Chapter 26 Small Boss

"I haven't even used a Contra Medal, and forty minutes of my personal time have already passed. According to that rabbit, I'll be in the cell at the forty-first minute of map time, handing the puppet over to it. Which means... in a moment, I'll reach the starting point, enter the fourth corridor, capture the puppet, and reach the end point again, taking up eighteen minutes of personal time in total..." This was the first time Feng Bujue had calculated so many things simultaneously in a script, and his physical condition wasn't relaxed either. He was definitely going to have to run non-stop next. "If I don't take care of a small Boss during this return trip, I'm afraid I won't have enough time when I reach the end point again." Actually, the moment he rushed into this corridor, he had already overturned his previous plan of simply running back through it. "The current difficulty... I came from the cell at eighty-five minutes of map time, and I have to deal with the small Boss in this corridor within seven minutes..." Thinking this, he quickened his pace. "As long as I can do that, and ensure that running through the corridor doesn't take more than twenty-three minutes, I won't fail due to map time."

Just as he was thinking this, a door indeed appeared in the road ahead. A door to a room also emerged from the wall on one side of this second corridor.

But this door was very different from the dilapidated wooden door of the small room where Alden was in the third corridor. This one looked like the kind of door equipped for a warehouse storing biochemical weapons.

Its door frame was made of metal, gleaming brightly, and the door panel was like an incredibly thick metal wall. There was no handle on the door, just a circular valve.

This scene couldn't help but remind Feng Bujue of the Saw script he had once played, that cold storage-like room, which also seemed to have such a huge and thick metal door.

"Isn't this going to be the same trick again..." Feng Bujue thought to himself, but his actions didn't stop at all. He didn't hesitate or retreat.

At this moment, Feng Bujue vaguely felt that the small Boss behind this door might need to be killed...

Before, in that end-point cell after the eightieth minute, only one small Boss was locked in the four cells, and that was the puppet Billy. Rabbit only asked Feng Bujue to capture this one prisoner in the past timeline.

Regarding the small Boss in the first corridor, Rabbit told him to contact it last. This matter could be linked to the scene he saw at the starting point. In terms of personal time, it was very likely that Feng Bujue would only go to the first corridor after reaching the end point for the last time in the near future, and then never return to the cell again... This matter was temporarily set aside.

Looking at it now, this prisoner in the second corridor was likely going to be killed. By deduction, when Feng Bujue returned to the starting point in a while and went to the fourth corridor to catch the puppet, he would have three potions, a puppet, and the news of the prisoner's death in the second corridor... So the later Rabbit didn't comment on the prisoner not being in the cell.

If things developed this way, Feng Bujue at the cell end at the forty-first minute would have a personal time of forty, plus eighteen, plus the time spent passing through this second corridor, which was optimistically estimated to be more than seventy minutes.

The last twenty minutes would be just enough for him to enter the first corridor from the end point... Without causing a space-time paradox, triggering the previous scene. As for why? He was afraid he would only know when the time came.

"Heave-ho..." Feng Bujue bent over and exerted himself, bending his knees and using his arms, almost using his entire body, to pry the valve, which had considerable resistance, a little. But as long as it could move, it wouldn't be so difficult next. He turned the valve counterclockwise three or four times, and heard a "click" sound, as if the lock inside the metal door had been released.

This metal door should open outwards, so Feng Bujue pulled the thick door towards himself with all his might. As he opened the door, the red light inside the room shone into the corridor.

Feng Bujue subconsciously glanced into the door. It was only a fraction of a second, and he looked away after glancing. This was a continuous action. But the image of the monster in the room had been engraved in Feng Bujue's mind, and unfortunately, a second later, he belatedly recognized the monster standing in the corner...

"F*ck!" The moment these two words came out of Feng Bujue's mouth, the monster instantly moved into the corridor. It stood beside Feng Bujue, stretched out its arms, and with an incredible force and speed, twisted Feng Bujue's neck...

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[Relevant information of ***-173]

Item Number: ***-173 (the sculpture)

Item Level: euclid

Biological Nature: Unidentified non-living object with biological signs.

Source: Unknown.

Body Composition: Building materials.

Body Interior: No life drive or organs.

Metabolism: Yes, confirmed to excrete.

Perception: Yes, can confirm whether there is a gaze watching it.

Movement Mode: Unknown, teleportation.

Behavior: Twisting the necks of all living things.

Special Containment Measures: ***-173 should be kept in a locked containment area (hereinafter referred to as container) at all times. If personnel must enter this area, the number of entrants must not be less than three, and the entrance door must be locked after entry. At least two staff members must maintain eye contact with ***-173 at all times until the work is completed and the entrance is reopened.

Description: ***-173 was moved to Area 19 in 1993, and its origin has always been unknown. It is constructed of concrete and rebar, and contains traces of krylon brand spray paint. ***-173 is mobile and very hostile, but it cannot move when viewed.

Eye contact with ***-173 must not be interrupted at any time. Personnel in the same room must prompt each other before blinking.

When unattended, ***-173 will instantly move to the target, break the connection between the skull and the neck, and strangle it. In the event of an attack, personnel must follow the Level 4 Hazardous Object Containment Procedure.

Personnel reports indicate that scraping sounds can be heard from the unmanned container. This is normal, and any behavioral changes in the object should be reported to the on-duty hmCL supervisor.

The reddish-brown substance on the floor is composed of feces and blood, and the origin of these substances is also unknown.

The container must be cleaned every two weeks.

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A flash of white light appeared in front of Feng Bujue's eyes, and then he appeared in the fan-shaped area at the starting point. The system prompt sounded at the same time: [Your item Contra Medal has been consumed]

"Why did I appear here?" This was the first question that appeared in Feng Bujue's mind, and he quickly gave himself an answer, "After death, do you appear at the 'starting point' of the current time-space domain..." He thought like this, "If you die in which corridor, you will appear at the starting point of that corridor, and be inside the door of the corridor..." He recalled the previous self who had been killed. "If you step out and die in the fan-shaped area... you should be resurrected in the dead end where the script started."

While he was thinking, his gaze was facing the fan-shaped room separated from him by a door, and at the same time, he heard a buzzing sound and the sound of stones scraping against wood behind him.

A bad premonition struck, but it was too late when Feng Bujue realized the problem. As soon as he turned his head, he was met by a pair of stone arms, and was instantly strangled for the second time.

[Your item Contra Medal has been consumed]

He was still thinking about how to use the four medals, but two of them were handed over in an instant...

Feng Bujue still knew more about the characteristics of ***-173, so when he was strangled for the second time, and resurrected in place, he immediately widened his eyes and stared at the grotesque monster in front of him.

The surface of ***-173's body was like plaster, with a dirty white body, and a huge "head" printed with red, black, and green logos. Its height was more than two meters. Proportionally speaking, its legs were shorter and its arms were shorter compared to its long torso. But as a monster with instant movement maxed out and killing without a second move, the length of its limbs did not mean that it could not fight. On the contrary, it always killed enemies instantly, especially humans. The two strangulations Feng Bujue encountered just now were good proof.

The basic point of dealing with ***-173 was continuous "watching". Under the observation of a living body, 173 could not move, but as long as there was a slight gap, such as blinking, then in an instant, 173 would teleport over and kill the target.

Feng Bujue didn't want to be killed by the other party for the third time. He didn't have the powerful strength to hold a watermelon knife and chop from Nantian Gate all the way to Penglai East Road, without blinking for three days and three nights, and he didn't think ***-173 could communicate with him.

So, the next second, the sound of the [One-Hit Kill Handgun] rang out, and after ***-173's body was hit by this small handgun bullet, it exploded.

Feng Bujue had never thought about what 173 would look like if it was killed, but at this moment, he had seen one of the possibilities with his own eyes. The white concrete body disintegrated, and several fist-sized fragments hit Feng Bujue, but this kind of injury was not fatal.

A large mass of blood also splattered out of ***-173's body, pouring down on Feng Bujue like splashed ink. He couldn't even dodge. Finally, a person covered in blood, a pool of red and black liquid, and scattered strange corpse fragments were left in the corridor within two meters of the door in this second corridor.

Feng Bujue wiped his face and smelled the scent of the "blood". "Well... it seems to be just blood." In fact, he was just comforting himself, just worried that the blood was mixed with shit or something...

Among the corpse fragments on the floor, there was a spot that was glowing, just like the glittering spots of items dropped on the floor in those top-down RPG games.

Such an obvious hint, Feng Bujue would naturally not ignore it. He walked over, touched it, and the light turned into an item. At the same time, the system prompt also sounded in his ear:

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