These two masked figures really didn't seem human. To Zhu Nan, those white masks were more terrifying than a ghost's face.
She was forced back toward the windowsill step by step. As the masked figures continued to close in, she suddenly realized what they intended to do.
The clock on the wall pointed to three o'clock.
Three in the morning...
The sound of someone jumping that Li Da had mentioned...
They were going to kill her!
Zhu Nan tried to fight back, but the masked figures reached out and firmly gripped her throat.
Those were definitely not human hands!
That slimy, icy touch felt like a mass of rotting meat radiating a chilling cold.
Zhu Nan reached out and grabbed one of them before she fell, and to her surprise, she actually managed to tear the person's mask off.
But the face behind the mask made her scream out loud.
It was a face with chaotic features. All the organs were not in their proper places, looking as if a child had cut out the eyes, nose, and mouth and pasted them randomly onto a face.
But that eye...
Zhu Nan remembered that eye!
It belonged to another female scavenger who had been in front of her during the interview, named Tan Jiaojiao!
There was no mistake...
Tan Jiaojiao's features appeared haphazardly on the face before her!
Zhu Nan's figure plummeted through the air, and with a heavy thud, everything returned to silence.
The person whose mask she had torn off remained motionless. After a moment, Zhu Nan's features slowly began to emerge on its face, crowding and arranging themselves chaotically alongside Tan Jiaojiao's features.
...
Liu Bingyang had noticed something was wrong the day before yesterday. He felt like someone was always watching him.
No matter where he went or who he was with, that person was always standing not far away, motionless.
At first, the crowds made him feel safe, but when he discovered that no one else could see that "person" and only he could...
Liu Bingyang became even more terrified.
Furthermore, he realized that the person was getting closer and closer to him.
Liu Bingyang worked like a madman, thinking this was punishment for not working hard enough.
But everything was in vain. That man, who appeared somewhat disabled, was getting closer to him every single moment.
When he went to work today, Liu Bingyang's eyes were bloodshot. He hadn't slept for two days.
He could feel that "person" watching him even at night.
He didn't want to know where the "person" was. He was afraid that if he pulled the curtains, he would see the man clinging to the outside of his windowsill, watching him.
His clothes were a mess and his hair was unkempt. The colleagues around him looked at him with strange expressions.
But he couldn't care less.
Zhu Nan, who had joined at the same time as him, seemed to have been called away. He heard someone say she was in trouble.
He couldn't care about that either...
Because...
That "person," starting from today...
Was standing right behind him!
Liu Bingyang could feel that the "person" whom no one else could see was right behind his back.
He could feel that icy touch, that malicious gaze, and he could even smell a foul, rotting odor.
That was the smell only a corpse could have.
Drip...
Drip...
From the corner of his eye, Liu Bingyang saw a small puddle of black, foul blood dripping and gathering beside him.
It was coming from the "person" behind him.
Liu Bingyang was on the verge of a total breakdown. When a colleague tried to speak to him, he was so panicked he couldn't hear them at all.
I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die.
He was going to die.
Liu Bingyang was restless. Suddenly, he felt the "person" touch him, as if the person standing behind him had leaned down and was slowly reaching over.
Liu Bingyang felt as if his throat were being constricted, and he remained motionless.
A black suit slowly appeared behind him. As it got closer, Liu Bingyang realized it was covered in foul blood and bits of shredded meat. The suit was soaked through, blood dripping from it constantly.
A face that was beyond recognition appeared in his peripheral vision. Liu Bingyang told himself not to look, but his gaze turned toward it involuntarily.
He saw that extremely horrific face.
He also saw the ID badge on the suit.
"You are...!!!"
Liu Bingyang's eyes bulged as two trails of bloody tears streamed down.
"Ah!! Someone died!!"
"My god, was it sudden death? I told you Liu Bingyang was pushing himself too hard these past few days!"
...
Nan Yue and Zhu Xi Ning looked over the list of employees who had joined on the same day, and both of their expressions were very grim.
Because everyone was spread out too far and the way they entered the mission made it impossible to even recognize everyone, Nan Yue didn't know all the scavengers in this specific mission.
However, she at least knew that out of the thirty or so people who had entered the company that day, six had already resigned, excluding Bi Danyuan who might have transferred to the Mobile Division.
Setting aside the possibility of NPCs who had worked hard to get into the company suddenly losing their minds, Nan Yue felt that these six people were likely all scavengers.
This was a very terrifying matter.
Scavengers faced death at every moment in a mission; death itself was not scary.
But dying silently was terrifying, especially since the setting of this mission was a very modern office. Six people had died without anyone noticing the slightest clue...
It was enough to make one's heart turn cold.
Zhu Xi Ning pointed to three names. "All three people assigned to the Technical Department have resigned."
In other words, no one knew what had happened to Zhu Nan and the other two.
"What Zhong Jian encountered definitely isn't an isolated case. We have to notify the others."
However, how to notify them was a bit of a problem for Nan Yue. It wasn't that she was desperate to save people, but rather that the more scavengers died, the more difficult it would be for those who remained alive.
If nothing else, considering that everyone could come into contact with mission clues, each person might have a vital significance to the mission's outcome.
"But how do we notify them? We aren't sure which ones are our own people."
Zhu Xi Ning tried hard to remember, but she really couldn't recall everyone.
"We can only wait for them to find us."
Nan Yue sighed. At least she and Lan Jing Shui were conspicuous enough. Any rational scavenger should know to seek help, regardless of whether they would receive a response.
Nan Yue didn't stay long at Zhu Xi Ning's place. She had been targeted by Linda lately. Although her rank had gone up, her freedom had decreased.
Nan Yue hurried back to the office, just missing Zhu Xi Ning's little assistant coming to deliver documents.
"By the way, Sister, you asked me to keep an eye on the progress of the employees who joined at the same time as you."
The little assistant spoke as if seeking credit. "Another one of your peers has resigned."
"You're still the best, Sister. Being favored by President Fu, none of your peers can compare to you, so don't worry."
Zhu Xi Ning felt as if a heavy stone were pressing on her chest. Another one dead...
She took the documents and saw the black and white one-inch photo. The person in the photo was smiling with pursed lips, looking somewhat shy.
Zhu Xi Ning was in disbelief. "How could it be her!"
Nan Yue returned to the office and was in a state of confusion all afternoon. She finally managed to endure until dinner time, planning to seize every second to ask Wen Xiang Yuan about the surveillance footage.
Instead, she was blocked at her workstation by Linda.
"There's a document I need you to deliver personally."
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