Read Novel Full Chapter 632
Chapter 632
As they passed through the corridor, they met a group of bird-masked people hurrying by.
Once the bird-masked people had walked away, Bai Lixin asked, “Do you think Samael and Lin Jue might have blended in with the bird-masked group? Like that team just now?”
Li Cangshan: “I don’t know if they’ve mixed in with the bird-masked people, but that team just now didn’t have any players.”
Bai Lixin glanced at the retreating figures and said, “Are you sure?”
Li Cangshan nodded, “I’ve seen that team before. They hold a high rank in this base and are part of the biochemical experiment group. They’re ruthless, definitely not players.”
Bai Lixin: “Oh, I see.”
Even after they had walked far beyond the hellish experiment zone, Bai Lixin could still faintly hear the sorrowful wails behind them.
The agonizing cries echoed through the entire tunnel, lingering endlessly, making his hair stand on end.
Chaotic and hurried footsteps came from behind, with incomprehensible voices shouting.
Li Cangshan pulled Bai Lixin to the side of the wall, and a small squad of about a dozen people rushed past them, each carrying a rifle with a bayonet.
The group turned left at the corner without hesitation.
Li Cangshan urged, “They’ve been discovered. Hurry, Bai Lixin, we need to take a shortcut.”
The air was thick with the smell of iron and the stench of sulfur. As Li Cangshan spoke, he opened a small square iron door on the wall, and an even more pungent odor hit Bai Lixin like a wild beast.
Li Cangshan: “This is the ventilation duct of the base. Let’s go.”
The duct was narrow, barely wide enough for one person to crawl through at a time.
Bai Lixin followed Li Cangshan, and through the ventilation duct, he could faintly hear footsteps outside.
They gradually approached the sounds of footsteps, then left them behind.
After crawling in the duct for several minutes, Li Cangshan suddenly stopped and whispered, “God Xin, there’s something up ahead. It’s moving, it seems like a person.”
Bai Lixin stretched his neck, peering forward through the only slit. He could see something shifting in the shadows, but he couldn’t make out its shape.
The unidentified creature ahead, which had been moving, seemed to have sensed them and suddenly froze.
Both sides faced off, neither making a move.
Suddenly, a voice came from the other side, “The Heavenly King covers the earth tiger!”
Bai Lixin: “…”
Li Cangshan exclaimed, “Xia…Xia Chi?”
“Eh?” The voice from the other side rang out again, “You know me? Who are you?”
Bai Lixin felt a headache coming on and said, “I’m your brother.”
Xia Chi: “Brother? It really sounds like my brother’s voice! Brother, what are you doing here? You scared me to death just now. I thought we were discovered. It’s really not good to scare others!”
Bai Lixin: “Shouldn’t I be asking you that? Weren’t you locked up in Master Song’s house? How did you end up here?”
Xia Chi: “I was investigating Master Song’s house and found this tunnel. I followed it here. Where is this place?”
“Ahem!” Another voice came from Xia Chi’s direction, “Everyone, how about we leave here first and then talk?”
It was Song Yuantian’s voice.
Everyone: “…”
Li Cangshan: “Follow me, I’ll take you to find Lin Jue and Samael.”
Song Yuantian: “Your voice sounds familiar. Who are you?”
Li Cangshan: “I’m Li Cangshan.”
Xia Chi: “Li Cangshan? Is he one of the players who came in with us this time?”
Li Cangshan’s figure stiffened, “No, I’m just an ordinary person.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
It seemed that the fact that players’ memories of Li Cangshan were erased after his death hadn’t changed with his reappearance.
Who would have thought they’d run into their own people in this remote ventilation duct? After meeting up, their two-person team turned into four.
They finally managed to find Lin Jue and Samael before the group of bird-masked people did.
Lin Jue and Samael were hiding with two other players who had fallen in with them. They were crouched under a staircase. When Bai Lixin and Li Cangshan appeared in their masks, Lin Jue’s throwing knife would have already sliced across Bai Lixin’s neck if Xia Chi and Song Yuantian hadn’t poked their heads out from behind.
After finding them, Li Cangshan didn’t stay long, leading them into a nearby tunnel.
They had just hidden when the previous team arrived at the spot where Lin Jue’s group had been hiding.
The bird-masked people didn’t find anyone and left, cursing under their breath.
After the bird-masked people left, Xia Chi stuck close to Bai Lixinas usual, “That was close, we almost got caught.”
He patted Bai Lixin’s back and felt something bulging in his hand, “Huh, Brother, what’s on your back?”
The tunnel was packed with eight people, making it quite cramped.
Bai Lixin removed his bird mask, took off the black rubber suit, and revealed Chen Xiaoling on his back.
Everyone subconsciously stepped back, making the cramped space instantly more spacious.
Before Xia Chi could recover from his shock, his attention was quickly drawn to the tall man standing beside Bai Lixin.
He scrutinized the man and frowned, “Your name is Li Cangshan? Have we met somewhere before?”
Lin Jue: “I feel like I’ve seen him before too, but I can’t remember where.”
“What a coincidence, I have the same feeling.” Song Yuantian’s probing gaze moved back and forth between Bai Lixin and Li Cangshan. “Li Cangshan, you said you’re not a game player?”
Li Cangshan: “Not anymore.”
Song Yuantian: “Not anymore? So you used to be?”
His sharp eyes suddenly locked with Bai Lixin’s. “Is he like Hongyue, transformed from a player into an NPC?”
“Is he a player who failed to clear this copy before? But that doesn’t seem right, we all seem to know him,” Xia Chi said, scratching his head in frustration. “Who exactly are you?”
Compared to the others’ confusion, Li Cangshan looked much calmer. “Since you can’t remember, let me reintroduce myself. Hello everyone, my name is Li Cangshan, and this is my membership application form. I’m happy to join the Core Fire Guild.”
Suddenly, the cramped tunnel fell silent.
Xia Chi’s pupils trembled, his eyes were filled with shock and surprise.
A scene flashed through his mind.
—Hello everyone, my name is Li Cangshan… I’m happy to join the Core Fire Guild.
—Li Cangshan.
—Li Cangshan.
Just as he was about to recall something, that scene was swallowed by an endless darkness.
He rubbed his head, his eyes tracing the outline of Li Cangshan.
Even if he couldn’t remember anything right now, that sense of familiarity couldn’t be wrong.
He definitely knew Li Cangshan, and he must be someone he was very familiar with.
When players die, their memories are erased, which meant that Li Cangshan had already…
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In the live broadcast room
[He said his name is Li Cangshan.]
[Li Cangshan from Core Fire Guild.]
[Isn’t he just an NPC? We don’t remember him. Could it be that he died?]
[But he’s appeared again, as an NPC.]
[What’s the point? He’s still dead, right? There’s no way for him to return to the game lobby.]
[How is it useless? At least we all know him now, and we’ll remember him. The horror game can erase our memories of players, but it can’t erase our memories of copy NPCs. Even if Li Cangshan can’t leave this copy, we’ll never be played by the system like fools again.]
[We remember what he looks like, we know his name is Li Cangshan, and that he was in the Core Fire Guild.]
In the players’ lounge on the higher floors, a computer programming book fell to the ground.
Slender, pale fingers slowly picked it up by its spine, revealing a few carefully written lines on the title page.
[To Sister Cancan…
Wishing you happiness…
—Li Cangshan.]
The fingers trembled as they struggled to pick up the book and place it back on the table.
The trembling fingertips gently traced those lines, the reddened eyes fixed on the large screen.
It was Li Cangshan, it really was him.
He was still alive, she finally saw him again.
Li Cancan had never told anyone about this, not even Bai Lixin.
She had never lost her memory of Li Cangshan, but she didn’t know if it was due to a system bug or something else. To avoid worrying others and to avoid drawing the system’s attention, she had cautiously kept this to herself, constantly recalling those memories alone, accepting the reality that he wouldn’t return.
They had long known that when a player died, memories of them would be erased, but there were exceptions.
For example, Zhou Guang, who died in the Undead Magician copy, and Hongyue in the doomsday zombie copy.
Later, they summarized a rule.
If a player was completely killed by a copy monster, memories of them would be erased.
If a player transformed into another form within the copy, whether as an NPC or a monster, memories of them would not be erased.
There was also one more scenario. When a copy was sealed and completely shut down, even if a player had transformed into another form within it, the memories of them would still be erased.
These rules were actually easy to notice, but the reason no one mentioned them until now was simply that everyone had forgotten.
If you have forgotten, how could you summarize and discover?
So when everyone around her lost their memories of Li Cangshan, Li Cancan knew that Li Cangshan was truly dead.
But now, Li Cangshan had come from the Dark Steel City to Chenjia Village, as if waiting for Bai Lixin to appear.
At this moment, only one word was in Li Cancan’s mind: Miracle.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
Her heart pounded violently in her chest, her throat burning and hot.
She covered her chest as a thought flashed through her mind.
Maybe… a miracle really would happen, and Li Cangshan would come back to life, just like Zhou Guang.
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The number of people became eight, solving the issue of manpower for Li Cangshan’s plan to destroy the base.
High Ponytail and Muscular Man weren’t familiar with them, but upon hearing that doing so could save their companions, they agreed to the plan.
So, the eight people split into four groups.
High Ponytail and Muscular Man were one group, Bai Lixin was still with Li Cangshan, Song Yuantian with Xia Chi, and Lin Jue with Samael.
Four locations, four groups.
Li Cangshan used a paper and pen he got from Bai Lixin to draw three simple maps, explaining the routes, potential threats, gathering points, and escape routes to the other three groups.
The furthest group was Li Cangshan’s, with a journey of about thirty minutes. They were responsible for destroying the power system.
Just like that, the eight who had just gathered together split up again, each leaving for their tasks.
Thirty minutes later, when Bai Lixin and Li Cangshan arrived at the power system, the base was already in chaos.
The tunnel echoed with constant loud booms, the ceiling shook, and gravel rained down.
The guards in front of the power system had been called away, so they easily sneaked into the power plant.
Looking at the huge machines in operation, Bai Lixin swung the scythe in his hand without hesitation.