A quiet town, set in the night, the setting sun pulls away the shadows of all the buildings. There were a few people standing around talking on the street, and there was an air of idleness in the town. This kind of atmosphere in the western part of the United States made Xiang Mayi and the others' hearts a little relaxed because of the task.

Through the old lady, I learned that there were only ten people in the village combined. Such a low number of people makes the town seem unusually quiet, or a little weird, because even the sounds of animals cannot be heard, which is very unaccustomed to the modern youth who are environmentally friendly.

"This town wasn't like this before, but it's suddenly ...... these days," the old woman's wrinkled face moved like a chrysanthemum.

"Huh? Why? Xiang Mayi looked at the task NPC old woman in confusion.

Ah, by the way, this is again the task of providing accommodation: Who touched my apple.

Tsk, who came up with the broken name?!

(Ahh ）

"Why? How to say, we also know about the bracelet, that is, a few days ago, 80% of the people left. Originally, there were about sixty or seventy people in the town, and after 80 percent left, some people slowly left, so in the end there were only ten people left. So, you can live here in peace. It's still some distance from the Doomsday Erosion Zone, so don't worry. With a kind smile, the old woman wanted to take Xiang Mayi and the three of them to the hotel.

You can see that this is a signboard hotel. But although it is said that there is a signboard. But the words on the signboard are no longer legible, and you can probably recognize it as "XX Hotel".

Well, hopefully not the "Apple Hotel".

"Hmm, !! When the sound reached the door of the inn, the dog at the door where the chains were located pulled the chains desperately, and shouted as if he was trying his best to break free from the chains.

Ah, this dog is really, Le's blood stains are out and he is still working so hard, if it is in the real world, he must definitely take it to the rabies vaccine.

The old woman looked at the watchdog and shook her head, and said, "It became like this after its master left. It's pathetic. ”

Hey, hey, "That's pathetic" or something, you just said that to me?!!!

Xiang Mayi expressed his dissatisfaction with his resentful eyes.

Before entering the inn, Fischer glanced back at the crowd that had gathered not far away. They whispered to each other, but their attention was all focused on the hotel. This made Fischer frown slightly.

With the help of the old woman and the strong request of the three, the three were arranged in a room.

The old woman also kindly helped prepare food and candles to light after nightfall. It's just that this candle is a little bit, and the old woman's pitted and three-dimensional face of Westerners looks a little weird with the help of light.

The three of them shuddered when they looked at it. After much thanks, the old woman finally smiled and left some food, and then slowly withdrew by candlelight. In this way, the task of "who moved my apple" is completed.

"Woohoo!!" The dog downstairs was still barking.

The sound of the faucet dripping from the bathroom next to it is also rhythmic.

The three of them, who had been tired all day, felt as if they had heard a soft lullaby in such roars and rhythmic droplets, and fell asleep.

"Hmm...... Woof! ”

Pound!

There was a broken sound. The three of them woke up suddenly.

Xiang Mayi hurriedly rubbed his eyes to keep himself awake, picked up the flashlight and leaned down to the window.

"It was the dog that ran away. Several ceramic bottles were also knocked down. Xiang Mayi looked back at the two who were also full of doubts.

Silence crept through the room.

Drip-dong, drip-dong.

The sound of water droplets continues. Without the cooperation of the dog's barking, it looks lonely and makes people feel cold behind their backs.

"Something is not normal." Finally, Xiang Mayi was the first to speak.

"I feel the same way, but I can't say what's wrong." Hua Xiaoman gave recognition.

Fischer just nodded and didn't speak, apparently he couldn't draw conclusions either. Although the current atmosphere is a bit of a horror game, the atmosphere of the small team mission is not too much.

Xiang Mayi suddenly squinted his eyes after a moment of silence and said, "Because the NPCs here are too intelligent!" ”

The two of them suddenly shuddered. Yes, yes, I do feel like this, but I can't tell where the excessive intelligence point appears.

"Although I have seen the power of AI, no matter what we do, we can give the right stress response, which is not scientific! In addition, and most importantly, don't you think there are a lot of micro-expressions on the old woman's face just now, I don't think a piece of data can play the expression so appropriately, especially if it's just an ordinary quest NPC. Xiang Mayi said the key point.

Fischer, who was sitting in his seat and playing with the compass, stood up abruptly and rushed directly out of the house: "Get out!" ”

"Huh?!" The two of them shouted, but without hesitation, with unconditional trust in their teammates, they quickly followed.

I saw a few townspeople suddenly popping up downstairs, and when they saw this sudden situation, they yelled a few words and rushed towards Xiang Mayi, Hua Xiaoman, and Fischer.

"Hush." Fischer made a sound of disdain, and then the sound of "zez" in his hand sounded, and the thunder and lightning in his hand turned into a long sword, swinging left and right. The two villagers blocking the road in front of them have disappeared as data points of light.

And the flower vine behind the hall only smashed the flames on the grass pile on the ground. Then the high physics parameters of the simulated world quickly ignited a fire.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the three of them grabbed each other's hands, and flashed into the woods with Hua Xiaoman once, Fischer once, and teleported twice.

It seems that the saying that we are born in sorrow and die in peace is all too true. The ancients did not deceive me! Xiang Mayi gasped and said. He looked at Fischer and clearly wanted an answer.

But instead of telling them why he knew that the villagers were doing them harm, Fischer looked at the dense and trembling trees around him, and ran again, still without explanation: "Run, follow me!" ”

“？！！” Xiang Mayi and Hua Xiaoman were startled. It's not good, for the young master Gao Leng to do this, there must be something big going on!

Boom Boom!

The earth began to tremble!

"Ah......" Xiang Mayi could feel his feet tingling, and Hua Xiaoman on the side had almost jumped into his arms.

"Gah! Ga! Ga! Ga! "In the distance, a flock of blackbirds scattered into the sky.

Whoa! Whoa!

Whew! Whew!

In addition to his own heartbeat, Xiang Mayi, who was running fast, also heard the sound of birds, waves, and the howling of the wind after feeling the shaking of the earth!

"Earthquake! Tsunami! ”

When I turned my head a little, I saw that the ground in the distance had collapsed due to the earthquake, and the cliff wall that had been high collapsed, and the trees that were more than ten meters high also fell to the east, and then a huge tsunami was booming and surging towards this side!

If they hadn't found an anomaly, they would have been forced to stay in the town without being embarrassed by the townspeople, and they would have been forced to die by this natural disaster!

It's dangerous! It's really dangerous! This should be two consecutive escapes of death.

Xiang Mayi couldn't help but glance at Fischer, although he had also found abnormalities, but how did this twenty-one determine that these abnormalities were abnormal? And he definitely didn't judge based on the anomaly of the NPC, but first determined the arrival of this natural disaster.

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

Xiang Mayi was lying on the wet grass, almost immobile, and his clothes were scratched by tree branches. Fortunately, the material is special, at least in terms of data, the degree of wear has not yet reached the level of "broken". On the other hand, his gloves have been used up for teleportation. Ah, this is the first day...... No, it's 1 a.m. the next day.

Covering his face, he didn't want to say anything.

Hua Xiaovine also leaned against a tree and couldn't move. A night of running at full speed, a high concentration of energy, and the extreme use of teleportation made her little lungs almost explode.

Fischer, on the other hand, had no abnormalities other than this pale face, and even held the light board while holding the pointer and didn't know what else he was investigating.

Xiang Mayi sat up as if he suddenly understood something, although it was followed by a burst of dizziness from lack of oxygen, but after slowing down for three seconds, he still took out the pointer: "I see." ”

"What is that?" Hua Xiaoman asked weakly.

Xiang Mayi handed the small instrument that was jumping with the pointer to Hua Xiaoman's hand, and said, "The earthquake - the movement of the earth's crust has affected the geomagnetic fluctuations. You relied on this and the previous villagers' suggestion that something would happen at night and the hint of the Ten Days of Doom in the background of the quest, right? ”

"Well, almost." Fischer looked at Xiang Mayi steadily, he knew that the latter sentence was to himself.

Xiang Mayi smiled, sure enough~~~

However, what he didn't expect was that Fischer actually had a follow-up message: "If it weren't for you saying that the NPC is abnormal, I'm not sure for sure, but now I have even more amazing news." ”

"Huh?" Even more amazing news?! If you want to say something amazing, you said such a long thing in one breath, and it's the kind with adjectives, it's quite amazing.

"The simulated world, hacked."

"What ?!!" Xiang Mayi felt like he was biting his tongue.