Damn! Damn! No, you're still trash-talking at a time like this? A wise man submits to circumstances.
I'm wondering if there's a possibility that this guy is actually a masochist who really wants to get into that bug jar and experience it for himself.
Stop talking. I'm going to throw up.
The organizers have made it clear they're out to get you, yet you're still refusing to cooperate with them. You're practically courting death.
This wasn't even trash talk or negotiation anymore.
I said long ago that he wasn't some big shot. He must have only cleared the initial stage perfectly because his mind was twisted.
Letting someone like this become a big shot was Chosen Paradise's failure in the first place.
For a time, all kinds of voices rose in an uproar. Everyone desperately wanted to distance themselves, to convince themselves that the person before them had never been worth admiring, that they had merely misjudged him.
The moment a god fell from his pedestal, the clamor was far louder than when he had ascended it.
Confirm allocation method?
A mechanical voice came from above, as though even the organizers were shocked by Lu Ce's proposal.
"Confirmed."
Modifying it after confirmation will incur the corresponding cost.
"Confirmed!"
After those two confirmations, a somewhat blurry number appeared above everyone's head once more. Those were the numbers Lu Ce had assigned.
The lights dimmed.
Slap!
After the sound of someone slapping a button, red lights immediately began flashing. Almost the instant Lu Ce finalized the allocation method, Two pressed the rejection button in front of her.
Without the slightest hesitation.
With a cold expression, she turned to Lu Ce and said,
"Number One, since you insist on courting death, don't blame us."
"Anyone who can't assess the situation, no matter how strong they are, will ultimately be unable to avoid death."
"It's over. If you want to enter that bug-filled place so badly, then your wish has been granted."
Her icy voice rang out. With the game rules backing her, she no longer feared anything and openly launched into a tirade against Lu Ce.
Lu Ce merely chuckled twice and turned to look at the woman.
The woman showed no fear either. She stared fixedly at that blue mask, at the man who had brought her endless terror.
Soon, this demon of a man would die by her hand!
As she vaguely thought that, an unusual sense of achievement and exhilaration welled up inside her. When she pressed the button, the power to judge others at will even made her somewhat intoxicated.
Yet as Lu Ce looked at her face, the smile on his mask never changed.
"There are only two women in this game."
"You're slightly better than that woman."
As she heard Lu Ce's words, a bead of cold sweat unconsciously appeared on Two's forehead.
She clearly remembered the woman who had crazily insulted Number One, Lu Ce, in the lava hell earlier.
That woman was no longer here... What had happened was self-evident.
"But she died because of her stupidity."
"As for you, while you aren't quite as stupid, you can hardly be called smart. You're also somewhat full of yourself."
Two stared at Lu Ce, her eyes full of defiance. In the end, she even smiled with faint contempt.
"You're about to die, yet you're still clinging to the pride of being some expert. Is there any point?"
Then she turned to the other players and said,
"Everyone, don't waste any more time. Press the red button in front of you and reject it."
"It'll also settle the score for our broken legs and for being extorted."
It had to be said, there were only so many ways to stir up resentment, and Two laid them out the moment she opened her mouth, nearly making Lu Ce laugh.
This hellish game's difficulty had forced everyone to either lose a leg or die. Yet somehow, in this woman's mouth, he had become the enemy who chopped off their legs?
Two didn't care about that. This was not the time for reason. The important thing was to smear enough mud on him first and get as close to the others as possible.
"Number Four, the two of us get absolutely nothing under his allocation plan. Zero!"
"With your ranking so far back, you were never in danger of dying in the first place. There's no way you could accept an outcome with zero benefit."
"As for Numbers Three and Five, being allocated only one point each doesn't look like an attempt to win you over to me. It looks more like an insult."
"Let's reject it together! I can guarantee that in my later allocation plan, the two of you definitely won't receive so little!"
With just a few words, Two had been working to divide everyone and place Lu Ce on the opposite side of them all.
Ding!
Another chime rang out, and the option in front of Number Four turned red as well.
In such a short time, Lu Ce seemed to have already reached the edge of a cliff.
Yet Lu Ce seemed to still be humming a song.
"The evening breeze brushes the willows, the flute's notes fade, beyond the setting sun lie mountains upon mountains~~~"
Two ignored him. Ambition burned in her eyes; today was her first time participating in the Chosen Game.
She would personally end this guy who had once achieved a perfect clear!
"Numbers Three and Five, stop hesitating. Make your choice."
"I said that when it is my turn to decide, the worst outcome will be an equal split. You will definitely receive greater benefits."
From beginning to end, it had almost been Two's one-woman show, as though she had become the protagonist in this second game.
At that moment, Lu Ce finally spoke.
"You said that if you allocated, the worst outcome would be an equal split."
"Then why not have the three of them vote you out afterward? Once you're dead, the three of them can split the money among themselves. Wouldn't that be more?"
"What purpose do you serve here?"
Two:!!
Two froze at those words. The question left her speechless, and she stammered,
"I... everyone, don't be misled by him. I only said that was the bare minimum."
"And no matter what, my allocation method is much better for everyone than yours!"
Lu Ce sneered and did not respond to her at all, merely continuing,
"By that logic, if they split things equally, why should Number Four and Number Five keep Number Three around? If they vote Number Three to death too, wouldn't they get more money?"
"But when that time comes, Number Five, will you still get any money?"
"Karma intertwines. Cause is the beginning of effect, and effect is the end of cause."
"When the people before you die, you need to consider how it will affect you when your turn comes. Sometimes, you need to reason backward from the end."
"You're right. This game is indeed a game of luck, and I happen to be the luckiest among you."
"Numbers Three and Five, you can only accept my allocation."
"Believe it? If Number Four gets to allocate, the benefits you two receive will only be zero!"
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