For some reason, when the two saw the smile on Zhao Yi's face, they couldn't help but shiver.
"What do you want to do?"
Zhao Yi squinted his eyes, coaxing them gently.
"I ask you, if your boss finds out that you're secretly dealing in human organ trafficking, do you think he'll let you off?"
Old Xu and Old Wang fell silent at his words.
The answer was obvious.
Although the organization hadn't explicitly forbidden the cutting of organs from corpses, they absolutely prohibited any contact between their masked members and outsiders!
Once discovered... they would disappear from the world!
"So... even if you manage to sell these organs on the black market for millions, how would you spend it?"
The two remained silent.
After a long pause, one of them said:
"Once we leave here, we can spend it."
Zhao Yi kicked the headless corpse, sending the doctor's body rolling onto the floor, raising a cloud of dust.
Then Zhao Yi sat down on the operating table.
"Leave here?"
"Are you really that naive?"
"The person behind the scenes cut off your contact with the outside world and changed your identities. Why do you think that is? Don't you have any idea?"
"Looking at you, being able to secretly contact outsiders to sell organs, you must have been working for the mastermind for some time... Have you ever heard of anyone leaving here alive?"
The two didn't speak, cold sweat slowly seeping from their temples, dripping down their hair.
Sometimes, it's not that people can't think of the worst, but they don't want to.
The unknown often brings more despair and fear.
If they knew from the start that they would surely die, they might have accepted it.
But now...
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They didn't know if they would die.
With the hope of living, they naturally feared death even more!
"Help me, and if it works out, you can leave here with a lot of money, free as a bird."
"If it doesn't... I won't drag you down."
"After all... your boss has a reason to kill you, I don't."
The atmosphere in the small room was tense.
The smell of blood mixed with dust was unpleasant.
Just like the expressions on their faces, complex and unsightly.
After a long contemplation, Old Xu gritted his teeth and said:
"Alright."
"We can help you... but only within our capabilities!"
Zhao Yi smiled slightly.
"I won't make things difficult for you."
"After all, we're in the same boat now."
"Next, I need to know two things."
"First, who is behind the Abalone Game?"
"Second, what is the next game, and how difficult is it?"
Zhao Yi's intentions were clear.
One main quest, one side quest.
This game couldn't end with only him surviving. If Luo Qili died, he would enter a wrong timeline and reach a wrong ending!
Old Wang thought seriously for a moment.
"We don't know who's behind the Abalone Game... but it's said that after the third game, he personally meets the survivors and gives them a precious gift."
"If you want to meet him, you'll have to wait until the third game is over."
Old Xu added:
"The next game is called 'Prisoner's Maze'!"
"The players who survived the first game will all be sent into a giant underground maze."
"There, they'll have a fragmented map and will move from the outskirts of the maze toward the center!"
"Five minutes after the players enter the maze, 'Hunters' will also enter from the outskirts!"
"They will relentlessly hunt the players until all the players... are dead!"
Zhao Yi asked curiously:
"Hunters? Are they human?"
Old Xu shook his head.
"They are a kind of 'bloody weapon' created by humans."
"We don't know much about them, only that they seem to be some X-series product from a mysterious organization."
"This weapon is said to use a meme of a mysterious lizard-like species, injected into the human body."
"Those injected develop a strong hatred for humanoid creatures, their bodies become stronger, and they heal quickly from injuries..."
"The most terrifying part is... when they are killed, they revive within five minutes, becoming even stronger than before!"
"These bloody weapons are usually kept frozen in nitrogen chambers, only released at special times."
"When they re-enter the nitrogen chamber, their evolved state slowly regresses in the cold, returning to their initial state."
Hearing this, Zhao Yi immediately thought of a peculiar figure.
—A creature that shouldn't exist in this world.
"Can you get detailed information on them?"
Old Wang hesitated.
"It's difficult."
"The reason we've been able to keep our communication with the outside world hidden is because there's a skilled hacker, Old Wu, in the surveillance room, who's one of us!"
"He can help get information on those bloody weapons."
With that, Old Wang handed a communicator to Zhao Yi.
"Stay in this small room and don't wander around. He'll send you the information later..."
"You can also contact him through this communicator."
"But don't disturb him between 9 and 11, as the surveillance room will be under strict inspection then!"
Zhao Yi agreed.
Seeing that it was about time, one of them took care of the fresh organs, and the other handled the corpse. After they left, they locked the door and left Zhao Yi with a spare key.
"There's food and water in the storage box."
"If you need to go out, let Old Wu know in advance, and he'll find a way to keep you off the surveillance."
After giving some cautious instructions, they left the secret room.
After they left, Zhao Yi sat on the operating table, opened the system panel, and sent a message to Luo Qili, informing her about the next game.
Luo Qili replied, saying they were currently resting in different rooms and that the second game would start the next day.
After finishing, Zhao Yi contacted Old Wu in the surveillance room.
Besides the information Old Wu sent, Zhao Yi also asked if he could secretly enter the Prisoner's Maze.
Soon, Old Wu replied.
It was a route and a specific time.
"There are no surveillance cameras in the maze."
"Follow the route and timing I gave you, and you can enter the maze."
"But don't approach the center. Your identity is marked as deceased, and if you get close... you'll be executed!"
Looking at the message Old Wu shared, Zhao Yi's eyes lit up with interest.
The maze for the second game... actually has no surveillance cameras?
That doesn't make sense...
Whether the person behind the scenes is a psychopath who enjoys watching people kill each other in despair, or someone using the game to select or purify something... shouldn't they observe more, compare more?
Not installing cameras, does he have clairvoyance, or does he have other motives?
Thinking of this, Zhao Yi considered another possibility.
Could it be...
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