Don't provoke mentally ill people in the infinite flow genre!

Tang Yunxi reacted quickly, snatching back her name tag just before Yu Qing was about to light the lighter.

"Huh?" Yu Qing exclaimed urgently, "This is what I found! You can't be so rude!"

"Most of the time I'm very polite," Tang Yunxi replied seriously, stuffing the designer clothes into her clothes. "But the situation is really special now, and I can't help it. Please forgive me."

"What makes this situation special?"

"The special thing is that you want to have a fair fight with me." She shook her head. "You have my name tag, but I don't have yours. It's easy to defend but hard to attack. That's not fair."

Yu Qing was shocked: "Your designer brand? Could it be that you are...?"

"This is her," Shen Yubai explained patiently from the side, "I haven't had a chance to introduce her yet. This is our Black Wind Stronghold's lucky charm, the beloved darling of our domineering captain, Ms. Tang Yunxi."

"..."

An awkward silence fell over the room.

Yu Qing stood there, speechless, unsure whether to retract her outstretched hand or not.

"Ah... well..." she finally managed to stammer, "What a coincidence, I didn't expect that either..."

"It's alright, we made it in time, didn't we?" Tang Yunxi comforted her. "Just pretend you never saw me, let's each go and get on with our business, okay?"

Shen Yubai added gently, "Of course, we understand that there's a survival rate limit in this round. Let's stick to the old rules and wait until the number of survivors exceeds the limit before Black Wind Stronghold and Spring Water have their final battle, okay?"

After all, the two sides are practically allies both inside and outside the game, so this is to be expected.

Yu Qing understood this principle. Even if she had objections, she absolutely could not force Tang Yunxi to be killed.

Those who understand the times are wise, and it is precisely because she understands the times so well that she is the best of the best, which is why she has lived so long and climbed all the way to the Grandmaster level.

"Okay, I accept."

She sighed helplessly and turned to walk in the opposite direction. But before she had gone far, she saw Yi Zanglan and Yan Zhao passing through the floating staircase in front of her and approaching her.

"...Captain Yi?"

"Isn't this Miss Yu?" Yi Zanglan greeted her with a smile as soon as they met. "Where's Captain Ouyang?"

"She's in the south teaching building. I was on my way to meet her when I suddenly killed an evil spirit, which delayed me," Yu Qing replied, glancing at her watch as she did so. "There are still two teammates there... Huh?"

Her expression darkened, and she carefully checked the map again, finally confirming that the dot of one of her teammates had turned gray.

"W-what happened? Qian Wen, she..."

Yi Zanglan was initially a little puzzled by her attitude, but upon hearing the name, she raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but exchange a glance with Yan Zhao.

"Qian Wen?"

"Yes, have you seen her?"

"...Hmm." Yi Zanglan's smile vanished, replaced by a serious and solemn expression. He nodded to Yu Qing, "I'm sorry, Miss Qian passed away peacefully five minutes ago. She should be waiting for you in the spectator area by now."

"……ah!!!"

Yu Qing let out a sharp wail, then suddenly clutched her head with both hands, spinning around in place several times, completely breaking down.

Receiving a meaningful glance from Yi Zanglan, Yan Zhao stepped forward, put his arm around Yu Qing's shoulder, and took out a name tag from his pocket that he hadn't had time to burn yet, handing it to her.

"Ms. Yu, please calm down. We really didn't know Qian Wen was your teammate—this name tag is an apology. Please convey our greetings to Captain Ouyang when you see him."

"...I will."

Before she could finish speaking, Yu Qing took the name tag and suddenly, like a crazed gecko, leaped up onto the roof beam, clung to the outer wall, and ran away on all fours.

She couldn't stay there any longer, nor could she talk any more.

If I delay for just two more seconds, I'm afraid tears will start flowing.

Yu Qing, you must be brave and strong!

……

The four of them watched her figure disappear into the distance. Shen Yubai briefly recounted what had just happened, and Yi Zanglan then realized that she had unintentionally caused a double blow to Miss Gecko.

But there's nothing we can do about it; it was purely a coincidence.

"Let's go, let's go inside." Yan Zhao casually opened a door next to him. "Let's rest for a few minutes and check our current kill permissions."

OK.

The other three then entered the room, opened their respective system pages, and began exchanging information.

Tang Yunxi naturally found the most name tags, but considering her limited abilities, she had to leave the authority to those who were better at killing, so she kept a bunch of name tags instead of burning them and gave them all to Yi Zanglan.

"Lanlan, burn it all. You'll be in charge of killing, and the three of us will search for targets for you."

Yi Zanglan picked up the name tag embroidered with the three characters "Tang Yunxi" and examined it carefully against the light: "Oh, you can kill too?"

"...If you give it to the wrong person, I can't kill them! You wouldn't be willing to do it either!"

Tang Yunxi quickly snatched her name tag back and then kissed her on the cheek.

Yan Zhao and Shen Yubai turned their heads away at the same time, clearly unable to bear the sight.

Yi Zanglan spread out all the nameplates that hadn't burned yet on the ground, then took a lighter and lit them one by one.

There are currently three players she can kill, and coincidentally, she knows one of them.

【Sheng Xiao】

He is the mad dog-like member of the Langtaosha team, nicknamed "The Ripper".

This is interesting. Xun Zhou has the authority to kill her, and she has the authority to kill Sheng Xiao.

Anyway, let's wait and see when it happens.

Besides, the evil spirits clearly have many more nameplates, such as:

A programmer died from gas poisoning while taking a nap due to overwork.

[A homeless singer who hanged himself in his living room; his decomposing body was not discovered until seven days later]

A middle-aged woman who poisoned her husband after his betrayal and then tied him to her body before burning him alive.

[High school boy who attempted suicide by jumping but was later found hanged from a tree]

A girl burdened with resentment and trapped in a room, afflicted by evil magic, searches for a substitute through video CDs.

Yan Zhao sat beside him, rubbing his temples expressionlessly: "To be honest, these adjectives are giving me a bit of a headache."

"It's quite annoying."

Yi Zanglan casually agreed, her hands still moving, and she had already burned the last nameplate.

A faint black smoke filled the air, and ashes drifted in the air without any wind.

At the same time, she keenly noticed that the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped.

Then, with a "click," the door automatically locked, meaning the four people were locked inside.

"Huh?" Tang Yunxi immediately became alert. "What are we doing right now? Have we triggered another mechanism?"

"That shouldn't be the case; it was just a normal burning of a few nameplates."

Shen Yubai frowned and got up, looking around the room but found nothing unusual.

Just as he was about to walk back to the living room, he suddenly heard a faint crackling sound, so he stopped and turned around to look.

...The old-fashioned television set placed beside the bed was covered in dust, and the screen had cracks, so it had probably been broken for a long time.

But now.

The screen suddenly lit up and began playing a black and white image.