Upon hearing the words of the man in purple, He-Gu’s heart skipped a beat. “Used to be… What do you mean by that?”

The man in purple replied indifferently, “Do you know why those in purple are the safest class in the entire factory? Because they have experienced almost all the terror and despair within this factory.”

“As for those in orange, they may seem to be a level higher than purple on the surface, but in reality, they are just pitiable souls who have offered themselves to it.”

The man in purple shook his head and smiled, “These things don’t matter much to you anymore. Let’s go. Once you’re safely out of here, my promotion task will be complete.”

He-Gu glanced warily at the man in purple and finally sighed softly, “Let’s go.”

At this point, He-Gu had no other choice.

The hidden information in Rule Four said: [When necessary, purple is your protective color].

He hoped this still held true now.

With that thought, He-Gu followed the man in purple.

The fog around them grew thicker and thicker, and the entire factory was eerily silent, with only the occasional piercing cry of a cat.

He-Gu walked quickly behind the man in purple, completely losing his sense of direction.

Fortunately, they encountered no further trouble along the way. Although the atmosphere was creepy, they managed to avoid any real danger.

After following the man in purple through numerous twists and turns for over twenty minutes, He-Gu suddenly heard the faint sound of bells ahead.

“Ding ding dong…”

As they walked further, the fog thickened, reducing visibility to less than a meter!

As they continued, He-Gu noticed that the figure of the man in purple had disappeared into the dense fog!

Just as He-Gu began to panic, the sharp, unpleasant voice of the man in purple came from the fog, “This is as far as I can take you.”

“Follow the sound of the bell from here. It will guide you out.”

“If you encounter any more unexpected events… the bell in your hand can help you.”

The voice of the man in purple grew more and more distant, becoming almost inaudible.

The last thing He-Gu heard was, “Now that it has fallen asleep, the other ominous things have lost their suppression. The most dangerous is the one in red… If you are unfortunate enough to encounter it, remember, the bell can only buy you half a minute!”

…

He-Gu felt a slight tension in his heart at the man in purple’s warning.

The more someone says something like that, the more likely you are to run into the one in red!

He-Gu shook his head to calm himself, carefully identifying the direction of the bell’s sound, and cautiously groped his way forward in the dense fog.

“Ding ding dong…”

In the white fog, the sound of the bell remained at a constant distance ahead.

No matter how He-Gu walked, it seemed the distance between him and the bell never changed.

This feeling was quite tormenting. He-Gu wasn’t even sure if he was moving forward or just walking in place.

In the white fog, He-Gu had no idea how long he had walked or where he had gone.

As he walked, He-Gu suddenly felt the fog clear, and he emerged from the dense mist.

Ahead was an open space, and about ten meters away was a large electric folding gate.

Two bright street lamps hung at the entrance, illuminating the surroundings brightly.

The sudden clarity and light made He-Gu feel as if he had been transported to another world.

At this moment, the guiding bell sound had disappeared.

He-Gu cautiously took a few steps forward and glanced back.

Behind him was a vast expanse of white, with the entire factory shrouded in thick fog, and he was just at the edge of it.

He-Gu took a few more steps forward and saw a large stone over two meters high in the greenbelt, with the words “Kant Medicine” carved on it.

Clearly, this was the entrance to Kant Medicine Factory!

He-Gu looked out the gate and could even see a bus stop sign not far down the road.

“I’m out…”

He-Gu exhaled softly, finally relaxing his tense nerves.

He had made it this far without any real danger!

He-Gu took out his phone to check the time. It was now 5:51 AM.

The bus would arrive in nine minutes. Once he got on that bus, this mission would be complete!

Thinking of this, He-Gu took a deep breath and walked towards the gate.

There were no security guards at the gate, no one at all.

Just a few more meters and He-Gu would be out!

But at that moment.

“Drip drop…”

The sound of a glass marble hitting the ground echoed.

He-Gu’s heart tightened, and he looked up sharply.

Just a few meters ahead, at the gate, a glass marble was spinning on the ground.

“Big brother, are you leaving?”

A crisp voice rang out, sending chills down He-Gu’s spine. He turned to look and saw a little girl in a red dress walking out of the guard room, looking timidly at him.

Seeing the little girl, He-Gu’s heart seemed to stop for a moment.

At the last moment, she had appeared!

Not only that, but the little girl’s next words made He-Gu’s hair stand on end.

“Big brother, you haven’t done what you promised me, and you’re leaving?”

He-Gu’s back felt cold, and he forced a smile that was worse than crying, “I didn’t promise you anything. I hadn’t even finished speaking when you ran off…”

The little girl tilted her head and pouted, “But you took my marble!”

He-Gu felt like crying but had no tears. He rummaged through his backpack and took out the glass marble, “Can I return it to you now?”

The little girl shook her head and said seriously, “My mom said it’s wrong to break promises.”

He-Gu took a deep breath, observing the distance between himself and the little girl, calculating the possibility of forcing his way out, and asked helplessly, “So what do you want?”

The little girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, “Aunt Yun is trapped in the fog and probably won’t come out for a while.”

“How about this, you take me out of here. Once you take me out, we’ll be even.”

Hearing this, He-Gu’s heart skipped a beat, “Take you out?”

The little girl nodded, “Yes, I can’t get out by myself. If you can carry me out of this gate, we’ll be even, okay?”

As she spoke, the little girl blinked her big, watery eyes, looking sincerely at He-Gu.

He-Gu thought for a moment, then sighed, “Alright… You haven’t harmed me all this time. If it’s just carrying you out… no problem.”

With that, He-Gu walked towards the little girl.

The little girl smiled sweetly, “Thank you, big brother!”

Soon, He-Gu reached the little girl, just a few steps away from the gate.

The little girl waved her hand excitedly, “Big brother, squat down a bit.”

He-Gu nodded and turned to squat in front of her.

But just as He-Gu squatted down, the sincere and innocent smile on the little girl’s face disappeared, replaced by a bloodthirsty viciousness.

The little girl raised her right hand, her fingers all bare bones without a trace of flesh, and viciously reached for He-Gu’s back.

At that moment, He-Gu suddenly turned and shook the bell in his hand in front of the little girl’s face.

“Ding dong…”

The bell without a clapper made a crisp sound.

The little girl’s expression changed, and she froze as if she had been immobilized.

Without a second thought, He-Gu turned and ran.

In fact, He-Gu had long suspected that this little girl was not to be trusted.

The reason was simple: the hidden information in Rule Four said: [Color classification is one of the simplest and most efficient methods].

According to color classification, the little girl was red.

The last red figure He-Gu encountered was the woman in the red dress, whom he had seen pull out 414’s heart and turn him into something neither human nor ghost.

From this, it could be concluded: red is dangerous, even deadly!