Chapter 2590
"It should be true," said Liu Jie. "The government wouldn’t announce unverified information."
"What does that mean?" the short-haired woman asked. "Did everyone who saw the Night Tour Team die?"
"Not necessarily." Xu Huo compared the range of the dungeon restricted area, "Judging by the speed of expansion, it’s not fast. When the restricted area appeared, most people successfully left. Compared to the entire range of the restricted area, very few were actually engulfed."
"Let’s leave ordinary people aside; the players inside couldn’t possibly be killed in a very short time, especially with Rank-A players providing rescue."
"Combining these two points, the people inside the dungeon restricted area haven’t been completely digested yet. It’s been nearly five hours since the restricted area appeared, so not everyone who saw the Night Tour Team died immediately. They might have been absorbed into the Night Tour Team like those in the suburbs."
"It would take a considerable amount of time for the Night Tour Team to completely kill or assimilate the players."
Xu Huo frowned, "This isn’t good news."
Information should be viewed relatively. For those trapped in the dungeon restricted area, not dying immediately means there’s still a chance for rescue. But for those outside the restricted area and the entire dungeon venue, the fact that the Night Tour Team isn’t appearing elsewhere might mean it’s gathering strength.
(To be modified later)
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After studying the map of buildings, he thought for a moment and said: "Let’s go to Xinxin Elderly Care Community."
"Xinxin Elderly Care Community has well-developed elderly facilities, numerous buildings, densely packed houses, and many service robots."
Unlike the ghost-themed Night Tour, the religious-themed Night Tour seems to favor more open spaces for massacres. The dungeon restricted areas don’t occupy large-capacity skyscrapers like the ghost-themed ones do but lean towards more open venues. This might be different characteristics extending from different themes, but currently, no cross-theme sign has appeared. Hiding in a densely packed pigeonhole-like place like Xinxin Elderly Care Community, with smaller buildings, might help avoid some trigger conditions.
"Isn’t this religious brainwashing? With a bunch of old men and women together, won’t they all get beheaded?" the little old man immediately said.
"Do you think you’re easily brainwashed?" Xu Huo asked.
"Of course not!" the little old man answered matter-of-factly, "I didn’t live this long for nothing!"
Exactly, in common perception, elderly people are considered easier to deceive, but in fact, those who are easy to deceive will always be easy to deceive. The reason why there are so many news stories of elderly people being scammed is because their physical capabilities drastically decline, and when the body is no longer healthy, psychological dependency increases. In places like District 001, ordinary people who take evolution potions become overly healthy. Unless affected by potion side effects, they can run and jump until they die of old age. Not to mention, there are service robots and abundant entertainment options, making people’s dependency much less.
Besides, looking at the little old man’s state, you can understand that in a district that values force and personal belief, believing in oneself is always better. The older, the more so.
"Alright, we’ll go with your plan." The little old man turned and called to those behind him, "Someone who can drive a big car!"
The air traffic is already in chaos, aircraft can’t be used temporarily, and many places on the ground are blocked. However, there’s a special tourist ring city line. This route isn’t crowded usually, and the vehicle is just passing near Xinxin Elderly Care Community. It’s empty of tourists and can’t rely on auto-driving; someone has to manually operate it.
Those following the little old man have increased to more than twenty, with very few elderly, mostly young people around twenty, half of whom should be students from a school, clustering together to follow him.
A young man stepped forward, "I’ve learned for a few days, but I’m not very familiar..."
"Familiar or not, it’s up to you," the little old man pushed him to the front, "Just drive, there’s an emergency collision avoidance mode, nobody will die."
The young man sat in the driver’s seat, composed himself, and began operating on the panel. Though not fast, the vehicle started moving.
The little old man invited others to get on board. Once the vehicle was moving, he turned to Xu Huo and said, "I’ll contact you when we arrive. Xiao Xu, don’t die first. If you die first, the props I owe you will just be saved."
Xu Huo smiled slightly, "If I die, someone will come to collect."
The Girl in the painting appeared behind him at this moment, waving with a full smile at the little old man.
The little old man laughed too, then cut off the communication.
Seeing him calmly arrange Mr. Xi to find a place to hide, simply after browsing the Collection of Information Terminal’s news, Mr. Wang looked at Xu Huo with newfound admiration. As soon as the communication ended, he quickly asked, "Mr. Xu, is our situation here similar to Lanshui Town? Do we need to find densely packed buildings to hide?"
"We’re likely the opposite here." Xu Huo said, "Places like Yangming Building where people are concentrated, dispersing a little is safer."
Whether in Lanshui Town or Xia City, conditions for the dungeon restricted area and dungeon killings are still in the guessing stage. A slight difference is that the Night Tour Team in Xia City suburbs appeared once, which was a small massacre, precisely under the premise of an open space and unprecedentedly dense population.
"Then we’ll stay here," Mr. Wang hurriedly said.
And compared to the constantly refreshing news on the Collection of Information Terminal and the real situation in the villa area, this area appears genuinely safer apart from those two previous attacks.
"News has come out about the dungeon restricted area!" the short-haired woman suddenly called out.
Others received the news too. The dungeon restricted area has been confirmed to be a small space overlapping the current one. Those entering may be directly hooded, or chased non-stop by hooded individuals, with the Night Tour Team appearing every two hours. According to the message from a player who reported back, he was almost constantly pursued upon entering the dungeon restricted area, with no opportunity to rest, let alone transmit the message immediately.
After each appearance of the Night Tour Team, players nearby become fewer. The message sender hasn’t directly faced the Night Tour Team, so he doesn’t know what happened to the disappeared players.
The local government publicly released the message sent by the player completely. The situation is urgent, and the player’s description is somewhat confusing, but the focus is essentially two points: First, entering the dungeon restricted area results in relentless pursuit. Second, facing the Night Tour Team leads to a very high death rate.
"Up to now, quite a few players should have entered the dungeon restricted area. Could the Night Tour Team there be so numerous that these players have no chance to breathe?" After finishing, the short-haired woman couldn’t help but say, "Is this information true or false?"