nThe things Liu Wansheng mentioned, Tang Mo had long thought about them.

nIf the players really advanced in the priority order, only Tang Mo could control the ending of the game. Before this, no matter where Bai Ruoyao and Lin Qianxi went, they wouldn’t be able to pass the instance even if they had the squares that contained the books because Tang Mo could extinguish the light above Mosaic.

nThere was nothing fair about such a game.

nLiu Wansheng’s view of this ‘unfairness’ was that the black tower wanted the two teams to cooperate, thus setting visibly unfair game rules. His speculation wasn’t unreasonable. No one knew when the werewolf would return and both teams wanted to clear the instance with the fastest speed. Tang Mo might be the key to the game but if Bai Ruoyao and Lin Qianxi wanted to make trouble, they could completely occupy all the books or do other troublesome things to hinder Tang Mo’s team from winning.

nThat’s why Liu Wansheng told them to beg and cooperate.

nUnder the current rules of the game, Bai Ruoyao’s team didn’t have any possibility of winning the game and the initiative was on Tang Mo’s side. If Tang Mo didn’t want to work with them, they were bound to be eaten by the werewolf. Once Liu Wansheng and Tang Mo had a chance to win the game, they wouldn’t care about Bai Ruoyao and Lin Qianxi and would directly clear it.

nHowever, Tang Mo didn’t think the black tower would set up such an unfair game. He looked up and stared at Bai Ruoyao. THe baby-faced youth was still sneering. Then he found that Tang Mo was looking at him and blinked. Bai Ruoyao glanced at Liu Wansheng, gave an unknown sneer and turned to walk back to his square.

nLin Qianxi seemed to listen to Bai Ruoyao and returned to the square.

nLiu Wansheng’s expression was ugly. He was stiff and his hairs were standing up. It was obviously a hot day but he was like a man with a burden on his body. After a moment, he turned and found that Tang Mo was watching him calmly. Liu Wansheng lowered his head and left with this sentence, “Don’t regret it.” Then he returned to his own grid.

nOnce the two of them walked back to the square, the black tower made a sound and a film wall blocked the two teams from hearing each other’s voices.

nLiu Wansheng quickly said, “We don’t need to cooperate with them to win. The rules of the game states that at least one book will appear in every round. Just now, two books appeared. It is likely that there will be rounds with three or four books. As long as there are three or more books, we have a chance to win. They only have two people and can occupy up to two books. We can occupy a third book and you can decide the final brightness of the grids. This way, we can clear the instance.” Liu Wansheng’s eyes moved quickly, as if he was counting something. Then he suddenly looked up. “Three books isn’t enough insurance. The important thing is the position of the books. In short, we have an opportunity to clear the instance while they absolutely don’t have a chance.”

nLiu Wansheng said a lot and looked up to find that Tang Mo’s gaze was fixed on the other team. He followed Tang Mo’s gaze and his face immediately turned green. He understood that Tang Mo and the arrogant psychopath weren’t teammates, but the two of them clearly knew each other.”

nLiu Wansheng gritted his teeth. “Do you want to work with him?”

n“He just said that you will die.”

nLiu Wansheng’s face darkened. “That psycho!”

nTang Mo turned his head and stared at Liu Wansheng.

nLiu Wansheng asked, “What’s wrong?”

nTang Mo’s lips curved. “I don’t like that psychopath but if he said that you are going to die, you really are dead.” Liu Wansheng’s expression fell at Tang Mo’s remark, becoming extremely ugly. He hadn’t spoken yet when Tang Mo said, “I don’t intend to ask them to cooperate with us. This game isn’t as simple as you think. It isn’t a simple maths game. Bai Ruoyao also isn’t as kind as you think. If he really wants to kill you, it might be easier than the werewolf eating you.”

n“You…”

n“IF the werewolf wants to eat you, she has to swallow you and it will take at least 10 seconds? It will only take Bai Ruoyao three seconds to kill you.” Tang Mo’s voice stopped and he smiled coldly. “Don’t irritate a stranger if you’re not sure you can’t provoke the other person. In addition, in the next round, you go to occupy the book while I control the brightness and darkness of the grids.”

nLiu Wansheng had also wanted to change the person who would occupy the book. However, Tang Mo’s tone made him very dissatisfied. “I know. Still, he might not be able to kill me.”

n“That is a different story.”

nLiu Wansheng was surprised by the words.

nHe raised his head and saw the handsome young man smiling at him in the bright sunshine. “I only need one second to kill you.”

nLiu Wansheng’s heart thumped and his whole body became ice cold.

nBefore the start of the second round of the game, Tang Mo stood in his grid and thought. Liu Wansheng also bowed his head and didn’t say anything. The five minutes discussion time passed quickly. Mosaic waited impatiently and once the time game, she called to the black tower so it would quickly start the game. The blue light film gradually dissipated and both sides could hear the other team’s voice. At this time, a male voice was heard. “I remember… you are called Tang Mo?”

nTang Mo’s thoughts were interrupted and he turned to look at Liu Wansheng. He didn’t acknowledge or deny it.

n“…You are that Tang Mo?”

nTang Mo looked calmly at the cautious Liu Wansheng. Two seconds later, he looked away.

nLiu Wansheng licked his lips and didn’t speak.

nHe really was Tang Mo!

nIf he was Tang Mo then his words had 70% credibility. As the first Chinese player to clear the black tower’s third floor, Tang Mo could kill him in one second. On the opposite side, the psychopath was likely to kill him in three seconds.

nLiu Wansheng’s heart sank and he got rid of many of his previous strategies.

nIt must be the same for Lin Qianxi. No wonder why the woman didn’t dare to question the psychopath’s words. She guessed that this Tang Mo was the famous Tang Mo. The psychopath was someone who knew Tang Mo and could also pester Tang Mo, making him feeling helpless.

nWhy were these perverts taking part in this reality instance together?

nThis instance wasn’t important enough for these people to enter!

nLiu Wansheng had hundreds of thoughts in his head.

nSoon, the light film completely dissipated and the black tower prompted the second round to begin. 20 items slowly appeared in the light film.

nThe light disappeared and Tang Mo stared. There was only one book!

nThe location of this book was coincidentally on the A4 grid in front of Liu Wansheng.

n“Ding dong! In the second round, players can step forward seven grids.

nPlayers are asked to move the given number of grids in the order of priority.”

nBai Ruoyao said with a grin, “Seven steps.” He strode into the grid in front of him.

nLiu Wansheng had a happy face. He looked at Tang Mo, nodded and strode forward onto the A4 grid. Lin Qianxi was third and she headed into A2.

nThis was a good opportunity that Liu Wansheng hadn’t expected. As long as he held onto A4 and constantly walked back and forth on the squares next to A4, it was likely he would retain priority possession of A4.

nLin Qianxi would be one step behind him every time. It would take Bai Ruoyao seven steps to get here. Bai Ruoyao could only give priority to this grid if he kept moving forward. They still couldn’t win but Liu Wansheng had a chance to win. If Bai Ruoyao didn’t notice this, they would win.

nLiu Wansheng hid the joy in his heart and continued to linger in the vicinity of A4.

nAs he guessed, Bai Ruoyao discovered this and advanced to A4.

nLiu Wansheng was somewhat disappointed. This psychopath was really smart.

nBai Ruoyao took step by step while Lin Qianxi stayed near A4. By the end of the fifth step, Bai Ruoyao stood in B3, while Lin Qianxi, Liu Wansheng and Tang Mo all stood in A4. The four people almost stood together. It was Bai Ruoyao’s turn to take the sixth step. He walked forward to A3. Liu Wansheng sighed in his heart and went to A5.

nOne the sixth step, Bai Ruoyao was A3, Liu Wansheng was A5, Lin Qianxi was A4 and Tang Mo was B4.

nOn the seventh step, Bai Ruoyao naturally stepped into A4 and occupied the priority. Liu Wansheng didn’t think and prepared to enter A4. Suddenly, Tang Mo said, “You walk into B5.”

nLiu Wansheng was surprised. He saw Tang Mo’s calm eyes and quickly understood. After glancing fearfully at the baby-faced youth who was still smiling, he hurried into B5.

nAt the end of the second round, no one in the two teams won.

nThe black tower announced the end of the game and all players returned to their original squares. Liu Wansheng was ready to return to A5 while Lin Qianxi also turned towards A1. The moment they took a step, a white shadow suddenly moved and rushed towards Liu Wansheng. At the same time, a dark shadow sprang towards Lin Qianxi. Tang Mo and Bai Ruoyao captured the other side’s teammate at almost the same time and stopped their actions.

nLiu Wansheng’s reaction speed was fast and he took out a strange red apron to block his body. The red apron touched the air and immediately became as hard as iron, turning into an unexpected shield. However, Bai Ruoyao’s butterfly knife drew a silver glow through the air and the apron directly split into three pieces, dropping to the ground.

nThe butterfly knife arrived at Liu Wansheng’s neck the moment Tang Mo’s small parasol arrived at Lin Qianxi’s neck.

nThe two players who just cleared the first floor of the black tower were frozen in place, afraid to move. Bai Ruoyao heard the sound behind him and slowly turned to see Tang Mo holding the small parasol’s tip against Lin Qianxi’s neck. A hint of surprised flashed through his eyes and he deliberately asked, “Ah Tang Tang, what are you doing? Are you bullying a girl?” There was a disbelieving expression on his face.

nTang Mo held the handle of the small parasol in his right hand and replied lightly, “I am just doing what you’re doing.”

nBai Ruoyao said, “I’m just chatted with this little friend. Right?” The hand holding the butterfly knife moved, the sharp blade slightly sliding and causing Liu Wansheng’s neck to bleed shallowly.

nLiu Wansheng was stiff and too scared to speak. The last of his sanity allowed him to keep his calm and not panic.

nTang Mo smiled when he heard this. “Then I am also chatting with your teammate. Right, Miss. Lin?”

nTang Mo didn’t bother looking at Lin Qianxi despite directing his question to her. He kept smiling coldly at Bai Ruoyao.

nOn the square board, Mosaic was excitedly watching this scene. “Fight, hurry and fight.” The little girl cheered while Tang Mo and Bai Ruoyao silently looked at each other. Strangely enough, the smile on Bai Ruoyao’s face was becoming weaker and small while Tang Mo’s became brighter.

nAfter a long time, Bai Ruoyao stated, “Tang Tang, you won’t kill her. I know you’re not a person who will indiscriminately kill innocent people.”

n“You can try it.”

nBai Ruoyao raised an eyebrow and his answer was to slice Liu Wansheng’s neck.

nBlood suddenly splashed out. This type of injury would be absolutely fatal before the earth went online and he should’ve been sent to hospital immediately.

nIn the present, Liu Wansheng just paled while the wound would soon heal. Once Liu Wansheng’s would recovered, Bai Ruoyao smiled provocatively at Tang Mo. Who would’ve expected Tang Mo’s right hand to move and the small parasol slipped down, piercing Lin Qianxi’s chest.

nBlood instantly dyed her clothes red.

nBai Ruoyao’s smile froze.

nTang Mo pulled out the small parasol and once again placed it against Lin Qianxi’s neck. The wound on her chest healed and Tang Mo smiled again. “I told you, you can try it.”

nBai Ruoyao stared quietly at Tang Mo.

nA moment later, he said again, “You won’t kill…”

nHis voice abruptly stopped. It was because Tang Mo hadn’t hesitated to move the small parasol, leaving a shallow bleeding mark on Lin Qianxi’s neck.

nNeither of them spoke as they stared at each other quietly.

nThree minutes later, the black tower gave a prompt asking players to return to their squares and prepare for the third round. None of the four people moved. Another 10 seconds passed and the black tower was ready to prompt them a second time. Then Bai Ruoyao suddenly removed his hand, the beautiful butterfly knife turning in the air and retracting into his sleeves. His hands were in his pocket as he walked back to his grid, saying innocently, “Tang Tang< you are too boring. Not even allowing people to make a joke.”

nOnce Bai Ruoyao returned to E1, Tang Mo also removed the small parasol and returned to his grid. He stood still and looked up at Bai Ruoyao, declaring calmly, “If you want to kill him then I will kill her.”

nBai Ruoyao’s smile stiffened. Then he shrugged his shoulders and didn’t speak again.

nThe light film appeared slowly, blocking the sound on both sides. Liu Wansheng completely relaxed at this moment. He gasped harshly, as if he had almost died. Finally, he recovered and looked gratefully at Tang Mo. “Tang… Tang Mo, thank you for saving me.”

nTang Mo hung the small parasol back on his waist. “I didn’t save you.”

nLiu Wansheng looked startled.

nTang Mo explained, “If I didn’t kill her and you died, I will be in a 1v2 situation. This is very bad for me and will make it almost impossible for me to win.”

nLiu Wansheng’s expression became agitated but he knew that Tang Mo was telling the truth. There was a 90% chance that his teammate didn’t want to save him. Tang Mo only saved Liu Wansheng in order to clear the game.

nOn the other side of the light film, Bai Ruoyao mouthed something to Tang Mo.

nYou are bad.

nTang Mo ignored him.

nThen Bai Ruoyao said to Liu Wansheng: You are stupid.

nLiu Wansheng clenched his fingers and removed his gaze.

nBai Ruoyao laughed.

nFrom Bai Ruoyao’s declaration to Liu Wansheng that he would die, Tang Mo had been thinking that Bai Ruoyao saw Liu Wansheng’s death, which meant he would certainly kill Liu Wansheng to win.

nIn fact, there was a point where Liu Wansheng was wrong. It wasn’t impossible for the other team to clear the game. There was no need to plead with Tang Mo’s team to cooperate. They just needed to kill the other team members, leaving only their team.

nAfter the game started, each player was confined to a grid and couldn’t walk around casually. They just needed to pay attention and not walk into a grid with a poisonous person. However, in the moments between rounds, the players weren’t confined to grids in the short minutes where they returned to their original spot.

nMany people would ignore this point and take it for granted that ‘players have to return to the original grids. Of course there will be no confinement to squares.’ This was actually the only chance to kill.

nBai Ruoyao seized this opportunity to kill Liu Wansheng.

nTherefore, Tang Mo didn’t think. The moment the confinement was lifted, he immediately grabbed Lin Qianxi.

n‘You want to kill my teammate? Then I will also kill your teammate!’

nTang Mo put this choice in front of Bai Ruoyao and finally, Bai Ruoyao chose to let Liu Wansheng go.

nFu Wenduo would never kill an innocent person but Bai Ruoyao didn’t dare make the gamble. He thought that Tang Mo wouldn’t kill but as long as there was a one in 10,000 possibility, he didn’t dare do anything and could only choose to give up.

nLiu Wansheng was immersed in thinking about the next strategy. The most important thing was that he couldn’t walk into the same square as the psychopath. If they were in the same square, it would be easy for the psychopath to kill him. Tang Mo wouldn’t be able to save him and he couldn’t kill Lin Qianxi.

nA layer of sweat appeared on Liu Wansheng’s forehead.

nJust then, the light film dissipated and the black tower’s prompt was heard.

n“Ding dong! In the third round, Player 1 can move forward four steps, Player 2 can move forward three steps, Player 3 can move forward three steps and Player 4 can move forward two steps.”

nLiu Wansheng raised his head and looked at the girl in the middle with dismay. Tang Mo’s eyes also widened and it seemed he hadn’t thought of this result.

nOn the other side, Bai Ruoyao was stunned before grinning. “Ah, it turned out to be like this. This is the fairness of the game.”

nLiu Wansheng couldn’t suppress his anger. “You didn’t say that each player could walk a different number of steps!”

nMosiac was even angrily than him. “Then why didn’t you ask me? Besides, did you beg me? I know Tang Mo and that pretty boy but I don’t know you.”

n“You…!”

n“Ding dong! Since the players can move forward different number of squares, players can choose if they want to move forward in any round, apart from the player with the most number of moves. For example, Player 2 can move forward three times. After Player 1 moves to the first grid, Player 2 can choose to give up on this opportunity and then move three times afterwards.”

nOnce the black tower’s words finished, the four players were silent as they thought about this meaning.

nMosaic looked at the funny appearance of the four humans focused on thinking and copied Bai Ruoyao’s tone. “Oh, this is the fairness of the game~”

nThe author has something to say:

nOld Fu: …I think I appeared in this chapter?

nTang Tang: I boasted about my Old Fu, saying that he is upright and a good man.

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