Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 12: New Game Launch [Complete]

1467: New Year!

Lin Sanjiu made no effort to hide her footsteps.

When she started running, her steps, though light, were rapid and swift as they hit the ground. As she dashed towards her target, she was like an arrow, instilling the fear of being hunted directly into the heart of her prey.

As she saw Lily's office from a distance, Lily also heard her footsteps — the door to Room 6024 was abruptly pulled open, and a face painted with a streak of purple glanced outside. Even knowing she wouldn't get hurt, she was startled to the point of turning pale and immediately retreated back in.

When Lin Sanjiu reached the door of 6024, she stopped in her tracks. The door was firmly shut, and Lily's small avatar gleamed faintly on its surface.

Lily sneered from inside, raising her voice, "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be defending your own office?"

Without saying another word, Lin Sanjiu gripped the door handle and said, "Attack!"

Inside, Lily paused, seemingly not expecting such a brash move from her, and hurriedly shouted back, "Defend!"

Immediately, a new line of text appeared on the door: "Lin Sanjiu's Company attacks Lily's Company. Attack Power: 1, Defense Power: 1, neutralized. Attack failed."

Lin Sanjiu examined this line until it vanished a few seconds later. As the company's legal person, the next time either of them could contribute to the attack power would be in five minutes; for the defense power, it would be four minutes later.

"Have you not figured out how to play yet?" Catching her breath, Lily sounded a mix of angry and amused. "You came to attack me, but your attack was neutralized, to no effect. However, now your office is down one defense point and might get successfully attacked, right? Just think about it, the other two might form 2 attack points now."

"Thank you for your concern, but my company is very safe, safer than yours at least," Lin Sanjiu responded calmly outside.

Lily chuckled. "What makes you deluded into thinking that?"

"Let me explain it to you," Lin Sanjiu said, unperturbed, pacing back and forth by the door. She knew Lily could see her from the back of the office because the blinds that were initially tightly closed had been slightly parted. "My company is in a very concealed corner with no offices nearby. If I hadn't chanced upon it, I'd have run past it without a second glance. Even if the other two don't attack each other and come looking for me, it will take them a long time to find me in this maze."

Of course, not a single word of that was true.

Lin Sanjiu had racked her brain to hide her office. However, due to the game's setup, not to mention [The Power Of Word Picture], even painting the door was impossible — the moment the paint touched the door, it splattered back, drenching her instead. Now, her office didn't even have a single defense point. It was like a wallet dropped on the road, defenselessly waiting for someone to approach.

"So... what about it?"

"I have clients and have hired a Level 1 employee, meaning I have income," Lin Sanjiu said from the corridor's entrance, crossing her arms. "You don't have clients, do you?"

Lily remained silent.

Her footsteps moved a few steps closer, seemingly just behind the door. Lin Sanjiu really wanted to kick the door in, pin her down, and extract the Life Coach from her. But with great restraint, she held back — according to the rules, if she tried to force the door open, it would be considered an attack.

"That's why I'm not leaving," Lin Sanjiu said with a smile towards the blinds. "The moment you leave the office, I'll attack your company. If I block you here, you can't go out and get clients; you'll just starve... unless you hire a Level 4 employee to guard your office. But I think you definitely won't do that, right?"