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Published at 19th of March 2024 09:03:40 AM


Chapter 88

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Pressing for blood at the start is a gambling tactic.

Doubling means going from losing one drop of blood per death to losing two, doubling again means losing four drops, and the maximum is tripling to lose eight drops. The person who starts the round also has to add one extra drop, so some gamblers might end up losing nine drops of blood in the first round, putting those without sufficient reserves in a dire situation, facing life or death.

This kind of excitement is loved by the audience, and they generously donate gold coins. Many players indulge in this, especially the high-level players.

Among the top-ranked players, there are many who dare to take risks at the start because killing replenishes blood. They generally have more blood, with at least ten drops of their own, and their strength is stable, so even if they lose blood, they can recover. For example, in Ren Shuhan’s memory, Yu Xi had sixteen drops of blood.

But there are exceptions, Ren Shuhan only has ten drops of blood, making him a peculiar existence among the top-ranking players.

Because he has never killed anyone or been killed, only receiving gold coin rewards.

But this time, he was going to break his vow.

Ren Shuhan was worried that ten rounds wouldn’t be enough to kill Yu Xi, but he also feared arousing Yu Xi’s suspicion. So he opened a round with double the stakes, expecting Yu Xi to likely accept it. This way, even if Yu Xi encountered him when he was halfway through the rounds, he could still use the remaining four rounds in a single match to kill Yu Xi in one go.

“Boss,” Mingyue1It’s When Will the Bright Moon Rise hesitated for only a second, “I’ve opened it.”

In unity lies strength; if she gambled that Ren Shuhan could win, even if she carried her sister, she could still make it.

“Open.”

Ren Shuhan responded with a mocking middle finger emoji to the opponent.

The live broadcast room erupted in cheers and betting:

“Open!”

“I bet on the killing support team! This lineup is undoubtedly the strongest assassin group in the entire server.”

“Just for clarification, Yu Xi is in this team, so the name and formation undoubtedly belong to him. I’ve watched their recent matches, and they’re unstoppable.”

“Compared to that, the Revenge Squad is nothing special, two teammates with only ten drops of blood each, probably at their initial values. They’re brave, but foolish… I’m betting on the killing support team.”

Before facing each other in the arena, both sides could only see each other’s professions and blood bars, with no knowledge of their teammates’ rankings. Unless there was a special lineup like the Killing Support Team, otherwise, they wouldn’t know who was who. So naturally…

The “Newspaper Killing Support Team” on the other side voted in agreement.

If Yu Xi knew that his opponent had the top player in the entire server, even if he was embarrassed, he wouldn’t have agreed, giving away four drops of blood for nothing. Unfortunately, once the bow is drawn, the arrow must be shot. After Ren Shuhan locked onto his opponent, during the qualifying matches, whenever they encountered each other, the military orders would keep doubling. And since Yu Xi didn’t know that his opponent was Ren Shuhan, and didn’t know that he had been locked onto, in the matches that followed, he would be forced to team up with random players, and he wouldn’t be able to take any regrets.

“Let’s check the opponent’s lineup,” Yu Xi sneered in the preparation room, “just an ordinary lousy gambler, a total of ten drops of blood for AP (magic output), daring to gamble five drops against me. Well, bring it on.”

His teammates were itching to move:

“Slaughter him!”

The audience guessed it right; this team was indeed daring and bold.

In the game, there are only four types of professions, evenly distributed among the top twenty players. There are only five AD (physical output) players in total, one of them is on Ren Shuhan’s team, and the other four have gathered here, forming this peculiar team, a true avenger society group, the nemesis of support characters, extremely violent.

The audience stands were already packed with people, all cheering for Yu Xi, with not a single one betting on the plain Revenge Team.

“The game begins.”

The system’s voice sounded as it opened the curtain, revealing a high school classroom under renovation.

“Huh?”

Jiang Qingyue wore a white mask, a white robe turned into a large student uniform, with a name tag hanging on the chest, portraying a good student appearance. The name tag displayed his ID, also a row of gibberish, while in his hand, the wand had been replaced by a red ballpoint pen, as he curiously looked around.

“I’ve been here before.”

He hadn’t played this game before, but this scene was from when he worked as a stand-in actor, shooting “Teenage Years” with Ren Shuhan in a classroom.

“You’ve probably seen scenes like this in campus movies, right?” Mingyue explained enthusiastically. “The system often reuses scene modeling with similar settings.”

Jiang Qingyue nodded.

Ren Shuhan had restored his original height and weight values, removed his helmet, walked up behind him, and tied his long hair into a high bun, then rested his chin on his shoulder.

“What are you doing?” Jiang Qingyue chuckled.

“Wife, kiss me,” Ren Shuhan tilted his head and whispered in his ear. “Give me a luck buff.”

Jiang Qingyue turned around, twirling the red pen in his hand, and drew a small red flower on Ren Shuhan’s school uniform.

The live broadcast room went wild:

“Damn, it’s the Unpronounceable Buddha!”

“I’ve bet my monthly instance salary on this!”

“Unpronounceable Buddha, how long has it been since you last logged in? Are you intentionally messing with me?”

“How coincidental, today is also the day Yu Xi just logged in. Is he specifically targeting our Yu Xi?”

“How big of a face does Yu Xi’s fanbase have? Unpronounceable Buddha is chasing after him? Does Unpronounceable Buddha even know him? He won’t even team up with the 20th ranked AD player, can he stop being so self-indulgent?”

“Yu Xi isn’t the top player anymore, and the barrage isn’t dominated by Yu Xi’s fans anymore. Is he feeling uncomfortable now? (laughs)”

“Wait, what’s going on with this Unpronounceable beauty?”

“I’m here to watch the match, not to eat dog food :)”

“Fine, I know I don’t stand a chance anymore, but I still have to say, Unpronounceable Buddha… your original stats are too damn handsome!!!”

“Hormones exploding… Why did someone with a face like that cover it up before?”

“Since you’re all confessing your admiration for Unpronounceable handsome guy, let me confess my admiration for Unpronounceable beauty first. Could the beauty also be a fierce master?”

“They clearly said he’s a handsome guy with long hair. Why are you all calling this Unpronounceable newcomer a beauty?”

“It doesn’t look like it. I feel like the master is leading the newbie. Look, he used to stroll around casually, but now he’s sticking close to the beauty.”

“None of you thought about what the master meant by starting the round like this?”

“It’s terrifying to think about! Is he initiating a killing spree?”

In the first minute of the game, Ren Shuhan held Jiang Qingyue’s hand and, as if they were shopping, pulled out a paper cutter from the neighboring classroom.

Barrage:

“The nuclear weapons are in place.”

“Respect is being displayed on the public screen.”

The setting of “Sweet Murder” was such that at the beginning of the game, only the healer received treatment items, while the others had to find their weapons randomly dropped on the map. The character with the most difficult-to-find weapon was the one playing AP (magic output) because their weapons were usually fancy and had triggering effects, like fire extinguishers or water guns…

But for Ren Shuhan, it was relatively simple. He could produce a nuclear weapon effect with any item he used—

After all, he wasn’t human at all.

During the process of transmigration, as the completion of the rebirth test drew near, Ren Shuhan’s physique gradually recovered. Now that the task was completed, he had fully regained his body from the fantasy novel, finally able to let loose on this stage provided by the game.

“Listen up, everyone on the other side—”

Ren Shuhan was playing with the paper cutter in his hand, lazily calling out in the corridor.

“I have a private grudge with Yu Xi. If you take it upon yourselves to kill Yu Xi, surrender in half an hour, and I won’t touch you. Otherwise, you’ll bear the consequences.”

The reason this game was called “Sweet Murder” was because of one peculiar setting:

Teammates could attack each other.

Live broadcast room:

“…”

“… This is insane.”

“… I’ve seen plenty of internal strife among teammates who despise each other’s skills, but I’ve never seen this situation before!”

“… The most awkward part is, if I were on the Killing Support team, I would actually do what he said… So the only question now is, do they know that he’s Unpronounceable Buddha?”

Yu Xi didn’t know.

He was puzzled.

In the match, if they didn’t encounter the opponent, they couldn’t see the opponent’s appearance and data. He didn’t understand why the opponent suddenly said such things.

His teammates didn’t know either, still naively excited, preparing to kill the healer:

“Don’t worry, Yu Xi, we won’t betray you!”

“Yeah, you’re our main healer.”

“Without you leading us, could we have smoothly handled the newspaper today?”

They came out today to have fun and hadn’t had enough yet. Since there were few healers, they didn’t have any opponents in the last round, and now that they finally had one, why not fight?

For players specializing in physical output, killing healers had always been a priority.

This was even more evident in this game.

Firstly, because of the class restraint, AD players either had long-range or close-range attack ranges, making it the most convenient for them to kill healers. Also, healers were extremely scarce resources. Normally, no one blamed AD players for wanting to score more kills, as they faced the greatest risks. However, if a healer participated, teammates would actively express:

Leave the kills to the healer!

The healer would feel unsafe without blood, otherwise, they wouldn’t heal us next time, provoking tears.

But AD players would think at this moment: …What does this have to do with us?

It’s not like we’re getting healed!

So this time, when Yu Xi suddenly returned to the scene and said he wanted to go out and seek revenge and form a Killing Support Team, they all raised their hands in agreement.

And they also had a fixed routine.

At the beginning, they all activated their stealth skills, approached the opposing healer, and chatted secretly:

“Damn, this healer is so damn pretty!”

“What era is this? Can people-made beauties still attract anyone?”

“No, look, he looks naturally born, and he should be a boy.”

“What’s attractive about boys… damn, he’s really damn pretty!”

“Meow meow meow? What’s that handsome guy next to him saying? Isn’t he too arrogant?”

Then came the “Yu Xi, don’t listen to him”, “We’ll always follow you”, “You’re our leader” and other series of loyal and flattering comments.

Yu Xi hadn’t seen the opponent’s face yet and felt uneasy, sensing that something wasn’t quite right.

“A private grudge?”

Who do I have a private grudge with?

And this voice sounds familiar… Can’t be, right?

Yu Xi suddenly remembered all the bizarre situations he had encountered during his transmigration.

It couldn’t be, could it?

“Damn,” the teammate who was in the lead suddenly shouted, “something’s not right! I checked his attributes, and look at his ID…”

“This gibberish looks familiar…”

Nothing was more frightening than the sudden silence in the air.

Two seconds later, all three teammates turned back at once, looking at Yu Xi’s expression as if they were looking at a plate of stir-fried meat.

Uhh sorry if some parts were weird, the viewers kept on using “gibberish/unprounceable” as some kind of adjective to refer to Ren Shuhan / Jiang Qingyue and it sounds kinda weird in english? But it’s just referring to the fact that both of their IDs are unreadable lol

Also, Shuhan really is out for blood…!

Thank you for reading




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