Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 267 - 20: Bai Guo’s Smile

Chapter 267: Chapter 20: Bai Guo’s Smile

"Alright, put your arguments on hold for now. Begin choosing the two surviving members of the China team to be punished." Alice pointed at the virtual screen.

After excluding the two deceased members, the avatars of the remaining twenty-seven survivors lined up in three rows. Suddenly, one avatar lit up, then it passed on to the next, proceeding one by one, like a relay race.

"When the 30-second countdown ends, the last lit avatar will be the chosen unlucky soul." Alice explained before snapping her fingers, and the highlighted block began to move quickly.

Most of the students swallowed hard, their fists clenched, intently watching the screen. The new members of the North American superhero team were also extremely anxious. Apart from a few who were reveling in others’ misfortune, most everyone didn’t dare breathe too loudly. Several girls in cheerleading uniforms were repeatedly making the sign of the cross over their chests.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

Alice began the ruthless countdown, observing the grimaces of these ’toys.’ When she stopped speaking, a male student’s legs gave way and he collapsed onto the ground.

"The first unlucky soul has appeared." Alice remarked mockingly.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, even the steel-hearted Lin Weiguo was no exception. Only Tang Zheng was grinding his teeth, his fists tightly clenched. His eyes remained unblinkingly on Alice, searching for a possible way out of this predicament, but finding nothing.

No one went to comfort the chosen male student. Everyone was praying to every god they could think of, asking for a blessing.

"Now, for the second one. Let’s begin."

Alice’s words once again brought everyone’s hearts to their throats with tension. They watched the virtual screen closely and as the countdown stopped, they looked at the chosen person. The lucky ones who had narrowly escaped sat on the ground as if they had been drained of all strength, then turned to look at Tang Zheng, wondering what he would do.

Feeling over twenty pairs of eyes on him, Tang Zheng was momentarily startled and feared that his end was near. He suddenly realized that, apart from his parents, he had few attachments to this world. He had no love, no friendship, only lonely studies and life. Merely to avoid loneliness, he had set a goal to amass such wealth over the ten years after university graduation, that it would be enough to squander for a hundred years...

Tang Zheng suddenly realized that he wasn’t really afraid of death. All his struggles had been purely mechanical attempts to survive.

"Everyone..." Tang Zheng was about to say his goodbyes, but Qin Yan was already sobbing uncontrollably.

"Why is it Bai Guo!" Qin Yan challenged Alice and pointed the muzzle at her. Tears promptly flooded her cheeks.

"Why couldn’t it be her?" Alice tilted her head and innocently asked back.

Just as Qin Yan was about to retort, her arm was held back. She then saw the girl she had always cared for as her own sister, who had always admired her, smiling at her amid tears.

"Thank you for always taking care of me, Sister Qin Yan." Bai Guo wiped her tears and hugged Qin Yan tightly. Then she turned to look at Tang Zheng, "Brother Tang, without you guys, I would have died long ago, so don’t worry."

When Tang Zheng looked up at Bai Guo’s icon on the virtual screen, his heart skipped a beat. He looked at Bai Guo, this ’foolish girl’ had a silly smile on her face while trying to comfort him in face of her impending death.

"Tang Zheng, you’re crying, huh? This is the first time I’ve seen it." Bai Guo laughed foolishly, and murmured, "Without me as a burden, you all will surely survive and return safe. Here, Bai Guo is sending you her blessing."

Bai Guo turned away, leaned into Qin Yan’s ear, whispered something, and Qin Yan’s hand pressed onto the back of Bai Guo’s head, tears streaming down nonstop.

Tang Zheng opened his mouth to speak, looking at her, but then Bai Guo’s head suddenly exploded.

"Bai Guo!" Qin Yan was stunned by the sudden death, and then she screamed with all her might. Her palm had lost Bai Guo’s head and was now stained with blood pouring out from Bai Guo’s neck, soaking her clothes.

"Bai Guo." Qin Yan’s hand shadowily pressed onto the air and didn’t retract for awhile, as if she could still touch Bai Guo’s smooth hair, and feel her warm body temperature. Qin Yan’s body was trembling with Bai Guo’s corpse in her arms.

Li Xinlan wanted to comfort Qin Yan, but she opened her mouth several times and couldn’t say a single word. She looked at Tang Zheng, whose face showed regret, reluctance, pity, and finally all distilled into anger.

Bai Guo’s blood splattered on Tang Zheng’s lips. He felt the warmth seeping through his skin into his heart, and he bit his own lips. He recalled the naturally slow-witted girl, the idiotic girl who had always defended him, and the dimwitted girl who had always cheerfully called him "Brother Tang" and her enormous breasts.

Tang Zheng suddenly turned around, pulled out his AK74, and opened fire on Alice, who was on the stage. He made a sudden rush forward.

The poker guards standing next to Alice quickly blocked her path, and then were punched away by a furious Tang Zheng. Just as he was about to call for the marshals to kill these monsters, a sentence from Alice made him calm down.

"If you attack Alice again, your Chinese team will be judged as the losing side." Alice enjoyed the painful expressions on the faces of these humans, hence she continued to provoke him, "The scene of the girl’s head being blown off was a premium enjoyment, a perfect visual feast."

"What is your relationship with the Silver Trojan?" Tang Zheng bit the corner of his mouth until it bled, only then was he able to suppress his urge to kill her on the spot.

"The Trojan? I am not sure, I only know you guys are my enemies and toys." Alice shrugged and made a weird smile. She reiterated the rules, "Don’t try to attack me, otherwise, the other side will directly win, and you will be judged as losers, and will be tortured by our guards."

"Tang Zheng, don’t be impulsive." Zhang Hao was anxious, urging him not to do anything rash. He was glad that there wasn’t any major trouble. He then felt relieved that he wasn’t the one who died, and Bai Guo’s death would surely make Tang Zheng abandon all the pity and kindness in his heart.

Yin Shangwu did not speak, looking at the infuriated Tang Zheng, looking at Qin Yan, who was still holding onto Bai Guo’s corpse, pictures of the dead friends once again brought back memories.

"This damn game, this damn Superman team, and the damn Vodka team." Yin Shangwu took a deep breath, gave an ugly grimace, regained his calm, "But it will be over very soon."

The rookies of the Superman team were silent, silently watching the life and death separation on the Chinese team, their only thought was that they must not die.

"Generous Alice will give you ten-minute rest time, and then the second round of the game begins." Alice announced and then began to enjoy her lavish dinner.

Tang Zheng came back, looked at the student whose head had also exploded on the ground, yet no one seemed to care. His face was expressionless.

"What should we do? Although the other side lost five people, more than us, our morale has dropped to the lowest point, look at their expressions." Zhang Hao grumbled, there was no way to alter the situation.

"Here, everyone eat something, don’t be exhausted to the point that you can’t move, because we still have to fight." Tang Zheng didn’t pay attention to Zhang Hao, he pulled out chocolates, canned beef, canned fruits, and threw them all on the ground, creating a small mound.

The students were stunned, looking confusingly at Tang Zheng. Although they were hungry, Tang Zheng’s current state was terrible, and no one wanted to approach him.

"Eat, without energy, how can we fight?" Tang Zheng needed healthy ’chips’, he had to win this competition, kill all the members of the Superman team, kill Alice, and kill all the monsters in the room.

"Lets eat, consider it as your last supper, it wouldn’t hurt to die full." Xu Guanlin had also given up, he walked over, picked up a can, and opened it. He didn’t care about the blood on his hands, he just began eating.

One by one, the students took away the food and shoved it into their mouths. Their eyes gradually became firm. Since they couldn’t escape, they will have to fight.

"Uncle, don’t be sad, it’s humiliating for men to cry." Little Lu Fan sobbed, pulling Tang Zheng’s hand, trying to wipe the tears from his face, "If you can’t help but cry, find a place where no one is around."

"Tang Zheng." Li Xinlan and Lin Weiguo came over, but they did not know what to say. Pang Meiqin was not bothered by Bai Guo’s death. After all, their relationship was not close, but she was somehow envious. She thought that if she died, Tang Zheng would definitely not be so heartbroken.

"I know I’m not a great person, but what can I do? I’m just an ordinary person, I’m also trying to survive." Pang Meiqin defended herself internally, looking for an excuse to make herself feel better, but it was impossible. Hence, her face grew paler.

"Captain Brant, the situation is not good. Even though the Chinese team has lost a round and lost a person, their momentum appears to have increased. Look at the eyes of these people, all staring at us, as if they are savoring our blood and flesh." The engineer quietly stood next to Brant, lowered his voice, and reported his findings.

Brant had of course noticed, those students were obviously newbies, but their intimidating gaze had caused our newbies to dodge and retreat, some even lowered their heads.

"Captain, we need to find a way to stop this decline." Amanda was also anxious, the ’chips’ had lost their morale, which would greatly reduce their strength.

"FU.CK, is there a beauty or gold on the ground? All of you, lift your heads." Brant shouted, took out some reserved food from his backpack, and distributed them, " It was originally planned to give you food after escaping the dungeon. However, since everyone has performed well, I’ll reward you in advance."

Seeing the food, the North American students, who had been starving for more than ten hours, also became excited and started to eat.

"Don’t fight over it, there is enough for everyone." Brant was heartbroken, this was his one week’s food supply. What would he do when he successfully escapes the dungeon and arrives at the Demon Castle?

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PS, Bai Guo girl, don’t blame me for choosing you. Waiting for ten thousand words later, your return! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation.)