Xie Antong: ......
Did she notice sothing?
Of course she didn’t!
There’s no f***ing way she could’ve noticed. She blinked like crazy, staring at the card Lu Ce threw out.
I won?
I beat the strongest player? Was he going easy on ? Or am I hallucinating?
Of course, once the facts were confird, she quickly cald down.
What does this an... what is he doing....
“Sin” had already guessed her strategy. He knew the card was rock, not scissors—in other words, he did it on purpose again!
Showing gentlemanly conduct to let her win? If Xie Antong really dared to think that, then she must be insane.
Unconsciously, she thought of “Sin’s” 725 Stars earlier.
He’s throwing the match on purpose again?
What did he see this ti?
Xie Antong’s rusted brain started working backwards, but reverse thinking was hard to begin with, especially in a ga like this.
It’s easy to think about how to win. But what kind of logic is behind choosing to lose?!
She looked suspiciously at Sli, but Sli just looked innocent and even said to her,
【Ah, then congratulations?】
At this point, Lu Ce, who’d kept the suspense going long enough, finally spoke up.
“Honestly, all the talking is pointless. This ga was aningless from the start. I gave you that drug mostly so I could feel better about it. I didn’t want to lose to an idiot.”
“I told you before, you’re facing the strongest player, and you’d better stay sharp and give your full attention.”
“That sentence was the biggest lie. And out of everything I said, that was the one line you never doubted.”
“Your biggest problem is that you focused on too much.”
Lu Ce spoke while drawing a circle on the table with his finger.
Then he tapped the center of the circle with his fingertip.
“There’s a concept in visual effects. Not sure if you know it.”
“When all your focus is on one point, you ignore everything else.”
“Your weapon is the All-Seeing Eye, but you stared at too much. From the mont I entered the ga, I could feel a heavy sense of dread—it was coming from you.”
“You paid too much attention to , and ignored... this is a ga, rember...”
After he said that, Xie Antong’s pupils began to dilate. In the rewind of her ntal palace, she finally started to face it all.
Maybe she was too afraid. Maybe it was the unpleasantness from last ti. Maybe she just wanted to prove herself too badly. Or maybe “Sin” was just too flashy this ti...
In the world constructed by the All-Seeing Eye, it was like only “Sin” was in color—everything else was black and white!
This is a Hell Mode Ga! Was she... too arrogant?
Seeing the change in her expression, Lu Ce turned his mask toward Sli, who was still quietly standing there after taking a shot from him.
“I’m just going to point out a few things.”
“This ga said that the more Stars you have, the better the reward. Said low Stars co with penalties.”
“But it never said anything about Stars being related to ga clearance.”
“Also, this annoying guy said it right from the beginning—thrill and fun are the real thes of this ga.”
“Winning or losing? Not so much.”
【......】
Sli didn’t say a word, standing there silently, for reasons unknown.
Lu Ce turned back to Xie Antong.
“Let’s look at who stayed each round.”
“Who was left in the first ga?”
“Gambling addicts who lost everything but didn’t dare leave, afraid of losing body parts, and players who thought they were strong.”
“The second ti, who stayed for the resurrection round?”
“The strongest ones who got voted out! And the five gamblers who lost the hardest!”
“The ones who left were all happy. But who were they? The in-betweens. In short... trash!”
“That was the official label Sli gave them when they left!”
“Trash!”
From that point on, Sli never said anything to lighten the mood again. That feeling Xie Antong had before, like “it’s beco a different person,” beca even stronger.
“So instead of saying those who left got a chance to clear the ga, maybe it’s more accurate to say... they were eliminated!”
“Rather than elimination, it’s more like the ga was... filtering them!”
“The key to this ga might not be about how you move forward... but how you stay!”
After Lu Ce finished, he kicked his feet up onto the table and turned to Sli.
“Am I right?”
【......】
Xie Antong’s mouth hung open, her eyes blinking rapidly like she was trying to process it all.
She suddenly felt like the whole world had beco clearer. The mountain that had weighed on her chest finally settled down, making her thoughts sharper.
Looking at it now, so many things that confused her before made sense.
Her lips trembled, but she still raised so doubts:
“But... having a lot of Stars definitely ans better rewards.”
“You didn’t have to throw away those 725. With how much people hate you, even if there was a vote, you’d definitely be the one they kicked out.”
“You could’ve still joined this so-called resurrection match.”
“But I never thought I’d win with 725 Stars anyway.” Lu Ce shrugged.
“Besides, the most important part is.....”
“That! Just! Wouldn’t! Be! Thrilling!”
“Hahaha, gotta rember the ga rules!”
With that, Lu Ce's urge to show off had been fully satisfied. Everything was out in the open. The last two cards didn’t matter anymore, so he casually tossed them away.
“Alright, that’s it. With your skill, you should’ve figured out the real key to this ga.”
“You won. Yup, beat the strongest player. You can go ho and write this in your family records—maybe even give it its own chapter.”
【Room One Ga Over. Winner: “Blank”!】
Sli’s voice rang out, and the next second, the entire room vanished into thin air, as if it had never existed.
At the sa ti, four more voices sounded. The other resurrection players also exited the ga and stood on the ship.
As if everyone’s gas had ended at exactly the sa ti!
So were happy, so were upset. Sli announced the final five results. The ultimate battle was finally over.
In this 100-player Ga Instance, a victor and losers still had to be decided in the end.
But after Sli finished reading out the nas and the Light Beam enveloped the winner, the remaining eight players were all stunned.
They all turned their eyes, in perfect unison, to the high-spirited Lu Ce.
—You lost?!
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