Chapter 17 The Delicacy

　　Jiang Cheng watched Luo He's back. During the May 5th Incident, this man had left a deep impression on him. His thinking was meticulous, his abilities were strong, and just standing there gave people a sense of reliability.

　　Jiang Cheng remembered that even the Straw God in the May 5th Incident was extremely wary of this guy, and even used the police officers in the copy to imprison him forcibly.

　　Without opening the door immediately, Luo He simply placed his hand lightly on the door, as if sensing the situation outside.

　　After about 5 seconds, with a "creak," the door opened.

　　The dim corridor outside was empty.

　　Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

　　But then, Luo He walked out the door and reached to the right side of the door, slowly pulling out a wooden cart.

　　The moment they saw the wooden cart, Bai Xi and Lu Yu's expressions changed immediately. Teacher Zi Gui subconsciously pulled them behind him, because they remembered very clearly before entering the door that the outside was empty, and there was no wooden cart at all.

　　The wooden cart was covered with a dirty cloth. Judging from the space inside, it could completely hide a person, or rather… a corpse.

　　Jiang Cheng suddenly had an ominous premonition.

　　Because at this moment, he smelled a faint meaty fragrance.

　　It was the kind of smell of meat being roasted until it was charred.

　　Only then did Jiang Cheng notice that although the wooden cart was relatively crude in workmanship, it still had the outline of a dining car in general.

　　Corpse, dining car, charred meat… When these words were connected, a terrifying image flashed in Jiang Cheng's mind.

　　This wooden cart most likely contained a charred corpse!

　　Luo He reached out and made a gesture to pull off the cloth on the wooden cart. Jiang Cheng didn't have time to stop him. As the cloth fell to the ground, the scene inside the wooden cart was presented to everyone.

　　Exquisite dishes were placed on the cart. The wooden cart was divided into three layers, each layer filled with delicacies, and even drinks such as wine, which were exceptionally rich.

　　"It seems that the owner here wants to treat us well." Chen Ran looked like he was used to strange things, with a strange smile on his lips, as if nothing could make him feel nervous.

　　The situation in front of him seemed to him to be just an insignificant game.

　　After a moment, a cold, even hostile voice came, "If Mr. Chen really has this confidence, you can accept the owner's hospitality alone on behalf of all of us." Su Xiaoxiao said with a gloomy face.

　　Xia Qiang and the others present were confused by Su Xiaoxiao's sudden attack. They didn't understand why things suddenly turned out like this. Did these two… have a grudge before?

　　But Jiang Cheng understood that in the Whale Island copy, Su Xiaoxiao was plotted against by Chen Ran and almost died inside. But the two siblings survived in the end, which Jiang Cheng didn't expect.

　　Hearing this, Chen Ran slowly turned around, his eyes fixed on Su Xiaoxiao, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, and then, he smiled again, "It seems that it was the right choice to spare your life before, Miss Su, you are indeed an interesting person, but this time is different from the past. If you want to survive, being stubborn is useless." After saying this, Chen Ran glanced at Jiang Cheng again, as if these words were not only for Su Xiaoxiao, but also for Jiang Cheng.

　　Su An could hear the aggressiveness in Chen Ran's tone. Seeing his sister being bullied, he immediately stood up and protected Su Xiaoxiao behind him. His height of over two meters, coupled with a loyal face, made him look very unfriendly.

　　But Chen Ran was not just a showy person who only knew how to talk. Su An's fierceness couldn't scare him at all. On the contrary, it made him feel eager to try, until…

　　"Have you played enough?" A clear and cold female voice sounded, not loud, but enough for everyone to hear clearly.

　　Lin Wan'er turned her head and glanced at Chen Ran, who lowered his hands from his waist without drawing his knife.

　　The fight didn't break out, and Number 8 looked regretful.

　　Luo He was not interested in these trivial matters. He carefully checked the food, and then turned around and said to everyone, "There should be no problem with these foods. We don't know how long we will stay here, and we don't know when we will eat next. I suggest we eat first, and then slowly study the problems below."

　　Luo He gave everyone a very good first impression. He was silent, elegant, and calm, especially those azure blue eyes, which made people feel inexplicably at ease when they looked at them.

　　"Okay, let's listen to this gentleman." Xia Qiang stated on behalf of his team. The Lin siblings naturally had no objection.

　　Teacher Zi Gui held a student in each hand. He, Lu Yu, and Bai Xi, three pairs of eyes did not look at Luo He, but at Jiang Cheng and Fatty. Lu Yu even stared at Fatty.

　　Obviously, they didn't trust any of these people. They only trusted the familiar Jiang Cheng and Fatty.

　　Luo He was a member of Deep Red who followed Lin Wan'er, so Jiang Cheng and Fatty naturally trusted him. "I also agree, let's eat first, and then slowly explore this world," Jiang Cheng said.

　　After noticing Lu Yu's eyes, Fatty smiled at her, and then nodded very affirmatively. Lu Yu's tense expression instantly eased, and she also showed a smile to Fatty.

　　"Brother Jiang, Brother Fugui, I'll follow you. Whatever you say goes!" Du Moyu had no doubts about Jiang Cheng and Fatty's abilities and character. If this were in a book, they would definitely be the protagonist duo, and as everyone knows, the protagonist doesn't die easily, so he chose to firmly hug their thighs.

　　The remaining Chen Ran, Number 8 Violent Loli, and Wan Yan Ning were all with Lin Wan'er, so their position was self-evident.

　　Jiang Cheng turned his head and looked at Xia Meng. This woman was not easy to deal with either.

　　But this time, she was surprisingly cooperative, even a little well-behaved. "I also agree that everyone should act together. Although the efficiency is lower, the safety is higher."

　　"The difficulty of this mission is very high. We can only survive by helping each other!" Xia Meng showed great enthusiasm, cheering for her teammates.

　　Jiang Cheng sneered in his heart, thinking that this woman really knew how to judge people. If Sister Nuan and the others from the first copy knew that Xia Meng was so well-behaved, they would probably be so angry that they would come back to life.

　　But at this moment, Jiang Cheng would not expose her. It was best to be at peace.

　　"What about you?" Lin Wan'er said, treating Su Xiaoxiao with a fairly acceptable attitude.

　　Seeing this scene, Su Xiaoxiao did not become the person who destroyed the atmosphere, patted Su An's hand to reassure him, and then nodded to Lin Wan'er, "We also trust Mr. Jiang."

　　The team finally reached a consensus, and Jiang Cheng became the nominal leader of the team without any controversy.

　　Under his arrangement, everyone began to perform their duties. Some were on guard, some continued to check whether the food was poisonous, some were looking for clues nearby, and the remaining few inexperienced people were responsible for cleaning the table and tidying up the room.

　　Jiang Cheng approached Lin Wan'er and whispered, "Why are you here too?"

　　"I don't know." Lin Wan'er was as straightforward as ever. Her eyes moved to Jiang Cheng's face, and after a moment, she said softly, "But it's certain that it's related to you. Otherwise, there's no way to explain why everyone here knows you."

　　"These people have all experienced missions with me, and they are all survivors of the missions," Jiang Cheng said concisely. "But I don't understand, why is this happening?"

　　Lin Wan'er was silent for a moment. "Perhaps you violated the rules on the bus. After all, taking the enforcer off the bus is something that has never happened before. We don't know what consequences it will have."

　　"That should be the case." Jiang Cheng nodded, his voice very low. "This time on the bus, I met the ghost bride. She wanted to protect me and Fatty, and had a conflict with a man reading a newspaper."

　　"That man is also an enforcer on the bus. He used to appear with the ghost bride. We saw him when we first got on the bus." At that time, Jiang Cheng would never have thought that the ghost bride would now become one of their own, and a very devoted one, with a loyalty comparable to Fatty's.

　　Jiang Cheng seemed to be uncomfortable with his neck, reached out and rubbed the position near his neck on his left shoulder, rubbing while making a painful expression.

　　"What's wrong?" Lin Wan'er asked.

　　Jiang Cheng glared at Lin Wan'er with resentful eyes and complained, "You're the one to talk! It's all because of you, knocking me out at every turn. Now I have sequelae. It hurts so much when it's cloudy and rainy."

　　Lin Wan'er glanced at him. "Stop acting. I hit your right shoulder, and I used just the right amount of force."

　　Jiang Cheng's eyes relaxed when he looked at Lin Wan'er. Through the conversation just now, he was 90% sure that the woman in front of him was indeed Lin Wan'er. The aura of this woman could not be learned by ordinary ghosts.

　　But he was still not sure, so he tested her again. After all, the newspaper man might know about the ghost bride on the bus, but he had no reason to know what happened outside the bus.

　　So, Lin Wan'er was real.

　　"Your worries are correct." Lin Wan'er continued, they were standing by the wall, everyone around them was busy, no one noticed them, "I also suspect that other things have mixed in here."

　　After confirming that Lin Wan'er was okay, Jiang Cheng felt much relieved. "Do you have any suspects?"

　　"Not yet, but it should be among those people." Lin Wan'er slightly raised her chin, towards a direction.

　　"I have tested the people I brought, and there is no problem. If something really mixed in, it must be among them." Lin Wan'er's voice was full of certainty.

　　Jiang Cheng followed Lin Wan'er's gaze, it was Xia Qiang and his group, as well as Teacher Zi Gui and them.

　　"Do you know much about these people? Is there a way to distinguish them?" Lin Wan'er asked.

　　Worried about arousing suspicion, Jiang Cheng only took a few simple glances before withdrawing his gaze. "If that thing doesn't make some low-level mistakes, it will be difficult to find it." Jiang Cheng said truthfully, "I only experienced missions with them, but the time was very short, and there was no contact in the real world. I don't know their behavioral habits."

　　"In that case… things will be troublesome." Lin Wan'er looked at them, and a trace of emotion that Jiang Cheng didn't want to see flashed in her eyes.

　　"What are you going to do?" Jiang Cheng questioned.

　　"If we can't distinguish them until the end, then we can only kill them all. This is not the perfect way to break the situation, but it is our last, and most secure choice." Lin Wan'er's voice was flat and cold.

　　If it were someone else, Jiang Cheng would suspect that they were bluffing, but Lin Wan'er wouldn't. If she said kill them all, she would definitely kill them all, and she had a lot of helpers.

　　Chen Ran was very happy to do such a thing.

　　Jiang Cheng turned his head and saw Yuan Xiaotian carrying a chair, Lin Muwan was wiping the table with a cloth, her brother Lin Muyun was with her, setting the plates, Teacher Zi Gui was pulling Lu Yu, saying something, Lu Yu was wringing her hands together, nodding from time to time.

　　Each and every one of them was a lively and lovely person…

　　They were all people who had risked their lives to survive from missions, and now, just because they had to save their own lives, they were forcibly depriving them of their lives.

　　Whose life is not a life?

　　Moreover… these people were not complete strangers, and some of them had become friends with him.

　　"Brother Jiang?"

　　A voice startled him. Jiang Cheng looked in the direction of the voice and saw Du Moyu carrying a bucket, sneaking over, his arms bulging, his eyes like a thief.

　　When Lin Wan'er saw this, she walked away very naturally.

　　Seeing that only he and Jiang Cheng were left, Du Moyu put down the bucket, quietly pulled open his shirt, revealing the few long loaves of bread inside.

　　The bread was heavily compressed, seemingly to save space.

　　Du Moyu was mysterious and whispered after approaching, "Brother Jiang, I've observed that those foods can't be stored. I suspect this mission is about who can withstand hunger."

　　"I'm not guessing blindly. I've seen a movie before, and it was filmed like this. A group of people woke up in an unfamiliar cellar, and then there was a table of rich ingredients in front of them."

　　"But after they finished eating, there was no food for a long time, so people kept starving to death. Everyone killed each other for food. Until the end, when there were three people left, the people outside opened the cellar."

　　"I secretly hid a few loaves of bread and a few eggs. No one else found out. I'll find a place to hide them later."

　　"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid. I won't hide them on my body. If you and Brother Fugui want to eat something, remember to come to me."

　　After speaking, Du Moyu walked away carrying the bucket. Looking at his eyes that were secretly looking around, you could tell that he was looking for a place to hide the food.

　　Jiang Cheng didn't care how Du Moyu treated other people, but he was very good to him and Fatty.

　　If Du Moyu was really right, then having more food meant having a better chance of survival, and Du Moyu was willing to tell him this secret, which was the greatest trust.

　　Jiang Cheng would never watch such a person die in front of him.

　　"Hesitation breeds chaos." Lin Wan'er's voice came like a ghost, "If killing a few unimportant people can clear the mission, we don't need to pay a more painful price."

　　"Do you want something to happen to me, or… him?" Lin Wan'er gestured in another direction, where Fatty was holding up Number 8, who was waving a wooden stick and constantly hitting the ceiling, looking very happy.

　　"I don't need you to teach me how to do things, Lin Wan'er. I have my own judgment." Jiang Cheng's voice was hoarse, "I will find the thing hiding among us."