Chapter 144 An Act

Mingmei looked at the comments and felt the events unfolding with the players were quite unbelievable. Had they really just sent away a teammate?

"Oh my god! You guys..."

Lu Xiaoyao retreated in fear, looking at everyone as if they were ghosts. Julian scoffed at her ghostly appearance. "You and Mu Ning are the only two girls left. Shouldn't we be the ones who are scared?"

As soon as Julian said this, Mu Ning looked at him in disbelief, then turned to Lu Xiaoyao, saying incredulously, "You're actually such a good actress?"

"What are you talking about?"

Startled by Mu Ning's sudden accusation, Lu Xiaoyao retreated further, her face full of innocence and surprise. "Isn't that you? You were the one who kept saying Senior Sister had problems. Now that she's gone, you're saying I have problems?"

"No, it was originally you. You were the one who pointed out the inconsistencies in your senior sister's words, leading me to speak up!"

Now that Ai Qisi was gone, Mu Ning insisted that she was a good person, so she attributed all the previous oddities to Lu Xiaoyao.

The more she talked, the more reasonable she felt. Lu Xiaoyao was definitely the murderer!

The more Mu Ning and Lu Xiaoyao argued, the more the surrounding boys distanced themselves from both of them. When Mu Ning noticed this, she felt like she was falling apart!

The subsequent eliminations would definitely revolve around her and Lu Xiaoyao, but there was still an order of precedence!

"I'm not the murderer!"

"I really am not!"

"Me neither," Lu Xiaoyao added timidly after Mu Ning finished her tirade. "The way you're talking makes it sound like I'm the murderer."

"You!!!"

Mu Ning's eyes turned red with anger at Lu Xiaoyao's words, and she shouted, "Now there are only two girls left, so if you're not the murderer, then I am. Isn't that what you're saying?"

"But I'm really not the murderer. Like you said, there's only one of us. If you're saying you're not, doesn't that mean it's me? But I'm not. So isn't it you?"

Lu Xiaoyao's voice wasn't as loud as Mu Ning's, but she absolutely refused to admit it. However, this made Mu Ning even angrier, and she shouted, "Fine! We might as well all die together and be swallowed by Ba She. Wouldn't one of the murderers be revealed? The remaining murderer can be found among yourselves!"

After Mu Ning finished shouting, she glared fiercely at the surrounding boys, as if trying to see through their flaws.

In addition, her gaze was full of disdain. Why were these boys just watching them argue?

Could they not offer any constructive suggestions?

However, Ba She, who had just been mentioned by Mu Ning, spoke up. Without showing himself, he said, "Why are you guys in such a hurry? Swallowing and swallowing non-stop. I also need to rest, okay? Let me digest. For now, you guys solve it yourselves."

Everyone: ???

Did he have a cooldown period?

For a moment, everyone stared at each other, speechless.

"Since there's still some time before Ba She's punishment, how about... we do something else first?"

Finally, Nanaumi Aoi spoke softly, "Do you guys remember what we went out to do during the day?"

"Find spirit stones," Mu Ning said first. "I found three. I fed two to Ba She during the day, and I still have one left."

As she spoke, she took out the last spirit stone, her eyes fixed on Lu Xiaoyao's direction. "If I were the murderer, I would definitely hold onto this spirit stone tightly, waiting for Ba She to be so hungry that he's out of his mind so I can bribe him to swallow you all directly!"

"But everyone isn't blind. It's impossible that you're the only one who found spirit stones, right?"

Lu Xiaoyao retorted without giving in, "Rather than what you're thinking, it's better to take it out and pretend to do something, so you can act like a good person!"

As Lu Xiaoyao spoke, her eyes sparkled as she looked at everyone present, her face full of hope for praise. "Am I right?"

However, not many people present agreed with her.

"Eh... you guys..."

Seeing the unnatural expressions on everyone's faces, a bad feeling flashed through Lu Xiaoyao's mind. "You guys, don't tell me you don't have any spirit stones?"

These words seemed to hit a sore spot, and everyone's faces became even uglier!

It seemed that they really hadn't found a single spirit stone all afternoon!

How did Mu Ning have such good luck to find so many?

[Holy crap... this is even more unbelievable!]

[Are these male players not doing so well? How could this be?]

[Oh my god, this, this, this...]

[Only this Miss Sister found spirit stones?]

[I'm going to die, doesn't that mean only the murderer has them?]

[Wait, are you guys just assuming our baby isn't the murderer?]

[Lu Xiaoyao as the murderer... does the system think that highly of our baby?]

……

The comments were full of disbelief that Lu Xiaoyao could be the murderer, which made Mingmei feel that Lu Xiaoyao was very different in this game.

"Guigui, do you think Lu Xiaoyao has become smarter?"

"Hey, don't really not talk. I'll just assume you accidentally blacklisted me. I don't blame you."

Guigui: [?? Are you even speaking human language?]

"You're talking?"

Guigui: [I was just writing a 2000-word reflection for you,]

"Oh, oh, oh~ Do you want to rest for a while and talk to me, or should I continue?"

Guigui: […You talk, I'm listening.]

Seeing Guigui succumb to her "brutally" forced chat, Mingmei's tone softened, and she slowly said, "If one of the murderers really is Lu Xiaoyao, then I really have to admit that I underestimated her."

"I used to be so used to her being stupid, but during this time, especially since the last game dungeon lasted long enough, I gradually realized that Lu Xiaoyao has been improving all along.

Although she usually doesn't notice it herself, and still likes to be silly, act cute, and act spoiled, she can actually be considered serious and reliable when she's doing things seriously. Sometimes watching her do things makes me feel that she has actually changed."

Mingmei babbled on, recalling her interactions with Lu Xiaoyao.

"In this game, although I still feel that she's still cute and silly, the occasional tone and rhythm of her speech still make me feel a little off.

At first, I didn't think anything of it, but now, I understand a little better.

Lu Xiaoyao is acting."

[How can you be so sure she's acting instead of being the same as before?]

"If she were the same as before, you wouldn't have asked me that, Guigui.

You would directly mock me for thinking too much, or simply not say anything, right? You actually know what identity card Lu Xiaoyao got in this game, right? You're unwilling to hear me discovering her difference just based on memories and feelings, and you're also curious if I actually have any evidence, right?"

Guigui: […]