Chapter 198
Chapter 198
The two men took Mu Xin with them.
There was nothing like rope in the area, and neither of them dared leave on his own now, abandoning the other with Mu Xin. So after some discussion, they finally decided to make Mu Xin walk in front of them.
Mu Xin was just a girl. There was no way she could escape from their grasp.
Mu Xin walked ahead.
She had no intention of running. She couldn’t get away at all. Since a crack had already formed between these two men, the best way forward was to make them turn on each other and reap the benefits herself.
Though she didn’t want to get her hands dirty like this, she had no other choice if she wanted to survive.
If they hadn’t wanted to kill her, she would never have raised a hand against them.
At that thought, Mu Xin lowered her eyes slightly and forcefully suppressed the emotions churning in her heart.
Putting on an innocent air, she said, “Aren’t you curious why I know so much?”
She had clearly told them the way to leave this world, yet neither of them had spoken up. Because the moment one of them did, the suspicion between them would only grow stronger. Clearly, neither man was stupid enough to do that, so neither had asked.
But if they wouldn’t ask, Mu Xin was going to say it anyway.
Neither man responded, but Mu Xin went on talking to herself.
“Didn’t I say before that this is a card-character game? I don’t know if you’ve heard of these games in the real world too. They’re romance games, where one heroine dates multiple outstanding male leads. After I came to this place, I found four photographs. They were all pictures of the same girl with different men, and they were very close in each one. Three of the men already had clear appearances. Only the last one was blurry, with no face showing.”
“Do you know why?” Mu Xin stopped and turned to look at the two men.
The two of them frowned, but neither stopped Mu Xin from continuing.
“Because that blurry face will only reveal itself after we fight it out and determine the final winner. Then the winner’s face will appear.” As she spoke, Mu Xin sighed and continued, “I was the first one to find those four photos. Unfortunately, Xia Zeqin took them from me. He knows all of this too. Why do you think he told you I existed? He never wanted you to accept him at all. He wanted you to kill each other first, while he hid in the shadows and waited for the right moment to swoop in and pick up the leftovers.”
“In the Realm of Death, people rarely ostracize others. At life-or-death moments, who has the time for that sort of thing? We ostracized him because more than once, he shoved our companions out to take the hit for him. How could we possibly keep working with someone like that? It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe me. Once we run into the other Players, you’ll know I’m telling the truth.”
At that point, Mu Xin let out another “ah” and reminded them, “Are you really not going to kill me? If we run into my teammates, I won’t be the one at a disadvantage anymore.”
“Do you want to die that badly?” one of the men snapped irritably.
Mu Xin pressed her lips together and smiled. “Not really. It’s just that you two can’t agree, so you can’t kill me. I’m only saying it to annoy you on purpose. After all, who told you both to want me dead?”
She could indeed do as she had said and slowly wait it out until she ran into Jian Fan, Qin Nan, and the others. But what if she ran into Xia Zeqin first? Xia Zeqin was not a stable factor. So Mu Xin needed to resolve these two problems herself.
She needed them to turn on each other. Peaceful coexistence obviously wouldn’t achieve her goal, so she was deliberately provoking them.
Perhaps they could hold back the first time. But what about the second time? The third?
Mu Xin had absolute confidence in her grasp of human nature.
“Shut up!” the man roared at Mu Xin.
Clearly, they had realized just how dangerous Mu Xin’s mouth was. Since they couldn’t counter it, all they could do was make her shut up.
At his words, Mu Xin arched a brow. Then she turned her head and continued walking forward.
At the same time, however, her fingertip lifted ever so slightly, and her skill activated in an instant.
If words weren’t enough, then she would give them a stronger dose.
Mu Xin’s skill could make a person collapse on the spot and lose control of their body for one minute.
The image on her card showed the male and female leads suddenly bumping into each other around a corner. At the critical moment, the male lead protected the female lead, landing on the ground while she fell on top of him. The picture itself didn’t matter. What mattered was the skill: it could make a Player lie on the ground for one minute.
One minute was enough.
No one had expected Mu Xin to launch a sudden sneak attack.
When one of them abruptly crashed to the floor, the other man froze too.
Mu Xin seemed to hear the noise as well. She whipped her head around and looked at the still-safe man in terror. Stumbling backward, her whole body trembling, she said, “You… you actually…” Then, as if she were scared out of her wits, she turned and ran.
The man instinctively moved to chase after Mu Xin, but after taking two steps forward, he suddenly spun back and looked at his companion lying on the ground.
He suspected Mu Xin had done it.
After all, he hadn’t made a move. But seeing Mu Xin’s terrified expression, he also couldn’t help wondering if someone else was hiding in the shadows. Of course, that wasn’t important.
What mattered was that his companion was lying on the ground right now.
He had one minute.
Mu Xin was a girl, and her combat ability was obviously weak. If he had to choose, then naturally, it was more profitable to attack his own teammate first.
Besides, Mu Xin’s acting was too convincing. Even if he knew he hadn’t done anything, what about his companion? Would his companion still believe him? Once doubt took root, there was a good chance the other man would strike at him from behind. In that case, he couldn’t be blamed for striking first.
The man stepped closer.
He reached out, clamped his hands around his teammate’s throat, and slowly tightened his grip.
The one lying on the ground had no ability to resist. By the time the skill’s duration ended, he no longer had the strength to fight back. His vision went black, and he died under his own companion’s hands.
And the moment his companion died and the corpse vanished, a System notification rang in his mind.
“Ding! Congratulations, Player. You have obtained one R-Rank Character Card. Character Card Stacking Upgrade complete. Current Character Card rank: SR.”
That girl had been telling the truth!
A bright gleam burst in the man’s eyes. Then he abruptly looked in the direction Mu Xin had fled.
Kill Mu Xin! Widen his advantage!
Mu Xin had already seized the time to run as fast as she could.
She had thought it through. Once she made her move, there were only two possible outcomes. First, the man would kill his own companion. Second, the man would come after her.
The former was naturally the best. If it was the latter, Mu Xin wasn’t afraid either. She had complete confidence that she could persuade him and keep herself alive a little longer.
When she realized the other party had given up on her and gone to kill his own companion instead, a mocking smile curved Mu Xin’s lips. Still, her thoughts lingered on that for only an instant. Very quickly, she slipped straight into a room and locked the door from the inside.
There was too big a gap in physical strength. If she foolishly kept running, getting caught would only be a matter of time. She might as well hide in a room for now. Once her cooldown refreshed, she could look for another chance to make a move.
Or, if she was lucky, Qin Nan and the others would arrive.