Su Shan fell silent for a while. She felt she could never calm her mind.

That’s right—if she thought carefully, she could understand.

Why did the “life card” say “JOKER” while the “death card” said “Death Card”?

She picked up the card she had just drawn and looked at it.

Rope, rope, rope—all ropes.

Besides one “Stone” card, everything remaining in Su Shan’s hand was ropes.

Was there still any hope for victory like this?

Seeing this, Qi Xia flipped over the card he had played face-down earlier to look at it. It was also a rope.

“Let’s play this one,” Qi Xia directly played the rope openly and tossed it in front of Su Shan.

“You…” Su Shan blinked, a trace of cold sweat sliding down her forehead. “I think I understand your plan… I’m about to lose…”

“That’s right,” Qi Xia nodded. “Right now you still have one chance to gamble your life, and that’s to play the ‘Stone.'”

After hearing this, Su Shan silently picked up the “Stone” in her hand. Although she didn’t want to follow Qi Xia’s plan, there really was no other option now.

To kill the opponent’s “Fighter,” this “Stone” card was the last hope.

After all, the probability of a “rope” killing someone within ten seconds was almost zero. If time dragged on any longer, Zichen would also die from blood loss.

She slowly put down the “Stone,” her eyes carrying a trace of despair.

“Qi Xia, why would you kill people without hesitation?” Su Shan asked, her voice trembling.

“One day you’ll be just like me,” Qi Xia said coldly.

Su Shan couldn’t understand. She didn’t want to understand. No matter what, she couldn’t bring herself to ruthlessly kill strangers.

“I believe in Zichen,” Su Shan placed the stone on the table.

Qi Xia felt it was difficult to express. After thinking it over several times, he still spoke: “That teammate of yours will harm you. To survive here, there’s no need to constantly take care of the weak.”

Earth-Chicken waved his hand with a smile on his face, and both their items dropped accordingly.

Doctor Zhao raised his hands high and grabbed the rope before it hit the ground.

And Zichen, enduring the severe pain in his leg, also caught the brick from midair.

Knowing his foot was injured and movement was difficult, he could only grip the brick in a defensive posture. But what he hadn’t expected was that Doctor Zhao didn’t attack with the rope. Instead, he turned around and threw the rope into the window behind him.

“Huh?” Zichen paused slightly, then saw Doctor Zhao take off running, distancing himself from Zichen’s attack range.

“What are you doing…” Zichen said through gritted teeth. “Are you planning to keep running for the rest of the time?”

“That’s right,” Doctor Zhao wiped the nosebleed on his face. “You’ve already been slashed. Bleeding to death is just a matter of time. There’s no need for me to risk myself.”

“So you slashing my leg was already planned…” For a moment, Zichen was furious. He clutched his injured leg and limped toward Doctor Zhao.

Doctor Zhao turned around and ran several more steps away.

“Stop being foolish! Give up!” Doctor Zhao shouted. “There’s no way you’ll have a chance to catch me for the rest of the time.”

Zichen chased after Doctor Zhao for quite a while, until the blood from his thigh had already filled his shoe.

“You… you…” Zichen knew time was running out. If he didn’t do something now, the opponent would truly succeed.

Su Shan immediately stood up and shouted: “Zichen! Don’t!!”

In that split second, Zichen weighed the brick in his hand and hurled it fiercely at Doctor Zhao.

Qi Xia sighed and stared at the dumbstruck girl before him, saying: “It’s over, Su Shan.”

Doctor Zhao dodged to the side, then immediately picked up the brick from the ground. Following that, he stuffed it into his chest and lay down on the ground.

“What…?” Zichen blinked somewhat puzzled. “What are you doing with my brick?”

“Zichen!!” Su Shan hurriedly ran to the glass wall, slapping the glass with her hand while shouting loudly: “Quickly snatch the brick back!! He wants to kill you!!”

Earth-Chicken laughed coldly without moving and said: “Ten seconds are up. Please discard your items.”

Hearing this, Zichen felt his blood run cold.

An extremely uneasy feeling began spreading in his heart.

“Hey… give me back the brick!!” He ran forward on his lame leg, reaching out to pull at Doctor Zhao.

But Doctor Zhao lay on the ground, curled up his body, and held the brick steadily in his chest.

He didn’t say a word. He didn’t move at all.

“Damn it!” Zichen’s voice kept trembling. “Hurry up and give it to me! If you don’t give it to me, I’m going to die!!”

Doctor Zhao closed his eyes tightly, buried his head deep in his arms, and let Zichen punch and kick him.

“I’ll say it one more time,” Earth-Chicken said with a cold laugh. “Please discard your item immediately.”

“Hey!!!” Zichen called out with a sobbing voice. “Give it to me!!”

Su Shan’s entire body trembled continuously. She had never imagined she would lose her life in this bizarre place.

“Su Shan, pick a more comfortable position to await death,” Qi Xia also deliberately said from the side. “Oh, and try not to splash blood on my face.”

Su Shan raised a pair of despairing eyes to look at Qi Xia. Right now was her death countdown.

She still had many things to do—how could she possibly die here?

But who could come save her?

Thinking of this, a string in Su Shan’s mind snapped with a “crack.”

Clang!!

A huge bell sound echoed in the distance.

Qi Xia slowly revealed a satisfied smile.

“I’m sorry. I said many frightening things before—those weren’t my true words,” Qi Xia stood up and said slowly. “Su Shan, remember this well: west side, school, Tiantangkou, my name is Qi Xia.”

Before Su Shan could react, Earth-Chicken had already walked into the glass room, continuing coldly: “Please discard your item immediately.”

“You… wait a moment!” Zichen frantically waved his hands. “Give me a bit more time. I, I’ll be done soon!”

“Last five seconds,” Earth-Chicken slowly closed his eyes.

“Hey! Bro! Big brother!” Zichen stopped beating Doctor Zhao and instead knelt down with a sobbing voice. “Please give it back to me… I don’t want to die…”

“I’m sorry…” Doctor Zhao said in a low voice while clutching the brick. “I don’t want to die either.”

The five seconds passed in a flash. Earth-Chicken thrust his hand through Zichen’s heart at an extremely fast speed.

“Blue side violated the rules. Accept ‘Punishment.'” Earth-Chicken laughed and flicked the blood off his hand, simultaneously dropping a lump of blood and flesh of indeterminate shape from his hand.

Su Shan’s collar also flashed with blue lights at this moment. The blue lights flashed faster and faster, as if entering a countdown.

“Su Shan, did you remember everything I said?” Qi Xia turned to look at the girl before him.

Su Shan stared into Qi Xia’s eyes for a few seconds, as if suddenly understanding something.

So that’s how it is?!

“West side of the city, school, Tiantangkou,” Su Shan said. “Qi Xia, I remember.”

“See you next time,” Qi Xia said.

“See you next time,” Su Shan smiled bitterly.