Chapter 395 - Set Up (1/2)
Chapter 395 - Set Up
TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney
The moments before a heated fight usually have verbal exchanges. Through these types of arguments, the opponent’s ability can be evaluated. It was possible to tell if someone was bluffing.
With that strategy, Liu Gan kept asking the mainframe several questions for this purpose. By buying time, Jiang JinYuan and NaNa could look around to find a terminal.
“If there is one person alive, then I will open a path to the next trial, and the door behind you. Then, the survivor can choose if he wants to continue to the next stage or withdraw,” the mainframe answered without any hesitation. On one of the walls, a clock appeared. There was a timer with 30 minutes that started counting down...
“Do we have the option of withdrawing out from the selection?” a member shouted out loud. Now it was clear why Qiu Zi had killed all his trusted aides.
If they couldn’t withdraw, then after half an hour is up, no one knew how Liu Gan would react. Even if Liu Gan didn’t kill them all, then they would risk the threat of being eliminated by vacuum bomb. If it was anyone else was in Liu Gan’s position of power, they might just kill everyone for their own survival.
“No. Now that you have entered, you must pass the first trial. Only the sole survivor has the choice of continuing to next trial, or withdrawing completely,” the mainframe answered the player’s question. Following that, no matter who asked the question, the mainframe didn’t respond.
When Qiu Zi faced this trial, the result was a sole survivor. Undoubtedly, Qiu Zi mercilessly killed everyone he was with. Being the only one standing after half an hour, Qiu Zi made the choice to withdraw from the trials. As for the unfortunate souls that were sacrificed, they were all exchanged for Qiu Zi’s safe passage. To these still living players, they realized that their situation was similar to their dead predecessors. However, they couldn’t even compete against Liu Gan’s monstrous strength.
If the gentle personality of Qiu Zi would do such a thing, then the violent personality of Liu Gan would have a higher possibility of committing such an atrocity. The question of who lived and who died would be determined by Liu Gan’s whim. However, Liu Gan was still thinking about the question given to him by the trial, he didn’t have any intentions of killing anyone.
“He will kill us all! He will kill us all! We must kill him before he makes his move! Otherwise, none of us can return alive!” a scared player suddenly whispered to his nearby fellow players.
Liu Gan’s sensitive hearing heard the treacherous whispers clearly. However, he didn’t do anything. He just sat there just thinking about the trial.
Meanwhile, everyone else was looking at Liu Gan with scared expressions. Under this situation, Liu Gan still didn’t make a move. Whether it was because he didn’t have the nerves of steel to do it, or he didn’t want to make a move, was still uncertain. The moment he decided to make a move, then no one could put up a fight.
No one would’ve thought that this laboratory would be a set-up. With just one order, they would have to kill each other in this trap. Originally, everyone thought that Qiu Zi had fought against an Advanced monster, but it seems like the dead players had fallen prey to their own leader Qiu Zi instead.
“We must work together to kill him first. It is a few of us, or none of us survives!” The scared player kept glancing toward Liu Gan. That was when he noticed that Liu Gan was showing his back to him, a weakness, as only amateurs would let their guard down.
The nearby players knew their own limitations, and they didn’t want to take any actions that would be irreversible. Plus, they didn’t have an urge to seek death so they were just sitting and thinking.