Cunning come to life
Ji Yang continued to fast forward the replay.
"Next, the High-Ponytail Woman discovered the Underground Passage beneath the wardrobe. I won't go into details here, as several players have analyzed it. Xu Xi had already realized that this was a trap deliberately set for them by something in the shadows, so she refused to go down without hesitation."
[Actually, I have a question. Since Xu Xi already wanted to kill the Refined Man and the Burly Man, why did she warn them not to go down? Couldn't she just let them die inside?]
Seeing comments asking similar questions, Ji Yang shook his head and explained, "First of all Xu Xi isn't sure what's behind the scenes. Losing two teammates when the danger isn't clear isn't a good thing. Secondly, these two aren't stupid. Xu Xi doesn't go down, they can naturally deduce that something's wrong."
"At this moment, Xu Xi maintained her dislike for the Burly Man, which made the Refined Man and the Burly Man lower their guard again. They weren't afraid of Xu Xi's overt negative emotions, but they were afraid of Xu Xi's nonchalant appearance. After all, people who can control their emotions are more terrifying."
"There's another point: Xu Xi is doing this to lay the groundwork for the next phase of the plan."
"He offered to lure out what was hidden, but because of his previous attitude, the Burly Man, who wanted to do the opposite of what Xu Xi suggested, strongly rejected the Underground Passage as a hiding place."
[I get it, Boss Xu Xi is deliberately provoking the Burly Man's rebellious psychology.]
[The Burly Man: You won't let me down, but I'll insist on going down anyway; you want me to hide, but I won't hide. Hey, I'm just playing around.]
[And then you successfully ruined yourself, right?]
"Pfft, haha." Ji Yang couldn't help but laugh out loud at the teasing comments in the live chat.
"Well, anyway, Xu Xi deliberately left the Burly Man up there. It would be best if he could catch something hidden there. Even if he couldn't catch it or something unexpected happened Burly Man died, he wouldn't lose out. He could also use this opportunity to observe what that thing was. It's a win-win-win situation."
"Okay, let's continue watching the part where the Fake Yang Wu appears."
"I don't know if you noticed, but when Xu Xi shone the flashlight, her gaze lingered on the Burly Man for two seconds."
"Let's pause and zoom in on the screen. Look here, the Burly Man has a very small cut on his wrist, clearly a recent injury."
[So, the part where Xu Xi says the Burly Man was slashed and injected with poison is right here.]
[You need really good eyesight to see that, I'm nearsighted, so I didn't notice it at all.]
[Xu Xi doesn't have a god's-eye view; he just observes things more carefully than we do.]
"Getting injured in Dungeon is no small matter. Even a tiny cut like this can cause some kind of unexpected event. For example, the Burly Man underwent a mutation because of it."
"Although Xu Xi noticed this, he didn't say anything to warn him, because the Burly Man's injury served one of his purposes: to observe the Fake Yang Wu."
"When the Burly Man mutated, Xu Xi knew what was going on. The Fake Yang Wu could not only control White Humanoid, but also had something on him that could cause players to mutate through their wounds."
[They eliminated the Burly Man who provoked them and also tested the true strength of the Fake Yang Wu... Never offend the Xu Xi, just like the comment in the previous wolf-killing video said, even in death you have to contribute something.]
Why didn't he share this information with his teammates? Shouldn't they have needed to cooperate at that time?
Ji Yang clicked his tongue twice. "Xu Xi not only didn't share it with her teammates, but she also deliberately misled them into thinking that the Fake Yang Wu was Impostor."
[Ah?]
[Fake Yang Wu trying to mislead players into thinking that the White Humanoid is Impostor, and Xu Xi is misleading his teammates into thinking that the Fake Yang Wu is Impostor?]
[Why is that?]
[Because Xu Xi wanted to kill the Refined Man. That goes without saying. The Burly Man is dead; he wanted the Refined Man to continue testing the Fake Yang Wu.]
Ji Yang nodded.
"The Fake Yang Wu deliberately provoked a riot among the White Humanoid, and together with the newly mutated Burly Man, created a lot of pressure on the players, all to lure them to the cellar."
"Xu Xi saw through this, and it could even be said that he was the one who secretly orchestrated all of this."
He wanted to know how the Fake Yang Wu controlled the White Humanoid, but the hotel was too dark, and he could only rely on the light of a flashlight. Xu Xi couldn't see such fine particles as powder, but although he couldn't see them, he could guess.
"If it's something that can attract White Humanoid from a distance and isn't an obvious object like a candle, then it can only be a scent. Perfume and the like are obviously unlikely, but something like a powder would be perfect. You could just sprinkle some wherever you want White Humanoid to go, and it would be easy to carry and unnoticed."
"Xu Xi probably already guessed at this point that the Fake Yang Wu wanted to lure them into the sealed cellar, and then lead the White Humanoid and the mutated Burly Man there to kill them, so he chose to play along."
[The Fake Yang Wu had already led the players into the dungeon, so why did he suddenly reveal that he wasn't Yang Wu? I think it was unnecessary.]
"Of course, it's to buy time," Ji Yang answered without hesitation, "To give the White Humanoid and the mutated Burly Man time to break down the door and evolve."
"I reckon even Xu Xi didn't expect this thing to evolve into a Second-Generation Body."
"The death of the Refined Man was definitely within Xu Xi's expectations. When the Fake Yang Wu self-destructed, he knew that the other party was stalling for time, so he seized the opportunity at the last minute to kill the Fake Yang Wu and then tricked the Refined Man to death."
"The Refined Man was too clever for his own good. He knew that the Fake Yang Wu had deliberately lured them to the cellar with ill intentions, so he stood in the closest spot to the cellar entrance. With all three players marked by the Fake Yang Wu, the Refined Man naturally became the Evolved Body's primary target."
"The Fake Yang Wu dared to enter the cellar with the players, so he must have a way to avoid attacks from the Evolved Body. The innermost compartment of the cellar is his escape route."
"The rest doesn't need further explanation, you should all understand."
"In summary, throughout the entire Dungeon, while Xu Xi wasn't exactly a master strategist, he at least followed his script most of the time. In the end, he not only successfully cleared the Dungeon but also achieved a triple kill."
[... I wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, so I thought I'd better not say anything and just get started—awesome, boss!]
[Awesome +1]
[Awesome +2]
[...]
[Awesome +999]
The screen was instantly flooded with the word "awesome," with a few occasional complaints about the difficulty of the Dungeon.
[Isn't this Dungeon a bit too complicated? My brain can't keep up!]
[Seriously, can't you really divide your brain in half? (serious face)]
"Actually, this Dungeon itself isn't complicated; in fact, it could be considered simple," Ji Yang said with a smile.
[I assume you're joking.]
"I'm not kidding. The White Humanoid was released from Room 101 by the Fake Yang Wu. The Underground Passage was the second trap prepared by the Fake Yang Wu because the White Humanoid didn't kill the player. However, the player saw through this trap, so the cellar became the third trap."
"If the Fake Yang Wu hadn't appeared, the White Humanoid would have been locked in Room 101. Once the players explored the cellar, they could have easily made a phone call and cleared the game."
[... What a scheme within a scheme, three traps in a row! This Fake Yang Wu must be incredibly cunning.]
[Then what about Xu Xi, the big shot who saw through all of Fake Yang Wu's schemes?]
[He's become incredibly cunning.]
[So this Dungeon was originally supposed to be an easy mode, but the Fake Yang Wu single-handedly turned it into a hell mode?]
[Fake Yang Wu, you really deserve to die!]