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Xing Ye's mind spun. He was also in the second year but he never heard of Zhang Feiqing's name. "Tell me about Zhang Feiqing in detail."

"He's in year two, class nine. Class one and two are honours classes, class three to eight are average students, and students in class nine and above are speciality classes. Zhang Feiqing is extremely outstanding in calligraphy, painting, and sculpting."

Painting... another specialty of his.

"Have you guys investigated the relationship between Bai Xu and Zhang Feiming?"

"Huh? What relationship do they have?" Mr. Deng was startled. He never thought about that.

"Liu Muqing, Bai Xu, Zhang Feiming all studied painting. With such a coincidence, there's no way they aren't connected. Furthermore, I think that Liu Muqing's missing head has something to do with Zhang Feiming."

In Cock Robin, the fish used his dish to catch the robin's blood. The whole time, Xing Ye had been trying to find who the fish was, who could've done that.

And now, it seemed Zhang Feiming filled those requirements.

Liu Muqing was an only daughter. Zhang Feiming was her very close little cousin, so it was very possible that he could've seen her soul.

"Why would they trust you to find the item here alone?" Xing Ye asked, "There's no way they completely trust you."

Mr. Deng was different from Guan Ling and Wu Yu. Those two had been cooperating with Di Kuang for a long time and joined the world as a team. Mr. Deng came afterwards, so it was only normal to not trust him.

Perhaps Di Kuang already found some crucial clues but chose not to tell Mr. Deng.

"Sigh, you think it's easy for me?" Mr. Deng sighed, "With these starting abilities, who would be willing to team up with me? It's just a good skill for escaping with my life, so most people wouldn't be able to kill me. I just need a teammate. It doesn't matter if they really trust me or if the information they share with me is true. As long as I betray them, I can save my life. As such, I need to have teammates and can't let them see my starting abilities."

Xing Ye: "You said you entered the game by scanning a QR code somebody shared with you. You were clearly the one being betrayed, so how did you get the skill 'Selling Friends for Glory'?"

"I stole his graduation plan, so he hated me ever since. When we met that day, I thought he already forgot our previous differences, but who would've known... that might've been why I got these two starting abilities when I entered the game."

It was truly reaping what he had sown.

Mr. Deng could only struggle between betraying others and being abandoned. He would never be able to clear the game and would be trapped here forever.

"I'll give you a word of advice," Xing Ye said. "If I were you and wanted to turn over to a new leaf and find true teammates, then I would find some people that seem very kindhearted and naive. Show them your starting abilities at the very beginning. Although they won't trust you, as long as you act a little pitiful, they'll at least take you in. Then find a chance to let the opponent kill you so your teammates will know that you won't betray them even if you have to die. If you move them enough, they'll look at you as a true teammate."

"Huh?" Mr. Deng said awkwardly, "But dying feels very real, I..."

"It's up to you."

There were some people who, even if they knew what to do, would never do so. It was just their nature.

"Watch him."

Xing Ye ordered Cao Qian to watch over Mr. Deng while he went to look around the equipment room.