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Fatty didn't seem too keen to discuss this issue with Gu Mian.

The two walked in silence toward the entrance of the mine.

However, after they had walked a certain distance, they both heard a sound coming from the darkness ahead.

The mine was very dark.

Even with a searchlight, everything beyond five meters was indistinct, but sounds traveled far.

They heard the sound of footsteps coming from ahead.

It seemed like a large group had also descended from the mine entrance and was now heading in their direction.

Gu Mian cocked his ear to the footsteps ahead, "Sounds like there are a lot of people."

Fatty stopped in his tracks as well.

The darkness of the mine tunnel obstructed their vision, making their hearing particularly sharp.

Fatty heard it clearly too. "I heard it as well. The footsteps sound coordinated. Could they be an army?"

An army? Could it be the army of this instance?

Gu Mian rubbed his chin, then immediately turned around, intending to go back.

Fatty followed. "Doctor, you can't handle the army here, right?"

He framed it as a question, but there was a glimmer of hope in Fatty's heart. He hoped Gu Mian could single-handedly face an army and blaze a bloody trail of escape, unfazed by machine gun fire.

To his surprise, Gu Mian spoke quite candidly, "It's not just that I can't handle it; I'd literally be riddled with bullets!"

Fatty hadn't expected Gu Mian to be so direct. He paused for a moment before asking, "Then what's the point of turning back?"

There was only one way out from here, but that exit had already been blocked by the army entering the mine. At this point, Gu Mian turned back toward the depths of the mine again.

"Turning back and going deeper is better than confronting a potentially machine-gun-wielding army," Gu Mian said. "Of course, if you could conjure up a rocket launcher for me right now, I'd turn around and blast them to bits."

He continued, "There's a rail in the middle of this mine tunnel, so there must be some kind of cart for transporting coal on it. We haven't seen any sign of a cart from the mine entrance to here, so perhaps it's deeper in the mine."

"Mining carts should be pretty sturdy, bullet-resistant," Gu Mian thought. He had never seen a mining cart; this was just his guess.

Fatty seemed to grasp it. "Doctor, do you mean for us to drive out?"

"It's better than appearing naked before the army." Gu Mian brushed off his now slightly dirty white coat.

Although they weren't exactly naked now, they weren't much better off.

I wonder if items like "armor" will appear in the future.

The two kept talking as they quickly headed deeper into the mine.

「In the live streaming room, Mr. Slaughter had a grave expression.」

He had been closely monitoring these two participants who had entered the mine.

When Gu Mian discovered Xiao En's true face, he had thought the participant's game was over.

All the viewers eagerly waiting in front of the live stream had thought he was going to be eliminated. They had seen countless Slaughter Games live streams before. Many participants had accidentally walked into the mine only to be brutally consumed by Xiao En, leaving only their faces behind.

Just when the audience thought another face was about to be peeled off, the doctor in the white coat suddenly struck, daring to flail a shabby stool leg at Xiao En's face.

And he even managed to hit him.

What was even more outrageous was that this doctor dared to openly threaten Xiao En.

The audience had seen plenty of monsters killing participants in the forbidden area, but they had never seen a participant actually attack and threaten a monster before. And the Doctor even managed to tear off Xiao En's face!

"What's going on with your show! Why have your monsters become so weak?" a viewer phoned in to complain.

They didn't like this new direction in the storyline. They wanted to see participants struggling for their lives in the forbidden area; they loved to see the expressions of despair on the faces of the Lower Class People.

But this Doctor showed no despair and even put on airs like a game streamer.

He was truly a headache-inducing character.

At this point, Mr. Slaughter's face darkened a bit. He gripped the corner of the table lightly. "Don't worry, everyone. There has been an anomaly in the forbidden area. The monsters within can now be eliminated."

"Our Order Guard is on the way to clean them up. We have received your complaints and have already sent a squad toward the mine. They will provide a response that will satisfy all of you."

Mr. Slaughter continued, "You will get to see the scenes you want to see."

As he spoke, he turned his head back to the screen behind him, where only Gu Mian and Fatty could be seen.

Fatty was closely following Gu Mian. They were moving fast, but the sounds from behind were getting closer.

At this point, Fatty began to jog. "Doctor, why does it feel like the group behind us is getting closer? Am I overthinking it?"

"No," Gu Mian replied, also moving forward quickly. "You're not overthinking it. I heard it too."

The two of them strode toward the depths of the mine, already past the location where Xiao En's face had been.

The sounds from behind drew steadily closer.

In the mine, anything beyond five meters was shrouded in darkness, and Fatty glanced back frequently.

He had a feeling that it wouldn't be long before he could see the shadows of the army behind them.

Thinking about this, Fatty's face fell, his expression looking as if he was about to cry. "Doctor, what do we do if they catch up with us?"

"If they catch up, we'll be shot to pieces." Gu Mian glanced at Fatty's miserable expression. "So you need to run faster. The mine tunnel is getting narrower; we're almost at the end."

No doubt the mining cart used to transport coal is parked at the end of the mine tunnel.

Mr. Slaughter stared at the screen. "It seems these two participants are also aware that danger is approaching. But even if they run desperately now, the outcome won't change."

"This mine is a dead end, and both participants will inevitably encounter our Order Guard."

"What interesting things will happen then? Let's wait and see... 「Next, we'll switch to the footage of other participants.」"

"Hmm? It seems like other participants entered this mine earlier than these two?"