The strong Shattered Mirror cultivators watching this game all looked speechless. From the moment the Yellow Team and the Blue Team started fighting each other in disgust, the normal progression of the game seemed to veer toward comedy. This was simply a pot full of comedians! By the end, when both the Yellow Team and Blue Team returned empty-handed, and the Red Team once again seized the treasure chest, many of the Shattered Mirror strong ones silently sighed, no longer placing any expectations on the silly players they had recruited.
Strangely enough, once they let go of unnecessary expectations and continued watching the game live stream, they gained unparalleled joy!
The strong one who had recruited the Blue Team's agility-type player was a cheetah demon. When he saw his recruited player get struck by pink heart-shaped magic, he laughed louder than anyone, attracting the curiosity of the surrounding demons. He didn't feel embarrassed at all, just laughed until he was out of breath, saying that the unlucky guy who got blown a flying kiss by the magical muscleman was the one he had recruited. Normally he had a competitive and combative temperament, but who would have thought he would suffer such treatment in this game.
A female ghost king of Taiyin stood up and cupped her hands toward the cheetah's side as a greeting. After all, the muscleman was the one she had recruited.
And when Sheng Wujie was executed, both Taiyin and The Capital erupted in jeering. Countless gazes focused on the bald black bear demon. His face darkened, words stuck in his throat. The player he had recruited was gone. He patted his butt, wrapped his cloak around himself, and left the stage in sorrow amidst the mocking laughter.
Mm, with the black bear demon's temper, if that guy Sheng Wujie were to be resurrected, he would probably be in for a good beating.
Laughter aside, the ghost kings still felt deeply as they looked at the Red Team: this lineup was way too complete, leaving no chance at all for the other teams.
Ji Huaichu, however, was not amused by the Yellow Team and Blue Team's scuffle. As she watched this scene, her expression remained calm. Only when Mu Anqi unhesitatingly fired that shot at Sheng Wujie did she reveal a faint smile.
Only, why didn't the little money tree use her dagger skills? Ji Huaichu watched Mu Anqi's staff technique, tapped her fingertip on the screen, and thought—since that's the case… once this game is over, she might as well teach her staff techniques as well.
…
After the Yellow Team and Blue Team fought each other, they were once again intercepted by the Red Team. Although Fang Xunjiu's outrageous maneuver still left them seething when they thought about it now, they had to admit, under the "loss of worldly desires" buff, the Yellow and Blue Team members could walk away from their recent disgusting, violent brawl.
When they recovered, they exchanged a smile. Both sides were embarrassed, yet at the same time they suppressed the awkwardness and brought up the idea of cooperation.
In the end, cooperation began with Yellow Team players providing wild vegetables and fruits to Blue Team players, and Blue Team players providing sweet potatoes to Yellow Team players, starting a mutually beneficial exchange.
As for Mu Anqi's side, once Sheng Wujie died, Mu Anqi tidied up the outpost's setup—aside from a few stones, there was nothing left that could be destroyed. This way, Fang little sister could go with her to fight for the supply chest. After all, if the Yellow Team and Blue Team still didn't work together this time to target the Red Team, Mu Anqi wouldn't believe it even if she were beaten to death. Unless… they had already completely given up on fighting for the supply chest, choosing instead to lie flat and try to clear the game by relying on survival days and killing ghosts.
Of course, that possibility was very slim. After all, everyone here was a player recruited by Shattered Mirror strong ones—of course they had some pride and dignity. Taking a step back, even if they didn't, this competition was being watched by those strong ones—whether they had it or not, they had to act like they did.
And it was precisely because of this that Mu Anqi couldn't figure out what kind of bizarre specimen Sheng Wujie was. How did he dare to do all those things, escape, and then come back pretending to be innocent?
After a short rest, Mu Anqi gave Xia Yun a few bell-shaped hard candies, and gave Fang Sister a few cotton candies. Fang Xunjiu didn't like sweets, so she didn't make any. Mu Anqi placed a hard candy on the tip of her tongue, and as usual set out early, striving to reach the treasure chest first.
As the countdown drew near, the Yellow Team and Blue Team players also met at their agreed location. They looked at each other and laid down the rules again and again: "One team takes the chest once, food is split evenly. Even if the Red Team doesn't show up first this time, there must be no internal conflict!"
After confirming again and again, and reaching agreement again and again, the moment the treasure chest refreshed, the agility-type players dashed ahead, with the others quickly following. The magical muscleman transformed in advance—after all, if he waited until later, the casting might get interrupted again. The remaining eight players followed along with the muscleman, and with that unusually cheerful BGM playing, their fighting spirit to kill the Red Team grew even stronger!
This kind of torment was not something ordinary players could endure. Endure what others cannot endure, and only then can victory be won!
"Red Team, surrender your lives!—"
With a do-or-die resolve, the Yellow Team and Blue Team stepped forward with strides of facing death unflinchingly.
The agility-type player charged in front, the first to step into the supply refresh point. What greeted him was not the Red Team players, but three ghosts grinning from ear to ear. One ghost's eye sockets were hollow, and it kept twirling two eyeballs in its hand, playing with them like walnuts. Another ghost had a long, bright-red tongue dragging all the way to the ground; when it saw the Blue agility player, it slurped its tongue upward—but failed to reel it in. The last ghost was a headless one, holding its own head tucked under its arm like a basketball, making the Blue agility player suspect the ghost might go for a slam dunk with its head the very next second.
The difficulty of obtaining supplies had just increased!
With that thought, the Blue agility player gritted his teeth—then immediately regretted coming so early. If only he had slowed down a bit and waited for the main group, or let the Red Team fight first, then they could swoop in afterward and steal it, letting the Red Team have a taste of powerless rage.
But regret or not, since he was already here, he had to go all in! A pair of daggers appeared in his hands, their blades faintly glowing with a blue light. The Blue Team's agility player suddenly activated a skill, his whole figure darting out like a gust of wind. Both daggers swung down, a cross-shaped cold gleam slashing—
The ghost's head flew off, the long-tongued ghost staggered back, whimpering as its slimy tongue whipped out toward the player. With the cross slash, the long tongue was instantly severed, spraying black-red blood. The player's expression shifted as he hurriedly activated another skill to retreat, but no matter how fast he moved, a few drops of blood still splattered onto his clothes, instantly corroding several black holes into the fabric. In that critical moment, he hastily raised his right-hand dagger—only for the severed head to pounce at him and bite down. Fortunately, the quality of the weapon was good, so it didn't shatter in one bite.
Instinctively, he was about to stab the ghost head with his left dagger—but those two eyeballs came flying too—
That nauseatingly cheerful pink BGM rang out. Clearly just eight hours ago, he had still been sick to his stomach from it, but now it felt like salvation! A pink magical star smashed down, directly knocking those two eyeballs back.
"Quick, quick, quick! Kill the ghosts and run before the Red Team arrives!"
"Leave two people on lookout, one person grab the chest!"
The Yellow and Blue Teams divided the work clearly. A female player from the Yellow Team dashed forward, both hands gripping a massive black hammer, and smashed the headless ghost straight into the ground. The magical muscleman went all out, one hand throwing stars, the other moons, fighting with great relish, and directly blasted the long-tongued ghost apart. The Blue Team's agility player also fought back fiercely, using his nimble movements to tangle with the eyeball ghost, seizing the chance to strike and kill it in one blow!
Although it was the first time the Yellow and Blue Teams had cooperated, their coordination was excellent. Mu Anqi and the others couldn't help nodding repeatedly as they watched.
Once the three ghosts were wiped out, Mu Anqi pulled out some regular hand grenades and shouted: "Hand grenades! Three of them! Quickly, get clear!"
Then Xia Yun tossed out two smoke grenades—one thrown into the cluster of players, another right at the treasure chest.
After the three grenades were thrown, Mu Anqi unceremoniously followed up with five more crudely made hand grenades. Anyway, those crude ones only cost one point each, so throwing them caused no heartache at all. Sometimes, the life of a pay-to-win player was just this plain, unpretentious, and dull.
Manual · Bombing Zone!
"What the hell kind of move is this!—" The Yellow and Blue Team players lost themselves in the smoke, falling into despair. Nobody wanted to get hit by a grenade. Who knew what grade these were? If they were too close, one blast to heaven, that would be truly tragic!
A Yellow Team player suddenly raised a semi-transparent shield. Hiding behind it, he coughed continuously from the smoke but still stubbornly inched toward the spot where the supplies had refreshed. However—
"Dark power slumbering in my bloodline, awaken! I am the supreme evil god, submit and tremble!"
"Eye of the Evil God! Intimidate!—"
From within the white smoke, a massive red eye slowly opened behind him. The extreme aura of malice and oppression made the player fall to the ground on his butt. Before he could raise his shield to resist, that chuunibyou girl's voice rang out again: "Hand of the Evil God!"
A black-purple demonic arm descended from the sky, smashing into his shield with one punch and sending both him and his shield flying three meters away…
"What the hell, there's even an evil god here?! Where's the magical girl? Get in there!—"
"I'm a magical muscleman, dammit! And besides, exterminating evil gods isn't my line of work!"
Inside the smoke, chaos reigned. Magic and stars flew everywhere. The agility player was once again the first to break out of the smoke, but this time he didn't go after Mu Anqi, because—
"Flames of the Evil God, burn!—"
He was on fire.
The ghostly purple flames were especially chilling in the night.
"Sword Array!—"
"Money, come!—"
"Money, come!—"
Two massive ingots crashed into the smoke, directly burying the female player wielding the black hammer into the ground. The magical muscleman beside her jumped in fright at the loud crash and scream, nervously patting his chest hair: "Scared me to death—almost hit me."
"Damn it… help me!"
Fang Xunjiu quickly tossed two more smoke grenades, using a poker-like flicking motion to constantly throw "good person cards" into the smoke. Mu Anqi, on the other hand, recklessly charged with her candy cane until Xia Yun carried the supply chest and wobbled away. Only then did she hastily utter a few blessing words and escape with the Fang siblings.
—A complete mess.
The magical muscleman looked at the pink little dress drenched in hot syrup and fell into an unspeakable silence. "Actually, the Red Team went easy on us—they didn't intend to eliminate us."
They even warned when throwing grenades.
"Wild fruits with sweet potatoes seem edible too."
"Didn't we also find a lake earlier? Maybe we can catch some fish to eat."
"Anyway, this game has no time limit—if we survive five days, we get 10 survival points."
"With so many ghosts in the game, taking turns fighting them… isn't too bad either."
Back and forth, the Yellow and Blue Team players exchanged glances, seeing deep fatigue in each other's eyes.