Chapter 512: Why Is This Damn Game's Pacing So Dense! |
BEEP!!!
Ayin's vision went completely black.
The statistics list for the first workday appeared immediately—
Ayin: Deceased
Cousin: Deceased
Euro Emperor: Deceased
Ah Lin: Deceased
Deduction: 60 Yuan
Rating: F
The voices of the other team members finally sounded in Ah Lin's ears once more—
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Holy shit, this dumbass game is so fucking hilarious HAHAHAHAHA..."
"Hey—wait—"
Hearing their voices come back, Ah Lin let out a sigh of relief and even felt a little like laughing:
"What the hell actually happened? Dude, do you know how much psychological pressure I was under when I was the last one alive? I was almost scared to death! What the hell was behind that bush?"
"HAHAHAHA oh man... oh shit... I'm fucking crying from laughing..."
Cousin's voice came through the voice chat—
So, there was no ghost or monster behind the bush. Their disappearance one after another wasn't due to encountering some indescribable creature.
It was just a swamp back there.
Ayin was the first to charge in, completely unprepared. He took two steps, didn't even finish shouting the wolf-like spirit slogan before the swamp swallowed him.
As for Cousin and Euro Emperor who followed, it was the same.
They simply didn't have time to react.
By the time they realized what was happening and wanted to call for help, they couldn't make a sound anymore.
As for why the ship took off early—
"That, that was me,"
Cousin admitted:
"After you die, there's a [Notify Ship for Early Evacuation] function. I figured I'd try it out. I originally thought it would take you with it, but I didn't expect..."
In the ship's cabin, the wolf-like spirit team conducted their post-mortem.
Meanwhile, in the livestream chat, the viewers were dying of laughter—
'Do you know how much psychological trauma this inflicted on poor, clueless Linbao outside?'
'The sound and atmosphere here are so fucking entertaining! Absolutely brilliant!'
'After dying, the living can't hear you, Ayin's helpless flailing killed me...'
'The last bit where he didn't catch the ship was the finishing blow! I'm fucking laughing so hard I'm gonna puke...'
'Laughing my ass off...'
'But seriously, the person who survives to the end in this game really has immense psychological pressure.'
'True, you don't even know how your teammates died.'
'Thank god it's this abstract art style, otherwise this thing would probably be even more terrifying than GTFO.'
'After playing GTFO a lot, you just get tense, it's not that scary anymore, but this thing is genuine horror.'
'Hard to imagine what the Golden Wind gang playing this would look like...'
'I'm telling you, they definitely made this because they wanted to play it themselves.'
'LMAO...'
'Keep going, keep going...'
'...'
"This time, we absolutely cannot let any situation happen again! If there's a problem, you must shout out immediately!"
Back to the planet!
Second workday!
Since everyone came back empty-handed on the first day, and even the initial 60 yuan salary was deducted due to the team wipe,
they had to work even harder in the remaining two days, using the fastest speed to complete the company's KPI of 134 yuan.
"Alright—!!!"
Following Big Bro's command!
The wolf-like spirit team members responded in unison!
Immediately after, they saw Ayin reach out and push open the door to the [Main Entrance], stepping into the building with a clang.
This was the only large abandoned structure on the planet and one of the key areas for junk production.
As a flash of light passed before his eyes, Ayin entered the building.
It was a narrow little room inside, with metal plates underfoot, dim lighting, and very low visibility.
"Euro Emperor... Euro Emperor?"
Since it was agreed beforehand that he and Euro Emperor were the first exploration team, to conduct the first round of exploration together,
after entering the room, Ayin instinctively looked beside him.
However, Euro Emperor's figure did not appear as expected.
In the entire dead, silent space, only his own voice echoed, feeling desolate and horrifying.
"Oh shit..."
Ayin couldn't help but shiver, quickly pushing the door open to go back out:
"Euro Emperor? Euro Emperor—?"
Not far outside the door were Cousin and Ah Lin, the two of them standing on a cliff overlooking the surrounding terrain.
Ayin came out and still didn't see Euro Emperor's figure, involuntarily sucking in a sharp breath:
"Cousin—!!! Where's Euro Emperor—?!"
"Huh—?"
Cousin on the cliff started dancing, indicating he didn't know either:
"Didn't he go in right after you—?"
"Huh???"
Ayin scratched his head:
"What the hell kind of sorcery is this? I didn't see him...?"
Saying this, a confused Ayin turned and entered the building again.
"...What's going on?" Seeing the boss's figure disappear again, Ah Lin turned to ask Cousin: "Did they get separated?"
"Don't know," Cousin shook his head: "They went in through the same door, shouldn't get separated..."
However.
Before he finished speaking.
They saw a little yellow figure appear at the doorway again:
"Ah—Lin—!!! Where's Big Bro—!!! I can't find him—!!!"
"Huh—???"
Ah Lin pointed at the main door:
"Bro Tian was just looking for you—! He just went in—!"
"Is that so? That's weird..." Euro Emperor also scratched his head, turning to enter the building again: "How could I not find him..."
*Whoosh*, Euro Emperor entered the building.
The next second, Ayin came out again: "Cousin—! There's no one in there—! I can't find Euro Emperor—! Is he dead—!!!"
Seeing this, Cousin finally understood what was happening and couldn't help but burst into laughter:
"HAHAHAHAHA—damn, why is this shitty game's pacing so dense—"
"Are you stupid! Can he hear you if you call him from outside?"
"These two guys HAHAHAHA... one shouts from inside the door, the other shouts from outside the door, they're like fucking acting in an idol drama, you go in I come out, I go in you come out HAHAHAHA..."
Let's just go together!
Cousin finally stopped the two performing their "revolving door duet."
It seemed splitting into pairs of two for exploration was still too uncertain.
So, all four of them entered the building, deciding to split into groups for exploration once inside.
Ayin and Euro Emperor as one group, Cousin and Ah Lin as the other.
The two groups split up to act separately.
"This place is pretty dark..."
Entering the building and turning right, Ah Lin looked around the pitch-black corridor, goosebumps rising on his back wave after wave.
It had to be said, Golden Wind's ability to create a horror atmosphere was carved into their bones.
Many people said before that the decisive factor in PT's horror was its top-tier graphical rendering, even by today's standards.
But with the release of this "Lethal Company," Golden Wind was showing players their unparalleled understanding of the "underworld"—
Without graphics so detailed you could see every pore, they could still rely on sound effects and lighting to create an extremely underworld-like atmosphere.
"Why do I always feel like there's a sound behind me?"
Cousin was also getting spooked by this unnerving atmosphere, looking back every three steps:
"Big Bro—! Big Bro—?"
No one responded. It seemed Ayin's group had already gone far.
In the empty building, Cousin's voice echoed and lingered continuously, as if another him was responding from the pitch-black darkness.
"Hisss—chilly—"
Cousin's voice immediately dropped to a whisper:
"Better not shout anymore, otherwise the more I hear it, the more fucking creepy it gets."
However, just as his voice fell!
Suddenly!
A sharp scream from Ah Lin erupted from a small compartment next to them:
"AH—!!!"
Cousin's scalp went numb!
"WAAAH—! What what what?!"
At the same time, they saw Ah Lin scramble out of the dark little compartment in a panic:
"AHHHHH—what's wrong what's wrong? Cousin, what's wrong?!"
"Me? You...?" Cousin's face was full of question marks: "I'm asking you what's wrong? What were you screaming for?"
"Huh?" Ah Lin looked utterly bewildered and started dancing: "I screamed because I heard you scream! I thought you were dying!"
"I...! @#￥@#%@...."
Cousin rolled his eyes so hard he almost saw his brain, gasping for breath:
"Bro, I'm begging you, can you not scream? I thought you encountered something..."
"I did encounter something, come here come here—"
At this, Ah Lin perked up, leading Cousin into the small compartment:
"Look at this!"
As he spoke, they saw Ah Lin bend down and pick up a crate of cola bottles from the floor:
"Scan it."
In the game, players have a built-in heads-up display scanner that can help them mark main entrance locations, monster information, and junk value.
Seeing this, Cousin's eyes lit up and he scanned the cola crate in Ah Lin's hands—
[Value: 75]
"WOW—!!!"
Now Cousin knew why Ah Lin had screamed!
Struck gold!
One item worth 75!
And their first-round KPI was only 135 yuan!
That meant if they could find another crate of cola, they could successfully complete the target and return to the company to report and collect their wages!
"Awesome awesome awesome—"
Cousin started dancing, praising Ah Lin:
"Hold onto it well, this is good stuff. Why don't you head back first, I'll go look for more."
"Oh, okay, then you be careful by yourself..."
Ah Lin also knew the junk in his hands was important, so after a simple reminder, he turned to head back towards the main door.
But just as he stepped out of this compartment.
Suddenly, from deep in the corridor behind him, Cousin let out an exclamation:
"Hey hey hey—! Wait wait! Holy shit, I found something else here! Looks like a... teapot?"
A teapot?
Hearing this, Ah Lin, holding his cola, wanted to go find Cousin.
However!
Before he could take a step!
BEEP BEEP—!!!
Suddenly, a red light flashed in the pitch-black corridor!
Immediately after!
BOOM—!!
A violent explosion erupted from deep within the corridor!
A wave of scorching heat rolled towards them!
Amidst the billowing flames, Cousin's body soared through the air like a giant black rat, smacking with a splat against the stone wall beside Ah Lin!
"OH—MY—GOD—!!!"
Ah Lin felt his soul was about to leave his body!
He turned and ran!
"Big Bro—!!!"
"Euro Emperor—!!!"
"Cousin got blown up by a teapot—!!!"