The Victor and the Loser

With both of Lin Yu's [Item] taking effect on the Venue, White Driss and Biten have clearly lost their chance to win the match.

Final...

The "Shadow-Type Pseudo-Human" devoured all the food on the field, bite after bite.

Ultimately, its Venue was completely empty.

After the "Shadow-Type Pseudo-Human" finished eating.

The voice from the sky rose again.

"The ultimate victor has emerged—congratulations, you may leave now!"

Then, a black void appeared beneath White Driss's feet, and he fell into it.

A gentle and bright white light appeared directly above the head of the "Shadow-Type Pseudo-Human".

Bathed in white light, it slowly rose and flew towards the sky.

Although the "Shadow-Type Pseudo-Human" doesn't reveal any emotions, the scene on the screen at this moment looks as if it's flying towards freedom and happiness, Human God.

At the same time this scene was unfolding...

Octopus Ka also spoke up.

"Alright, everyone—now, at this table, the winners and losers of this event have been identified!"

Just as Lin Yu promised, he led Robin victory in this round!

"See? I told you... I'd let you win."

Lin Yu looked at Robin and chuckled as he spoke.

Robin lowered her head, pursed her lips, and shook her head. "Consider it a debt I owe you..."

"However, you didn't tell me the whole plan."

The girl spoke with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Hahaha... I couldn't help it, because I was worried your acting was too bad and you wouldn't be able to fool them."

Lin Yu rested his chin on his hand and spoke.

As he expected, Robin's acting was indeed terrible—just like everyone else Lin Yu had ever seen.

Therefore, keeping her in the dark about her "true reaction" is the best way to confuse the public.

Before Robin explain, Lin Yu looked at the Octopus Ka.

"Alright, Head Chef —where's our Main Dish?"

When asked, Octopus Ka politely replied:

"Please, victors, calm down. Before preparing the Main Dish, 'The Blood of the Victor is Always Sweet,' for our two Distinguished Guest... I must first complete the punishment for the remaining five guests."

"Ladies and gentlemen— this Banquet Game; the loser must accept the consequences."

Octopus Ka said with a smile, then took a new button out of the pool.

Then, he slammed it down hard.

"Bang!"

"Clap clap clap clap..."

The sound of ropes snapping rang out continuously, and everyone's chairs tilted except for Robin and Lin Yu!

The two ropes that broke were both the two closest to the dining table in front—this is undoubtedly the worst possible way to break them!

The five Player who were "punished" by having their chair ropes broken swayed and almost fell off!

However, they had already taken precautions.

These top Player, renowned in the "Death game" Player, wouldn't die so easily.

Qianhuan snapped his fingers, and the [assistant rabbit] he had summoned hopped onto the back of the chair and grabbed Qianhuan by the collar with one hand.

Then, like a character from a comedy cartoon, it pulled out a large, exaggerated Iron chain from its pocket with its other hand.

The rabbit's Iron chain passed under Qianhuan's ribs, wrapped around him to the back of the chair, and fastened the lock at the end of the Iron chain.

"Hehe--This is my favorite escape magic trick... But you probably don't want to escape right now, do you?"

"Thank you, Teacher Rabbit, but I really didn't want to."

Tied to the chair, Qianhuan swayed back and forth with it, and answered very politely.

Mosin-Nagant and Qianhuan had a similar plan. The moment the chair lost its balance, he commanded the osprey to fly down and lift the chair up.

Then, Mosin-Nagant took out two sections of Steel Wire cable and made a cable-stayed structure on the two still-connected cables, thus straightening the chair again.

Li Hua's operation was much simpler—he didn't even use any [Item].

He braced himself against the back of the chair with both hands, jumped up, and sat on the top, slanted part of the chair.

Although it seemed like the least secure way, Li Hua sat very steadily.

"Don't you find it uncomfortable on your butt?"

Lin Yu couldn't help but ask curiously.

Li Hua pushed up his glasses. "Anywhere we can sit is fine."

Although the three Player had just broken two ropes were in a sorry state, they were still relatively easy to deal with.

Carrot and A'yu looked much more disheveled.

With one rope already broken, both of their chairs were now hanging by only one rope.

Grandpa Radish made a quick decision, took out a seed and threw it into the air.

The seeds quickly sprouted and grew, forming sturdy vines that, like a net, caught the chair and prevented Grandpa Radish from falling.

However, judging from the old farmer's pained expression, the Item that saved his life... must be extremely valuable.

As for A'yu...

She then pulled out three silver-white spherical robots, each the size of an eyeball, by the single rope. After being taken out, these robots spread out two transparent wings that vibrated at a high frequency, and then flew to A'yu's feet.

The three robots lifted the chair legs to act as a fulcrum, allowing A'yu to sit up again.

No one knows how long these three little robots can last.

Watching the remaining five Player struggle, Lin Yu stroked his chin.

"Hmm... As expected, these 'experts' have more and more survival methods and strange [functional Item] than the last, and each one is very difficult to kill."

Fortunately, he doesn't need to deal with the people inside for the time being.

Octopus Ka laughed as he watched the five Player's attempts to save themselves, "You guests are all truly skilled! I knew these 'punishments' wouldn't work on you."

"However... be careful, things will get really bad if there's not a single rope—because then you'll have to consider more than just the issue of 'rope'."

"All the ropes are broken, which means you're an unwelcome guest... So besides trying to stay in this 'sky,' you also need to think about..."

How can I avoid kicking you out of the room?

Octopus Ka added with a smile.

The five guests whose ropes had broken did not look very good.

Lin Yu understood immediately upon hearing this.

"Just as I expected..."

He had already guessed that if the ropes all broke, besides the possibility of "falling down," there would likely be other extremely unfavorable conditions.

After all, he couldn't think of how he could protect himself in that situation.

However, Lin Yu believed that those "experts" would definitely have a solution.

After completing the "supplementary explanation," Octopus Ka looked again in the direction of Lin Yu and Robin.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, the ingredients for the [Main Dish] have arrived, and I'll prepare it for you right away!"

The white light from the screen projected into the Octopus Ka's pool, and then...

The previous victor, one of the three contestants, "Shadow-Type Pseudo-Human," fell from the white light and landed in front of Octopus Ka.

The moment this "Shadow-Type Pseudo-Human" appeared, before it could even make a move, it was tightly bound by the Octopus Ka's seven tentacles and pressed against the iron plate in front of it.

Then, the "Shadow-Type Pseudo-Human" struggled violently...

But within the tentacles of the Octopus Ka, it's like a child and a toy.

Its resistance was completely ineffective.

Octopus Ka hummed a light jazz tune, then used its spare tentacles to pull out a Kitchen Knife.

"Rub--!"

The sharp Kitchen Knife plunged into the chest of the "Shadow-Type Pseudo-Human," causing it to shudder violently.

Then...

There was no more movement or life.