Chapter 729: Chapter 485: New Discovery_2
Just as Dong Tianyu released his grip, the frame of the mirror, which should have been casually discarded by Dong Tianyu, did not even hit the ground before it instantly dissipated. Then, the wall where the map had been hanging before now had a new one, identical to the map Dong Tianyu had seen upon his arrival, hanging in its place.
Dong Tianyu, looking at the map he had folded, guessed that because of the patch, the game environment in this competition must now possess the ability to self-repair.
To verify this, Dong Tianyu took out a military shovel from his backpack, assembled the folded shovel, and then began to destroy the surrounding objects immediately.
Because both his cultivation level and physical condition were restrained by the competition grounds, Dong Tianyu was gasping for breath after having destroyed all the surrounding objects.
It seemed that unless Dong Tianyu used firearms to attack, it would be very difficult for him to replicate the extent of digging three feet into the ground as in the previous match using only the military shovel in his hand.
Just as Dong Tianyu had guessed, after some time, the objects he had recently destroyed all reverted back to their original state before any damage had been done by Dong Tianyu.
However, after looking around, Dong Tianyu suddenly noticed an ornament on the ground that had not returned to its position from before the destruction; once all the other objects had resettled, this thing now stood out awkwardly on the ground.
Perhaps aware of its embarrassing situation, the ornament didn’t wait for Dong Tianyu to act; it began to roll away into the distance.
Having just undergone intense physical activity, Dong Tianyu was somewhat out of strength; although the fleeing object wasn’t moving fast, Dong Tianyu couldn’t chase after it with a shovel to hack at it.
However, Dong Tianyu’s arsenal was not limited to the shovel for close combat. He took out a handgun from the holster tied to his leg. With the aid of his Divine Sense, and because the object wasn’t rolling quickly, Dong Tianyu didn’t even need to aim carefully.
’Bang~ Bang~ Bang~’
Dong Tianyu pulled the trigger three times in succession, hitting the ornament each time. Yet, even after taking three bullets, the ornament didn’t revert to its original human form and, using the surrounding terrain, swiftly escaped from Dong Tianyu’s sight.
Even as Dong Tianyu watched the object disappear from his sight, he did not show a look of frustration, for it had already been locked onto by his Divine Sense. As long as it hadn’t run beyond the reach of his Divine Sense, Dong Tianyu could easily locate it, even out of his direct line of sight.
What Dong Tianyu did not expect was that the thing took advantage of its relatively small size and had actually entered the chimney of the fireplace.
To be honest, if it had hidden in this position from the start, anyone searching the area would surely have noticed it.
But then again, who would think during a game of cat and mouse that someone would hide inside a chimney? After all, it’s dark and full of soot; everything is filthy and leave marks with every touch.
Unless there was precise intelligence that someone was inside, most people wouldn’t bother to check that spot.
If it had actually hidden there from the beginning, Dong Tianyu believed that no one would likely stick their upper body deep into the fireplace to check if there were any hiders within the chimney.
It’s a pity that if the ornament itself had been pitch black, the hiding effect might have been much better. Even if someone peered inside, they might not have spotted it.
Unfortunately for it, it had already been locked by Dong Tianyu’s Divine Sense, and its distance from Dong Tianyu was less than fifty meters in a straight line, so all its efforts to hide had been in vain.
Dong Tianyu walked unhurriedly to the front of the fireplace, without wasting any words, locked onto it with his Divine Sense, and fired another three shots.
In Dong Tianyu’s observation, when the second bullet hit, the object’s form suddenly shifted from an ornament to a human figure.
It’s just that the chimney was extremely narrow, and its body was quite bulky, so after transforming, it got stuck in the chimney.
Before Dong Tianyu could figure out how to get it down, he saw the third bullet hit the target; although it was shot in the sole of the foot, it immediately disintegrated to ash at the moment of impact.
It seems that as long as the target is in human form, no matter which part is attacked, it will be deemed a successful capture.
After confirming this information, Dong Tianyu did not leave immediately, but instead found a place to sit down and rest, recovering some of the energy he had just expended.
While resting, Dong Tianyu took out the map in his hand and began to search for the area he had been intending to find.
As he had guessed, there were more than one kitchen in the mansion; besides the main kitchen, there were also two employee cafeterias.
Based on the location marked on the map, the kitchen in the main building was definitely the closest to where Dong Tianyu was, and under normal circumstances, the main kitchen should serve only the mansion’s master, meaning the ingredients stored there would be of a higher quality.
Thinking this, Dong Tianyu could not sit still anymore. Although he had not seen other pursuers since he entered, he did not believe that others wouldn’t have thought of the same thing.
After his strength had recovered a little, Dong Tianyu immediately headed to the kitchen area of the main building.
Before Dong Tianyu had even reached the main building’s kitchen, he already heard many curses coming from there.
He had thought that those people would start fighting among themselves, but after using a device to observe for a while, he immediately dismissed his initial idea.
Seeing the righteous indignation and common hatred in those people within his Divine Sense, Dong Tianyu really did not know what to say.
Although Dong Tianyu was not close at the moment, the information revealed by those cursing confirmed his initial thoughts; indeed, there was an abundance of rich ingredients in the kitchen.
And after confirmation, it turned out those ingredients were real, not just mere set pieces.
For this reason, if nothing unexpected happened, the pursuers would not have to eat the compressed biscuits from their packs when they got hungry, because with meat and vegetables available, who would want to eat those dreadful things?
Though the compressed biscuits provided at entry were much better than the ration bricks made outside, the principle of choosing meat over tofu is something everyone understands.
Moreover, after Dong Tianyu’s testing, since the damaged scenery could be repaired, the food that was eaten would likely be refreshed. If this were the case, the pursuers certainly wouldn’t be so keen on capturing the ones hiding.
After all, who would want to toil outside when they could enjoy themselves comfortably here?
However, as expected, the unexpected happened because one pursuer, upon discovering that the stuff here was edible, seemingly hadn’t eaten meat frequently outside.
As soon as he entered the kitchen and saw the hams hanging from the ceiling, his eyes lit up. He quickly took down a ham and, despite his teammates’ attempts to stop him, tore into it like someone starving, heedlessly biting into the ham before him.
The teammate who was trying to persuade him stopped when he saw this voracious behavior, stepping aside to stand with the others, silently watching him eat.
Subsequently, more people arrived at the kitchen, and upon seeing someone eating and drinking heartily inside, they did not clamor for food as they had upon first entering the mansion but instead casually found a spot to quietly watch the man eat.
After the pursuer had eaten an entire ham, he finally noticed that unknowingly, so many people in the kitchen were watching him dine.
Just as he was about to say something, his team leader gestured for him to be quiet and then turned their gaze to the spot where the ham had been taken.
After a while, a new ham appeared in the same place where he had taken one earlier. Seeing this suddenly appearing ham, excitement spread across the faces of the other pursuers present.
And the somewhat tense atmosphere in the kitchen gradually became much more relaxed.
