Chapter 63 is formulated by property management personnel.
Chapter 63 is formulated by property management personnel.
Zhou Zheng and his teammate Zheng Yang strode into the conference room, and everyone's eyes immediately focused on the two of them.
The middle-aged general stood in front of the electronic sand table, his face grim as he tapped the table: "The situation is more serious than we anticipated. According to the latest intelligence, riots have broken out in various parts of the world due to the appearance of players."
"Most of these players who have obtained the game qualifications conceal their identities, and we understand their concerns," the middle-aged soldier said in a low voice. "But if they are not controlled, these people with special abilities will eventually cause social order to collapse."
He turned to Zhou Zheng and the other man: "Let me introduce you."
Zhou Zheng stepped forward, his military posture ramrod straight: "Zhou Zheng, Major, experienced one Natural Disaster game instance. His ability is [Wall], which allows him to create stone walls for both attack and defense."
As he spoke, he waved his right hand, and a stone wall half a meter high suddenly rose from the floor of the conference room. Then he waved it again and the floor quickly flattened.
Zheng Yang followed closely behind, and this lean young sergeant demonstrated his ability: [Frost Manipulation], which allows him to control ice and freeze enemies.
Zheng Yang's pupils instantly turned blue, and the temperature in the conference room began to drop instantly.
A murmur of surprise rippled through the conference room.
The chief of staff frowned and asked, "Have you...killed anyone in the game?"
Zhou Zheng and Zheng Yang exchanged a glance, and Zhou Zheng finally answered, "In the dungeon, we've only killed monsters. But if anything threatens our safety..." He didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear.
The middle-aged soldier nodded in satisfaction: "The emergence of players is both a crisis and an opportunity. The higher command has issued the following new instructions: First, establish a player registration system. Find as many real-world players as possible. Second, form a special response unit; third, launch a swift and decisive crackdown on players who endanger society."
The official team began implementing various systems for players.
But Su Jinjin started thinking about how she would live without electricity.
Su Jinjin took out a spare generator from her spatial storage, but quickly shook her head and put it back.
"My house is the only one in the whole neighborhood with electricity. Isn't that blatantly telling everyone that I have a problem? And I'll definitely become the target of everyone's criticism."
She then took out several thick white candles and fixed them to the coffee table with wax.
The dim candlelight flickered in the room, casting long shadows of the furniture.
The little flower curiously stretched out its vines, twisting its purplish-red body in the candlelight, casting a menacing shadow on the wall.
"You adapted quite quickly." Su Jinjin poked its plump flower bud.
For this mutated plant, darkness is not a problem at all.
Given enough food, it can even thrive in complete darkness.
When it comes to food, Su Jinjin starts to worry again.
She opened the space to check the food prepared especially for Xiaohua.
Three giant spider corpses, two boxes of Zerg carapaces, and various canned goods that had been stockpiled previously.
It looks like a lot, but given Xiaohua's appetite, this probably won't last long.
"Luckily, I managed to collect a few spider corpses during the swarming insect plague," she scolded, poking Little Flower's head. "Otherwise, you would have eaten the whole house dry!"
Little Flower immediately curled up her vines in a pitiful manner, sending a message through her mind: "Master, I'll beat up the bad guys... please don't let me go hungry..."
The enormous, man-eating flower bud even made a sobbing motion, with a few drops of suspicious mucus sliding off the edges of its serrated petals.
Watching this bizarre creature act cute, Su Jinjin couldn't bear to look and facepalmed.
"Alright, alright, stop pretending to be pitiful. Tomorrow I'll go to the farm in the suburbs and see if I can get you some live poultry as a reserve food."
Xiaohua immediately became excited.
Su Jinjin shook her head; Xiaohua was even more intelligent than she had imagined.
Just as Su Jinjin was preparing to begin her nighttime exercise by candlelight, a rapid knocking on the door suddenly broke the silence of the darkness.
"Bang! Bang!"
Su Jinjin stopped abruptly, her brows furrowed.
At this time, and with the whole city experiencing a power outage, who would be knocking on the door?
Even more strangely, she could clearly hear knocking on the doors of all the apartments on the floor, the knocking echoing in the dark stairwell.
She quickly hid the little flower and took out a flashlight from her spatial storage.
Through the peephole, she saw a man in a property management uniform standing outside the door, followed by two staff members in reflective vests.
"Hello, are you the resident of 3204?" When no one answered the door, the man knocked again, deliberately making his voice very gentle.
Su Jinjin cautiously opened the door a crack.
That's how it happened; the property management staff at the entrance shone their flashlights directly into his face.
Su Jinjin: Are you being polite?
Su Jinjin didn't say anything, and shone the flashlight in her hand directly into his face.
Guo Jianhui: ...
Judging from the light shining on him, he was a man in his early thirties with a buzz cut.
The uniform had a name tag that read "Property Manager Guo Jianhui".
When the other person saw Su Jinjin open the door and shine a flashlight at him, he actually reached out to try to pull the door open.
"Click." The door didn't budge.
Su Jinjin had already used her enhanced strength to hold the door shut before it was even opened.
Guo Jianhui was clearly not expected to run into a wall, and a look of surprise flashed across his face.
He then put on a smile and said, "I'm the property manager for this apartment complex, and also a resident of unit 808. The power suddenly went out, and it's pouring rain outside, so I came to see if we needed any help..."
As he spoke, his gaze kept drifting towards the room behind Su Jinjin.
They wanted to see if Su Jinjin was the only one living there.
Su Jinjin frowned, feeling that Guo Jianhui was extremely impolite and had a problem.
What comes to mind?
Su Jinjin immediately used [Eye of Resume] to check the other party's information and confirm whether the other party was a player.
Name: Guo Jianhui
Gender: Male
[Special Skill: Theft]
Weakness: Fear of the police
Seeing that the other party was not a player, Su Jinjin breathed a sigh of relief, but when she saw that the other party's professional skill was theft, Su Jinjin raised an eyebrow.
What is the other party trying to do?
Could this guy have scouted the place beforehand?
Very likely.
"No need," Su Jinjin replied coldly to Guo Jianhui.
At the same time, they keenly noticed that other "property staff" in the hallway were also trying to knock on other neighbors' doors.
These people may have different motives than Guo Jianhui, but we should still be wary of them.
She decisively stepped out of the door and closed it tightly behind her. "I was just about to go find my neighbor."
Guo Jianhui's smile froze on his face: "It's not safe to be without power right now, how about I stay with you..."
"No need." Su Jinjin strode towards Zhou Zheng's house, her flashlight beam sweeping over the other "property management staff."
Only Zhou Zheng's mother, Aunt Wang, was at home. She was standing awkwardly at the door after the door was opened.
He was somewhat at a loss when faced with the "concern" of the two staff members.
Seeing Su Jinjin arrive, Aunt Wang visibly breathed a sigh of relief: "Little Su, you've come at the perfect time..."