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

Half an hour after the puzzle was completed, Yi Zanglan and Yan Zhao finally met their teammates.

Tang Yunxi practically crawled into the arena. Her hair was disheveled, her face still bore bright red handprints, and her hands were scratched in several places. She looked extremely disheveled.

She unbuttoned her prison uniform and pulled building blocks out of her clothes one by one.

"Are these the four pieces? I've found them all!"

The prison guard in charge of verification checked and found nothing wrong, then nodded to the guard holding the timer.

"Inmate group number 6, time 62 minutes 54.72 seconds, first place in this round!"

Tang Yunxi finally felt completely relieved. She lay down on the ground, so aggrieved that she almost burst into tears.

Yan Zhao leaned closer, and judging from his expression, he had guessed quite a bit about it.

"Did those people make things difficult for you?"

"Yeah, they don't want the three of us to get first place. They're determined to throw away my building blocks, hit me, and even try to drown me in a ball pit."

"So how did you escape?"

"The prison guards were right outside the door, and I called out to them," Tang Yunxi said. "Even if the rules don't prohibit killing, they can't go too far, so they symbolically maintained order, and I took the opportunity to escape."

Yan Zhao nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."

"You guys are the ones who worked so hard!" Tang Yunxi looked down at Yi Zanglan, who was lying in Yan Zhao's arms, her eyes full of admiration. "Lanlan, I really didn't expect that you could win a tug-of-war against these people. You're practically a champion!"

"...Hey, so you've got Lanlan now? Are you two close?"

Tang Yunxi didn't care about Yan Zhao's attitude. She held Yi Zanglan's hand and carefully reviewed the situation.

"Although there was a little hiccup, I didn't let them off easy. I used a hairpin to blind the bastard who tried to drown me—I learned that trick from you. I didn't embarrass our group!"

Yi Zanglan, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them upon hearing this and calmly looked her over.

"I didn't teach you that way; you just have the talent."

"So... how did you manage to beat all eight of them by yourself?"

"Just hold on tight to the console and don't get off."

"??"

"Don't ask anymore, this isn't your area of ​​expertise," Yan Zhao said. "Everyone just needs to do their job. For example, you found the building blocks very quickly."

Finding the right color and shape of building blocks from that ball pit is no easy task.

Of course, you can't escape without luck, but if you don't work hard enough, you can't escape from those treacherous players.

Tang Yunxi exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, you're actually affirming me? Does that mean we're true teammates now?"

"It's just a partnership, what's the big deal about it being real or fake? I don't have time to waste on your gossip."

After Yan Zhao finished speaking, he turned to look at the other players in the arena.

Players number 2 and 4 were particularly strong, and the two teams of teammates responsible for the puzzle were also quite fast, having already finished just a while ago.

The other groups, having been locked in a stalemate until the very end, were also nearly exhausted. Having lost the will to fight each other, they all had more or less the opportunity to press the button, interspersed with their teammates completing the puzzle.

Because of their inconsistent physical strength, the seats rose and fell, and complaints continued to pour in, but no one dared to slack off.

The game continues, and even the bottom three will at least get a month's reduction in sentence, which is better than getting nothing at all.

As Yan Zhao was observing the battle, he suddenly felt Yi Canglan tug at his clothes, and he quickly turned to the side to get closer.

Yi Zanglan whispered a few words in her ear, and she was stunned for two seconds, clearly a little surprised.

"Does it have to be this way?"

"Um."

"Okay, I understand." She sighed resignedly. "Your plan really does change in an instant."

* * * * * *

The countdown ended. Yi Zanglan, who was in Group 6, came in first place and received a six-month reduction in her sentence; Wu Ying, who was in Group 3, came in seventh and received a one-month reduction in her sentence.

In addition, two other groups were eliminated for failing to complete their tasks, thus losing their chance for a reduced sentence.

The skinny male player whose eye was gouged out was one of the teams that were eliminated.

He covered his still-bleeding eyes, his gaze fixed on Tang Yunxi, filled with vicious malice.

After announcing the rankings, the prison guard waved his hand roughly: "Line up and go back to your cells!"

The red-haired woman who was in the same group as Wu Ying had just been punched by Tang Yunxi in the next room, and her eye was still a little bruised.

She followed behind Tang Yunxi, her eyes filled with resentment, and unconsciously clenched her teeth.

"Bitch," she muttered under her breath. "It's all my fault for being too soft-hearted. I should have just strangled her. There's no rule against it anyway."

Wu Ying glanced at him, a half-smile playing on her lips: "Are you being soft-hearted, or do you simply lack the ability?"

"...What do you mean?"

"I think you should use this time to improve yourself instead of complaining and taking your anger out on others," Wu Ying said. "My teammate and I finished the puzzle in fifth place, but we only got seventh place in the end. Why? Because you were too slow."

The result of falling behind two places is that one month of sentence is reduced. Everyone worked so hard all day just to fight for that pitiful reduction in sentence.

The red-haired woman glared at her, unconvinced: "If you care so much about rankings, why aren't you going any faster? You're all girls, so why did group number 6 get first place? It all comes down to you two being too useless."

Wu Ying did not stop walking, her gaze calmly fixed on the red-haired woman's face.

She didn't seem angry; instead, she smiled slightly and nodded after a long while.

"I really don't want to be judged by someone like you," she said softly, "but... it doesn't matter anyway."

……

At this moment, Yi Zanglan and Yan Zhao were walking side by side. Yan Zhao glanced at the former several times before finally speaking.

"Hey, you'd better remember to owe me a favor this time. It's all for nothing if I don't finish the puzzle fast enough, no matter how hard you try."

Yi Zanglan asked calmly, "So you mean I should thank you?"

"Of course you should thank me. The observer is the core of the whole mission. If I can't finish the puzzle, the progress can't even continue."

"You didn't have this disgusting face when you begged me to go to the tug-of-war."

Enraged, Yan Zhao couldn't help but shove Yi Zanglan: "Say that again? Have I been too lenient with you?"

The next second, she was grabbed by the neck and slammed against the wall by Yi Zanglan.

Yi Zanglan sneered: "I'll tear your mouth apart right now."

"Give it a try!"

The two instantly started fighting, their battle raging so fiercely they seemed oblivious to the world around them.

Tang Yunxi was terrified, not understanding how winning first place could cause infighting, and quickly stepped forward to stop it.

"What's going on? Calm down... Guards, the guards are coming!"

Are the prison guards coming?

Upon hearing this, the two of them immediately began to tear at each other even more vigorously.

"Damn it! Fighting is prohibited here! Lock them both in solitary confinement and make them reflect on their actions all night!"

The prison guard rushed over aggressively, and kicked Yan Zhao as he did so.

Yan Zhao, who inexplicably fell to the side: "..."

Depend on.

There's nothing you can do about bad luck. Even though two people were fighting, she was the only one who ended up getting kicked.