Deceitful Game

Chapter 216 Absolute Fairness

Chapter 216 Absolute Fairness

When the explosion occurred, even the ground beneath our feet shook and trembled slightly.

However, the swaying was not significant; at least it didn't shake Mingbo off.

"Those two most dangerous guys should be dead by now!"

Shen Yiqi's voice grew louder, clearly quite smug: "After all, the spider hasn't left its cage yet, so under normal circumstances it shouldn't dare to open the glass door."

This is also why he agrees that "Qingfeng" is the game designer.

"That's not necessarily true," Mingpo said quietly. "The so-called 'smoke without harm'..."

"Pretend they are still alive until you see their bodies and take their eyes away."

"—To be honest, I think I might have lost my eyes."

As the explosions gradually subsided, Shen Yiqi's voice, which had sounded like a shout, suddenly decreased to the level of normal conversation.

He was also clearly still shaken: "Were those two guys crazy? Using such a powerful bomb—what if it collapsed this cave?"

"Then you should pray that they are still alive."

Mingpo scoffed, "Otherwise, we'd have to eliminate all the remaining contestants to leave alive."

Eight people can only provide a maximum of sixteen eyes.

They had four eyes.

If four more are damaged, it means that if they don't gouge out their own eyes, they will have to kill all the other contestants.

But look at their condition—

The two of them combined don't even have the fighting power of a single unit.

Mingpo had half of her hand chopped off, and the wound could not be treated, only hastily bandaged. Now, almost ten minutes had passed—during which Mingpo had been forced to drag herself forward for five minutes, accelerating her blood flow, and the silk "bandage" was already completely soaked in blood.

Shen Yiqi, being in the realm of wisdom, possessed virtually no combat power. The only thing he could do was use the drone to ram someone, causing an explosion. The force of that impact was roughly equivalent to being hit by a large dog.

Although he can operate some machines, the strange thing is that there are no machines here that he can operate.

According to Shen Yiqi, the pirate who was able to plant the bomb was originally intended as a "restraint" for Shen Yiqi.

This actually makes sense. In fact, it explains why "Mechanical Pioneer" and "Chainsaw Killer" are listed in the same instance.

Therefore, Shen Yiqi's best strategy was actually not to kill the pirates too early. He should have allowed the pirates to kill the others first, and then killed him.

Otherwise, the sooner he eliminates the person he is supposed to control, the less useful he becomes.

It would be better if the pirates hadn't died.

But if they die—then their fate will basically depend on whether Shi Yao will give them face.

Anyway, Mingpo doesn't care anymore.

He even felt that he might not live to see the end of the game—but he would have the leisure to enjoy the show from an outsider's perspective.

It was precisely because he stepped out of the game that he subtly discovered some strange sense of incongruity.

"----strangeness."

Mingpo vaguely felt that she had overlooked something.

But at this moment his mind was somewhat foggy, and his thinking ability was declining.

What's wrong?

Is the route wrong?

Mingpo quickly calculated the distance in his mind first.

If Mingper walks at a brisk pace, it takes about fifteen minutes to walk from the entrance to the glass door along each passage. If you turn back and walk to the other side, it takes about thirty minutes. If you are delayed by a trap in between, you will be too late.

This is precisely the time required for the "locking the door" strategy, and also the reason why the trap exists.

In other words, the designers actually considered the locking strategy and precisely calculated the distance.

Qingfeng and his group ran quickly, about half as fast as Mingpo and his group. That's why they were able to cover half the distance more than Mingpo and intercept them from behind.

If they hadn't encountered Mingpo, they probably would have reached the glass door just before the spider appeared. That makes sense.

According to Shen Yiqi, the reason why the eight of them have completely different domains and power levels, with some being excessively strong and others being strangely weak, is that there is a restraining relationship between their abilities.

Everyone's abilities have a "solution," and in the end, luck determines who survives.

Mingpo's most restrained opponent should be the "Black Flame Contractor".

He is a "contractor," not a "contractor," so his abilities clearly don't come from making contracts with other deceivers. Rather, it's as if he made a contract with some other being, thereby gaining some kind of power similar to words or laws.

Therefore, his mind was exhausted and full of flaws, which allowed him to be instantly controlled by Mingpo shortly after contact.

If he doesn't betray us, he should be able to help Qingfeng temporarily control anyone.

That means that among these eight people, there should be one who can restrain Mingpo.

In other words, someone who can completely disable his "Silence of the Lamb" hypnotic abilities.

—It feels a bit like "The Chainsaw Massacre" or "The Night Watchman".

While Mingpo was thinking.

A long, drawn-out wolf howl rang out from Mingpo and the others' right side.

I couldn't quite tell how far away the spider was, but I could tell whether it attacked from the left or the right!

The next moment, a series of strange yet clear collision sounds came from that side!

The sound of the spider crawling was somewhat like the sound of clattering together jade beads or Go stones. Along with the crispness, there was also a subtle "stickiness"—a slight discomfort similar to scratching a blackboard with a fingernail.

And at this very moment.

Upon hearing that wolf howl—Shi Yue, who had just run to the fork in the road, was shocked!

She was struck dumb, frozen in place!

The good news was that the glass door behind her had already been closed. The two men hadn't followed, and she was safe for the time being.

Moreover, she could faintly hear gunshots and explosions coming from that direction—it seemed that the two of them were fighting.

—The bad news was that she could hear with perfect clarity the direction from which the spider spirit's cry came.

Right in front of her!

Directly in front of her!

Even from her, one could vaguely see the light coming from the open entrance.

The door was wide open, and the shadow of a giant spider moved rapidly and indistinctly.

Like trees at night, bathed in moonlight, casting enormous, monstrous shadows. A series of sharp, clattering sounds, like marbles colliding, rang out—the sounds of traps being triggered repeatedly.

Shi Yao's pupils trembled.

At this moment, she finally saw what the spider spirit looked like!

It looked like some kind of giant huntsman spider—or rather, it looked a bit like a very tall crab. Its body was a ghostly green, translucent. Like some kind of phantom, it emitted a faint glow like will-o'-the-wisps.

The spider was about three meters tall, and its body was just big enough to fit into the passage behind the door.

Or rather—the height and width of the passage behind this door are exactly the same as those of this giant spider!

This means that it is completely impossible to break out of the road it is on!

The spider's movement speed is probably two to three times that of her full speed. At her speed, she has absolutely no chance of winning a race against the spider.

In the face of a life-or-death crisis, Shi Yue realized that he had two alternative paths to survival.

In other words, when a spider chooses a certain path, if she happens to be on another path, she can be "discovered later".

Once the spider is far away, she can run at full speed towards the entrance!

She has another option.

That means if she runs to the other side right now, she might reach the glass door leading to the wound door before the spider catches up with her!

The price to pay is that if the spider chooses to search her side first, she will almost certainly be caught!

Hide on the side leading to the View Gate and lie in wait near the fork in the road. Bet the spider will first search the fork leading to the Wound Gate and then take the opportunity to run to the entrance.

—Run to the side near the wounded gate and lie in wait near the fork in the road, betting that the spider will first search the path you came from.—

—Run at full speed toward the glass door leading to the Gate of Injury, betting that the spider will search the path you came from and then enter the Gate of Injury directly through the glass door.

Two approaches, three choices.

However, none of them are absolutely safe.

As she runs toward the entrance, the spider might hear her voice and immediately turn back; and on the other side of the glass door, there might be new enemies.

Shi Yue stood at a crossroads, with choices and freedom. Her life or death was entirely in her own hands.

She only has a few seconds of window time to make a choice.

She had to make a choice immediately, deciding whether she would live or die.

The outcome of everything depends on the most absurd thing: "luck"!

Left or right?

Front or back.

It's like throwing out two hard coins to decide your fate.

Clearly, this was intentionally designed by the designer. It's like someone whispering in her ear, "Choose, after all, nothing in this world is fairer than luck."

"I'd rather I had no choice at all."

Shi Yue murmured softly, feeling as if she were already somewhat dead.

After all, her luck has never been very good.

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