Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The fourth place wasn't that demonized human either, and even when the tenth place arrived, the demonized human still wasn't there. Could it be that the person realized what was happening and was too scared to come over?

It seems I've alerted the enemy.

After the tenth-place finisher crossed the finish line, the race was still not over. Xu Jiawei became even more wary of the people around her. Could the system be trying to make the players kill each other? After all, after she killed the second-place finisher, the third-place finisher took over her position.

The others also showed unusual expressions. After all, their rankings had been broadcast in real time, and their rankings were all one place higher than the real-time broadcast. In other words, if the person with a higher ranking died, then the rankings of the others would rise by one place. If they killed everyone in front of them, then they would become number one.

Players who realized this were immediately filled with fervor, followed by deep apprehension, as they feared that the players behind them would kill them as well.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were only ten people, Liu Jinwei spoke first: "Why don't we ten cooperate and fight the players who come later? None of us can escape; they will be the first to attack us." Liu Jinwei wanted to organize these ten players to deal with the possible attack together.

"Okay, I agree!" the beautiful woman said first.

Xu Jiawei nodded as well. Even if the other players were unwilling to accept this ranking, they had no choice but to agree to the proposal after considering it. After all, they could only consider other things if they were alive. Even if they killed the first few people, the people who came later would take their lives.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, such as someone taking advantage of the chaos to commit a heinous act, or someone feigning compliance while deliberately failing to defend themselves and allowing the enemy to attack their teammates, Liu Jinwei also had the system create a contract. The group wrote down their names, and then they formed a circle around their boats, back to back, to defend themselves.

By the time they had taken their defensive stances, the eleventh person had arrived.

He glanced at the top ten, whose faces were full of suspicion, and felt that this group of people was a bit inexplicable, almost like lunatics, so he kept his distance from them.

There's no indication of current ranking if you're not in the top ten, so the eleventh-place player has no idea they can kill the people in front of them to improve their ranking.

I just feel like these people are mentally ill. It's true that no truly capable person is mentally sound.

As the 12th, 13th, and so on, crossed the finish line, the finish line closed, and those who were about to cross the finish line disappeared from their original positions.

The system teleported them back to their original location.

[Ding! Congratulations to 100 players who have crossed the finish line! Your current ranking will now be displayed above your head. Each time you eliminate a player ranked higher than yourself, your ranking will improve by one place. Players, please strive to improve your ranking, and those ranked higher, please try to survive. (The system has no other choice but to speed things up.)]

[Note: You gain 2000 experience points for each normal player you kill, and 4000 experience points for each mutated human you kill]

Upon hearing the system's words, the players' expressions became even more enthusiastic, while the top ten players looked extremely grim, having underestimated the danger of this competition.

The group's defensive stance became even more precise. At that moment, a huge number appeared above each person's head. A voice rang out: "Look, those people are in the top ten!" After speaking, the person hid behind the players. Xu Jiawei glanced over and saw that it was the mutated human.

Besides him, there were more than a dozen other people hiding far behind the other players. They were probably accomplices, maliciously watching the players, hoping they would kill each other so they could reap the benefits.

Xu Jiawei said, "Be careful, there are demonized humans." Xu Jiawei did not expect that there were more than ten demonized humans in the top 100. This ratio was enough to make Xu Jiawei's face turn serious. Even if all the demonized humans were in the top 100, there would still be more than ten demonized humans among the 500 people. That is equivalent to one human traitor for every 50 people. This is too terrifying.

No wonder the leader started investigating after learning about the demonized humans, but couldn't find anything. Because human traitors already made up a large proportion of the human population, they colluded and concealed things from each other, so naturally they couldn't find anything.

Furthermore, the number of players will only decrease, while the demonized humans, aided by the evil god, should be able to survive. As one side gains at the expense of the other, one day, perhaps the number of normal players will become the disadvantaged party.

At this moment, Xu Jiawei only hoped that the demonized humans appeared in large groups, and that their arena had the most. Although she knew that the arena was randomly assigned by the system, she couldn't guarantee that they had some special method to be assigned to the same arena.

Xu Jiawei prayed silently and told the people next to her what she knew about the demonized humans. Liu Jinwei's face turned even uglier.

"These guys aren't just waiting to be the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, are they? We can't let these beasts succeed," Liu Jinwei cursed.

Xu Jiawei nodded in agreement. Liu Jinwei once again demonstrated his leadership skills, looking at the players who were eyeing them menacingly, and said, "Everyone, I suggest we kill those dozen or so demonized humans first. Their goal is probably to kill all the humans here. If we kill them first, then how we compete for rankings is our own business."

Liu Jinwei pointed to the dozen or so people hiding in the back. The dozen or so people immediately turned grim and their eyes were filled with murderous intent as they looked at Liu Jinwei.

The players' killing intent toward the top ten had lessened somewhat. Indeed, what Liu Jinwei said made sense; killing the demonized humans first wasn't wrong. However, with these demonized humans causing trouble, the situation might become even more chaotic, and killing the allied top ten might be easier.

Liu Jinwei naturally knew what they were thinking, and sneered: "Don't you all want to keep them around to cause trouble? If you keep them around, they'll ambush and kill you all who are attacking each other. Who knows who will die first then?" Liu Jinwei hoped that these people would clear their heads. This was not the time for infighting.

The group looked at each other, then turned to look in the direction of those people.

The dozen or so people looked even uglier. The demonized human who had spoken earlier spoke again, saying, "Gentlemen, we swear to our god that we will not launch a sneak attack on you while you are besieging the top ten." They first tried to draw attention to the group with the strongest combat power.

Ha, why is an evil god called an evil god? Of course, it's because he does all sorts of evil. What credibility do they have when they swear oaths to an evil god? Xu Jiawei and the others didn't believe it at all.

Xu Jiawei and the others didn't believe it, but some people did.

"Is it true? Can you really believe in demonized humans?"

"My maternal grandmother was religious, and religious people are very devout. They would dare to swear to their gods, so it must be true."

"But they don't believe in a proper god either."

"Don't look down on other gods. Even if they are not legitimate gods, believers will not deceive their own gods. Besides, my grandmother's religion is not a normal one. She is very loyal to her god." As he spoke, the man even took out the ritual implements of the god he believed in. It seems that not only his grandmother, but he himself believed in the god.

"That makes sense."

Seeing public opinion being swayed by someone who believes in a cult, Liu Jinwei almost laughed in anger. He wasn't afraid of strong opponents, but rather of teammates who were too stupid, and now that had actually happened.