"With this game, it's only a matter of time before we clear it." Zhu Xiaojin was practically glowing with the joy of an impending victory.
Mi Qiaonan smiled, but she was still a little worried about this One-Third Game. "I hope this kind of game only happens once."
"If we fail to clear it, we might get restricted, but if we succeed, they can't still keep us trapped in this Dungeon, can they?" Zhu Xiaojin said. "Don't always assume the worst."
What could Mi Qiaonan say? She could only make the most of the time to rest and wait for the next game of snatching keys to begin.
The third day was much like the first two. There were only three "guards" left, while the number of prisoners had actually increased by a hundred.
"It's a shame the ordinary people inside can't survive until eight in the morning. Otherwise, it'd be even easier for the guards to clear the game. At least they don't make up a large proportion," Mi Qiaonan said.
Xu Huo used the same method to get a key, but, unexpectedly, even three hours later, the other two "guard" keys still hadn't been found.
Xu Huo helped search in the meantime, but the "guard" keys weren't on the "prisoners."
"Looks like someone hid the keys in the prison," Zhu Xiaojin said. "What are these people even thinking? Do they not want to win the game themselves? What good does hiding the keys do them?"
The other Players weren't stupid, either. Every night at eight, when the prison cleared the Players out, they could estimate how many people had died during the day. Even after excluding the ordinary people, the Player death rate was far too high—well above the game's limit of three deaths a day. That could