Is This Still a Quiz Game?

Taking out the meat sandwich she had brought from the cafeteria, Wang Chuyun first took a small bite, thoroughly chewing the juicy meat and white bun before carefully swallowing.

Although meat sandwiches were cheap, she needed to fully absorb the nutrients in each one to meet her daily needs and cut down on food expenses.

Whenever this happened, she especially envied Blessing City's Ruminant Method. That technique allowed one to chew cud from grass fodder, saving a huge amount on meals.

After cautiously eating half of it, she lightly licked the meat juice from her lips. Only after three passes did she open her phone and examine Quiz Melee again.

"An exhilarating quiz experience, a brand-new way to answer questions, forty people competing on the same stage, with rewards of up to ten mana points."

"Dreammaking Company will never run away, backed by the Tianyuan Cultivators Committee. A dream journey guaranteed not to disappoint."

After reading the platform-generated GG copy, Wang Chuyun sighed at how shameless the platform was becoming.

It could make any crappy dream sound amazing. After reading it, she actually felt a little tempted to play.

After reading the description, she checked the reviews and found they were overwhelmingly positive.

The occasional bad reviews were obviously slander from competitors, followed by players cursing them out in return.

After looking into it, Wang Chuyun took off her Glasses and lightly bit one of the temples. Her pearly white teeth gave her a touch of charm, along with a maturity far beyond her age.

After thinking for a while, she checked several other quiz dreams and investigated them one by one. After making the rounds, she had only managed to squeeze out a dozen or so mana points.

"The amount has dropped. Looks like things haven't been going well lately."

Though it was only a dozen or so mana points, she still sorted them by category and planned out their different uses. Finally, she focused on the dream she thought most highly of: Quiz Melee.

"Ten mana points for one win. Current online players... twenty-three hundred... Hiss..."

No wonder the other quiz dreams had no money left. The players had all been siphoned over here.

No other quiz dream had more than six hundred players, even after heavy promotion and lavish spending. Yet they had only barely reached a quarter of this dream's numbers.

A dream released just two or three days ago already had such a powerful siphoning effect. The other quiz games were probably crying themselves to death.

Quiz games in Heaven Origin were now just another name for gambling. Without traffic, they couldn't scam anyone out of money, and quiz hunters like Wang Chuyun couldn't earn an income either.

After checking the time, Wang Chuyun found that she still had three hours to work.

Culture High School had a very flexible schedule. Many classes were optional, as long as one's grades did not fall behind.

As the top student with a total score of 430 in her second year, Wang Chuyun could skip almost every class if she wanted to and arrange her time more freely.

After confirming that she did not need to attend her afternoon classes, she settled back against the stone bench, activated her phone, placed both hands on her knees, and drifted into the dream again.

Sunlight spilled softly around her, the misty glow gentle. The girl sank into the dream, transforming into a hungry wolf ready to tear into and devour the flesh of other hungry wolves.

But the moment she entered the dream, she realized something was wrong.

Did a quiz dream really need to be this beautiful?

Before her stretched a sea of flowers. Tulips of different colors intertwined like ribbons, yet remained separate from one another.

A massive windmill towered in the distance. Behind its slightly open door lay countless treasure chests, tempting players to explore.

Where was this?

Was this really a quiz dream?

As Wang Chuyun stood there in confusion, she noticed that someone had painted a series of pictures on the ground in front of her.

"Supplies will fall from the sky. Answer questions to obtain supplies."

"Defeat everyone else and survive as the last person standing."

"Watch out for pseudo-humans among the others. They must be eliminated first."

"The survival zone will keep shrinking. If a winner hasn't been decided after fifteen minutes, everyone dies?"

The pictures were quite simple, and the countdown had not even finished after she read them.

Yet Wang Chuyun still could not understand how a perfectly good quiz dream had become like this.

Besides herself, there were thirty-nine other players here.

Though these players could not communicate, they kept observing the people around them, as if trying to find something.

Remembering the pictures, Wang Chuyun quickly realized that they were looking for the so-called pseudo-humans.

(These people clearly have some experience with this game. They're taking this so seriously... are pseudo-humans that dangerous?)

The simple deduction amused Wang Chuyun. The hidden danger gave her a different sort of feeling, though it was still some distance from truly interesting her.

Once the player count was full, the countdown began ticking down until it reached zero.

At that moment, the match officially began. Every player flew into the sky like a dandelion seed, then slowly descended through the air.

During the descent, Wang Chuyun quickly figured out how to control her body and steer her landing direction.

As she descended, countless points of light began drifting down as well. Many players were already converging on them, preparing to loot them thoroughly once they landed.

Meanwhile, some players drifted toward different buildings. There would be locked safes there that could be quickly opened by answering questions, but answering questions did not make one invincible. They could still be attacked by other players.

With a total score of 430 and a Culture score of 97, Wang Chuyun understood the game's mechanics while still in the air and immediately knew her best strategy.

"Land first. Ignore the supplies in the air, because they're the most conspicuous."

"Head for the buildings quickly, find and open the safes, then start slaughtering everyone."

"Remember the timing whenever I get a weapon, and keep a rough expectation of the result. All right, I know how to farm mana from this dream now."

Filled with confidence, Wang Chuyun had just landed and was about to act when she saw someone in a swimsuit staring at her.

The moment their eyes met, Wang Chuyun realized that something was wrong with this person.

Though their avatar model was beautiful, their eyes were unfocused, and an unsettling smile hung on their face. They were probably one of the pseudo-humans the others had mentioned.

Even so, a mere pseudo-human was still something she could—

Crack!

With a sharp sound, Wang Chuyun saw the other person break her arm with a rock. It hung limply at her side.

Though the art style was cute and she barely felt any pain, the other person's sudden attempt to kill her left Wang Chuyun dumbfounded.

Especially since their expression had not changed at all before attacking. It filled Wang Chuyun with a physical sense of disgust and revulsion.

So, was this still a quiz game?