novelraw Chapter 685: The Number of Troublemakers Seems a Bit High...
Chapter 685: The Number of Troublemakers Seems a Bit High...
Feng Wang's body stiffened slightly. Looking into those eyes, she felt an inexplicable unease.
Why did he come specifically to talk to her? Had he seen something?
Feng Wang: ...
In the end, though, she couldn't help herself and asked back:
“What do you mean it won't last until the seventh day?”
“Even if the six clearings are reached early, according to the Game's description, the Game won't end immediately.”
“Are you saying that before the seventh day, all the Troublemakers will be killed?”
Xie Antong smiled and replied:
“Why can't it be that before the seventh day, all the Players are killed instead?”
“Because this guy who never wakes up is very powerful. I don't think anyone can kill him,” Feng Wang replied calmly, patting the shoulder of the person in front of her.There was no barrier to their conversation, question and answer flowing naturally.
It was just odd that during this daytime phase of the Player round, Sin had his partner act as his spokesperson.
That the partner was actually willing to speak for him was astonishing.
But when they spoke about combat strength, a feral light came from Sun in the distance.
Xie Antong narrowed her eyes, then, revealing the dagger from the exhausted painting, asked:
“Miss Feng, how are you feeling now?”
Under the black mist, Feng Wang's body shivered. Though it wasn't obvious from the outside, she didn't answer immediately.
At that moment, a voice suddenly came from in front of them.
“Hmm... what's going on? What are you discussing?”
Feng Wang's eyes snapped. She looked down at the person in front of her. She hadn't noticed when that “one who never wakes” had awakened again.
“You finally woke up...”
Feng Wang spoke, immediately diverting the question Xie Antong had asked her.
“Hmm, I'd suggest not saying too much to her.”
“She always likes to probe people's hearts with those so-called insights. Heh, honestly it's useless. Just don't reply.”
“What are we supposed to do now?”
Feng Wang sighed deeply. Her teammate had it tough — she had to conceal weaknesses for her teammate, keep watch through the night, and during the day explain the rules to him.
She had no choice but to roughly repeat what the Arbitrator had said earlier.
Each person has ten grid movements in total; once used up, there are no more.
Action order within a round is completely random.
After eight people finish one cycle, the next round's action order is again fully randomized.
In other words, in the extreme case, if you act first in the first round but get randomized to last in the second round, you'll have to wait through 14 action turns in between!
“Therefore, my suggestion is: for your first action, move more slowly.”
“Because all the decisive moves that determine the outcome depend on the later stages — when approaching the finish and choosing between the goal and the reef.”
“So for your first action, just move a little less.”
After analyzing everything, Feng Wang gave a frank suggestion.
This was already babysitter-level tutoring, advice born of her worry that Lu Ce might mess things up.
She had practically fed it to him; anyone hearing it wouldn't find fault.
Sloth scratched his ear lazily and drawled:
“Ah...” He stared at the sea on the table, pondering for a long time, then continued, “I don't get it!”
If you don't get it, why are you pondering here!?
“Besides, can you tell me why there's a patch of water on this table?”
You call that a patch of water... and didn't I tell you that from the start?!
“Are... you listening to me?” Feng Wang ground out through her teeth.
“Of course not,” Lu Ce spread his hands and said with complete confidence.
Just as Feng Wang was about to continue, Lu Ce pushed off with his toe. The chair and his body slid sideways several meters, leaving a gap of space.
“You handle it, I'm going back to sleep.”
“Me handle it?” Feng Wang was stunned. “It's only been a few minutes, didn't you just wake up?”
“What kind of thing is that to say? Do you eat only yesterday's meal and skip today's?” Sloth began to speak incoherently.
“I haven't eaten in a long time...”
Before Feng Wang could finish mocking Sloth's outrageous analogy, he had already fallen asleep again.
Feng Wang: ...
Somewhat helpless, she finally walked to Sin's control console, reached out, and moved the little boat one grid to the right.
Xie Antong, who had been watching, raised an eyebrow.
Because Feng Wang had reached out with both hands.
Hmm...
“All right, next!”
After the little boat moved, the Arbitrator immediately switched to the next person, as if urging the Game to proceed.
“Heh.” The Dark Clown suddenly shook his head and laughed, a hint of mockery in his tone.
“This kind of pretending-to-be-dumb in a potentially failing Game feels off.”
“Little brother, sleeping at a moment like this truly makes you seem like a Troublemaker.”
No one answered. Everyone watched the sea on the table.
By coincidence, the next turn landed on Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan, the kind of loyal retainer who belonged to that level, looked around and found his Master already asleep.
He had originally intended to cooperate, but now...
After a moment's thought, he turned to his teammate and made room.
Teammate: ?
Everyone: ?
Seriously, you even want to imitate that madman?!
Do you want me to let you sleep too?
“I'm serious, you go.”
Jiang Yuan insisted, staring at his teammate. The two shared a similar background, so the teammate couldn't argue and stepped forward.
His judgment and reasons weren't too different from Feng Wang's earlier ones.
After hesitating, he moved the boat one grid to the left.
Done.
“Wait, are you two messing around here?”
Chiyo Eine beside them couldn't help but speak.
One moved right one grid, the other left one grid, and the boat didn't move at all!
The Dark Clown frowned and looked over.
“All right, next.”
As the Arbitrator finished speaking, Sun's light brightened!