Death

Everyone was stunned and couldn't react for a moment.

The Pink Chainsaw crashed to the ground with a clang. The corpse, gushing blood, slowly collapsed onto the floor.

"Sister Tao!!"

Sheng Qingqiao's Red Candle burned out, but her body was still unable to Rules due to the side effects of the Weird Object, and she could only watch helplessly as this scene unfolded.

Seemingly realizing what he had done, Qin Rang's body suddenly froze.

Warm blood was still gushing out, staining the floor red.

Everyone was panting heavily, staring blankly at everything, but they didn't receive any notification that the Sixth Round was over.

At that moment, Wang's voice rang in everyone's ears.

Are you waiting for the Seventh Round?

"I regret to inform you that there are only six days left until the banquet begins, so you only have six chances to watch the episode; there will be no Seventh Round."

"I already gave you a hint."

Tang Pin's eyes darted to Wang, whose smile was so glaring.

"Six times..." An Ying gritted her teeth, recalling the six banquets she had heard about when entering the Instance. So that's what it meant?

While the others managed to remain calm and not break down, Luo Jiayu, who rarely participated in Instance with her friends, had tears welling up in her eyes and felt a sharp pain in her heart.

"Tao Yuan! I don't want to—"

Just as Luo Jiayu's tears were about to well up, Tao Yuan's corpse suddenly emitted a faint pink glow. The next second, her body seemed to rewind and piece itself back together.

"--Sigh?" Luo Jiayu wiped away her tears.

Tao Yuan reopened his eyes and picked up the Chainsaw.

An Ying and the others relaxed slightly. Before they could ask, Tao Yuan explained with lingering fear, "Luckily, there were Dessert Chef's cookies."

The Dessert Chef's latest trading Rules for desserts is that the moment you eat them, you can rewind three seconds. Tao Yuan had already made meticulous preparations for her fate.

"Come!"

Taking advantage of Qin Rang's distraction, Tao Yuan activated the Stasis Pod again, and the ring slowly expanded, rapidly absorbing energy.

Bai Yang sensed a strange energy fluctuation on this ring.

"What kind of Weird Object is this? It looks like a dead object," Bai Yang asked.

"This was developed by the Authorities themselves; it's not Weird Object, it's a machine," Wang Ding said.

Machine...

He knew about machines, but those things had been gradually phased out after the strange events, and he never expected that new ones would be developed now.

Can this machine fight off the Weird Object?

When the fixed ring expanded to a range of more than three meters, the ring suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

Qin Rang's Evil Ghost Mask sensed the threat and forcibly snapped him out of his daze, causing the dark blue energy to spread wildly in all directions!

Everyone struggled desperately to defend themselves, and even Bai Yang, who was hiding behind the Puppet, was thrown out. Tang Pin and Bai Ao, who were already injured, were also injured again and fell into a coma.

Despite having several dense wounds all over her body, Tao Yuan, who was closest to the ring, did not retreat a single step, firmly holding onto the fixation ring.

Only Sheng Qingqiao, affected by the immobilization side effect of the Rules, neither dodged nor avoided, and directly collided with the dark blue energy.

"Beep!"

A White Halo emanated from the Stasis Pod, enveloping Qin Rang. When the white light dissipated, his figure also vanished.

With a "thud," the retaining ring fell to the ground.

Bruises and Tao Yuan marred her legs, and she collapsed to her knees. Gripping the restraint rings tightly, a faint smile finally tugged at the corner of her mouth, "Success—"

Before she could finish speaking, Sheng Qingqiao suddenly knelt down on the ground with a "plop".

His upper body had been shattered by the dark blue energy, leaving countless holes in his flesh.

At this moment, even Wang and Bai Yang were stunned, frowning as they looked at Sheng Qingqiao.

Tao Yuan called out in a trembling voice, "Sheng Qingqiao, eat your cookies!"

Sheng Qingqiao slowly turned her head to look at Tao Yuan. He was still alive, or rather, he still retained some consciousness.

"I... I just swallowed it." Sheng Qingqiao's voice was hoarse, but there was a hint of helplessness in her words, "But I think... I'm not dead yet."

In the instant he was critically injured, he ate the Regression Biscuit, but Qin Rang's attack did not kill him immediately.

He is still alive, but he has already missed the "3-second Death Rewind" Rules that the cookie applies.

The Dessert Chef's cookie Rules can only be applied once a day; once eaten, the Rules take effect immediately by default.

An Ying and the others rushed over, and Tang Pin, her hands trembling, gathered her energy again and began to play the Bamboo Flute.

However, Sheng Qingqiao's own energy seemed to have burst through a huge hole, leaking out wildly. Even the continuous influx of healing energy could not stop the rate at which her life force was draining away.

He's still alive only because of his strangely tenacious vitality.

Sheng Qingqiao's face grew paler and paler, and her body began to dissipate little by little.

Luo Jiayu knelt beside him, tears welling up in her eyes.

An Ying and Wang Ding trembled as they grabbed his body to keep him from falling.

Mi Chuchu and Tao Yuan frantically pulled out the Weird Objects from their bodies, trying to buy him some time to save him.

"It doesn't matter."

Watching her friends busy at work, Sheng Qingqiao still had a smile on her face, but her eyes still held a hint of reluctance and longing.

"Don't talk to the captain after he wakes up." Sheng Qingqiao's voice was soft, but it brought tears to their eyes. "Don't let him watch the live replay. It's not his fault."

"I don't blame him. I'm actually quite happy. It's a good thing it was me who died."

Tao Yuan finally couldn't hold back her tears, and large tears slid down her cheeks.

Suddenly, she turned to Wang and shouted, "Give us Seventh Round! Give us Seventh Round! Whatever you want, we'll give you!"

"Do you want to advance to the next level? How much energy do you need? As long as you unlock the Seventh Round and rewind time, I will definitely bring you enough Weird Object to absorb energy!"

There's an even more disgusting, but very useful, way to beat the game in a bizarre way—bribery.

If you encounter a highly intelligent, high-level monster, you can make an agreement that allows it to advance in rank and then escape alive.

However, the cost is that it will cultivate an even higher level of anomaly.

Furthermore, once this high-level anomaly is summoned, the trading Rules end, but the trader may still be killed by this anomaly.

Tao Yuan has no other choice now; she must save her teammate, whether he is human or a monster.