Soldiers dressed in pitch black and wearing binocular night vision devices scurry down the narrow corridors. Despite the cloth masks covering their faces, the soldiers coughed clearly.

In normal infiltration operations, coughing is naturally strictly forbidden, but bathed in the strong irritating formalin gas, it is not easy for these soldiers to breathe, and their combat effectiveness has suddenly dropped a few points.

In fact, the reason why they wear night vision devices in good light is also for

"Headquarters...... We...... Need...... The soldier in the front ...... in gas masks coughed and called the headquarters by radio, and the voice sounded like it was going to die: "We're going to ...... I can't stand it......"

Before the start of this operation, they did not anticipate the situation of the special environment operation, so they did not prepare gas masks. Although it is not considered a chemical weapon, the super irritant nature of formalin is still unbearable for the soldiers.

"Continue the operation and evacuate as soon as it is executed." A cold male voice sounded in the headphones of the front-line soldiers: "We must get rid of her!" If you can't kill her here, it's going to be even more difficult next......"

As soon as these words came out, the black-clothed soldiers scolded one after another.

Although there were some complaints about the behavior of the headquarters commander standing and talking without backache, they now had no other way but to continue their mission.

The soldiers were well aware that the Command had sent several squads to attempt to breach the steel shelters hidden underground, but they had all failed.

The sudden opening of the door this time is a godsend, and if you don't seize this opportunity, your previous efforts will be in vain!

Because of this, they also continued to move forward while complaining, resisting the urge to vomit, and lowered their bodies to rush through the corner of the circular passage as fast as they could. And then......

The sudden bullet slammed into the chests of the soldiers at the front. These poor soldiers, who were smoked by formalin to the point of confusion, did not check the situation behind the corner as usual, and the first two fell straight down, a large amount of blood spurting out of the bullet hole in their chest.

The soldiers in the back quickly retreated, and the soldiers standing in front began to draw their guns, but the pungent smell that caused tears to flow down their reactions by half a beat, and before they could fire, another man collapsed in a pool of blood.

Lin Chi, who was lying in the passage, put a new magazine on the MP5 in his hand, and continued to fire at the narrow passage, but he single-handedly suppressed the five soldiers behind him, forcing them to retreat into the passage in embarrassment.

"...... You guys...... Seeing people...... Is it so? One soldier asked, coughing.

"It looks like there's a guy lying on the ground." The soldier in the back replied.

The soldiers, who had been greatly reduced by formalin, had already lost three of their comrades before they could even see the enemy's situation, and they were about to throw flashbangs when they saw a round green metal sphere flying from the other side of the hallway, hitting the metal wall around the corner, and bouncing in their direction.

Bang!

The dull sound of a grenade explosion spread through the hallway. Looking at the bloody smoke spewing out from the corner, Lin Chi was about to rush up to replenish the gun, when he heard a rapid gunfire from the other side of the aisle.

When the gunfire stopped, the woman's weak voice rang out again: "I killed them all with a machine gun......"

"Huh, you've figured it out?" Lin Chi's laughter from under the gas mask sounded a little muffled.

"Maybe...... I just thought maybe we should see what's going on in the 'upper world'. The woman said slowly.

"I'll find a way back." Lin Chi stood up and nodded.

Even if he doesn't encounter this NPC, he will look for a way to enter the "upper world", after all, the players on the first floor are nowhere to be seen, and they are probably hiding in the upper world, and in order to win this game, he must also enter that space.

- No matter how strong the characters in a TV show are, they can't physically harm the viewers who are watching the TV. If you continue to stay in this space, you won't be able to fight against those opponents who are one "dimension" higher than you!

So, the question now is, how do you get into the "upper space" of this map?

Standing in the bloody passage wafting with the smell of formalin, Lin Chi looked up at the metal ceiling above his head and fell into deep thought.

It was clear that the soldiers had not come here simply to seize the Dream Maker, they had already found the location of the machine, but had made no further moves.

In Lin Chi's opinion, these people should have been sent to kill the woman lying on the hospital bed.

But if this is the case, the real purpose of the "command" that sent these soldiers is somewhat intriguing.

Even if these soldiers are just on a mission, their superiors are likely to know something, and if they can find the commander of these soldiers, they may be able to torture that guy to find a way to go to the upper world!

Thinking of this, Lin Chi turned around and walked towards the metal passage that was still emitting white smoke, and said, "You wait a minute, I'll go outside and take a look." ”

After speaking, he strode through the bloody circular passage, left the secret room on the second basement floor, clenched the MP5 submachine gun in his hand, and cautiously walked up the steps.

After killing the two soldiers who stayed on the first floor, Lin Chi stood in front of the window on the first floor, looked at the dark open space outside, and after making sure that there were no other living people nearby, he dragged a relatively intact corpse in the corridor to Room 101 next to him, and began to change into the black combat uniform that the soldiers wore as standard.

Lin Chi took off the gray clothes on his body and put on the soldier's clothes, the slimy blood on his back stuck to his back, feeling a little uncomfortable, but now he can't care about it so much.

- The black-clad soldiers did not carry any identifying props, and did not look like regular troops, but more like mercenaries or "unconventional soldiers" on special missions.

Lin Chi knew that these soldiers would most likely continue to attack. So, the easiest way to find out where this army is coming from is to blend in with them!

Although he was a little risky, Lin Chi still decisively chose the most efficient method.

In addition to this, there are other methods that are worth trying.

After changing into a soldier's uniform, he walked into the bathroom in another room next to him, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror behind the door, and looked at himself reflected in the mirror. And then...... Nothing happened.

"Do you need another way......" Lin Chi sighed.

It seems that the way to leave the Doomsday Hotel and enter this space is not the way to leave this space. If you want to return to the "upper world", you need to find other means.

Just as Lin Chi was thinking, he saw a white bright light cast in front of the main door of the open living room.

……

After sending several groups of soldiers, but all of them lost contact, the command did not give up its mission and sent a new team.

A squad of ten black-clad soldiers entered the apartment building from three directions at the same time, with pale skull crests on black masks on their faces, as if mocking the dead who had fallen to the ground.

When they saw their comrades lying in the corridor on the first floor, the soldiers in black also frowned slightly, but they didn't say much, but they just planned to continue the search of this apartment.

However, this time the command sent more than ordinary soldiers.

The smell of blood filled the air, and the soldiers who had just entered the corridor had not yet moved when they were stopped by a cold voice from the front door of the apartment:

"Stand down."

The man in the black leotard strode into the hallway on the first floor of the apartment, this person was wearing a low-pressed black beret, holding a large saber nearly a meter long in his hand, his face was also wrapped in a skull mask, and the eyes exposed under the beret flashed with a dangerous blood light.

Even though his height was not conspicuous in the crowd, and his equipment did not seem to be comparable to that of other black-clothed soldiers, this person seemed to have an invisible terrifying aura, which made the nearby soldiers fall silent for a moment.

Seeing his appearance, the soldiers who had just entered quickly retreated to both sides, and withdrew as quickly as they could—not so much retreating as they were fleeing.

"A bunch of useless crumbs."

The man in the beret snorted, his unusually pale right hand clenched the metal handle of the saber, and stood in the blood-drenched corridor with his eyes closed, greedily breathing the air around him, both eyes bent into the shape of a crescent, as if he was enjoying it.

"Whew...... Almost. ”

The man opened his eyes as he spoke, and walked straight to Room 102 diagonally in front of him, raising the saber in his right hand to block his chest, and assuming a seemingly unprofessional fighting stance.

At the same time, Lin Chi, who was hiding in the bedroom of room 102, leaned against the bookshelf and stared at the closed wooden door, and a sense of foreboding suddenly appeared in his heart.

The cluttered footsteps in the hallway were gone, replaced by a single footstep, and...... The other party seemed to have discovered the location of his hiding place and walked directly into room 102.

- How did you do that?

Lin Chi was thinking about it, and a few lines of red text popped up in his sight, which had already answered his question:

The boss battle "Vanguard" has been triggered!

"As an important part of the modern army, the number of scouts is not very large. But they carry out the most dangerous and important tasks. ”

"These elite soldiers with extraordinary abilities often go behind enemy lines in small teams or even alone, scouting the location of enemy military targets and capturing enemy prisoners. Detect the condition of the enemy army for the main force before the battle, and even launch precise decapitation operations against the enemy's commander or important mission if necessary. ”

"To survive such a dangerous mission, you need to be extremely strong, mentally strong, and...... Good enough luck. ”

"And the mysterious soldier nicknamed 'Vanguard', even among scouts, is an incredible existence."

He is said to have served as a scout in the secret army of the former Soviet Union for ten years. The tasks performed were all completed without a single failure. The most terrifying thing is that this person does not even have a single wound on his body. ”

"According to some rumors, this mysterious soldier was a member of the Cold War-era 'Soviet Super Power Force', and once fought alongside 'Yuri', who could manipulate other people's minds. If you want to fight him...... Ask for more blessings. ”

……

"Damn, is there a boss at this time?" Lin Chi secretly cursed in his heart.

If the introduction of the boss is correct, there should be only one enemy this time. However, with no inherited skills and no good equipment on hand, even if the opponent is only one, it is tricky enough.

Realizing that the other party was approaching, Lin Chi held his breath and aimed the muzzle of the submachine gun at the wooden door of the bedroom. Strangely, the sound of the other party's footsteps suddenly disappeared.

- What's going on?

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the temperature in the bedroom seems to have dropped a few points suddenly. Lin Chi narrowed his eyes, and a slight dark shadow appeared in his vision.

"It's ......"

He suddenly turned his head to look at the wall beside him, only to see a black gas drifting into the room through the wall, condensing a vague human figure in the corner of the wall!

Seeing this scene, Lin Chi kicked open the bedroom door without saying a word, and was about to rush out when a dangerous red light suddenly flashed in his sight-

Click!

The scarlet mist blocking the door, like a sharp long knife, slashed without warning. If it weren't for Lin Chi's reaction speed being fast enough, even if he avoided this blow by crawling on the ground, I am afraid that he would be directly cut in two!

The red light in the air flickered, leaving no trace, but the neatly cut door frame still showed that what had just happened was not an illusion.

Facing an opponent with a strange attack method, Lin Chi took a step back, raised his submachine gun and fired at the dark figure in the corner of the wall, but all the bullets fired passed through the fog, leaving blackened marks on the wall.

The opponent's body is actually "immune" to the attack of the submachine gun!

Seeing that the firearm attack was ineffective, Lin Chi also decisively pulled out his saber and retreated, looking at the dark figure and continuing to move forward, letting out a muffled mutter:

"I ...... Need...... Blood ......"

Listening to the other party's voice as if it sounded from hell, and looking at the weird mist body of that guy's invulnerability, Lin Chi suddenly thought of something and said in a low voice:

"Holy, vampire?"

Although it doesn't fit the tone of this map, if this space belongs to the fictional dream realm like the Doomsday Hotel, it doesn't seem strange that there will be monsters like "vampires" that shouldn't appear in the normal worldview.

If the vanguard is a vampire, the reason why this person is invincible and doesn't even leave a scar is easy to explain. After all, modern armies are generally not equipped with silver bullets, crosses, holy water, and the like, as long as this person is out at night, unscathed, there is no pressure at all.

So, what does it take to take out a vampire?

Facing a strange opponent, Lin Chi began to quickly look for a way to win.

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Happy Christmas Eve, everyone...... No, it looks like it's Christmas. In short, I wish you all a happy day~