Chapter 44: Might Be a Psycho

Chu Xihen didn’t hide anything and stated their three names.

Ling Yao raised a hand to suggest, “Can you not call me ‘Big Brother’? I’m still young!”

Even as he said this, he didn’t dare take off his cloak because he was still covered in white fur. Wang Heng and his wife would probably be scared to death if they saw him like this.

“Then, can we call you Little Ling?” Wang Heng asked humbly.

Ling Yao couldn’t accept this title and regretted it, saying, “Forget it, just keep calling me ‘Brother,’ call me Brother Yao!”

“Okay, Brother Yao,” Wang Heng quickly changed his address.

Chu Xihen looked at the ranking list in the sky. When the team in last place, number two—that is, the long-haired man’s team—reached two hundred points, he and Lou Su stood up together.

“Let’s go; we’ll also go and see how easy these Variants are to kill,” Chu Xihen said.

As time passed, those with high scores would become the targets of concentrated fire. Similarly, those with low scores like them would also be targeted.

If they delayed killing Variants, the teams ranked higher would suspect that they were confident in their strength and didn’t want to kill Variants for points, intending instead to directly attack other teams later on.

The teams ranked higher certainly wouldn’t like that and would join forces to eliminate the low-scoring teams first to prevent future troubles.

Wang Heng and Ding Hui thought that once they entered the forest and saw the Variants, they must perform well and let Lou Su and the others see their strength to avoid being seen as useless trash.

But after entering the forest, they realized that killing Variants was much easier than they had imagined.

The three types of Variants in the forest were their old acquaintances: the green-furred Green Wolves, the blue-shelled Beetles, and the purple Poison Arums.

Moreover, being bitten by Variants in the instance wouldn’t cause infection. It was just that getting hurt in the instance might be a bit dangerous after exiting.

“Why is no one in this outer area? Could there be even more powerful Variants inside?” Wang Heng asked as he killed Variants in the front.

They had been walking in the forest for quite a while and hadn’t seen a single person.

“Let’s not go too deep. Let’s stay in this outer area today and see how things go later,” Lou Su said, looking at the sky. Although they had entered the forest, when looking at the sky, the leaves above would become transparent, allowing them to see the changes in the ranking list.

Wang Heng and his wife naturally didn’t dare to have any objections. They were now killing Variants in the front, with Lou Su and the other two following behind.

Lou Su was recovering his mental energy and didn’t make a move. Ling Yao had no means of killing Variants at all but held a dagger in his hand as a symbolic gesture. Chu Xihen always held his bow, providing cover with a cold arrow when the front couldn’t handle things.

This situation was the effect that Lou Su desperately wanted to achieve by using his abilities, because if he didn’t completely subdue Wang Heng and his wife, it would be bad if they discovered the special nature of Chu Xihen and Ling Yao.

Moreover, this was a team competition instance. Being two people short would definitely make it impossible to compete with fully staffed teams.

Even if they didn’t want to compete for ranking, it was hard to guarantee that no one would want to kill them.

Therefore, it was necessary to subdue Wang Heng and his wife by using some means.

“Brother Lou, look at team number two. Do you think they are also deliberately suppressing their score?” Ding Hui noticed that every time she looked at the ranking list in the sky, team number two always had a dozen or twenty more points than them.

“Probably,” Lou Su had also noticed it long ago.

Wang Heng also joined the conversation, “Speaking of which, don’t you think that long-haired man is a bit too arrogant?”

Ling Yao nodded and said, “You two are in the same boat.”

Wang Heng awkwardly touched his nose. Ling Yao had killed the conversation.

But Ding Hui wasn’t led astray. “I feel like he knows that it’s impossible for a hundred people to cooperate, but he insists on bringing up this option and then watches the ugly spectacle of everyone refusing to cooperate.”

Chu Xihen agreed with Ding Hui’s view. “These Variants can be refreshed in place after they are killed. As long as everyone is willing to cooperate, there is no need for anyone to die. Unfortunately, that person brought up the matter of cooperation in advance, causing everyone to turn against each other and blocking the way out.”

“Why would he do this? Is he an antisocial personality?” Ling Yao hadn’t thought so much. Now that he heard their discussion, he felt that the long-haired man was a bit scary.

If it weren’t for Chu Xihen’s analysis, he would have thought that the long-haired man’s offer of cooperation was out of kindness!

“Who knows, maybe he’s a psycho?” Wang Heng commented.

They killed from dawn till dusk and only accumulated less than two thousand points in the end, while the team ranked first already had close to thirty thousand points!

Since Variants were constantly refreshed in the forest, they left the forest when they stopped to rest, started a bonfire outside, and ate something to replenish their strength.

Not only did they have this idea, but many teams also left the forest when it got dark, learning from Chu Xihen and the others by burning a bonfire and sitting around it.

Wang Heng was a little anxious when he saw that their score was still the lowest.

“Eat quickly, and go kill Variants after eating,” he didn’t dare to order Lou Su and the others and could only say this to his wife.

Ding Hui wasn’t a delicate person and had the same idea.

“Rest outside at night and recover your mental energy. Tomorrow won’t be as peaceful as today. If you spend too much energy killing Variants tonight, the points you worked so hard to get will be given away,” Chu Xihen advised.

As far as this instance is concerned, points are not important; what matters is who can survive to the end.

Wang Heng also knew this was the case, but it was somewhat embarrassing to only have more than two thousand points after a day. The number two team, who had been suppressing their score in front of them, already had five thousand points!

He still wanted to try to fight for more; at worst, he would go kill alone and let the others save their strength.

But before he could open his mouth, the number two team he had been thinking about walked towards them.

The long-haired man had been killing Variants all day, but his face showed no sign of fatigue. His words and actions were still so elegant. His four teammates obediently followed behind him, completely following his lead.

“Hello, we meet again,” the long-haired man sat down next to them as if he were familiar with them and even snuggled up to their bonfire!

Ling Yao was a little annoyed by this long-haired man, feeling that the other party was a treacherous fellow who hid a knife behind his smile. So, he moved his butt in a petty manner to block the fire and prevent him from snuggling up.

The long-haired man wasn’t angry and directly asked, “Are you deliberately suppressing your score?”

“No, we are really trash,” Chu Xihen, who had always been mistaken for trash, felt no burden in his heart when saying these words.

Sometimes, he still wanted to be real trash.

It’s just that in this chaotic world, being trash means death, and he didn’t want to die.

The long-haired man was rarely choked by someone. He was silent for a moment before saying, “We heard that there are more advanced Variants in the forest when we came back. Let’s go together tomorrow?”

“No, we’ll just kill some low-level ones in the outer area,” Chu Xihen refused very simply.

But the long-haired man suddenly looked at Wang Heng, “What about you?”

Wang Heng was confused by the question and looked at Lou Su in a flustered manner, not knowing how to answer this question.

Of course, he was tempted and couldn’t wait to rush to the innermost part of the forest tomorrow, but Chu Xihen had already refused, and it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to say anything more.

“They are in the same team as us; what do you think?” Lou Su asked coldly.