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Chapter 79 The Dead
Su Yanzhi had to admit that Jiang Xingni's words did make some sense.
But... the pioneer of the strange rules?
This saying sounds very unlucky.
It was rare for Su Yanzhi to remain so silent when he wasn't encountering anything strange.
"It sounds like we were scattered and recorded how our teammates died. Then the last one of us who survived took these notes back and compiled them into a set of supernatural tales. Years later, this supernatural tale became an urban legend."
Su Yanzhi couldn't help but complain.
Song Juexiao and Xiao Jiming both glanced at Su Yanzhi—she seemed to have a rather cheerful attitude, even managing to curse herself at a time like this.
He Jingtong, on the other hand, didn't show any reaction to the one who usually seemed the most conservative.
Jiang Xingni couldn't help but glance at the other person again, only to be met with a strange look from He Jingtong.
Jiang Xingni can't be blamed for this, since they haven't known each other for very long. Jiang Xingni's most memorable impression of He Jingtong's special ability is that he can draw talismans out of thin air.
Honestly, this description sounds like something out of some kind of feudal superstition.
But He Jingtong was the one who reacted least to those words.
He even gave Jiang Xingni a strange look after noticing her gaze.
"It sounds like you think you'll be the one who survives to the end?" Xiao Jiming's gaze fell on Su Yanzhi, and he raised an eyebrow slightly.
Su Yanzhi shrugged innocently: "Why wouldn't it be me?"
With a light and obvious smile on his face, he looked around at his teammates—or rather, the group of people who could be called teammates.
"Of course it's because I'll betray my teammates!" Su Yanzhi said matter-of-factly.
Jiang Xingni: ?
Jiang Xingni expected him to betray his teammates, but she thought Su Yanzhi would only betray them subtly. She never imagined he would say it directly, and so confidently.
Jiang Xingni was deeply shocked.
Is this the kind of person who doesn't realize the whole world is just a comic book?
If it were Jiang Xingni, even if she did think that way, she would never say it out loud.
She wanted to survive, and naturally cared a lot about whether she had gained enough popularity.
But looking at Su Yanzhi's expression, she suddenly had a strange premonition—even if Su Yanzhi knew this was a game, he would only continue with this almost joking attitude.
...No wonder they're the main characters!
Jiang Xingni fell into deep thought. Just this attitude towards life, just this character design, sounded like a fun person that would appeal to real-world readers.
Although, so far, three out of the four male characters in the main cast have a smile on their face all the time.
The only remaining one, He Jingtong, cannot be considered a cold and aloof character in the traditional sense.
—At least He Jingtong would sneer when he was mocking someone.
Even among the three who are always smiling, their personalities are completely different.
Jiang Xingni pulled his thoughts back to the afterimage before him.
Two young girls who were about to help Zhao Henshan to the toilet had their eyes bulge out and their tongues explode. Both of them lay limply on the ground, their blood slowly flowing and covering the entire floor.
Just like Zhao Henshan's blood, it flowed out slowly.
However, the difference was that at this moment, the blood seemed to have a spirit; even though it was indeed flowing in a winding path, it was constantly chasing after Zhao Henshan's footsteps.
"Clatter".
"Clatter".
She didn't know when she took off her shoes and walked barefoot in the pool of blood. With each step, she could hear the flesh and blood colliding under her feet, the air being squeezed out, and bubbles slowly moving upwards from the pool of blood before bursting open on the surface.
The subtle sounds in the air, and Zhao Henshan's soft whisper.
...Besides that, what Jiang Xingni could hear even more clearly was the noise from his teammates behind him.
Jiang Xingni: ...
Jiang Xingni couldn't help but turn around and glare at them.
"This is only the beginning, and you've already figured out how to betray your teammates?" Xiao Jiming raised an eyebrow.
Su Yanzhi still had that nonchalant smile on her lips, not paying much attention to Xiao Jiming's questioning.
"So what?" he said. "You don't actually expect me to be all lovey-dovey with you guys, Captain, do you?"
They went on and on about this topic, arguing about everything from betraying teammates to "You never trusted me, so why can't I betray you?" to "If you hadn't been joking around like that, maybe we would have trusted you a long time ago."
Jiang Xingni clapped his hands expressionlessly.
"Stop arguing."
The crisp sound of clapping abruptly interrupted their argument.
Not only Xiao Jiming and Su Yanzhi, but He Jingtong and Song Juexiao, who were also observing the pool of blood, looked in the same direction as Jiang Xingni.
"Stop arguing." Jiang Xingni's tone was calm. "Now is not the time to argue. When there's real danger, we'll sell out whoever wants to, and save as many lives as possible."
She didn't pay attention to how the two people behind her would react to her words, but simply followed the trail of blood and walked back towards the stadium entrance.
Xiao Jiming was not angry at Jiang Xingni's words. He did not refute her, but followed behind her, showing his support for her decision through his actions.
As for Su Yanzhi...
Those emerald green eyes narrowed slightly before landing on Jiang Xingni.
Jiang Xingni was indeed his target, but the way he acted... Xiao Jiming glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.
It was as if only now was he beginning to truly see Jiang Xingni as a person.
Xiao Jiming silently clicked his tongue in his mind.
Ugh. This is such a hassle.
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Jiang Xingni was of course unaware of the undercurrents raging behind Xiao Jiming and Su Yanzhi.
The pools of blood gradually increased as they approached the doorway.
That amount of blood far exceeded what two deaths could provide, plus the replenishment from other corpses. Jiang Xingni reached this conclusion in his mind effortlessly.
Moreover, if someone wanted revenge, would she only kill two insignificant bystanders?
Or to put it another way, even the two girls who felt pity for her, who hadn't committed any heinous crimes, and who were even considering whether to save her, were all killed by her.
Are there any survivors inside this stadium?
Of course not.
Jiang Xingni thought to himself with utter calmness.
When she looked up, she unsurprisingly saw the corpse above her.
It's Tan Shu's.