Chapter 22

The vulture stared into Ye Yun's eyes and said word by word, "Carry me out, and I'll make sure you get your share of the money. I always keep my word."

"Alright."

The vulture couldn't possibly be unaware that the 43rd floor was about to turn into a battlefield. He was severely injured and needed Ye Yun's strength to survive, provided that Ye Yun wasn't a player. This was also the reason why Ye Yun dared to come in.

As Ye Yun was about to pick up his clothes, the vulture suddenly said, "Wait, put on something else."

Ye Yun's body stiffened abruptly.

The maximum distance a player could be from their game badge was two meters. If this distance was exceeded, the anti-terror badge would automatically fly back to the player's hand!

The vulture was making the final confirmation!

Ye Yun's mind raced, but his actions didn't stop. He walked towards the storage box on the side.

Naturally, there were still waiter's clothes inside. Ye Yun quickly put them on while secretly pondering his next move.

If the vulture discovered his identity, even as a fellow T team member, he might still resort to extreme measures. But if he left now, Xu Yanan would surely die.

From this woman's behavior, it seemed that everything she said before wasn't fake... She might really have fallen in love with him! No matter how frivolous she had been in the past, at least tonight she had come to this dangerous place for him. How could he easily abandon her before reaching a life-or-death situation?

With a conflicted heart, Ye Yun walked to the vulture's side. "Let her go."

The vulture sneered, "Of course, no problem."

This woman was now useless to him and would only be a burden, so the vulture pushed Xu Yanan to the side.

However, what neither Ye Yun nor the vulture expected was that Xu Yanan, after being pushed, suddenly turned around and grabbed the vulture's gun hand, shouting, "Run! This kind of bandit never keeps his word! Run quickly, don't worry about me!"

"Damn woman!"

How could Xu Yanan possibly hold onto the vulture with his immense strength? He easily threw her off.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yanan bit the vulture's neck and refused to let go, and the two started to struggle.

Ye Yun was startled for a second, his eyes suddenly turning fierce. Just as he was about to act, something rolled out from under the vulture.

The test tube containing the blood drop!

Both Ye Yun and the vulture were stunned.

In an instant, a thousand thoughts raced through Ye Yun's mind, making him hesitate and freeze in place.

"This test tube can't be stored in the inventory!"

"Everyone is fighting over it. If I get it, won't I have a huge advantage!?"

"But holding it means being hunted by both sides, and even if I get it, I can't use it... If it were easy to use, both sides would have used it long ago!"

"So, should I take it or not?"

While Ye Yun was conflicted, the vulture didn't think too much. He choked Xu Yanan with one hand and reached for the test tube on the ground with the other.

But at this moment, an unexpected event occurred!

"Beep! The lockdown on the 43rd floor has ended, and the final battle has begun!"

"Beep! The lockdown on the 43rd floor has ended, and the final battle has begun!"

"Beep! All players, attention! All players, attention! The Imperial Tower will be locked down in five minutes for three hours. No player can leave during this time, or they will be kicked out of the game! After three hours, the major event mission will end!"

"Beep! All players, attention! All players, attention! A special privilege for the major event mission has been released. After the final battle begins, each player will have one chance to summon a companion to their side. The summoning spell takes thirty seconds, so use this privilege wisely!"

"Beep! All players, attention! All players, attention! Each player killed will grant one teleportation opportunity, allowing you to teleport to a random floor. Seize this opportunity!"

This voice echoed in both the vulture's and Ye Yun's minds.

The vulture was stunned, then burst into laughter, leaving the test tube on the ground and choking Xu Yanan. "Damn woman, why are you struggling? Can't you see your little boyfriend is too afraid to move for fear of hurting you? If I accidentally kill you, your little boyfriend will be so heartbroken!"

Xu Yanan looked at Ye Yun with tears in her eyes. She couldn't believe that this usually decisive man hadn't seized the great opportunity she had risked her life to create for him.

Despite her frustration, she couldn't help but feel touched. The vulture's words truly touched the softest part of her heart.

Ye Yun buried his eyes in the shadow of his bangs. No one knew what he was thinking. After a few seconds of silence, he took a deep breath and said, "Let her go, didn't we agree?"

"We did agree!" The vulture choked Xu Yanan with one hand and threw away his gun, then took out a walkie-talkie from his waist.

He truly believed that this young man cared deeply for his girlfriend's life, whether it was the slight opportunity just now or his earlier risky behavior to protect her in the ventilation duct.

So, the vulture only needed to hold Xu Yanan hostage, without even using his gun.

He shook the walkie-talkie, his face changing slightly, then threw it aside. A bullet hole was clearly visible, with smoke still coming out, indicating it was unusable.

Not being able to call his comrades to summon him didn't seem to be a big deal for the vulture. He could easily summon a comrade, who could then summon another, and so on, until a group could gather quickly.

Gunfire was gradually getting closer from outside the door. The vulture nodded. "Close the door."

Ye Yun obediently closed the door. "What next? Aren't you going to run?"

"Run my ass."

The vulture lazily said, "Just stay here. If you don't go out, I'll let you both go once the people outside reach the hall."

"Alright, but can she put on my clothes?" Ye Yun kicked his previously discarded clothes to Xu Yanan.

"Are you going to attack me once I let her go?" The vulture picked up the gun. "You come over and dress her... What a pitiful loser, have you never seen a woman before?"

This was his honest opinion. Once he summoned his comrades, these two ordinary people would be doomed. It was tragic that this infatuated young man was willing to risk his life for a woman.

Ye Yun nodded, slowly crouching down as if afraid of the vulture's sudden attack, gently and slowly putting the waiter's uniform on Xu Yanan.

His movements were incredibly slow, taking three to four minutes just to put on a pair of pants... But Xu Yanan's wounds did indeed need gentle handling.

Seeing that the five minutes were up and the young man was still leisurely dressing her, the vulture laughed inwardly and called out, "Yazhi, come over here!"

As he spoke, a circular array with strange patterns on the ground lit up, and a figure slowly materialized from the void.

At the same time, the gunfire in the corridor outside became more intense, and the door to the adjacent room was kicked open, with at least dozens of voices almost deafening.

The mortal danger was right in front of them!

Ye Yun, who had been keeping his head low and his face hidden in the shadow of his bangs, suddenly lifted his head. His red eyes were exposed to Xu Yanan, who was just a few inches away.

Those eyes no longer held the previous calm and determination, nor the tenderness Xu Yanan had hoped to see. Instead, they were...

Decisive! Ruthless! Vicious! Cold!

Filled with the most relentless killing intent and a cruelty that had obliterated all emotions!

Meeting those eyes, Xu Yanan's eyes immediately felt a burning pain, as if exposed to a strong light, and her soul was filled with fear and trembling.

She clearly saw this man, the only one she had ever loved, nimbly pick up his phone from the pocket of his clothes and take out a grayish-blue stylus. Then, he had a somewhat old hunting rifle in his hand.

Then, she felt a piercing pain in her abdomen, coming from the fingers of the man in front of her.

Blood flowed from the wound, but Xu Yanan could only feel heartache.

"I'm sorry..."

The man's cold lips lightly touched her soft lips, and then he inserted the cold barrel of the hunting rifle into her abdomen.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Seven muffled shots, and Xu Yanan and the vulture behind her both shook seven times!

A large amount of blood flowed from under them. Both the vulture and Xu Yanan looked at the young man with eyes full of disbelief, his eyes blazing with a wild light.

Ye Yun retracted the gun and stood up, then summoned his Husa knife, coldly looking at the two people in front of him.

"I'm sorry."

He seemed to be speaking to Xu Yanan, or perhaps to himself: "I'm sorry, I need to survive."

"I have no choice. The battle outside will soon reach here, and the vulture's summoned person will appear soon."

"Only by killing him can I live, but I don't know what other survival methods he has... The injuries on his body were from being hit by a metal storm, so he must have the ability to block bullets. I had to use your body to cover the sound of the gun and the smell of gunpowder."

"I'm sorry, Xu Yanan. You don't know how brutal tonight's battle is, just as you don't know that you have no chance of escaping from here."

"I'm grateful for what you did for me. Please forgive me for not loving you. To express my apology, I will let you leave quickly."

Saying this, he slowly raised the Husa knife, holding it level with his shoulder, and then... thrust it down forcefully!

"No!"

In the summoning array beside him, a man wearing a red beret was almost fully materialized. He stretched out his hand in a desperate attempt to stop Ye Yun, but his still-ethereal hand passed through Ye Yun's arm in vain.

The tip of the Husa knife pierced through Xu Yanan's throat and then through the vulture's, finally stopping.

The sound of killing a player had already echoed in Ye Yun's mind.

"I will kill you! I will definitely kill you!"

The man in the red beret, now fully materialized, charged out like a mad lion, but he only grabbed Ye Yun's already ethereal figure.

Ye Yun looked at him coldly and said, "Then come... If you want to kill me, then come."

"To survive, I have made myself more cold-blooded; to survive, I am almost abandoning my humanity. This despicable, base, and vile me, this me who is willing to abandon everything to survive, if you want to kill... then come!"

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