Once they realized this, the players stopped meddling and trying to "uphold justice."
However, when they saw Liang Zhengjie start eating dinner as though no one else were around, quite a few players' stomachs let out perfectly timed rumbles.
They were not among the first batch of players. Since entering the park yesterday, they had neither drunk a drop of water nor eaten any food. Last night in particular, they had run almost the entire night, burning through enormous amounts of energy. They had only lasted this long by clinging to the thought that they had to earn points so they would not have to sleep on the streets again tonight. Now, as soon as they smelled the food wafting over from Liang Zhengjie, their stomachs all betrayed them and started growling.
They were hungry too.
They glanced at the Points Cards in their hands, then at the unattended food cart. Maybe... we should get something to tide us over first?
After all, not every player had participated in a game today. After seeing today's sharp spike in player deaths, some newcomers still could not overcome their fear and willingly step through the Carousel's ticket gate, which looked ready to devour them. To them, choosing to walk to their deaths was still different from being forced to die. Quite a few players were also like Liang Zhengjie, unable to move because of the injuries they had sustained last night. Entering an attraction meant death, and waiting outside meant death too, but at least the latter would let them live a little longer.
What was more, once they discovered that plenty of other players shared their thinking-more than ten, even-the players who still had zero points felt all the more justified in giving up. After all, today they would still be