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Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Ye Nianchu was ready for Zhou Yun. She had anticipated Zhou Yun’s move. As Zhou Yun reached out, Ye Nianchu stepped aside, grabbed her hand, twisted it behind her back, and pushed her against the wall by her neck. The whole thing happened so quickly that it was like a magic trick.

Zhou Yun never expected this seemingly ordinary person to have such skills. She had no chance to struggle or escape.

“Ah!” Zhou Yun cried out. “Let me go!”

The player with the early pass needed to push others out to clear the level. The man who came earlier and tried to take a life was probably planning something similar.

But Zhou Yun didn’t realize that this tactic wouldn’t work. She must not reveal her own advantage.

“There are still three players missing, right?” Ye Nianchu asked with a knowing look.

Holding Zhou Yun was challenging for Ye Nianchu. Even though she was skilled, her physical strength wasn’t up to wrestling with Zhou Yun. If she hadn’t been forced into this, she wouldn’t have settled for just surviving despite the points she had.

Panicked, Zhou Yun realized she was being used. “Even if you kill me, it’s useless. You must…”

Zhou Yun realized she had said too much and quickly shut her mouth. But it was too late; her words revealed crucial information.

“It has to be the heads of those evil spirits that count,” Ye Nianchu said, finishing Zhou Yun’s sentence.

Zhou Yun’s face went pale, realizing she had been tricked.

“This round, players are special to the boss, which is crucial,” Ye Nianchu explained. “The evil spirits were originally trapped in Daiyong Town. When you and Ding Qi tried to grab props from Deng Lan, the spirits got a head, and you got the clue for an early pass, right?”

Ye Nianchu’s grip tightened on Zhou Yun’s neck. Her expression was calm, but her movements were precise. The evil spirits were getting stronger with every player they killed. With four players dead, the remaining time would be a tight squeeze.

The pressure on Zhou Yun’s neck made her feel like death was coming closer. Her breathing became harder, and her face turned red.

“Alright. Don’t kill me. I’ll tell you what you want to know,” Zhou Yun begged.

“That’s right.” Ye Nianchu relaxed her grip slightly and continued, “Is it because of Deng Lan’s props that you avoided the evil spirits?”

“I don’t have any props, really,” Zhou Yun said urgently. “We thought Deng Lan had props, so we tried to get them from her. But after she died, Ding Qi didn’t find any props.”

Props that are given away drop automatically when a player dies, but they can also be taken directly, forcing the player to hand them over.

Ding Qi probably didn’t tell Zhou Yun the whole truth. What Zhou Yun said was only partly true.

Several players from the third floor fell into their hands. Wang Hai might have some tricks up his sleeve.

Ye Nianchu didn’t believe Zhou Yun’s claim of no props.

“There’s only one possibility left,” Ye Nianchu said without exposing Zhou Yun. “You and the evil spirits made a deal in this round of the game.”

Ye Nianchu’s mouth curled up slightly. Her tone was calm and slow, but her eyes were cold and unfeeling.

Though she didn’t know what kind of evil spirits others faced last night, the ones she encountered mostly used hallucinations.

The evil spirits trapped in Daiyong Town would likely seek help to escape from their confinement.
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