Chapter 112

Lu Gui and Lu Xiaoyao quietly waited to see who else besides the players would try to assassinate the tyrant tonight, while Julian also noticed some other signs.

"Why are you outside the tent? There are too many eyes and ears here. What do you want to say to me?"

Mandison didn't expect Julian to ask him out for a chat during his afternoon break. He didn't quite understand the other person's behavior.

With sentries every three steps and guards every five steps outside, and the language in the game simplified so everyone spoke the same way, anything he shouldn't be heard saying would be gone.

"That... Lord Cui, what do you think?"

"What's wrong with Lord Cui?"

Mandison looked confused and blurted out the question before realizing what the other person meant.

"No way, do you suspect something's wrong with Lord Cui?"

Weren't they all sitting together, chatting and laughing, having a lively conversation just now?

How could he suddenly think there was a problem with the other person?

"I feel like Lord Cui's personality seems different than before..."

Even though this was only the second time he'd met Lord Cui, Julian could still sense the difference.

Regarding the original Lord Cui, although Julian didn't understand the ancient Blue Star's descriptions of an ancient noble gentleman as upright, refined, and gentle, it didn't stop him from admiring Lord Cui's character.

But this time, Lord Cui in the game inexplicably gave him a sense of being unfathomable and unpredictable.

"Really? I've never played this character before, so I've never encountered Lord Cui." Mandison's character in *Assassinate the Emperor* was a lone assassin from Mu Chen's lab, skilled in disguise.

However, he never managed to complete that character's storyline. In the end, his acting skills weren't good enough, and he wasn't observant enough. Sometimes he'd get exposed by an NPC for no reason and suffer a terrible fate.

Now, he finally had teammates while playing this character, but just when he thought everything was going smoothly, a problem arose.

"Does this... Is there something wrong with the change in Lord Cui's character? Isn't it said that many games have been completely changed? Isn't it normal for NPCs to have their character settings changed one by one?"

"Character settings changing aren't the problem. The problem is that if his character setting changes, can his purpose and character still be trusted?"

Julian was a little worried. He'd collected very little information about the changes in *Assassinate the Emperor* compared to other games.

Basically, the Chu Rong army would besiege the city at the beginning, and the game would end before the players could react.

He didn't expect to enter *Assassinate the Emperor* this time. He was already prepared for the game to end with the fall of the country at the start.

What he didn't expect was that the tyrant didn't die at the beginning like his other classmates had said, so even if other NPCs in the game had changed, he had no clue.

The most important thing was that Lord Cui used to be a good friend who fought alongside them. It would be one thing if his character setting changed, but if he collapsed and stabbed him in the back at the last moment, Julian would really be screwed.

Oh no, he was worried that he'd stab the tyrant at the last moment!

Completing the game didn't necessarily mean killing the tyrant.

But this reminded him of something else. He wondered where the last player was now.

Working with smart people like Mu Chen in the past had been incredibly effective. He wondered who it would be this time.

"Instead of worrying here, you should go over and test him out. Wouldn't you know once you test him?"

Mandison didn't understand why Julian had to drag him out here to worry. Instead of thinking about it himself, he should just do it himself!

"Then I'll leave it to you."

That's what Julian had been waiting to hear him say.

This time, Lord Cui's character gave him a very complicated feeling. He felt like he'd be seen through if he stood next to him and asked too many questions. He wanted to test him too, so...

Mandison was speechless when he heard Julian's words.

So, most of the teammates he encountered were still just trying to screw him over?

…

On Mingmei's side, Mu Chen was getting more and more unrestrained. Anyway, Mingmei had already sold all her boxed lunches, so she was kept in the royal tent to accompany him, leaving Mingmei with no personal space at all.

Mu Chen saw Mingmei occasionally looking outside the royal tent and found it amusing. He asked her about it, and Mingmei said, "I saw Lu Xiaoyao sneaking around near where I was resting earlier."

"Is she still streaming?"

Knowing that Mingmei could sense what Lu Xiaoyao was doing, Mu Chen became curious.

"Not exactly, but I used to have a way to watch the livestream, and I still do, but she doesn't know~"

Mingmei winked at Mu Chen, "But I can't see the parts that involve her privacy~ Don't worry~"

"That's not what I was asking, but isn't she sneaking around to buy more boxed lunches?"

Lu Xiaoyao ultimately didn't get to eat that bowl of noodles, and Mu Chen knew about it. He'd heard about it and laughed, though he was helpless.

He'd also heard a little about the story of Lu Xiaoyao and her first boxed lunch.

It was very mysterious.

"Then go take a look."

After Mu Chen finished speaking, Mingmei turned her head and looked at Mu Chen, who was only wearing his sleeping robe, his chest exposed. For some reason, she felt a hint of delicate vulnerability in him?

"Aren't you going?"

Seeing Mingmei staring at his chest, her eyes unblinking, Mu Chen deliberately became mischievous and moved his body slightly to make his clothes even more disheveled.

Mingmei: …

Mu Chen was really a different person before and after they started dating.

He was also two different people before and after meeting her parents.

The way he was now was simply trying to tempt her to commit a crime!

"Cough! Then I'm going back!"

Snapping back to reality, Mingmei immediately turned around and hurried out with red ears, making Mu Chen laugh again.

Then, alone in his royal tent, Mu Chen straightened his clothes, sat up straight, summoned the palace servants who had just gone outside to wait, and instructed them to do some other things.

…

"What are you doing here?"

Lu Xiaoyao finally found Mingmei's residence according to her original memory, but she didn't see Mingmei. As she was looking around, Mingmei suddenly spoke, almost scaring Lu Xiaoyao into screaming.

"I... I wanted to ask if there were any more boxed lunches..."

Staring at Mingmei's eyes, Lu Xiaoyao felt uncomfortable for a moment. Turning to look at Mingmei, she asked with some guilt.

Although there used to be a six-hour countdown in the game, now that the game had reached this point, wouldn't the mysterious merchant have changed at all?

Mingmei couldn't deny that Lu Xiaoyao's little eyes were darting around, revealing all her thoughts. Mingmei even wanted to say directly, "Sorry~ I really haven't changed~"

Inwardly lively, Mingmei still said coldly, "Sorry, the boxed lunches are limited. Please come back in four hours."

Lu Xiaoyao: "..."

So, the changes in the world couldn't change any of the mysterious merchant's attributes?