He was just glad now that he had tested the waters with this gun first.
Otherwise, his level-five dining knife might have been ruined.
Zhu Yan expressionlessly stored the box and the gun into his ring, threw off the blanket, and climbed out of bed.
"I'm awake."
He nodded at Yang Zhanbai and Qi Yinming by the dining table, walking past them to wash up.
When he came out and sat at the table, he noticed that Yang Zhanbai and Qi Yinming were staring at their phones, both looking grim.
"The instance is over. The internet seems a bit better now, not as laggy."
Meeting Zhu Yan's gaze, Yang Zhanbai gave a brief explanation and pushed his lit phone screen toward Zhu Yan.
"It's chaos outside, look."
"Oh, and that Officer Guan En said he's looking for you. Keep an eye on your player messages."
Oh, Guan En?
This was a pleasant surprise; Guan En was much more proactive than he had expected.
Zhu Yan stared at his left palm and entered the Player Forum, while simultaneously pulling Yang Zhanbai's phone closer, scrolling through the current page little by little.
The instance had ended about an hour ago.
Those players who had been corroded into zombie-like states or eaten by terrifying creatures in the instance were granted the customary 10 minutes for their last words.
They were dropped back into various blocks of Anwu City in the real world, causing quite a commotion.
The trending searches quickly blew up, and the news popularity remained high.
Under the hashtags were many short videos and long posts, with shooting angles and techniques typical of ordinary bystanders.
Some had already been deleted, while others were still up.
Zhu Yan casually clicked on a longer video.
It actually showed a few students crying and screaming on the street!
"Dead! We're dead! We failed the instance, we're going to die!"
"The police department doomed us! Didn't they say they would come in..."
The main subjects in the video were hysterically breaking down, and there was a girl next to them laughing maniacally, desperately stuffing a giant lollipop into her mouth.
Zhu Yan recognized at a glance that this was an item from the instance, probably something the girl had stuffed in her pocket earlier when she was addicted.
"Go look at my photo album," Yang Zhanbai sneered. "The first video in the album, I specifically saved it."
The first video in the album was actually of Li Huisheng.
Li Huisheng seemed to not be fully lucid yet. His eyes were forced wide open, eyeballs bulging like a goldfish's, as he waved his bare right wrist, spraying blood everywhere.
"Zhu Zeyu! Yang Zhanbai! I finally managed to become a Hunter, and they want to kill me!"
"Remember!! If I die, they killed me, along with that guy named Qi Yinming!"
Li Huisheng tried hard to describe the whole event, but his words remained incoherent from beginning to end.
He soon collapsed on the ground and died, drawing a gasp from the onlookers.
Zhu Yan frowned and switched back to the trending search interface.
He wasn't worried about Li Huisheng's situation. By yelling like this, the guy had actually done him a small favor.
Now everyone knew that Zhu Zeyu wanted to kill the Hunters!
Besides videos on the trending page, there were quite a few truth-revealing posts detailing the various recent strange occurrences in Anwu City.
Zhu Yan scrolled through; the official response hadn't refreshed yet.
He entered the Player Forum to check Guan En's message, and red text quickly jumped into his vision.
"Zhu Zeyu, are you out of the instance?"
"We hope you can consider joining the official organization. I will add your contact info shortly. Please fill out the form and come over for an interview after the instance ends."
Whoa!
Zhu Yan was startled by this matter-of-fact tone.
But then again, it made sense.
Joining the official organization was equivalent to becoming a tenured civil servant.
In most people's minds, this was an incredibly good thing.
Who would refuse such a proactive recruitment?
"Additionally, regarding this instance, we have some questions to ask you. When the time comes, please come over together with your classmates."
Zhu Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he frowned warily.
Ask what...?
They wouldn't suspect the identity of Zhu Zeyu, would they?
He wanted to reply and ask a couple of questions.
Just then, however, a pleasant female voice echoed in his ears, interrupting his thoughts.
"Congratulations to some students for clearing the instance What Time is it, Old Wolf!"
Yang Zhanbai and Qi Yinming both paused slightly; clearly, they had heard it too.
"We will publicly announce the clearance status of all players and hunters to all students who participated in the instance—if you are still alive."
Holy crap.
Zhu Yan's hand under the table trembled imperceptibly.
The Hunters were going to be publicly announced too?!
"Yes," the female voice replied. "This sentence is on your private channel."
Holy crap.
Zhu Yan hurriedly muttered in his heart, "Can you not expose my main account?"
The female voice ignored him.
"Actual number of participants in the instance: 1354.
Number of survivors in the instance: 200."
"There are actually two hundred?!" Yang Zhanbai was startled. "Holy crap, besides us, who else from Xishan University survived?"
"This instance had 4 schools participating together."
On average, each school had dozens of surviving players.
Qi Yinming said, "When I went to the cafeteria earlier, I think I saw another group."
"They must be living in two ten-person rooms."
Qi Yinming couldn't muster any enthusiasm and looked rather gloomy.
"Expenses are a bit high. I don't know how much money I'll have left in my account."
Who knows? Regardless, Zhu Yan had made a killing.
Zhu Yan didn't chime in; he was waiting somewhat nervously for the female voice to broadcast the Hunter related content.
His heart felt heavy.
Doing the math, the total survival rate was less than 20 percent, much crueler than other instances.
"Among them, player Zhu Zeyu ranks first."
"Through a series of insidious and cunning designs, he forced the instance BOSS to expose itself and successfully killed the instance BOSS."
Instantly, Zhu Yan's heart settled.
Benevolent and righteous, truly benevolent and righteous!
It announced player Zhu Zeyu, not player HatersAreGay!
Yang Zhanbai gave Zhu Yan a thumbs-up: "Boss Zhu is awesome!"
"Player BreakUpWithGays ranks second. He cooperated with player Zhu Zeyu, assisting the other party in obtaining the key item and killing the instance BOSS."
Yang Zhanbai fell silent.
He opened his mouth wanting to curse, but the female voice didn't give him the chance.
"Dear players, please be cautious when choosing names. Player BreakUpWithGays, please calm down."
Hearing this, Zhu Yan could no longer hold back his laughter: "What the hell kind of crappy name did you pick?"
"Player Qi Yinming ranks third. He was the first to find a shop belonging to humans, which is worthy of praise."
"Player personal rewards will be distributed after the public broadcast ends."
Qi Yinming's expression finally relaxed a bit: "Ranking third, the reward should be a bit higher... Without some money here, it's probably going to be hard to get around."
That was true.
Even entering the library required swiping a card to pay, which was a huge rip-off.
"In addition to the players, we will give special commendation to the Hunters!"
Here it comes.
Zhu Yan's heart had been in his throat, and at this moment, he was trying his best to control his expression so as not to give himself away.
The three exchanged a look; Qi Yinming remained expressionless, but Yang Zhanbai raised his eyebrows.
"Could they be talking about Li Huisheng?"
Qi Yinming shook his head. "A special commendation for a dead man? That's highly unlikely."
The next second, the female voice proved him completely wrong.
"Congratulations to player HatersAreGay for successfully playing the role of the sole Hunter in the instance What Time is it, Mr. Wolf, twisting the other players around your little finger, and flawlessly completing the mission of harvesting fifteen lives!"
"Wh—"
Hearing the familiar nickname, Yang Zhanbai froze.
He quickly realized what had happened, his expression darkening.
Once the words "the sole Hunter" were spoken, how could anyone not understand?
This person had used his nickname to frame him, playing absolutely everyone for fools!
He remembered when Guan En had asked him for his Player Forum nickname.
It was because this traitor had been using his name to stir up trouble.
Zhu Yan glanced at Yang Zhanbai's pitch-black expression.
Hmm, his own cover hadn't been blown.
He just really, really wanted to laugh.
Zhu Yan teased, "Oh my, how come that name makes a matching pair with yours?"
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