Playing the Foolish Beauty in a Deadly Game - Chapter 74

The ideology that pets had always embraced was “to stand or fall with humans.” They spared no effort in struggling for the stability of the entire game world. Providing protection value to humans and being loved by them in return, the two sides cooperated for mutual benefit, with a promising future ahead.

After Nelson exposed the brainwashing propaganda of “humans love pets, pets love humans,” Lin Qiao unveiled the church’s ideological control over pets. Dogs are man’s best friends, but the Wangwang Sect had been too deeply infiltrated by humans.

The leader of the Miaomiao Sect, with a look of compassion on his face, said, “We cats form collectives based on family, making it difficult to take action. I’ve said it before, those who play politics have very dirty hearts.”

The representative of the Wangwang Sect’s expression changed dramatically. The leader of the Miaomiao Sect’s words seemed to hide profound meanings, and the players were genuinely curious about what the white kitten had said. So Doberman 08 translated Lin Qiao’s words into human language. Nelson and Dao Zhang, except for Yatagarasu, showed slight changes in their expressions. One remained calm, as if he had expected it, while the other, after a brief surprise, revealed an understanding look.

No wonder the Miaomiao Sect wouldn’t hand Lin Qiao over. If it turned out that Lin Qiao was indeed an NPC, and one that could turn animals into humans, what would happen next? Pets breaking free from the Horror Game, freely transforming into human forms to seize the world’s resources, defeating humans and becoming the rulers of the game world?

Would the Horror Game just sit idly by or remain oblivious to such a significant issue in the game world? How would it retaliate? Either by bringing more disasters to the world or by withdrawing from the game to restore peace to ordinary humans. In that case, there would be no evil spirits, no Wangwang Sect, and no Miaomiao Sect.

Lin Qiao asked curiously again, “Are you really prepared to resist the entire Horror Game? Do you have the capability? Are you sure everyone else wants to do this?”

Even the players who entered this game world might not want it to disappear. After all, if the protection value given by pets was too high, and it was proven that players did not obtain the protection value by mistreating pets, the players would be assimilated into pets, staying to live a relatively “stable” life, at least without constantly facing the threat of death.

The representative of the Wangwang Sect wanted to argue but didn’t know where to start: “Why is it like this? I find it strange. What you said seems problematic, but it also seems not.”

Lin Qiao, now a white kitten, licked his paw and then meowed, “Many humans are taught from a young age to be kind and upright, not to lie, to be honest and fearless, to pursue ideals and truth, and to say no to evil forces.”

“But when they grow up, they find that such people are called fools by others, seen as naive, unsophisticated, and incapable of getting things done.”

“People praise these noble qualities, but they seem so out of place when they exist around us.”

“Nobility is noble because noble people often… go against the current.”

For a moment, the representative of the Wangwang Sect couldn’t tell whether the other party was mocking her or encouraging her. Now she had two choices: one was to give up, to abandon the hope that was so slim. The other was to continue, to fight for that hope, but possibly facing an abyss from which there was no return, leading to the destruction of the entire world.

The representative of the Wangwang Sect hesitated, but in the end, she raised her wine glass, like those adults who have to bow to reality, and flattered, “This is truly a romantic wedding. Whether it’s the young master of the Wangwang Sect or the daughter of the vice leader, you two are a perfect match.”

The representative of the Wangwang Sect did not, as the Perfumer suggested, force Lin Qiao himself to make a statement. Her phrase “the daughter of the leader” had already made her choice clear.

The leader of the Miaomiao Sect leaned on Dao Zhang and spoke during his struggle: “Very impressive. Your thigh is quite sturdy. Don’t move around. Do you want to bump into me? Hmm?”

Dao Zhang covered his face, too ashamed to face anyone, while the leader of the Miaomiao Sect shrugged nonchalantly: “If it weren’t for my son’s liking, I might have killed that little sweet pie who brought chaos.”

“Your high scores among the top few mean that the next announcement will likely be the final passing line.”

“There is also one thing to note. I thought of killing the little sweet pie to resolve the chaos, and the human representative should be able to think of that too.”

Lin Qiao’s heart sank, and after a moment of thought, Nelson’s face changed dramatically. He stood up and said, “Let’s go!”

The others hadn’t reacted yet, and the representative of the Wangwang Sect still found it strange: “Humans probably won’t do anything, right? As you said, everyone will no longer delve into this matter. When the game ends, Lin Qiao will leave the game on his own.”

The leader of the Miaomiao Sect smiled and said, “Humans don’t share one brain. Do you think there are few people like you who seek a glimmer of hope? The safest method is, of course, to kill Lin Qiao and be done with it, eliminating any隐患.”

The Perfumer, listening on the side, frowned and stood up, looking at Nelson very discontentedly: “Damn it, what’s wrong with you? Aren’t you the 【Fraudster】 with a clever mind?”

“You’ve always been the one to deceive others and set traps. I never thought you would trip this time.”

“I knew that once you fall in love, your brain goes out the window. I wouldn’t have come here to see you guys if I had known. A bunch of fools!”

The Perfumer grumbled. The main reason she accepted the invitation was that she knew the other top five players had already joined forces to resist the other players. Being alone, she would likely become the main target of attack from other players. Her real purpose in coming here was not to respond to the Miaomiao Sect’s invitation to solve the problem of the white cat’s affection value attracting evil spirits, but to cooperate with Nelson and the others.

As a result, the Perfumer was almost driven mad with anger.

Yatagarasu hadn’t reacted yet, and most people were looking at each other in confusion. Dao Zhang also slowly realized what was happening and stood up, hugging the leader of the Miaomiao Sect from behind.

To be precise, he was holding the leader of the Miaomiao Sect’s thigh and lifting him onto the table: “Let’s go, let’s go, hurry up and leave.”

Doberman 08 covered his pocket with his hand in a gesture that seemed to hide something, moving cautiously without drawing any attention.

The black cat straightened up from the blanket, arched its body towards the leader of the Miaomiao Sect, and hissed in a threatening manner. The leader of the Miaomiao Sect wanted to say something but stopped himself.

The black cat seemed to have made a great decision and pushed Lin Qiao towards Nelson with its head.

Lin Qiao walked forward unsteadily. He looked back at the black cat, whose eyes were filled with deep sorrow.

The black cat took a step back and sat down. Even though its claws had torn the tablecloth, it made no attempt to stop them.

Nelson moved quickly, grabbing Lin Qiao by the scruff of his neck and placing him in his arms. He held the effigy with one hand and the white kitten with the other, his lips curling into a smile.

Dao Zhang suggested, “It’s best to separate the two Lin Qiaos and run in different directions…”

Before he could finish, a “rumble” came from the sky. Several helicopters tried to land. Lin Qiao lifted his little head and saw military markings on the helicopters. They descended to a certain height and then dropped ropes for the soldiers to rappel down.

In no time, the area was filled with human soldiers in special operations attire, all armed and aggressive.

Lin Qiao’s heart sank because he realized that the wedding was likely a sham. Actually, there were clues if one paid attention. For example, who gets married on a cloudy day? At the very least, the weather should be sunny and the scenery beautiful, not like now with dark clouds covering the sky.

Moreover, the wedding venue was very strange, located deep in a remote jungle. The only clearing had food laid out but no decorations at all.

Lin Qiao didn’t understand and thought that cats just liked nature. Now it seemed that the bad weather was just to avoid wasting time picking another date, and the remote location was to stay away from people during the operation. The only clearing was a preselected landing spot.

Finally, there were also suspicious points among the guests. At first, Nelson asked why the leader of the Wangwang Sect and the human representative didn’t come. Perhaps that was when suspicion arose. These two points were very telling. If it was really a wedding, given the relationship between these three factions, they couldn’t possibly stay away.

But even the leader of the Miaomiao Sect, the black cat’s own father, was late, which was very suspicious.

The reason Lin Qiao didn’t suspect anything was because he knew that his and the black cat’s “marriage” was very hasty. The black cat was under tremendous pressure and the discontent of his clan to hold the wedding. That’s why there were issues with the venue and the guest list. It turned out those were actually “warnings.”

Lin Qiao pushed away Nelson’s arm and looked at the leader of the Miaomiao Sect, meowing, “So according to the original plan, you shouldn’t have come, but you did, because of your son, right?”

The leader of the Miaomiao Sect made a gesture to hush him: “Little sweet pie, not all questions can get answers.”

Only this wedding could gather the real and fake Lin Qiao together and make the top five sacrifices willingly step into the trap.

Generally, when players go live, NPCs can’t get close because the Horror Game forbids NPCs from actively interfering with players’ live streams. Killing players during a live stream is not allowed.

The Perfumer obviously thought of this and immediately started a live stream.

Unfortunately, all players received a reminder from the game system at this moment: [Players entering the final stage, congratulations to you.]

[The players’ scores are polarized, and the last wave of passing values is announced in advance.]

[Players with less than 500,000 affection points will be eliminated, and their protection values will be reset to zero.]

[The top five have already been born. Excellent sacrifices give power to evil spirits, and many evil spirits are coming one after another.]

[Maybe it’s not just the evil spirits that need to be guarded against.]

[The game time limit is one month, and the time left until the game ends is 278 hours, 54 minutes, and 18 seconds…]

[What are you waiting for? The live room function is closed. Start the chase! All players’ coordinates have been made public.]

Lin Qiao couldn’t hear the game system’s voice, but he could learn from his own system that the great escape had begun.

Now, whether it was evil spirits, NPCs, or players, they could all target the top five.

The evil spirits had their geographical restrictions lifted and could move between different cities to find sacrifices.

Obviously, the plan of “taking the two Lin Qiaos and running in different directions” had already failed, since players could see each other’s locations.

Nelson checked and found that the locations could not be accurately pinpointed to specific landmarks, but only to a general area.