Chapter 30 - Disappearance

“Why!” Yuan Yao blurted out, “If the Beheading Demon is among the players, then if we just stick together for these five days, the other party won’t have a chance to make a move!”

“This way all of us can pass the level smoothly!”

“You’re too naive,” Huang Junjie shook his head and said, “It’s best to strike first and take the initiative.

Plus, if the Beheading Demon is a player like us, then they can be killed.

Killing the Beheading Demon will definitely bring extra rewards.”

“Just for that?”

“Just for that?”

Yuan Yao and the college student asked simultaneously, the former despondent, while the latter seemed somewhat dispirited.

Seeing his distraught demeanor, Huang Junjie exchanged a look with Xu Huo.

This guy had such poor psychological stability; he wondered how he even made it through the preliminary selection train.

If he told others what he heard, players might start fighting each other ahead of time.

Although the college student was out of sorts, he was sharp-eyed and immediately got up when he caught Huang Junjie’s significant look, hastily backing away while saying, “Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone what I heard!”

“You…” Yuan Yao wanted to stop him, but Xu Huo stopped him, “Let him go.

Whether other players know or not doesn’t matter.”

“Kill all other players to pass the level…as if it’s that easy,” he said with a laugh that held an ominous undertone, causing both Yuan Yao and Huang Junjie to shiver.

“We should hurry up and get out of here,” Huang Junjie said.

“It’s not good to stay here all the time.”

No sooner had the three of them returned to the lobby than the lights in the villa came on.

The college student was already huddled in a corner of the sofa, and other players consciously avoided him, choosing other sofas to sit on.

The axe and the confiscated knife were laid on the coffee table, the players seated around in silence.

Xu Huo glanced at the sky outside and sat down to rest with his eyes closed.

Everyone felt a sense of relief when it finally became light outside.

“Let’s find something to eat first,” Huang Junjie said, looking much better than the day before.

“After eating, we’ll go look for Du Lanlan and Xia Guo’s heads.”

Liu Yuanyuan, clinging to the second-generation rich kid, approached them, “I advise you to be careful.

Both of you have touched the Beheading Demon’s statue.

Xia Guo is already dead, and you could be next.”

After saying that, she threw a flirtatious glance and a white-toothed smile at Yuan Yao, “Little brother, aren’t you afraid?

If you are, you can follow us, my man can take care of you!”

Yuan Yao stood resolutely by Xu Huo’s side without a word, muttering only after they had walked away, “Yesterday it was ‘brother,’ today it’s ‘my man’…”

Xu Huo gave them a glance and turned back to Huang Junjie, “Be careful later.”

The players arrived at the dining hall one after another.

The cold storage and refrigerators in the dining hall were raided yesterday, leaving nothing edible, so today everyone went to the supermarket to find some convenience food.

“Brother Xu, Brother Huang, there’s instant noodles.

Let’s have instant noodles,” Yuan Yao came over with several buckets of instant noodles and mineral water, also fetching a kettle to boil water.

Other players gradually returned to the dining hall.

Abel came over with a box of instant glass noodles wanting hot water.

While everyone was waiting for the water to boil, the college student suddenly lunged out of the supermarket entrance, his bread and drinks spilling everywhere.

Without looking back to see who kicked him, he scrambled to quickly shove the items on the floor into a plastic bag.

Zhang Xiong stood behind him with a dark expression, “There’s still food in the supermarket.

Why are you taking so much at once?

You planning something nasty?”

The college student clutched the plastic bag, giving a wary glance around the dining hall before dropping a “Can’t I just be hungry?” and hurrying out.

“What’s he going on about?” Wan Zhikang slipped on a drink bottle by the door and fell, saying irritably.

“Who knows.” Wang Wei stared at the direction where the college student had vanished, answering absentmindedly.

After having breakfast, the players planned to split up.

Xu Huo needed to look for Du and Xia’s heads, while Wang Wei and his group were heading to the wooden house.

“What should we do with the axe and knife?” Abel asked, worried.

No one felt at ease holding on to these two sharp weapons, but they also couldn’t bear to destroy them.

“I don’t care who takes them, I don’t want them.” The rich second generation crossed his arms, leisurely watching the others.

“We’re splitting into two groups anyway, having a weapon is good for self-defense.” Huang Junjie reached out for the dagger.

Xu Huo and Yuan Yao had no objections, and Zhang Xiong took the opportunity to grab the axe.

The three groups parted ways, leaving the dining hall to return to their lodgings.

Zhang Xiong, Wan Zhikang, and Wang Wei left the villa toward the wooden house, the rich second generation and Liu Yuanyuan went straight to their room, leaving Abel standing there alone.

“Aren’t you going with Zhang Xiong and the others?” Xu Huo looked at him.

“I was thinking of performing last rites for the two girls.” Abel hesitated for a moment.

“You’re looking for their heads, can I join you?”

He seemed to have good intentions.

“Do you really believe in Buddhism?” Xu Huo asked curiously.

“Is there no conflict among your beliefs?”

“Of course there is.” Abel pulled out a necklace from under his collar.

“However, I’m a universal lover, I respect all beliefs.”

Yuan Yao held back for a while then said, “You believe in every god, aren’t you afraid they’ll pass the buck when something happens?”

Abel smiled tolerantly, “If gods truly exist, then they must be supreme.

How could a supreme god hold a grudge against their believers?”

Xu Huo laughed upon hearing this, no longer engaging with the non-believer, and went into the nearest room where bodies were kept.

They had actually

Remembering the college student’s unusual behavior that morning, he suddenly said, “There must be a secret chamber inside the villa, start searching in the hall!”