Chapter 218
Chapter 218
“You’re worried about Xia Zeqin?” Shi Chen voiced the question on everyone’s mind.
Two Players were dead, and nine stood here now. In all likelihood, the last remaining Player was Xia Zeqin.
Remembering how strange Xia Zeqin was, Shi Chen quickly understood their concern.
“Xia Zeqin?” Yang Zhen asked, puzzled.
Jian Fan remained silent, but Qin Weiyi answered. “Xia Zeqin is indeed an unstable factor. Aside from slaughter, our only option is peaceful coexistence. Xia Zeqin… may not cooperate.”
Shi Chen frowned too.
Yang Zhen asked directly, “Why wouldn’t he?”
She might not know Jian Fan’s group well, but cooperation was obviously the best choice in these circumstances. Why not lie back, clear the world, and collect five hundred Points for free?
Everything had already been prepared. All Xia Zeqin needed to do was cooperate and coexist peacefully. He didn’t even have to contribute. Why would he refuse?
It truly was baffling.
Yet those who had dealt with Xia Zeqin couldn’t predict his choice. Even Shi Chen knew him only superficially, but after the previous world he too regarded Xia Zeqin as an unknown quantity.
The man might very well intend to kill everyone and leave alone.
When no one answered, Yang Zhen said bluntly, “If he won’t cooperate, kill him.”
Jian Fan suddenly raised his head and looked at her, expressionless.
Extremely sensitive to attention, Yang Zhen immediately met his gaze. “What? Is he someone we can’t kill?”
Jian Fan lowered his eyes without replying.
Qin Nan glanced at him. “We can kill him, but the loss would outweigh the gain.”
Yang Zhen: “??”
What could killing one person possibly cost them?
Qin Nan plainly had no intention of explaining. More precisely, he wasn’t completely certain himself.
“Leave him aside for now.” Qin Weiyi looked at Qin Nan. “You say we need peaceful coexistence, but what exactly qualifies as peaceful coexistence?”
Qin Nan genuinely couldn’t answer.
Not attacking their companions seemed like peaceful coexistence, and everyone but Xia Zeqin had achieved that. But beyond Xia Zeqin, there were still Little Princess’s two personalities…
“Talk to Little Princess,” Jian Fan decided.
They needed not only Xia Zeqin’s cooperation but Little Princess’s as well.
If they could persuade her and Xia Zeqin still refused, Jian Fan lowered his gaze. Then their escape would have to come first, and they would have no choice but to kill Xia Zeqin.
The thought struck heavily against his chest.
He knew the Xia Zeqin before him was no longer truly his companion. Even so, unless there was no other choice, Jian Fan did not want to see him vanish and be erased–not emotionally, and not rationally.
But if circumstances forced him, he would have to decide.
No one knew the choice Jian Fan had made in his heart.
Qin Nan had already taken out the tablet and opened the chat with Little Princess.
Although he kept the tablet covered, Little Princess could clearly hear their conversation.
Before Qin Nan could send anything–he had only opened the input field–her message arrived.
“Impossible. Don’t even think about it.”
Qin Nan grinned, deleted the message he had prepared, and began again.
“Little Princess, wouldn’t peaceful coexistence be nice?”
“No,” Little Princess replied coldly.
Qin Nan persisted. “Look, Little Princess. You’re innocent and pure, while our group has brilliant strategists, relationship experts, and professional con artists. If you coexist with us, you get a free advisory team.”
Little Princess: “…”
They had discussed many things about the Realm of Death, but the game world automatically filled in the gaps.
From Little Princess’s perspective, several of her alter personalities had suddenly banded together to negotiate peaceful coexistence. If she agreed, they wouldn’t leave this world; they would continue living inside her.
An advisory team… might not be entirely useless.
But Little Princess quickly sent another refusal.
“Ha. As if I need you.”
Qin Nan: “…”
“Then can we say we need you?” Qin Nan sent. After thinking, he added, “And if we coexist, you can listen to us praise you in all sorts of creative ways.”
Little Princess: “…”
“As if I care about that.”
“Send a few compliments first, then.”
Everyone laughed at the three messages Little Princess had fired off without a pause.
She was rather adorable.
Qin Nan thought briefly and launched into extravagant flattery.
“Look! A fairy!”
“Heavens, Little Princess’s celestial beauty has left me intoxicated.”
“…”
Everyone watched Qin Nan type string after string with a perfectly calm face and looked at him in disgust.
And Little Princess–
“…”
“Too exaggerated.”
“Next person.”
Everyone: “???”
Wasn’t praise from one person enough? Apparently she expected them to take turns.
While they were still stunned, Qin Nan shoved the tablet into Lin Junruo’s hands.
Only the women in their group could deliver convincing extravagant praise, and Lin Junruo was the obvious choice among them.
Lin Junruo: “…”
She thought, then immediately typed a line.
“Little Princess, your skin is gorgeous. What’s your routine? Your wrists make me think of frost on snow. And your taste is amazing–your outfits are so beautifully coordinated. Next time you go shopping, invite me and we’ll choose clothes together.”
Little Princess replied just as quickly.
“Yes, yes!”
“Next.”
Lin Junruo promptly passed the tablet behind her.
Mu Xin was next.
She followed Lin Junruo’s example and offered several compliments. Then she turned. Qin Weiyi happened to stand beside her, so she immediately pushed the tablet into his hands.
Qin Weiyi: “…”
After thinking hard, he forced out a sentence.
“Pretty lady, you’re gorgeous. I want a kiss.”
Standing nearby, Lu Jing stared at the message with wide eyes, as though seeing Qin Weiyi for the first time.
Qin Weiyi cleared his throat awkwardly. He had intended to hand the tablet to Lu Jing, but at the sight of that expression, his hand silently changed direction and passed it to Jian Fan instead.
If there had to be embarrassment, he refused to suffer alone.
He wanted to see how Jian Fan would manage a compliment.
Jian Fan stared at the hot potato in his hands and fell silent.
Little Princess had already sent an impatient message.
“Come on, I’m ready!”
Jian Fan: “…”