“Don’t listen to him!” The short-haired woman was unyielding. She called out to the companion who was about to go in to vote: “Vote according to the original plan! The real reason he’s saying all this is because he’s anxious about being voted out by us himself!”

That red eye hesitated.

“How unfortunate…” Xufang He sighed softly, gazing at them with compassionate eyes. “It seems that in order to stop everyone from continuing to fight each other, I can only place my hopes in divine punishment…”

The moment he spoke those two words—”divine punishment”—everyone’s expressions changed! They all thought back to those moths from just moments ago!

No one wanted to die like that!

Even becoming a figurine would be better than having their body hollowed out by a swarm of insects!

The red eyes shifted uneasily from foot to foot, clearly wavering.

And at this moment, the only thought in Bai Youwei’s heart was: despicable.

—Using an advantage that no one else had to manipulate the vote with an iron fist in a game like this. What truly despicable behavior.

Granted, she had done similar things herself, but now that the roles were reversed, being threatened and manipulated truly was an awful feeling.

Xufang He watched the four red eyes who had yet to vote and said unhurriedly:

“We could have coexisted peacefully. The game only asks us to vote—it never asked us to fight to the death. So why bother? …Just let this all end. Conflict only brings harm. I’m saying all of this because I genuinely want what’s best for everyone…”

“He’s lying to you!” The short-haired woman stared daggers at Xufang He. “Vote according to the original plan! As long as we eliminate him, we can definitely win!”

“…Win?” Xufang He smiled slowly. “Is winning really that important? If that’s how you feel, then think it over carefully… Would you rather give up on winning and vote for Number 25 along with me, or remain fixated on victory and greet divine punishment at tomorrow’s sunrise?”

He paused here, his gaze sweeping slowly across the faces of those four red eyes—

“I… have remembered your faces.”

Those words made everyone’s blood run cold!

“Damn it!” The short-haired woman was nearly losing her mind. “Don’t listen to him! Don’t listen to him!!! No matter which number you vote for, he’ll never know!!!”

“He will know.” Xufang He smiled and shook his head. “Right now, Number 25 has two votes. If the monitor announces the tally and Number 25 doesn’t have 6 votes, then it means at least one of you four didn’t do as I said.”

The short-haired woman challenged her companions: “Are you actually going to do what he says?! He’s just trying to scare you! He…”

“I’d say…” The sphere on the rooftop had already run out of patience. “Are you all going to vote or not? Can you hurry it up?”

Pressed by the urging, the red eye lowered their head and walked quickly into the voting booth.

One came out, another went in, until everyone had finished voting.

The stone sphere began to spin again.

Rolling around with a satisfied hum, it cheerfully announced—

“The third round’s eliminated numbers and vote tallies are now being revealed!”

“Number 4: 3 votes.”

“Number 5: 2 votes.”

“Number 17: 3 votes.”

“Number 25: 6 votes.”

“Number 28: 4 votes.”

When she heard Number 25’s total of 6 votes, Bai Youwei closed her eyes in frustration. Her plan had been completely derailed.

The players around her vanished one by one.

Three red eyes disappeared.

Two blue eyes disappeared.

Not a single yellow eye disappeared.

The count on the field became: Red eyes 5 (including 1 blue eye), Yellow eyes 6 (including 1 red eye), Blue eyes 3.

But if Bai Youwei’s plan had gone through, those last four votes from the red eyes should have gone to Number 29! Adding her own vote, the eliminated numbers would have been: 4, 17, 25, 28, and 29.

Yet who could have foreseen that Xufang He would stop those four people mid-way with blatant threats and inducements!

And the monitor just sat there watching the spectacle, doing absolutely nothing!

If the vote continued to be controlled by Xufang He, this game was completely unwinnable!

While she was still stewing in her frustration, Xufang He slowly walked over to stand in front of her. He looked down at her with a cool gaze, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked:

“May I ask… why, just now, did you not vote according to my instructions?”

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