Chapter Thirty-eight: The Greatest Threat - Shadow

  The next day, Lian Xi arrived at the coffee shop as promised. Cui Jia and Lan Yu were also there. Lian Xi sat down, looking a bit worn out. She had barely slept the night before. "Waiter, bring me an Americano." It had to be said that Lan Yu was indeed a very considerate man. After drinking some coffee, Lian Xi did feel slightly more energized.

  "Continuing from yesterday, the next one is that using props to make survival points negative will result in being eliminated by purgatory! Just understand it literally. Then, every word and action in the game may trigger hidden tasks. Triggering hidden tasks and surviving can earn 2-5 survival points! Giving up..."

  A part of the body can pass through easily, it's just a matter of whether you're willing to give up! Surviving in this round of the game and being able to repair lost parts is also very clear. The difficulty should also be evaluated based on the score. Just like in this game, except for Lan Yu, everyone else collectively touched the hidden task, the ghost can tamper with memories, if I hadn't taken a risk, maybe this round would have only been left with the two of you, and this hidden task is worth 5 points.

  "Uh-huh, and abandoned"

  A part of the body can complete a hidden task... However, it's rare for people like you and Shuang to cut off their own arms...

  "Qiao Jia you're wrong! If it were you who encountered that kind of situation..."

  In that case, if you don't do so, you'll die, and you would make the same choice. Moreover, what's lost in the game will be restored once you wake up from your dream." As she said this, Lian Xi touched her left arm.

  "I think you're probably like me, with the most questions about the one at the back. In each game session, the game rules are buried in the mud and only show a corner, and there is always someone who gets a different set of rules from others. If this person dies during the game, the next game will have a new person inherit these special rules! The normal game rules will display the number of players, scores, and task requirements for this round! Players who obtain normal game rules can earn 50 survival points by killing the player with special rules!"

  Lian Yu fell silent after finishing speaking.

  "Yes, different game rules from other players..." Qiao Jia hesitated before asking, "Did you two get the ordinary game rules or special rules that are different from everyone else?" Suspicion was inevitable, not just for Qiao Jia, but all three of them had the same question in mind.

  "Qiao Jia, when you first entered the game, we saw the game rules together, mine is not a special game rule."

  "Qiao Jia, believe me, I've heard your description of the game rules, and what's written on the rules, I'm sure mine is just a normal game rule."

  "Now I'm not wondering what's written on the special game rules, but whether it reduces or secretly increases the difficulty of the game. Is it a help or a threat to us... But no matter how we think about it, we won't know the outcome."

  "We three are ordinary game rules, so the shadow must be the one who got the special game rule!" Qiao Jia was about to collapse, she hoped that one of the three of them was the holder of a special task...

  "Qiao Jia, calm down, maybe it's not him? According to the rules, if the person who received the special task dies, someone new will inherit this special game rule. Maybe the person who received the special task unfortunately died... Don't scare yourself." Lan Yu hurriedly comforted her.

  "Killing this person can get 50 survival points..." Lian Xi suddenly raised her head, "If Ying isn't the holder, he's very likely to kill us in the next game... The game rules didn't mention that after the 13th round, players can't be killed... Moreover, last time Ying killed two players and there was no punishment... If he isn't going to go on a killing spree for 50 survival points..."

  "So in the next game, he can get 100 survival points if he kills again!"

  Ling Xi's heart had never been so entangled before. She both hoped that Ying was the special task holder, but also didn't hope... Actually, regardless of whether Ying was or not, in the hearts of these three people, Ying had already become the biggest threat...

  "Each game is not an unwinnable game, and the difficulty can be increased at any time! This seems very tyrannical, which means that during the game process, there is always a possibility of increasing the difficulty. At the beginning of the game, survival points higher than this round can be used to exchange for absolute lifesaving items. Can give players a chance to rebirth once. Limited to one per round, unused will not be reserved for the next round. As for this item, if you don't enter the death tomb"

  "Would never know this point."

  "Life-saving props, that is to say, for example, if the game score this time is 4, I can use 5 survival points to exchange for this prop, and I can survive this round. But when the game ends, will it give me the score of this round, that is, those 4 survival points?"

  "I don't know, if I give it away, the survival tool would actually be wasted on just one life point, but if I don't..."

  Qiao Jia was standing by, seemingly oblivious to Lian Xi and Lan Yu's conversation and analysis.

  "But I think it should be given, only once per round, and can only guarantee that you will be reborn after being injured, without saying that you can safely pass this task. In simple terms, it means that it can help you avoid a fatal attack once, but if there is a second time, it won't be avoided..." Although this was just Lian Xi's guess, Lan Yu still thought it made sense.

  "If it's said like that, it sounds quite smooth, but I still feel that it's not worth it. If it can't be used, it's a waste... Moreover, after completing the task, the score won't increase, and instead will decrease by one point from the original score. When the score becomes negative, it will be eliminated..."

  At this moment, Qiao Jia also came to her senses and happened to hear Lan Yu say the two words "kill", scaring her so much that she trembled with fear, tightly clinging to Lan Yu.

  "With 10 survival points, you can exchange for all the information of any deceased player, which we mentioned yesterday. Later on, in the game where ghosts can be killed, there will be scattered killing props, using them will deduct the corresponding survival points, ranging from 0 to 10 points. I've encountered this prop before, it was when Xiaomu died that time." Lianxiu glanced at Qiaojia, who heard Xiaomu's name and stared at Lianxiu with wide eyes.

  "I've always wanted to say that I didn't kill Xiaomu. When you saw the thing in my hand, it was a task prop that I happened to pick up. The prop can make ghosts pause for a minute, but it can't kill them. To save you, I had no choice but to use the prop and lost 3 survival points..."