Chapter 198: The Greatest Risk of the Elevator Game

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Chapter 198: Chapter 198: The Greatest Risk of the Elevator Game"You didn’t see clearly how this copy game is played, the real danger isn’t actually in each floor but in the elevator." "This copy is an elevator game, with one hundred ninety-five people coming in, each elevator with a maximum capacity of thirteen people, everyone could be evenly distributed into the elevators, but when we went from the fifteenth floor to the fourteenth, fifteen people went missing." Jiang Yihua and Da Zhi, their expressions synchronizing in the dark, exclaimed in unison, "Weren’t they killed by the spiders?" Because a lot of people had come in, they hadn’t been concerned about the exact number at first, only counting the dead after the spider attack on the fourteenth floor, and the survivors hadn’t paid attention either. "In addition to those killed by spiders, there were fifteen people who must have disappeared before they got off the elevator." Xu Huo mentioned the man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. "I remember him, he was the one who started fighting over the food, then wanted to grab the elevator later on." said Jiang Yihua. "He isn’t among the dead." Xu Huo said, "There could be two reasons for this situation, one is that the elevator was overloaded; some rules in the copy that seem inconsequential are actually very important, the other is that from the fifteenth to the fourteenth floor, there were only supposed to be people for fourteen elevators, it just so happened that the selected elevator was overloaded." Da Zhi felt a bit dizzy with this explanation, "Wait, wait, why is there one less elevator when going down to the fourteenth floor?" "This building has a total of fifteen floors, with fifteen elevators, normally it shouldn’t have so many elevators, but this is a copy game, our operative area is the floors and the elevator, the only route up and down, it’s normal to have traps here." "However, I can’t be certain my guess is completely accurate until we get down to the tenth floor." There were only one hundred thirty-one people left, if there were people missing from one of the elevators when they reached the tenth floor, it would confirm his conjecture. "No wonder Dai Wenqian told you to cooperate on the tenth floor, has he also guessed this possibility?" Jiang Yihua had a sudden realization, then added, "But what if you guys are wrong?" Xu Huo glanced at her in the dark, "Even if we are wrong, it’s not a big deal, rather than taking a risk to test the game rules, it’s better to resolve potential risks ahead of time." Jiang Yihua and Da Zhi understood what he meant, that is, Dai Wenqian didn’t need to confirm his speculation was correct; if he wanted to avoid the risk, he just needed to reduce the number of people in an elevator each time they descended a floor. "Then how many people will be left when we reach the first floor?" Jiang Yihua shivered. This was the real reason Dai Wenqian had proposed cooperating with Xu Huo. "This is absurd!" Da Zhi said angrily, "If the copy game isn’t played like this, then wouldn’t the people who were killed be wronged?" This time, Xu Huo didn’t say anything, because from the fifteenth floor down to when they returned to the twelfth floor, the biggest risk for the players was in getting back to the twelfth floor. Ordinary people combined could kill those spiders, and the reason a few players were lost was simply that they were caught off guard. If there hadn’t been so many people at that time, under normal circumstances, the other players could have rescued them. So now the situation was very clear. Jiang Yihua was silent for a while before she said, "Why is the thirteenth floor the safest? The windows are completely sealed, and it relies entirely on the ventilation ducts for air." "The thirteenth floor shows no signs of mutant animal activity." Xu Huo said, "Whether it’s a coincidence or there’s a fixed reason, we’ll only know after trying." It was then that Jiang Yihua understood what he was doing with the mantis carcass. "Alright, lift me up there." she said. Xu Huo handed her the bag and the cellphone together, "Just throw it in there." He had Da Zhi below catch the guitar string, sending the two of them up. Jiang Yihua and Da Zhi worked together to pry open the elevator door. The ventilation system in the floor was still operating, seemingly unchanged from when they had gone down. But Jiang Yihua didn’t dare to breathe, she hurled the bag forcefully, then placed the cellphone close by before quickly retracting her hand. Xu Huo controlled the piano strings to carry the two of them away, then grabbed the edge of the elevator and leaped up, one foot stepping on the elevator door, swinging the Crimson Sword and repeatedly hacking forward through the gap in the door a little more than a palm’s width. The glass room directly opposite the elevator door was a single structure, which Xu Huo was able to slice open with only one swing of his sword. The reach of the Crimson Sword’s Sword Qi was limited to fifty meters at most, just enough to cut open the glass room, but insufficient to traverse the entire floor and break through the windows. Da Zhi patted the elevator shaft’s wall, gestured toward the inside of the floor with his chin in the direction of Xu Huo, and then looked at the mantis leg at his waist, signaling for him to go in and try. Xu Huo shook his head, sheathed the Crimson Sword, and then took out a bow and arrow, shooting it toward the ceiling of the floor. Jiang Yihua and the other person’s eyes widened, despite not being able to see inside the floor, they could tell from the angle of his shot that it was impossible to hit the windows, wasn’t it? "Boom!" In fact, it hit its target, and the sound of shattering glass echoed from inside. Before the surprise had even faded from their faces, Xu Huo began to control the short arrow lodged inside the floor to shoot at the mantis corpse from different directions, continuously creating cracks and small breakages on the window. In just two minutes, he had retracted the props, then used the sword to climb to the side, allowing Jiang Yihua and the other person to come over and close the door. After the elevator door closed again, Xu Huo pointed downwards, indicating a return to the eleventh floor. Without a word among the three of them, they held their breath and went down. Jiang Yihua and the other person pulled open the elevator door to enter first, and Xu Huo then jumped in and closed the elevator door. "Finally back!" Gu Yu hurried forward, "How was it, is it safe upstairs? Sёarᴄh the Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Xu Huo glanced at the corpse lying in the corner. An unspoken anger was evident on Gu Yu’s face as he stated solemnly, "This person just now tried to steal food, and was accidentally killed by Sun Mao." Sun Mao was the player following right beside Dai Wenqian. Now, Dai Wenqian and his companion were clearly maintaining a certain distance from the other players who were their teammates. As their gazes met, the other side smiled and nodded at him. Xu Huo turned his head and spoke to the anxious crowd, "Didn’t you all hear the commotion from upstairs just now?" "We did," Gu Yu pointed at the window, "but nobody dared to go look." Xu Huo nodded, "Killed a Mutant Mantis, but then other mutant animals started coming out of the elevator shaft. It wasn’t safe upstairs so we had to come down." He didn’t mention the events on the thirteenth floor, and Jiang Yihua and his companion wouldn’t either. "You guys are hurt!" The tall woman exclaimed. During the fighting and collisions, all three of them got bruised. "I have potions," Gu Yu quickly took out a Self-Healing Potion, but by then Jiang Yihua had already handed Xu Huo a bottle of Potion, "Use mine, it’s specially made." Upon taking it in hand, it turned out to be a bottle of Antitoxin. Jiang Yihua nodded at him, and although there were no signs of poisoning so far, it never hurt to have extra insurance. Xu Huo gave a wave of his hand to Gu Yu, "Thanks, but no need."

Chapter 198: The Greatest Risk of the Elevator Game

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