Chapter 574: 574: Another Acquaintance

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Su Man glanced around, noting that while there were many familiar faces, there were also many people missing.

“Where are Zhu Shu and Lun Ang?” She looked around, but didn’t see them. “Yu Yaqing and Li Li are also missing…”

There was silence from Bai Youwei, her lips pursed shut.

Yan Qingwen’s face darkened.

Tan Xiao and Pan Xiaoxin were whispering to each other behind her…

Unaware, Su Man continued scanning the crowd for familiar faces, “Strange, Yan, isn’t it true that Lun Ang and Zhu Shu are always with you? Why can’t I see them?”

Lu Yuwen noticed Yan Qingwen’s troubled expression, and suspected that something had happened to the people Su Man mentioned.

It wasn’t hard to guess. After all, with the world as it is now, every single game or trip into a maze is a matter of life and death.

Having spent so much time in the maze with Su Man, how could her friends on the outside always be safe?

“Since it’s called the Maze War, only those who hold puzzle pieces are summoned here,” Lu Yuwen said to Su Man. “The friends you named may not have any pieces.”

He tried to redirect her attention, so as not to let her go from the elation of escaping the maze to the painful reality of losing her friends.

Su Man was confused for a moment.

—Zhu Shu and Yu Yaqing surely didn’t have any puzzle pieces, Li Li used to have one, but he’s in the research team, he probably had to hand it over… As for the piece Lun Ang had, it might be held by Yan?

Yan Qingwen took a serious look at Lu Yuwen and added, “That’s right. The only ones brought here are those who have puzzle pieces, even the ones that have been used.”

“Did you all hear that? The Maze War progression has reached 55%. Reserve players please report to the registration area,” Lu Yuwen said.

On the other side, Shen Mo nodded slightly, “After we left the game, we received the registration notice. When we arrived, the system informed us that because some people are still occupied in games or mazes, the preliminaries won’t officially start until everyone is accounted for.”

After a pause, he looked at Lu Yuwen and Su Man and said quietly, “There hasn’t been any new notification yet, which implies that there are other players with puzzle pieces still in the game or maze.”

Bai Youwei grumbled in frustration, “I wonder how worried Master Chang will be with us suddenly gone…”

Chang Weicai was the only one of the five of them without a puzzle piece.

Not far away, Fu Miaoxue said coldly, “Maybe the old man’s enjoying himself. He doesn’t have to play games or go into a maze, unlike us, now. He’s probably a lot more comfortable than us~”

Yes, Fu Miaoxue was there too.

But Du Lai was not.

Most of the puzzle pieces Du Lai had were exchanged with Bai Youwei. The last remaining life-saving piece was also given to Fu Miaoxue.

Shen Mo scanned the nearby area.

Besides Fu Miaoxue, there was one more semi-familiar face amongst the crowd of Asians –

The White-gloved Man.

The man was about 30, dressed in a grey trench coat, slightly open, revealing a light blue Oxford shirt underneath. He was slim and handsome.

He was standing silently in the crowd. If it were not for the pair of white gloves that had caught Shen Mo’s attention, he would have almost been unnoticed.

Shen Mo quietly adverted his gaze.

With the mischievous Fu Miaoxue, the dangerous White-gloved Man, and the newly appeared Lu Yuwen, whose bottom line was still unknown… This preliminarily fight seems like it won’t be an easy one.

There was another commotion in the crowd.

A new player had emerged from the glowing cube.

Shen Mo looked towards the disturbance and was surprised. It was another familiar face…