Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1337. The Crimson Farm (10)

The short-haired girl and the others took the opportunity to run to Lin Xi's side, panting heavily.

"Thank you!" The short-haired girl wiped the sweat from her face. "My name is Su Ling. Our team found some clues and encountered several waves of puppets. We've already eliminated three people!"

"What clues have you found? We have the farm manager's diary here, which tells us that the seeds were brought by the owner, and the purified spring water is in the well."

Su Qing's eyes lit up: "We found a key to the boss's office! And a lab notebook that says the seeds were dug up from a valley east of the farm, where there's an abandoned lab where the boss researches seeds!"

"The source of the seeds!" Lin Xi's heart skipped a beat. "This is the key clue! We must go to the valley to the east, find the abandoned laboratory, and perhaps we can completely solve the problem of these seeds."

Wow, we found a clue to the seed so quickly!

—Not bad, it wasn't a waste to meet a companion.

—Holy crap, another live stream has disappeared.

— We've already eliminated 50 people.

—Everyone knows that you can't stay still for more than ten seconds, and there must be other taboos as well.

“There are other taboos,” Long Ming said. “I checked the live stream, and 50 people have already been eliminated, and none of the other teams have managed to save anyone.”

“We just saw two blood-red trees,” Su Ling said. “A player nearby also turned into a tree earlier. But we don’t know what the taboo is after that.”

“It’s not a taboo, it’s just a rule of this instance,” Zhang Honglei said. “I have items that can counter the taboo. If it were just a taboo, I wouldn’t be eliminated.”

“Now that we’ve found the seed, everyone should be able to be resurrected,” Yu Chen said.

Su Ling took out a rusty copper key with intricate patterns engraved on it.

"We originally wanted to go to the boss's office first, but we were chased by puppets. We saw the light coming from your direction, so we ran over. The boss's office is on the top floor of that five-story building. We didn't dare to go up there before, but now that you're with us, we might be able to break in."

"Let's go check out the boss's office first. Maybe we can find more clues about the lab, and the location of the other crew members," Yu Chen suggested.

Everyone agreed, and the team was reorganized; now they have more than thirty members.

To avoid those without chili peppers encountering the puppets, Lin Xi thought for a moment and decided that everyone should go together.

After walking for about half an hour, the five-story building in the distance came into view again. At this time, the sky seemed to be darker, with only the blue-green fluorescent fungus and scattered points of light in the air providing illumination.

Dark shadows occasionally flashed through the building's windows, as if something was moving inside.

"Everyone be careful, there are definitely more puppets in the building, and there might be other dangers," Lin Xi whispered. "Su Ling, do you know the exact location of the boss's office?"

“The room at the very back of the top floor is locked. We tried to pick the lock before, but we didn’t succeed.” Su Qing pointed to the top floor of the building. “Moreover, there are more puppets on the top floor, and they are more agile. We encountered one before and almost got caught by it.”

Wen Yang gripped the military dagger tightly.

"With chili peppers and so many people, we should be fine if we're careful. There must be important clues in the boss's office."

The team cautiously approached the building. As soon as they reached the entrance, they saw two puppets standing in the lobby. They were taller than the ones they had encountered before, with dark gray skin and thicker lines at their joints, clearly enhanced versions.

“These two puppets look tough to deal with,” Old Chen frowned. “Their sense of smell seems to be more acute; they detected us before we even got close.”

Two puppets charged toward the group, much faster than ordinary puppets, their arms waving and creating a whistling sound.

"Sprinkle chili powder! Attack the joints!" Lin Xi immediately ordered. Several people simultaneously sprinkled chili powder, the strong spiciness causing the puppet to pause for a moment.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yu Chen fired a crossbow bolt, which accurately hit the knee joint of a puppet, and a bluish-gray liquid gushed out.

Others also launched attacks, some smashing the puppets' joints with weapons, while others used stones to distract them from seeing.

The battle was about to begin. The enhanced puppets were incredibly powerful; a single punch could leave a deep crater in the ground, forcing everyone to dodge carefully.

Although Zhao Lei had just been rescued, he summoned a slashing sword and smashed it at the puppet's leg. Although the force was not great, it still had a certain restraining effect.

"Attack the head! Zhang Yutong's hammer could kill a puppet before!"

As Lin Xi spoke, he threw a flying knife, which struck the head of a puppet, leaving a hole.

Zhang Yutong immediately rushed forward and slammed the hammer in his hand hard on the puppet's head. With a muffled "thud," the puppet's head caved in, and its movements became even more stiff.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Old Chen struck its elbow joint with a metal baton, causing the puppet's arm to droop and lose its ability to attack.

Seeing this, the other puppet became even more ferocious and pounced on Su Ling, who was closest to it.

Su Ling reacted quickly and dodged to the side.

Long Ming came over and sprinkled all the chili powder in his hand onto its face.

The puppet let out painful roars and kept wiping its face with its hands.

Lin Xi seized the opportunity and threw the throwing knife again, accurately hitting its empty eye hole. Wen Yang's dagger then pierced its neck joint.

After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the two enhanced puppets finally collapsed to the ground and stopped moving.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the wall, panting. Their bodies were covered in a little bit of bluish-gray liquid.

"These enhanced golems are much stronger than the ordinary ones. Luckily, there are many of us." Su Ling wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Next, we'll go to the top floor. I wonder how many more of these there are."

Lin Xi checked the remaining chili powder; it should be enough.

"Use it sparingly. Next, try to avoid the puppets and go straight to the boss's office."

As the group ascended the stairs, a strong, sweet, and fishy odor filled the stairwell. Dark red liquid seeped from the cracks in the walls, and the stairs creaked underfoot, as if they were about to collapse at any moment.

When I got to the third floor, I suddenly heard a "thump thump" of footsteps coming from upstairs, obviously a puppet was coming down.

"Quickly, hide in the room next door!" Lin Xi said immediately.

The group quickly rushed into an empty room next door, closed the door, and used tables and chairs to block it.

The puppet's footsteps grew closer and closer, stopping at the doorway, and then it began banging on the door, the loud clanging making the door shake violently.

Lin Xi gestured for everyone to be quiet and peeked out through the crack in the door.

A particularly large puppet stood at the entrance, about three meters tall, with dark black skin and raised patterns on its arms, looking like an enhanced version of an elite puppet.

(End of this chapter)