Rebellious Game C15.2

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Chp15. part2

For three consecutive days, aside from seven hours of sleep, he dedicated the remaining seventeen hours to stimulating his sixth sense, desperately seeking more clues.

“At this rate, will we collapse from exhaustion?” Wu Peng worried. While he managed to get seven hours of sleep, the other police officers were only getting three or four hours a day. He couldn’t help but worry about their deteriorating health.

Yun Xin, meanwhile, was pondering another matter. “With a third of the elderly gone, even the most oblivious person would eventually notice something was wrong. Even if they don’t realize the accidents are happening so frequently and assume the others died peacefully in their sleep, the sudden absence of so many people around them will create a disturbing illusion: ‘All those my age are gone. Am I next?'”

Wu Peng jerked upright. “No way!”

Before the words were out of his mouth, a report came in: “Just received notice, The elderly resident of Room 303 took an overdose of sleeping pills and passed away.”

Wu Peng felt utterly dejected. “We’re barely eating or sleeping, pushing ourselves to save them. How could they lose hope and resort to suicide?”

No one answered.

A heavy silence descended.

Doubts began to creep into many hearts: Am I wasting my efforts? Can we really save them?

After three days of relentless effort, the situation had only deteriorated, with accidents occurring even more frequently. Could things really turn around at this rate?

“Thinking about it,” Yun Xin said suddenly, “the Dean’s claim that ‘predicting danger, avoiding danger, will save everyone’ is just her word. What if her entire premise was flawed from the start?”

Wu Peng was speechless.

Previously, he had only been worried about whether they could keep going. Yun Xin’s words struck a heavy blow to their morale — if they had been on the wrong path all along, their persistence would be futile.

The room fell into an oppressive silence, the atmosphere thick with gloom.

Day Four.

Yun Xin was monitoring the security footage in the control room when a commotion erupted outside.

“What’s happening now?” Wu Peng asked, his initial panic over the accidents having gradually numbed into weary resignation after experiencing too much in too short a time.

“The lawn is on fire! An elderly man is trapped inside, unable to escape.” After assessing the situation, the security guards immediately sprang into action, rushing outside.

Only Yun Xin and Wu Peng remained in the control room.

Wu Peng leaned in and whispered, “Aren’t you going?”

Yun Xin glanced at him but remained silent.

“You’ve predicted so many accidents recently,” Wu Peng pressed. “Why didn’t you sense this one?”

Yun Xin continued to say nothing, eventually turning her gaze back to the screen.

Just then, a security guard returned to the surveillance room, seemingly intending to use the intercom to guide his colleagues in fighting the fire and rescuing people.

Wu Peng ducked his head and retreated to a corner, not daring to utter a word.

By now, the lawn and its surrounding areas were engulfed in flames. The dry grass fueled the fire’s rapid spread.

Terrified, the elderly residents fled toward the open space. But their age and frailty made it impossible for them to run quickly.

Some shuffled along with canes, while others remained confined to wheelchairs, relying on caregivers to push them.

As the flames leaped closer, threatening to engulf them, they could only scream helplessly, “Help! Someone, save me! Save me!!”

But the number of experienced caregivers was limited. At this critical moment, they were all busy pushing wheelchairs or carrying the elderly on their backs, leaving no hands free to assist further.

In this critical moment, a gaunt old man stepped forward. “Anyone with mobility issues? Come here, I’ll push you out.”

Though the wheelchair was his own, he offered it up in the emergency and volunteered to push others to safety.

“Thank you, thank you so much,” a silver-haired grandmother, supported by someone, was the first to sit in the wheelchair.

Without a word, the old man propelled the wheelchair at breakneck speed to the open space, helped the woman dismount, and then raced back. “Who’s next?”

He went back and forth several times.

By the time the security guards arrived and began extinguishing the fire, he was panting heavily from exhaustion. Yet even then, he insisted on returning to bring out the elderly residents who couldn’t run on their own.

Bit by bit, like ants carrying sugar, the elderly residents were gradually moved to safety.

Once everyone was out of danger, the old man collapsed to the ground, his calves trembling with exhaustion.

Just then, the fire was extinguished, and a transparent panel materialized before him.

[Welcome to the Evolution Game.]

[Congratulations, Player! You have successfully survived Dungeon #114032: “Cigarette Butt Fire Incident.”]

[For saving ten human lives, your completion rating is “A.” Reward: Attribute Points: Strength +0.2, Agility +0.2, Constitution +0.2, Spirit +0.2.]

[Note 1: Players can only learn about the Evolution Game’s existence after achieving an “A” rating or higher in at least one Dungeon.]

[You obtained this information prematurely through unauthorized means and have been afflicted with the “Cursed by Misfortune” debuff. This debuff will automatically be removed upon achieving an “A” rating or higher in at least one Dungeon.]

[You have now achieved an “A” rating. The “Cursed by Misfortune” debuff has been removed.]

[Note 2: Standard adult male four-dimensional attributes: Strength 0.6, Agility 0.6, Constitution 0.6, Spirit 0.5. Exceeding single-attribute values of 3, 6, or 9 grants special abilities.]

The lengthy text left the old man stunned.

Later, security personnel investigated the cause of the accident and ultimately discovered that the fire had been started by an unextinguished cigarette butt.

One of the elderly residents was a heavy smoker who couldn’t kick the habit. After finishing his cigarette, he carelessly tossed the butt aside without putting it out.

By sheer coincidence, the butt landed not elsewhere, but directly into the grass.

The recent dry weather and parched conditions allowed the smallest spark to ignite the entire lawn.

After the investigation, security reprimanded the elderly man for littering the cigarette butt, and the matter was considered closed.

Meanwhile, in the Dean’s office:

Bai Wei, her expression stern, turned to Yun Xin. “Is there anything you want to say?”

Based on their experiences over the past few days, minor accidents occasionally slipped through the cracks, but major incidents were usually predictable. The absence of any prior warning in this case clearly indicated that someone was withholding information.

“Yes,” Yun Xin nodded earnestly. “Dean, I want to resign.”

Bai Wei’s movements froze. “Scared by the string of accidents plaguing the elderly residents?”

“Not at all,” Yun Xin replied calmly. “It’s not like the Grim Reaper is after me. It’s just like sneaking onto a bus — if Death chases you down, it’s just to collect the fare. Nothing to be afraid of.”