Someone had died?
Xu Huo immediately looked toward the two people next door.
The pair were very cautious. They had set up trap items around the house and placed instruments there too, including ones that detected and targeted mental strength. He couldn't get too close, so he couldn't hear what they were saying. But judging from their expressions, they were surprised and somewhat panicked.
The instance had only said that Players portraying "the hidden friend" would lose their chance to play the role if they failed to find their friend or found the wrong one. When Players saw this prompt, their first reaction was that they had failed the instance. Only "the hidden friend" could complete the objective, so not being able to play that role could certainly be considered a failure. But it hadn't said they would die... They would lose their chance. Could that mean their chance to live?
That Player had left for no apparent reason!
The Yin Yang Master and Bubble Bean didn't believe Xu Huo's disguise as someone who wasn't a Player in the instance at all. In fact, they had tried to work with the third person to trick him into coming outside. But now that person was dead, which meant there were two possibilities: either Xu Huo really wasn't a Player in the instance and they had picked the wrong person, or time had run out.
"The game never said how much time the person playing the role had, but judging from the background information, it should be at least a day," Bubble Bean said grimly. "There's a good chance we picked the wrong person. That kid really wasn't a Player in the instance."
"Damn it. We wasted a person!"
The Yin Yang Master beside him studied his face, then said slowly, "Someone's