The male supporting character was actually myself.

"Let's go play games under the shade of the trees over there, it's getting a bit hot here." Seeing Jiang Chen coming over, Tang Zixuan's eyes held a hint of warning as he dragged Zhang Pengpeng to a more distant spot.

Liang Rumeng came around from the village, panting, and said, "This child is such a worry!"

Trying to be clever will definitely lead to bigger losses later.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Chen and patiently explained, "When you successfully escape the Death Game and the final settlement is made, you will receive a time reward based on your performance."

All our clues and reasoning are useless; only those who successfully take action will get the highest score.

Tang Zixuan is aiming for first place.

“Things can’t be that simple.” Jiang Chen thought for a moment and offered a clue: “I found out that Li Mingliang had a younger sister named Li Xiangping who was burned to death in a hospital in another city. The Li family received a large sum of compensation.”

Liang Rumeng pushed up her reading glasses and gave a strange look. "I chatted with the village chief for a while. His eldest son works in the city and is a doctor."

Two years ago, a fire broke out at the hospital, and he was burned on the arm, leaving a scar.

"So, the deceased Li Xiangping was very likely a patient of the village chief's son?"

Looking around to make sure no one was watching, Liang Rumeng lowered her voice and said, "The village chief's son works at a mental hospital. Is Li Xiangping a mental patient?"

This was an unexpected bonus. As Jiang Chen walked toward Li Mingliang's house, he was still thinking about what connection there was between the two. What was the connection between Li Xiangping, a deceased mental patient, and the deaths on the island today?

Zhang Pengpeng was fooled by Tang Zixuan and didn't show up at the appointed time yesterday.

Li Shuaishuai finished his meal, went back to his room, and turned on the TV. Jiang Chen could only hear the TV but couldn't see him.

"Is there going to be a big opera performance in the square?" Tang Zixuan asked reluctantly, listening to the chimes from the clock tower. "It's almost time to go," he said. "Could I borrow your game console to play for a bit?"

Zhang Pengpeng was very generous and went straight back into the house to get the charger and give it to him. "Take it and play with it. We'll play games together after the sea god worship ceremony this afternoon. I'll come find you at the beach hut."

Tang Zixuan was delighted to receive the game console, feeling like he had won first place.

This dungeon is harder than any I've entered before, so the rewards will definitely be higher. I just need to wait patiently for the dungeon to end!

With that thought in mind, he hummed a little tune, put on his headphones, grabbed his game console, went back to his little room, lay on his bed, and played games day and night.

Tang Zixuan was originally an 18-year-old high school student addicted to the internet. He ran away from home because of his addiction to games and had a conflict with his family. He wanted to find a quiet place to hide and play games for a few months to scare his family who always wanted to control him.

He never expected that once he entered the damn apartment, he wouldn't be able to get out, and all his belongings were gone. He hadn't been able to play the game for half a month, and he was itching to play it.

Zhang Pengpeng's game console was very fun, and Tang Zixuan became addicted as soon as he picked it up.

Given that Li Mingliang's house has two doors, and if he goes out through the back door, Jiang Chen wouldn't be able to see him at all, so instead of waiting patiently, he took a step ahead and slowly walked along the river to observe.

On the way, they encountered Liang Rumeng and Shi Xiaotong. The two were very unhappy with Tang Zixuan's actions in stopping Zhang Pengpeng first. It seemed that they wanted to guard the riverbank to prevent Li Shuaishuai from playing in the water and drowning.

The location they chose to stake out was a wide riverbank where the village children often went to play in the river, surrounded by greenery and with a beautiful view.

After taking a quick look from afar, Jiang Chen followed the river to a spot near the waterfall and hid in the bushes.

He didn't have to wait long before he saw Li Shuaishuai's body floating towards him, lying flat on the river.

"really!"

Jiang Chen could see clearly that Li Shuaishuai, who was floating in the river, was dead. His head was drooping at an odd angle on one side of his shoulder, and the cause of death was obviously a broken neck!

The river was not the primary crime scene, but rather the place where the body was dumped.

The murderer who killed Li Shuaishuai intended to let the body flow into the sea along the river, but he did not expect that it would be discovered by Wang Erzhu, who was diligently casting nets to fish.

The situation that followed was no different from yesterday; Li Shuaishuai's body was quickly recovered.

The mother held the body and cried her heart out; the grandmother, Wang Siya, rolled on the ground and wailed, and the villagers gathered around to watch the spectacle.

Tang Zixuan's attempt to stop them failed, but it created a butterfly effect.

"Cry! Cry! You still have the nerve to cry!" Furious and with nowhere to vent his anger, Li Mingliang kicked his wife and cursed viciously, "I asked you to watch the child, are you a dead man?"

For so many years I've provided you with good food, drink, and clothing, and you've never complained, yet you haven't been able to have another child!

You've managed to kill your only son!

Why don't you just die! Go die!

Grandma Wang Siya stared at her daughter-in-law with a sinister look, gritting her teeth as she said, "Divorce her! Make her spit out all the money she's spent over the years."

"My eldest grandson is gone, what use is she!"

To have one's own child become a cold, wounded corpse;

Her husband and mother-in-law immediately changed their expressions, each hating her to the core.

Li Mingliang's wife felt she had never been so clear-headed. She put the child on the ground, kissed his forehead, wiped away her tears, stood up, and looked at Li Mingliang and his mother with a frighteningly calm gaze.

"You're the ones who deserve to die!" With a burst of strength from who knows where, she snatched the shovel from Li Dahan's hand and swung it at Li Mingliang, roaring, "You two wicked bastards, what does retribution mean when it comes to the child? You two are the ones who deserve to die the most!"

Chapter Nine: Terrifying Desert Island (8)

The shovel he usually used for work was polished to a gleaming shine, its sharp edge piercing directly into Li Mingliang's neck.

He was caught off guard and attacked suddenly; blood gushed out from his neck instantly.

Li Mingliang instinctively covered his bleeding wound with both hands, making a "hoarse" sound in his throat, and staggered back a few steps before falling into the panicked crowd.

"Murder!"

"Ah! Help! Murder!"

……

The belatedly aware crowd only screamed and scattered when Li Mingliang collapsed and convulsed.

Li Mingliang's wife, whose face was covered in splattered blood, was struck with a vicious grin, looking like a demon crawling out of hell. She then turned and swung the shovel at her mother-in-law.

"My son!" Wang Siya screamed as she watched her son collapse and convulse. She rushed forward to help press on his wound, but unexpectedly, she was hit hard on the head with a shovel.

The sharp-tongued old woman was knocked unconscious with a shovel before she could even cry for help.

"You old hag, go to hell!"

Li Mingliang's wife repeatedly slapped her mother-in-law's head with a shovel, sneering, "You instigated your son to hit me!"

Did you think I didn't know you were encouraging him to divorce and fight for the children?

They're stirring things up so he can have a mistress and have a son with her!

As soon as I go to work, you try to sow discord by telling Shuai Shuai that his mother doesn't want him and that he should be closer to his father and grandmother!

I stay home to take care of the kids instead of working, and you let Li Mingliang call me a good-for-nothing!

It's all your fault, you old hag!

Why don't you just die? Why should my son pay for your evil deeds?!

Years of accumulated hatred and the pain of losing her son drove her to madness. She didn't stop until she had rotted her mother-in-law's head, leaving brain matter mixed with blood and bone fragments scattered all over the rocky riverbank.

"She's gone mad! Another one has gone mad!" The village chief, who was busy arranging the sacrificial ceremony, rushed over upon hearing the news. He directed several strong men to use long bamboo poles to restrain Li Mingliang's wife, and then went forward to take away the shovel.

He slapped his thigh in anger at the sight of the three gruesome corpses, "A perfectly good sea god sacrifice has been ruined by this unlucky family! Quickly, send a few people to clean this place up and lock Li Mingliang's wife in a nursing home;

The corpses were also moved over and placed properly.

The sea god worship is the most important thing; we'll deal with this mess after we're done with our other tasks this afternoon.

After killing two people, Li Mingliang's wife was exhausted. As she was being dragged away, she screamed desperately that she wanted to be with her son.

The village chief found this troublesome and had someone gag her.

"Li Dahan, clean this place up! Wash it with some water so as not to offend the sea god." The village chief looked at the bloodstains, scattered hair, and even Wang Siya's eyeball that had fallen out, covered in blood and lying in the crack of the rocks, looking quite frightening.

Li Dahan was clearly unhappy about being assigned this task and grumbled that he didn't want to do it.

The village chief was so angry that he started swearing. He pointed at him and cursed, "Damn it, do you know that shovel of yours is a murder weapon?"

If this happened outside, you'd be in jail for this alone!

"Now you're whining and complaining just because I asked you to clean up the mess? What the hell are you dawdling about! Hurry up and clean it up, or I'll deduct your bonus this year!"

Li Dahan was yelled at and intimidated. Although he was not convinced, he immediately backed down when the village chief said he would deduct his share of the profits.

He had wasted a shovel and was left to clean up the mess, so he reluctantly and slowly dealt with it.

The chaotic commotion lasted for quite some time, disrupting the banquet in the square.

Feeling aggrieved, Li Dahan grew angrier the more he thought about it. After cleaning up the rocky beach, he went home, changed his clothes, and went to find Zhang Qiang. The two started whispering to each other, but their voices gradually grew louder. Then, one of them got impatient and they started yelling at each other.

After a brief struggle, Zhang Qiang picked up an axe from the woodshed and prepared to chop.

Seeing that something was wrong, Li Dahan panicked and fled to a secluded spot in the woods by the beach.

Meanwhile, people have begun to die from poisoning in the main square.

The person on the stage was the first to be affected. He suddenly choked himself and leaned against the prop table, convulsing uncontrollably. The brightly colored and intensely colored opera mask twisted and was particularly eerie. After a few seconds of futile struggle and convulsions, his head lolled to the side and he died against the table.

The musicians who were providing the accompaniment were terrified and hurriedly shouted for help to save the person. However, they soon fell to the ground, clutching their own necks, their convulsions becoming weaker and weaker until they stopped breathing.

"Oh no, run!" Duan Chengze reacted immediately, grabbing Song Gang and jumping out of the back window of the small bamboo house, running wildly towards a secluded spot on the mountain.

As Song Gang ran, he asked, bewildered, "Why are we running? Today's situation is different from yesterday's; many people are still alive..."

"Some people have died from poisoning, and some haven't." Duan Chengze plunged into the bushes without looking back, cautiously surveying his surroundings. He lowered his voice and said, "The survivors will soon realize that someone has poisoned the wine."

"We've been standing guard by the barrels the whole time. What do you think those guys are thinking?"

The other person's face turned deathly pale. "Holy crap!"

"Someone must have done something to cause the butterfly effect." Duan Chengze looked down the mountain through the bushes. The large square was in chaos, but no one had come to bother him yet.

"The wine is poisoned!"

Those who hadn't even had a chance to sit down and drink quickly realized what was happening, and a group of people angrily cornered the village chief in his house.

"Your sons prepared alcohol that poisoned so many people, and your whole family is fine. Are you trying to monopolize all the tourism revenue on the island?!"

"The village chief has a brilliant plan. He's using the excuse that everyone is on the island during the sea god sacrifice to kill you all and take all the spoils!"

"A life for a life! This isn't the first time he's done this, he must be very skilled. Let's kill them first to pay for our family's lives!"

……

The surviving villagers were furious and started smashing and damaging the village chief's house.

Nearly twenty people, including the elderly and children, were all beaten to death with sticks.

"Help! Murder!"