87: Chapter 87 The Long Sleeping Palace 14

In Luo Yuejian's exclusive livestream room:

[Holy crap, Moon Goddess!!!!]

[It's over, this time it's really over. How the hell is she supposed to run?]

[Waaaaah, no! How can Moon Goddess die here? Waaaaah, my Moon Goddess...]

[Impossible, I absolutely do not believe Moon Goddess would die so easily!]

[What's the use of believing? Who could have guessed that Leather Jacket Man had an immobilization item? Moon Goddess was careless this time, sigh.]

[Am I the only one heartbroken over the money? I tipped so much in this livestream room, just waiting for Moon Goddess to win so I could earn it back. Damn it, it's all gone!]

[This time it's really the end. Didn't expect to witness the fall of another great god so soon...]

[Those who haven't fully grown aren't considered great gods. Can only say we all bet on the wrong horse...]

[Moon Goddess is just too arrogant. I wanted to say it before; look at how she doesn't give her all in every game. Like this one, I fully believe Moon Goddess could easily clear it, but she just isn't taking it seriously! Now look, she's capsized in the gutter, sigh.]

[Sigh... Rest in peace, Moon Goddess...]

[Rest in peace, Moon Goddess...]

[Rest in peace, Moon Goddess...]

...

Everyone thought Luo Yuejian was doomed this time, including Luo Yuejian herself.

Although the death by Poisonous Insects was a bit terrifying and torturous, there were so many insects here that she estimated her small frame wouldn't last even a second. It wouldn't be painful for long, anyway.

She had already decided in her heart that after respawning, she would have a huge meal to soothe the torture she had endured during this time and the cerebral hemorrhage caused by the system.

These thoughts happened in an instant; the speed at which those Poisonous Insects were crawling was much faster than anyone had anticipated. A few seconds later, the surging Poisonous Insects had already flooded to Luo Yuejian's feet like a tide.

Luo Yuejian gritted her teeth and held her breath, closing her eyes tightly, preparing to welcome the instant of pain and death.

However, after a long while, Luo Yuejian, who had felt absolutely no pain on her body, was stunned.

What's going on? Why does it not hurt at all?

Could it be that the saliva of those Poisonous Insects or something has a built-in anesthetic function? That's too considerate... Oh, she suddenly remembered that she failed the previous game, and the punishment given by the slacker system was Pain Immunity.

She immediately calmed down; she had just been worried about whether some other accident had occurred, but now she was relieved. She thought to herself that the system had acted like a human for once; this punishment was actually quite good.

However, Luo Yuejian still didn't dare to open her eyes, fearing she would see something that would lower her sanity, so she just kept her eyes tightly shut, looking forward to death's arrival so she could respawn quickly.

"Ah!!!"

A scream of pain and despair suddenly came from the distance. Luo Yuejian was startled and subconsciously opened her eyes to look, only to see a hair-raising scene.

That Leather Jacket Man was currently covered by countless Poisonous Insects! These Poisonous Insects were crawling all over his body, dense and packed, as if he were their feast.

Leather Jacket Man's complexion had turned ashen like death. His face was filled with pain and despair, his lips trembling slightly, yet he couldn't make a sound. Almost in an instant, it was as if all his strength had been drained; he suddenly fell to the ground, his body curling into a ball.

The next second, something even more horrifying happened. The moment he fell, Leather Jacket Man's entire body seemed to be sucked dry by an invisible force, rapidly shriveling up, and in the blink of an eye, it became like nothing more than a human skin!

The bronze oil lamp he had been holding dropped to the ground, making a crisp "clang" sound.

The oil lamp rolled in a circle on the ground, and the flame that had been burning suddenly extinguished at this moment, just like Leather Jacket Man's abruptly ended life.

However, the very next second after the oil lamp went out, a surprising scene appeared. Those dense, packed insects that had been desperately crowding toward the oil lamp suddenly seemed to have encountered something extremely terrifying and scattered quickly like a tide.

In the blink of an eye, a very obvious empty space was cleared around the bronze oil lamp, forming a sharp contrast with the dense insects surrounding it.

Luo Yuejian widened her eyes, looking at the area in front where even the human skin had been completely devoured. Now, apart from her and the extinguished bronze oil lamp, the entire passageway was left with only an endless black tide of insects.

Luo Yuejian took the bronze oil lamp that she had blown out earlier from her pocket with trembling hands, shaking with anger, and her vision went black (physically).

It was just a little bit, just that little bit! It should have been a certain death this time, but because of her negligence, she didn't die again.

This time she really couldn't blame the system; it was purely her own problem. She could have just thrown the bronze oil lamp away at that time, but for some reason, she didn't throw it.

Usually she could curse at the damn system, but this time it was completely her own fault; she didn't even know who to curse. For a moment, anger surged to her heart, blood rushed to her brain, and her vision went dark in waves.

Losing her footing, she stumbled and almost fell, hurriedly using her hand to steady herself against the wall.

Then, that stone brick was slowly pressed down.

Luo Yuejian: ?

Human joys and sorrows are not shared; at this moment, the livestream room was already boiling over:

[She... she lived? She can survive this? Is this logical?]

[What else can I say? Just two words: Awesome!]

[Next time someone says Moon Goddess is about to die, see if I don't slap them? Damn it, it scared me so much I really thought Moon Goddess was done for.]

[Wait a minute, how are you guys so sure this isn't a coincidence? I feel like this White-haired Beauty didn't really do anything this time, right?]

[I think so too. Didn't you see her just now? She had already closed her eyes; it was clear she knew she couldn't survive and was preparing to wait for death.]

[People in this livestream room are just hyping her up. It was pure coincidence, but you guys are blowing it up as if this woman actually did something. Isn't it just standing there waiting for death? Who can't do that?]

[Wow, Moon Goddess has already survived and you guys still dare to badmouth her. You have courage; I admire you.]

[I just want to ask, why do monsters and freaks jump out to question Moon Goddess in every game?]

[But this time it really does look like an accident. After all, Moon Goddess couldn't have possibly predicted ahead of time that Leather Jacket Man had an item that could immobilize people, right? Why do I feel like she really couldn't move, and it just so happened by mistake that she didn't die?]

[Just because you couldn't discover Leather Jacket Man had an item doesn't mean Moon Goddess couldn't. Even if Moon Goddess didn't know beforehand, she must have known that the players in this round all had ulterior motives and would definitely be prepared!]

...

The discussion in the livestream room still hadn't reached a conclusion, and by this time, Luo Yuejian's vision had cleared, and her mood had barely settled down.

Forget it, this game has only just begun. Given the treacherous nature of the players in this round, she has plenty of opportunities.

Luo Yuejian sighed in her heart, a card appeared in her hand, and then she lightly swiped it under her feet; the chewing gum instantly dissolved.

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