There Is No Retreat in This World, Condition Worsens

The big guy's eyes were first a little confused, then he seemed to understand something, and instantly, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

"You... are you planning to sell your exit coin?"

He had thought Lu Ce was crazy before, but now he was even using honorifics. It was clear he was willing to do anything to survive.

Lu Ce didn't speak. He didn't want to waste too much of his rationality on the other person, so he just kept flicking the coin in his hand.

The intricate pattern looked like a nice toy, but in the Game, it was something that could save a life.

"Brother... Brother, let's talk! Sell it to me!"

"I didn't know the mall couldn't be opened. I saved all my points and didn't spend any."

"I've barely used any of the prizes or rewards, always thinking I'd use them at a crucial moment. Oh, right, I did just use that Primary Recovery Potion. My bad, my bad."

At this moment, the big guy couldn't care less about his pride and was humbly begging.

"I'll give you everything, all of it. Just give me one exit coin, and I'll leave."

"I don't know when something unexpected might happen here... I can't take it anymore."

"Or... we can figure out how to exchange contact information, and when we get out, I can..."

As he spoke, he started offering all sorts of future conditions, just like the players from before. Of course, Lu Ce didn't care about that kind of talk.

Lu Ce flicked the exit coin in his hand, tilted his head, and then, with a gentle push of his finger, the coin traced a perfect parabola in the air, landing right in front of the big guy.

The big guy's eyes lit up instantly. He lunged forward two steps, picked up the coin from the ground, and placed it in his hand like a treasure.

Suddenly, his eyelids twitched. He felt a sharp aura lock onto him.

Lu Ce stood silently before him, holding the Sharp Blade.

The big guy gave a sheepish smile, then quickly started the transfer, lest the powerful figure before him misunderstand.

Afterward, as if afraid Lu Ce would go back on his word, the big guy fled instantly after the trade was completed. Holding the exit coin, he flashed and disappeared from the spot.

Out of a team of five, one was already gone.

Lu Ce received 1400 points, a Strength Potion, a Primary Healing Potion, and a skill learning scroll.

Seeing the skill learning scroll, Lu Ce was slightly surprised. Although it wasn't a high-level skill, it could be considered a superpower!

However, learning it required the awakening of Spirit. Fortunately, the big guy hadn't awakened it, otherwise, he would have definitely used it already.

He temporarily put it in his backpack. This time's haul was quite profitable, as one exit coin was only worth a thousand points.

At this moment, Kolk, who had been staying out of it, finally spoke. He looked up, and this time he was speaking Chinese directly.

"It's good that he left. After all, there's one less person to share the rewards."

"Also, was your exit coin a reward from the Game? I recall that exit coins in the mall are limited purchases, with only one chance for each person."

This sentence was directed at Lu Ce.

He was half right. Lu Ce's exit coin was indeed a Game reward, but he hadn't bought one himself. He had never considered leaving the Game.

Jiu Tian's heart tightened beside him. He hadn't paid attention to this aspect before!

Had he inadvertently put Lu Ce in a bind! He quickly asked:

"Do you have any exit coins left?"

"Perhaps not. Why would I leave? Isn't the Game fun?" Lu Ce replied somewhat dazed.

"But that's a way out! What about your way out?" Jiu Tian was a little anxious.

"What is a way out?" Lu Ce looked up. This was a rare moment when his expression, hidden behind his mask, was not disturbed. "From the moment I entered the Game, there has never been a way out."

This decision was something Lu Ce had decided from the very beginning, not a sign of mental breakdown.

Even without the Chosen of Suffering, without the strength to surpass others, without immunity to pain, he would still have joined this cruel Game.

Leaving the Game, losing everything? Losing superhuman strength, the possibility of changing his life, losing his current mask, and perhaps even losing the Chosen of Suffering?

Impossible. From the moment he entered the Game, Lu Ce's only ways out were success or death.

He didn't feel like he had anything to lose. Starting over was an excuse for the weak.

Those without resolve should just be good spectators.

"If you retreat once, you'll never be able to stand at the peak again."

After saying his last sentence, as if he had exhausted his mental energy, Lu Ce lay on the ground and began a sleep that lasted the entire afternoon.

Eat and sleep, yes, very fitting for Gluttony's personality.

Jiu Tian stood there dumbfounded, looking at Lu Ce on the ground, seemingly in disbelief.

He hadn't expected someone who was clearly mentally unstable to say such things.

For a moment just now, he seemed normal, right?

Kolk, in the distance, didn't have the same thoughts. He just sat far away, watching quietly, a flicker of suspicion in his eyes.

[Dinner time begins, please all players start the Game!]

Another door opened. The only female player walked out of the room with heavy steps.

This time, Lu Ce and Kolk launched forward almost simultaneously. Lu Ce naturally began his next round of sweeping, while Kolk aimed to snatch at least one plate of potions from Lu Ce's grasp.

This time, everyone clearly and heavily realized that the entire hospital felt even more unsettling.

As soon as the door opened, sounds that hadn't been heard before all came pouring out: screams, ramblings, and rustling noises, faint, distant, and terrifying.

Even such a thick iron door couldn't block out these sounds!

Perhaps it was because they hadn't taken their medicine all day, but it seemed like everyone in the hospital's condition had worsened, and the entire hospital descended into chaos.

That last female player had even entered the room clutching an exit coin!

However, it wasn't just the patients here who were severely ill; Lu Ce was too.

For the third time, he swept up all the food and medicine, his internal energy feeling like it could explode at any moment. The Gluttony Mask seemed to have reached a critical point.

Bang!

When he opened the door, Lu Ce, unable to fully control his strength, directly kicked the ten-centimeter-thick iron door, bending it.

The patients inside the room, who had been preparing to act out, were all startled into sitting upright.

The next moment, Lu Ce flashed to his side.

"I heard before that I could ask you questions. I'll ask, you answer!"

"..."

Meanwhile, no one noticed that Kolk had never actually entered the room.

After everyone else entered, he paused for a moment and walked towards the door of Jiu Tian's room.

He pushed the door open and entered!