Chapter 8: If you don’t want people to know (2/2)

Because of this rule, players prefer looking for teammates in the forum, trying to find reliable support. Through the real world, they exchange each other’s contact information and agree upon a good time for them to enter the game at the same time.

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After reviewing the new information, Bai Yan came back to the app’s home page and was baffled by the ‘gift’ icon on the twelfth level.

“If clearing the game means I can get my wish granted…then did that also include reviving someone?”

Bai Yan blankly stared at the icon, his expression gradually becoming more peculiar.

After Wang Ze’s death, it was his first time experiencing ecstatic bliss. But unfortunately, it wasn’t him who stabbed Wang Ze to death. In the end, this made him feel unparalleled regret, and every time he thought about it, his heart would feel empty.

But now, he had the chance to bring him back to life. And then, after that…he’ll stab him to death himself.

Throughout Bai Yan’s life, there were only occasional happy matters that made him feel incomparably satisfied. Then, if there were two events, two happy events that coincided together, it would surely bring him to double the happiness. Thinking of the expression that Wang Ze’s would have, he was already itching to see it.

Having a new goal, Bai Yan’s attitude towards the game wasn’t as casual anymore. This game’s mortality rate was exorbitantly high. If he had a playful attitude during the game, sooner or later, he would suffer a setback in some level.

Moreover, according to the veteran gamers’ information from the forum, the further he went into the game’s levels, the more likely he would encounter acquaintances. If he had allowed himself to let loose and later met with an old acquaintance, it would be extremely easy for them to target himself.

If it were before, Bai Yan wouldn’t mind if someone took vengeance on him. It would be a beautiful and joyful experience, an early death means an early transcendence. However, now, he only had thoughts of clearing the game and obtaining that reward. So, he decided that from the games that had happened, later on, he was going to be a ‘nice’ person. He was going to sincerely repent for what he had done and fix his mistakes, turning himself into a good Samaritan who helped others.

After confirming his plan of operating, Bai Yan decided to restrain himself a bit during future games. He would act low key as though he were playing PUBG until he reached the 12th level.

Lowering his head, he looked at the time. There were still a couple of minutes until noon. He opened the app’s forum and intended to scroll through a few more technical posts, then go out to buy white paint, followed by eating lunch.

As a result, when he had opened the forum, he found an unlucky thread——

[Encountered a psychopath in the game! Be careful when you meet him!]

[Reply 1: I was a newcomer, who had just passed the easy level. The game I was in was called the ‘Supernatural Jigsaw.’

Because it was my first time entering the game, I felt terrified. In the end, I still managed to clear the level in a struggle but couldn’t clarify the situation. I’ll roughly explain what had happened. Everyone, please help me figure out what went wrong.

(P.S. The game design had four players)

This was how it went. The game required us to complete a puzzle while sitting on the chair for 30 minutes. The puzzle was easy to find, so everyone had found it pretty quickly.

But, there were ghosts in the puzzles. So, a middle-aged man began to forcibly take a junior high student’s puzzle piece. As a weak lady, fear overcame my body and made me look the other way.

However, at this moment, a young man bravely stepped forward to help the junior high student, despite him looking like a feeble chicken. In the end, the middle-aged man had snatched away the young man’s puzzle. I thought that the young man was a good person and even admired his courageous act.]

[Reply 2: What happened after? Wait for the plot twist.]

[Reply 3: After this young man had given back the junior high student’s puzzle, he received the middle-aged man’s puzzle, which had ‘a large ghost’ on it. The young man then grabbed a pile of clothes and sat at my left.

Because I was curious about his actions, I struck a conversation with him and asked why he took a lot of clothes with him.

Towards me asking him from out of the blue, this little brother didn’t feel annoyed. Instead, he used his precious puzzle-solving time to explain to me his reasons. He even pointed out to me that the snacks I got from the table were an offering to the starving ghost to help me survive. (My head wasn’t in the right place and I was under a lot of pressure, so I grabbed some food and was planning to eat them. I even took a bite from a chocolate bar.)

When I heard his analysis, I felt that it was very reasonable. I immediately worshipped this young brother and was even prepared to hug his thighs. This situation was quite normal up until here. But the crucial point was what happened afterward when I found out that this little brother was, in reality, not a good person at all…]

“…” That’s right. This familiar plot must’ve come from the girl he had met in the game.

As soon as he planned to ‘sincerely repent for what he had done and fix his mistakes,’ he was caught off guard and was exposed. Bai Yan deeply experienced what was called ‘appropriate retribution.’

However, Bai Yan didn’t abandon himself to despair just because of this.

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Tomorrow, I will update the follow-up of the MC’s exposure and continue enjoying the exposure time.