Chapter 1 The Evil Planner!

The evil Ba Snake!

After listening to everything Ba Snake had to say, everyone cursed Ba Snake, who wore Yan Hui’s face, while quickly grasping their mission for this game.

1. Identify the murderer who killed the team leader, find Ba Snake, and any suspect identified by a majority of the players present will be directly located by Ba Snake, regardless of time or place, and swallowed on the spot;

2. Protect the treasure that seals the evil spirit, preventing further damage;

3. Find the spirit stones thrown out by the murderer at the place where Ba Snake stops, feed Ba Snake, and make Ba Snake obedient.

At first, everyone didn't feel much about the last task. Qi Hai葵 asked first, what would happen if they didn't find the spirit stones and Ba Snake became hungry and disobedient?

The smile on Ba Snake's face was intriguing. He said, "If my hunger level drops to a certain point, I will listen to whoever feeds me the spirit stones~"

In other words, to fulfill Ba Snake’s promise to help them deal with the murderer by swallowing him whole, they had to feed Ba Snake.

Otherwise, Ba Snake might even listen to the murderer and swallow them instead.

Realizing this, Ba Snake yawned and floated away, leaving a group of players gnashing their teeth.

"This game... is outrageous!"

…

After being stirred up by Ba Snake, the players began to look at each other with suspicion.

Suddenly, Aisha tried to ask, "You... know each other?"

From the moment she entered the game, Aisha noticed that the others were greeting each other. Now that the game had officially started, especially this type of game involving accusations, it was very disadvantageous for her to be the only one who didn't know anyone.

"Yes."

"From the same school?"

"No. We met during this year's Eight Schools Exchange."

"Oh~ so you haven't gone home yet~"

As soon as Aisha said this, Lu Xiaoyao and Wang Wenfei’s eyes lit up, and they looked at her, "Are you also from the Imperial Central Military Academy?"

"Yes, I'm Aisha Lodiya, a fourth-year student in the Reconnaissance Department, Class A." Aisha instantly found a way to integrate into their group, trying to get closer.

Sure enough, as soon as she said this, Lu Xiaoyao immediately acted like she had met a fellow townsman, introducing Wang Wenfei, Mu Chen, and Qi Hai葵 to her, saying that they were all from the Central Military Academy.

The three players who hadn't been mentioned saw this and their eyes flickered slightly, involuntarily moving closer together.

The "seven familiar, one stranger" situation had now turned into "five together, three outsiders," and the disadvantage immediately fell on Julian and the other two from different schools.

"That Aisha is suspicious."

Julian whispered to Mu Ning, who quickly glanced at Aisha and nodded immediately.

Having followed Julian in the previous game, Mu Ning still subconsciously listened to Julian this time.

What he said made sense. If the five from the Central Military Academy formed a group first and kicked the three of them out, it was a very real possibility.

"Be careful later."

Julian said to Mu Ning and then turned to look at Madison, who nodded repeatedly, assuring him that she wouldn't betray them.

Just by getting closer and exchanging a few words, Madison inexplicably followed Julian’s lead.

"I know you have a good relationship with Lu Xiaoyao and Wang Wenfei, but Lu Xiaoyao is simple-minded and might be easily deceived, so you need to be more careful."

Julian’s meaningful words made Madison unable to resist looking at Aisha, who was surrounded by Lu Xiaoyao and the others.

Just like Julian said, Lu Xiaoyao was simple-minded and might be easily fooled.

Julian whispered instructions to Madison, his eyes falling on the three chattering girls, then glancing at Mu Chen, who was standing there trying to appear friendly but remained silent, and at Qi Hai葵, who wanted to interject but didn't seem to be able to.

Speaking of this group of five, perhaps only the girls had truly close relationships.

"Alright, for now, let's focus on the task at hand."

Finally, Aisha stopped Lu Xiaoyao's enthusiastic chatting and suggested, "It's still bright outside the car, shouldn't we gather spirit stones for Ba Snake?"

"And guard the sealed object," Julian reminded from the side, "Although the teacher said before he died that he had added layers of seals to the sealed object, and even if it was constantly damaged, it would still take a few days, but if we really don't care and we can't find enough spirit stones in these few days for our return to school, then if the evil spirit breaks the seal, we'll all be doomed."

"Oh, right! The sealed object needs guarding."

After Julian's reminder, the group began to discuss who should guard the sealed object.

On the other side of the live broadcast, Mingmei smiled as she watched everything that was happening, and then looked at the barrage. Just as she expected, everyone had already begun to speculate about the murderer.

[We can rule out Wang Wenfei, she was with our little one during the lunch break, the little one can prove it!]

[That's right, although the little one went to the bathroom and then went to the tea room to get water, the whole process didn't take more than five minutes. Wang Wenfei didn't have enough time to commit the crime!]

[Then the murderer is one of the other six people present.]

[Does anyone else think that Aisha is being too proactive? Is she hiding something?]

[Maybe! Look at how she's trying to get close to the little one. And the way those three non-Central Military Academy students are looking over there, ugh! Is this sowing discord?]

[What's so bad about that? If you were playing this game, wouldn't you be afraid that everyone else knew each other except you? What if they formed a group and had Ba Snake swallow you first?]

[Maybe the murderer is one of those three! Their defensiveness is also because they're afraid of being the weaker side and failing, that's why they're forming a group!]

[Everyone is forming groups, which reminds me of when I played this game before, and because I didn't form a group... ugh~~ I became food for Ba Snake qaq!]

…

After reading the barrage, Mingmei silently stood up and took out her own lunchbox.

[Braised Pork Ribs Lunchbox: 2 credits/box, randomly obtain one characteristic of the murderer, limited to one purchase;]

[Duck Blood and Tofu Stew Lunchbox: 2 credits/box, can reinforce the seal and extend the time before the evil spirit breaks free by one day.]

Seeing the effects of the two lunchboxes, Mingmei raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes falling on the braised pork ribs lunchbox. She felt that the effects of this lunchbox had a lot of potential for manipulation~

Her attention turned back to Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast. The eight people present had already clearly divided the work.

Two people would stay in the car to guard the evil spirit's seal, and the remaining six would search for the discarded spirit stones in the wilderness.

Ba Snake had said earlier that the place where it landed was the spot where the spirit stones were scattered, a very obvious hint that forced them to consider finding food for Ba Snake first.

Otherwise, who knew whose helper Ba Snake would become in the end?