I Rely On Poverty To Sweep Through Survival GamesCh146 - Mingyue Pavilion (9)

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The people from outside and those hanging upside down from the ceiling weren’t strong. ScjedJ

Both Xiao Lan and Hua Yan fought back very effortlessly, and even Long Shiren did. Perhaps because he was already dead, but he was still hopping about even if he was stepped on here and there.

But there really were too many of them.

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These guys acted like they were fighting over freebies at the supermarket as wave after wave of them advanced into the house.

Even if the ones in front fell, the ones behind would heartlessly step on their bodies and continue attacking; god knew how many were hidden in the snow. MDdCho

As the fight continued, the space in the wooden house grew smaller, and the players’ mobility was increasingly challenged.

Even more terrible was that this crude little wooden house didn’t pass construction standards. It already felt like it was tottering during this fight.

As Xiao Lan dealt with these human-shaped monsters who threw themselves over, he took the chance to take note of the inside of the wooden house.

All their misfortunes began ever since they entered this wooden house.

This place was probably where the key existence of this room was.

But where in the world was the key to taking this place apart?

Long Shiren said that the underground secret passage was the way out.

The monsters around them also sped up their assault after he said this, as if trying to prevent them from leaving through the secret passage. 7DSjdb

Long Shiren appeared deeply infatuated with Hua Yan and even chose the players’ side against the monsters for her, causing him to suffer under the monsters’ attack.

But were the words of something like a chang truly trustworthy?

Had Long Shiren truly opened a path to survival for them, or was he cooperating with the monsters?

When it came to this sort of fellow who had already switched sides, Xiao Lan didn’t harbour much hope for him. IELC5s

That was to say nothing of his experience in the red room last time; Xiao Lan knew that this room probably had an item that could add to their progress in clearing the game.

His objective wasn’t just to escape from this room.

And Long Shiren and Hua Yan probably didn’t know about this point at the moment.

Xiao Lan batted aside a gropey hand with his rod and gave the other party a kick in passing, sending it on a nice, cool trip to the side. SsfXn3

He and Hua Yan had both examined this room, and had even tacitly switched with each other after they finished inspecting their chosen areas, but still didn’t find anything strange.

As the monsters ganged up on them, Long Shiren said to Hua Yan with difficulty, “Go… to the secret passage… Hua Yan jie… Hurry up and run.”

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Xiao Lan’s gaze swept towards the entrance of the secret passage, which was blocked by monsters.

It seemed that this was the only place that hadn’t been investigated yet. hGXosC

Could it truly be in there?

No, hold on.

It seemed that there was still one place they hadn’t searched yet.

He had even overlooked that place outright because of various reasons — JFUbjc

The fireplace.

As soon as they entered the wooden house, Long Shiren had immediately run over to light a fire in the fireplace.

Moreover, after that, he always stayed by the fire, and did nothing else except add firewood to it.

This series of movements made it seem as if the fireplace’s only function was to give off warmth. lfCcO7

Xiao Lan and Hua Yan, who didn’t need warmth, didn’t pay special attention to the fireplace.

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Examining the wooden house was a must, and they would investigate the fireplace as well.

As for the current situation, it was because there was an additional oddity, Long Shiren, who made the two players focus largely on him, to the point that they overlooked the fireplace.

Perhaps this was the use of a chang — to draw attention. 2GOlZe

Xiao Lan guessed that even if Long Shiren wasn’t around, it was possible that another chang would emerge to disrupt things.

However, because Long Shiren just happened to be a player from the same round as them, and had already had contact with them, even if he was just a trash beginner player, he was conversely more useful compared with a stranger when it came to misleading people and obscuring the truth.

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Thinking this, Xiao Lan immediately turned and headed for the fireplace.

Because the door was open, the cold, howling wind had barged right into the house. Ydy1tH

The fire in the fireplace had already become very weak under this onslaught.

If firewood wasn’t added, it wouldn’t be long before the fire in the fireplace died out completely.

Xiao Lan casually poked through the fire with his rod.

At that moment, 【Dalit’s Bone】 had no majesty as a rare item at all as it was reduced to a poker. eN p2L

The firewood was flipped and a weak flame flared once more.

But with no more wood added to it, this small spark was doomed to be unable to hold on for long.

In this fire that was almost about to die out, Xiao Lan discovered a familiar yet slightly unfamiliar design.

It was the same design as the one on the book cover and the door, formed by the flames, but the difference was that this design was reversed. 6HdYRX

At that moment, it was slowly rotating at the bottom of the fireplace.

The design was at the bottom of the fireplace and very far inside. It wasn’t even the size of a palm, and had been concealed by the burning firewood above. If he wasn’t leaning in very close, he wouldn’t have seen it at all.

Xiao Lan thought about Long Shiren’s past actions.

Long Shiren had remained curled up by the fire the entire time, and had constantly added wood to the fireplace as if he was very cold and his life depended on it. 5pPQ3h

Xiao Lan originally thought that this was because a beginner player was less resistant to the cold than an advanced player.

But this guy was clearly already dead; how could a ghost still be afraid of the cold? Clearly, the fire should be something that made him uncomfortable.

Then, why would he rather endure suffering by the fire, and watch the fireplace?

Xiao Lan glanced at the side where the firewood had originally been placed. NnG0Sa

That place was now empty.

In order to prevent Xiao Lan and Hua Yan from discovering the design in the fireplace, Long Shiren had stood guard here.

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As the temperature dropped, it was normal for players to think of lighting a fire in the fireplace.

And since it would be very strange to suggest throwing out the firewood, he had always acted afraid of the cold, and kept increasing the consumption of firewood. TjniqN

Once the firewood was used up, the fire naturally wouldn’t be able to continue burning.

Once this happened, Xiao Lan and Hua Yan would forever lose the chance of discovering the design.

This should be his true objective!

His own strangeness, the mirror fragment in the house, the monsters outside the house, or this secret passage that made people suspicious and unwilling to enter rashly; all of these were just ways to stall for time. kZ aX0

What Long Shiren wanted was to burn up all the firewood and make them unable to discover the design, then they would be trapped forever in the room, unable to escape!

A chill ran down Xiao Lan’s spine.

They had underestimated this guy!

In his short contact with him, Xiao Lan had assumed that Long Shiren was a smooth-talker skilled in being opportunistic and currying favour; while his ability to mouth off was far greater than was realistic, he himself had no skills. ajEh 6

Therefore, even if Xiao Lan and Hua Yan noticed Long Shiren’s strangeness, they didn’t assume he would be able to do them much harm.

But they had overlooked something, or perhaps, Long Shiren had deliberately made them overlook it. If Long Shiren was this room’s chang —

Then… the one controlling him now was —

Crow. lGQa7w

He already wasn’t just a beginner player that could only seize opportunities.

The current Long Shiren was one of Crow’s pawns.

A tool controlled by Crow to maneuver the other two in the room.

There was only a tiny bit of firewood left in the fireplace, and the flame was getting weaker and weaker. 5gIaGq

The design in the fire was also incredibly dull and on the brink of disappearing.

Just a bit more.

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Just a bit more and Crow would have succeeded.

Long Shiren saw that Xiao Lan seemed to have realised the secret of the fireplace, and was going to make a move. w6Idc

Long Shiren frantically cried out, “No! You can’t touch the fireplace! If the fire dies out, the secret passage will disappear! Hua Yan jie! Stop him!”

Hua Yan’s figure was like black smoke, instantly appearing before Xiao Lan.

She raised the cigarette in her hand, the smoke curling around her as if on standby.

Xiao Lan frowned and looked at her. jYKJlH

Did he have to fight Hua Yan?

Without Hua Yan and Xiao Lan to stop them, the monsters began frantically charging into the house.

Several icy and withered hands stretched out towards Xiao Lan’s back.

A few others rushed towards Hua Yan, but were stopped by Long Shiren with all his might. 2KZ1gG

His obstruction was very clumsy and he merely pulled with his hands and stomped his feet as he blocked them with his body and did all he could to prevent them from getting close to Hua Yan.

A patch of skin was torn away from Long Shiren’s face, and his arm was twisted at a strange angle. He looked like a broken puppet from head to toe. A hand ruthlessly pierced his chest, causing his body to stagger on the verge of collapse.

Long Shiren looked at Hua Yan, his eyes bloodshot. “Trust me, Hua Yan jie!”

Seeing this willingness to sacrifice himself for love, if Xiao Lan hadn’t guessed the motive behind it, perhaps he would also be fooled by this act. Xi72AO

But there wasn’t enough time now for Xiao Lan to tell Hua Yan the truth he had guessed.

Hua Yan’s gaze darted between Xiao Lan and Long Shiren, the smoke around her flowing like waves.

Time seemed to freeze.

It was clearly just a split second, but felt extremely long. ja9bUZ

Finally, Hua Yan raised a hand towards — Xiao Lan.

Long Shiren’s face that had changed beyond recognition revealed an imperceptible smile.

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Success!

But the next second, his smile, which had yet to spread, froze. lktHpQ

Because while Hua Yan did attack in Xiao Lan’s direction, her attack brushed past Xiao Lan’s shoulder, her target being the crowd of monsters behind him.

Almost in sync with Hua Yan, Xiao Lan swung out 【Dalit’s Bone】 with all his might, aiming at — the fiery design in the fireplace.

Crack —

There was a clear sound, like breaking glass, and the design shattered. iDFxnd

“NO —”

Following Long Shiren’s inhumanly shrill scream, the monsters pouring endlessly into the wooden house disappeared, the wind and snow stopped, and the wooden house also disappeared, as if wiped away.

Immediately after that, a white room appeared before the two.

White fur rug, white walls and ceiling, white curtains, white furniture. LPdFMu

At first glance, it was like they were still in the snowy world.

However, this room was warm and dry, and there was even sunlight pouring in through the window.

On one side of the room was a large aquarium, so large that it could house several people without any issue.

Currently, there truly was someone inside — bK1wka

Long Shiren.

However, his face was deathly pale and his limbs spread lifelessly as he lay at the bottom of the tank.

This made Xiao Lan think of the content that had appeared in the book previously:

【The lost lamb returns】 n1jLxT

【Keeping away from the secular hubbub】

【He gains everlasting silence underwater】

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It looked like Long Shiren had already been dead since then.

As a beginner player who had erroneously entered an advanced game, the name ‘lost lamb’ was very suitable for him. QS0PwJ

Unfortunately, he ultimately still lost his life in an advanced game.

Xiao Lan changed 【Emperor’s new clothes ver 2.0】 back to the original t-shirt and began studying this room.

Although the decorations were completely different, the structure was very similar to the previous wooden house.

The aquarium was located right where Long Shiren had opened the secret passage. f8FC56

If they had truly chosen to listen to Long Shiren, and entered the secret passage.

Perhaps they would meet the same end.

Hua Yan walked to the aquarium which Long Shiren’s bloated corpse was in.

She gently puffed out a breath of smoke. This woman had a bone-deep indolence and seduction even when smoking. She just stood there, but still seemed able to attract everyone’s gaze. AxVM 4

Hua Yan looked at Long Shiren’s pale features, a smile on her red lips. “How can I believe a man’s nonsense?”

This was the imposing attitude of Poseidon, who definitely wouldn’t stop for any little fish in the sea.

Without waiting for Xiao Lan to sigh ruefully, Hua Yan’s lovely eyes turned to him, a small smile in her husky voice. “You’re gay, right? Straight men have never looked at me like they’re looking at a lamp post.”

Xiao Lan, who was forced out of the closet: “…” TVvus3

Big sister, you have real good eyes.

The Hua clan’s secret technique, able to discern the gay at a glance, known across the seven seas and able to hit the mark in one comment.

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Translated this during the first week of june so happy pride to you xiao lan. It’s not coming out day but close enough. (rainbow sparkles) UdxjVt