Ruan Qing wasn’t sure if the maid boy could only sense where people were, or if he could even perceive who they were.
Given the uncertainty, Ruan Qing assumed the worst-case scenario. He kept changing positions with Li Ruoshi and Xia Yi.
They never stayed in the same place for more than five minutes.
Since the escape from the apocalypse instance, Ruan Qing’s body had inexplicably improved significantly, almost indistinguishable from that of a normal person.
Therefore, even though they were constantly on the move, he could barely manage to keep up.
But Xia Yi couldn’t.
Due to the influence of negative energy, her body was extremely frail and couldn’t be strengthened. So, after following Ruan Qing for a while, her face turned deathly pale.
However, Xia Yi didn’t give up. She gritted her teeth and silently followed behind Ruan Qing and Li Ruoshi.
Li Ruoshi had already noticed. Although she felt a bit sorry for Xia Yi, if she carried her, her hands wouldn’t be free.
If any accident happened, she would likely be unable to protect Ruan Qing in time.
Ruan Qing also noticed. He stopped under a building. “Let’s take a break.”
Xia Yi wasn’t stupid. Gasping for breath, she shook her head urgently, “No need, I’m fine, I can hold on.”
Ruan Qing leaned against the wall, slightly tilted his head back, and closed his eyes. “I’m tired.”
Hearing this, Xia Yi bit her lower lip tightly. She didn’t say anything further, nor did she expose Ruan Qing’s lie. Instead, she quietly crouched down in the corner.
Then she gripped the dagger in her hand tightly, trying to steady her breathing and regain her composure.
***
Other players might still be a bit confused about their own tasks, but the bearded uncle’s mission was very clear.
He needed to lure the maid boy to a specific location, creating an opportunity for Han Ze to eliminate the three staff members and allowing the young man’s plan to proceed smoothly.
Even if it meant being eliminated himself, he wouldn’t hesitate.
Following the location provided by Ruan Qing, the bearded uncle set up an ambush, positioning himself about a thousand meters away from the maid boy.
At this moment, the maid boy was leisurely walking down the street. He didn’t go directly to Ruan Qing, but instead gave him plenty of time to prepare.
Three staff members were following closely behind the maid boy.
After discovering the maid boy, the bearded uncle pulled out the gun given to him by Ruan Qing and aimed it at the maid boy.
As soon as the bearded uncle aimed, the maid boy seemed to sense something and glanced in his direction.
Startled, the bearded uncle quickly fired a shot and immediately turned around to run, completely ignoring whether the shot hit the maid boy or not.
He had to lure the person to the location specified by Ruan Qing.
Even if it meant dying in the gamble, he was willing to take the risk.
In fact, if the young man hadn’t given Xia Yi half of his gold coins earlier, he would have already been dead.
At that time, both he and Xia Yi were at the end of their rope, unable to even pay the fifty retention fee to the Life and Death Casino.
Moreover, he was severely injured back then and was already prepared to pawn his own body.
Pawning his body would only allow him to temporarily stay in the Life and Death Casino; leaving the casino alive was almost impossible.
It could be said that without the young man’s gold coins, neither he nor Xia Yi would have survived.
So, even if he died in the gamble, it didn’t matter. If the young man ultimately won the gamble, at least Xia Yi could survive and clear this level.
Both the maid boy and the staff were strong; neither side was afraid of being isolated, so the maid boy immediately chased after him.
The maid boy was even stronger than the bearded uncle had imagined, and his speed was terrifying.
In the blink of an eye, the maid boy was already close at hand.
The bearded uncle’s heart sank uncontrollably as he pushed himself to his fastest speed, rushing towards the designated spot.
Faster.
Even faster.
“Ugh.” The bearded uncle felt a sharp pain in his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
He looked down in shock to see a steel pipe piercing through his chest.
The pipe had deliberately avoided his heart, preventing him from dying on the spot.
Due to the momentum, the bearded uncle fell forward, crashing heavily to the ground.
A player hiding not far away clenched his fists as he watched this scene, wanting to rush out and help.
But in the end, he held back.
Because the location was wrong, the bearded uncle wasn’t able to lure the maid boy into his range.
From his position, he could only hit the bearded uncle, but not the maid boy who was not far behind him.
The player clenched his fists, staring intensely at the bearded uncle who had fallen to the ground, his eyes filled with tension and unwillingness.
Get up!
Get up faster!
Through the earpiece, Ruan Qing had already guessed the situation. His eyelashes trembled slightly. He didn’t say anything, but quickly scrapped the previous plan.
He made a new plan.
Among those participating in the game on Ruan Qing’s side, only Han Ze was not a player. So naturally, the audience in the live stream could see the situation of all the players except Han Ze.
And they saw this scene as well.
[Wife is kind of heartless, isn’t he? Someone’s about to die, and yet all he cares about is the plan, sob sob sob sob.]
[Like I’ve said, everyone is just a pawn. If a pawn is useless, it’s discarded. Wife won’t feel sad. Even when he’s ruthless, he’s so handsome!]
[Uncle, please don’t die! You haven’t completed your mission yet! Don’t make things difficult for my wife!]
Just as Ruan Qing was about to send the new plan to the others, a faint sound came through the earpiece.
Ruan Qing paused and deleted the text he was about to send, leaning quietly against the wall.
He waited for the final result.
The faint sound Ruan Qing heard came from the bearded uncle’s direction.
After lying motionless for a few seconds, the bearded uncle moved. Despite the steel pipe through his chest, he struggled to kneel up.
The bearded uncle wanted to stand, but he no longer had the strength. He had not given up.
He just knelt there, using all his remaining strength to crawl toward the designated location.
He still hadn’t been tainted with any red other than his own blood and hadn’t been eliminated yet. The maid boy would absolutely not allow him to die.
The rule of the game forbidding killing was his last chance.
However, the bearded uncle’s strength was fading along with his blood loss. In the end, he didn’t even have the strength to kneel anymore.
He collapsed straight onto the ground again.
However, the bearded uncle still did not give up. He crawled forward slowly and painfully, not caring at all that the friction between the steel pipe on his chest and the ground was causing him to bleed even more rapidly.
The player not far away bit his lip in distress, but he did not look away. Instead, he stared intently at the scene below.
He also kept a close eye on the corner behind the bearded uncle.
As soon as the maid boy appeared, he could shoot him.
Time passed second by second, and a winding trail of blood left by the bearded uncle’s crawling marked the ground.
It looked terrifying and horrifying.
Bearded uncle! Σ(っ°Д °;)っ
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chapter!!
bearded uncle dont push urself anymore :(
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