Qi Si's resurrection plan had been built upon Chang Xu's choice.
At the end of the Frog Hospital Instance, Lin Chen had used the effect of [Bird-Beaked Doctor] on him, yet it had failed to affect him at all. That was enough to prove that [Bird-Beaked Doctor]'s resurrection mechanism was useless on players in a ghostly state.
Even if he bled out every last drop of blood, according to [Undying One]'s description, he would merely fall into eternal sleep rather than die. That did not meet the prerequisite for "resurrection."
In other words, if Chang Xu did nothing and simply left him lying half-dead in the underground cavern, then no matter how many times Lin Chen activated [Bird-Beaked Doctor]'s effect, he would be unable to revive him.
The effects and mechanisms of Eerie Game's various items were interlocked, like the foolproof robots of the last century. Even if an instruction differed by only one word, it could not be successfully executed.
Therefore, Qi Si had to truly die once, allowing his soul to fall into hell before he could return to the human world through the mechanism of his Identity Card.
And in this Instance, the only way to kill him was to make a wish to the Sphinx.
Qi Si had gambled that Chang Xu would seek out the Sphinx and wish for his death in order to save the others.
He had won the bet.
In the Beast Arena of another time and space, Lin Chen was enclosed within a cage woven from golden vines, along with his teammates.
"Kill him, then become a god." The black-haired, golden-eyed god announced this impassively, with neither pity nor mercy in Its eyes.
His teammate backed up to the edge of the cage, watching Lin Chen warily as he muttered,