What was the reason?

The reason was: previously, he thought the Danger Warning System's alerts were all just jokes.

After the incident with the clown, he realized they were real.

Then, now, watching resident after resident, all flashing with danger warning alerts, enter the activity room,

Goosebumps were rising all over his body.

Two other people shared the same feeling—the Ultimate Rich Kid Lin Feng, and Wang Ziyi.

Although neither had a system, both had watched the livestream and knew the people currently appearing in the activity room.

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So, after entering, even though the two tried hard to appear calm, their hands and feet, their uneasy expressions, and their chaotic breathing betrayed the fact that their hearts simply couldn't settle down.

Lin Feng thought to himself that if all these people currently in the activity room suddenly turned hostile against him, even having a gun would be useless.

There were too many people.

Fortunately, that situation absolutely would not happen here.

Of course, even though he was certain, he still didn't dare to gamble, just like his previous view of Jiang Ran.

Therefore, he and Wang Ziyi specifically sat in seats near the door.

Soon,

Almost everyone had arrived.

The process was roughly the same as the previous welcome parties.

First, the new residents were asked to introduce themselves.

Manager Xiao Zhang stood on the stage at the very front, a brilliant smile on his face. He said slowly, "I'm very happy everyone could participate in this welcome party! Xiao Zhang loves you all!"

Manager Xiao Zhang made a blowing kiss gesture toward the residents below the stage.

After finishing, he continued:

"We've had quite a few new residents during this period."

"I'm very happy to have so many new friends join our big family."

"Well then, next, let's invite our big family's new members to introduce themselves!"

"First up are Mr. Lin Feng and his girlfriend Ms. Wang Ziyi!!!"

Being named first by Manager Xiao Zhang

was something neither Lin Feng nor Wang Ziyi had expected at this moment. They both took a deep breath before standing up.

First, Lin Feng introduced himself:

"Hello everyone, my name is Lin Feng, just an ordinary office worker."

Lin Feng only introduced that much before sitting down.

Next, it was Wang Ziyi's turn. Her introduction was also very simple: "Hello everyone, my name is Wang Ziyi, currently also an office worker."

These two lied more skillfully than anyone.

After these two finished their self-introductions and sat down, the gazes of the other residents began to leave them.

But some residents' eyes remained firmly fixed on them, making the two feel quite uncomfortable.

Seeing that the two had finished their self-introductions, Manager Xiao Zhang waved his hand grandly, full of enthusiasm:

"Since Mr. Lin Feng and Ms. Wang Ziyi have finished their self-introductions."

"Well then, next, let's invite the next two new residents to introduce themselves!"

"Ms. Ou Yingying, and Mr. Zhao."

His cheerful voice spread throughout the entire activity room.

But inside the activity room, not a single person stood up.

"Uh..."

Manager Xiao Zhang repeated it again, but still no one stood up.

Only then did he sweep his gaze over all the faces in the activity room before turning to ask Jiang Ran: "Jiang Ran, did Ms. Ou Yingying and Mr. Zhao not come?"

Jiang Ran also noticed these two hadn't come.

He said: "They didn't come, that's strange. I clearly notified both of them during the daytime."

Manager Xiao Zhang sighed after hearing this: "Sigh, if they didn't come, then they didn't. It's fine."

"Hehe, no 'death' indeed."

Next,

Manager Xiao Zhang continued having the new residents introduce themselves.

First was Fang Xiao.

If you had to say who among all these people present could capture Jiang Ran's attention at first glance,

it was absolutely this person called Fang Xiao.

Of course, not because he was particularly handsome.

Mainly because this guy had very long, messy hair, and the beard on his face was like overgrown weeds.

He had large eye bags and heavy dark circles.

Even from a distance away from Fang Xiao, Jiang Ran could smell the tobacco and alcohol on him.

He felt like this guy was a spirit formed from cigarettes and alcohol.

"Hello everyone, I'm Fang Xiao. I'm back again."

At this moment, Fang Xiao stood up, looked around, and abruptly said this sentence.

After he said this, immediately someone started clapping while saying:

"Welcome back, Fang Xiao. Do you know how much I missed you during the time you weren't at Alice Apartment?"

The person clapping and speaking was a somewhat balding middle-aged man.

Fang Xiao revealed a mouth of blackened yellow teeth heavily stained by tobacco and alcohol, giving a cold smile to this middle-aged man:

"Old Dog, if you missed me, then kill all those dogs you keep and give me the meat to eat."

"That dog of yours I killed back then, what was it again?"

"Oh right, I remember, a yellow Tosa Inu."

"Let me tell you, dogs from those little Japanese are really tasty."

Jiang Ran was currently standing at the far left of the activity room, against the wall.

Listening to the conversation between these two people in the activity room.

This Fang Xiao seemed to have lived at Alice Apartment before.

He wasn't a new resident for the first time.

And the Old Dog he mentioned—

was he the true owner of those several dogs he saw at the security guard booth during the daytime today?

Pulling out his phone, Jiang Ran searched for Tosa Inu on it.

This was the first time he had heard of this dog breed.

Soon, he found information about Tosa Inus.

Tosa Inu, a dog from the Cherry Blossom Country.

Outwardly honest and simple, but in reality extremely fierce.

Tosa Inus don't like to bark, including right before they launch an attack on you, just before they bite you.

They will slowly approach you, then suddenly launch a swift and fierce attack.

This is quite similar to the prevailing ethos in the Cherry Blossom Country.

Superficially reserved and restrained, but essentially belligerent and combative.

Specifically bred by people there as fighting dogs.

Among all large dog breeds currently,

the Tosa Inu currently has the highest win rate in dog fighting.

It has the highest victory rate.

This shows how formidable the Tosa Inu is.

After learning about Tosa Inus,

Jiang Ran immediately looked up at Fang Xiao, who had already sat down.

He felt quite impressed inwardly.

To be able to kill such a dog and eat its meat—this guy was somewhat amazing!

Of course, Jiang Ran didn't know whether that Tosa dog Fang Xiao killed was already an adult or still a juvenile.

If it was a juvenile, then it wasn't that impressive...

After Fang Xiao finished his self-introduction,

Next was Zhao Jie.

Which was Wang Qingzhao's ex-boyfriend.

"Hello everyone, my name is Zhao Jie."

Zhao Jie only said his name before directly sitting down, even more casual than Lin Feng and the others.

Next after that was Wang Jian.

"Hello everyone, I'm Wang Jian. I work at a factory."

Compared to the previous residents, Wang Jian's appearance was extremely ordinary, making him very hard to remember.

The kind you'd lose in a crowd.

What about Zhao Jie?

At least that Zhao Jie from before had much better looks than this Wang Jian.

Wang Jian was truly an ordinary person.

Well, next there was still one last person:

"Hello everyone, my name is Liu Xiaoyu. I'm 25 years old. I studied directing in university, and I want to become a director in the future. I'm currently raising funds to shoot my own micro-film or short film."

"If anyone wants to appear in my work, you can come find me."

"Of course, I don't have too much money right now, so I can't offer very high wages."

While Liu Xiaoyu stood up to introduce herself, her fair right hand tightly gripped a black handheld video camera, continuously filming from her perspective as she turned.

Jiang Ran had quite a good impression of Liu Xiaoyu.

The reason was still that she was quite good-looking. Jiang Ran felt she wasn't worse than many actresses on TV.

Besides, Liu Xiaoyu kept smiling while she spoke.

She seemed extremely sunny and cheerful.