Chapter 771

The player's eyes showed a hint of fear, but his tone remained defiant. "Was anything I said wrong?"

Xu Huo turned and headed downstairs.

One of the players who had stayed on the third floor last night slapped the player on the shoulder with a grin. "Go ahead and give it a try. But this is your second-floor business, and it has nothing to do with us third-floor residents. We'll be off, then."

The other players ignored him too, filing past one after another.

Lu Zhen stayed behind, out of consideration for having traveled with him, and said, "Dong Qiu, you mustn't say things like that again. You'll end up offending everyone."

The game hadn't clearly stated whether guests would lose their "temporary host" status if they damaged the villa. Only a fool would waste their chance looking for a "temporary host."

Dong Qiu said dejectedly, "I'm just worried I'll be the next one killed. Can't you see? We're... probably the weakest players in this group. We're likely to be cannon fodder."

So whether the goal was to identify the player responsible for the murders or to stir up conflict among the players, it worked in their favor.

Lu Zhen looked at him as if she didn't know what to say. He didn't seem very bright.

You couldn't expect everyone else to be an idiot the moment you entered a game, could you?

How lucky would a real idiot have to be to survive until D-rank?

But Lu Zhen was in the same predicament. She gave the two people who had traveled with her an encouraging look, then hurried off to find Xu Huo.

They couldn't leave the villa, and the game's rules were so straightforward that there didn't seem to be much for the players to do. Some tried