72: Dare to follow?

*Cough, cough.*

"Captain Tao."

"Didn't you say just now... that if someone dies, the payout is fourfold?"

"Liu Tao is dead, and the Fei Lian Squad has been eliminated."

"Next, isn't it time to bring out the stars?"

Tao Ruiyu's face turned deathly pale.

He stared at the screen, gnashing his teeth.

Damn that Wang Feng!

Everything was fine; why did he have to lure the zombies over?!

"Captain Tao, you wouldn't be going back on your word, would you?"

Tao Ruiyu's teeth were nearly crushed from clenching them!

A fourfold payout meant twenty stars! Adding his own wager of five stars...

In one breath, he had lost twenty-five stars!

The Performance Points he had just won were almost entirely paid out!

Damn it, damn it, damn it!

Despite cursing over and over in his heart,

He still had to hand over the required Performance Points.

"Thank you for your generosity, Captain Tao."

"Captain Tao, if you leave now, you can still break even."

"Just like you told me before, you have to learn to cut your losses in time."

On Qiu Churou's side, she chimed in with a matching sentiment.

"That's right, Captain Tao."

"Your Performance Points weren't easy to come by; how can you just lose them all like this?"

"Running away might be shameful, but it's effective."

Tao Ruiyu suddenly whipped his head around.

The look he gave Qiu Churou was as if he wanted to devour her alive.

Is this how you freaking 'advise' me?!

And saying running away is shameful?!

At this moment, Tao Ruiyu was like Shen Aoxue before him, being roasted over a fire.

Withdraw?!

What a joke!

My luck is peaking today!

Losing one round was just a matter of bad luck!

I can win it back! It only takes one round!

"Continue!"

Tao Ruiyu looked at the livestream screen.

Wang Feng's Black Raven Squad was still ranked dead last.

The second-ranked Shang Ji Squad had suffered heavy losses; only the third-ranked Bedrock Squad and the tenth-ranked Blood Wolf Squad were still relatively intact!

The Blood Wolf Squad had higher levels and Gene Enhancements.

Moreover, they had performed brilliantly in several previous instances.

In the livestream, the Blood Wolf Squad was also the first team to shake off the Reaper Zombie.

Furthermore, they had the supplies they had snatched from Black Raven in their hands.

In contrast, the Bedrock Squad was still entangled with the Reaper Zombie.

It has to be the Blood Wolf Squad!

This time, it's impossible for me to lose!

"This time, I'm betting on the Blood Wolf Squad!"

"Fifteen stars! Are you following or not!"

At this moment, Tao Ruiyu was like a Japanese gambler obsessed with horse racing.

Or like an unlucky gacha player who dropped a 648 pack and still got nothing.

In this state, he simply couldn't stop.

If people could stop, there wouldn't be so many in the world who lost their fortunes and families to gambling.

Gambling addicts ruin lives!

But Wang Feng specialized in curing gambling addicts!

Shen Aoxue just smiled calmly.

"Fine, I'll follow. I'm betting on the Black Raven Squad."

"I'll follow too; I'm betting on the Hyena Squad," Qiu Churou followed suit.

The others didn't have enough stars, so they could only choose not to follow, hand over five stars, and exit... Wang Feng glanced at the Points list.

The first-place Fei Lian Squad was eliminated, and the second-place Shang Ji Squad was crippled.

Next, he just needed to harvest step-by-step to win.

But that wasn't enough!

He wanted Tao Ruiyu, who was outside the instance, to die!

So he decided to make another move!

He rummaged quickly through his backpack, synthesizing several Firearm Base Materials from parts, and then used the duplication function to create identical items.

He ensured that the point value of this bag of supplies was high enough!

Then, he sprinted!

He seemed to be heading toward the instance entrance, but in reality, he was searching for the other teams!

Soon, Wang Feng ran into the Hyena Squad.

"It's you! Wang Feng!"

This team was currently ranked fifth, and their point difference from the top two was a full three hundred!

By normal logic, no one would think they could win.

When the members of the Hyena Squad saw Wang Feng, they immediately shouted.

"There's only one of him!"

"Go! Grab the stuff in his backpack!"

And so,

In a narrow passage, Wang Feng began fighting with the Hyena Squad.

The Hyena Squad's overall strength wasn't as great as the previous teams, but they had numbers on their side, and Wang Feng was eventually overwhelmed.

Quickly, Wang Feng threw the backpack out!

"Holy crap! This bag is so heavy!"

The captain of the Hyena Squad felt his hands sink from the weight.

Upon opening it, it was filled to the brim with Firearm Base Materials!

"These things look like they're worth a lot of Points just by looking at them!"

"Brothers! We're rich!"

"Hurry back and settle the Points!"

In the livestream,

Liu Mei and Bi Mengli's hearts were in their throats again.

"Oh no!!!"

"Why did he have to run into the Hyena Squad at a time like this!"

"Such a huge bag of stuff, all snatched away!"

"These people are too despicable! Too hateful! So many of them ganging up on my Master!"

"Damn them! Damn them!"

Bi Mengli was so nervous she stood up.

"Time is almost up!"

"And now his things have been stolen!"

"The chances left for Wang Feng to make a comeback are getting fewer and fewer!"

The livestream was filled with pessimistic voices.

"Whoo—it's over!"

"There are only forty minutes left until the instance ends!"

"With his stuff stolen now, Wang Feng is bound to lose!"

"Haha! Serves him right! Serves him right!"

On the other side,

Tao Ruiyu also felt a surge of secret satisfaction seeing Wang Feng's supplies get snatched.

Good! It feels great just watching!

Wang Feng, kid, you're bound to lose this instance!

Shen Aoxue also frowned slightly.

Only Qiu Churou, who had bet on the Hyena Squad, had a faint smile on her lips.

The Hyena Squad rushed back to the instance entrance clutching the mountain of supplies.

Settling their Points alongside the Hyena Squad was the Blood Wolf Squad.

The Blood Wolf Squad settled their Points first.

"A total of one hundred and thirty Points."

Because Fei Lian was eliminated and the heavily damaged Shang Ji had lost the ability to collect Points,

The Blood Wolf Squad's Points suddenly shot them into first place!

"Yeah! Fantastic!"

Tao Ruiyu also breathed a long sigh of relief.

I knew it!

The Blood Wolf Squad can definitely take first place!

Just you wait to cough up those Points!

After the Blood Wolf Squad finished settling their Points, it was the Hyena Squad's turn.

In fact, the Hyena Squad hadn't even thought about how many Points this bag of stuff would be worth.

They would consider it a stroke of dumb luck if it were worth a hundred Points.

However, when the judge saw the supplies in the backpack, his eyes couldn't help but widen.

"Oh?"

"You actually managed to get Firearm Base Materials?"

"And in such a large quantity?"

"Ten in total."

What the heck?

Firearm Base Materials?

The members of the Hyena Squad were stunned.

What Firearm Base Materials? They had never even heard of them!

They had just snatched a backpack from Wang Feng, that was all!

"Um... are these things worth a lot?"

The captain of the Hyena Squad asked tentatively.

The judge smiled.

"Ten Firearm Base Materials are worth a total of five hundred Points."

*Whoosh—*

The entire audience was shocked!

The livestream also exploded.

The first to cry out was naturally Liu Mei.

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

"Five hundred Points! Five hundred Points!"

"Those Points were supposed to belong to Master! But they were all snatched by those bastards from the Hyena Squad!"

"Ah! I'm so angry!"

Bi Mengli was slapping her thighs repeatedly.

"Damn it!"

"What a great opportunity!"

"If Wang Feng could have settled those Points, his ranking would have shot up several places at least!"

"Instead, they were all credited to the Hyena Squad!"

"What absolute dumb luck!"

The two of them were beating their chests in frustration.

The carriage belonging to the Hyena Squad was absolutely boiling with excitement.

"Holy crap!!!"

"Incredible! One bag is worth five hundred Points!"

"We're rich! We're rich!"

"Wait, let me calculate!! The Hyena Squad's Points plus five hundred... holy crap! First place!"

The livestream was densely packed with comments.

"Where did that kid Wang Feng get Firearm Base Materials from!"

"Fifty Points for one! This instance really does have rare resources!"

"But I didn't see how he did it! He couldn't have just conjured them like a magic trick, could he!"

Besides the spectators, there were naturally those filled with regret.

"If those Points had gone to our Blood Wolf Squad, we'd have first place in the bag!"

"What a pity! The Hyena Squad got lucky!"

As the Points were settled,

The Hyena Squad shot all the way up to first place!

The Blood Wolf Squad felt like a fire was burning in their hearts.

It was Wang Feng after all!

That kid can definitely get even higher-value items!

For the next half hour, we must keep a death grip on him!

On the other side,

At the gambling table.

Tao Ruiyu's face was extremely ugly.

"Impossible... how can this be?"

"Why did I lose?!"

"How could the Blood Wolf Squad lose!"

He was so angry his lips were trembling.

On Qiu Churou's side, she gave a light cough.

"Captain Tao, I'll graciously accept these Performance Points."

"Fifteen stars, that's quite a significant amount."

On Qiu Churou's table,

Shen Aoxue had fifteen, Tao Ruiyu had fifteen, and the other two didn't follow, so they only had five stars each.

In one round, she had a net win of forty stars!

Even Qiu Churou felt a bit emotional.

Indeed, Performance Points come fast at the gambling table!

Forty stars, if saved bit by bit, would take at least half a year to accumulate.

And that was assuming no deductions for mistakes.

Tao Ruiyu had suffered heavy losses.

The intense loss aversion was like a hand, tightly squeezing his throat!

Damn it! Damn it!

Why did the Hyena Squad manage to get so many Points at the critical moment!

Why!!!

Suddenly, Tao Ruiyu remembered something.

It was Wang Feng... it must be Wang Feng!

Tao Ruiyu slowly raised his head.

He looked at Qiu Churou,

Then at Shen Aoxue.

Then, he began to sneer.

He seemed to have realized something.

It's Wang Feng!

This kid is setting a trap for him!

"Heh... Hahaha!"

"Not bad, not bad at all."

"You've learned how to set a trap for me."

Tao Ruiyu burst into loud laughter.

"In that case, why don't we play big!"

"All the Performance Points I have on hand add up to thirty stars."

"I'm betting them all! I'm betting on Wang Feng and his Black Raven Squad!"

"Do you dare to bet?!"