Chapter 001: Escape
Luo Ji tried his best to suppress the wheezing sound that had become heavy from running fast, and tried to shrink his body behind the beautifully crafted but small and delicate wall cabinet, and couldn't help but get nervous as he listened to the many messy footsteps approaching......
The footsteps soon stopped at the door, and someone shouted an order: "%@#Ā„%!" ā
"Alien language. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Luo Ji said secretly in his heart.
The door was kicked open.
It was not yet dawn, and the light in the utility room was very dim, and the people who came in scratched around the wall of the doorway, but could not find the switch for the light.
"*Ā„%......#" The leader didn't know what to say, and his tone was very stern.
The two men who came in answered, and they raised their assault rifles and fired a barrage. Several bullets landed in and near the closet.
Luo Ji cursed secretly, but he could only shrink his body completely behind the wallboard as much as possible, praying that the wallboard was strong enough.
The visitor did not find any trace of Luo Ji, and seemed to be in a hurry, so he hurriedly left after shooting for a while.
The footsteps faded away, and there was silence all around. The wall cabinet that had been shot several times barely remained in its original state, and it was estimated that a slight collision would fall apart in an instant.
Luo Ji slowly stretched his aching body, and cautiously got out from behind the closet.
The danger has not been lifted, and Luo Ji knows in his heart that if he can't leave here before dawn, he will only have a dead end.
Through the first two observations, Luo Ji has basically figured out the environment here. It is an elegantly renovated private villa, covering an area of about 2,000 tsubo, including a 4-storey main building, three 2-storey annex buildings, as well as a garden that occupies half of the entire area of the villa and a well-equipped swimming pool, surrounded by a wall about 2 meters high, directly in front of the villa is the heavily guarded main gate of the villa - the south gate, the south gate is closed, and there are four guards with assault rifles on both sides. To the northeast of the courtyard wall is a small corner gate, hidden in the fruit grove, and it is estimated that there are two guards.
Don't think about the main gate, you definitely can't get out, although climbing over the 2-meter-high wall is not a problem for Luo Ji, but it takes some time, Luo Ji doesn't have the ability to jump over.
Moreover, the four-story platform of the main building happens to have an overview of the entire wall, where two guards with guns stand 24 hours a day, so if you want to escape, the small corner gate is the only option.
Luo Ji was in the utility room on the first floor of the No. 3 annex building at this time, and looking out of the window here, he could vaguely see a fruit grove, and through the fruit grove, it was the small corner gate in the northeast.
But the problem is that even if you climb out of the window, there is still a lawn more than 20 meters away from the fruit grove, and this open area is unobstructed for the guards of the fourth-story platform of the main building.
Somehow must be found to divert the guards' attention.
Luo Ji rummaged through the items in the utility room lightly, it was estimated that they had not been used for many years, and the things were very messy and dusty.
After looking for a long time, Luo Ji found a metal candlestick and checked it, there is some weight, which can be used to deal with the two guards of the corner gate, and there is nothing else to use, looking at the sky outside the window gradually brightening, Luo Ji can't help but be a little anxious, is it still impossible to break through this time, carefully recall the way to escape, there seems to be no fault, what else didn't you think? Will there be a hidden channel?
Through the dim light, Luo Ji once again carefully searched the utility room of less than ten square meters. Unfortunately, no secret passages were found.
The noisy voices gradually became louder again, mixed with shouting and scolding, complaining, Luo Ji knew that after dawn, there would be a more detailed search, and the utility room could barely hide when the light was dim, and it would not be possible to hide as soon as it was dawn, there were about a hundred people in the entire villa, and there would be nowhere to hide when they left the utility room.
What to do?
Luo Ji's gaze suddenly fell on a few barrels of fireworks in the corner.
A thin layer of ash fell on the fireworks, which were probably stored for a while. Luo Ji picked it up and checked it, and touched his appearance again, it was not damp.
With an idea, Luo Ji acted quickly, and without much effort, he found a lighter, tried it, and it was still playing.
Whether the fireworks will temporarily divert the attention of the guards on the fourth floor platform, or summon more guards from the villa, Luo Ji is not sure, but there is no better way at the moment, and there is no time to wait, Luo Ji can only gamble once.
With the fireworks, he carefully climbed out of the window and stood close to the wall, which was the observation corner of the observation post on the fourth floor.
The moment the fireworks rose into the air, sure enough, everyone's eyes were attracted to the air, Luo Ji quickly ran across the empty 20-meter lawn, drilled into the fruit grove, found two guards with guns with a keen sense, knocked them out with a candlestick before they could react, took out the key on the guard's body to open the corner door, and dodged out.
From setting off fireworks to running out of the corner gate, the whole process takes less than 2 minutes. However, the guards on the fourth-floor platform still found out, and as soon as Luo Ji went out, he heard the dense gunfire and hurried footsteps behind him.
Luo Ji didn't know whether it was a flat river or a hilly woodland out of Jiaomen, he just speculated that there were still fruit forests beyond the fruit groves.
Luo Ji was right, but unfortunately, for safety reasons, the fruit trees within five meters around the fence were cut down.
If you stand close to the wall, you can still block the bullets fired from the fourth floor, and once you leave, you will inevitably become a target on the fourth floor. But standing behind the wall didn't last long, because the guards were about to catch up.
Luo Ji gritted his teeth and ran into the fruit forest, just a few steps in, there was a sharp pain in his left shoulder, and he obviously felt a hot current gushing out.
Shot.
Luo Ji's footsteps didn't stop, but the route of running changed from a straight line to a zigzag, and with the blocking of the woods, he luckily ran out of range, but a large number of voices and footsteps were behind him.
The blood on his shoulder flowed very fast, Luo Ji could even feel that his body temperature was draining, and his running speed dropped significantly, he knew that in 2 minutes at most, the bullets of the pursuers would hit him, and he would be caught up by the pursuers after five minutes.
Failed again, is it the wrong way, or can't run out at all?
A faint wry smile appeared on the corner of Luo Ji's mouth, and he rose up his last strength and ran forward desperately. Even if he fails, he will try to run as many maps as possible.
Hope doesn't matter if it's there, and it doesn't matter if it's not. It's like a road on the earth.
When Luo Ji stepped on the air and fell towards the turbulent river, Lu Xun's words suddenly came to mind.
The gunshots rang out behind him, but Luo Ji knew that he had escaped, although the river was fast, it was deep enough, as long as he controlled the angle of entering the water, he could dive under the water to escape.
Instead of going down the river, enduring the pain, Luo Ji chose to go upstream, but fortunately, the water at the bottom of the river was not fast, and after more than ten minutes, Luo Ji climbed ashore in a shallow beach exhausted. Sure enough, the system prompt sounded in the game helmet: Congratulations to the player for passing the first level: Escape. Kill 0 enemies. 0 in total.
"Hey, hey." With a self-deprecating laugh, Luo Ji took off his game helmet.
Somewhere in the Eastern Capital, in a room full of monitors, a soldier with the rank of lieutenant answered a video call.
"Chief, the player codenamed Luo Ji died twice in the first level, and successfully broke through the third level in a total time of 36 minutes and 49 seconds, currently ranked third, and has sent you a copy of his clearance."
"Hmmm! How many people have passed the first level? At the other end of the video, a man with the rank of major general on his shoulders asked lightly.
"As of Luo Ji, there are 18 people in total."
"What about the second level?"
"No one has cleared the customs yet."
"Keep monitoring."
"Yes."
The sun is covered by greenery, and the sky is clear.
The capital of the Eastern Union, referred to as the Eastern Capital, is like a fairy tale city, with 20 or 30 floors of "tree buildings", wrapped in a variety of green plants, overlooking from the air, like huge towering trees. What people called Forest City thousands of years ago has finally been realized after a thousand years.
In the southeast corner of the eastern capital, there is the Beidou Airlines staff quarter, and the building that looks the tallest and "thickest" is the pilot dormitory building of Beihang Airlines.
Luo Zhiyan has lived here for more than six years and moved into the captain's dormitory three years ago. Compared with the villa area halfway up the mountain in the south of the eastern capital, he is more accustomed to treating this place as his home.
Taking off the game helmet, Luo Zhiyan stretched his waist and stood up and pushed open the door to the balcony garden.
The so-called "tree building" is because each floor is surrounded by a platform, and according to different types of houses, each family has a private garden as small as dozens of square meters and as large as hundreds of square meters. The green plants in the garden are mainly planted and managed by the community property, which can not only ensure the growth of vegetation, but also ensure the lighting effect of the room. The whole building is wrapped in this greenery, and from a distance, it looks like a tree building.
Looking at the deep night sky and taking a few deep breaths of the air with the smell of grass, Luo Zhiyan involuntarily touched his left shoulder, and the pain in the game was still fresh in his memory.
His eyes fell on the black helmet, thinking of the unconscious tension and real pain in the game, Luo Ji laughed silently, although he only played the game for more than ten minutes, he was frightened every minute, and he was thrilled every second, with the help of this wonderful helmet, it seemed to be in danger at any time, the sense of reality was very strong, and it was indeed a thrilling game.
"Lao Luo, I, open the door." The rude knock on the door made it feel as if the door would be slammed open in the next moment.
"Don't knock, it's a nuisance in the middle of the night." Luo Zhiyan had long been used to it, sucking on his slippers, in a calm voice, he walked to the door unhurriedly and opened the door, and deftly avoided Qi Yunhong, who almost fell into his arms, "What's the matter so late, the plane fell?" ā
"Bah, what nonsense?! What's late, isn't tomorrow a rest? I just bought fruit and brought you one. Qi Yunhong rushed into the room, put the fruit in his hand on the cooking table, first opened the refrigerator door and took two beers, raised his hand and threw it to Luo Zhiyan, who was already sitting back on the sofa, and poured a few mouthfuls before saying, "The Wu team will retire next month, and the board of directors will reappoint a captain, whether it is according to seniority or ability, this captain is none other than you, but I heard that the dog man Du Haifeng just wanted to intervene." ā
Qi Yunhong lives in the adjacent building of Luo Zhiyan, and half a month ago he was the empty brother of Luo Zhiyan's crew, and he is also his hair boy, old classmate, and iron buddy.
Luo Zhiyan took the beer and said indifferently: "It's strange that he doesn't intervene." ā
"Phew! A person who relies on women to take the position is also embarrassed to fight with you. Qi Yunhong snorted disdainfully, and said, "The combination lock on your door has not been repaired, it has been broken for more than a month, and it is not safe to rely on only a secret lock." ā
"Didn't you say that you have to change the door even if you fix the lock? I don't have anything valuable here, just have a lock, you might as well be a villain, someone like you, what lock can stop you?! Luo Zhiyan glanced at Qi Yunhong and said.
"Holy! I like to pick locks but never open other people's locks, okay?! Qi Yunhong screamed.
"No, the lock in my house was broken by you."
"Framed! Your lock was broken by your ex, and if I didn't fix it for you, the game would have been over. Qi Yunhong defended unconvinced.
Luo Zhiyan pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "If you don't practice with my lock, the lock can be used for a few more days." ā
Qi Yunhong snorted coldly, with an expression that I am a master and don't care about a layman like you, he just wanted to turn back to the refrigerator and get another beer, when his eyes were suddenly attracted by the black helmet on the sofa, so he rushed over with an arrow step, and curiously picked it up and looked up and down: "What is this?" āć
"A game item."
"Game items? Could this be the legendary gaming helmet? Qi Yunhong's eyes immediately widened, and his mouth was so open that he could throw the egg in it without scraping or touching it and then fall out, "Damn, you won't tell me such a good thing?!" As he spoke, he stepped back and put it on his head.
"Don't wear it, this thing recognizes the Lord." Luo Zhiyan raised his hand as he spoke, and easily made two feints, and the game helmet had already returned to his hand.