I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

The next morning, when Lin Ye changed back into his training clothes, his palms still felt warm from the previous night.

He stared at his hands for two seconds, then quickly picked up the training bag.

the holiday is over.

The good days are coming to an end.

As soon as Lin Ye entered the negative seven training area, Tang Zhi looked up and stared at him for a few seconds.

"You're back?"

Lin Ye placed the training bag on the bench.

"I can tell."

Tang Zhi circled around him halfway.

"I've changed my clothes back, but my hairstyle is still the same."

"Hair isn't disposable."

"How did the parents' visit go?"

"Task completed normally."

"Did you hold hands?"

Lin Ye paused.

"Details of this private mission are not available for comment."

Qin Zhao was fastening his arm guards without looking up.

"I've taken your hand."

Lin Ye turned to look at him.

"How did you know?"

Qin Zhao glanced at him.

You seem to be in a good mood today.

Xu Mian sat down next to him, holding her notepad, and added in a low voice, "You touched your hair when you came in."

Lin Ye's hand froze in mid-air.

Tang Zhi burst out laughing on the spot.

"You even pulled your hair?"

"no."

Lin Ye put his hand down.

"I just wanted to make sure it was still there."

"I get it, it's an occupational hazard of fake boyfriends."

"Have you finished talking?"

Cheng Fang walked in through the door.

The training area fell silent instantly.

He connected the tablet to the large screen on the wall.

"Starting today, morning individual training will continue as usual."

Lin Ye was just about to breathe a sigh of relief.

"We will add teamwork training this afternoon."

He swallowed his anger again.

Tang Zhi raised her hand.

"Captain Cheng, does 'increase' mean that other training sessions won't be reduced?"

"No reduction."

Tang Zhi lowered her hand.

"I understand. The good days are over."

The large screen lights up.

The image is a floor plan of a three-story building with a complex internal passageway, and most of the area is covered in gray.

Cheng Fang said, "The negative seven simulation area is set as an abandoned shopping mall after a power outage."

There are two tasks.

"Retrieve the simulated storage box and evacuate one injured person."

"Within twelve minutes, all personnel shall evacuate through the designated exits."

Additional conditions pop up on the right side of the screen.

The lighting is unstable.

There is a mobile threat.

There is a false distress signal.

There is a route blockade.

Cheng Fang continued, "The training vest was hit in the torso by a sensor bullet, and it was determined that the person was incapacitated."

"Members who are incapacitated cannot move on their own and require evacuation by others."

"The capability can be used, but it's limited to training power."

Lin Ye asked, "What does 'training power' mean?"

Qin Zhao said, "I won't burn you to death."

Tang Zhi added, "But it will hurt."

Lin Ye nodded.

"Easy to understand"

Cheng Fang ignored him.

"Division of labor."

"I'm in charge of paving the way and making decisions."

"Xu Mian Investigation".

"Qin Zhao handles threats."

"Tang Zhi is in charge of control, rescue, and escape routes."

Finally, he looked at Lin Ye.

"You're in charge of information."

Tang Zhi immediately perked up.

"Got it. Team Leader Cheng will be top lane, I'll jungle, Xu Mian will be mage, Qin Zhao will be marksman, and Lin Ye will be support."

Xu Mian corrected softly, "My ability isn't about output."

"Don't take metaphors too seriously."

Cheng Fang glanced at Tang Zhi.

"You can revive if you die in the game."

"Field work is not possible."

Tang Zhi immediately shut up.

Cheng Fang looked at Lin Ye again.

"You're not just there to cheer me on."

"You need to tell us where to go, where the danger is coming from, and what sounds to watch out for."

"You are the ears of the team."

Lin Ye nodded.

That sounds simple.

Ten minutes later, the metal door to the simulation area opened, and he realized that it was not simple at all.

Behind the door was a dimly lit shopping mall passageway.

The roller shutters on both sides were tightly closed, and the ground was littered with collapsed shelves and broken glass. The emergency lights overhead flickered on and off, and there was a faint smell of burning in the air.

Cheng Fang walked at the very front.

Qin Zhao followed behind him.

Xu Mian was in the middle, her shadow sliding silently along the wall.

Tang Zhi was in charge of the rear.

As soon as Lin Ye stepped into the passage, sounds came from all directions.

There are footsteps on the left.

The sound of a heavy object being dragged came from upstairs.

Someone ahead is shouting for help.

There is metallic vibration in the ventilation duct on the right.

Further away, there could be faint sounds of mechanical wheels turning.

Lin Ye spoke subconsciously:

There's someone on the left.

There's something upstairs.

"Someone ahead is calling for help."

"There's movement in the pipe on the right as well."

Cheng Fang didn't stop walking.

"distance."

Lin Ye was stunned.

"About ten meters to the left, I can't see upstairs, but it's quite far ahead, and there's something in the pipes too."

A sudden impact came from the shop on the left.

Just as Xu Mian's shadow approached the doorway, Lin Ye heard the sound of machinery turning behind him.

Something's approaching from behind!

Cheng Fang immediately turned around.

Qin Zhao also adjusted the muzzle of his gun.

The next second, a training drone suddenly shot out from behind the GG sign diagonally above.

boom!

The sensor bullet struck Tang Zhi's shoulder.

Her training vest instantly flashed a red light.

"The member has lost the ability to move."

Tang Zhi glanced down.

"I was eliminated less than two minutes into the game."

Cheng Fang raised his arm guard to block the second sensor-guided missile.

Qin Zhao flicked a dark red spark from his fingertip, which landed precisely in the drone's sensor area.

The drone immediately shut down and crashed to the ground.

However, the team has lost a member who could move on his own.

Next, Lin Ye reported whatever he heard.

Footsteps.

Cries for help.

The floor slab vibrated.

Friction inside the ventilation duct.

All the information is crammed into the communication channels.

Cheng Fang kept asking about the distance.

Xu Mian had difficulty determining which direction Lin Ye was referring to.

Qin Zhao adjusted the muzzle of his gun back and forth.

Tang Zhi was being held by Lin Ye and Cheng Fang, and she had to listen to him constantly calling out points.

"I don't think I was shot."

Tang Zhi said breathlessly, "You're driving me crazy."

Lin Ye had no time to refute.

They found a simulated storage box on the second floor, but still couldn't find the wounded.

When the last roller shutter door closed, the countdown reached zero.

All emergency lights are on.

"Mission failed."

In the debriefing room, the red light on Tang Zhi's shoulder was still on.

She plopped down in the chair.

"This is the first time I've realized that having excellent hearing can also cause widespread damage."

Lin Ye sat opposite her.

"What I heard is true."

"I know."

Tang Zhi said, "But you've crammed the entire mall into the channel."

Qin Zhao leaned against the wall.

"Like a live broadcast from a farmers' market."

Xu Mian didn't join in the complaints.

"His voice should still be heard."

Cheng Fang projected the video onto the screen.

"Fieldwork is never short of authentic information."

The group quieted down.

Lin Ye on the screen kept talking, and the actions of the other people were constantly affected by his voice.

"What's missing is useful information."

Cheng Fang retrieved the communication records.

"You reported more than twenty items in just over a minute."

"Nine duplicate messages, six where distance could not be determined, and four instances of environmental noise."

"There are fewer than five factors that truly influence task decisions."

Lin Ye stared at the record.

"So it's not that I haven't been listening enough."

"You don't know how to sieve."

Cheng wrote three lines of text on the screen.

position.

distance.

Threat level.

"Process it in your own mind first, then tell the team."

"Don't mention there seems to be someone on the left."

"They said there's a human-shaped target approaching about 15 meters to the left and front."

"Don't tell them someone is shouting for help up ahead."

"Determine whether the sound is real or fake, and whether it is necessary to change the route."

Lin Ye nodded.

"What if we're unsure?"

"Just say you're not sure."

Cheng Fang said, "Don't present your guesses as conclusions just to make yourself seem useful."

Xu Mian opened the record board.

"I can team up with him in the second round."

Cheng Fang looked at her.

Xu Mian whispered, "He first gave me the approximate location, and I used the Shadow Detector to confirm the number and exact location."

Lin Ye turned to look at her.

Xu Mian nodded at him.

He suddenly realized that teamwork is not about each of the five people using their individual abilities.

But he heard it.

Xu Mian confirmed.

Cheng Fang made the judgment.

Qin Zhao handles threats.

Tang Zhi took control of the scene and the escape route.

He doesn't need to listen to everything, think it all out, and then solve everything all by himself.

Ten minutes later, the second round began.

The scene remains the same, but the target location and route have been readjusted.

As soon as I stepped into the passage, the sound came again.

Lin Ye didn't rush to speak.

He listens for the direction first, then judges the distance.

A few seconds later, he said:

"Twelve meters to the left front, a human-shaped target, moving slowly."

Xu Mian's shadow slid past along the wall.

"confirm."

She paused for a moment.

There's another one behind the door.

Cheng Fang immediately ordered, "Qin Zhao, prepare."

The roller shutter door popped open.

Two moving targets rushed out simultaneously.

Qin Zhao raised his hand, and two points of embers landed on the sensor area in front of the target's chest.

"Threat eliminated."

The whole process took less than five seconds.

As they continued forward, they heard cries for help again from ahead.

Lin Ye listened for a moment.

The sound repeated every seven seconds, with even the pauses in breathing being exactly the same.

"The distress call ahead is a recording; we will not change our route."

Cheng Fang did not ask any further questions.

"continue."

Those two simple words reassured Lin Ye a little.

As I reached the escalator entrance on the second floor, I suddenly heard a metallic scraping sound from above.

"Close the roller shutter!"

Tang Zhi raised her hand, and several thin, transparent threads instantly wrapped around the door hinge.

The falling roller shutter suddenly came to a stop.

"Hurry up!"

Cheng Fang was the first to pass.

Xu Mian followed closely behind.

Qin Zhao guarded the flank.

Lin Ye ran to Tang Zhi's side and supported her arm.

"Can it hold on?"

"The less you say, the more seconds I can hold on."

Lin Ye immediately shut up.

The two finally passed through the roller shutter.

Tang Zhi withdrew the silk thread, and the iron gate slammed shut behind her.

They found the wounded in a simulated supermarket.

An 80-kilogram training dummy was placed under the shelf.

Cheng Fang lifted the shelf.

Tang Zhi used silk threads to wrap around the mannequin's shoulders and back.

Lin Ye and Qin Zhao dragged the person out together.

Xu Mian stood at the doorway, her shadow stretching out into the passageway.

Something is approaching.

Lin Ye also heard the sound of mechanical rollers.

"One o'clock position, fifteen meters away, mechanical target, high speed."

Qin Zhao turned around.

The drone had just darted off the shelf when Jinhuo landed in the sensing area.

The machine shut down immediately.

The final evacuation route splits into three exits.

Number one is the closest.

Number two is in the center.

Number three is the furthest.

Cheng Fang stopped in his tracks.

"Linye."

Lin Ye closed his eyes.

There was a faint metallic clicking sound after Exit 1.

The airflow at Exit 2 is very weak, like a dead end.

Exit 3 was the furthest, yet there was a steady sound of wind, and no footsteps or mechanical noises behind it.

"Exit 3 has the highest probability of safety."

Cheng Fang did not hesitate.

"Walk."

Qin Zhao carried the sealed box on his back.

Tang Zhi used a silken thread to drag the wounded soldier along.

Lin Ye helped her share the weight.

The countdown has only forty seconds left.

Everyone, speed up!

When gunshots rang out from the side, Cheng Fang stepped out to block the outside of the group.

The sensor bullet hit his training vest, and the yellow light came on.

He has not lost his ability to move.

"Don't stop!"

The five of them rushed through the exit together.

The timer stopped at eleven minutes and forty-seven seconds.

"Simulated storage box recovery successful."

"The wounded have been successfully evacuated."

"Maintain operational readiness."

"Task Evaluation: Pass".

Lin Ye was bent over, panting.

Tang Zhi was already sitting on the ground, but she still stretched out her fist at him.

"sure."

Lin Ye bumped into her.

"The support player can finally use their mic?"

"I used to drive one too."

Qin Zhao put down the sealed box.

"It used to be noise."

Lin Ye turned to look at Xu Mian.

Holding the record board, Xu Mian said earnestly, "The second round of reporting was very good."

"Is this a compliment?"

Xu Mian nodded.

"Um."

Lin Ye was still a little unaccustomed to it.

Cheng Fang walked up to the group of people.

"Just passable."

Tang Zhi sighed.

"I knew you were too happy too soon."

Cheng Fang put the names of the five people into the same training sheet.

"An individual passing grade does not guarantee a team passing grade."

"When working in the field, if a problem occurs at one location, the person who bears the consequences may not necessarily be the one who caused it."

"Starting today, the training results of the two teams will be linked."

"Mission failed, everyone review and practice again."

Lin Ye asked, "If one person makes a mistake, does that mean the whole team has to do extra training?"

"right."

Tang Zhi immediately looked at Lin Ye.

Lin Ye also looked at her.

Xu Mian silently hugged the record board tightly.

Qin Zhao didn't react much.

"Reasonable."

Lin Ye felt that this person probably didn't have a normal need for rest.

Cheng Fang raised his hand and switched to the next training interface.

A row of red characters popped up.

Power outage across the entire area.

High-frequency white noise interference.

Communication was intermittently interrupted.

Two opposing ability users.

Task time limit: eight minutes.

The training area was quiet for a few seconds.

Tang Zhi looked up.

"Captain Cheng, what was that round all about?"

"Tutorial".

Lin Ye looked at the screen.

"I almost failed the tutorial."

Cheng Fang put away the tablet.

"So formal training starts tomorrow."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left.

Lin Ye stood still, looking at the red conditions on the screen.

At this time yesterday, he was still having dinner at the Lu family's house.

Grandpa Lu served him some beef brisket.

Lu Zhixia held his hand under the table.

I went back to the seventh location today, and I almost couldn't even get past the tutorial.

He finally confirmed one thing completely.

The good days are indeed over.