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Chapter 1018: Master Thief

Chen Junnan and Tiantian walked into the second room from the left, which had the character “Chou” written on it.

After the two entered the room, the door behind them closed with a sound. All the doors here seemed to be somewhat like spring-loaded doors—as long as someone walked into the room, the door would close. If each side had one person enter the room, the door would lock directly.

This rule interfered with both sides’ line of sight, making it difficult to perceive the situation on the battlefield.

Tiantian only felt that standing in this kind of room with doors on all four sides made one feel somewhat dizzy. If it weren’t for the solitary door standing in the center, it would be easy to lose one’s sense of direction.

But Chen Junnan already had experience. Previously, in “Earth-Rabbit’s” game, he had already experienced being dizzy and disoriented. Fortunately, in the end, he still relied on his amazing sense of direction to break through.

Seeing that this room was empty, Chen Junnan was just about to head directly to the next room when Tiantian stopped him.

She felt that the current situation was a bit dangerous. Although their side had more people, it was very possible that they would encounter the other side’s people as soon as they opened the door.

Qi Xia had said that the other side “might” be invading separately, but once they also gathered together like them, what they would face after opening the door would truly be a struggle for possession.

“I’ll go listen first.”

Tiantian walked to the door directly opposite, pressed her ear against the door to listen, and after feeling there was no movement, she moved to the door on the right side.

“Little Zhang San, is it necessary to be so cautious?” Chen Junnan asked.

“Hm…?” Tiantian was stunned. “What did you call me?”

“Oh, I mean Big Sister Tiantian,” Chen Junnan shook his head and said. “You’re ‘advisor,’ I’m ‘general’—I always feel like our characters are of no use here. I estimate we’re the most useless ‘left-right structure’ on the field.”

“It’s better to be careful…” Tiantian said. “I can’t lose this ‘character.’ Let’s investigate. If we don’t encounter any enemies, we’ll go back first.”

“Then how do we investigate?” Chen Junnan asked. “Just listen at the door like this?”

“I’ve also entered quite a few games, big and small,” Chen Junnan said. “Generally, the soundproofing in this kind of game is particularly good. In some venues, you can’t even hear the ‘bell sound,’ so I’m not sure if we can hear the movement in nearby rooms.”

Tiantian frowned slightly, feeling that what Chen Junnan said seemed to make some sense.

When they were in the “preparation area,” they couldn’t hear sounds from other rooms. Could this place really have some kind of soundproofing treatment?

Just as she was thinking, the door handle in front of them suddenly moved.

Then the door was slowly pulled open, and Yan Zhichun appeared on the other side of the door.

“Oh,” Chen Junnan smiled. “Life truly has unexpected encounters everywhere.”

Yan Zhichun looked cautiously inside the room and saw Chen Junnan and Tiantian standing together. She was also tactful enough not to enter the room.

“Want to come in and sit?” Chen Junnan asked.

After hearing this, Yan Zhichun reached up to smooth her hair and said, “Are you two planning to act together?”

“Hey, how could that be? The three of us will act together!”

Chen Junnan naturally knew what role Yan Zhichun was. He immediately decided not to follow her train of thought, just laughed it off, then reached out to grab Tiantian’s arm and walked with her into the other party’s room.

After waiting a few seconds, the doors on all four sides indeed did not close. It seemed that three people appearing in one room at the same time wouldn’t forcibly trigger the game.

Chen Junnan and Tiantian’s actions made Yan Zhichun frown, but she still stood in place without moving.

Chen Junnan looked up and saw that inside Yan Zhichun’s room was written the character “Shen.”

“Big Sister Yan,” Chen Junnan said. “Long time no see—I’ve missed you so much. It’s been several minutes since we last met, hasn’t it?”

After hearing this, Yan Zhichun helplessly snorted coldly and said, “You know my abilities. Coming to me at this time—what difference is there from directly delivering your ‘character’?”

Chen Junnan recalled the first time he encountered Yan Zhichun in “Earth-Snake’s” game—she had controlled his own right hand to choke his own neck.

“Big Sister Yan, where are you getting that from?” Chen Junnan said. “How would I dare be presumptuous with your marionette-like ability? But this young master has heard…”

Chen Junnan slowly took a step forward and carefully looked at the white dress on Yan Zhichun’s body. There was a pocket on her right leg, and inside it, a faint reflection could be seen—it seemed to be a chain.

“Heard what?” Yan Zhichun asked.

“This young master heard that ‘Echo’ is quite difficult to use here. Can you still control me?” After Chen Junnan finished speaking, he wanted to add a few more sentences, but in the next second, he suddenly stood in place with his eyes wide open and mouth agape.

His sudden change left both Tiantian and Yan Zhichun beside him somewhat puzzled.

Chen Junnan slowly raised his hand, pointed in the direction behind Yan Zhichun, paused several times, then said with an excited expression, “Holy shit… Aaron Kwok?”

“What…” Yan Zhichun was stunned and involuntarily turned her head to look.

Chen Junnan’s eyes and hands were quick. Taking advantage of Yan Zhichun turning her head, he took a step forward and reached his hand directly toward Yan Zhichun’s pocket. Afraid of directly pinching her thigh, he even deliberately pulled back on his strength.

This surprise attack probably used up all of Chen Junnan’s luck. Although he rapidly approached in a flash, his extended index finger and ring finger, like a pair of chopsticks, happened to clamp onto the chain in her pocket.

Before Yan Zhichun could react, Chen Junnan immediately pulled the chain from her pocket, quickly retreated several steps, then half-knelt on the ground in an extremely dashing posture.

Yan Zhichun cried out in surprise and turned around, hastily covering her pocket.

Everything happened too fast—even Tiantian on the side was stunned.

A few seconds later, Chen Junnan smiled and said with his head lowered, “What excellent Dragon Cloud-Probing Hand… ladies, does this young master look like the ‘Master Thief’ Chu Liuxiang?”

Neither Tiantian nor Yan Zhichun spoke, only staring blankly at Chen Junnan.

Chen Junnan moved his right hand in front of himself, then opened his palm to look—

There was only a chain in his hand.

“Huh…?” Chen Junnan was stunned. “No way… why are you all playing this trick?”

“You…” Yan Zhichun sighed. “Do you have some kind of obsession with chains…? If you really like them, you can tell me—I’ll give them to you voluntarily.”

“What the fuck obsession with chains…” Chen Junnan stood up angrily. “There’s only a chain in your pocket. If you were normally luring the enemy in deep, shouldn’t you have the chain showing a little bit?! I saw you hiding it so well—who would have thought it would actually be just a fucking chain!”

“That’s right,” Yan Zhichun nodded. “But if the chain shows a little bit, it can only deceive ordinary people. To deceive you all, I could only pretend it had a ‘character’ on it and keep it well in the depths of my pocket.”

Chen Junnan looked down at the chain in his hand, thinking that this couldn’t be considered completely fruitless, right?

What normal person could steal a chain from someone like Yan Zhichun’s pocket? It still had to be me.

“You don’t really think a trick at the level of ‘Aaron Kwok’ could distract me, do you…” Yan Zhichun looked at Chen Junnan with some puzzlement. “Did your ‘commander’ give you the order to ‘seize’?”

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