"My game is this: if you want to survive, kill another human here."
The Strange Creature possessing "Xiao Xiaodie" tightened the Blood Threads in its hand. With the threads digging into his neck, Yue Zhengqing clutched his throat in agony. After hearing what "Xiao Xiaodie" said, his pupils briefly contracted within his wide eyes. Then he struggled to stretch his neck, thrusting his head forward over and over as though trying to say something, but the red threads left him unable to make a sound.
The Strange Creature possessing "Xiao Xiaodie" noticed that Yue Zhengqing wanted to speak. Its fingers shifted on the Blood Threads. Yue Zhengqing, who had been struggling as though suffocating, sucked in a sharp breath like a drowning man finally rescued. Only after breathing deeply for a long while did he manage to force out the words-
"Didn't you make a deal with Xiao Xiaodie to kill me?"
Yue Zhengqing's question sounded rather pointless, yet it was precisely the crux of the situation.
According to the Strange Creature, it had possessed Xiao Xiaodie because they had struck a deal. Xiao Xiaodie had offered up her body, and in return, the Strange Creature covered in Blood Threads had to kill Yue Zhengqing.
For a player, this might well have been a fatal bargain. Xiao Xiaodie might have paid for it with her life. Yet now, the Strange Creature before them was casually tearing up that agreement and even offering Yue Zhengqing another deal.
In other words, since the Strange Creature could break its deal with Xiao Xiaodie, it could naturally break its deal with Yue Zhengqing at any time, too. Its words had absolutely no credibility. It could not be trusted at all!
"Hehe, afraid I'll break my word? Humans really are shrewd."
As "Xiao Xiaodie" spoke,