Chapter 630: Chapter 630: Public Execution, The Strongest Pawn

Xie Antong stared at Xu Qi inside the bubble, her eyes wide, wanting to curse him but finding herself speechless.

Are you kidding me? Did your brain completely short-circuit after you went crazy?

She absolutely never expected that Lu Ce wouldn't use any methods outside the rules, but simply broke the other's mentality through normal conversation.

And it exploded so thoroughly. This Xu Qi, when making his final choice, didn't even say what identity he had transformed into!

What kind of brain-dead move is that? Did he really think this was a one-shot, all-or-nothing gamble?

Xu Qi was eliminated, but all three identities had the possibility of being eliminated after taking the initiative to shoot.

As for all of Xu Qi's previous deductions, in Xie Antong's view, they were about as useful as a fart. She directly treated them as garbage information and completely disregarded them.

After so many games, she had long since summarized the golden rule when playing games alongside Lu Ce.

That is: only believe facts, do not believe rationalized, conventionalized deductions!

Let alone the possibility of him violating rules, distorting facts, and similar things...

Therefore, Xu Qi's earlier assumption that the other couldn't possibly be a Blue Lover or the like was completely unfounded from the start!

And that nonsense about 'he showed no change in expression after hearing your identity'—what the hell are you that he should show any expression for you?

Didn't you see he showed no change in expression even when you said you loved him?

The only slightly reasonable deduction was that since this guy was being such a high-profile target in the sky, welcoming all players to challenge him, he most likely wasn't [Narcissus].

After all, among the Red and Blue Lover identities, as long as you don't take the initiative to shoot, you yourself face no elimination risk.

But Narcissus has that risk!

So, him daring to play like this probably meant he couldn't be Narcissus. However, this thought only flashed through Xie Antong's mind before she hurriedly threw it away.

You cannot use common sense to deduce the masked Lu Ce. That is the purest lunatic in this world.

Especially this purple mask... She still remembered the scene on the gambling ship where this guy called a skeleton 'baby'...

So the key now was: under what identity did Xu Qi undergo the laser settlement!

Xie Antong felt a bit anxious at this moment. Although Lu Ce might not think so, in her heart, this was already a confrontation between her and Lu Ce in this game!

She needed to become that major faction leader opposing "Sin" to occupy the [Apostle] ecological niche and gain benefits from the Game.

So, in this game with no win or loss, she genuinely wanted to try to win once!

The Heaven's Net wove countless threads in the air, wrapping around the continuously ascending Xu Qi, constantly tightening, trying to glean some information.

But she soon realized something was wrong. That pink bubble enveloping the other's body and rising upward isolated all her abilities. Her Heaven's Net had now become disconnected from Xu Qi!

Because Xu Qi was already in a state of having exited the game. No matter how powerful she was as a player within the game, she couldn't possibly affect someone outside the game.

As Xu Qi ascended, he soon reached the same height as Lust in the sky. The purple mask stared at him and even waved a greeting.

Very polite.

Finally, the pink bubble was hung high in the sky, serving as the eliminated "spectator seat," watching over this world.

In an instant, the extreme highs and lows—from being chosen by God earlier to now discovering everything was for nothing, and even getting himself floated up.

He began waving his arms and legs wildly in the air, shouting loudly, no one knew what he was saying.

The isolation bubble cut off all his sound. No one knew his current insane ramblings, but his actions were displayed before everyone like an item in a display window.

It looked exactly like a public execution.

"Hmm, seems he's very happy."

Lust nodded, then extended two fingers, making a gesture that would break a Korean man's defenses.

"Just missed by a little bit."

"Everyone, please continue your efforts, strive to reach the top in one step as soon as possible."

"Including some pitiful worms who have been staring at me all along... shouldn't you... make your move?"

As Lust's words fell, almost everyone in the entire city simultaneously lowered their heads, looking at the ground, not uttering a word.

The Xu Qi above their heads, called a spectator but practically equivalent to a public execution, was an example for all of them.

Their previously somewhat muddled heads instantly cleared up considerably. They finally realized the gap between them and the strongest player wasn't just a power gap.

Even without direct death, the mental torture was also an immense, hard-to-bear cost.

The atmosphere of the entire city became abnormally oppressive. They couldn't fake much love and joy to begin with, and now, after this interlude and Lust's continuous emotional manipulation, the entire area became deathly silent.

......

"For a short time, I'm afraid no one will be willing to try and provoke his bad luck."

"Lust over there wanted to plunge the city into an ocean of love and joy. Although the specific purpose is unknown, it seems now that has also failed..."

From the start of the game until now, Lust had been acting crazy, but in reality, he had been subtly thwarting the plans of Lust and herself.

Judging from the aspect of player control, his influence was now the most extensive. Among the current three chess players, this guy who seemed most exposed was actually the one with the most advantage!

Yes, from the game's start, the chess players Xie Antong had designated for this game were herself, Lu Ce, and that Lust avatar who hadn't shown much face.

That Lust should also have a headache right now. Even if He could eliminate one of Lu Ce's identities through Xu Qi...

In fact, Lust's situation was even worse than she imagined. The information she didn't get, Lust didn't get either!

That pink bubble was a product of the Game, not His. Lust also had no idea what Xu Qi's final settlement identity was!

However, she wasn't very aware of these details yet. From Xie Antong's perspective, she was currently the most behind among the three chess players.

So she hurriedly continued her "the Master is fooling you" operation on one hand, further brainwashing all the [Apostles] to prepare them for future probing actions. On the other hand, she had already begun planning the next step.

She knew the current scene was gradually entering a stalemate. Everyone's emotional nerves had been stretched to the limit. An explosion could come at any moment.

But in this game, in reality, she still had one more chess piece she could use.

Besides the three chess players, here, there was still one strongest chess piece!

Only... it might be a bit dangerous.