Chapter 566: Chapter 566: Community Camaraderie

Lin Sizhi also wore a name tag on his chest, clearly stating ’Community 2 - Lin Sizhi’.

He seemed to be in good condition, not appearing to be tormented by pain, just casually surveying the scene in the lounge.

Huang Shengjie was already quite surprised, but he noticed that there seemed to be people in the lounge far more astonished than he was.

Qian Li’s eyes were wide open, as if she had seen a ghost.

She repeatedly glanced at Lin Sizhi’s name tag, then asked tremblingly, "Why... why are you in Community 2?"

Huang Shengjie found it a bit strange.

Because what Qian Li asked was not "Why are you only now coming out of the room," but "Why are you in Community 2."

Considering her previous reaction, Huang Shengjie instantly realized there was only one explanation: Qian Li knew Lin Sizhi from before.

But even so, her reaction was still a bit too exaggerated.

Lin Sizhi casually chose a place to sit down and glanced at Qian Li’s name tag on her chest: "Didn’t you also go to Community 11?"

Qian Li was speechless for a moment: "Aren’t you asking the obvious?

"Our Community 1 was originally quite weak, so it was broken up and reorganized.

"What’s your situation? Was Community 17 broken up and reorganized? Or did you get kicked out of Community 17? Which one should I believe?"

Lin Sizhi shrugged: "Believe whichever you want.

"This is the Walkway, there will always be unexpected situations occurring.

"In any case, my current identity is just a regular player in Community 2."

Qian Li’s mouth twitched slightly, evidently unable to accept Lin Sizhi’s explanation, but she couldn’t figure out what was going on either.

Huang Shengjie felt that with the appearance of Lin Sizhi, the entire lounge seemed to be shrouded in a very mysterious and bizarre atmosphere.

Lin Sizhi had already sat down on a folding chair, and after a moment of silence, Qian Li also chose to sit down, only she instinctively chose the seat furthest from Lin Sizhi and even moved her seat back a little.

Zhang Yuan also quietly sat down.

Next were Zhou Xiaoying, Du Peng, and Huang Shengjie.

Lin Sizhi looked at Huang Shengjie: "You don’t look too well, what’s happening in this lounge right now? Is someone willing to explain it to me?"

Huang Shengjie fell silent; to say there was no resentment towards Lin Sizhi wouldn’t be entirely true.

Because Lin Sizhi actually entered the game as the ’game core,’ and the game core is supposed to lead other players.

Players from the same Community must cooperate in the game, with any conflicts resolved in favor of the game core’s opinion, but at the same time, the game core must clearly understand their responsibilities, proactively find players from the same Community, offer help, and establish cooperation.

As a result, even though Lin Sizhi knew he was the community core, he should at least come into the lounge to see who else from the same area is here, right?

If Lin Sizhi had appeared earlier, discussions between them might have prevented Huang Shengjie from ending up in his current predicament.

However, Huang Shengjie didn’t say much more, knowing very well that this was the Walkway — even players from the same Community couldn’t really rely on each other for everything.

Ultimately, you can only be responsible for yourself.

Therefore, Huang Shengjie briefly recounted his own experiences.

Yet, as he was speaking, Huang Shengjie suddenly noticed Lin Sizhi’s expression toward Qian Li had become somewhat meaningful, while Qian Li’s expression grew increasingly uneasy.

"So, Lawyer Lin, what should we do now?

"If we keep taking these medications, will the addiction become more severe? But if we don’t take them, there’s no other way..."

Lin Sizhi took a bottle of medicine out of his pocket: "Take this."

Huang Shengjie was stunned for a moment, he looked carefully at the medicine in Lin Sizhi’s hand and found it was also a small white pill bottle, except the label clearly read ’M-type medicine.’

Lin Sizhi added: "No matter what happens, even if you experience lethal pain, only take one pill per round of the game.

"When not overdosed, these medications have the least side effects and dependency.

"As for the withdrawal pain caused by other medications, you’ll just have to endure it, there’s no other way."

Upon seeing the M-type medicine, Qian Li’s expression shifted slightly.

Evidently, she was aware of this medication’s existence, and upon seeing Lin Sizhi also obtain this medicine, she initially felt a bit surprised.

However, on second thought, considering it was Lin Sizhi, anything was possible.

So, in the end, Qian Li said nothing.

Zhou Xiaoying hesitated a little but still asked, "What are you planning to charge us for it?"

It’s not that she didn’t want it; the key is that this scenario had already occurred twice before.

Qian Li had O-type medicine, Zhang Yuan had F-type medicine, and Lin Sizhi had M-type medicine.

These three types of medicine showed no differences other than their names.

So far, they had only verified that O-type medicine had addictive properties and that its effects would diminish, but this didn’t necessarily mean F-type or M-type was safe.

Du Peng, however, didn’t ask anything and simply said, "I’ll take a bottle, thanks!"

His condition was also very poor. After initially buying a bottle of O-type medicine, he hadn’t purchased any other special medicine.

From what’s currently known, he seemed to be lucky, never selected by the system as an Infected from the game start to now, and likely never infected by other players.

But the constant worsening of regular pain was undoubtedly still tormenting him.

Although O-type medicine could eradicate the pain, he seemed worried about addiction issues and refrained from taking more.

Therefore, his regular pain was likely reaching an unbearable level and might still worsen into special pain later.

But no matter what, Du Peng was luckier than Huang Shengjie and Zhou Xiaoying; he finally waited for the third type of medication without having to choose between O-type and F-type.

Huang Shengjie also said, "I’ll buy a bottle too."

As a fellow Community player, it’s certainly worth trusting.

After all, ’deceiving players from the same Community’ would be hard to resolve after the game ends, unable to explain to other players from the same Community.

Lin Sizhi didn’t answer directly and temporarily put the medication away. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Before this round ends, you will receive the M-type medicine, but not right now.

"Let’s have a session of honesty first."

He looked at Qian Li and Zhang Yuan: "You two, give up the little tricks.

"Exploiting newcomers for their pitiful health points is pointless. Instead, do something more meaningful with me."

Being exposed, Qian Li’s face was slightly embarrassed, but she quickly accepted reality and asked, "What’s something meaningful?"