Another Choice

This Game itself was a trap.

There were four stages in total. The first stage had been relatively manageable, with basically everyone emerging unscathed. But once the Game entered its second stage, its difficulty rose sharply, and the casualty rate was as high as 50%. Such a sudden leap in difficulty was inherently unreasonable.

What was more, after the second stage came the so-called Third Stage and Fourth Stage.

How high would the Game's difficulty rise during those two stages?

Anyone could understand it with a little thought.

And this was a team Game.

Bai Zhi had absolute confidence that he could reach the Finish Line, but he could not clear every stage alone. He would inevitably need help from others, just like how they were all currently stuck at the second checkpoint.

Even if he ultimately reached the Finish Line and won the Game, how many Players would fail because their HP had dropped to zero along the way?

—And whether the Game was won or lost, the Dealer would never be at a disadvantage.

After all, Ghouls were not even considered expendable assets to the Dealer, while every Dealer the Players lost meant a gain for the opposing side.

The Players' only opportunity had been at the very beginning of the Game.

If they had seen through this trap from the start, all they needed to do was control every Ghoul at the starting point.

The Game rules prohibited fighting outside the Game's designated process during the Game, but at the starting point, the Game had not yet begun.

They might have lost some people that way, but it would still have been better than their current situation, where they were on the verge of total annihilation.

Just as Tiger had said, they no longer had any choice.