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"The color has been brightened, and then what?"

An ordinary-looking female player asked, "Are you going to lead the cleanup of the cannibalistic players? If you dare to lead, I'll reveal my identity; otherwise, forget it!"

Upon hearing this, some players standing next to the ordinary woman quickly distanced themselves from her, becoming wary of her as if she were a thief.

Ordinary woman: "..."

“See?” the handsome player sneered. “No player who can reach the D-rank is a fool. Clumsy sophistry like changing the subject and twisting the facts is useless.”

Seeing this, the ordinary-looking woman suddenly leaped to the scarred man's side and said to him, "You're a cannibal player too, right? Things are getting bad, how about we team up?"

"Of course!"

The scarred man chuckled, his gaze growing increasingly fierce.

The next second, three more players approached them at an extremely fast speed.

The five people stood together and temporarily formed a combat squad.

If nothing unexpected happens, they should all be cannibalistic players.

Faced with coercion, they began to band together for mutual support.

Even before Hope Middle School has begun its exploration, disputes have already broken out among the players.

Many players took out their items and prepared for battle.

Mercury and Luo Hao then took out their respective props.

Standing next to them, Fan Xiao remained silent, glancing occasionally at the positions where the other players had spread out, as if he were planning and strategizing some countermeasure.

Mercury felt inexplicably uneasy and subconsciously asked, "Fan Zui, what are you thinking about?"

"Same as you."

"Same here...you're also hesitating about whether or not to eliminate the cannibalistic player?"

"That's it."

Fan Xiao nodded.

He was actually considering whether to take advantage of the fact that all the players were gathered together now and summon Fan Qiqi to clear out a wave of players.

He wanted to eliminate more than just the cannibalistic players.

Instead, he wanted to kill all the players except his companions!

Many of the dangers in the dungeon are brought about by the players themselves.

Take Wangxiang Town, for example.

If all players except their companions had been killed immediately when the town of Wangxiang first opened, so many horror stories wouldn't have come true later, greatly reducing the danger level of the dungeon.

"Wait! When did my thinking become so radical?"

Fan Xiao frowned slightly.

After thinking for a moment, he mentally prepared himself as usual: "Killing is wrong, it will scare me and give me great psychological trauma, so I can only fight back if someone attacks me first."

"Killing is wrong..."

After repeating it several times, his mood improved somewhat.

Long-term psychological preparation... or rather, self-suggestion, is necessary to some extent for people with a strong capacity for violence.

Xia uses force to break the ban.

Armed with a sharp blade, the murderous intention arises.

These words are not empty rhetoric; on the contrary, they are all around us.

When someone who has learned boxing or Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) has a conflict with someone, even a minor one, they often get angry and subconsciously have the urge to fight.

Having superpowers amplifies one's desires in that area even more.

Over time, they may become impulsive, irritable, arrogant, disdainful of others, and have a strong sense of superiority.

Mental preparation is not about suppressing yourself, but about ensuring that your reasons for taking action are always justified.

In terms of ideology, one must not be skewed.

Once it's crooked, it's hard to adjust it back.

"Everyone, think carefully before you make a move!"

Sensing the tense atmosphere, the ordinary woman shouted, "There are five of us here. If we fight to the death, we can at least take a few down with us!"

“That’s right!” The scarred man chuckled. “Whoever makes the first move, I’ll focus my attacks on him relentlessly and make sure I kill the first guy who dares to make a move!”

"Let's all calm down first."

At this moment, a middle-aged male player with a refined demeanor stepped forward and reminded everyone: "I'm sure you've all carefully read the six game tips for the dungeon. There's one thing I don't know if you've noticed: this dungeon... or rather, this school, may have a lot of unknown creatures lurking around."

"The exact number of these organisms and whether they pose a threat to us are still unknown."

"If there is a threat... the more players there are, the less crisis we each share. It is not wise to start a fight now and waste each other's time."

"I agree with this."

Standing next to Fan Xiao, Mercury said, "With more people, it can attract and disperse firepower, which is indeed safer than when there are fewer people."

"Anyway, we've already confirmed the identity and appearance of the cannibal player, so everyone just needs to be careful. There's no need to make a move right now."

The Special Affairs Bureau has zero tolerance for players who eat people.

But this is a copy, not partition 010.

Whether or not to kill cannibalistic players depends on the actual situation.

The words of the refined man and Mercury resonated with most players.

Many players didn't actually intend to fight; it's just that the conflict came so quickly that everyone was caught up in it and didn't have time to react.

Now that someone has offered a way out, they naturally stepped on it.

"It's really stupid to be fighting amongst ourselves right now, but we can't just let those cannibalistic players run around like that, can we?"

"Exactly, what if they team up and attack lone human and demi-human players? We're playing a survival game, and they're throwing a party?"

"Don't trust the cannibals! These beasts treat us like snacks even under normal circumstances, let alone now that we're all starving."

The players, one after another, vividly expressed their disgust for the cannibalistic players.

"I do have a solution to these concerns."

The refined-looking man suddenly spoke, drawing everyone's attention: "We can team up. The cannibalistic players have formed a team, and we human and demi-human players can also freely team up and help each other."

"The third game tip in the instance warns us to be wary of teammates who have become separated from us, which means that those who have become separated from us are a threat to us."

"How do we define getting separated? If we don't maintain a team of at least two people, even if someone disappears and then reappears, we won't know, which is very dangerous! So, it's necessary to operate in teams."

"Okay, let's team up then."

Fan Xiao smiled and said, "We have three people on our side, and we can recruit a few more teammates. Who wants to join us?"

"By the way, I'm a human player, this is my ID."

After saying that, he revealed his player ID and showed it to the other players.

"I'm a human player too," Mercury said, revealing his ID.

"Demi-human player".

Luo Hao displayed the gray number.

Seeing this, the handsome player who had previously suggested checking the player ID walked over to Fan Xiao and the other two: "I'll join you."

Chapter 160 Is there something wrong with the stray cat?

"Um... I'll join too."

After the handsome player walked towards Fan Xiao and his two companions, another female player approached.

The female player looked very young, around twenty years old, with a sweet face and petite figure, dressed in a long dress similar to a nun's habit.

"Hello, my name is Jin Na."

The female player said to Fan Xiao and the others.

She was standing quite close to Mercury, presumably because she saw other women in the group and that's why she moved closer.

Mercury naturally noticed this as well, frowned slightly, and then sighed.

"What's wrong?" Jinna asked.

"I am a man."

Mercury reminded him.

Jinna: "..."

The little girl's mouth suddenly widened.

Not only her, but even the handsome player who was about to introduce himself had a mouthful of complaints stuck in his throat, looking at Mercury's beautiful face, unable to spit them out.

After a few seconds, he managed to suppress his shock and said his name: "My name is Yan Jun."

"Mercury".

"Luo Hao."

"Fan Zui".

The five people quickly introduced themselves to each other.

At this point, the remaining ten players also formed teams of five.

"What do we do next?" Jinna asked. "The second condition of the dungeon quest is to escape. Should we go check around the school gate? Or we could scout out the area on the edge of the school?"

"Going through the main gate or climbing over the wall are just normal ways to leave the school, but this is a D-level instance. Do you think mission condition two is so easy to achieve?"

Yan Jun said, "The school gate or the edge are either dangerous or impossible to get out of. Going there would probably be a waste of time. I suggest we find a way to ensure our safety first."

"You're right."

Fan Xiao nodded: "Let's go find the cat and the student ID first. After we find them, we can check the swimming pool. We can leave the school gate and the edges for last."

"We definitely need to find the cat first."

Mercury agreed with Van Shaw's suggestion: "According to the background information, Hope Middle School has been abandoned for a long time. It is also an independent space instance. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any stray cats in the school, since there isn't even anything to eat here."

"The existence of stray cats is a bit illogical. I guess the stray cats are a sanctuary that the dungeon specifically arranged for us players. Maybe their life form is not a real cat and they don't need to eat, so they can live in this abandoned school."

"Intentionally including illogical stray cats to create a safety baseline... This indirectly shows that this instance is very dangerous for us D-level players, and ensuring safety is the top priority."

There are many hidden dangers in Hope Middle School that are not out in the open.

This can be seen directly from the game prompts.

—If you hear a child laughing, you must find the cat within 10 minutes. The cat can protect the player.

—Having seen a large number of lives other than the player and the cat, you must go to the school's swimming pool to check if the 3D projection device is turned on, and then find your student ID and hold it in your hand.

Both warnings used a very serious tone to tell players how to avoid the danger, without specifying what the danger was.

This reveals the problem – perhaps the dangers of Hope Middle School are beyond the capabilities of even a D-level player.

We can only avoid it, not confront it head-on.

The unknown is the scariest thing.

Therefore, ensuring safety must be the top priority.

No one objected to this suggestion.

"Um... can a cat really protect us?"

Jinna asked doubtfully.

“Perhaps there’s more than one cat,” Mercury replied. “Or perhaps this cat isn’t what we think of. The cats in this school might be different from the cats we know. For example… maybe they’re very strong?”

"Wildcats protect players, but they don't necessarily have to attack unknown dangers in dungeons to do so."

Fan Xiao then said, "Humans can easily crush cockroaches and kill snakes, yet many people are terrified of cockroaches and snakes."

“You mean,” Jinna asked, “that the cat serves to scare us?”