Ancient bows have a simple construction, just the bow itself plus a bowstring.

Modern bows, however, no matter how cheaply you buy one, come equipped with auxiliary add-ons like eccentric pulley systems, sights, stabilizer rods, and the like.

With ancient bows, whether you can draw them and how many times you can do so depends entirely on your innate, god-given strength.

Modern bows, on the other hand, have power-saving mechanisms that can reduce the required draw force by sixty to eighty percent.

Not only that, modern bows also have adjustable draw weight, and their shooting distance and speed are far beyond what ancient bows can achieve.

Of course, the most important thing is that devilish accuracy; modern bows far surpass ancient bows in this regard.

From that position, Yang Kang felt that even if he were holding a modern bow, he couldn't have accomplished what had just been done.

Yet Jiang Ran could do it easily with an ancient bow.

This was definitely impossible without years of arduous practice.

"Jiang Ran probably thought all four of us were going out to hide, and didn't know that actually only Hu Yan was going out."

"Also, even if we did go out, we could only stay for an hour. Of course, Jiang Ran doesn't know that, which is why this situation occurred."

Wang Zhong adjusted his glasses and spoke quietly.

Regarding the threat of that arrow, all three of them—Yang Kang and the others—were clear: Jiang Ran would truly kill.

As for Hu Yan, although she was terrified out of her wits,

after that initial shock, she became exceptionally furious.

She actually pulled out her phone again and dialed the police.

She wanted the police to come and punish that guy who recklessly shot arrows at people!

That really, almost hit someone!!!!

Soon, the police Hu Yan called arrived again, four of them this time.

After the four officers briefly spoke with Hu Yan, who had reported the incident at the main gate, they immediately ran towards Building No. 1 to apprehend Jiang Ran.

At this moment, Hu Yan could clearly see, in that hallway window, the figure of Jiang Ran who had just disappeared.

The four police officers ran into Building No. 1.

They leisurely walked up the stairs from the first floor to the third floor, stayed on the third floor for a while, then returned to the first floor.

Then they exited Building No. 1, came over to Hu Yan and the others at the main gate, and said:

"We're very sorry, the suspect has already fled to avoid punishment. We didn't catch him."

Hearing this familiar line,

Hu Yan's eyes widened to an incredible size.

She pointed at Building No. 1 with extreme disbelief: "Are you kidding me? He was right there at the window when you arrived. How could he have 'fled to avoid punishment' again?"

The four officers didn't answer her, just drove off on their own.

Hu Yan wanted to chase after them and argue.

But she was stopped by a sharp reprimand from Yang Kang.

"Hu Yan, haven't you caused enough trouble?"

"Don't you realize yet that many of the things you've encountered today have something off about them?"

Reprimanded, Hu Yan's brain was still frozen: "What's off?"

Yang Kang originally didn't want to say, but if they continued wasting time like this, they'd be wasting their future lives.

"Both waves of police, the ones before and now, were impostors."

"The first time, dealing with a rape case like that, shouldn't they have taken you for an examination to preserve evidence of the rape? They didn't do that. As for the second time, it was just a casual brush-off."

Hu Yan felt this seemed somewhat reasonable.

Yang Kang: "Also, in a high-end apartment like this, for something like kidnapping, threatening, and rape to happen, don't you think the probability of you running into it is a bit too high?"

"Furthermore, the people here, don't you feel that besides us few, everyone else is a bit strange?"

"I won't waste any more time."

"Telling you the truth doesn't matter much."

"This place, Alice Apartment, is a live-action game venue. The kind where people die."

"All of us were forced to participate."

"We originally had five people, but two have already died."

"You're the unlucky one. It originally had nothing to do with you, but you got dragged in."

"So, whether you believe what I'm saying, whether you leave or not, it's entirely up to you."

"The few of us still need to find that person, so we won't waste time here anymore."

Yang Kang signaled for the other two to leave with him.

Wang Zhong turned and left without the slightest hesitation.

In contrast, Kong Haoxia looked back several times before leaving.

Hu Yan was dumbfounded, feeling only that her brain was about to explode.

A live-action game?

Where people die?

And she was dragged into it?

"Ahhh..."

She covered both sides of her head with her hands.

If all of this was true,

then everything that happened today could be explained.

Including her own curiosity about why Kong Haoxia, coming to Nancheng City, stayed in an apartment instead of a hotel.

After all, his family wasn't here, and his reason was tourism.

That made tourism even more suspicious.

It was all her fault for not thinking more about it at the time.

So now, to leave or not to leave?

She wanted to leave. She had just taken a step towards the gate when she saw Jiang Ran reappear at the sixth-floor hallway window...

Jiang Ran just stood there, squinting and smiling as he stared at her, watching her until goosebumps erupted all over her body, leaving her utterly horrified... 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

...

Surveillance Room, first floor, Building No. 2, Alice Apartment.

A computer screen filled with garbled code left Yang Kang and the others utterly dumbfounded.

Especially Yang Kang.

After returning from the main gate to Building No. 2, they had headed straight for the surveillance room, wanting to check who the person responsible for the high-altitude object throwing was.

So, after he turned on the computer in the surveillance room, a page popped up on the monitor that couldn't be closed no matter how many times he clicked.

The page content was as follows:

[You are a 20-year-old man. At this moment, two women stand before you, offering you a choice.]

[The first, a Hua Country beauty, long straight black hair, fair skin, beautiful features, long legs.]

[The second, an American beauty, long straight blonde hair, fair skin, beautiful features, long legs.]

[Which one do you choose as your partner?]

Both the first and second options had pictures for additional clarification.

Yang Kang, after all, was a Hua Country person, and Asian features were more capable of capturing his heart.

So, between the two options, he chose the first one, the Hua Country beauty.

Immediately, the page jumped to display another line of text:

[With two great beauties, as a man, of course you want them both! So your answer is wrong!]

After this sentence, the entire computer screen turned to complete gibberish.

And thus, the scene of several people standing there dumbfounded was created.

"There were only two options given, completely no option for 'wanting both.' This is deliberately messing with people, right?"

Yang Kang was somewhat indignant.

Wang Zhong stared at the computer and asked the others, "Does anyone here know computers?"

Yang Kang certainly didn't. Kong Haoxia and Hu Yan both shook their heads.

Kong Haoxia felt that if you asked him which type of woman could bring you ultimate enjoyment in bed, he might be considered an expert.

As for computers... forget it, forget it...

And Hu Yan understood even less.

The only things she knew were TikTok livestreaming, shooting videos, editing videos...

Speaking of Hu Yan, after seeing Jiang Ran again at that time, she immediately dismissed the thought of leaving and caught up with Kong Haoxia.

She fiercely engaged in a war of words with him, and finally, Kong Haoxia agreed to increase the compensation for her mental distress, adding more money to settle her down.

"If it weren't for the fact that we can't use money or personal connections, I could easily find a computer expert to come, remove this virus, and then check the surveillance footage!!!"

Yang Kang was at a loss.

"The reason Jiang Ran wants us to find the person is definitely because he himself can't find that person either."

"The likely situation for not being able to find them is the surveillance being garbled."

"In that case... how are we supposed to find out who exactly was the person responsible for the high-altitude object throwing, the one who dropped the red fire extinguisher?!"