The strength of the maid boy was truly terrifying. Even though Ruan Qing had taken every factor into account, it was still extremely difficult to perfectly avoid him.
Even if the players followed Ruan Qing’s orders to successfully lure him away, escaping his pursuit was still a daunting task.
The losses on Ruan Qing’s side were exceptionally heavy; the maid boy even directly eliminated three players.
Ruan Qing himself narrowly avoided exposure several times.
And once he was exposed, even if the maid boy didn’t eliminate him, he would not show any mercy to the others.
At this point, it had only been less than half an hour since the game began.
All the players participating in the game felt that this half-hour was exceptionally long, so long that it seemed like there was no end in sight.
Ruan Qing, eager to avoid the maid boy, climbed walls whenever he could and squeezed through narrow paths, without any regard for whether there was a proper way through.
He also paid no attention to his own appearance.
If it were someone else, they might look as wretched as a defeated dog, but not Ruan Qing.
Though he was a bit dirty all over, with even his fair, jade-like face not spared, the grime did not detract from his beauty; instead, it inexplicably added a certain sense of fragility to him.
It made people’s hearts race uncontrollably.
He evoked pity, yet also stirred a faint desire to see him in an even more disheveled state, to make him even more down and out.
No one could resist the urge to pull a high and mighty deity down from the clouds, nor could anyone refuse to stain a pristine person with color.
The gamblers and spectators watching were all staring intently at the screen, showing the stunning young man, their eyes filled with obsession and madness, unwilling to blink even once.
Since the start of the gamble, Ruan Qing had been constantly changing locations. Even though his condition had somewhat improved, a trace of exhaustion was evident on his delicate face.
But he had no time to rest.
The maid boy seemed to have realized that he was stalling for time and had become even more ruthless and difficult to deal with than before.
Once he discovered that a nearby person was not him, he would strike with extreme ruthlessness, giving the players no chance to escape.
Ruan Qing no longer had the energy to worry about whether Xia Yi could keep up. Clutching his heart, which was racing from the escape, he slowly slid down against the wall.
Finally, he sat on the ground, exhausted.
The fewer people they had on their side, the more likely he was to be exposed.
They couldn’t afford to lose any more players, or else he definitely wouldn’t last until Han Ze returned.
Ruan Qing tried to steady his breathing and heartbeat, quietly lowering his eyes to the ground while analyzing the current situation in his mind.
The maid boy had already started to adapt to his previous rhythm and also knew he wouldn’t come out to attack him, becoming increasingly ruthless in his actions.
He had also gotten used to being lured into attacking by a single person each time.
Narrow-minded thinking and underestimating the enemy were always major taboos, and this was also the result of Ruan Qing’s manipulation.
Ruan Qing took out his phone and sent the new plan to every player’s phone.
The Infinite Horror Game configured the players’ phones, so there was no possibility of them being detected by the maid boy. Ruan Qing always issued commands through the phone.
Only in urgent situations, when there wasn’t enough time to type, would he use the headset to issue commands.
Li Ruoshi also received the new plan.
She frowned as she looked at the battle plan, feeling it was a bit too risky.
Because this time, it wasn’t just one player going; a single mistake could result in complete annihilation.
However, Li Ruoshi didn’t say anything; she just gripped her phone tightly.
After receiving the order, the players immediately headed to the next location.
When they arrived, they found out that this time; it wasn’t just one person; six or seven people had gathered at the same place.
They exchanged glances with expressionless faces, then passed by each other without hesitation, but there was a suppressed excitement and thrill in their eyes.
Was it finally time to launch a counterattack?
Since entering the Infinite Horror Game, they had never felt like this, the feeling of going up against a high-level dungeon.
Although they had never faced the dungeon boss directly, surviving for half an hour in the hands of the dungeon boss was already a miracle.
Not to mention, they were actually getting the dungeon boss to follow their lead.
In the past, they only thought about surviving to clear the level, but now they weren’t just trying to clear it alive; they even wanted to defeat the dungeon boss.
How bold, how reckless.
If they weren’t in the gamble themselves, they would have definitely thought that the participants were crazy.
The players could feel their hearts pounding violently; there was never a moment when they felt so alive.
Truly alive.
And all of this was given to them by the young man.
He gave them danger and fear, but he also gave them hope and endless possibilities.
The system watched the white specks of light spilling out from the players’ bodies, not surprised in the slightest.
No one, after getting to know Ruan Qing, could refuse him—just as no moth could resist the allure of a flame in the dark night.
Even if it meant walking towards death.
The players lay in ambush at the designated location, waiting for the appearance of the maid boy.
This time, no one was guiding them; Ruan Qing predicted this location based on terrain analysis.
The players had long since come to believe whatever Ruan Qing said. Even if ten minutes passed without anyone showing up, not a single player grew impatient or doubted Ruan Qing.
As the players waited quietly in their positions, the maid boy finally appeared.
With his hands in his pockets, the maid boy walked leisurely down the street, without a hint of tension or unease.
He seemed to regard the situation as if a cat were playing with a mouse, not taking the players or Ruan Qing seriously at all.
The moment the maid boy appeared in their sight, all the players instinctively held their breath, gripping their guns tightly, aiming at their designated spots.
Not all of them aimed directly at the maid boy; they aimed at the positions Ruan Qing had specified.
Only two people aimed directly at the maid boy.
The maid boy drew closer and closer.
“Bang—!!!” A gunshot rang out.
The maid boy showed no sign of panic and dodged to the side.
However, before he could land, the next bullet came flying.
In fact, just a second before he dodged, a bullet was already heading in the direction he was moving towards.
The maid boy glanced at the incoming bullet and nonchalantly kicked off the wall to dodge in another direction.
“Bang—!!!”
The maid boy squinted slightly as he watched another bullet coming towards him. He leapt backward into the air, dodging the bullet once more.
However, the next bullet followed immediately, clearly calculated to anticipate where he would dodge.
This had been the case since the second bullet.
Each time, the bullet was fired before he could dodge. If his reflexes weren’t fast enough, there was no way he could have avoided them.
He might even have dodged straight into a bullet.
The shooter had predicted his movements.
The maid boy’s casual demeanor faded a bit as he quickly dodged the incoming bullets.
Because the bullets were being fired from a high position and there were too many buildings at lower levels, the maid boy found it difficult to move freely.
While dodging bullets, he leapt up along the wall, looking for an opportunity to eliminate the shooter.
However, it seemed the shooter had even predicted this move. As the maid boy leapt into the air, several shots were fired at him.
The maid boy swiftly twisted his body to dodge. Just as he was moving forward, Li Ruoshi, standing on the rooftop, crushed a bottle of red nail polish in her hand.
The red nail polish contained something special. Once it was shattered, the liquid quickly fell down due to gravity.
And below, in midair, was the maid boy.
The red nail polish wasn’t something from the Life and Death Casino, so the maid boy couldn’t sense it, especially while he was in the air, dodging bullets.
There was no way he could avoid the red nail polish.
The players involved in the gamble and the onlookers all widened their eyes, instinctively holding their breath once more.
Could it be... victory?
The bullets had blocked all of the maid boy’s escape routes, and there was the red nail polish above him that he couldn’t sense. For an ordinary person, there would be no way to avoid this.
Even those high-level players would find it almost impossible to dodge in such a meticulously calculated situation.
Yet, the maid boy... dodged it.
Kicking off the wall, the maid boy leapt out, almost like he was teleporting, escaping the encirclement just before the bullets arrived.
He moved so fast that it was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
The maid boy glanced nonchalantly into the distance, a hint of mockery in his eyes.
As if mocking the players’ wild imaginings.
As the players bit their lower lips in frustration, a loud “Bang---!!!” shattered their sense of unwillingness.
Everyone present froze.
Who fired the gun?
The players looked towards the hiding spots of the other players. Each one instinctively shook their head.
All indicated that they weren’t the one who fired.
At this moment, who fired the shot was not important; what mattered was that this time, the maid boy absolutely couldn’t dodge it.
The maid boy indeed couldn’t dodge. When he heard the gunshot, his eyes widened. He didn’t have time to turn around; he just glanced sideways towards his back.
A bullet was heading straight in his direction.
The maid boy had just broken through the encirclement, moving at his fastest speed. Stopping now was almost impossible.
Just as everyone thought they were about to win the bet, there was a loud “Boom.”
Countless green vines burst out from the extremely hard ground, growing to a terrifying extent, completely enveloping the maid boy and lifting him to a height even higher than the tallest building.
The vines completely blocked the bullet outside.
This sudden change caused everyone to widen their eyes, a hint of fear and dread creeping in.
Even the players involved in the bet were no exception, staring in shock at the vast expanse of green vines.
It was eerie and terrifying.
The appearance of the green vines emitted an aura of horror that directly crushed their spirits.
It was as if they were facing some invincible giant.
Trying to stop a rolling chariot with a mantis’s arms was an impossibility, much like an ant trying to shake an elephant.
Could they... really win against such a monster?
From a distance, Ruan Qing, who was holding a gun, witnessed this scene and expressionlessly lowered his gun.
As expected, even outside the maze, the maid boy could control those green vines.
After blocking the bullet, the green vines slowly spread aside, revealing the maid boy’s figure.
He stood on the green vines, his gaze slightly lowered, looking down from on high.
It was as if he were surveying his kingdom.
The maid boy glanced around casually, his eyes finally landing directly on a building.
It was from that direction that the bullet had just been fired.
And it was also the direction where Ruan Qing was located.
dodging bullets is crazy work
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