r18novel Chapter 648 - 647: Shu Ran Was Furious
Chapter 648 - 647: Shu Ran Was Furious
Shu Ran tightly grasped the card and stepped back a few paces, as the statue marked 173 was moved in front of her.
"You guys allied to kill just me?"
The slaughter of 173 began, with several staff members who had joined Shu Ran’s team midway sitting behind her, each staring at one of the four people opposite them, holding a small button in hand.
Whenever that person closed their eyes, the corresponding staff would press the small button, causing it to emit a red light. If all four buttons emitted red light at the same time, those four people would be out simultaneously.
The seemingly plain and simple slaughter began, yet no one dared to take it lightly.
Chu Qiu widened his eyes, sweeping his gaze around all of 173, keeping his eyeballs in motion, thus allowing his eyes to stay open longer and feel more comfortable.
"This 173 of yours is too fierce, there’s no way to handle it without forming an alliance."
Zhao Yu also employed the eyeball rotation tactic, scrutinizing 173 up and down, unable to resist grousing, "Why does this statue look like an anthropomorphized peanut?"
With closed eyes, Mu Qiu replied to her, "That’s its original appearance, and it happens to be a big-headed peanut. If your eyes become uncomfortable, remember to tell me to open mine immediately."
"Got it."
This was the strategy they devised; when two people had their eyes open, the other two would keep them shut, then all four would huddle together and move forward simultaneously, getting as close to Shu Ran as swiftly as possible.
Initially, they thought this method was infeasible because they didn’t have the fifth card at that time. Solving Shu Ran relied solely on close combat to stick the 049’s Curse Sticker on her.
This was indeed quite challenging.
But now, they had a fifth card. There’s no need to get too close; they could directly raise the card to let Shu Ran glance at it, and she would be out, dramatically reducing the difficulty.
The first to open their eyes were Chu Qiu and Zhao Yu, and now keeping their eyes closed were Cheng Zhirang and Mu Qiu.
However, the time with open eyes was too lengthy. After only a few steps forward, Zhao Yu couldn’t handle it; her eyes felt like they were about to tear up.
"Mu Qiu."
Mu Qiu immediately opened her eyes, staring directly at the big-headed peanut.
She had just opened her eyes when Chu Qiu couldn’t bear it either and called Cheng Zhirang’s name.
What stayed consistent was that regardless of who opened or shut their eyes, the four kept pulling each other forward relentlessly.
Cheng Zhirang stretched his hand behind, constantly clasping Mu Qiu’s hand, leading her forward. Even though he had his eyes shut, he didn’t stop.
"Honestly, it’s kind of like a guide dog leading a blind person across the street."
Shu Ran didn’t move, just stood behind 173, watching their painstaking progress, even having time to mock them.
Posing as an elegant lady savoring a theater scene.
"You might as well count the beats; one-two the front two open, three-four the back two open, quite orderly."
Mu Qiu: "Sister Shu Ran, please stop with the sarcastic remarks. When we reach you after our arduous journey, you’ll know how formidable we are!"
"Oh, well, let’s wait for you guys to ’journey’ to me first; it’s been a while, yet you haven’t even started running."
Chu Qiu: "Stop talking, stop talking! I’m losing track of whose turn it is to open their eyes!"
Shu Ran raised an eyebrow, precisely catching on to the manner of interference.
"Oh dear, isn’t it hot today? Aren’t you guys feeling the heat?"
"This method might be workable, but it’s too outdated. If I were to dash, you’d be stuck playing within this ’Enchanting Array’ on your own."
"Three, two, one, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, one, two, three, oh dear, whose turn was it to open their eyes?"
"You need to pick up the pace; I’m going to run away."
The voice was both delicate and affected, with extremely high interference, almost causing Mu Qiu’s attention to waver.
This isn’t alliance to attack the villain; it’s just like a pesky plant provoking zombies hoping for an epic showdown.
Shu Ran wasn’t actually running; she just kept on with the sarcastic comments, "Oh dear, three red lights are on now; three of you have simultaneously closed your eyes. Just a little more, and you’d all be out."
What a pity.
Chu Qiu’s head was spinning from enduring all this, "Stop, stop talking, I beg you, stop talking! My mind’s going to spin! This countdown sound is already anxiety-inducing enough."
Shu Ran’s mouth was about to curve into a grin when the long-missed electronic voice suddenly emerged again.
"Shu Ran out!"
"Shu Ran out!"
"Shu Ran out!"
Her lips stiffened in place.
"What happened? How did I just get out?!"
She looked at the camera in anger and shock, then at the four people opposite.
Mu Qiu and the others were also stunned by this news and were just about to shift their gaze towards her when Cheng Zhirang tightened his grip on Mu Qiu’s hand behind him, commanding quietly:
"Open your eyes. Regardless of whether she’s out, 173 is still effective."
Humans have this psychological hint habit; for example, clear instructions like saying "don’t pick A, don’t pick A" lead to remembering only "A." Tell someone "don’t be sad," and the psychological hint ends up being just "sad."
Therefore, to be safe, the instruction now shouldn’t be "don’t close your eyes," but instead directly "open your eyes."
So, at this should-be "universally shocking" moment, after breaking out in a cold sweat, the four continued with their "one-two you open eyes, three-four I open eyes" game, although this time they weren’t moving forward.
None answered Shu Ran’s query, this life-and-death question received no reply, driving her closer to collapse.
"Did you do something?! I was standing here well enough, how could I just be out?!"
No one could touch her, how could she possibly be out inexplicably?!
Unless...
"It should be the parasitic time of 813 ending." Cheng Zhirang closed and opened his eyes again, the process was methodical, not like Chu Qiu and Mu Qiu who nervously count beats to find the rhythm.
Shu Ran was dumbstruck.
"...The parasitic time ended at this moment? You’re telling me it just ended now?! I managed to get the slaughter card; I was about to win!"
She was damn near snatching victory for first place! These zombie beat counters might face imminent annihilation, and now she’s told she’s out at this point, it’s over?!
The frustration of falling dead at the foot of the throne felt like magma, erupting all the way from the soles up to her head, burning her into a stupor.
"I refuse! Why did it end precisely at this moment?! The production team didn’t randomly press it, did they?!"
"And why was I the only one eliminated? Clearly, Chu Qiu was parasitized with me! Wasn’t Mu Qiu parasitized too?!"
The last bit of struggle before dying, it’s understandable.
Mu Qiu couldn’t resist speaking up, "We have different parasitic times, as for Chu Qiu... maybe because he’s the ally of the luck-favored son?"
As she talked, Shu Ran didn’t catch the content, but her mind cleared a bit, like someone drowning spotting duckweed, as she looked at her intensely excited, "Quick, quick, quick! Mu Qiu, revive me! You can save me!"
The delight of regaining something lost, alas, this situation lies just beyond that realm.
"Sister Shu Ran, have you forgotten? You can’t revive someone killed by 813."
Shu Ran’s expression instantly froze.
"......"