The riot that instantly broke out also attracted Ji Xingque’s attention. He looked up suddenly and was about to say something when he heard Chi Ting shouting from afar, “Play the game seriously.” He made a sound and immediately focused his attention back on his hand.
In the next second, he noticed the protective barrier that suddenly rose up around his body. His face lit up with joy when he understood. “Old Song.”
“Yes, win quickly.” Song Xuefeng had immediately protected the two people arm wrestling on the table in a protective shield. Listening to the friction sounds of countless small objects colliding, he frowned slightly and had to stand up from the chair lazily. He hooked his fingers helplessly. In an instant, several virtual barriers rose up to block the other players.
This was the scene that Qu Leng saw. A hint of surprise flashed across his face.
He obviously hadn’t expected that the Dawn team would have such a healing player. He couldn’t help taking a few more glances. Then he felt the sudden increase in strength in his hands, forcing him to retract his attention.
“Hey, where are you looking?” Ji Xingque was clearly slightly suppressed in strength before. But the moment their eyes met, one could clearly see the fire burning in his eyes.
He stared at Qu Leng and smiled wildly, “I’m sorry. Even Old Song has started to work hard. I absolutely can’t be undone, or I will lose face in front of the captain.”
“You are thinking too much…” Just as a sneer appeared on Qu Leng’s face, the tense atmosphere made him realize that something was wrong. The sudden force made him subconsciously grit his teeth. However, even though he gathered all the strength in his hands, there was an extremely strong feeling of oppression. Then he was suddenly pressed heavily onto the table by a terrible force he couldn’t resist at all.
This was… a loss?
He lost to such a seemingly unreliable pink-haired young man. How was this possible?
Qu Leng was a bit dazed for a moment. Before he could confirm anything, he heard Ji Xingque jumping up in joy. “Captain! Look, look, I won!”
“Well done. Old Song, you take care of that first. Yue Ren and I will take care of the rest…” Chi Ting arranged things with ease while rushing to the front. The phantoms that appeared around him didn’t surround him. They followed the instructions received and aimed their firepower at these disgusting threads.
Ji Xingque smiled happily. He saw that his captain had come over, so he took out two guns. Without waiting for the following words to come out, he immediately fired at the threads around Hang Jing’s ankles. “Then I’ll leave it to you here, Captain. I’ll go and move around as well, hehehe!”
“How about it? Captain Xu, are you willing to admit defeat?”
There was chaos all around them. Qu Leng looked up and met a pair of gentle and smiling eyes. Chi Ting had already extended his hand without hesitation, and his words were as unhurried as before. “You see, the current situation is completely messed up. It obviously isn’t suitable to stay here for long. Hurry and give me the gift cards so I can send everyone out.”
Such a face suddenly appeared in his vision and the scene was undoubtedly quite pleasing to the eye. However, Qu Leng just remained calm when their eyes met. “What if I don’t give it to you?”
Chi Ting was stunned for a moment. He obviously hadn’t expected to encounter such a cheating situation. But it was only for a moment. Facing this shameless assumption, he just narrowed his eyes slightly and the curve of his mouth became more distinct. “If you don’t give it to me, I’m afraid I can only take some measures that will hurt our relationship.”
Qu Leng sneered. “How can you hurt…”
His voice suddenly stopped as a force was exerted on his hand.
Chi Ting’s fingers had already firmly grasped Qu Leng’s wrist. His expression was calm but his strength imperceptibly increased a bit. “In fact, I suggest it is better not to look for an answer to this question. Captain Qu, what do you think?”
A slight ‘crack’ sound was faintly heard, and a distinct chill enveloped his back. At this moment, Qu Leng even forgot to frown due to the pain.
Chi Ting leaned forward slightly and said in a smooth voice, “I will ask you one last time. Captain Xu, can you give me the gift cards?”
The entire scene had already turned into a mess. It was from the doll costumes torn by Yue Ren to the live threads continuously flowing out and rushing to the trembling players one after another. Due to the timely arrival of support, there was the constant sound of tearing and cutting. After the stunned players nearby reacted, they also tried to flee in a hurry. However, the roads in all directions were completely blocked. This meant they were only left to feel hesitation and fear. Unknowingly, they all hid beside Ji Xingque and Song Xuefeng for shelter. The threads that were approaching one after another were steadily stopped by the phantoms that appeared.
The situation might be temporarily under control, but there were too many threads constantly emerging around them. This made the brief balance in front of them could collapse at any time.
Once the threads were torn apart, soft flesh and blood splattered everywhere. The disgusting and strong bloody smell filled their nostrils. This completely destroyed the originally lively and happy atmosphere of the arcade.
Qu Leng could feel Chi Ting’s cold breath brushing across his nose. He raised his eyes and saw a cold and elegant look that he had never seen before. The flickering light made the contours of his face look even more unpredictable.
There was a feeling of condescension that he had never felt before. At this moment, he inexplicably felt that as long as he refused, the hand wouldn’t be holding his wrist but his smooth and fragile throat.
No one had ever treated him with such contempt, but the strong alarm in his mind made Qu Leng let out a breath and smile. “Of course, I admit defeat. I was joking just now.”
He reached out and handed over all the gift cards he had collected.
Chi Ting took it and glanced at the increasing number of game coins on his body. He smiled and said, “I like dealing with gentlemen like you. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the future.”
After casually counting them, he snapped his fingers and handed the gift cards in his hands to the new phantom guards. “Distribute them as needed as soon as possible.”
Qu Leng calmly watched the guard leave after receiving the order. Then he glanced at the string of beads in Chi Ting’s hand. “See you later.”
Chi Ting noticed the other party’s gaze. Once he realized it, he immediately retracted the strength of his hand and said, “Captain Qu, go slowly.”
Qu Leng wasn’t happy with such politeness. He took a quick look before finding the positions of the other two members of his team. Then he walked straight over.
Chi Ting watched the Jazz team reunite. He wasn’t surprised that they chose to leave without hesitation.
However, his eyes caught a figure in the crowd, and he immediately walked over.
Yue Ren heard the footsteps behind him. He didn’t look back but smiled meaningfully. “Captain Chi still remembered to come and see me. I thought you were having a great time with Captain Qu and almost forgot about the other people in the team.”
At his feet, countless threads cut by shadows were scattered all over the ground. Any kick was enough to break up the sticky plasma. This was combined with the scene of the earthworms wriggling after being cut, and more residual liquid continued to be dragged on the group. It was full of a strong visual impact at a glance.
Chi Ting walked to Yue Ren’s side without looking around. There was the faint smell of flesh being crushed under his feet, but he never frowned from beginning to end.
His gaze stayed on Yue Ren, and retracted his gaze after making sure there were no extra wounds. Then he looked at the mass in front of him. “Don’t worry, I will never forget you no matter who I forget.”
Yue Ren chuckled as if hearing something that made him very happy. He raised an eyebrow slightly, “Yes, what are you going to do?”
Chi Ting followed his gaze. After a long pause, he stated, “It seems to still be growing.”
Yue Ren nodded. “Yes, it is more tenacious than I thought.”
It was the staff member in the pink doll costume who fell in front of them.
At this point, all the cloth on his body had been completely torn, and this caused the body structure inside to be exposed.
Compared to how arrogant he looked after the countdown ended, he looked just as miserable at this moment. However, the only sign of a human being that could be seen at the moment were the panic-stricken eyes coming out of the two holes. Then looking further down, there was no human-like organization at all apart from the ball of living thread that completely occupied the position of the doll suit.
If it hadn’t looked like this from the beginning, then it should be that the original bones and organs of this NPC have been gradually swallowed up and replaced by these threads.
But if there was still fear, didn’t it mean there was still some human nature left?
Chi Ting pondered for a moment. Just as he took a step, he felt someone holding him back.
He glanced back at the hand on his shoulder and smiled. “It’s nothing. I’ll just chat.”
Yue Ren met his gaze. After some time, he was completely amused. “You can talk about anything.”
Having said that, his hand loosened.
Chi Ting walked over and crouched down in front of the ball of threads in the doll costume. He noticed that all the threads were tense and paused for a moment. A smile appeared in his eyes. He looked straight at the two dark holes in the headgear and asked politely, “Hello, there is no need to be so nervous. I just want to ask. If we settle the accounts according to your rules, will all the players who don’t have enough game coins for passes need to stay and work with you?”
Such a question made the doll’s posture look even more rigid. The eyes revealed under the two black holes flashed with a trace of confusion at this moment.
Shouldn’t he be an NPC?
What was this feeling of being cornered and tortured by a player to extract a confession?!
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