Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1324: There Are Always Traps and Mechanisms

Chapter 1324: Chapter 1324: There Are Always Traps and Mechanisms

"Quick, everyone move faster!" Gu Fan pulled one person after another into the room, speeding up the entire team’s entry.

Those at the back had numerous small fires burning on their bodies, but they were still holding up. Once outside, everyone helped to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

As it got later, the falling flames became denser. Three people failed to escape in time and were engulfed in flames, endlessly wailing, desperately struggling, bumping around everywhere until they finally fell.

Gu Fan couldn’t bear to look and turned his head away. Just as he was feeling distressed, he heard the sinister voice of the artificial intelligence Xiaolan: "This place is full of traps; do you really think you’re safe here?"

"Don’t go too far!" Lu Yi accused, only to hear the AI Xiaolan retort, "Who’s going too far? You’re the ones who intruded into my territory and disturbed my peace."

Lu Yi snorted, "Do you think we wanted to come here? We were forced to come. If there was another way, we wouldn’t have come to your place at all."

AI Xiaolan stated firmly, "I don’t care. Anyone who comes here shouldn’t expect to leave alive."

Gu Fan responded indifferently, "Alright, Lu Yi, don’t say so much. It’s just a machine following its programming; did you really expect it to have sympathy and let us out?"

"Who are you calling a machine?" AI Xiaolan, visibly angry, loudly countered, "Apart from having flesh and blood, my personality, temper, and way of thinking are exactly like you humans."

"Really?" Gu Fan displayed a disdainful expression, "But so far, your only thought has been how to cleverly kill us to satisfy your amusement. Do you have any other thoughts?"

"This..." AI Xiaolan was stunned as if the question had stumped it.

Gu Fan displayed a disdainful look, "If you want to prove that you can think independently and act without following orders, then prove it."

"How should I prove it?" AI Xiaolan asked.

"Tell me where the thing that restrains vampires is and what traps you’ve set up along the way. I’ll rush through them all," Gu Fan said seriously, patiently waiting for a response.

Now, Su Hui had memorized the map of the place, essentially knowing where the exit was, but she did not know which lab contained the vampire-restraining items, so they needed directions from AI Xiaolan for that.

"Fine, I can give you a hint." AI Xiaolan appeared in front of Su Hui and then squinted at her, "You’ve seen the blueprints here before, and you seem to have a good memory, so you know the way around here, right?"

Su Hui nodded, her body tense, feeling like she had been targeted by a venomous snake.

"The item you need is in the largest lab. Come and get it if you dare, but don’t think you’ll succeed." The corners of AI Xiaolan’s lips curled up in an evil smile, seemingly amused by the thought.

When AI Xiaolan disappeared, everyone became anxious. Irina commented, "Why go to any lab? Since Su Hui knows the map here, let’s quickly get out of this place. I don’t want to stay here a minute longer."

Others also agreed, but Gu Fan was resolute, "I’m sorry, everyone. If we don’t get the item that restrains vampires, even if we escape, we’ll be facing pursuers from Organization X. We have no other choice."

"This..." Although everyone felt Gu Fan made some sense, they still hesitated as no one wanted to risk it.

At that moment, General Horton stepped forward to support Gu Fan. This rare gesture not only didn’t diminish Gu Fan’s suspicions, but it actually intensified them.

But in everyone’s view, since both Gu Fan and General Horton said so, there was nothing more to oppose. Everyone decided to proceed with Gu Fan’s plan to the large lab to fetch the weapon against vampires.

"Alright, since we all agree, let’s move forward." Just as Gu Fan and the team united to advance, suddenly the stone walls on both sides of the corridor started moving, closing in towards the center.

"Oh great, such a cliché trap." Gu Fan urged everyone to start running faster to escape the area.

At this moment, AI Xiaolan let out a triumphant laugh, "Run, run. This corridor is a thousand meters, you won’t make it in time. You might as well stay here."

"No, I’ve never passed the thousand-meter run in physical education." Lu Yi, while running, felt his legs weakening, and to make matters worse, the corridor walls were closing in swiftly.

Gu Fan tried to hold the walls apart with his hands and feet, but how could human strength compete with machinery? At most, Gu Fan could only slow the closing of the walls.

This team consisted of mercenaries, regular troops, and members of the Hunter’s Guild, who normally trained to maintain strong physiques. Except for Lu Yi, no one else was slowing them down.

But even as everyone ran desperately, they couldn’t outpace the walls. The sound of the walls moving made everyone’s hearts quake.

The corridor, originally wide enough for five people to walk side by side, soon narrowed to only three, then two. If this segment of the corridor indeed stretched for a thousand meters, they had only covered a hundred meters so far.

As the walls closed faster, only one person at a time could pass through, casting a desperate shadow over everyone’s hearts. How could they possibly make it out in time?

Gu Fan and the others were in imminent danger when suddenly a powerful pair of hands held the corridor open, stopping the walls from closing. Accompanied by this was a resolute voice, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and get out."

It was Zhuo Hang! Everyone was overjoyed, quickening their pace.