Chapter 31
“I can see.”
“You never use props. You always go straight for the kill,” Ye Nianchu observed, looking at the young man.
“I thought my sister wouldn’t push the person on the third floor to the evil spirits, so I wanted to help you,” the young man said, glancing down at Ye Nianchu. “I didn’t expect you’d beat me to it.”
Ye Nianchu replied, “You’re clearly trying to make the game harder.”
“Isn’t that what my sister intended?” The boy didn’t deny it.
“Of course not. I didn’t do anything.”
The other side had its own mess to deal with. And she wasn’t even at her best yet! Was she really making the game harder? Wasn’t it supposed to be challenging enough?
“The peach tree is going to be gone, so the evil spirits will get stronger, and the talisman’s power will weaken,” the young man said, handing the talisman to Ye Nianchu.
【Congratulations to the player for obtaining the 'Amulet of Protection'. This item is only for use in this round of the game.】 The system prompt chimed.
Ye Nianchu was stunned.
It felt too casual for someone to give away such a powerful life-saving item.
“It’s not much use to me,” the young man said, popping a mint into his mouth.
Even if he didn’t need the item, who would just give it away like that?
“I don’t like owing favors.” Ye Nianchu was about to return the talisman when she saw the young man’s increasingly dangerous smile. She quickly adjusted her words. “But I am not just anyone; I am called ‘sister’.”
“Uh-huh,” the young man said, nodding happily.
“Sister, most of the evil spirits were after you just now,” he added.
Ye Nianchu was taken aback. So, out of everyone at the B&B, they all seemed to be chasing her?
“It seems like I’m the center of attention here,” Ye Nianchu muttered, feeling like a non-celebrity at a fan convention.
“Before we leave, I’ll help you draw some of the evil spirits away,” Ye Nianchu suggested.
The young man’s plan was clearly for his own benefit, and with the thing that had been keeping the evil spirits in check now gone, drawing some of them away would make things easier for him.
The young man’s eyes widened in surprise, and he grinned slightly. “Aren’t you afraid?”
He had noticed that while she was good at fighting, she was also very weak. The contrast was striking. It was clear she was holding back her true strength.
When dealing with Zhou Yun earlier, she had targeted the weakest spots on the body, effective but with less power. There was no need to hide her abilities so much.
“It’s okay. I’m not scared anymore since I’ve seen so much,” Ye Nianchu said. “I have a question. Can you help answer it?”
The young man nodded, signaling her to ask.
“What’s going on with the difficulty level of this round of the game?” Ye Nianchu inquired.
“Don’t you know, sister?” The young man paused for a moment. “Game worlds like Peachland, dominated by unnatural forces, are a special type of game.
Special games started appearing six months ago, during a test phase. Only high-level, experienced players could join.
In the last test, half of the players were top S-rank players, and the others were at least A-rank. But in the end, only the Shadow Alliance’s He Leader completed it.”
Ye Nianchu’s expression darkened slightly at the mention of 'He Leader'.
“Since then, special games have been officially launched, with some rules revealed to players.
The difficulty of these games refers to how much special abilities of S-rank players are restricted, not the game’s inherent difficulty.”
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