#389 - Chapter 389 Finally Survived
“Next, we'll increase the difficulty. You can't call out the number under your own feet either. Let's begin.” The aircraft said.
Everyone shuddered upon hearing this.
Although it was just a simple rule added, for the human brain, it was equivalent to opening another thread.
“It's your turn to call.” The aircraft came to Number 21 and said.
“21!” Number 21's brain couldn't process it, and he directly called out the number under his feet.
“Thump~”
As soon as he called it out, he knew he was done for and fainted from fright.
“Chirp~”
The flying robot directly fired a shot at his foot.
“Ah!”
Number 21 felt intense pain and immediately woke up.
“Fainting is not allowed. You can go die now.” The aircraft said.
Subsequently, Number 21 disappeared in terror.
Brutal! Too brutal! Simply inhuman!
They could have killed him while he was unconscious, but they had to wake him up.
Seeing this scene, the others were sweating profusely. At the same time, their energy was unprecedentedly focused, each one completely absorbed.
“It's your turn.” The aircraft came to Number 22.
“1!” Number 22 shouted.
After shouting, the aircraft flew away.
He knew he had called correctly and gasped for breath.
The game continued, but the pace slowed down considerably. Everyone was extremely careful when calling out numbers, afraid of making a mistake.
“16!” After Number 16 shouted, the aircraft didn't fly away.
He lowered his head and looked at the number under his feet, which happened to be 16.
“Congratulations!” The aircraft said.
Number 16 died.
For the next hour or so, the competition was exceptionally fierce. Everyone was trying hard to survive. Stimulated by this strong desire to live, the numbers called out became higher and higher.
Two hours later, only 3 people remained in the entire circle: Number 14, Number 25, and Number 28.
Among these three people, there were two experts and one modified human.
“Congratulations! You are the final victors. I keep my word, you can leave!” The aircraft said.
After Dongfang Chen finished speaking, the three people were completely exhausted and instantly collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath and tearing up.
“It wasn't easy, we finally survived!”
All the circles on the ground disappeared at this moment.
“Aren't you leaving yet?” The aircraft said.
“Let's go! Let's go!”
Several people, including the Master and Ling Tian who had been watching from the side, spoke.
The five people got up, ignoring the dirt on their bodies, and began to flee in a panic.
“Welcome to visit next time!” The aircraft added.
The people ignored him completely, running away into the distance without looking back.
They vowed in their hearts never to come again in this lifetime.
There were still several cars left on the scene. They randomly chose one, opened the door, and quickly got in.
The modified human was responsible for driving, and they sped towards the Balle District train station.
Their train was still at the station.
They couldn't get back without the train, and there wasn't enough gasoline to drive.
The gift Dongfang Chen prepared for them had already been "loaded into the car."
Without a doubt, it was a queen bee.
……
October 20, 2055 AD.
The thing Dongfang Chen predicted indeed happened.
The joint investigation team dispatched by the council arrived at the Mercenary Guild.
The purpose of their trip was to conduct an anti-monopoly investigation into the communication services provided by the Mercenary Guild.
This was faster than expected.
“Speak, how many crystal cores?” Zhang Yuan Kui asked directly.
“Guild Master Tian Sha, please watch your words! We are here to investigate your communication business, are you trying to bribe us?” The investigator who spoke seemed very upright.
“Isn't it just a fine? You can just say how much directly, and I'll pay it. Everyone is very busy, no need to waste each other's time.” Zhang Yuan Kui really didn't want to deal with this kind of thing.
“You…!” The investigator was speechless.
“Guild Master Tian Sha, don't misunderstand. We are following normal judicial procedures, not here to ask for crystal cores. Why don't we sit down and talk?” The team leader stopped the investigator and said politely.
“Please!” Zhang Yuan Kui took a deep breath and said.
He didn't know what there was to talk about. Sooner or later, it would just be about fines. Dongfang Chen had already told him to just go through the motions.
But since they wanted to talk, he had no choice but to comply.
“Guild Master Tian Sha, perhaps you are not very clear, the communication industry in our Hua Country belongs to a controlled industry, and private organizations are not allowed to operate it.” After entering the conference room, the team leader took the lead in speaking.
“I really wasn't very clear, so what do we do now that it's already open?” Zhang Yuan Kui asked.
“It's like this. We need to nationalize this business.” The team leader said.
“Nationalize? That's impossible!” Zhang Yuan Kui was a little surprised and directly refused.
Dongfang Chen had only told him that the guild might be subject to an anti-monopoly investigation, but he didn't mention that this business would be taken back.
“If you don't agree, then we can only shut it down.” The team leader replied seriously.
It seemed that there was no room for negotiation on this point.
Zhang Yuan Kui frowned, and the scene fell into silence.
