Chapter 445: Closing the Net

On the rooftop.

Luo Xingchuan revealed a look of deep thought.

'According to intelligence, in the 18th Level, six groups of 【Chen Ran's four-person team】 have appeared.'

'One group is standing in place, seeming to wait for us, to take care of us before leaving.'

'One group is running towards the Gatehouse, probably wanting to use the white world for Instance selection to evade the Hell Great Escape's hunt.'

'One group is running towards the Residential Area.'

'The remaining three groups are running towards the Liar Slayer Alliance Ancient Tower from three different directions.'

'A battle of wits between escaping and pursuing?'

'Somewhat interesting.'

He glanced at his watch.

'It's 8:30 right now, there's half an hour left before Instance matching ends.'

'In other words, they will stay in the white world for at most half an hour before coming out.'

'If we Wait for the Rabbit to Hit the Tree, they will definitely be ambushed. Therefore, the one running towards the Gatehouse...'

'Can be eliminated!'

…

The real Chen Ran's group of four was currently standing in front of the Gatehouse quietly waiting.

Lin Xuan frowned and said: "Strange, in all six directions, no one is pursuing."

Hearing this, the hearts of the other three suddenly skipped a beat, secretly thinking: they had encountered an expert.

No one pursuing meant that they had deduced the final destination of Chen Ran's group of four.

They were Waiting for the Rabbit to Hit the Tree at the destination.

"We have two choices now." Chen Ran took a drag of his cigarette and said: "One, continue according to the previous plan to the Alliance Ancient Tower."

Although the four of them were in front of the Gatehouse, the other three groups were all running towards the Ancient Tower.

Later on, they only needed to let Lin Xuan transfer the four of them to another space, and swap with a group that had run to the front of the Alliance Ancient Tower. They could perform a spatial jump, directly jumping from the front of the Gatehouse to the front of the Alliance Ancient Tower.

Logically speaking, in this kind of situation, the most impossible one is often the most possible one.

Therefore, Chen Ran and the others felt that the pursuers would chase the group running towards the Gatehouse.

But the opponent was very smart, knowing that no matter which direction Chen Ran's group of four ran, they would ultimately go to the Alliance Ancient Tower. Thus, the pursuers simply went to the Alliance Ancient Tower to Wait for the Rabbit to Hit the Tree.

From this, it could be seen that the pursuer was very strong, at least two stars higher, easily cracking the smokescreen Chen Ran had laid down.

"Two: change destination." Chen Ran looked in a certain direction: "Go to the Residential Area!"

The three frowned.

The danger factor of the Residential Area was the highest. The reason was simple: the Alliance had records of which room players of each star rank lived in. It would be very easy to suffer targeted strikes. For example, if you were a One-Star player, then they would dispatch a Three-Star team specifically to sweep the area of One-Star players.

Similarly, for a Three-Star area, they could dispatch a Five-Star team to sweep it.

And that wasn't all.

Because the Residential Area was closely packed together, it meant that Three-Star teams, Five-Star teams, Seven-Star teams, and Nine-Star teams were all sweeping every floor in that area.

Suppose Chen Ran's group of four performed exceptionally and took out a Five-Star team, a Six-Star or Seven-Star team would immediately come up, giving them absolutely no chance to survive.

In contrast, the star ranks of the players going to the Ancient Tower were uneven. With Lin Xuan's spatial skill, they just needed to avoid the high-star players.

Simply put.

Residential Area: you wait for others to come clean you up, and there's no upper limit to the star ranks.

Ancient Tower: you go to clear stages. As long as you avoid the Secret Rooms of high-star players, you can survive.

As for wandering outside?

Don't even think about it. Chen Ran's trio felt that the true high-star players of the two alliances would sweep from the outside in, driving all players to the Residential Area or the Alliance Ancient Tower.

Just like herding ducks.

This was the true Hell Great Escape. Not only did the hunted have intelligence, the hunters also had intelligence. They wouldn't kill one by one at all, but would encircle and kill them all together.

…

Just as the four of them were about to make a decision.

Someone whistled.

The four looked over and saw a youth standing not far away.

A dazzling smile hung on the youth's face.

He looked...

Full of openings from head to toe. But the feeling he gave was that as long as he made a move, they would all die. What kind of oppressive feeling was this?

The youth lit a cigarette, and seeing the four still looking at him vigilantly, he yawned.

"My name is Gu Zangsheng, a Nine-Star Liar-Slayer. I am in charge of closing the net in this area."

"You guys... still aren't running?"

Hearing this, the four people's hair instantly stood on end. Without a second thought, Lin Xuan transferred the four of them into Space Number One, where the time flow was the slowest.

At the Gatehouse of Space Number One.

The four gasped heavily for air. Just now, they truly felt like they had met the Grim Reaper.

"Yo, a spatial skill, not bad. Pity it doesn't really work on me."

Hearing this voice again, the four stiffly turned their heads and saw Gu Zangsheng squatting in front of the Gatehouse, yawning and smoking.

It was as if they had seen a ghost.

Lin Xuan's eyes widened even more. The time flow in this space was slow. Logically speaking, the Gu Zangsheng of this space hadn't appeared in front of the Gatehouse yet.

But, he had appeared!

"Liar-Slayer·Wheel of Time!"

The next moment, the four were pulled back to five minutes ago in the original space.

"Yo, you also have a time skill. Pity it doesn't really work on me."

The four once again saw the familiar figure.

Even though three of them had no memory.

Their scalps still tingled.

Qiu Yinong was greatly alarmed. The Wheel of Time had reset time to five minutes ago. Logically speaking, Gu Zangsheng shouldn't have appeared, yet he did, and it seemed he had even preserved his memory.

The Wheel of Time was retracted, and the three who recovered their memories looked at Gu Zangsheng in horror.

Chen Ran stepped forward and said: "Many thanks!"

Having said that, he looked at Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan once again transferred the four to another space.

When the four appeared, they had already swapped with the group heading towards the Alliance Ancient Tower, achieving a spatial jump. The distance to the Alliance Ancient Tower...

Was less than 500 meters.

This time, Gu Zangsheng didn't pursue them. Because earlier, in front of the Gatehouse, he had said 【I am in charge of this area】, which meant for them to flee to another area.

Regarding Gu Zangsheng's skill, the four also had some guesses. It was highly likely...

A causality-type skill!

Following causality to arrive in Space Number One.

Following causality to appear in advance, at a time when he shouldn't have appeared.

"Lin Xuan, get ready," Chen Ran hurriedly instructed, deeply afraid they would encounter something else on the way.

The next moment, Lin Xuan flickered, replacing himself, and spoke a lie to the three.

However, just as he said...

"I lied."

A bullet struck him in the forehead. Lin Xuan fell to the ground dead, and the three stopped in their tracks.

They saw a person appear out of thin air right in front of them.

It was also a youth, with a lollipop dangling from his mouth, a small tuft of yellow hair in his bangs, and a somewhat lackadaisical appearance.

"I am a Nine-Star Ghost Whisperer, I am in charge of closing the net in this area." After saying that, the Yellow-Haired Youth waved his hand at the three like swatting flies.

"Many thanks!" Chen Ran thanked him again.

The next moment, the three and Lin Xuan's corpse disappeared out of thin air. Fortunately, the three groups of 【Chen Ran's four-person team】 in the other spaces had headed towards the Ancient Tower from three different directions.

Thus, when the four appeared again.

They appeared on the left side of the 18th Level, also running desperately towards the Alliance Ancient Tower. The distance to the Ancient Tower...

Was about 300 meters.

Chen Ran glanced at Lin Xuan again. Lin Xuan's body flickered, holding his forehead and looking around.

"I... lied."

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman appeared out of thin air in front of the four, and her Liar-Slayer was only an inch away from Lin Xuan's forehead.

Lin Xuan: "..."

What shocked Lin Xuan even more was that the remaining Lin Xuans who were still alive, no matter which space they were in, all had a gun pointed at their foreheads by this woman in front of them.

'No, is this right?'

However, strangely, upon seeing Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong, the woman put away her gun.

"Hurry up and go, hurry up and go, don't delay my work," she said while even stepping aside to clear a path.

Lin Xuan and Jiang Zhe felt a heavy burden lifted, and ran extremely fast. Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong had strange expressions on their faces and gave the woman a thumbs up.

'Who the fuck else could this be but Mei Zhixu?'

'As expected of Hell's ultimate wage earner!'