The moment they entered the tenth day, everyone went crazy.
Even though Number 46 said that as long as they destroyed the number tags, they would be able to sleep peacefully, in reality, as time passed, the unseen anxiety in the air grew thicker and heavier. It was as if it was pressing down on everyone's heart.
They had no way out.
Almost every few minutes, someone would ask Harry about the ranking of the absorption rate. Even though the answer was the same every time, the momentary consolation could only make them relax for a short while.
Although it seemed that their victory was guaranteed, there was still a slight possibility that everyone would be buried in this greenhouse before they saw the dead bodies of the first group of sportswear with their own eyes.
Driven by the uneasiness brought about by this possibility, from the ninth day onwards, everyone entered the greenhouse one after another. They continued to search for Sportswear while carrying out Number 46's cleanup plan. Even Number 45 and Number 47 joined in the cleanup. Lin Sanjiu and Number 46 were the only ones who rested on the leaves all day. No matter how much the others complained, the two of them didn't show any intention of helping.
In the end, the plants in the greenhouse couldn't withstand the locust-like felling and were soon cleared out. All that was left were the bare flower pots and culture troughs. The broad-leaved plant that the group gathered was the only one left, growing thickly in a corner of the greenhouse.
However, no one could find the woman in sportswear.
When the exhausted group returned to the leaves, all of them looked as if they had seen a ghost. Number 46 said slowly, "Have you ever thought that she might have a Special Item or ability that allows her to hide her tracks? She is confident that you won't be able to find her, so she decided not to show herself after she lost her number tag. "
From his tone, it was hard to tell if he was trying to comfort them or just making sarcastic remarks. However, since things had already come to this point, there was nothing they could do about it. Amidst the complaints, threats, curses and prayers, everyone sat down dejectedly and waited quietly for the battle of life and death at seven o'clock.
The high-intensity physical labor over the past few days was still bearable for posthumans. It was still bearable for evolved humans, but the shadow of death that was constantly pressing on their hearts was the most unbearable. As soon as it was quiet, some of them soon slipped into a light sleep; the rest were still awake. They also closed their eyes to rest.
Lin Sanjiu raised her head and looked around. Then, she stood up quietly and walked toward the other side of the leaf.
"Where are you going?" The primary school teacher with a ponytail immediately opened her eyes.
Lin Sanjiu immediately felt a little embarrassed. Lowering her voice, she leaned closer and said, "… My body is too smelly. I want to wash it with water. It's not very convenient here. "
"Oh," the elementary school teacher replied. He rolled his eyes and nodded at her. Lin Sanjiu quickened her pace and jumped down from the leaf.
Not far away, the bald guy and the tall and thin guy were talking in low voices. They glanced at her back and didn't say anything. Because the leaf she jumped off was in the opposite direction of where the indigo flower was.
After a while, the sound of gurgling water came from below the plant.
After this little interlude, the leaf fell into silence again. Even the bald guy didn't say anything.
It was hard to tell whether it was because of anxiety or exhaustion. Perhaps, it was both. Everyone's faces were numb. They closed their eyes and sat under the dim white light. Only after a long time did someone move.
When Harry's thunderous voice broke the silence that had lasted for an indeterminate amount of time, everyone was startled. Their faces were pale due to their excessive nervousness. They listened to Harry's announcement with a dull look on their faces, "This is 6: 59 p.m. on the tenth day of the maturation period. The winner and the loser will be decided in the next minute."
"The countdown begins now. Fifty seconds."
While the crowd was still digesting Harry's words, a round shadow suddenly flew over their heads. The leaf fell from a distance. However, before anyone could see what it was, another shadow sprang up from the other side. Like a black panther hunting its prey, it pounced on the bald guy.
The bald guy was startled by the sudden attack. In a panic, he rolled on the ground and barely dodged the figure in the air. When he looked up, he realized that the figure was Lin Sanjiu. Lin Sanjiu did not change her trajectory and landed heavily behind him. Baldy felt goosebumps all over his body. He immediately knew who her target was. "What the hell are you doing?" he yelled at the top of his lungs.
However, no one answered him. Lin Sanjiu's speed was so fast that no one could react to it. However, Lin Sanjiu still missed her target. With Baldhead's momentary distraction, Sunny leaped backward and landed on the edge of the leaf. It was only at this moment that everyone saw the two women standing opposite each other.
They also saw a number tag dangling from Sunny's neck due to the inertia of her jump.
"Forty-five seconds," Harry announced listlessly.
"What … What's going on?" The bald guy stared at Sunny. As he was too shocked, his mumbling was drowned out by the exclamations of the crowd.
The skinny girl didn't show any expression on her face. She didn't even look at him. Lin Sanjiu and a few other people with quick reflexes had already rushed forward again. Even though most of their abilities and items were rendered useless due to the "No Force" rule, they could still use them to bind and capture people. At this moment, there was even a fishing net floating in the air. No one knew who it belonged to.
However, all of these methods still failed.
No, they couldn't really say that they didn't work. A few hands had clearly landed on Sunny's body. However, in the next second, her body suddenly disintegrated into countless pieces and flew in all directions.
"Forty seconds."
A few people who missed their target almost lost their balance due to the inertia. Just as they caught their breaths and steadied themselves, a pair of legs wrapped in jeans suddenly swept them from both sides. They were swept off the edge of the leaf. Lin Sanjiu was the only one who seemed to be prepared for this. She leaped lightly and dodged the attack.
The moment she landed on the ground, she sped up and dashed toward the head with its neck and collarbone still attached. Sunny turned her head on the leaf and dodged the attack. Her number tag flew in the air along with her movement. However, she spoke in a relaxed tone, as if she found everything amusing. "Hey, why did you put up your guard against me so early on?"
Lin Sanjiu remained silent with a cold expression. She waved her hand and a [Female Slave Bondage Rope] appeared in her hand.
"I need that to catch me. It's a little difficult, "Sunny laughed when Harry announced the thirty-five seconds." Besides, have you guys forgotten something? "
Everyone who was attracted by her was stunned. "Why aren't you guys looking at the indigo flowers? Aren't you guys afraid that the woman from cluster 1 will snatch them away? "
Everyone was startled and hurriedly turned around. Sure enough, they discovered that the leaf that was blooming with more than ten purple flowers was already empty without them noticing.
"Thirty seconds."
"Look at you guys!" Sunny burst out laughing. The veins on her petite, palm-sized face were bulging due to her exhilaration. "I really want to give you guys a mirror so that you can see your despair …"
"Twenty-five seconds."
"Who's despair?"
Harry and Number 46's voices rang out almost at the same time. They interrupted Sunny before she could finish her sentence.
"If you guys are looking for flowers, I have quite a few here," Number 46 said as he turned around slightly. He pointed at the large bouquet of indigo flowers on his back. As the flowers were too big for him to carry, he asked Number 47 to carry half of them.
The figure with the number tag froze in mid-air. Her voice suddenly became sharp, "Queenie! Queenie! "
"Are you calling the woman from cluster 1?" Number 46 asked calmly, "She tried to steal the flowers. That's not good."
"Twenty seconds."
Number 46 turned around and clapped his hands. A person jumped up from the leaf behind him and landed beside him with a thud. Number 45's mouth was wide open, revealing a row of denser teeth than a normal person. She was holding a human head tightly in her mouth.
The people from Group 4 sucked in a breath of cold air when their gazes fell on the person's head. Under her messy hair, the woman in the sportswear bit her lip hard and glared at Number 45. At that moment, a body the size of a finger with four limbs was hanging from the stump of her head. It seemed to have grown out from the stump not long ago. It was glowing red with new flesh.
"Fifteen seconds."
"Speaking of which, the abilities of you and your friend are quite interesting," Number 46 said calmly. Number 46 smiled calmly. "We already knew that she had the ability to sever her tail. However, we didn't realize that she might have chopped off her head and thrown her body into the greenhouse. If she only had a head, it would have been impossible for her to do so. If she only has one head, the backpack on your back would be able to fit it. No wonder we couldn't find her. The strangest thing is, her body stopped growing whenever someone touched her. "
"Ten seconds."
"When you threw your friend's head into the indigo flower, you obviously couldn't put a number tag on her. Now that she's caught, she will die with us in ten seconds." Number 46's tone was nonchalant when he talked about death, "What do you think? If you take off your number tag now, both you and her will live. "
After disintegrating into many pieces, Sunny's body seemed to be weightless. She spun, accelerated and leaped in the air. Her movements were so agile that it was almost impossible to catch her. However, she managed to push three to four people down from the leaf. They hung on the edge of the flowerpot and struggled. One of them was Baldhead.
"... Erm, before I take it off, I have a question that I don't understand." Sunny's chest, which had a number tag hanging on it, suddenly shot up and dodged another person who was pouncing on her. After Harry announced "seven seconds", she asked leisurely, "How did you know it was me?"
"Because the arm is different."
"The arm is different?"
"Yes. The arm that fell off from Miss Queenie's body was like a real gecko with its tail cut off. It became a lifeless limb. However, the second time she attacked us, the arm that fell off could move on its own. It even snatched our number tag —" Number 46 paused for a moment when he heard Harry announce "four seconds". Then, he continued, "Obviously, the two arms didn't belong to the same person. At that time, you were the only one who didn't realize it. You were sitting on the other side of the room … It's not that you didn't realize it. You couldn't move because your right arm had been disintegrated and given to Queenie. "
"A woman who planned to discard her own body. Of course, it's not a big deal to lose an arm first. However, you didn't expect that Number 49 had already noticed something amiss … Oh, right. Speaking of Number 49, didn't you notice that you haven't seen her for a while? " Number 46 chuckled. "That's because her attack at the beginning was to create an opportunity for me. And I said so much nonsense to divert your attention."
"One second."
Just as Harry finished his sentence, Sunny's expression changed. Sunny's expression changed immediately. Lin Sanjiu rolled down from a clump of leaves. She seemed to be struggling with something in her arms. When she landed with the thing in her arms, everyone could see that it was a woman's right hand in her arms.
"Catch the flowers!" Number 46 shouted anxiously. He threw a large bouquet of flowers at Lin Sanjiu. If the flowers touched Lin Sanjiu, Sunny would die immediately. However, at that moment, Harry's voice rang out, "Time's up. Currently, cluster 2 has the highest absorption rate per capita. The rest of the clusters are tied at the bottom. "
"Hahaha!" Sunny laughed out loud. She could not stop her tears from flowing down her cheeks. "I … I love this dungeon so much! Thank you for putting on such an exciting show before you die … Oh, I got goosebumps … When I discovered the trap set by Number 49, I killed the man in red. So, I took advantage of the situation and killed the man in red. I thought that there wouldn't be a more exciting turn of events — Oh, I really didn't expect that! "
Almost everyone felt as though they had been frozen solid at this moment. Their bodies were shivering from head to toe, and they couldn't even move a single finger.
The indigo flower brushed past Lin Sanjiu and landed beside her feet. Number 46 nodded to Number 47. The latter quickly walked to Lin Sanjiu and took out the indigo flower from his back. He held it beside her. The indigo flower was a few centimeters away from touching Lin Sanjiu.
"What do you guys want? The maturation stage is over. I won't die even if you touch my right hand. On the other hand, you guys who are left behind will definitely die. Don't think that you guys still have a chance to participate in the next round. " Sunny was laughing so hard that she couldn't control her laughter. Her limbs flew back to her body and quickly formed a human figure. Only her right hand, which was held down by Lin Sanjiu, did not return to her body. However, she didn't even bother to resist. After all, the person who held her hand was about to die.
However, what Harry said next immediately stunned her.
"Do you guys understand now?"
"Wh … What? What do you want to know? "Sunny shifted her gaze to Lin Sanjiu and Number 46's faces. Even though they weren't smiling, it was definitely not the expression of someone who was about to die.
"I understand now. Thank you for your performance, Harry," Lin Sanjiu held her right hand firmly and shouted into the air. In the blink of an eye, she looked at Sunny's pale face and said with a smile, "… Did you really think that I went to take a shower just now? Using the sound of the water, I asked Harry to say what I was going to say at 7 o'clock ten minutes earlier. It was too early, and I was afraid that you would notice that something was wrong. To tell the truth, if he had not consented, I would have resorted to force; but it is well that you have been deceived without difficulty. "
Sunny stared at Lin Sanjiu blankly. Her red lips were wide open, but no sound came out.
"That is to say, there are still nine minutes to 7 o'clock," Number 46 sneered. "To be honest, I'm not a good person. I just want you to know that you were fooled before you die."
"Wait! Wait!" A man and a woman shouted at the same time. When everyone turned their heads, they saw that Baldhead had climbed up the tree and was staggering to the center of the leaf. The other shrill female voice came from the head between Number 45's teeth. When Queenie saw that Baldhead had rushed up, she shuddered and shut her mouth.
"Don't kill her! Don't kill her!" Baldhead rushed to Lin Sanjiu. It seemed that he hadn't recovered from the blow. He pointed at Sunny and said, "I just need to take her number tag, right? This big guy's absorption rate is 0, so it's a draw. No one will suffer any losses … "
"Are you still protecting her?" Number 46 frowned. "Even though you are in the second cluster, you won't die even if she wins. However, she didn't think of you when she did that. Since there is only one person in the first cluster, Harry arranged for her to be the first to enter the greenhouse. You have eight people in your cluster, but you are the second to enter the greenhouse. Have you ever wondered why?"
Baldhead turned his head blankly. He didn't seem to understand.
"Because all seven of you can be pushed into the fire pit by someone in your cluster at any time. It all depends on whether she needs it or not. For example, the man in red," Number 46 said coldly.
"I don't know what you are talking about!" Baldhead seemed to have lost his mind. He walked to Sunny and pulled her number tag. He shouted at the crowd, "But I know that she won't kill anyone unless she has no other choice. Anyway, I have taken her number tag. Since I have helped you guys a lot, don't kill her! If you still don't trust me, I will tie her up! Can you do that? "
Baldhead had always been on his side. Number 46 turned to look at Lin Sanjiu. He seemed to have lost all interest in this, "I don't care. You do what you want."
Lin Sanjiu glanced at Baldhead and then at Sunny, who was standing behind him.
The girl bit her lips tightly. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell if she was trying to hold back her fear, nervousness, or laughter.
"My ability can't turn a living person into a card," Lin Sanjiu sighed after she thought for a long time. "So, I don't know if I can turn her right hand into a card. If I can, I will let her live. If I can't, then I'm sorry no matter how much you beg me. "
Baldhead's lips quivered. He nodded with a pale face.
Lin Sanjiu placed her hand on the bloodless right hand. She activated her [Planar World], and the right hand disappeared. (To be continued.)
PS:
I had a good time writing this chapter. When I realized that most of the holes were filled, it was already at this number of words. Speaking of which, people really can't be lazy. I forgot when I saw someone guessing that Sunny was the mole in the book review and comment section. I was shocked. I quickly clicked on it and found out that she was the only one with a name … I thought about it. It's too late to give other people a name.
Forget it. I knew Aizen Zi was lying to me last time. Now, there's another Heshibi. I was so shocked by this rich guy … Why are you so generous to me? The hotel said there were no more rooms. What should I do?
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