[HEQrC]

29.2

Xing Ye let Cao Qian see the photos he secretly took of two other students using their phones. "When I first arrived in the game, instead of checking the mission on my phone, I first took note of who in our class was using their phone. There were altogether three people; you're one of them, the other two being Guan Ling and Zhao Hong. The last player has to be one of them!

Cao Qian looked at the two photos. She didn't even remember who they were.

When she had first entered the world, she was completely focused on checking out the game rules on her phone. She didn't even think about paying attention to the other students. She was even delighted that the first of the seven legends was in the girls dormitories and planned to scout it out that night.

She never thought there'd actually be somebody who would observe so much as soon as they entered the game. Did that mean she had been exposed the moment she looked down at her phone?

Cao Qian looked at Xing Ye with a complicated look on her face. She ran into situations where the other players' identities were unknown before, but she had never seen a person who could find leads on people just based on their luck in the game. This new teammate of hers had already gone deep below the surface of the game rules.

He wasn't somebody who just stuck to the game rules. If there was a chance, he would exploit and suppress them, creating his own rules.

Cao Qian opened her mouth, wanting to say things like, "How does your brain work?" "Is this really just your second game?" "Aren't you too amazing?" but in the end, nothing could come out.

Xing Ye could see Cao Qian's doubts and brought out his own points page to show Cao Qian. "I really am a new player with only 200 points. However, I hope you can trust and cooperate with me. Everything I do is for the sake of victory. You might think the 1000 points from killing Ms. Li is already enough of a profit, but losing isn't my style. I want to win."

We, the two players with the least points in the round, are facing four players in a group as well as one self proclaimed 'novice player' with unfathomable intentions. Do you want to create a miracle? Do you want to challenge the impossible?"

Cao Qian heard Xing Ye's words and a long-forgotten feeling began to swell in her heart.

It was a feeling she had lost after growing up, strangled under life's pressures. She had lost her will to fight.

"I do." Cao Qian extended her hand to Xing Ye.

Xing Ye grasped it tightly. "Then trust me. Even if one day, I might run you through with a knife and kill you, you still have to trust me. It'll all be to win."

Cao Qian: "..."

Now that she relearned how to think, a thought suddenly popped into her head, which she directly asked: "You keep telling me to trust you. Don't tell me that it's because you've already thought of some plan that involves stabbing me dead?"

"Ahaha," Xing Ye laughed awkwardly, "Good job, your intuition's pretty good. However, it's just a plan and it might not necessarily be used. After all, the more back up plans, the better."

"Whatever then," Cao Qian said, "It's not like I have anything to lose."

Xing Ye sensed that she definitely had a story behind her. However, their current relationship wasn't close enough to talk about such things.

They were merely cooperating.

The two ran to a hidden spot and watched Boy C stealthily bury the memory card at noon. Half an hour later, a person walked in, glancing around as they dug up the memory card.

It was Guan Ling.

Xing Ye specifically called Boy C out when Wu Yu wasn't there to lure out the last player.

What will we do? Cao Qian asked Xing Ye with her eyes.

Don't rush in impulsively, Xing Ye shook his head at Cao Qian.

From the very beginning, he knew Mr. Deng and Di Kuang wouldn't be easy opponents.   

The author has something to say:

Cao Qian: Huh? Why do I feel like I've joined some pyramid scheme? I just randomly agreed to throw my whole life in for someone.

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Kiki: Omg, Xing Ye's brain reminds me of my classmate. He's an absolute prodigy at math and chess, winning all kinds of math competitions and beating frigging international masters (just a level below grandmaster) in chess tournaments. Did I mention he's in high school? Always intuitively comes up with his own easy method to solve hard ass math problems without any kind of tutoring or help. Mannn, their brains are just wired differently. Geniuses, whew.