I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 252 - 105: So you like to spend a lot on games, huh! Watch me play horror games and scare your wallets away!_1

Chapter 252: Chapter 105: So you like to spend a lot on games, huh! Watch me play horror games and scare your wallets away!_1

Things associated with horror often present a duality.

Fear and curiosity.

It’s less about the horror elements themselves,

and more about humanity’s natural response to the unknown.

On one side, there’s fear of the unknown’s arrival, while on the other, there’s an irresistible urge to explore it.

It’s precisely because of this genetic trait that human civilization has developed so rapidly and variedly.

At this moment, Ke Yu was feeling exactly that.

Apart from being terrified by the appearance of the Sea Turtle Soup,

she also felt an inexplicable surge of curiosity.

Twirling her fingertips around the ends of her hair, she pouted her lips and began to analyze in a murmur.

"My brother went to work with his colleagues, and then they ran into a homeless old man who was muttering about the zodiac. After seeing my bro, the old man said two words, and my bro got so scared he almost flew away, um... hmm... Brother, you’re such a scaredy-cat."

"Why do you have to involve me..." Ke Jin said bemusedly from the side.

"So, what do you think the old man said that could have scared you off?" Ke Yu asked curiously.

"I told you not to involve me... How the hell would I know?" Ke Jin said with a blend of laughter and helplessness.

But after giving it some thought,

if someone genuinely spoke two words to you, and you ended up sweating bullets out of fright,

then those two words must be,

Buy it!

Just thinking about it was terrifying.

It was the stuff of nightmares, the kind that would wake you up even in your sleep.

"Aaah, unthinkable, I just can’t figure it out. There are too many things in the world made up of two words, how long am I supposed to guess, until the year of the monkey?" After racking her brain to no avail, Ke Yu simply gave up.

Meanwhile, the two people sitting across from each other on the other side of the sofa had already begun their game.

Ke Jin also cast a glance at Luo Xinlin’s delicate cheeks.

He hadn’t played many games like Sea Turtle Soup; he merely knew the genre existed and understood its mechanics.

"Is this a story set in a modern context similar to Blue Star?" Luo Xinlin asked promptly.

The first question she posed immediately brightened Ke Jin’s outlook.

Typically, when guessing, people start with a median value to narrow down the possibilities.

Like guessing a number between 0 and 100, most would start at 50. Whether the actual number is higher or lower, you can eliminate half the possibilities right away.

But if the scope expands to a Sea Turtle Soup-like story that might randomly occur anywhere in the universe,

Xinlin’s first question notably locked the range to the modern era with a Blue Star background.

Meaning, all values and norms here would be similar to those of regular humans.

Only after establishing this could they continue to expand their search.

Hmm, a pro! Ke Jin thought to himself.

He listened attentively, hoping their exchange of ideas would spark his own creativity for the new game.

"Sort of," Wen Zhiyin replied at that moment.

The response ’sort of’ was vague, but within the context of Sea Turtle Soup, it served as a hint.

It was to let the guesser know that the matter was similar to what they suggested, but with slight differences in detail.

"Good," Xinlin said, the seriousness shimmering in her eyes. She pondered thoughtfully before posing her second question.

"Is Ke scared because of what the old man said?"

This question even made Ke Yu’s eyes flash; she whispered in amazement with a voice carefully not to disturb the two on the sofa,

"Wow! Lin Bao is amazing! What a nice question!"

She realized she was starting to understand some of it!

The first question narrowed it down to the modern era.

The second question then locked the event strictly between the old man and Ke.

If the answer was no, it would imply the old man was a red herring, and Ke was scared for some other reason—perhaps because he saw something bizarre like Godzilla ahead and that’s why he ran.

If the answer was yes, the focus could immediately shift from a macro to a micro perspective.

Wen Zhiyin’s eyebrows also lifted subtly, obviously a bit surprised that Luo Xinlin had managed to hit the core of the problem with her second query.

However, she nodded: "Yes."

"So," Xinlin continued, as if she had sorted her thoughts. The worry that creased her forehead smoothed out. Tucking her hair behind her ear, she looked directly at Wen Zhiyin and asked, "The things that the old man spoke of, were they food?"

Buzz!

As the question dropped, Ke Jin’s gaze suddenly widened as he gasped in shock, as though he had made a startling connection.

What the hell...

This kid, is she about to win in three moves??

Wen Zhiyin also appeared slightly taken aback and, after a pause, replied, "Yes."

Baby Yu, on the other hand, looked around cluelessly, like a complete fool.

She could sense the change in her brother and Wen’s expressions, as if Xinlin’s question was a strike to the soul.

But what’s the deal...

That question seemed pretty ordinary.

It didn’t impress her as much as the previous two.

Why are they so excited, their eyeballs are almost popping out?

Food, isn’t that just normal?

Pig, pork, right?

Chicken, chicken meat.

A pigeon would be pigeon soup.

What else is there?

Ke Yu’s eyebrows knitted together as she struggled to recall the riddle from before.

That’s right!

There was a person too!

People can also be made into...

Hold on???

People???

Ke Yu, belatedly realizing the implication, felt a jolt as if electricity ran through her body. Her eyes widened in shock, her entire frame quivering involuntarily.

Even her cute face turned pale at that moment, her mouth agape as if she were about to scream in fright.