19: Chapter 19 Death Desert 2

The trust between the new and old players collapsed instantly because of one sentence; the players present each had their own thoughts.

Wolf-tail Guy coldly lifted his eyes to sweep over the crowd, then looked away, appearing completely indifferent, as if he were very confident in his own strength.

The Girl with Double Braids gripped the corner of her clothes tightly, standing uneasily to the side without making a sound.

Glasses Man's face grew paler and paler, and he kept wiping sweat with his sleeve to hide the fear in his heart.

The Yellow-haired Youth swept a look of distrust over the others present, clutched the back of his head, struggled to stand up, and walked to a spot further away from everyone.

Camo Uncle looked around, his gaze lingering on Luo Yuejian for an extra second, then he moved his eyes to look at the others, saying in a friendly tone: "How many of you are New players in this game?"

No one spoke.

Camo Uncle wasn't embarrassed and chuckled: "As a player who has already participated in one miracle game, I originally wanted to share some of my personal experience with the New players. If there aren't any New players in this game, then I won't say anything more."

"I... I am a New player..." the Girl with Double Braids gathered her courage and said softly.

Camo Uncle gave the Girl with Double Braids an encouraging look, then looked at the others and continued asking with a smile: "Are there any others?"

With the first person setting the example, Glasses Man quickly pushed up his glasses, his voice trembling slightly: "... I am one too."

Camo Uncle looked smilingly at the Yellow-haired Youth standing in the distance and continued to ask: "Any others?"

Seeing Camo Uncle's gaze on him, the Yellow-haired Youth knew he couldn't hide it. He let out an annoyed grunt, his voice cold: "I'm one too, happy now?!"

Camo Uncle smiled, unbothered, "It seems there are three veteran players and three New players in this game."

His gaze turned to Wolf-tail Guy and Luo Yuejian, suddenly becoming friendly, "This game will depend on the two of you working together."

Wolf-tail Guy gave Camo Uncle a faint glance, his tone indifferent: "No need to work together; I can clear the game on my own. As for you all..."

His gaze was cold, "I hope you don't die too early."

"You!" The Yellow-haired Youth was about to step forward to punch Wolf-tail Guy in indignation, but was blocked by Camo Uncle, who was standing in the center.

"Don't be so hot-tempered; in the miracle game, it's better to work together to clear it."

While speaking, Camo Uncle's gaze turned to the other veteran player, which was Luo Yuejian, who had been standing in the distance the whole time.

From the moment he entered the game, he had noticed this White-haired Girl with a cold temperament. That calm demeanor was clearly that of a veteran player. However, an ordinary veteran player would definitely not be as calmly composed as this White-haired Girl; she was definitely not an ordinary person.

His gaze held an imperceptible sense of inquiry, and seeing that Luo Yuejian hadn't spoken, he took the initiative to ask: "What do you think?"

Luo Yuejian was suddenly cued: ?

She had been busy fiddling with her cards to distract herself, and suddenly hearing someone call her name, she was startled, and the card in her hand was flung away.

Damn! Luo Yuejian was so shocked by this double surprise that her perpetually expressionless face showed signs of cracking. Her gaze followed the card she had flung out, and then she discovered with horror that her card was flying rapidly toward the crowd, striking straight onto Glasses Man's hand.

"Ah!" Glasses Man cried out in pain as his hand was hit by the flying card, and the mineral water bottle in his hand was knocked down, all the water inside spilling onto the yellow sandy ground.

As for where the water in his hand came from, that goes back to their background identities for this mission.

This time, the players were role-playing as mercenaries on a mission. Before entering the Desert, each of them carried a backpack prepared by the boss. That water was taken from the backpack.

Glasses Man was already a bit physically weak. Under such a scorching sun, combined with the fear of death and new things, his sweat was pouring down. Before long, Glasses Man felt his lips beginning to dry out.

The bottle of water he had was the only one prepared in the backpack. He had intended to take a small sip to alleviate the loss of body fluids, but he hadn't expected that as soon as he opened the cap, before he could even take a sip, the entire mineral water bottle would be knocked over by a card that had flown out of nowhere.

He hadn't even drunk a single drop!

Glasses Man looked at the now empty mineral water bottle, wanting to cry but having no tears, and then raised his head angrily to look in the direction from which the card had flown.

Receiving Glasses Man's angry glare, Luo Yuejian guiltily and awkwardly looked away. She... she didn't do it on purpose...

This sudden turn of events shocked everyone present, and they all looked in this direction.

Camo Uncle frowned and asked in confusion: "Why did you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a small lizard, drawn by the precious water source in the Desert, crawled over quickly and took a lick of the puddle that hadn't yet disappeared. In just one second, the lizard began to convulse, foaming at the mouth, and died on the ground.

Everyone was horrified. The Yellow-haired Youth, who was just unscrewing his cap to take a sip of water, turned pale with fear and hurriedly screwed the cap back on, throwing the mineral water bottle to the side.

"What is going on?! Wasn't this prepared for us by the boss?"

Everyone was puzzled, not understanding why the mineral water, which had clearly been prepared by the company in advance, would contain such a deadly poison that could kill in a second.

A cold voice rang out from behind the crowd: "It is precisely because it was prepared by the boss that it contains a deadly poison."

The Yellow-haired Youth was confused: "What do you mean by that?"

Wolf-tail Guy gave him an indifferent look, as if showing disdain for his stupidity, which almost made the Yellow-haired Youth jump up to fight him again.

"Did you not notice that the dream at the beginning mentioned that this was our last mission? In many films and television works, in order to prevent internal confidential information from leaking, the boss will often personally take action to eliminate high-level employees who are about to retire."

"Obviously, because we are leaving the boss, the boss has carried out a final liquidation of us."

His gaze was like a sharp sword, shooting straight at Luo Yuejian: "You realized it early on, didn't you? From the very beginning when we entered this game."

Luo Yuejian: ?

She was still immersed in the shock that the mineral water was poisoned, and upon hearing Wolf-tail Guy's absurd question, she couldn't help but be filled with question marks.

What had she realized early on? Did Wolf-tail Guy miss something? Why couldn't she understand a word of this?

[Hiss, did anyone see what just happened?]

[I saw it, I saw it! I was busy admiring the White-haired Beauty's beauty, and I saw her fiddling with something in her hand, her eyes clearly staring casually at the thing in her hand, and then the thing just suddenly flew out!]

[The thing in the White-haired Beauty's hand should be a card, right?]

[It's a card. I zoomed in on the thing near Glasses Man's feet; it's a card. But where did the White-haired Beauty get a card?]

[It must be an item rewarded from the previous game, right? Just don't know what specific function it has.]

[Ahhhhh, how can you all still be so rational discussing these unimportant little details! Everyone shout with me: My Yue is so cool!]

[Sob sob, so cool! I want to turn into a card and be played with by her (bushi)]

[This White-haired Beauty's observation skills are too meticulous; she was actually able to grasp the boss's intention to get rid of us from such a simple opening sentence. Not simple at all.]

[And her skills shouldn't be bad either. Look at Glasses Man's hand; it was hit by the fast-flying card, but there are no injuries. I specifically went to watch the replay, and by zooming in, I saw that when the card hit Glasses Man, it hit with the flat side. I think this was intentionally controlled by the White-haired Beauty.]

[Damn, I checked it too, and it really is! The White-haired Beauty is so detailed!]

[Sob sob, our Moon Goddess is just so gentle and careful, I love her so much~]

[This part looks okay, but is there really a need to call her a goddess? If the big shots from previous games found out, wouldn't they laugh their heads off?]

[Those big shots might not have been able to do this during their New player period, right? At least from what we can see now, my Yue definitely has the potential to become a legend!]