The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 56: Familiar Faces?

About two minutes later,

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Su Qi came to understand the whole situation.

The team had entered the instance for half an hour now, and after emerging from the hibernation pods at this spawn point, they realized they were likely on a spaceship currently in voyage.

And soon after, they received the main mission, but only a short distance from this place, they encountered a monster attack. Hence, the team was forced to retreat back here.

Su Qi blinked:

"The plot seems awfully familiar."

However, he didn't expect that in just the few seconds he was left in his Personal Space, they had already experienced so much.

At this moment,

His gaze suddenly shifted, as a script summary began to emerge gradually.

"Brother Su, what's wrong with you?"

Su Qi spoke, "Instance introduction is coming."

The teammates were taken aback, "???? You really are lagging."

A voice like that of a robot began to speak slowly in Su Qi's ear, emotionless, as if reading from a script.

[This is a spaceship drifting through space, it is very special... Its initial purpose was to head toward its mother star, but things seem not as easy as anticipated, accidents happened]

[Abnormal whispers, panicked mutations, the spaceship is no longer safe]

[And you are urgently awakened to deal with all of this]

[Please remember... first, read the Employee Manual!]

The robotic voice gradually faded with the jumbled sound quality.

A mission also popped up in front of Su Qi.

[Main Mission: Find the Employee Manual in Room No. 7]

And the layout of the spaceship's corridors was simply plastered on the wall... [Hibernation Room]======Corridor======[Final Control Room]

But,

The most important thing was the many rooms alongside the corridor.

Their Hibernation Room was No. 10... After leaving, there would be a room every fifteen meters along the corridor, in sequence... with the Final Control Room being No. 0.

"We were just about to go to Room No. 7 to find the Employee Manual, but as soon as we reached Zone 8, from an opened door... all sorts of abnormalities rushed out, it was very dangerous," Brother Oat began, he sighed, "We were just killed and forced to return here."

"Anyway, no need to rush, it was just the first tentative exploration. Now that we know about the existence of those abnormalities, we can slowly formulate an action plan. Currently, if we want to enter Room No. 7, we'll have to be a bit blunt, though this carries a sizable risk, and we can't guarantee everyone's survival. So we need to plan every detail well, escaping pursuit is no simple task," Jun Mowen pondered aloud. As someone experienced in escape room speedruns, he had expertise in this area, his words were coherent and his demeanor calm.

At this very moment,

Someone was observing all this, watching Jun Mowen's analysis.

It squinted its eyes slightly.

Hmm, this one is a player proficient in strategy and analysis.

And Yun Zhantian, the young man leaning against the wall, smiled and said, "I'll go along with you guys, just call on me when there's fighting."

It seems this is a pure combat type player.

"No panic needed, it's not a big issue, and whatever happens as long as we stand united, we will surely succeed," declared Night Guard loudly.

A player who encourages and enhances team cohesion with their social skills?

Finally,

Night Guard turned to Su Qi, "Brother Su, do you have any thoughts?"

But when he turned around, he found that Su Qi was not by his side.

"Brother Su?"

At this moment, Su Qi was standing next to a glass terrarium by a hibernation pod, looking inside, "Look, these flowers and plants are quite pretty..."

The teammates: "..."

This person also fell into silence.

?

What kind of player is this...?

"...Alright, everyone has had enough rest, let's make a plan of action, those abnormalities outside have left," Jun Mowen watched the surveillance on the wall.

The surveillance footage only covered the corridors from Zone 9 to Zone 7.

Their goal was simple: enter the room in Zone 7 and find the employee manual.

After explaining for about a minute.

The plan wasn't really that complicated, it was just a matter of division of labor, matching strength, and then striving for as much time as possible.

However, Su Qi still stood in front of that glass, then suddenly spoke up:

"Why didn't you guys check out Room No. 9?"

"After all, abnormalities surged out from Gate No. 8, but Room No. 9 hasn't made any noise at all."

The middle-aged man scratched his head, "Well, about that, we tried, but Room No. 9... has a password lock, we can't open it, and we didn't find the password here either."

"Is that so?"

Su Qi looked at the potted plants: "I'm not very certain, but let's proceed with your method first."

He left some words unspoken.

The Hibernation Room was only equipped with eight hibernation pods, and logically... they should have all just woken up half an hour ago.

And although the plants in the glass bonsais had a simulated cycling nutrient ecology and didn't need to worry about withering and dying without care,

But...

It was clear that someone had recently pruned these plants.

The pruning was very slight, as if someone was performing surgery, utterly precise, down to the last millimeter, not easily noticeable without know-how in gardening.

However, Su Qi had [?], so it was no issue.

In any case.

Besides these players who had just entered the instance, there were others...

But this information didn't seem to help advance the main storyline for now, and what's more, Su Qi felt... something filthy was watching them, so he chose not to reveal it at this moment.

At this moment.

The group had made a decision and stood next to the button that would open the metal door.

"The most important thing is speed, no dawdling!"

"The door to Room No. 7 is also a metal door, estimated to take 20 seconds to open. Of course, there's no need to fully open it, just enough for us to get through the gap, so... we have to hold out for this time," they prepared for the night watch.

"Let's go."

The group rallied once more.

Yun Zhantian was already holding his weapon and striding forward: "I'll start us off."

"Su Buxian, you didn't come to listen just now, I'll remind you..." Jun Mowen looked at Su Qi: "Based on our previous experience, some abnormalities cannot be harmed by physical means, some are extremely sensitive to sound, and others will emit a spiritual impact, though spiritual power does not get depleted, but it can cause one to become dazed..."

Su Qi made a gesture: "Don't worry, even though it's delayed... I heard it all."

"..."

"Boom boom boom!"

The sound of the heavy metal door activating echoed; the corridor was still silent for the moment, the creatures had all retreated.

But nobody dared to let their guard down, because as soon as they reached Zone 8, creatures would rush out from the never-closed Gate No.8!

"Ready..."

"Go!"

They didn't hesitate at all and immediately sprinted forward!

Su Qi followed behind them, glancing at the metal door of Zone 9, then withdrawing his gaze.

He quickly entered Zone 8.

Gate No. 8 was wide open, and the group of monsters inside emitted faint hissing sounds in the dim environment.

And just then.

Su Qi's expression froze, seemingly spotting something unbelievable among the crowd of creatures.

He looked surprised.

"It seems... there's a familiar figure!"