Apocalypse: Become stronger by absorbing flames at the start; my name is the Flame Emperor.

"Please have a seat!"

The minotaur pointed to the stool next to the stone table.

He is definitely not human.

Because what emerged from his sleeve was not a hand, but a withered vine.

"Let's go, I want to see what they're up to." Lin Yu pulled the two of them to sit down at the stone table.

At this point, 19 people were seated here, with six seats remaining empty.

"Let me introduce this to the newcomers. There's a death game here every day, and the loser dies."

"You have ten minutes now. Can you discuss which game you'd like to play?"

After saying this, the bull-headed creature fell silent.

The other fifteen people immediately looked at Lin Yu and his two companions, their faces once again displaying a variety of complex emotions.

They didn't speak, but looked at each other and nodded slightly.

It seems that...a certain consensus has been reached.

"Everyone, can you tell me what's going on here?"

Lin Yu stared at the crowd, but no one paid him any attention.

"Brother Yu, I have a bad feeling," Liu Shiyun said with a serious expression.

These people arrived earlier than them and should know a lot, but they don't tell them.

"It's alright."

"Alright, time's up. Tell me your choice." Ten minutes passed quickly, and the Minotaur spoke.

"We choose three!"

The fifteen people said in unison.

"Okay, I understand. So, the newcomer will decide what game to play this time."

However, Minotaur said something that surprised everyone.

"???"

Upon hearing this, the fifteen people present were first shocked, and then enraged.

"You're breaking the rules!"

A burly man immediately stood up, slammed his hand on the table, and glared angrily at the minotaur.

"Heh! I'm the rule here. What? You disagree?"

The minotaur stared at him coldly, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.

"you……"

The burly man was furious, but in the end, he had no choice but to sit down.

"I see."

A smile appeared on Lin Yu's lips; he understood what kind of place this was.

Rules are set, yet people can choose not to follow them.

"There are ten games in total. Which one do you want to choose?" The minotaur looked at Lin Yu and the other two.

Everyone else looked over as well, and the big man even showed a threatening look in his eyes.

"Let's play Game 2 then!"

Lin Yu spoke casually.

Upon hearing his answer, the fifteen men breathed a sigh of relief, but their expressions remained solemn.

"Brother Yu, do you know what game it is?" Liu Shiyun asked quietly from the side.

"I don't know, I just picked it randomly."

"..."

Dude, are you serious?

They know nothing right now. Even when playing a game, you need to know the rules, right?

"It's alright, just do as I do," Lin Yu said to the two of them.

"The game has begun!"

Two decks of cards were tucked between the minotaur's withered vines. He began to throw cards in front of each person. After two rounds, each person had exactly two cards.

After the cards were dealt, all fifteen people picked up their cards and secretly looked at them.

"One more!" the burly man said.

The minotaur sent another card.

The burly man picked up the card and glanced at it, his pupils contracting, but he didn't show it at all.

Of the eight people to Lin Yu's left, five of them asked for another card.

"Is this bullfighting?" Liu Shiyun felt that the scene was very similar to a bullfighting game.

"Perhaps."

Lin Yu, however, didn't care and answered casually.

Based on what just happened, he is now 100% certain that this is neither a secret realm nor a space governed by rules.

At most, they were just captured by powerful creatures and brought here to play some random games.

"Your turn!" The Minotaur looked at Lin Yu.

"I'll take one!"

"Aren't you going to look at your cards?"

"Whatever!"

As soon as he said that, everyone looked at him.

Without even looking at the hole cards, they just ask for the cards. Aren't they afraid of turning a big hand into a small one?

Lin Shiyun and her companion also asked for a card, without even looking at it.

Finally, everyone wants to finish their cards.

"Gentlemen, let's reveal the cards!" the Tauren said.

As everyone revealed their cards, the burly man could no longer maintain his composure and turned deathly pale.

AAK, 2 points, the lowest score in the entire game.

He collapsed to the ground, his face ashen.

At this moment, Lin Yu noticed.

Above the burly man's head, wisps of black gas drifted upwards and disappeared.

Within those wisps of black mist, Lin Yu sensed an aura of endless despair.

"Let's get started!"

A dagger appeared in the minotaur's withered vines, which he threw onto the table.

Below the burly man, a middle-aged man stood up.

He picked up the dagger, walked behind the big man, and held the dagger to the latter's neck.

The burly man's face was ashen, but he showed no sign of resistance.

The middle-aged man swiftly slashed with his dagger, and blood gushed out immediately.

The burly man clutched his neck and struggled as he collapsed to the ground.

In his eyes, there was despair, but also a sense of relief.

The minotaur extended a withered vine, dragged the burly man, and walked towards the door, leaving a trail of blood on the ground.

The fourteen survivors watched this scene, their faces pale, and wisps of black despair rising from their heads.

After the minotaur left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if they had survived a disaster.

"Young man, we've been trapped here for fifteen days. We wonder what the outside world is like?"

At this moment, a man wearing glasses walked up to Lin Yu and the other two and asked them a question.

"Fifteen days? You were trapped here before the apocalypse?"

"No, we only entered this tunnel on the eighth day of the apocalypse."

"We just came in. Today is the thirteenth day of the apocalypse. Your story is full of holes."

Lin Yu stared at him coldly.

"We're not lying to you. I accidentally stumbled in on the ninth day of the apocalypse and have been here for fourteen days."

A woman said weakly.

"So, five days have passed outside, but fifteen days have passed inside?" The bespectacled man's face was filled with fear.

"Did you bring any food? Could you give me some? I'm afraid I won't make it to the next round of the game."

The woman crawled to Lin Yu's feet, tugged at his pants, and said with difficulty, "Just give me some food, and I'll do anything you ask."

Lin Yu looked at the woman. She was quite pretty and had a curvaceous figure.

Unfortunately, he seems to be starving now; his face is as pale as paper and devoid of color.

Lin Yu looked at Liu Shiyun, nodded slightly, and said, "Give them some."

The remaining fourteen people all looked like they hadn't eaten in a long time.

Liu Shiyun took out some food and water from her backpack and put them on the table.

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all rushed forward, grabbing bread and wolfing it down.

Three people were fighting over a bottle of water.

A few minutes later.

"You said you've been trapped here for more than ten days, how did you manage to get food and water?" Lin Yu asked.