Chase Game

The items have been updated, and Ling Yi quickly checked them, discovering that the item locations and rules have changed.

There are now a total of five items on the field:

Apart from the time-addition and subtraction cards that have always been in buildings 1 and 2 and have yet to be acquired;

It refers to a new item that spawns in three locations: Building 9, the central courtyard, and the underground parking garage.

Furthermore, this time, once a fugitive obtains an item, the location of all items will be revealed to the pursuers.

At the same time, there will be a notification for items that have been acquired, which is equivalent to revealing your location once.

In other words, acquiring more items comes with the risk of exposure, and there's also the possibility of being ambushed by your pursuers...

Ling Yi frowned and pondered.

However, skills and items are essential tools for escapees. Giving up acquiring items for fear of revealing one's location is tantamount to throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

So now he only has two questions to consider:

First, from the perspective of the rules, the first item is relatively easy to obtain, so which of the five items should be chosen?

Second, how can we obtain more items more safely?

After thinking for a moment, he decided to first evaluate the four props.

"Hmm... just like before, I can only see the location of the item and some basic information, but I don't know the specific skills."

First of all, the meaning of the time addition and subtraction cards for buildings 1 and 2 is self-evident from the name, but it is unclear what specific time can be added or subtracted, or by how much.

Secondly, the prop for Building 9 is a mirror, and the description is only four words: scene destruction.

The prop in the central courtyard is a seed, described as being able to quickly take root and sprout anywhere.

Finally, the prop located in the underground garage is a wooden shield, whose description is as expected: to block attacks.

Looking at these five items one by one, the one whose most immediate use comes to mind is the wooden shield.

Just to be on the safe side, he decided to take the shield first.

Getting to the underground parking garage is easy; the other buildings are in Building 8, and you can just walk down the stairs.

As he went downstairs, he began to feel fortunate that the wooden shield was in the underground parking garage; otherwise, he would have had to go somewhere else.

He had neither the speed boots nor knew Li Fang's location, so how could he dare to expose himself in broad daylight?

However, when he arrived at the underground parking garage, something unexpected happened.

The sounds of items being dragged and clattered echoed throughout the underground parking garage.

There were only two players in the entire game scene, so who else could be making the noise but Li Fang?

No wonder I didn't see anyone after marking them as a fugitive; they were here...

Ling Yi tried his best to hide himself behind cover. He didn't leave immediately, but wanted to see what Li Fang was up to.

But he suddenly realized that the sound was getting closer and closer, accompanied by the familiar sound of high heels.

"Damn, why are they coming this way?"

Left with no other choice, Ling Yi could only quietly retreat.

He retreated to Building 9 next door in one go, intending to go down to the garage from there.

Crouching low and moving cautiously, Ling Yi was extremely careful, but he was dumbfounded after walking for a short while.

"Holy crap, where did all this sofa furniture, motorcycles, electric bikes, and cars come from, blocking the exit?!"

The clanging and banging noise from the underground parking garage continued, and he instantly understood.

"Li Fang is trying to block the safety passage. Once the game reaches the third marker at the forty-minute mark, my movement will be severely restricted..."

The prop from Building 8 was the "Mighty Gloves," which increases strength when used. Ling Yi wasn't sure if Li Fang used them after obtaining them, but now it seems they're being used here.

"This is a bit troublesome. I can't move these things without some means of doing so..."

Furthermore, if she stays in the underground parking garage, it'll be difficult for me to retrieve the items, and she might even encounter the [Wooden Shield].

The plans have changed, so we have to make choices.

He abandoned the wooden shield underground, but he still wanted to take at least three of the items on the ground.

Once he made up his mind, he no longer hesitated.

[Puppet Doll] Skill Activation—[Which one is the real me?]

The original little doll fell to the ground and quickly grew taller and bigger, eventually becoming a doll with the same height, build, and appearance as Ling Yi.

Then, he transferred part of his consciousness to the puppet, allowing him to easily control both his main body and the puppet simultaneously.

Although the doll cannot use the original body's skills and items, and it breaks easily, the advantage is that the items obtained by the doll are counted as those obtained by the original body.

Therefore, he will act separately from the puppet.

Li Fang kept moving things in the underground parking garage to block the safety passage. During this time, she also sensed an object near her, but she couldn't pinpoint its exact location no matter how she looked around.

"Phew... three more buildings. These gloves are really useful, they saved me a lot of effort. Next... hmm?"

Before Li Fang could finish speaking, the game system notification arrived.

The fugitives have obtained the item "Round Mirror," and the locations of all items are now revealed.

Following the instructions, Li Fang discovered that the wooden shield was actually right above her head, and with a light jump, she took it down.

The pursuers have acquired the item "Wooden Shield".

Li Fang instantly understood: "The item acquisition notification is real-time? That means he's still in Building 9!"

Without wasting a second, she instantly sprang to her feet and headed towards Building 9.

Although she blocked the exit of the emergency passage in Building 9, she quickly moved a passage open with the help of props.

She pressed the elevator button first, but both elevators showed the 18th floor and didn't come down.

"Blocking the elevator doors, are you trying to make me take the stairs so you can take the elevator and we can avoid going up or down together?"

"Heh, you're underestimating me too much."

Li Fang sneered and then climbed the stairs, but she pressed the elevator button on each floor. Whenever Ling Yi took the elevator down, it would stop on every floor.

At her speed, she quickly arrived at the 18th floor, but as she had expected, the elevator doors were still blocked by a pile of debris, and the alarm kept beeping.

Ling Yi, however, was nowhere to be found.

Li Fang sensed something was wrong, so she stopped hesitating and took out her prop, a bag of [Tracing Powder], and sprinkled it on the ground. Soon, a footprint appeared, leading to the locked door of room 18-1.

Without saying a word, he kicked the security door open.

At the same time, another system notification arrived—

The fugitive obtains the item "Seed of Survival".

Li Fang was taken aback. This prop was in the central courtyard. How could Ling Yi have gotten there in such a short time?

Could it be a teleportation skill?

wrong!

While Li Fang was stunned and confused, a sharp knife gleamed coldly and stabbed out from the shadows around the corner.

puff!

With a muffled thud, the dagger did not harm Li Fang in the slightest, but was instead deflected by the wooden shield.

Li Fang reacted quickly, kicking the person in front of her hard in the abdomen.

However, she could tell that the touch was definitely not human; she clearly heard the sound of porcelain shattering.

Then, in her eyes, "Ling Yi" turned into a pile of porcelain shards scattered all over the ground.

Li Fang's face was gloomy, her eyes fierce, and she gritted her teeth, squeezing out four words with immense hatred:

"A substitute item..."