System: [The third round of the competition will begin tomorrow. Please prepare accordingly.]

Once the system’s message was released, the original glass room vanished like a mirage. In the blink of an eye, the setting had changed into a hotel.

[To increase the participants’ activities, your current floor is located on the top level. Floors below the top level offer various forms of entertainment.]

The system’s message echoed through the hallway, and all the previously closed doors swung wide open. Even strangers, who had never met before, found themselves embracing each other.

The first thing Xu Yi did was to take a shower. The previous glass room had no privacy, which had led to everyone exuding an indescribable scent.

While in the shower, Xu Yi thought of the scars on Yi Yu’s back and the actions that followed.

Just as he was thinking, Yi Yu knocked on Xu Yi’s door. Xu Yi, shirtless, opened the door.

“You didn’t go downstairs to check things out. Why are you here?”

Yi Yu held up some medicine. “For a change of dressings.”

After entering, Yi Yu noticed that the layout of each person’s room was different. Xu Yi put on his clothes and then asked, making sure Yi Yu had taken a shower.

“Did you shower? If not, go shower first.”

Yi Yu lifted his shirt, revealing his back. “I already showered.”

Xu Yi looked at the scabbed-over wound. “Why do you think those injuries came back here?”

“The system hunters are essentially arranged by the system and don’t belong to Li Xiaoting’s world.”

Mentioning Li Xiaoting made Xu Yi go silent for a moment. Yi Yu placed his hand on Xu Yi’s back to offer some comfort.

Without speaking, Yi Yu’s gesture calmed Xu Yi. He quickly adjusted and asked, “Did you really shower?”

Xu Yi couldn’t smell any body wash on Yi Yu. Yi Yu rolled over and pinned him down, getting closer.

“Why don’t you take a closer smell?”

Xu Yi closed his eyes. Yi Yu’s Adam’s apple was right above him, and everything else was as expected, but there was something off.

“Xu Ge, let’s go downstairs and look around.”

Li Xiaoming, who didn’t know when he’d entered, poked his head in and saw the position of the two on the bed. “Sorry to interrupt, you guys continue. We’ll wait outside.”

Wang Qiang, eating an apple outside, appeared clueless. “What were you two doing in there?”

Li Xiaoming smiled mysteriously. “Nothing, I just bumped into something.”

Xu Yi pushed Yi Yu off. “Stop fooling around. I’m telling you again, I’m a straight man.”

“Want to go down and take a look?”

Downstairs, there was a lively atmosphere, with most people gathered around video games.

“You’re playing this hero badly. Use the 321 combo.”

Yi Yu didn’t want to spend time in the noisy environment, but Xu Yi was deeply attracted. “Don’t leave. Come play one more round.”

Wang Qiang and Li Xiaoming were engrossed in a farming game on the computer. “Don’t steal my crops!”

At night, after a full day of silence, the system’s voice came again.

[Dear players, starting from the third competition task, death during the competition will result in elimination. You will no longer participate in any games. From this round onward, system hunters will no longer intervene, and death will trigger the random health system.]

[Currently, there are 88 players participating. Please prepare yourselves. The third round of the competition will begin in 3 seconds.]

The meeting room was filled with people, all wearing detective outfits and iconic hats.

[The goal of this round—The Heir of the Deceased.]

At the podium in the meeting room, an elderly person held a microphone. “Dear detectives, the reason you are here is not only to find the true killer of the old master, but also to identify the heir that was already determined before his death. Please assist us in this matter.”

Xu Yi lowered his hat, and someone beside him asked, “Shall we form a team?”

Strangely enough, every time Xu Yi sat next to Yi Yu. “Are you colluding with the system? Why is it that every time you’re beside me?”

Not just him, but also familiar faces like Wang Qiang and Li Xiaoming.

Soon, Li Xiaoming, having gathered information from others, told the three of them.

“We’re in a villa right now. I have to say, this villa is huge. That NPC said it could hold a thousand people.”

“Get to the point.”

“The deceased old master is called Old Master Liu. The butler won’t let us see the body, saying the old master hated people speaking about him while he was still alive.”

“Three sons, three daughters. The heir is one of them.”

Wang Qiang added, “They’re on the first floor now.”

Xu Yi was about to stand when someone brushed past him, whether on purpose or by accident.

Yi Yu suggested they first find the room where Old Master Liu’s body was placed. Xu Yi didn’t speak, essentially agreeing to form a team.