Chapter 488: Chapter 488: Eat Him Alive! Do You Still Love Him?

Although the voice appeared as a game announcement, anyone with a clear mind could distinctly recognize it as the voice of that bearded phantom from before.

The moment the words fell, eighteen lamps appeared on the ceiling above each person's head, all currently dark and without light, their purpose unknown.

"Enough already! What a bother, is there really a need to repeatedly emphasize such trivial matters?"

Xu Long directly snorted coldly. They understood perfectly well what the game meant.

After all, two games had already passed since version 2.0. Aside from the game where "Sin" was present, the remaining games indeed selected winners through players killing each other.

This time was just a bit more extreme, sounding like only one person could win.

But... hadn't "Sin" already provided two examples?

"Isn't it just about fighting each other? No need for you to say more, these people were always like that anyway."

Club Ace sat cross-legged in his room, speaking while rubbing his shoulder.

Chiyo Ming's voice still carried that charming, seductive tone.

But that voice seemed to belong to the most stingy fellow, unwilling to utter even one extra word. After the emphasis, it gave no further information.

Only, movement occurred in each room separately.

As if something major was about to happen.

Everyone was on high alert, as if awaiting execution.

Indeed, the Eighteen Levels of Hell was never a place for playing games; it was purely a place to punish the guilty.

Could it be that everyone must endure punishment, and whoever holds out the longest wins?

Perfect Life thought this, considering that if that were the case, wouldn't it just be handing victory directly to that "Sin" again?

That guy had always been notorious for his extreme tastes and perverted tendencies...

But those bizarre rooms, faced with the players' tense, battle-ready anticipation, ultimately proved to be a anticlimax.

For example, a large screen suddenly appeared before Xu Long, displaying a person's portrait.

[Do you recognize this person?]

Xu Long: ?

Seriously, is this game sick?

He was already prepared for magma to rise and submerge him, ready to test the standards here.

What the hell does this mean?

"This... who the hell is this? Why should I recognize him?"

"Sick, all thunder but no rain! After all this waiting, we get this?"

[...]

The game's voice hesitated for a moment, then another picture appeared before him.

It was a thatched hut, with several other figures in the yard.

[What about these people? Any impression?]

Xu Long frowned. At that moment, he suddenly noticed that a lamp above his head had already lit up.

Among the eighteen lamps, one was now emitting a red glow.

The glaring light seemed to stir memories in his heart, as if he remembered something.

"Oh... I do have some impression."

"Hmph, seems like this was before I got recruited into the Dragon Group. Tch, you can dig up this old crap?"

"Some impression, but don't know the names. So what?"

[Killing and plundering! Do you plead guilty?!]

"Guilty my ass! Let me think, hmm, that year there was a drought in Henan, many people starved to death."

"I entered his house, found four or five dishes and fish inside. After thinking about it, I killed him and incidentally burned his house down."

"What fucking crime! Even that old man who captured me back then didn't force me to confess in the end. Who the hell are you?"

[Killing and plundering, unrepentant till death, arson, resentment of the wealthy, killing an entire family, a monk breaking vows, and you still claim innocence!]

[The crime is aggravated!]

"I was... wait, why the hell am I explaining to you?!"

As he spoke, Xu Long snorted coldly, stood up, tore off the coarse hemp clothes he was wearing, and threw them into the nearby magma.

Revealing the black garment with golden patterns underneath - the attire of a Dragon Group Elder!

The clothes were clearly already large enough, but still couldn't contain him; his bulging muscles stretched the fabric taut.

"So what if I'm guilty? If you want to fight, hurry up!"

The game's voice did not speak again, only another lamp above his head turned red.

...

Outside, the relevant members of the Dragon Group looked at each other. Those who didn't participate in the game were relatively peripheral and didn't know these Elders well.

Some didn't even recognize them, only assigned to assist with tasks.

There was such a thing?

... Forget it, that's not for them to manage.

In the basement of the Council of Elders, only the Grand Elder sat alone at this moment, surrounded by dozens of screens in front of him.

Silent.

...

In Lu Ce's room, after a tremor, a snake suddenly dropped down.

It was just an ordinary snake, over a meter long, thumb-thick, without any other prompts.

Before "Sin" at this stage, such a thing seemed to possess no lethality whatsoever.

At this point, even if this snake appeared in Xie Antong's room, Xie Antong could twist its head off.

The moment the snake appeared, it began fleeing at high speed, darting rapidly away from Lu Ce's direction.

But someone moved faster than it. The red mask instantly appeared before it, and the next second, Gluttony swallowed the snake directly as if slurping noodles!

[...]

Plop.

A few seconds later, a dead rat fell from above, its exposed bones showing a disgusting yellow, with maggots even wriggling within its rotting flesh.

Two fingers picked it up moments later, holding it in the air. The red mask split open into a large mouth, and the disgusting dead rat seemed to drop directly into a bottomless pit.

There wasn't even any real eating process!

Bearded Phantom: ?

Seriously, bro, is this right?

He looked at all eighteen rooms; this guy was the most bizarre!

Tch, damn, the room he chose might be a bit off...

Ultimately, no new red lights lit up among the lamps above Lu Ce's head.

...

"What are these red lamps for?"

In Xie Antong's room, she immediately recognized this as the key to solving the puzzle. Eighteen...

Again eighteen!

Could it be that those with red lamps lit have already died?

Probably not, these people shouldn't be that fragile. But it's certain that something must have happened in a corresponding number of rooms.

Why hasn't there been any such change on her side?

[Player Blank!]

Suddenly, an abrupt voice sounded above her head, and she instantly became alert.

Here it comes!

[Do you still love him?]

Xie Antong: ?

"Who?"

So direct?