Chapter 331
Chapter 331
While Zhou Jingying stood there distracted, everyone else had already dispersed.
She was the only one left.
Zhou Jingying pressed her fingers to her brow and gave a somewhat helpless smile before choosing a room as well.
The white space fell silent once more. Before long, however, it would grow lively again in two days.
Since the group had not discussed much after the world ended, several matters still weighed on their minds. This time, everyone woke early without needing a reminder from the System.
Once awake, they left their rooms.
Before long, everyone appeared in the white space one after another.
Yang Zhen came as well.
Apart from Xia Zeqin, all nine Players who had survived this time were present.
“Let’s talk about Points,” Qin Weiyi began. “I exchanged Points for one Security Lock, one whip, and one bouquet, for a total of eight hundred and fifty Points. I currently have 6,470. I think I kept it under fairly good control.”
Lu Jing immediately followed. “I got one Time Rewind, one bouquet, and one whip. I spent four hundred and fifty Points. Hey, I even had fifty left. I’m at 6,950 now.” Lu Jing paused, looking worried. “Is mine too high?”
Qin Weiyi patted Lu Jing on the shoulder. “It’s fine. Work hard at staying alive and you shouldn’t have a problem.”
“One hat cost eight hundred, three Rewinds cost three hundred, one bouquet cost fifty, plus one whip and one Security Lock. I spent quite a lot in this world. After doing the math, I’m at 5,700 now,” Mu Xin said with a smile.
She had used almost two thousand Points in a single world. It hurt, but when she considered that her current total placed her more or less within the Safe Zone, Mu Xin found it somewhat comforting. At this level, she would not need to spend Points madly in the next world.
Still, accumulating Points was painfully slow, while spending them burned through them far too quickly.
Qin Nan joined in. “I only used one bouquet. I’m at 5,650 now. That’s all right, isn’t it?”
“One thousand one hundred,” Jian Fan said.
He had exchanged Points for ten bouquets, three Time Rewinds, and one Brocade Pouch, meaning he had spent six hundred Points in this world. His total had fallen below seven thousand again and now stood at 6,860.
“One bouquet and one Security Lock. If I calculate it out, that means I only spent fifty?” Lin Junruo felt that her situation was not very promising.
She had ended the previous world with 5,950 Points, and now she had 5,900.
She was still hovering around six thousand, which left her feeling uneasy.
“I earned one hundred and fifty,” Yellow Hair said. He now had 4,850 and remained within the Safe Zone.
After the rest had finished, Zhou Jingying spoke as well. “Including the Points from this time, I now have 5,050.”
She understood what they were discussing and gave them her exact total directly, unlike before, when she had offered only a rough figure.
Once everyone had finished, all their gazes fell on Yang Zhen.
Yang Zhen was baffled.
“What?” Yang Zhen asked, bewildered.
Lin Junruo tugged on Yang Zhen’s sleeve and said with a cheerful smile, “Sister Yang, how many Points do you have? We’re keeping our totals under control.”
Yang Zhen did not understand what they were trying to do, but she did not hide anything. She gave a casual “Oh,” opened the System to take a look, and replied, “8,150.”
The moment she gave the number, the entire space fell silent.
“How many?” Yellow Hair swallowed.
Yang Zhen saw nothing wrong with it. “8,150. Why? I used some in this world and didn’t gain much.”
“I finally understand why our world was so difficult this time,” Yellow Hair said with a sigh.
Yang Zhen was baffled again.
“So you’re the one who brought it all down on us, Sister Yang,” Lin Junruo said, looking at Yang Zhen mournfully.
Yang Zhen was baffled.
What were these people talking about?
Yang Zhen had spent three hundred and fifty Points in that world as well, which meant she had entered it with eight thousand. No wonder the world had still been so brutal even after they spent some Points.
Eight thousand!
That was not very far from ten thousand.
“I think you’d better spend some Points,” Qin Weiyi said.
Yang Zhen was baffled again.
“Have you all gotten hooked on these games?” Yang Zhen found the entire group ridiculous.
Everyone fell silent.
“Sister Yang, for our safety, I’m begging you.” Lin Junruo knew when to bend. She immediately gave Yang Zhen a pitiful look and spoke sincerely. “Sister Yang, believe me. Having too many Points is bad. The higher the total, the more aggressively the Realm of Death targets you. In our current state, we can’t withstand that.”
Yang Zhen was baffled yet again.
“Haven’t you noticed anything?” Qin Weiyi asked.
Yang Zhen countered, “Isn’t it normal for each world to be harder than the last?”
Everyone was baffled.
“Instances only go from easy to difficult. Can they also go from difficult to easy?” Yang Zhen asked.
That made so much sense that no one could refute it.
So Yang Zhen truly had noticed the increasing difficulty. She had simply assumed that as her experience grew, the difficulty of the instances rose with it. It was that simple.
“I suggest spending some of them,” Jian Fan said as well.
Yang Zhen was not someone who refused to listen to reason.
If even Jian Fan was speaking up, then the matter had to be somewhat serious. Although Yang Zhen still had doubts, she nodded. “If there’s somewhere I need to spend Points in the next world, I can exchange them for something.”
In other words, she would not spend Points recklessly from the very beginning as they did, but if they needed an item, she was willing to use her Points.
For the others, that was not an ideal outcome.
After all, the higher her Points, the greater the Realm of Death’s malice. Although Yang Zhen would be its main target, the rest of them would be caught up in it too. Still, she had agreed to spend Points, had she not?
Lin Junruo’s eyes darted around as countless plans for getting Yang Zhen to spend Points willingly took shape in her mind.
“Yellow Hair will take over in this world,” Jian Fan said, moving on quickly from the issue of Yang Zhen.
At present, Yellow Hair had the lowest total in their group, so he ought to take the baton in the next world.
“Should I spend a little too?” Yellow Hair asked.
Although he was currently within the Safe Zone, a world plus the reward Points would add more than a thousand. Would that not send him racing straight toward seven thousand?
“You can spend an appropriate amount,” Jian Fan said.
Then he looked at Qin Nan. “You should keep doing what you’re doing. Lu Jing needs to spend more. It would be best if everyone else spent some as well. Try to keep your income and expenses balanced.”
Jian Fan briefly explained the situation.
Everyone nodded.
In truth, they already understood this without Jian Fan needing to say much.
Only after they had nearly finished their discussion did Xia Zeqin finally arrive.
Once he appeared, all ten of them were gathered again, and the familiar bus reappeared in the white space.
The group boarded one after another.
“What do you think this world will be like?” Yellow Hair asked curiously, then quietly added, “Please don’t let it be ghosts again. I never used to be afraid of ghosts, but the Realm of Death has messed me up so badly that now, even mentioning them makes all my hair stand on end.”
Lin Junruo nodded in complete sympathy. “Me too.”
“Let’s hope it’s a more peaceful world this time!” Yellow Hair prayed.
Lin Junruo nodded as well.
Seeing the two of them like this, Mu Xin suddenly curved her lips into a smile. “Why don’t you two sit together so you can keep chatting? I’ll sit with Sister Yang.”
Lin Junruo’s eyes immediately widened. “I want to sit with Sister Yang too.”
Yellow Hair was baffled.
Was he being abandoned just like that?