18: Chapter 18 Death Desert 1

"This is the last task for you—find the eye of the desert. The reward is extremely generous; consider it the final benefit from me, your boss. Once you finish this job, you can take the huge sum of money and live a carefree life..."

Luo Yuejian opened her eyes from her dream to see an endless, surging expanse of yellow sand before her. A scorching wind swept up grains of sand, hitting her face and forcing her to close her eyes involuntarily.

The blazing sun baked every grain of sand. The vast Desert, the deathly silent sea of sand—dryness and heat were the only things Luo Yuejian could feel right now. This was an endless, vast Desert.

"Where is this? How did I end up here?! I clearly remember that just now I was..." The voice gradually trailed off, perhaps because the speaker had recalled the scene of their own death.

Luo Yuejian looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man wearing glasses, looking so plain and unremarkable that he would disappear into a crowd in a second, gazing around in terror, muttering to himself, "Impossible... How is this possible..."

Huh? Is this Glasses Man participating in the game for the first time? This game actually keeps absorbing New players... This thought flashed through Luo Yuejian's mind, but it quickly vanished.

At this moment, her temples were throbbing faintly. Sigh, why does she have to be with a group of strangers again? She had only just managed to get used to the few players from the last game, and now she has to adapt all over again!

If it weren't for her poker face preventing her from frowning, Luo Yuejian would be scrunching up her features right now!

She controlled her pace, unobtrusively moving away from the other players until she barely stopped at a distance of about three or four meters away. However, the gaze that followed her like a shadow did not weaken in the slightest because of her moving away; instead, it seemed to intensify. Luo Yuejian's whole body stiffened, and her hair stood on end.

No, if this continues, she won't be able to handle it... After enduring for a long while, Luo Yuejian finally decided to do something to distract herself.

However, yellow sand filled the sky here, and as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but yellow sand. Luo Yuejian had no choice; after pondering for a moment, she pulled out her only item: the Infinite Card.

There were a total of six people in this game. The incredulous Glasses Man, a pretty girl in a cyan dress with two braided pigtails, a middle-aged uncle in camouflage off-road gear, a handsome youth with a wolf-tail, and a yellow-haired youth sitting on the ground, constantly rubbing his head.

"Hiss... Where is this? Why does my head hurt so much?" The yellow-haired youth groaned while clutching the back of his head. Luo Yuejian toyed with the card in her hand, glancing out of the corner of her eye at the protruding, blood-stained stone behind the yellow-haired youth, thinking to herself: You're truly lucky to have not died instantly from hitting that stone.

At this moment, the livestream room:

[Ahhh, my Yue, my Yue! It's been a few days, and my Yue's beauty has reached a new height!]

[Finally started streaming! I was bored to death not having a livestream to watch these past two days!]

[Who is that White-haired Beauty? She looks so pretty! It perfectly hit my preferences!]

[That's our Yue!]

[Wolf-tail Guy, go go go!]

[Little Wolf, fighting! Carry the whole game!]

[Wow, are there already fans for the contestants this early? It's only been one game, right? Usually, it takes three or four games to get fans, doesn't it? Is there something special about these two?]

[Hahaha, I guess they are all visual fans. That Wolf-tail Guy and White-haired Girl are indeed quite good-looking; I've followed them.]

[Although I love my Yue's looks, I definitely didn't follow my Yue just because of her beauty~]

[My Yue's strength is beyond your imagination; it will definitely open your eyes!]

[Heh, what kind of strength could such a weak little girl have? Is it shameful to be a visual streamer? It's more shameful for you to force your contestant to act cool like that!]

[Exactly, might as well watch my Wolf-tail Guy; he's handsome and strong! In the last game, our Little Wolf easily kicked down a whole door; strength and intelligence coexist!]

[My Yue also has both strength and intelligence, okay? Don't talk if you're ignorant; she'll crush your Wolf-tail Guy!]

[Haha, I'm dying of laughter. That White-haired Girl is so scrawny, and she'll crush him? Can she take a single punch from our Little Wolf?]

[Alright, alright, stop arguing! What's there to fight about? Let the game reveal the truth, okay!]

[Exactly, since they are matched in the same game, are you still worried about not knowing who is better? Having watched you guys brag for so long, I'm really looking forward to the performance of these two.]

[Don't worry, we won't let you down!] x 2

An abrupt voice answered the questions of the Glasses Man and the yellow-haired youth.

"Hello everyone, I'm very happy to see you here."

Everyone looked around in panic. Wolf-tail Guy scanned the surroundings for a moment, then took the lead, stepping forward to retrieve a small television buried under the vast yellow sand.

The small television had a dark red casing, about the size of two palms, and looked somewhat like an old-fashioned TV set. At this moment, the small television made two "crackle, crackle" sounds, and the screen, previously filled with static, suddenly cleared up. A man wearing a white smiley face mask and a black cloak appeared on it.

"Welcome to the Miracle Escape Live Stream Game. I am the guide of the game; you can call me Mr. Mask."

"You are unfortunate because you are all people who have already died in reality. But at the same time, you are lucky because the miracle game will bring you rebirth!"

"You need to pass levels in the game to survive, and your performance will be broadcast to the audience of the Interstellar, until your followers exceed ten million, at which point you can gain the right to be resurrected, and possibly obtain an Interstellar resident ID card, becoming a part of a higher civilization."

"This game includes both veteran players who have already experienced one game, as well as New players who have just entered the game. I sincerely hope that everyone can have a good time here~"

The voice chuckled in a low tone, seeming to carry a certain malice: "Oh right, same old rules. When only one player remains in the game, the surviving player automatically wins the game~"

"Looking forward to your performance."

The veteran players didn't feel much. They had already heard this speech in the last game. Although it is said that the last remaining player automatically wins, after actually participating in a game, they would find that clearing the game through puzzles isn't easy, but killing other players isn't a simple matter either.

It's better to just cooperate obediently from the beginning and clear the game together; that would actually make things simpler.

But the New players who heard these words were not at all as relaxed as the veteran players. They had just been transported here right after dying, so it was inevitable that they felt panicked and afraid. Hearing Mr. Mask's words, they couldn't help but start wondering how these veteran players had passed the last game. Who knows how many people they might have killed.