When the bearded uncle was only two meters away from the designated spot, he could no longer muster the strength to crawl. His breathing grew weaker.
He seemed to be on the verge of death.
The bearded uncle’s vision began to blur. Just as he was looking ahead, unwilling to give up, a pair of straight, slender legs appeared in front of him.
The bearded uncle used the last of his strength to lift his head.
It was... the maid boy.
A slight smile formed on the bearded uncle’s lips, and he finally closed his eyes peacefully.
The maid boy smiled at the bearded uncle, who had closed his eyes, then gently snapped his fingers.
The moment the snap sounded, the bearded uncle’s gun instantly appeared in front of the maid boy, with the barrel pointed at the bearded uncle.
“Bang—!!!”
The maid boy did not fire this shot; the lurking player fired it.
The player, seeing the maid boy enter his attack range, decisively shot before the maid boy could fire.
He interrupted the maid boy’s shot.
In fact, the player fired too early and didn’t follow Ruan Qing’s instructions regarding timing.
When the player saw the bearded uncle on the brink of death, a bold idea suddenly occurred to him.
If the bearded uncle were to die like this, then the maid boy would be the murderer.
Due to the prohibition against killing, the maid boy would be immediately declared the loser, making it much easier to win the bet.
So, the player disregarded Ruan Qing’s orders and fired.
The maid boy leapt back a second before the gunshot sounded, dodging the incoming bullet.
While dodging, the gun suspended in midair fired, and the bullet hit the left hand of the bearded uncle.
The gun that the maid boy used was actually the bearded uncle’s gun, and the paint on the bullet instantly dyed the bearded uncle’s hand red.
The bearded uncle was eliminated.
Meanwhile, the maid boy was completely unscathed, not even a hair out of place.
Upon hearing the gunshot, Ruan Qing reached up to hold his earpiece and decisively said, “Run.”
The player, upon seeing the bearded uncle being eliminated, knew things were bad. He had originally wanted to fire another shot, but then heard the command in his earpiece.
The player hesitated for a moment, but eventually holstered his gun and ran in a certain direction.
The maid boy, without a moment’s hesitation, gave chase, increasing the distance between himself and the three staff members.
At this point, Ruan Qing’s first phase of planning was complete.
Ruan Qing released his grip on the earpiece, lowered his head to look at the ground, a thoughtful expression in his eyes.
The maid boy moved a second before the player fired, proving he had sensed the player’s presence.
But the maid boy didn’t attack the player immediately; otherwise, with the few seconds of hesitation from the player, he could have been seriously injured by the maid boy’s direct attack.
The maid boy wasn’t a soft-hearted person. The reason he didn’t attack before getting a clear look was likely because he wasn’t sure who the shooter was.
The maid boy probably could only sense that someone was there, but not who exactly it was.
This meant that when his situation was similar to that of the other players, the maid boy could not pinpoint his position with absolute accuracy.
This was good news.
Now that the person had been lured away for Han Ze, the remaining task was to stall the maid boy and wait for news from Han Ze’s side.
If those three staff members were not eliminated, they would pose the biggest obstacle for Ruan Qing and prevent him from focusing all his attention on the maid boy.
Ruan Qing no longer concerned himself with Han Ze’s situation and instead focused entirely on the players.
The players’ strength wasn’t enough to confront the maid boy directly; they could only use the terrain to buy time for Han Ze.
And also to buy time for themselves.
Fortunately, the situation where the players ignored Ruan Qing’s orders did not happen again. Even though the players had no idea what the orders meant, they carried them out very thoroughly.
The players grew increasingly apprehensive as they continued to follow the orders.
This was because the young man had completely seized the initiative; he was leading the maid boy to follow his pace.
He was even using this to predict the next moves.
The reason they didn’t understand the orders was because the events hadn’t yet happened, but the young man had already anticipated those steps in advance.
Then, he lured the maid boy to follow his lead.
Except for some instances where the players, due to various reasons, didn’t fully execute the boy’s commands, there were practically no errors—everything was calculated perfectly, without a single mistake.
If their enemy was not the dungeon boss, they would have already won.
The boy demonstrated through his actions that even in the face of absolute power, strategy still had its place.
Moreover, when the young man gave orders, his tone was always calm, without a trace of tension or unease.
It was as if everything was within his grasp.
Every time the players heard his commands, they felt inexplicably excited, with a tinge of an indescribable emotion.
That emotion was extremely complex, a mixture of excitement and anticipation.
They seemed to be eagerly waiting for the young man to give them orders.
Even though obeying the commands could lead to death, they couldn’t control their inner feelings.
The young man was like a devil toying with the human world, making people fall for him, become obsessed with him, only to abandon them mercilessly once he grew tired of the game.
He also resembled a god looking down from above, detached and indifferent, as if all things in the world were beneath his notice.
The audience in the live stream was amazed.
[He’s the most parasitic-like player I’ve ever seen, yet he’s also the most ruthless and clever. His slender body doesn’t hide his powerful aura at all.]
[Unbelievable! If I were his opponent, I’d be dead without even knowing how it happened.]
[He’s so handsome! How can he be so charismatic? He completely captivated me in an instant.]
Not only were the viewers in the live stream mesmerized by Ruan Qing, but even the gamblers watching this round at the Life and Death Casino were similarly enthralled.
In a dungeon where anything could be wagered, suppression and fear could drive people into madness.
Madness was the ultimate destination for gamblers, their only choice.
But the young man was different from them. His madness was always calm, calm to the point of being elegantly composed.
It was like leisurely sipping tea in a refined setting, with the sound of melodious, enchanting music lingering in the ears—elegance permeating to the very bones.
Yet, judging from his audacious orders, everyone could see the boy’s madness—a madness so intense it had calculated everything.
Even human lives were completely factored into his calculations.
This included all the players, as well as himself.
Such a young man was far more captivating than a true madman.
The spectators and gamblers could feel their hearts racing uncontrollably just from listening to the young man’s unchanging tone as he issued commands. That incomparable feeling tugged at their nerves.
It made them unable to stop themselves from being drawn along by the young man’s commands, as if they were alive just to witness this very moment.
Countless white dots seeped out from the frenzied gamblers, merging into Ruan Qing’s body.
The system no longer had the heart to watch this scene; its attention was entirely focused on Han Ze.
Han Ze’s power was indeed formidable, but to eliminate three staff members within an hour wasn’t an easy feat.
Meanwhile, Ruan Qing’s side lacked time the most; every extra second added another layer of danger.
After all, no matter how meticulously calculated, the maid boy’s strength still far exceeded that of the group of players.
Han Ze had to resolve the three staff members quickly.
Ty for the updatee
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