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To Mo Tiangen’s words, Ji Dong expressed empathy and understanding.
The three of them had supported each other all the way from the first [Film], and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were no different from ‘brothers in arms’.
In order to fight for the only survival quota, he would have to fight against Ren Jianmo and Teacher Dagen. However, when Ji Xiao’niao imagined it in his mind, he felt this was unacceptable.
“……”
Ji Dong lowered his head and fiddled with a small stone with the tip of his boot.
Although the ‘world’ seemed to have arranged a doomsday death for these players, however, he had always been a character who refused to die when he arrived at the Yellow River, not to mention that it was far from the time to give up.
T/N- as in the River Styx. One of the rivers of the underworld, a river associated with death.
“Brother Dagen, let’s exchange information first.”
While Ji Dong spoke, he took out a small wooden token from inside his lapel and showed Mo Tiangen the words {Gold A} on it.
“Okay so, this is my token name. If you hear me being a [Ghost] in the future, remember to stay away from me.”
“What nonsense are you spouting?!”
Mo Tiangen stretched out his hand and wanted to hit the curly haired head of Ji Dong as usual, but it was hard to get a firm grip on the back of his head, so he settled with wrapping his arms around his shoulder and squeezing them flippantly.
“To be honest, aren’t there supposed to be at least three chances?”
Mr. Dagen said as he pulled out the wooden sign tucked in his belt, and showed his teammate the words written on it.
Just as Ji Dong had guessed earlier, Mo Tiangen’s name token said {Gold C}.
“The identity of the [Ghost] only needs to be passed in 15 minutes.”
Mo Tiangen said.
“Isn’t there a new timer function on our watches? Just make sure of the time and pass it to others before the last moment… Even if we pass it to each other, we can delay it for at least an hour. There are many things we can do during that time!”
Ji Dong nodded and smiled faintly.
“It’s just a pity that not everyone wants it to be that way.”
Mo Tiangen once again let out a long sigh.
Although neither of them had seen what had happened to the two participants, {Wood A} and {Wood B}, they could guess that they knew each other and had stayed together at that moment.
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As a result, {Wood A} was suddenly assigned the identity of a [Ghost], perhaps because he was too afraid to think rationally, or maybe he lacked enough trust in the friendship between his peers. It was more likely that the person himself was selfish and afraid of death, so he not only didn’t confess his identity to his partner but also passed the [Ghost] to his partner in the first attempt.
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It is precisely because after most people are selected as [Ghost], their first reaction is to get rid of this identity as soon as possible, so they will not delay until the last minute or two but will find a replacement for themselves at the first chance, whether it is a partner or an unknown player.
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“Well, I was thinking about…”
Ji Dong frowned, formulating his words while he sorted out his thoughts.
“Theoretically, if you were to change one person every 15 minutes, you could only have four rounds an hour, right?”
“That’s impossible!”
Mr. Dagen shook his head.
“There are too few people who can persist until the end, unless they have enough trust in their companions, or they can’t find a substitute like the unlucky person before. It takes time for life to come to an end and then we have no choice but to wait for the re-election.”
He said, touching his chin beard, “I guess, an hour probably has at least five or six [Ghosts].”
Ji Dong did not answer but just nodded to show that he was listening.
“Alas, speaking of which, I wonder how many participants there are in this [Film]?”
Mo Tiangen apparently had not yet discovered the hint of the five groups of “gold, wood, water, fire and earth” figures in the courtyard outside the main hall, and looked at his watch worriedly.
“If the number of participants is too small, there may not be many left by now… isn’t there a chance of one of us being drawn as a ghost!“
Ji Dong quickly and concisely told Mr. Dagen what he had found.
When Mo Tiangen heard that there should be eleven people left now, he was obviously relieved.
After all, the number of people there, including Ren Jianmo, the likelihood of randomly picking one of the three of them as a [Ghost] was only about a quarter, which is not very high—of course, this sounded like a FLAG term, so Teacher Dagen didn’t dare to utter his thoughts out loud.
“Brother Dagen, I’ve been thinking about this… since just now.”
Ji Dong deliberated his wording, “If this [Film] just wants us to have a battle royale, there is no need to set the rules of the game so complicatedly, right?”
He pointed to himself and then pointed to Mo Tiangen, “This [Film] has level B difficulty players mixed up. I think many players have stimulated their abilities, at least they have some combat experience.”
Leaving the others, even if it’s not Ren Jianmo, whose combat power is unbelievable, even if it is him and Mo Tiangen if they used their abilities, it was still impossible to kill the demons in the whole mansion. Maybe one or two rooms full of demons are possible.
“You are correct!”
Mo Tiangen nodded his head, “Why not just let us fight directly, why do you want to have one, two, or three rounds like a racing tournament? This is not fair, it’s totally disgusting!”
“Yes, that’s right!”
Ji Dong’s expression was serious, “And there must be something wrong about this mansion itself too… So I think, this [Film’s] passing method, may not be as it told us, simply playing a ‘hide and seek’ that leads to our mutual deaths…. there must be something else hidden in it that we are not aware of yet.”
“Hahaha.”
Mo Tiangen heard the words and laughed in a low voice, “I liked what you just said, so I will believe you.”
He said, reaching out and vigorously slapping Ji Dong twice on the shoulder.
“So, our aim now is to hurry up and find out the real customs clearance method while ensuring the safety of our own lives, right?!”
Ji Dong nodded desperately.
Teacher Dagen asked again, “Okay, then tell me, what should we do first?”
“Collect the clues first!”
Ji Dong answered without hesitation.
“I think that the biggest mystery now is where exactly is this mansion we currently are in, and why is it hoarding a large group of demons…”
He was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly heard a soft and coquettish child-like voice once again in his ears.
[The game begins again, the [Ghost] has been born!]
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At the same time, deep in the corridor on the second floor of the lobby, in a room closest to the north, a young girl in a long lavender dress sitting cross-legged on a couch suddenly froze, then reached out and quickly tapped twice on her watch to turn on the timer function.
The sound of a young boy huffing came from beside her.
“Sister, is it you?”
A boy in a gray boy’s uniform looked shocked.
The girl dressed in lavender nodded in acknowledgment.
“……”
The boy thought for a moment and said to his sister.
“If you can’t find anyone else, you can pass the [Ghost] to me.”
The lavender-dressed girl gave him a sideways glance, “Let’s talk about it later.”
With that, she stood up, straightened her dress, turned back to her brother, and said, “Let’s go and find someone else first, just like we agreed before, let’s try to save the life chances as much as possible.”
The boy also jumped down from the couch, walked to the door, and looked back towards the room.
“What should I do with this room?”
The girl thought for a moment, “We still have use for this room, so let’s keep it for now and hide that thing.”
“Okay.”
The boy sniffed, and ran back in two steps, grabbed a dead weasel by the porcelain pillow on the couch, looked around, pulled out a suitcase under the bed, and pressed the small animal’s body into the bottom layer of the clothes in the suitcase, closed the lid again, and pushed the suitcase back.
The siblings walked out of the room as if nothing had happened, and closed the door again.
“Do you know where the other participants are?”
The boy fell a step behind his sister and lowered his voice, asking vaguely.
“Heh…”
The girl surprisingly let out an abrupt low laugh.
“I didn’t know before, but I do now.”
Her reply was so strange that it could be called meaningful, and her brother looked up at the sound of it.
“Look, there’s one down there.”
The girl leaned on the corner railing and looked down, “The one on the far side of that group of musicians and singers. The one wearing a veil and playing the pipa is a participant, just like us.”
The boy: “……”
This pair of siblings, the elder sister’s name is Fan Hemian, and the younger brother’s name is Fan Luming. Since they came to the [Peach Blossom Spring], this has been the seventh [Film] experienced by the two brothers and sisters.
In the current B-level difficulty participants, in terms of seniority, the two were undoubtedly at the top of the pyramid of veterans and their combined strength was also quite powerful.
Originally, the two were going to join their club mates and challenge the A-level difficulty, but unfortunately, they had a falling out with their former teammates over the distribution of collectibles. Thus, they broke away from the club and formed a temporary double team.
Before the lottery, the two siblings discussed that in order to be on the safe side, they would still choose the B-level difficulty, the result was drawn the [Film] named [Painted Wall Of Souls].
The brother-sister pair first found each other, and after exchanging information, they dared to go to the second floor of the lobby, found a room in the far corner, killed a weasel demon inside it and established that room as their stronghold.
Originally, they agreed to act cautiously as the situation was unclear, and try not to take the initiative to conflict with other players.
However, now that the situation was dire, Sister Fan Hemian was assigned the identity of [Ghost]. If she didn’t want her brother to be a stand-in, the only probable way was to find another player to replace her within the next 15 minutes.
“Wait for me here.”
The sister gave an explanation to her brother, and then lightly lifted the hem of her dress, like an ancient lady, and took small steps down the stairs, slowly approaching the group of musicians in a corner of the lobby.
Seems like someone is targeting our ml
Our ML is cute and beautiful, but this woman can’t win him
Thank you for your translation 🤍
Heh. Woman, you dare bust Ren Jianmo?
They could be a potential teammates?
If not, then girl back off!