"Hm? Has Sharman woken up?"
Just as host Xiao Ying was preparing to end the broadcast and hand the Live Stream Room over to Bing Bing so she could get some rest,
Sharman, who should have been fast asleep, suddenly turned over and opened his eyes.
Out of basic professional courtesy,
host Xiao Ying had no choice but to put off her break.
She began watching Sharman's movements.
On screen...
Sharman didn't look groggy at all.
On the contrary, everything he did gave the impression that he was wide awake.
He took a slow, deep breath, as if steadying himself.
Then...
He braced one hand against the ground and slowly stood up.
He moved cautiously, making not the slightest sound.
"Mr. Xu Fan?"
Sharman lowered his voice, apparently trying to wake Xu Fan.
But his voice trembled slightly.
The viewers who were still in the Live Stream Room couldn't help feeling that something was wrong.
Sharman called out several times.
Only after Xu Fan failed to respond did Sharman breathe a sigh of relief.
"Looks like he's asleep."
Sharman swallowed hard.
He'd already made up his mind.
But now that it had come to this,
he was still a little afraid.
No matter how you looked at it, he'd done plenty of bad things, but killing someone with his own hands
was a first.
Still, Sharman believed
that the gods would forgive him.
He wasn't doing this just for himself.
He was doing it so the Curry Kingdom could break free from Yan Kingdom's shackles!
At the thought, a trace of malice flashed in Sharman's eyes.
Holding his breath, he pulled a Pistol from his clothes.
He'd prepared the weapon especially after learning he would be entering the Forbidden Land.
It had an effective range of about twenty meters.
It was fitted with a silencer.
He could eliminate an enemy without anyone noticing.
He'd deliberately pretended to be asleep for a long time, waiting for this moment.
But...
Sharman hesitated briefly.
After all, there were two targets.
Xu Fan and the Female Snow Wolf.
"Better take Xu Fan out first."
Sharman finally made up his mind.
He was worried that the Female Snow Wolf might be tougher to kill.
If one shot didn't finish her off,
her cries could wake Xu Fan.
So...
Sharman slowly aimed the gun at Xu Fan.
To be safe, he aimed at Xu Fan's temple.
At such close range,
he could blow Xu Fan's head off with a single shot.
This scene naturally left everyone watching the broadcast horrified.
"What the hell is Sharman trying to do?!"
Host Xiao Ying couldn't help crying out.
She'd never dreamed Sharman would do something so terrible.
"Has this guy gone crazy?!" Brother Qiang's face changed dramatically.
The gun's muzzle was less than three meters from Xu Fan.
At that distance, even someone who'd never learned to shoot could be certain to hit.
And while Xu Fan had certainly performed astonishingly in the Forbidden Land,
he wasn't a cyborg or a Terminator.
His body was still made of flesh and blood.
Once a bullet pierced his brain,
he'd be dead.
"Damn it."
Warrior King Chen gritted his teeth, wishing he could charge through the screen and punch Sharman.
What made it even more despairing was...
Even with Sharman's gun pointed at him,
Xu Fan...
showed no sign of waking up!
The comments in the Live Stream Room exploded.
"Curry Kingdom's contestant, go to hell!"
"Holy shit, has this guy gone mad? He actually pointed a gun at our contestant!"
"Damn it, Sharman's a backstabbing ingrate. When he was down on his luck in the Forbidden Land, Xu Fan gave him food and let him rest at his camp!"
"Get in touch with Xu Fan and warn him!"
"How? We've already used our once-a-week chance to contact him!"
In an instant, the people of Yan Kingdom were filled with outrage!
Everyone was in despair!
If Sharman had challenged Xu Fan openly,
they wouldn't have been this furious.
But the bastard had chosen to exploit Xu Fan's trust.
He was attacking while Xu Fan slept!
And what would he gain from doing this?
There was, in fact, something to gain.
One country's loss was another's gain.
Xu Fan had performed far too impressively in the Forbidden Land.
In just two days, he'd left every other country's contestant far behind.
On top of that, he'd helped the Female Snow Wolf awaken her talent.
Before long, Yan Kingdom might become the world's leading power.
For any country outside Yan Kingdom,
Xu Fan's death would be nothing but good news.
"Do it already, Sharman!"
"Come on, Sharman!"
"Aim for the head, the head!"
"If Sharman kills the Female Snow Wolf, do you think he'll get a Treasure Chest?"
Foreign viewers began sending comments too, eager to stir things up.
They were all watching the drama unfold, unconcerned about the consequences.
An unprecedented despair descended upon Yan Kingdom!
No one could have imagined...
Xu Fan had survived facing the Snow Wolf King.
He'd survived facing the Female Snow Wolf.
He'd survived the landslide.
He'd survived the Nuger Worm swarm.
And now, he was about to die at the hands of Sharman, a fellow human from Blue Star!
But...
This incident didn't just send shockwaves through Yan Kingdom.
It also alarmed the Curry Kingdom government.
They hadn't expected Sharman to do something like this either.
However...
The Curry Kingdom government was divided into two factions.
One side thought they should immediately use their once-a-week chance to contact Sharman and stop him.
The other side thought they should let events take their course.
Everyone had seen what Xu Fan was capable of.
If he stayed alive, Yan Kingdom would dominate.
He would stand in the way of Curry Kingdom's ambition to rule the Asia Region.
And if things went well,
Sharman might kill the Female Snow Wolf and obtain a Forbidden Land Treasure Chest.
After all, the chest contained something capable of strengthening the human body!
The two factions argued fiercely.
And because the Curry Kingdom had its own time system,
the government ultimately failed to contact Sharman in time.
They couldn't stop him.
As for Yan Kingdom's government,
although it immediately launched a series of countermeasures and strongly condemned Curry Kingdom's contestant,
there was little it could do from so far away.
In Yan Kingdom's Live Stream Room,
host Xiao Ying was so furious her face had turned green. She spoke through gritted teeth. "Sharman is a heartless ingrate."
"If he hadn't met Xu Fan, he'd have starved and frozen to death in the Forbidden Land tonight."
"He has no gratitude at all, and now he's pointing a gun at our contestant. This is too much!"
"Even Holo wouldn't do something like this. Sharman is worse than a ferocious beast!"
But aside from venting her anger with words,
there was nothing she could change.
Warrior King Chen furrowed his brow. "All we can do now is pray that Xu Fan wakes up in time."
Yan Kingdom's viewers flooded the Curry Kingdom Live Stream Room to condemn Sharman's shameless behavior.
He was a truly despicable man.
It was outrageous.
But...
It still changed nothing.
On screen,
Sharman's features twisted into a vicious grimace.
He aimed at Xu Fan's vital spot and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
With a gunshot, a tongue of flame propelled the bullet straight forward.
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