PFRG: Chapter 104

This action attracted the attention of the twins.

The two identical figures paused for a moment before turning their heads to look over.

Chi Ting couldn’t tell who was who. He only heard one of them ask, “What’s wrong?”

His expression seemed full of confusion, as if he didn’t understand why Chi Ting stopped Hang Jing.

Facing such an inquiring gaze, Chi Ting slowly revealed a friendly and gentle smile. “Nothing. I just think we should be a bit more cautious. After all, we have just been apart for such a long time. We should first talk about what we experienced during this period of time, right? You all know that we are in an instance now. We still need to be careful when necessary. I am not targeting you on purpose. The rest of us did the same when we met up.”

After hearing these words, Hang Jing subconsciously opened his mouth.

He originally wanted to say that they clearly did nothing when they met just now, but he obviously realized that Chi Ting had a reason for saying this. He swallowed the rest of his words in a timely manner.

The twins didn’t think much about it and described what they had just experienced.

It sounded like the same situation as everyone else. Initially, they were attacked by ‘themselves’. Then they were lucky enough to meet each other and made it here together.

The whole story sounded very normal and made Hang Jing feel a bit relieved.

Just as he relaxed his vigilance and was about to go to them, he suddenly heard Chi Ting asked calmly from behind him, “It is rare that after making it all the way here, you still managed to keep your weapon so intact.”

It sounded like a casual remark, but it made Hang Jing pause. He didn’t move forward, but instead took a few steps back silently.

Yes, the guns in the twins’ hands were too well preserved.

Not to mention Ji Xingque, who was completely obsessed with killing, even players like Chi Ting and Yue Ren had long had their guns worn out due to excessive shooting in a short period of time. Only the brand new gun in Song Xuefeng’s hand could be comparable to the ones in the hands of the twins.

But the reason why Song Xuefeng’s gun was intact was entirely because he adhered to the principle of not taking action if possible. He basically followed Ji Xingque all the way while the twins had no one to escort them.

“Yes, why is my gun so well preserved?” Such a question obviously aroused the twins’ doubts. They looked at each other blankly and touched the guns in their hands. The subtlety they noticed made them gradually reveal a bit of panic in their expressions. “No, listen to me. We really shot and killed a lot of monsters along the way, really!”

Just as these two people were about to move forward in a panic, Chi Ting suddenly felt a force pulling him. When he came to his senses, he noticed that Yue Ren had stopped behind him without making a sound. He glanced at the face that still looked casual. His eyes moved slightly before he continued to look at the twins.

The one standing in front was Hang Jing. As a teammate of the twins, he should’ve been happy that his teammates had returned safely. But at this time, he subconsciously took two steps back.

Such clear movements finally stimulated the two people in front of him.

In order to prove they were normal, their expressions became ugly. “Why are you looking at us like that? We really fought our way here! Believe us, why don’t you want to believe us?”

The twins’ eyes slowly swept over the people in front of them. A light suddenly flashed in their dazed eyes. They spoke almost in unison. “Yes, we can prove ourselves! The wrong rule, we know which one is the wrong rule! In the third area, we pressed the emergency button… This is wrong, completely wrong. The staff member who appeared didn’t take us away from here. There is no staff member to take us away from this place…”

At this point, they suddenly realized something. After exchanging looks, they said in unison, “I know why our guns are so intact! It is that NPC! The NPC that appeared replaced our weapons with new ones. It must be because the new weapons provided are so special that they weren’t worn out by frequent use! That’s it!”

Urgent and dense words floated in the entire space around them, but because the two people had completely identical expressions and tones, it seemed even weirder.

It was like a machine controlled by some invisible device, executing the same instructions perfectly.

Hang Jing’s expression became even more tense. “You pressed the emergency button? Why didn’t you say a word about such an important matter just now?”

Such questioning made the twins’ calm explanation gradually become hoarse. “I didn’t say it because I was afraid you would think too much! Really, believe us! Why don’t you want to believe us? You can’t leave us in this d*mn place. Get out, we need to get out! Take us out together!”

The twins stared at Hang Jing with ferocious eyes. “Didn’t you take the initiative to come and ask to team up with us? What do you mean now? We are your teammates. Why do you want to listen to these people? Do you want to kick us away because of their great strength? Don’t be silly. We have already formed a team. You are no longer qualified to change teammates. Come here, join us. We should be together!”

One of the twins reached out a hand toward Hang Jing. But before he could touch Hang Jing, the other person had already nimbly dodged and hid at the back of the team with incredible agility.

Before the twin could try to catch the person again, his outstretched hand was firmly grasped by someone. He looked up and met a man’s calm gaze.

Chi Ting’s question was filled with a hint of sadness, but it was more like a knife piercing deeply into the heart, causing everyone to tremble slightly. “Since Rule 3 is the wrong rule, have you ever thought about why you are still alive?”

The bodies of the twins shook violently as these words came out.

In a trance, the cold gaze that fell on them completely cut through the bloody reality.

“I’m sorry, you guys really have a problem.”

The expressions of the twins were completely distorted.

The moment they were exposed, it was as if countless terrifying memories swept over them. Their pupils shrank instantly, and they seemed to want to confirm something. They suddenly tore at their clothes impatiently. “No, no… absolutely not! No, it can’t be…”

At this sudden crazy behavior, the surroundings fell into a long silence.

In the dimly lit environment, the others watched helplessly as the twins tore off their prison uniforms to reveal their bodies.

There were rows of densely packed pink threads, which were stained with sticky body fluids because they had just penetrated the body. They seemed to have life and became more and more active during the tearing process.

The densely packed holes in the body seemed like unobstructed passages. The mottled bloodstains around them had dried up slightly, but when these threads broke out from the flesh and bones, large pieces of mucus stained with blood seeped out from the holes. The threads seemed to become more active and moved back and forth excitedly.

The bodies of the twins seemed to be nothing more than scaffolding for these threads. The densely packed threads greedily absorbed all the nutrients they could. Without any cover, they gradually started to emit the increasingly disgusting smell of decay.

The two people in front of them were rapidly declining at a speed visible to the naked eye. Their originally strong bodies seemed to shrink and shrivel up quickly. Gradually, only skin and flesh were left. This made the stench around them even more obvious.

There was no trace of the active appearance just now, as if their reappearance was a false illusion. As they staggered towards the players, they frantically grabbed their bodies. With every step, their posture made them look more and more like corpses that had been dead for a long time.

The flesh that had been drained of blood started to rot and collapsed completely in the blink of an eye.

“No, no… we aren’t dead… impossible, we aren’t dead…”

“Save me, save me…”

Their voices, which had been distorted by fear, had become completely hoarse. In the blink of an eye, their stiff movements were no different from those of the monsters they had seen before. The last bit of human consciousness made them burst out with a shocking potential for survival. They were completely unwilling to give in. They suddenly rushed toward Hang Jing hysterically. “Teammate, you are our teammate. How could you…”

Hang Jing retched unbearably. The moment he looked up and saw this scene, he screamed and hurriedly hid in the back.

Just as he was about to be touched by the wriggling threads, Chi Ting clamped the throats of the two men with his hands. A crisp sound was heard in the silence where one could hear a pin drop.

The action of twisting the throat was performed with almost no hesitation. Chi Ting, who performed this action, only raised the tip of his eyebrows slightly without even his eyelids twitching.

At this scene that was enough to make anyone scream, he slowly loosened his hands and lowered his eyes to look at the two collapsed figures. His overly calm expression made it impossible to tell when he was happy or angry.

Sorry, there was really no way he could take them out.

Hopefully, they could leave with less pain.

Chi Ting couldn’t count how many times he had said this, or how many times he had personally ended the most painful period for human beings. He couldn’t describe this feeling, but these words of apology had gradually become a habit and remained only in his heart. They had never been spoken directly again.

He watched the twins on the ground gradually and completely lose their movement before he withdrew his gaze.

“If I were them, I would definitely thank you.”

Suddenly, Chi Ting heard these words and looked back. He saw Yue Ren also looking at him with a smile. The moment their eyes met, Yue Ren blinked slowly. “But you are really brave. The rule only says that you aren’t allowed to shoot other players, but aren’t you afraid there will be problems if you do this?”

After a brief eye contact, Chi Ting’s previously expressionless face also showed a smile. “In any case, it doesn’t count as a violation of the rules.”

It could only be said that the visual impact this time was too strong. Even Ji Xingque felt uncomfortable all over when he looked at the squirming threads on the ground. “…What is going on?”

“I guess it is a punishment for triggering the wrong rule.”

The threads on the ground were still struggling, but they wouldn’t be able to survive for too long after losing their host. Chi Ting took a quick glance before retracting his gaze. He looked up at the three doors left by the twins after they came in. There was a brief silence before he rubbed his temples with a headache. “Compared to this, shouldn’t we think about how to leave here now? We don’t have much time left, right?”

The moment these words came out, the surroundings suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

The increasingly heavy atmosphere instantly engulfed the series of visual impacts that had just occurred.

After all this trouble, the already limited time had entered the countdown to the final few minutes.

They weren’t allowed to stay in this experience hall for more than one hour.

But in a situation where there was no way out at all, how should they escape?

The gradually enveloping feeling of despair made Hang Jing tremble uncontrollably.

Was it really impossible to get out?

No, he didn’t want to die here… he really didn’t want to…

Just as he was about to fall into a state of complete panic, a flash of light suddenly appeared not far away. He suddenly became excited.

The moment he opened his mouth, his voice trembled slightly. “Door! Look over there, a new door has appeared!”

Naturally, the others noticed the new light in their field of view.

With the death of the twins, a new door appeared at the end of this area that originally had no way out.

Under the faint blue light around them, they could see the rusty word: Archives.

“What are you still standing there for? Let’s go!” Hang Jing didn’t want to stay in this place any longer. However, the series of accidents made him not dare to act rashly. He just stared at Chi Ting while waiting for a positive answer.

Obviously, as long as he could hear the word ‘okay’, he would rush over without hesitation and leave this place completely.

However, Chi Ting just shook his head. “We can’t go.”

He said slowly, “Even though the rule of pressing the emergency in odd numbered areas is wrong, it doesn’t mean that the total number of 16 areas is wrong. That is the archive room. If it isn’t the exit, it should be the 17th area of this prison map, right? In addition, should this 17th area really exist?”

For a while, no one spoke.

No one could give a positive answer to this question.

In the deathly silence, only Yue Ren laughed softly. “The current situation is really quite a headache.”