Trembling At A High Altitude

Apart from being annoyed at Yuan Qiang, Liu Hui was also extremely vexed with Li Teng.

She felt that she had been dragged down by him, becoming his sacrificial piece.

As for her father, he was her idol; those rumors circulating outside were merely slander against him.

"Discuss balance with a cheater? When a cheater is cheating, do they ever consider the balance of others?" Number 5 immediately rebutted Liu Hui.

"I fully support the Film and Television City's measures to crack down on cheaters! It allows us to fully demonstrate our acting skills in a fair and clean environment!"

"All cheaters should die!"

The others also echoed this sentiment.

Yuan Qiang nodded, pleased with everyone's reaction, feeling empathy with them as a modest man of inner justice.

"Oh, and one last thing about this script."

"This is an apocalypse zombie-themed screenplay."

"Between locations A and B, there will be a large number of zombies infesting the area."

Yuan Qiang concluded his explanation of the screenplay, then distributed two script maps respectively to the Hunter Group and the Prey Group.

Liu Hui was completely speechless.

These last few words from Yuan Qiang actually revealed the crux of the script.

The task for the prey was to travel from location A to B, and if they couldn't arrive within the designated time, they would be penalized 1000 points and eliminated.

Not to mention the Hunters' interception between locations C and B, the blizzard conditions, the snowy terrain—these were difficult enough, but a large number of zombies too? What was this?

Was there even a chance for the prey to survive?

Li Teng remained composed throughout.

When a director targets an actor with full force, the actor has no power to resist.

Just like Yao Xue's "Ten Years Later."

It was evident that Director Yuan had a very good relationship with his original crew members, as he looked at Number 5 with appreciation.

His bias towards Number 5 and the other five actors was not surprising then.

Of course, as a cheater, Li Teng was aware of his role, even though it wasn't his fault.

After the plot presentation, it was time for a voting stage to confirm the selections for the Hunter and Prey groups.

The election results were meaningless.

Li Teng and Liu Hui ended up alone, becoming two of the prey.

The other six formed the Hunter group.

Then they took two buses to the Time Bubble Technology filming location.

On the road, the six Hunters discussed and assigned their respective roles.

Number 5 got a rocket launcher, and he intended to personally blow Li Teng to bits.

Then there were the Assault Rifleman, the Shotgunner, the Sniper, and two Pistoleers.

They also had a heated discussion to confirm each person's spawn points between locations C and B, aiming to block and kill Li Teng at the first chance.

Although they despised cheaters, they didn't underestimate their opponent tactically, preparing seriously in various ways.

...

"Regarding the use of cheats, I don't want to explain anything, but I must remind you, in this event, we need to cooperate with each other to survive better and complete the plot tasks more effectively."

On the other bus, Li Teng proactively said a few words to Liu Hui.

"No need." Liu Hui coldly refused Li Teng.

"Okay," Li Teng said, not adding anything more.

...

The bus arrived at the Time Bubble Technology filming location.

They entered the building and took the elevator.

They entered the teleportation chamber room.

After lying in the teleportation chamber, Li Teng's consciousness gradually became blurry.

The staff adjusted various parameters on the control console screen...

The countdown digits kept changing until all the numbers turned to zero.

Blurred images faintly appeared on the screen by the wall.

Snowstorm, icy cliffs, zombies, mutant zombies, running, gunshots...

A gentle electronic female voice emerged in the ears of those already in a daze.

It was like a dream.

"Checking..."

"..."

"..."

"Body transport program initiating..."

"Initialization complete..."

"..."

When Li Teng woke up again, he found himself in a room.

Lying on a bed.

Outside the window, the streets were piled with snow, and snowflakes drifted down randomly.

It was a shelter built in Zone A.

It was also the faction where Li Teng and Liu Hui, as their characters, were located.

Shortly after getting up from the bed, Li Teng received instructions from the plot to attend a meeting in the shelter's council hall.

Li Teng got up, went to the door, pushed it open, and left the room.

It was cold outside, but there were still some children running around in the snow, throwing snowballs and having snowball fights.

Some adults and children were making snowmen together.

Everyone was dressed in tattered clothes, and the snow-covered buildings also looked very worn, creating an impression of desolation after the end of the world.

Passing through two streets, he arrived at the plot gathering point.

Outside the door of the gathering point, Li Teng ran into Liu Hui.

Liu Hui pretended not to see him and walked straight into the council hall.

Li Teng also entered.

After a few dozen people had scattered into the council hall, a middle-aged woman spoke from the presiding desk.

First, she briefed everyone on the current predicament of the camp, trapped by blizzards, with food supplies and gun and ammunition supplies running low.

Then she started today's mission.

"We need two volunteers to go to Location B and deliver this letter and token to the contact station there."

"Our food supplies will last at most another week, so the two volunteers must complete this task within a week."

"Anyone willing to volunteer, please raise your hand," the middle-aged woman looked at the dozens of people present.

No one raised their hand.

Everyone knew this was a suicide mission, not to mention the zombies along the way; the enemy faction, the Black Dragon Association, had blocked all their routes to Location B, making crossing their territory more difficult than reaching the heavens.

"I'm willing," Li Teng raised his hand.

He had no choice; he had received a plot prompt, and now he had to make this foolish decision.

"I'm willing," Liu Hui also reluctantly raised her hand.

The other people in the room breathed a sigh of relief, finally, some fools volunteered to go to their deaths for them.

The middle-aged woman also sighed in relief, as if no one volunteered, she would have had nowhere to step down. Could she go herself?

After a stirring pep talk, everyone accompanied Li Teng and Liu Hui to the large iron gate of the camp exit.

"There are no reserves of guns and ammunition left in the camp, all our remaining reserves are at this outpost. Once there, show my handwritten letter to the person in charge and collect the guns, ammunition, and weapons," the middle-aged woman gave Li Teng a map, marking the specific location of the outpost with a circle.

Li Teng figured that the outpost was probably no longer in existence; the director wouldn't possibly provide them with guns and ammunition.

After sending their wishes, the middle-aged woman and the group of people seeing them off retreated back into the camp, closed the large iron gate, leaving Li Teng and Liu Hui alone to face the cold wind and chill snow outside the camp.