Bai Youwei’s face paled slightly. She immediately looked at Shen Mo in front.

He was holding a small toy gun in his hand!

They were still on the highway. The car had stopped at some unknown time. All around was quiet, with only the sound of wind.

Their eyes met, and both clearly understood: everything that had just happened was not a dream!

Shen Mo got out of the car without a word to check the situation in the other vehicles.

The people who had participated in the “Tortoise and Hare Race” game, aside from the two of them, had all without exception turned into dolls—

Unable to speak, without breath, gelified flesh connecting ball joints, eyes turned into dull glass beads… These people had lost all signs of life.

Bai Youwei murmured: “So that’s how it is… Failing the game, turn into a doll; clearing the game, rewarded with a doll…”

So that’s how it is…

That’s why the world became like this…

Like parting the fog, it should have been suddenly clear, but what lay visible was endless blackness. Unknown fear spread like a tide, tension or trembling, with subtle excitement and thrill mixed within…

Bai Youwei silently gripped the rabbit doll, her thoughts in turmoil.

Shen Mo returned to the car with a somber expression.

“Let’s leave this place first.”

“Okay.”

…

The highway was straight and flat, as if endless.

On the empty road, only one car was speeding along.

Bai Youwei sat in the car, gazing at the monotonous scenery constantly receding outside the window, her expression somewhat dazed.

Too crazy…

Games, dolls, rewards… These concepts all made her feel absurd.

If every place with dolls had a game, wouldn’t the city have become a game instance? Wouldn’t the world have become a game map?

What about Yangzhou?

Was Yangzhou really safe?

At this thought, Bai Youwei grabbed her bag and pulled out her phone, discovering the signal bars were empty.

The phone couldn’t get through, and the internet couldn’t connect either.

“Turn on the radio,” Bai Youwei realized something.

Shen Mo seemed to have also noticed. He raised his hand and turned on the car radio.

The radio emitted a static sound.

Bai Youwei’s eyes didn’t blink as she stared at the radio.

Shen Mo watched the road ahead, one hand on the steering wheel, the other hand pressing the channel button repeatedly. Each press, a two-second pause.

Continuous noise echoed and extended in the car.

After a dozen or so presses, he withdrew his hand and turned off the radio, saying: “No signal.”

The communications system had broken down. Phones, internet, radio… all lost function.

When did this happen?

When the game started?

No one knew.

Bai Youwei’s face grew even paler. She didn’t care how this world turned out, but she cared about herself. If the apocalypse truly arrived, how should she survive?

She tightly clutched the plush rabbit in her hand, thinking: This tormenting trick really isn’t as straightforward as a bloody biochemical crisis!

Shen Mo glanced at her through the rearview mirror and asked: “Do you have any clues about the rabbit doll in your hand?”

The seemingly childish and ridiculous plush toy was supposedly the “one-tenth of me” reward for clearing the game.

Bai Youwei moved her lips, a bit hesitant.

Of course she had clues. In fact, the moment she touched this rabbit, related information had floated into her mind. This feeling was very strange, but also inexplicably natural.

It’s just that, could Shen Mo be trusted?

Bai Youwei considered for a moment and answered: “This rabbit can release electrical energy within a radius of 2 meters. The electrical energy can reach up to one-tenth maximum.”

As she spoke, she lightly pursed her lips and continued: “It doesn’t specify voltage or amperage values, so I don’t know how much effect this one-tenth actually has. Also, it needs to be charged to use.”