Jia Tao's Room 902.

Even though Jiang Ran had left, the words he had just spoken still lingered in the air like a curse, swirling madly into the nostrils of those present, making them feel as if cut by a knife.

"I knew it! I should never have come to save you!!!"

Kong Haoxia collapsed weakly onto the floor.

Having just barely escaped the tiger's jaws, he had fallen right into the dragon's lair. Why was he so unlucky?

Wang Zhong adjusted his glasses and said, "Is there a possibility that even if you hadn't come to save her, we would still have been threatened with death by Jiang Ran?"

Yang Kang said, "In short, he's got us cornered. There's no escape."

"However, the fortunate thing is..."

His gaze turned towards Jia Tao over there. "Do you want to cooperate? There's strength in numbers. Right now, we are grasshoppers tied to the same rope."

Jia Tao was very disdainful. "I have teammates. I don't need to cooperate with you. Take that woman and get out of here!"

Since the host was kicking them out, the guests didn't stay.

The four of them wandered around and eventually returned to Room 501 in Building No. 2, Wang Zhong's apartment.

Even after returning, there was no peace.

Hu Yan immediately started clamoring to call the police.

From Hu Yan's perspective, this was perfectly normal.

She had come to find her boyfriend, only to be threatened by other residents living here.

And then... violated.

Not calling the police about this would be the real problem.

But Yang Kang and Wang Zhong understood all too well. If calling the police could solve the problems of Alice Apartment,

then everything would be easily resolved, it would be too simple.

The two of them did want to dissuade Hu Yan, to tell her not to call the police because it was useless.

But... what excuse could they use?

Tell her the truth about Alice Apartment?

Say that a live-streamed game called Far Neighbor was being held here?

That it was extremely cruel and bloody?

Forget it.

If they weren't users of Black Software themselves, and someone told them these things, they'd just think that person was crazy.

Since that was the case, let her call the police. Don't stop her.

And soon, after Hu Yan called the police,

the police arrived.

But whether they were real police officers or people impersonating police from behind the apartment's management remained unknown.

After arriving, they listened to Hu Yan's statement and went to arrest the three men, Jia Tao and the others, but didn't catch them.

They said the three had fled to avoid punishment.

They came back, informed Hu Yan, and then left, saying they would issue warrants for the three of them later.

Hu Yan didn't suspect anything, she just found it puzzling. Could those three have fled that fast?

After going through this ordeal,

she vented her anger at her boyfriend, Kong Haoxia.

She demanded both emotional and material compensation.

Kong Haoxia agreed directly.

After all, if he hadn't called Hu Yan over, she wouldn't have suffered this calamity. Of course, he also wanted to use money to settle this troublesome matter.

His father had taught him a principle: Money is just a tool. Use money to solve problems that can be solved with money. Don't be stingy with it.

Of course, he couldn't give Hu Yan the money right now, but promised it within a week.

Hu Yan didn't think Kong Haoxia would renege, because Kong Haoxia was very generous and had never acted like a scoundrel in front of her.

After reporting to the police, Hu Yan wanted to leave.

Kong Haoxia stopped her. "I advise you not to leave."

Hu Yan: "Why?"

Kong Haoxia: "Didn't you hear what Jiang Ran said in that Jia Tao's apartment? You have to help us find the person responsible for the high-altitude object throwing too. Otherwise, if we don't find them before midnight tonight, we'll all die!!!"

Hu Yan's willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed. Her thoughts were a mess right now. "Is he a murderous psycho or some trendy young thug? Constantly shouting about killing and fighting, issuing death threats? Has his showing off gone too far?"

"If he really dares to go crazy, I'll call the police and let him have a nice chat with the officers!!!"

Hu Yan was determined to leave.

Of course, before leaving, she certainly couldn't go out looking so disheveled.

She first took a shower in Room 501, threw away the ruined clothes, and simply put on some of Kong Haoxia's men's clothing.

After finishing her preparations, she picked up her bag, ready to leave Alice Apartment.

Kong Haoxia wanted to persuade Hu Yan to stay. After all, a day as husband and wife brings a hundred days of kindness; he was a rather kind-hearted person.

But Hu Yan just wanted to get out of this place!

The act of violation is an extremely heavy psychological blow and trauma,

not just for women, but even for men.

No one wants to stay in the place where they were violated.

That would only constantly reawaken the painful memories one wants to forget and bury.

"Hey! You really can't leave! If you leave now, you really will be killed! Why won't you believe me?!"

Kong Haoxia and the other two followed Hu Yan out of Room 501, heading towards the elevator.

Hu Yan covered her ears, indicating she wouldn't listen to Kong Haoxia.

"If you don't believe me, you'll really regret it!!!"

Compared to Kong Haoxia,

Yang Kang and Wang Zhong just silently followed behind.

The two of them didn't say a single word to dissuade her.

After all, they were still worried about having to find that person before midnight tonight!

The group took the elevator together, going straight down to the first floor.

Once on the first floor, they exited Building No. 2

and headed straight for the main gate.

When they were still about five or six meters away from the gate,

an arrow whistled through the air with a *whoosh*.

It thudded into the concrete ground right in front of the four of them,

firmly embedded there.

The sudden arrow startled everyone. They quickly looked behind them, trying to see where the archer was.

Soon, they spotted a familiar figure at the hallway window on the 6th floor of Building No. 1.

They saw Jiang Ran holding a precious bow, giving them a brilliant smile.

At the same time, messages arrived on all three of their phones.

Opening them, they saw a message from Jiang Ran on WeChat:

"I'm watching you. Don't think hiding outside will keep you safe. If you don't give me an answer by midnight tonight, no matter where you run to the ends of the earth, I'll make you give me one."

Cold sweat broke out.

This was true for Yang Kang, Wang Zhong, and Kong Haoxia alike.

Especially for Yang Kang and Wang Zhong. Both were already working adults with relatively rich life experience.

Yang Kang had spent many years in America, where shooting ranges were plentiful. He had at least tried both modern firearms and ancient weapons like crossbows.

Wang Zhong was similar, of course. He had played with these things men all want to try at shooting ranges abroad while traveling.

Therefore, they understood the terror even more.

First, an arrow shot from such a long distance landed precisely right in front of them as a warning. That accuracy was terrifying.

Besides, the arrow was embedded in the concrete ground. That power was terrifying.

Of course, what was even more terrifying was Jiang Ran himself.

Because if they weren't mistaken, Jiang Ran wasn't using a modern bow, but an ancient one. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

The evolution of weapons from ancient to modern times was immense.

For example, the guns used in this era compared to the firelocks and bird guns of ancient times were as different as heaven and earth, clouds and mud.

The same went for bows.