novelraw Chapter 377: The Fog Woven by Top Players
Chapter 377: The Fog Woven by Top Players
The blue sports car came to a stop, pausing briefly as it observed the words appearing on the ground. After circling around and sensing the surrounding environment, it cautiously responded:
"What do you mean? I naturally wouldn't come after you."
"Not just me. Not only me." The All-Seeing Eye continued carving words into the ground. "Everyone. All the players!"
"And you must ensure that you yourself aren't caught by anyone!"
Chiyo Eine: ?
Originally, she had thought she was hiding quite well since the three hadn't discovered her yet. Although she had wondered why there was no movement, if even the top three players couldn't get points from her, then her chances were enormous.
She had even planned to select a smaller space scenario where her dark water could envelop and search the entire city. Now, this newly established organization's leader was telling her to give up?
"Why? Is there a situation?"
"No time for lengthy explanations. In short, the world's top three have other plans," Xie Antong said briefly. "This is just my personal suggestion. You can choose not to follow it."
After speaking, the All-Seeing Eye spun several times in the air before flying away, leaving Chiyo Eine alone in deep thought.Twenty minutes passed...
The entire city was eerily quiet.
Nothing happened.
[Creator, time's up!]
[The Creator's hunting time has ended. Next hunter... Chiyo Eine!]
The game's voice became unusually urgent, even losing its previous human-like quality and reverting to a mechanical tone. Chiyo Eine's figure instantly disappeared from the spot, returning to the initial room.
[Player, please select your hunting scenario.]
Standing in the center of the room, Chiyo Eine looked grave and remained silent. She didn't quite understand what Blank meant. What did it mean that the world's top three were making moves? What had those three been doing?
Theoretically, her abilities were related to detection and control, but she hadn't dared use them while hiding! Large-scale dark water was too easily detectable, and she feared being caught by those top three players, so she had refrained from using it in previous games.
As a result, she was completely in the dark now.
"Did you see something...?"
[Player Chiyo Eine! Please select your game scenario!]
"Annoying! Quiet!" Chiyo Eine waved her hand dismissively. "Whatever. The same city is fine."
[...]
[Game background set to: Urban! Player hunting time begins!]
A new twenty-minute countdown started as Chiyo Eine's expression flickered, staring at the glowing door before her. When it came to games, especially one this serious and even brutal, she wasn't someone who defied conventions. She was markedly different from those before her.
After pacing back and forth a few times, the game's prompt sounded again in the room.
[Player Chiyo Eine, a reminder that the game has already begun.]
Stopping in her tracks, Chiyo Eine looked up at the void and spoke coldly: "Did you rush those before me like this too?"
[...]
Having said that, she made her decision. Planting her feet firmly, she closed her eyes.
"I forfeit my turn!"
There was no particular reason. This was Blank's message, representing her judgment. Today was her first formal alliance with the other party. Consider this her pledge—a show of cooperation sincerity.
No.6, Chiyo Eine, forfeits hunting opportunity!
The game had been going on for over an hour now, and so far, all players had come up empty-handed!
[: What are they doing?]
[: Did I miss some rules? Isn't this game hide-and-seek?!]
[: What's going on? Do the top players have some way of communicating?]
[: Is this Sin's virus spreading? Why is everyone slacking off after he gave up?!]
[: I never understand his games, seriously...]
The audience outside was utterly confused. This round of the game seemed unusually peaceful, almost like a waste of time. But... why? Why were none of the players following the rules?
In the Elder Council, the Grand Elder stared blankly at the game screen, where Lu Ce had once again fallen asleep. Perfect Life sat quietly nearby, as if waiting for something.
The Grand Elder muttered to himself: "Have you... noticed something? Is this your resistance? But... the others."
Then he suddenly turned to a Dragon Group member at the door. "Notify our comrade! Cooperate with him! Let's test this!"
...
[Player Chiyo Eine, game time ended!]
[Next player: Jiu Tian!]
[Please select your game scenario.]
Yes, he too had been assigned to this round of the game. The moment he returned to the room, he was first shocked—shocked that so many experts before him had failed to find him! Immediately after, he opened his game interface.
As a Dragon Group member, this was one of his greatest advantages: external intelligence officers could provide him with guidance. Although direct information about other players couldn't be shared during competition, this guidance was still useful.
But this time, when he opened the interface, he froze. His screen was completely flooded with four words:
—[Forfeit your turn!]
This was the Dragon Group's special signal. For such a flood to occur, there was only one possibility: nearly all selected personnel outside had collectively entered his game stream and spammed simultaneously.
This represented the Dragon Group's highest-level directive—their most urgent and important command form!
Seeing "forfeit your turn" covering his entire screen, Jiu Tian felt the hairs on his neck stand up. He had never held such status in the Dragon Group before. What... had happened earlier?
But regardless, he had received the organization's order now, so his course of action was simple:
—Obey.
He immediately sat down in the room. "I forfeit my turn!" Then he completely ignored the game's voice—the organization's demands came first.
[...]
Twenty minutes later.
[Player Jiu Tian, game time ended.]
[Next hunter: Blank!]
Xie Antong returned to her room and, without even blinking, found a spot to rest. "I forfeit my turn!"