When he woke up again, a dark sky met his eyes.
It was night, and the sky was dark and gloomy. The moonlight was hidden by thick dark clouds, revealing only a small corner that shimmered with silver light.
The surroundings were dead silent, somewhat oppressive, and the darkness not far away was like a giant abyss, ready to swallow them at any moment.
He got up and looked around. Other players were lying haphazardly on the ground.
Including him, there were ten people in total, both male and female.
He was the first to wake up.
Surrounding them were towering modern buildings.
The tall buildings in the distance were shrouded in thick fog, blurry and indistinct, appearing both illusory and real.
However, the building in front of them was brightly lit, and there seemed to be figures on the upper floors, no different from a modern building.
As he woke up, the rest of the people gradually regained consciousness.
After waking up, they all looked around.
Before they could do anything, the Death Game's notification sound rang in their minds.
“Ding, welcome players to the Death Game.
This game's codename is - Horror Building Security Guard.
Mission brief: All players need to serve as security guards in this building tonight. Every hour, you must patrol various locations on each floor and punch in at designated spots.
If you are not dead by 8 AM tomorrow, the game mission is considered complete.
The more thorough your patrol, the better the final reward will be.
Hint: There seems to be an unknown entity within the building. It will devour your lives. It seems some players have reached a certain cooperation with that unknown entity. Your deaths will be exchanged for their lives!
When patrolling, you must be careful, careful, and even more careful!
Of course, if someone can kill the unknown entity and find the traitor, they might receive a very generous reward.
Note: Players are not allowed to kill each other.”
Security guards, a traitor, an unknown entity?
Xu Yueguang pondered the Death Game's hints while observing the others.
There were middle-aged men and women, as well as young men and women. One person with yellow hair stood out.
The others had clearly noticed the word 'traitor' as well.
There's a traitor among them, which means anyone could be the traitor. Instantly, the atmosphere became tense.
Everyone looked at each other with suspicion.
For a moment, it became quiet, and no one spoke.
“Everyone, for this mission, listen to my command.”
Just as everyone was still trying to figure out who the traitor might be, a young man in black, about twenty-five years old, stood up and shouted loudly.
Xu Yueguang looked over. It was a man with a scar on his face. His black attire made him look somewhat heroic.
His gaze was sharp, seemingly filled with a murderous aura.
This person might have killed before.
Xu Yueguang had made his assessment.
“Tch, what are you? You say we listen to you, and we just listen to you?! Why?!”
The yellow-haired man seemed to have a short temper. He looked at the black-clad youth with disdain.
Young people are hot-headed; no one wants to listen to others' commands.
Boom!
A blazing flame erupted from the black-clad youth's hand.
The people around looked blankly at the coiling fire snake in the black-clad youth's hand.
The black-clad youth looked at the yellow-haired man coldly, his voice deep: “Because I'm a player who has participated in two games, and I possess a C-rank ability—is a fireball enough?”
Gulp~
The yellow-haired man's throat gulped, and he swallowed. He looked at the fireball in the black-clad youth's hand, his voice trembling as he forced a laugh,
“Hehe, enough, enough, big shot. I was just joking, joking, don't take it seriously. You speak, I absolutely won't interrupt you.”
A true man knows when to yield and when to stand firm. He would deal with the other party later if he got the chance.
“Alright, everyone, listen to me.”
The black-clad youth looked around, imprinting everyone's faces in his mind:
“My name is Li Qingshan. From your appearances, you should all be new players.
Then this should be the second Death Game.
The second Death Game always has an experienced player leading the team, and this time, that experienced player should be me.”
“You've all heard the mission clearly: patrol this building.”
The black-clad youth looked at the building in front of them, his gaze moving from bottom to top.
It had five floors.
The other players also looked at the building, assessing their upcoming workplace.
It was a modern building, similar to an office building in the City.
“There are a total of five floors, and ten of us. It seems two people will have to go to each floor. The Death Game has already arranged it,” Xu Yueguang stroked his chin, which had some stubble.
“Not bad!” The black-clad youth looked at Xu Yueguang. His reaction was quite fast. After all, new players usually feel somewhat lost when they first arrive in the Death Game. Xu Yueguang's performance was quite good.
“So, we need to assign teams.
Two people will patrol each floor. Look at your left wrists.”
The black-clad youth gestured for everyone to look at their wrists.
Xu Yueguang looked down. A watch had appeared on his wrist at some point, and it even had a timer.
It was counting down from one hour.
“I've experienced two games before, one of which was a tomb keeper that also required punching in. Punching in is done with this watch.
This place is different from my last tomb keeper game. The tomb keeper only needed to punch in once at one location. Here, someone needs to punch in on every floor.
So, we must distribute ourselves to ensure someone punches in on every floor.”
“What if we don't punch in?” someone asked.
“Don't punch in?” The black-clad youth sneered: “Heh, there were players before who didn't punch in, hiding in one place, trying to muddle through this game. Now the grass on their graves is as tall as you.”
Hiss! Everyone gasped.
He looked at the trembling players around him: “Never think about not punching in. It doesn't matter if you die, but don't drag all of us down to be buried with you!”
Each of the five floors needed someone to punch in. If someone didn't punch in, it would not only affect themselves but also the other players.
“But, but,”
At this moment, a young man of about eighteen stepped forward: “Didn't the game hint that there's a traitor among us?
What if we team up with the traitor? Wouldn't that be very dangerous?”
“Hehe, it is very dangerous. What do you think this is?”
The black-clad youth scoffed: “This is the Death Game!
It's inherently dangerous. Death is the norm. I advise you not to value your lives too much.
In this game, it's either you die or I live.
If you encounter a traitor, consider yourself unlucky. I've seen many people die before my eyes. Enjoy the present.”
“Now, we'll draw lots to decide teams and patrol floors. Everyone must draw a lot. After patrolling and punching in, gather on the 1st floor.”
Although it said to patrol every floor, the Death Game didn't say they had to patrol continuously. After patrolling, it would be much safer for everyone to stay together.
Everyone went to the 1st floor reception desk inside the building and found a piece of paper to draw lots.
Soon, the assignments were complete.
Two people per group, and two people would patrol the 1st floor.
Xu Yueguang was assigned the 4th floor, and his partner was a fierce yet cute Miss Glasses.
“H-hello, it's our first time teaming up. Please take care of me,” seeing that her partner was a handsome man, Miss Glasses couldn't help but feel a little shy.
“Mm, hello,” Xu Yueguang replied perfunctorily, not paying attention to Miss Glasses, but instead looking at the two boys next to them.
“You guys are patrolling the 5th floor, right?”
“Yeah, what do you want?”
“Nothing, my sexual orientation is normal,” Xu Yueguang shook his head.
The two boys: “…”
“But I want to swap floors with you guys for patrolling,” Xu Yueguang's tone shifted.
“Swap floors? Why?”
The two boys exchanged glances, looking at Xu Yueguang warily. What was he planning?
“Nothing, I just want to swap. It's up to you if you want to,” Xu Yueguang didn't explain.
Miss Glasses looked at Xu Yueguang's perfect profile with some confusion, also not understanding.
Even the veteran looked at Xu Yueguang. He thought more than the others.
Could it be that the other party possessed some ability to avoid bad luck and knew the 5th floor wasn't dangerous, which is why he chose the 5th floor?
There are many such skills in the game, and it was normal for Xu Yueguang to draw such a skill or equipment.
Li Qingshan squinted at Xu Yueguang. Does this mean the 5th floor is very safe?
“You two, swap floors with me!” Li Qingshan looked at the two young men who had drawn the 5th floor, pointing at them haughtily.
“Eh???”
The two boys looked blankly at Li Qingshan.
Seeing Li Qingshan also rushing to swap with them, they finally realized, and even the people around them realized something.
Li Qingshan and Xu Yueguang both wanted to patrol their floor, which meant their floor might be very safe!
“No, we won't swap with anyone! We're going to patrol the 5th floor!”
The two boys exchanged glances, then said firmly.
Boom!
A flame rose from Li Qingshan's hand.
“What did you say? I didn't hear too clearly.”
Li Qingshan lifted his chin with an arrogant expression. In the game, strength is everything!
Being able to survive, pride and dignity are not important.
“You, what do you want to do? Killing each other is not allowed in the game!”
The two men looked at the rising blazing flames and exclaimed.
“Tch, killing each other? Are you overestimating yourselves? I won't kill you, but breaking your two legs doesn't count as killing each other.
I'm not discussing with you, but commanding, understand?”
“…”
Understand what? Could they say they didn't understand?
Ultimately, under Li Qingshan's forceful coercion, the two men agreed to swap floors with Li Qingshan for patrolling.
Xu Yueguang watched these people scramble for the 5th floor, a strange smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, but he quickly suppressed it.
Without saying much, everyone took the elevator to their respective floors, and at the same time, they realized the cruelty of this game.
Li Qingshan's actions all told them the importance of strength.
Without strength, in this game, they were like fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others.
Others could make them do whatever they wanted.
Arriving on the 4th floor.
Xu Yueguang and Miss Glasses exited the elevator.
“Why did you want to swap for the 5th floor just now? Is the 5th floor very safe?”
As soon as they exited the elevator, Miss Glasses couldn't help but ask Xu Yueguang.