Because of Jia Chensheng’s words, everyone stopped in their tracks.
Killing their former selves.
For those who had struggled in this infinite horror game for a long time, it was indeed a somewhat cruel thing to do.
In the infinite game, each player had changed through rounds of bloodshed and violence, through the transformation from weakness to strength.
Not necessarily becoming dark and cruel, at least becoming numb and hardened, with everyone’s hands stained with blood.
Before entering the game, they might have been fragile, timid, and had many flaws, but they were also soft and pure. Not thinking about it was fine, but once they did, they realized that their former self was one of the things that kept them going through the life-and-death struggles in the game. It was the most precious part of them that they wanted to hold onto the most.
Making them kill it themselves was like asking them to say goodbye to their soft and pure former self, turning them completely into a tool for the game with no past.
[Sigh, it’s too difficult. Suddenly, I think it would be better if someone else killed my past self.]
[I almost forgot what my past self was like. It’s like having a very, very long dream, only remembering that my past self cried a lot. Now I don’t cry even when bitten by ghosts.]
[This dungeon is so hard to break.]
[Don’t be so sad. From another perspective, being able to see their past selves again is also a kind of luck.]
Xia Ke said, “But if we kill our past selves, don’t we also die?”
Jia Chensheng replied, “That means our past selves die first, and then we die, even if it’s only a second apart. That second is when the game result appears.”
He looked at Shi Tianzhu. “President Shi, do you agree with what I said? Right now, killing the zombie Ning Su is the top priority. If we and the native humans here can’t kill it, having Ning Su kill it himself is the best option.”
Shi Tianzhu said seriously, “President Jia, from now on, you will lead the human player faction.”
Jia Chensheng was stunned. “That’s not what I meant. Isn’t my viewpoint wrong?”
Shi Tianzhu said, “From the perspective of the main quest, what you said is correct.”
“But this is a competitive dungeon, and there is a way to play competitively. We just need to kill the zombie faction’s guilds to make them forfeit.”
Jia Chensheng couldn’t believe Shi Tianzhu said that.
She, who followed the dungeon plot even in individual competitions, a method that was more suited for guild competitions, actually wanted to use the method of the Yongming Guild at that time.
Jia Chensheng said, “Pardon me for saying this, but with this approach, your Yinhua Guild might not get a good ranking.”
“President Shi, have you thought about the fact that if you don’t unite with the native humans here, we will. Even if your Yinhua Guild makes all the zombie faction players forfeit, in the end, you still have to compete with the remaining human faction guilds. Currently, you have only gathered six people. Can you compete against the united guilds and human base?”
Shi Tianzhu: “I know.”
Xia Ke said, “This is something I already know. How could our president not know? Don’t say any more.”
The Yinhua Guild had already lost two players who died and withdrew from the competition. Even if the remaining eight players could all gather together, they would still have to face the zombie faction players and their allied zombies, and then compete against the human faction player guilds. They might even fight against the human survivor base.
The chances of winning were slim.
Even so, they still stood firmly behind Shi Tianzhu, listening to her decision.
Jia Chensheng walked a few steps in agitation.
He knew that in this situation, the biggest winner would be their Hongyu Guild.
If the Yinhua Guild decided to directly eliminate those from the enemy faction, they would first face the Yongming Guild. The two major guilds would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
As the third-ranked guild, Hongyu would have the greatest chance of winning.
Jia Chensheng: “How about this, President Shi? Don’t we have two tasks? One is to unite with the humans here, and the other is to find the other self of the human faction players.”
“I’ll be responsible for uniting with the humans, and you can go find the other self of the players.”
Shi Tianzhu’s cold, peach-blossom eyes looked at him without any emotion: “No need, we won’t cooperate with those who want to kill Ning Su.”
Jia Chensheng became even more agitated, “President Shi, why are you so irrational? This isn’t like you. Is it because of Ning Su?”
[Jia Chensheng is right. I also think Shi Tianzhu isn’t being calm and rational.]
[This is a guild competition, isn’t it? How can you ignore the entire guild’s interests because of one person? Where is Shi Tianzhu’s sense of the big picture?]
[Maybe she’s getting a bit arrogant after winning first place in the individual competition. What’s there to brag about with a championship that was handed to you?]
[Our dear Ning Su is worth it!]
After Jia Chensheng said this, Shi Tianzhu said no more and led her team away even faster.
She had made this decision while sitting in that meeting room. It wouldn’t change, and there was no need to explain it to an outsider.
Once they had gone far, Xia Ke said, “Jia Chensheng acts like he’s doing it for our benefit, but he’s also looking out for his own interests.”
“He saw that we wouldn’t cooperate with the human survivor base and still wanted to drag us into helping them find the other self.”
Shi Tianzhu: “This is a guild competition. It’s only natural for him to consider his own guild, just like us. In the end, all the guilds in this instance are enemies. Cooperation is only temporary.”
Xia Ke nodded, “Yes! We also need to be ruthless and focus only on our guild.”
Shi Tianzhu finally relaxed a bit and said, “That’s right. So we withdrew early to plan for ourselves.”
[What strange things are they talking about?]
[She’s starting to justify herself, acting like what she’s doing is right.]
[Yinhua, hurry and drop out of the top three! Teach her a lesson!]
[Hilarious, do you think you’re better than Shi Tianzhu?]
Xia Ke asked, “So, President, what do we do now?”
Shi Tianzhu replied, “We need to do two things now. The first thing is to find our other self. In this instance, the other self is more important than us.”
“The second thing is to find Ning Su.”
Xia Ke hesitated for a moment and said, “Why do I feel like this dungeon is guiding players to kill Ning Su?”
Shi Tianzhu said, “Your intuition is usually quite accurate.”
She looked at the fiery red sunset in the distance and said, “So, we need to find him quickly. He needs us.”
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