CH 102

Xiao Lan looked at the time and sure enough it was 2:44am.

His suspicions about the changes that occur every hour were verified.

When they had gone upstairs for the meeting earlier, they had clearly seen that there was only one conference room, what the hell was this Conference Room 2? A non-existent meeting room where a boss, who never shows up, launches him into an appointment fraught with danger.

It is clear that the visitor is not a good one.

The sudden selection by the boss interrupts their original search process and forces Xiao Lan to leave for a while.

Xiao Lan handed Luo the notebook in his hand: "I'll go over there and check it out."

Luo took the notebook, knowing in his heart the dangers of this trip.

But he didn't choose to stay or say something like "I'll protect you". On the one hand, since the game only named Xiao Lan, it might not be helpful or even dangerous for him to go along, and on the other hand, he understood that Xiao Lan wanted to train and become stronger, not to be pampered.

Luo only nodded gently, "Please be careful, I'll wait for you here."

"I will." Xiao Lan waved at Luo.

With that he walked out of the planning office, leaving only a crisp, clean back.

Hua Bei, who had witnessed the whole thing, felt as if his presence was superfluous, even though the two men had not said anything special.

It's like one of those things that gets bright when it's electrified.

In the corridor, Xiao Lan sees another person coming out of the office, a man with a tangled brow and a stony expression, clutching his mobile phone tightly, looking very depressed.

He remembered that this player seemed to be called Zheng Zhi, one of the people who became the program.

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Seeing Xiao Lan also coming out of the office, Zheng Zhi asked, "Have you been named to the office too?"

Xiao Lan nodded, "Yeah."

Zheng Zhi clearly looks anxious: "Shit ...... don't even know where the danger is coming from, how is this going to be dealt with."

Xiao Lan didn't answer, as he didn't know what to do with that sudden presence being erased, after all he hadn't experienced it, while what exactly the relationship between this boss and Cain was, the players didn't know.

It was simply misty going forward this time.

Without much ado, the two men walked together towards the stairs leading to the conference room.

--

When he reached the stairs, Zheng Zhi stared at them, his palms constantly rubbing against his trouser legs, looking a little hesitant.

Xiao Lan was the first to walk up.

The moment you step onto the stairs, it is like entering a different dimension.

Zheng Zhi disappeared behind him and the lights of the office not far away remained, but the office, which had previously been filled with occasional sounds of people, was now quiet and the players were gone.

At the moment, the whole studio is like one of those false surroundings outside the window.

Xiao Lan raised his full guard, dropping each step carefully. His footsteps echoed in the silent space, for it was so quiet that one could even hear one's own breathing clearly.

After a short walk, Xiao Lan realised that something was wrong. He had walked up this staircase during a meeting with the players, and the whole staircase was only a dozen steps, so it wouldn't take him half a minute to walk slowly.

But he remembered that he had taken seven steps, yet the end of the stairs was still in its original position and not at all closer.

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Looking back again, he was still standing on the first step.

Xiao Lan was alerted to what was going on.

Was there a problem with space that put him in a ghostly situation?

Or ......

He thought about Cain's powers, perhaps there was something wrong with his memory, something that had actually happened before that had brought him back here?

He surveyed the scene around him and everything was as normal.

Then he began to examine himself and then unexpectedly felt a thin layer of sweat on the back of his neck.

Xiao Lan is very fit, having entered the game without any strenuous exercise, and short battles don't make him sweat.

Apart from this thin layer of sweat, there were no missing parts and no injuries on his body.

So where did the sweat on the back of his neck come from?

It must have been going through something that would make him feel nervous to be like that.

In other words, it was his memory that went wrong.

Xiao Lan looked ahead, his memory going blank just as he reached the seventh step, skipping over what happened after the seventh step and bridging directly to the situation where he had returned to his current position.

Ahead, there must be some kind of danger.

If he hadn't noticed the change in himself and thought that it was just a ghostly attack, the vigilance he had previously maintained would have been instantly lowered. The consequences of then rushing forward in such a low alert state are self-evident.

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He tried to back up, then unsurprisingly found that it was as if there was a wall of air behind him, preventing him from leaving the ladder.

Xiao Lan is now in a dilemma, with no way back and unknown dangers ahead.

Since we can't go backwards, let's move forward.

Xiao Lan took out the [Bone of Dalet] and clutched it tightly in his palm. After a month of fighting, he was already well attuned to this new weapon.

Exhaling softly, he resumed his stride towards the front.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

......

Nothing happened until the sixth step, and the stairs ahead looked so quiet that one could not imagine the danger they contained.

Step 7.

Everything was as normal when I first stepped on the steps.

But in the next moment, Xiao Lan sensed a sense of danger that gave him the creeps.

Xiao Lan looked around, and it was clear that there was nothing around him, nor did any sound appear, and it even looked as calm as before, as if it was all an illusion on his part.

But his fighting instincts told him danger! Deadly danger loomed all around him, and if he was caught it was a danger that would be difficult to get out of, and it was best to leave the area immediately.

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Did ...... Cain appear?

Xiao Lan backhandedly sweeps a stick around himself.

However, the [Bone of Dalet], which can attack ghosts and monsters, does not feel like hitting anything.

Seeing that the attack hadn't worked, Xiao Lan took the opportunity to dart straight ahead in an attempt to escape that danger.

Yet no matter how he advanced, that sense of danger did not subside.

It even grew stronger, causing his skin to feel a vague tingling sensation, like something was approaching him with malicious intent.

One step from the top of the ladder, the feeling of danger had reached the top, and the murderous intent that overflowed made Xiao Lan feel like he was falling into the depths of an icy sea.

It seemed that the next moment he would disappear from this world and no one would ever remember.

In the nick of time, Xiao Lan pulled out the [You're so poor you make me laugh] from his storage space.

This is a life-saving item obtained from Lady Bella's manor, which allows the boss to spare him once, and can only be used once.

"Heh ......"

There was a disembodied laugh in the air.

Then the cold, stinging killing intent slowly faded around them, the voices of the players at the bottom of the stairs came through, the air seemed to start flowing again, and even the lights looked a little more vivid.

"Whew ......" Xiao Lan took a step off the ladder and couldn't help but pant heavily.

He reached up and wiped a cold sweat from his forehead, this invisible danger was too much of a cheat, his own abilities were biased towards head-on combat and not good at escape and survival, if he didn't have the props he might have really gone cold this time.

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Unfortunately, poor people like Xiao Lan don't really have much in the way of props.

After a short break, Xiao Lan's eyes turn in the direction of the boss's office, where the door is still closed and looks no different from the last time he saw it.

"Knock, knock, knock--"

Xiao Lan knocked on the door of his boss's office.

Inside, however, there was no response for a while, as if they hadn't expected anyone to actually come up.

Xiao Lan knocked once more, "Boss?"

This time there was finally a response, a piece of paper was handed out through a gap under the door, the paper looked tattered and yellowed badly.

There are patterns and motifs painted on it in an odd script that just look ominous.

That eerie voice of the boss came out from behind the door, " Xiao Lan Ah ...... new employee rank needs to fill out a supplementary form, you fill it out now, and remember to stamp a handprint with your own blood at the end."

Xiao Lan: "......"

Are you fooling the fools?

It's a very odd thing to read, but who in their right mind would put their own message on it, let alone stamp it with blood.

When Xiao Lan didn't respond, the boss's voice continued, "This is related to your benefits, so fill it out."

The reason is simply perfunctory.

Xiao Lan clenched his fist, a little tempted to punch someone.

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At this point he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have an intelligence reduction buff on him, which would reduce the boss's intelligence rating on him by 20%.

But is that only 20%? It's already falling below the range of normal human intelligence, isn't it?

Did Xiao Lan look like a simple-minded, four-legged, ape-like type to the ghouls of this game? The melee fighter who seemed to understand some kind of truth felt discriminated against.

What's wrong with being able to fight? If you can fight, you can't take the intelligent route!

Noticing that Xiao Lan was still not moving, the boss's voice got a degree colder: "What kind of work attitude do you ...... have ......"

Xiao Lan threw the torn piece of paper to the ground, holding the [Bones of Dalet] in one hand and tapping it on the other, "Boss, I want to talk to you face to face."

The boss seems to think the situation is a bit off: "No, just talk like this ......"

Xiao Lan raised his hand and struck the flower pot in the doorway with a swing of his stick, directly shattering it and the shelf underneath, followed by a deep purple flame that rose up and spread extremely fast, covering the entire pot directly in it almost in the blink of an eye.

A few moments later, all that remained of the flowerpot was a pile of black ashes.

You can imagine the power of this flame.

Xiao Lan was all smiles: "How can this show my sincerity? After all, I am a new employee and I have to remain humble and polite in front of my boss."

Boss: "......"

You call that fucking humble and polite?!!!

Won't my will take effect immediately if I let you in!!!

The boss's voice reappeared, a hint of kindness in the eerie coldness of the feeling with an effort: "Actually ...... I'm looking for you to tell you that you've done a good job and want to ...... give you a bonus increase... ..."

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"No, I've always loved my job and don't ask for anything in return." Xiao Lan laughed softly, "Is there anything else, boss? If not I'll leave."

Boss: "......"

Get out of here! Leave and don't come back!!!

The author has something to say.

Xiao Lan: I groped at work, had an office romance and tried to beat up my boss, but I knew I was a good employee.

Luo: Sir is right (applause).