Players, Please Board the Train

”Is that so?” Xu Huo moved with lightning speed. A short arrow that seemed to appear from nowhere instantly pierced through Chen Tu’s palm!

Hearing Chen Tu’s cry, Chen Nan quickly turned around. Seeing the blood flow, he knew they couldn’t fool Xu Huo. Gritting his teeth, he rushed forward and grabbed Xu Huo. ”Brother! Run! I’ll hold him back!”

By now, Chen Tu had already torn off the clothing. Seeing the flying arrow hovering in the room, he knew full well they were no match for Xu Huo. Continuing to fight would mean at least one of them dying... He knelt on the ground, bending his knees. ”Please, spare us!”

”Quite self-aware.” Xu Huo kicked Chen Nan away, but Chen Nan had no intention of giving up. He scrambled to his feet, ready to fight to the death. However, upon meeting the eyes of the man standing before him, his legs involuntarily went weak.

After extinguishing their desire for a fight to the death, Xu Huo finally spoke to Chen Tu. ”If you dare to kill, you must have the resolve to be killed by others. What’s the use of kneeling and begging for mercy?”

”It’s useless against someone who’s determined to kill us, of course. But you don’t actually want to kill us, right?” Chen Tu probed cautiously. ”If you wanted to kill us, you wouldn’t have held back just now.”

Xu Huo smiled slightly and tossed the Tangle-Free Thread to him. ”Tie up your brother.”

After being intimidated by Xu Huo’s gaze, Chen Nan felt humiliated but still refused to surrender without a fight. He secretly signaled to Chen Tu with his eyes. If they couldn’t win, they could escape. Once outside, Xu Huo surely wouldn’t dare to kill them openly inside the ancient castle!

”Don’t you want to clear the dungeon? How about listening to my cooperation proposal?” Xu Huo had already turned and walked towards the sofa. After sitting down, he looked at the two brothers. ”Instead of completing the game tasks, you came to kill me. Desperate times call for desperate measures, huh?”

”You’re actually a task player?” Chen Nan found it hard to believe.Chen Tu shot a glance at his brother who had just revealed their identity and said to Xu Huo, ”Can you get us through the dungeon?”

Xu Huo raised a hand, then took out a healing potion and drank it.

Chen Tu gritted his teeth, used the Tangle-Free Thread to loop it around Chen Nan, but left a trick up his sleeve. He pretended to tie a knot and then placed the end of the thread in Chen Nan’s hand.

The two brothers sat down opposite Xu Huo.

”Did you kill Fang Min?” Xu Huo asked straight away.

The brothers exchanged surprised glances. Chen Tu couldn’t help but ask, ”How could you tell?”

”You have an item that conceals sound, right?” Xu Huo said. When he entered, he hadn’t heard any sound, but after his Super Evolution, he could sense there were people in the space.

His main suspicion regarding Fang Min’s death was the people inside the ancient castle. There were no signs of a struggle in Fang Min’s room. To kill a D-level player in an extremely short time and prevent them from resisting required either a powerful player or a formidable item, followed by dismembering the body.

However, after discovering the twins hiding in his room, he changed his mind. The lack of struggle in the room could also mean she wasn’t killed in her own room.

It was just a casual bluff. Since they admitted it, Xu Huo simply went along with it.

”No other players noticed when Fang Min was killed, which shows the fight was soundproofed. There were no signs of a struggle in Fang Min’s room, proving she wasn’t killed there.”

”Items that block sound aren’t hard to come by. But you gave yourselves away when you tried to implicate Fleischer. Forget that Fleischer and Fang Min weren’t friends; even if they were, it’s unlikely he could succeed with a single strike. That kind of accusation feels very forced among players.”

Chen Nan said regretfully, ”It’s all Li Chao’s fault for noticing I was the last to arrive. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have said that.”

”The body...” Xu Huo had just opened his mouth when Chen Nan interrupted him. ”That wasn’t us! We’re not Player-Eaters. Why would we mutilate a corpse?”

Chen Tu explained, ”This matter really can’t be blamed on us. After signing Fleischer’s contract yesterday, my brother and I had some regrets. To be safe, we used an item in advance. Chen Nan felt hungry and went downstairs to look for food. Unexpectedly, after the blackout, Fang Min came to our room and immediately tried to kill me.”

As he spoke, he turned sideways to reveal a thin, fresh scar on his back. ”Fortunately, the Substitute Mirror blocked a fatal blow for me. I only suffered a superficial wound, which is how I managed to kill her in self-defense.”

”We were forced to fight back!” Chen Nan added.

”Was she a Player-Eater?” Xu Huo asked.

”Not exactly.” Chen Tu continued, ”We were afraid of attracting the attention of other players, so we planned to put her back in her room. Who knew that in just a short while... The thing with the body really wasn’t us.”

”Originally, I intended to try my best to clear the dungeon to get more train tickets. But after seeing Fang Min’s condition, we realized the boss of this dungeon would be very difficult to deal with. That’s why we switched to targeting Player-Eaters, hoping to snatch a few train tickets. That way, whether we clear the dungeon or not would be fine.”

They just never expected the first target they chose would be like kicking an iron plate.

”How did you get your invitations?” Xu Huo asked again.

Chen Nan glanced at Chen Tu first before taking out his own invitation. ”We snatched it from a black market buyer.”

It was an unsigned invitation.

This dungeon was a bit strange.

Xu Huo nodded slightly. To be cautious, he used cleaning solution to check the brothers’ numbers. One was black, one was white.

He tossed a pair of pants to Chen Tu and said, ”When non-task players enter a dungeon, you should know that this dungeon definitely isn’t one where you can just hide until the time limit is up.”

Chen Tu quickly put on the pants. ”I thought of that too, but generally, if you don’t explicitly oppose the dungeon boss, the boss can’t massacre players on a large scale.”

”So he invited outside help.” Xu Huo said. ”The Ma couple are Player-Eaters. They also came with unsigned invitations.”

Counting the one originally belonging to the Cheongsam Woman, among the twelve players, there should have only been eight task players.

”What do we do then?” Chen Nan said. ”There might be other non-task players. We’re already short on people!”

”Of course, complete the game tasks.” Xu Huo glanced at him.

”Do you really have a way to clear the dungeon?” Chen Tu asked uncertainly. After a pause, he added, ”How do we cooperate?”

”That’s not urgent yet. Tell me about your items and characteristics.” Xu Huo changed the subject.

”What do you mean?” Chen Nan looked at him warily.

”A general description will do,” Xu Huo didn’t insist. ”At least explain how the mirror works. I can guess some of the limitations. Your mirror would have a hard time affecting me a second time.”

”Is this related to clearing the dungeon?” Chen Tu hesitated.

”It’s related to staying alive.” Xu Huo couldn’t be bothered to waste more words. ”Do you want to describe it verbally or just hand over the items directly?”

The twins understood what ’hand over the items directly’ meant. Their expressions turned ugly for a moment. But after some hesitation, Chen Tu decided to speak.

However, Xu Huo raised a hand to stop him. Signaling for the two to stand by the wall, he silently walked over and pulled open the door, looking coldly at the two people outside. ”You seem to be in a good mood.”

Unlike their unsettled demeanor this morning, the Ma couple wore smiles. Mrs. Ma even said, ”Little Brother Xu, why is your room so quiet without a sound? I thought you had gone out to look for something!”