The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

In fact, at the beginning, Li Can was not sure how many player characters would be in this instance.

However, after the matter was handed over to Li Lan and his team, things gradually became clear.

As elite personnel stationed at the First Base, they analyzed massive daily data samples from various sources on Earth and ultimately concluded:

Even though the dungeon is roughly divided into three levels, players who enter the vortex passage at the same time will be randomly teleported and assigned.

Each group consists of eight people, and the number of groups may increase depending on the content, difficulty, and other requirements of the dungeon, but it will always be a multiple of eight.

For example, sixteen people, twenty-four people, thirty-two people...

"This way, after we enter a new and unfamiliar instance and do some simple exploration, we can make a judgment about this place based on the initial information." This is what Li Lan said to Li Can when they were planting explosives.

"We've searched this eerie labyrinth very carefully with Lao Wang and me. It's definitely not a case of players participating in a multiple of eight or higher. So there's only one answer left."

"Including the player teacher who died at our nephew's school, there are three more free players who are currently outside our control."

It's not fair to say it's out of our control; after all, individuals have their own ideas and plans, and we can't force them to change things.

At the time, Li Lan was complaining that they should try not to force things, but when they finally gathered the last player, they were surprised by how well the players cooperated.

……

In the lower city, the area where Li Can and his group were standing had just been searched by strange guards, who had also arrested a number of people, so the local inhabitants dared not approach.

Standing far away on the street, I looked around, wanting to watch the drama unfold, but also worried about getting into trouble.

They were three college classmates who seemed to be from the same region.

They were also free players that Li Lan and his team found.

They blended in with the indigenous people, looking disheveled and unkempt. From a distance, the young people's eyes revealed a clear sense of foolishness and anxiety.

They seemed to be waiting for Li Can to give them instructions on their next move.

However, because Xing Tiantian was still there, they dared not come over.

After all, only Zhou Ye and Wang Defa have made their presence known over there.

For safety reasons, we can't put all our eggs in one basket for now, so we'll leave it at that for the time being.

"Dad, let's go quickly, I'm so worried about Mom." Xing Tiantian tugged at Li Can's clothes, becoming increasingly impatient.

The strange guards that suddenly appeared earlier have slowed their return, wasting a lot of time.

It finally waited until Li Can finished his work, but saw that he was not leaving for a long time. He stood there, looking at the crowd in the distance, as if he was lost in thought.

Li Can stretched his body. He knew that after he had personally orchestrated the arrest of those villains, their days were numbered.

As per Yang Mo's instructions, he had already mobilized everyone to carry out the first wave of sabotage in the lower city, diverting most of the city lord's personnel and shifting the focus.

It's a feint attack, but we don't know what's going on with Yang Mo, or whether he's actually made a move.

Judging from the strange guards still deployed in the lower city, it seems that the upper city has not yet reached the point where the city lord's mansion needs to return to defend it.

Therefore, this wave of unrest is just an appetizer.

The second wave was about to crash onto the shore.

Li Can was pondering how to utilize the capable people under his command when he saw the comments on the screen. He then looked down and patted Xing Tiantian's big head.

"Let's go home, let's go now."

Xing Tiantian finally became a little more active.

"Then I'll take you back. It's on my way back to school anyway." Zhou Ye dusted off his hands and took out his car keys from his pocket.

He never imagined that one day he would become a full-time driver in a dungeon.

What a trick of fate.

"Boss Xing, since the city center is already destroyed anyway, and we're just strangers who have nowhere else to go, why don't we all come to your restaurant together?"

At the opportune moment, Li Lan proposed an idea: "In case of a collapse, we have many people and great strength, and we can help out."

Before Li Can could respond, Shen Yuan enthusiastically grabbed Li Lan's arm, "Great! Now I have someone to keep me company, that's wonderful!"

"I'm fine with either. One person in the car is fine, and a few more people are no problem either, since it's on my way anyway."

Wang Defa chuckled. The pale complexion he had just experienced from dizziness and vomiting was gradually improving. "Then what are we talking about? Come on, little Tiantian, when your uncle gets to your house, I'll make you a little wooden sword to play with."

"Thank you! I'll have toys every day now!" Little Weird happily returned to the bright yellow school bus.

The explosives were all planted by their own people. They planned where to avoid them and where to place them. So the destruction of the lower city was at most at the building level. There were basically no casualties, just a lot of mess.

Creating chaos is still very easy.

Things like the school bus they might still need, or the Baijie Hotel in the suburbs where Li Can stayed, were not bombed.

So while Xing Tiantian was anxiously worried about her family and afraid that something might happen to Huang Xiaoqi, Li Can remained calm.

Everything is under control.

The three freelancers, who looked like college students, watched as everyone else boarded the school bus and left, leaving them alone behind. They felt anxious and upset.

I don't dare to rush up and ask.

As a result, not long after Li Can and his group drove away from the scene, the little vulture he had arranged in advance handed them a piece of paper rolled up like a small twig.

"What does it say? How is it arranged?"

"Quiet down, keep your voice down, shh."

"Yes, yes, yes, sneak into the village, don't fire."

"Two hours later, come to the Baijie Hotel in the suburbs to meet your relatives. Then, directly ask for a job here. Stay. Remember, even if you have to pester them, stay. It's time to test your acting skills, but don't be too exaggerated."

"..."

After reading the note, they were all a little confused.

"Perhaps it's to make it a natural way for us to appear and meet together."

"Why bother making up a fake identity to claim kinship when you could just apply for a job?"

"Could it be that this 'Peach Blossom' is trying to undermine those strange guards' plan to take his whole family out of the city, and is including us in their scheme?"

"You're talking nonsense. When they offered us amnesty, they said that leaving the city meant certain death."

"What if we end up in a different city?"

"You mean Shangcheng? Hasn't that already been settled? Why bother asking others for help? It's too risky."

"But they didn't say they'd take us with them, they only said they'd take Peach Blossom."

A few people huddled in a corner, whispering among themselves.

After discussing it for a long time without reaching a conclusion, they finally tore the note into small pieces and shared it among themselves.