Chapter 178 Thanks for Helping

"Thank you for your help!"

At the final moment, Julian and the Zhen brothers were a great help to the plainclothes police. Without the restriction of the bomb, many people who had reached the exit were now leaving via the zipline.

In the end, it was Zhen Hu who remembered that the other two players seemed to have been missing from the police lineup, so he couldn't help but ask about the whereabouts of Mu Chen and Lu Xiaoyao.

"Officer Chen is working with other officers to arrest the criminals, as for Officer Lu..." The NPC's face flashed with a hint of embarrassment as he muttered, "She's holding up the rear."

Everyone: ???

"Aaaaaah! I'm so mad, I didn't make it!"

The so-called holding up the rear basically meant that Lu Xiaoyao hadn't helped at all, but the criminals had already been caught.

Lu Xiaoyao, who ran out of the haunted house in a disheveled state, was fueled by the beautiful fantasy of dominating the entire scene as she rushed toward the maze. However, as soon as she reached the maze entrance, she heard the command "Arrest complete" in her earpiece.

In an instant, Ming Mei felt that Lu Xiaoyao, who had been pulling her arm and running wildly, seemed to have lost the ideal in her life and sat down on the ground at the entrance in a daze.

Her system kept deducting points – not defusing bombs, not catching criminals. When she thought about everything she had experienced in this game, she couldn't help but feel sorrow welling up inside!

"Wuwuwu, my life is so bitter~~~" Lu Xiaoyao leaned against the ticket checking machine at the entrance, wailing without tears, "Wuwuwu, I can't catch criminals, I didn't become powerful after eating the bento, I didn't even get to defuse a single bomb, wuwuwu, this is so terrible!"

Ming Mei stood there watching Lu Xiaoyao howl. Unlike before, when her snot and tears would flow together, she knew that this hadn't reached the point of real sadness yet.

It was just a little too noisy.

Ming Mei couldn't help but pinch her brow, looking up at the dark blue sky. The night was dark and, in theory, the game should be over soon.

Could she please log out? She didn't want to hear the demonic sound anymore!

"Sorry, I kept you waiting."

Just as she was wondering if the game had any tricks up its sleeve, Mu Chen appeared at the maze entrance once again.

Ming Mei turned around to look at him. His shirt was now full of wrinkles, and there were bloodstains on the white fabric. It was clear at a glance that he had been through a fierce battle.

Mu Chen quickly walked through the ticket gate and stood next to Ming Mei. Ming Mei looked at his slightly heaving chest, and when her eyes met those deep, dark pupils that were filled with her reflection, her heart felt like it had been struck hard.

Meanwhile, Lu Xiaoyao, who was squatting there and heard the big boss's voice, was originally covering her face and fake crying, but she immediately used her hands to cover her eyes in that position, wanting to see what was happening through her fingers.

[Pfft, who is the daughter trying to fool with that peeking pose?]

[Hahahaha, that pose is really just for fooling herself.]

[Lu Xiaoyao: I'll just take a peek.]

[Quick, quick, learn the pose, I also want to see what they're going to do next!]

[Kiss!]

[Kiss!]

[If it's not going to work, a hug is fine too (✿◡‿◡)]

…

"Quick, leave! There are more bombs under this amusement park, and they're about to explode."

However, Mu Chen's arrival did not lead to the romantic scene that everyone had imagined. Instead, his words were shocking news, which scared Lu Xiaoyao so much that she immediately stood up.

"Eh eh eh? Bombs?! That, that two-ton one wasn't defused..."

Before Lu Xiaoyao could finish speaking, Mu Chen turned to look at her. Then, without Lu Xiaoyao being prepared at all, Mu Chen's large hand, smeared with someone else's blood, was directly smeared on Lu Xiaoyao's face.

"What are you doing?"

Ming Mei was startled by Mu Chen's action and stepped forward, reaching out her hand to stop him, but instead, he grabbed her hand.

For the first time, Mu Chen's hot hand held her cool hand, but in the next second, Ming Mei once again felt a cold sensation on her wrist.

Ming Mei looked down. It was the bracelet.

"Go!"

Just as Ming Mei raised her head to ask about the bracelet, she felt a push on her shoulder that sent her towards the maze entrance.

Ming Mei: !!!

An unbelievable thought flashed through her mind!

Meanwhile, the "Lu Xiaoyao" who had logged back in was very cooperative in catching Ming Mei as she was pushed into the entrance, grabbing her and running into the maze!

"Wait!"

Ming Mei struggled and turned her head, only to see Mu Chen standing outside the maze, his hands in his pockets, nodding and smiling at her.

In that instant, her heart clenched fiercely.

So, he didn't have a new bracelet at all.

The one she was wearing now was actually his bracelet!

"What are you waiting for? If we wait any longer, everyone will die!"

"Lu Xiaoyao's" urgent voice once again reached Ming Mei's ears. She turned her head in astonishment, looking at the blood-smeared "Lu Xiaoyao" who was adjusting her headset and starting to curse.

"Damn it! You guys need to explain the route clearly! Slow down! Your mouth is like a machine gun, I can't hear you!"

This fierce appearance made Ming Mei even more certain that this person was not the "Lu Xiaoyao" she knew. So, was this other side of her unlocked because of – blood?

Perhaps noticing Ming Mei's gaze, "Lu Xiaoyao's" cursing lowered once again.

But it never stopped completely.

"Actually, there was a better way." The "Lu Xiaoyao," who was originally communicating the route with the others, suddenly spoke to Ming Mei again.

"What way?" Ming Mei looked at "Lu Xiaoyao." "Lu Xiaoyao" pointed to herself and said, "Leave me behind. To be honest, if you had chosen to attack me when we left the haunted house and snatched the bracelet, then the person pulling you along right now would be that person."

"If I snatched it, wouldn't she cry to death?"

As soon as Ming Mei said this, "Lu Xiaoyao's" steps faltered. So, she saw it too.

Then, she couldn't help but chuckle, pulling Ming Mei and running even faster.

"The way you say that makes it sound quite vivid~ However, I'm a little puzzled. According to that person's nature, who doesn't care about women, it's possible that he would have directly snatched my bracelet and run with you, but..."

"Lu Xiaoyao" shrugged, indicating that she didn't quite understand it.

Just as the two were talking, they arrived at the zipline. Coincidentally, Wang Wenfei was also there.

Seeing that Wang Wenfei's clothes were also wrinkled and the camera that was originally hanging in front of her was gone, her eyes flashed with joy at the arrival of Ming Mei and "Lu Xiaoyao."

"You're here too? Hurry down, this place is about to explode!"

Wang Wenfei and the other remaining NPCs were seriously putting on safety gear and preparing to leave. Ming Mei learned from them and put on her safety gear, then casually asked, "You all know this place... is about to explode?"

"Yeah. I was unlucky and couldn't find the exit, so I ran into the bomber, was taken hostage, and had a bomb strapped to my body."

Wang Wenfei still felt a lingering fear when she talked about the previous scene.

If she hadn't eaten Ming Mei's bento, she wouldn't have been able to defuse the bomb while Mu Chen and Songdao Guang were fighting. She would have been blown to smithereens before they could subdue Songdao Guang and come to save her.

After breaking free, Wang Wenfei simply picked up the camera in front of her and smashed it into the back of Songdao Guang's head, helping Mu Chen and the others completely subdue the bomber.

During this period, she naturally heard him mention that the bombs buried under the amusement park were also timed devices.

After briefly explaining the situation, Wang Wenfei went down the zipline. "Lu Xiaoyao" finished putting on her gear, but when she looked up at Ming Mei, she saw that she hadn't finished yet and was standing there blankly.

"You..."

Before Lu Xiaoyao could finish speaking, Ming Mei directly reached out and pushed her along the zipline, while she turned around and ran back into the amusement park!

"Hey hey hey!"

No matter how exasperated "Lu Xiaoyao" shouted behind her, Ming Mei ignored her. Even Gui Gui was calling out incessantly in the background.

[Host! The game is about to end! Where are you running?]

[Host! Stop running! The game is about to end, you should log off!]

"Stop yelling! Tell me, where is Mu Chen?"

Ming Mei couldn't find her way out of the maze, so she remembered Gui Gui. Gui Gui wanted to be stubborn and not give Ming Mei the map location, but looking at Ming Mei's cold eyes, she still gave Ming Mei the electronic map.

Because of Gui Gui's reminder, Ming Mei had already noticed the system's game exit time, with only one minute left on the countdown.

Ming Mei gritted her teeth and ran towards the entrance of the sand sea maze. Mu Chen's marker had been at the entrance the whole time, never moving. She still had something she wanted to ask him!

Why are you being so good to me?