Perhaps because of his early experience, Zhou Tianhao's action of picking the lock is extremely skillful.

He inserted his knife into the crack of the door, and with just a few strokes, he easily unlocked the building's old-fashioned door.

With a creak, the metal door slowly opened, revealing a pitch-black staircase leading to the basement.

"Wait ......"

Before Lin Chi's words were finished, Zhou Tianhao had already rushed down in the lead.

At such a time, Zhou Tianhao could not remain calm at all. Seeing that the guy had already entered, Lin Chi took out the drone from his backpack and flew it into the street.

"If you notice someone approaching, notify me immediately." He gives orders to Frankenstein.

"Got it." A cold female voice sounded from Lin Chi's headphones: "I'll watch." ”

Relying on the power of the exoskeleton, Lin Chi rushed down the stairs quickly, just in time to see Zhou Tianhao kick open the broken wooden door of the basement, and the whole person bounced into the basement like a cannonball.

This thing is too reckless......

Although he could understand Zhou Tianhao's thoughts, Lin Chi still sighed, turned on the flashlight he brought, and used the white aperture to reflect the "underground world" in front of him.

In this dark and damp basement, the walls are peeling off in large chunks, and it looks unsightly. Aside from a few pieces of garbage piled up in the corners, the only "big piece of furniture" in the room was a large game vault standing in the middle of the basement.

"Is this really a gaming warehouse?"

Looking at the device that was refracting the flashlight beam, Lin Chi's eyes widened in surprise:

Unlike the streamlined shell devices on the market today, the shell of this "gaming case" is like a sharp blade, which is unusually sharp. The dark brown shell ends with a slender tip that could easily shred through human flesh.

Obviously, even if any company develops a device of this shape, it will not be allowed to sell it. So...... I'm afraid this metal warehouse is homemade by some guys.

"What the hell? Damn ......"

Zhou Tianhao scolded and came to the strange-looking metal warehouse, looking for a way to open this "coffin".

Then, the two quickly noticed the slender infusion tube sticking through the right side of the metal compartment, and a bottle of liquid of unknown composition hanging next to it.

"It's a 'veteran player' trick." Lin Chi said.

At that time, not long after the release of the brain imaging device, players who were exposed to this type of game for the first time felt like opening the door to a new world, and they wanted to be in the game 24 hours a day.

However, unlike traditional game genres, the player's body in the real world is unable to react in any way during the brain-imaging game.

In order to avoid dying of thirst or starvation while playing the game, avid gamers have come up with crazy methods: refueling themselves through the infusion equipment in the hospital and forcing them to play for long periods of time.

While those madmen are killing all sides in the game, their bodies in the real world are like patients with advanced stomach cancer who cannot eat, and they are kept alive by infusions.

Due to the great damage to the body, this kind of desperate game soon withdrew from the stage of history. To this day, there are only a handful of players left who still use the "infusion method" to play for long periods of time.

But now it seems that Zhou Tianhao's sister is also using this crazy method.

"I'm going to open it up......"

Seeing the strange-looking "game warehouse", Zhou Tianhao was completely anxious, and even planned to pry it open with a knife.

At the moment when Zhou Tianhao was about to make a move, Lin Chi grabbed the other party's arm and dragged the guy aside.

"Are you crazy? It's going to kill her. ”

Even in the second-generation in-brain imaging game console, there is a very small chance that a sudden power failure will damage the player's consciousness. What's more, the origin of this device is not yet clear, and if it is opened rashly, it may directly destroy the consciousness of the user inside. And......

"I'm not sure if it's her or not." Lin Chi said.

"Let go of me!"

Zhou Tianhao struggled hard, but his hands under the blessing of the exoskeleton still firmly fixed his body, making his arms unable to move.

"Calm down, call the police first......"

As soon as Lin Chi spoke, an electronic synthesized sound suddenly sounded in the room:

"Don't notify the police, or this girl's life ...... I can't guarantee that. ”

Hearing the other party's words, Zhou Tianhao's chest erupted with a suppressed roar, like a wounded beast: "Who the are you?" ”

"I have no ill will, just a 'guide'." The other person's voice was very kind: "This woman chose us, and that's how it is." ”

"Nm's fart!" Zhou Tianhao roared, his body suddenly exerted force, and he actually broke free from the restraint of the exoskeleton: "Kidnappers of the cult, you are doomed!" ”

"We are not a cult, and we are not kidnappers." The other party's tone still sounded very patient, and he explained slowly: "Please calm down first, I will explain it to you." Also, please don't try to open the hatch again, it's all good for us. ”

"Grass ......"

In the next minute, Zhou Tianhao cursed all the Chinese dirty words that Lin Chi had heard since he was born. But even if he was furious, he really had no choice but to stand next to the metal silo and stare at the brown metal shell.

"Fuck ......"

Zhou Tianhao stared at his swollen eyes, looked back at Lin Chi, the muscles on his face kept spasming, and his back bent a lot:

"Dude, what do I do? I can't afford to lose her ......"

"Calm down and listen to what that guy has to say." Lin Chi pointed to the small speaker installed above the game compartment.

The electronic sound just now came from this speaker. Since the other party can have a conversation, there must be a device installed in the basement to receive sound.

"My friend is a little emotionally unstable, so I took him out slowly." Lin Chi waved his hand at the game warehouse: "We'll be back soon, okay?" ”

"Please." The other party gave an affirmative answer.

Lin Chi increased the power of the exoskeleton and forcibly dragged Zhou Tianhao up the stairs and back to the street outside the house. Seeing that Zhou Tianhao was about to rush in again, he reached out and knocked on the other party's head, reminding:

"We don't know the identity of the other party yet, don't provoke him yet."

If Zhou Tianhao continues to be reckless, if he annoys the mysterious person who communicates with them remotely, Zhou Tianhao's sister may be in danger.

So the first thing to do now is to bring this angry and depressed man back to his composure.

"Whew...... Whew......"

Zhou Tianhao gasped for breath, and a lot of green tendons erupted on his forehead, and after about five minutes, the amplitude of his breathing finally slowed down:

"You're right, I'm so excited."

"Come to think of it now, why did your sister come to this place?" Lin Chi stared at Zhou Tianhao's eyes: "Did she have any abnormal behavior before?" Did you say anything strange? ”

"These days...... No, I just suddenly signed up for a piano class. I had planned to ask her to enroll in online distance learning, but she had to choose a tutorial class with on-site teaching. ”

Zhou Tianhao lowered his head and vigorously tore off a strand of hair hanging from his forehead: "If I had stopped her at that time, she wouldn't have come here......"

It seems that this so-called piano lesson is just a trick for the girl to leave home.

Lin Chi thought to himself and continued to ask, "What about before?" Are there any signs of anomalies that there are not? ”

"I'm usually busy, so I don't go home often. I didn't notice anything......" Zhou Tianhao shook his head: "I just remember that she seemed to have said something like 'Xanadu' and 'Oasis', I thought it was a TV series at the time, so I didn't ask much." ”

"Oasis......"

Hearing the familiar name, Lin Chi frowned slightly.

Is this incident the ghost of the "Oasis Army" again?

Judging from the situation of the Fishing Strategy Group, the Oasis Army has indeed begun to extend its hand to the players of "War Paradise". However, if this is the case, how did Zhou Tianhao's sister get involved with the "Oasis Army"?

"Has your sister been playing War Paradise lately?" Lin Chi asked.

"She's played it before, and it seems like she's been playing a different game lately." Zhou Tianhao shook his head: "She said before that her War Paradise ID has the same name as a famous player, and she is often targeted in the game, so she simply stopped playing." ”

"War Paradise doesn't seem to allow duplicate IDs." Lin Chi narrowed his eyes.

"Maybe she took the other party's original name." Zhou Tianhao shook his head irritably: "What's that name...... Generals? Or what......"

"Valkyrie?" Lin Chi thought of a name that matched the description.

"Yes, yes, that's it." Zhou Tianhao immediately nodded: "That's what she said!" ”

"In that case, I met her once in the game a long time ago." Lin Chi said softly.

The famous player of the brain imaging game, "Valkyrie", was indeed occupied by someone else in War Paradise, so that she had to change the name "Valkyrie" to enter the game.

As for the player who registered the ID of Valkyrie, Lin Chi had met it in the map of New York, and he also had a "passionate duel" with the girl at that time. However, now is not the time to reminisce:

"Are you sure your sister really hasn't played War Paradise lately?" Lin Chi asked again.

"How do I know what she's playing? I can't always check her game console, and people have **, right? Zhou Tianhao said depressedly: "She seemed to say that she didn't play games much at the time, but just went to the 'field' every day." ”

"Then it's troublesome." Lin Chi looked up at the drone hovering over the street.

Compared to the world of "Paradise of War", the situation in the giant online community of Realm is more complicated, and the number of users completely crushes Paradise of War.

It is completely impossible to find out who Zhou Tianhao's sister met with in the field. Even if Frankenstein is allowed to go out again, it will be difficult to find out any information.

"What the hell should I do......"

Zhou Tianhao's body leaned against the wall, sliding down dejectedly, and the whole person seemed to be much older: "My parents are busy with work, and my sister has lived with me for the past few years, and I have watched her grow up." She's still young, and she's got a lot of good times, how can she go crazy in this hellish place......"

"She's not going to be crazy." Lin Chi comforted: "Let's listen to what that person has to say first." ”

Although it is not certain whether the other party is a member of the Oasis Army, the guy who "abducted" the girl must be the person who spoke just now and did not run away.

Leaving Frankenstein to continue scouting on the street, Lin Chi took Zhou Tianhao back to the basement. As soon as I entered the door, the irritating voice came to my ears again:

"Sir, have you calmed down?"

"I'm calm......" Zhou Tianhao gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

"That's good."

The other party was still very calm in this situation, calm to the point of anger, and said in a calm voice: "Please don't be angry, it was this woman who chose to cooperate with us and came here." If it goes well, she'll be able to go home soon. ”

Judging from the footage of the surveillance video, the girl did come to the building by herself. The credibility of what the mysterious man said about "choosing to cooperate by himself" is actually not low.

"How could she have done such a thing, what did you say to him?" Zhou Tianhao squeezed out a suppressed voice from between his teeth.

"We're just telling her the truth." The other party said in a deep voice.

"What truth?" Zhou Tianhao's eyes were about to bleed.

"I'm sorry, but this is classified." The other party replied.

"You're fooling me!"

Zhou Tianhao punched the speaker, but was stopped by Lin Chi. Lin Chi once again used the power of the exoskeleton to control the old classmate who was almost going crazy, and at the same time said loudly:

"You'd better be honest, or he'll really tear down the metal silo."

"Can't you just calm down?" The voice sounded a little helpless.

"Seriously, I want to tear you up now, too." Lin Chi told the truth.

"Okay, let's make a long story short......"

As if aware of the imminent danger, the other party finally began to get to the point.

With a click, a small projector installed behind the game compartment suddenly activated, playing black-and-white images that resembled old-fashioned movies on the walls deep in the basement.

What appears on the screen is like the life of a white family: a man with a flat head, sitting on an old sofa watching "Star Wars" on the TV screen, and a girl walking past the living room, yawning and walking to the bathroom, looking quiet and peaceful.

After looking at the "happy" life picture for a while, Zhou Tianhao finally couldn't help it and shouted: "What the hell is this?" ”

"Hold on for a moment, please read on." The mysterious man's voice was serious.

What appeared in front of the two of them was still a seemingly bland real-life picture. I couldn't see anything unusual at all, and I couldn't find the slightest connection with Zhou Tianhao's sister.

"What exactly are you trying to express?" This time, it was Lin Chi who asked the question.

As he spoke, Frankenstein's voice suddenly came from the built-in headphones:

"There are two off-road vehicles coming this way."