Everyone swallowed uneasily.
Chen Li had always been a hothead, but even his voice trembled now. "L-Lin Jie, you're not serious, are you?"
"You're saying that God, who's been hosting this game all along, is a werewolf?"
The others didn't have the courage to consider that possibility either.
But Lin Jie nodded casually. "Who else would it be?"
"If none of us are werewolves, who else could it be?"
Everyone nervously glanced at the mangled bodies of the crazy old man, the chubby boy, and Liu Yunyun.
The bodies hadn't completely cooled, and the smell of blood still spread through the room.
Their gruesome deaths had already scarred everyone.
Zheng Yi stroked his beard with a trembling hand, his tone unnatural as he quietly suggested:
"How about we keep discussing the possibility that there's a werewolf among us?"
"Yes, yes!" Everyone kept agreeing, as though they had grasped a lifeline.
They pretended to discuss it in hushed voices.
After all, God was sitting at the head of the table, watching their every move.
No one dared defy God.
Perhaps if anyone dared say God was a werewolf, he would walk straight over and crush them to death.
Seeing their cowardice, Lin Jie grew a little angry.
"Would you really rather deceive yourselves than dare take this step?"
"I've spent all these days observing you and listening to everything you've said..."
"I'm certain you're all good players!"
Lin Jie closed his eyes, fell silent for two seconds, then shouted sternly:
"Wake up! There are no werewolves among us!"
"The only werewolf is God!"
Everyone's shoulders shook.
Xia Qu timidly raised her head. "But that's God!"
Lin Jie was displeased.
"So what if he's God? Does being God mean he can break the rules?"
"If he could kill us, he would have done it already!"
"We weren't chosen by the werewolves, we weren't poisoned, and we weren't executed. He has absolutely no reason to kill us!"
"And that's not all!"
"Not only can God not kill us..."
At last, Lin Jie loudly spoke the words that would change the situation:
"We can kill God!"
His words stunned everyone present.
The whole room erupted in discussion.
"That's turning the whole order upside down!"
"This kid's lost his mind!"
"What idiotic nonsense!"
"Hurry up and kneel! Beg God to forgive you..."
Zhou Lan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Kid, you're insane! If you kneel and apologize now, and beg him not to kill us, we might still survive."
"Why are you talking about killing God?"
"He could crush us to death with a flick of his finger."
"Exactly! He tore that chubby boy's fingers off with just one hand!"
"He tore Liu Yunyun's face up like that, and ripped her body in half..."
Lin Jie's voice rang out. "I'm not insane!"
"Since God hasn't done anything even now, that means even God has to follow the rules!"
"You've all died before! You've all already lost your lives once!"
"What are you still afraid of?"
"Do you want to be cowards for the rest of your lives, or stake your lives with me and kill God?"
Lin Jie's speech was spirited and deeply stirring.
Chen Li summoned his courage too. "Lin Jie, I'm with you! Fuck it, what's so great about God? Let's take him on!"
"I lift weights. You hold God down, and I'll do it!"
Lin Jie stopped him. "Wait! Are you stupid?"
Chen Li was confused. "Didn't you say we were going to kill God?"
Lin Jie was speechless. "We can't kill God like that."
His expression turned serious. "Last night, I used my final check."
The others looked at him. "Who did you check? Everyone here should come up good, right?"
Lin Jie shook his head. "I didn't check any of the players sitting here."
"I checked God."
"He's a werewolf."
"God's number is zero."
Everyone was astonished.
"What? God has a number too?"
"You can check God too?"
Lin Jie nodded. "Now do you understand?"
"Since God has his own number card, that means he's both the host and one of the players!"
"And if he's a player, he can be killed!"
"So naturally, the way we kill God is-"
"Vote to execute him!!!"
At last, everyone grew excited.
After Lin Jie revealed the result of his check, they no longer hesitated.
Now that they knew God's number, everyone finally believed it was possible to kill him.
"I'm not completely certain either. Voting against God might not accomplish anything. It might even anger him and cost us our lives."
"But there's another possibility: we vote God out!"
"Either we die, or he does! This is a gamble worth all of us staking our lives on!"
"Everyone, join me and stake your final life! Cast your final vote!"
"If we don't succeed, we'll die trying!"
"The good players will win!"
"Lin Jie votes for number zero!"
As he spoke, Lin Jie stood up, raised one hand high, and firmly formed a zero with his fingers.
The light fell on him, illuminating his resolute face.
For a moment, everyone seemed to see a god who would save them.
Chen Li was the first to raise his hand in response.
He was the guard in this game.
At first, he had been annoyed that he hadn't drawn the werewolf role.
But after Lin Jie began leading everyone, he realized his responsibility.
Being a good player had its own meaning.
Protecting a seer like Lin Jie and following a leader of the good players like him was the greatest purpose of a guard.
Chen Li's voice rang out loudly. "Chen Li votes for number zero!"
Xia Qu raised her hand. She was second.
She had social anxiety and almost never dared speak in front of so many people.
But after seeing Lin Jie's performance, her thinking changed.
It turned out that influencing and leading others was such a cool thing to do.
So she stopped keeping silent and shouted her opinion to everyone.
Abandoning her earlier soft-spoken manner, she called out in a booming voice, "Xia Qu votes for number zero!"
Li Xin was the third to raise her hand.
Originally, she had only wanted to stay alive herself. She hadn't cared whether the others lived or died.
That was why she had fake-claimed seer as a villager earlier.
But to her surprise, after her lie was exposed, not only had Lin Jie not blamed her, he had kept protecting her from being executed by the others.
Lin Jie had saved her life.
Wasn't a seer like that worth risking her life for?
"Li Xin votes for number zero!"
Hesitantly, Zhou Lan became the fourth to raise his hand.
Lin Jie was his enemy in reality, but in this game, they were teammates.
Since Lin Jie had chosen to set aside their past grievances and save everyone, he ought to respond in kind.
When everyone else had summoned their courage and staked their lives, he couldn't fall behind either.
"Zhou Lan votes for number zero!"
Finally, Zheng Yi was the last to raise his hand.
Because they were enemies in reality, he really didn't want to pay Lin Jie any attention.
But honestly, Lin Jie's performance had been far too outstanding.
He had to admit that the seer, Lin Jie-
Truly deserved to be called the leader of the good players.
"Zheng Yi votes for number zero!"
After the last person finished voting, Lin Jie turned toward God, his voice slow and firm:
"Everyone has now made their choice."
"All the good players have unanimously decided that today-"
"We execute God!"