Xia Wanqing of the Red Team Hit by Xia Yu of the Blue Team!

"Think about it, brother," Xia Yu said with a smile in his eyes. "If you coax me, then come to kill me, I won't have any complaints."

Chu Lan hung up the call with a dark expression.

"Brother Lan." Xia Wanqing tugged at the corner of his shirt, his voice low and dejected, yet he forced a smile. "I owe him. Just kill me."

"No!"

Xiang Ziqi and Chen Hongyi both spoke up to stop him.

Xiang Ziqi had spent an entire night in the Black Room, and he remained bitter about Xia Yu taking his chance at revival. "How does Qingqing owe him anything? Didn't he revive him after killing him? This game is a faction confrontation by nature; playing it is within the rules. We can't just accept unfair demands because they're weak!"

Chen Hongyi nodded. "That's right. We are playing this game seriously, and we cannot accept their unreasonable demands."

[Exactly! Competitive games aren't about who is weaker being right! The Blue Team's delusional fans should stop whining!]

[The Red Team did nothing wrong! Support the Red Team in wiping out the Blue Team!]

[Don't kill Qingqing, Brother Lan! That's your wife! You should hold him and coax him!]

[Qingqing is so sensible and kind! He's almost crying from grievance, yet he's still comforting Brother Lan. Brother Lan, hurry and hug him!]

[Why does that green tea man Xia Yu get a say in anything! Qingqing, ignore him. He's from the opposing faction; killing him is the right thing to do! Not to mention you even found a Revival Card to revive him in the end.]

[Qingqing baby, don't blame yourself! You don't owe anyone anything! Especially not that Xia Yu!!!]

Chu Lan looked down at the red-eyed Xia Wanqing, feeling a sense of irritation. He gently ruffled his hair. "I won't hit you. Let's just follow the normal game rules. Get ready; the Blue Team might be coming over. Let's win the match first, and we can deal with the rest later."

He blinked blankly, and crystal-clear tears fell. He quickly lowered his head to wipe them away and replied in a muffled voice, "Okay."

"Brother." Qi Ning walked beside Xia Yu with his gun on his back. "Will the Red Team really be waiting at Camp 4 to have a shootout with us?"

"I don't know."

"Ah? Then what if we go there and find nothing, or get ambushed?"

"Then we lose."

"..."

Zhang Wen and the others following behind them looked left and right, terrified that something might pop out of the bushes. Although the Production Team had installed solar lights on some of the tree trunks, making it not entirely dark, it was still creepy compared to the daytime, especially since the three of them had seen two large snakes entwined the night before and were quite shaken.

Liu Yue clung tightly to Xueli. "Xia Yu, why don't we decide the outcome tomorrow? We can't see clearly at night."

Qi Ning looked back. "Can't you see clearly with all these lights on? Do you have night blindness?"

"I... I actually do have a bit..."

Xia Yu stopped in his tracks. "Then let's go back."

"Why?!" Qi Ning was unhappy. "We're almost there!"

"It's not very safe in the middle of the night."

No sooner had he spoken than a sound came from the front left.

Zhang Wen acted as if facing a great enemy. "Is that the Red Team? Quick, hide!"

Liu Yue and Xueli quickly ducked behind him and lay flat.

"Rat-tat-tat!"

Gunfire erupted, but there was no broadcast announcing a hit.

Qi Ning hid behind a large tree and sneered, "The Red Team found us first. There's no turning back now. Let's get them!"

"Rat-tat-tat!"

Another burst of gunfire came from the front, followed by Chen Hongyi's shout, "Blue Team! You've been surrounded! Surrender immediately! Don't put up a futile struggle!"

"Damn! So arrogant!" Provoked, he raised his submachine gun and fired a burst, but he didn't hit anyone, which made him curse in anger.

"Blue Team, you've been surrounded!" Xiang Ziqi's voice came from the right rear.

Zhang Wen turned around in shock, but he couldn't see anyone. "What do we do? It seems we're really surrounded."

Liu Yue fired blindly. "Just shoot randomly. We can't see anyone anyway."

"How can we fight if we can't see anyone?" Xueli lay on the ground, aiming her sniper rifle wildly. She made herself dizzy and couldn't see a thing.

Just then, a cool hand pushed her arm, helping her shift the aim of her rifle. Then, a low, soft voice sounded in her ear.

"Fire."

She felt her ear go numb and pressed the trigger uncontrollably.

"Bang!"

"Beep, beep, beep!"

[Red Team's Xiang Ziqi has been hit in a vital area. Eliminated!]

[Blue Team's Xueli has eliminated Red Team's Xiang Ziqi!]

The intense gunfire vanished instantly, and everyone was stunned.

Xueli climbed up in disbelief. "I hit someone?! I eliminated someone?!!!"

"Holy crap!" Qi Ning was dumbfounded. "You're that good?!"

Liu Yue and Zhang Wen were both unable to recover from the shock.

"I, I, I..." Her eyes shone as she looked at Xia Yu, whose face was half-hidden in the shadows. "You are so amazing!!!"

Xia Yu curled his lips. "You were great."

[Holy shit! Is Xia Yu a god?!]

[What kind of move was that?! Is Xia Yu the reincarnation of an owl? Can he see in the dark?! How did he even spot Xiang Ziqi? Xiang Ziqi was still hiding behind the tree!]

[My husband is so incredibly cool!!! He just adjusted Xueli's angle slightly, and she hit Xiang Ziqi right in the heart! Oh my god, that "bang" when he fired was so hot!]

"Damn it!" Xiang Ziqi threw his gun down hard. Even as the bodyguards led him away, he couldn't stop cursing. "What kind of shitty luck does the Blue Team have? I was hiding there and he still managed to hit me? I'm so pissed!"

Hearing that his teammate had been eliminated, Chen Hongyi didn't dare to shout provocatively anymore and quickly moved from his crouching position.

The Red Team only had three people left, which gave the Blue Team a glimmer of hope for victory, and their morale soared instantly.

Zhang Wen scrambled up, looking aggressive. "Let's just charge over and take out Chen Hongyi!"

"Wait a second!" Liu Yue quickly warned. "We haven't even seen a shadow of Chu Lan or Xia Wanqing. They might be hiding nearby, waiting for us to pop our heads out. Get down quickly."

"What are you afraid of..."

"Bang!"

Before he could finish his sentence, bright red paint bloomed across his heart.

[Red Team's Xia Wanqing has eliminated Blue Team's Zhang Wen!]

"Holy shit!" Liu Yue quickly ducked her head. "Serves you right for being so cocky."

Zhang Wen wanted to cry at his own stupidity. "Ah! You guys have to avenge me! I sacrificed my life to reveal Xia Wanqing's position, you absolutely cannot let him get away!!!"

Qi Ning cursed under his breath and fired wildly in the direction where the gunshot had just come from, but he didn't hit anyone.

Xia Yu patted Xueli on the shoulder and asked softly, "Can you let me use your gun?"

Xueli immediately rolled to the side to make room, full of confidence in him. "Go ahead!"

He raised the sniper rifle, changed his position, chambered a round, and pulled the trigger toward the pitch-black thicket.

[Red Team's Xia Wanqing has been hit by Blue Team's Xia Yu!]

He hadn't hit a vital spot, so the elimination announcement didn't play.

Xia Wanqing froze for two seconds, looked down at the red paint on his shoulder, pursed his lips, and hugged his gun as he changed positions.

Just as he reached the cover of a large tree ten meters away, another gunshot rang out.

"Bang!"

[Red Team's Xia Wanqing has been hit by Blue Team's Xia Yu!]

This time it hit his thigh; it still wasn't a vital spot, but if he was hit one more time, he would be eliminated.

"Qingqing!" Chu Lan called to him from behind a tree in front. "Come over here, let's retreat for now."

[Damn! Is Xia Yu cheating? Qingqing changed his position twice and he hit him both times? This is too ridiculous!]

[I want to see who is still saying the Production Team is biased toward the Red Team! They've practically given Xia Yu cheat codes at this point!]

[I'm so pissed! This shitty show! It's caused our AC Boy Group to be scolded so badly, all just to build hype for a privileged brat!!!]