "I'm full. You can share the food when they come back."

Girl: "Ah? But this costs a lot of Lingyou. I'll transfer the money to you..."

The things here are very expensive. This big bag full of them might cost several thousand Lingyou.

Tao Yao waved her hand: "No, I'll buy it for free."

Taoyao had already walked away, but the girl was still standing there with her things in her hand, repeating in her mind endlessly: buy for free, buy for free…

These three words hurt her so much.

Her first thought was, how is this possible?

But it seems that it is only natural to replace the opponent with Yao Yao?

Yu An parked the car and walked up to her holding the gold box: "Why don't you leave?"

It would have been fine if he didn't say anything. As soon as he opened his mouth, the girl couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into tears: "Wow! Boss, she... Boss, she said these things were bought for free. How can she be so awesome!"

Yu An: “…”

Could he say that he was a little envious?

No wonder they say comparing yourself with others will make you angry!

Because of their own serious lack of strength, they are not jealous, but they are depressed and angry that they are not as good as others.

But even though the girl was sobbing, she still walked forward step by step, and whispered to herself: "It's okay, don't cry, there are free snacks to eat, why are you crying?"

Seeing this, Yu An felt greatly relieved.

He really doesn't know how to coax children.

There are many lounges in the basement of the strange bureau, and Tao Yao slept in the one where she changed clothes before.

Yu An handed the golden box to the clerical staff upstairs, ate something with the girl, and then went to the lounge to rest.

They were the first team to return from this operation. By the time other teams had all returned to the Weird Bureau, the sun had already set.

The underground floor is brightly lit.

The deputy captain was the second to last to come back. The place he went to was the most dangerous place this time. He had many wounds on his body, his combat uniform was tattered, and the broken wound on his left arm was particularly eye-catching.

This time he completed the mission alone, at the cost of losing an arm.

At that time, there were already quite a few people sitting in the conference room. The deputy captain allowed his team members to bandage his wound while looking at the people sitting there. After the bandage was completed, he asked, "Are you all back?"

Lao Xu shook his head slightly: "The team has all returned, but the members are not complete."

Another person died.

They have become accustomed to such sad things and feel numb when talking about them.

The deputy captain nodded: "As long as the mission is completed."

It's not that he is cold-blooded, but as a member of the Weird Bureau, they walk in the darkness to protect humanity, and they have already put life and death aside from the beginning.

Sadness is an emotion only the weak have, but they are not.

Rather than being sad, he was more surprised.

He didn't have much hope this time, but he didn't expect everyone to be so competitive and no one let down.

This made him feel very relieved.

Lao Xu smiled and said, "Yes, the newcomers played a significant role this time, especially Yaoyao and Qiyuan. They are indeed the people that Captain Lin and you value!"

Speaking of Yaoyao, the deputy captain didn't see her: "Where's Yaoyao?"

"She was resting in the lounge. She came back at 1:30 in the afternoon."

"This little girl really knows how to enjoy herself! Well, then we won't have the meeting today. Everyone go back and have a good rest, heal your wounds, and then go to the Aries Community tomorrow."

Although he was sad about the casualties, he was more happy that so many troubles were solved at once.

"Yes."

"Old Xu, have someone take the newcomer to your house."

"No problem, you should have a good rest then."

"Ah."