Chapter 65

The three people who walked out of the chess club could not calm down for a long time.

Although the one who died was the "human pig," no matter how you looked at it, the human pig was a flesh-and-blood human being.

He was not a monster, not a madman, and certainly not the evil organizer.

Qi Xia lowered his head, deep in thought, while Lin Guo stayed by his side, never leaving.

At this moment, Old Lü kept looking into the room, where the human pig's body lay. However, he seemed completely unconcerned and was instead searching for something else.

"What's wrong?" Qi Xia turned his head and asked.

"That... although it might not be appropriate to say this now," Old Lü said, "but you won the 'life bet,' and the other party's 'Way' is now ours."

"Don't be silly." Qi Xia shook his head. "The human pig couldn't possibly have any 'Way' left. The ten he gave you were all he had."

"What?" Old Lü's eyes widened, and he shook his head exaggeratedly. "Impossible, I don't believe it."

He hurriedly walked into the room, trying not to look at the human pig's body, and started rummaging through his drawers.

The originally clean and tidy chess club was soon turned upside down.

As Qi Xia had said, there was not a single 'Way' left here.

Qi Xia shook his head outside the door and said, "If he still had any 'Way' left, why would he choose to 'bet his life' with us?"

"Isn't this just cheating?!" Old Lü shouted angrily, "It's like getting something for nothing!"

"Getting something for nothing?" Qi Xia couldn't quite understand Old Lü's logic. "Didn't the other party pay with his 'life'?"

"Uh... you're right." Old Lü clasped his hands together and bowed toward the human pig's body. "I spoke rashly, please don't be angry."

After bowing a few times, Old Lü still felt a bit cheated. After all, he didn't want the other party's life either.

"I need to find something valuable."

Old Lü began searching the room again, but this was just an old chess club. Apart from the chess pieces scattered everywhere, the only valuable things were the tables and chairs.

"This is too much of a loss..." Old Lü shook his head in frustration. "Kid, we lost big! You almost died here, and we're leaving empty-handed."

As he was speaking, Old Lü suddenly noticed the pig's head mask the human pig had left on the ground.

"Mask..." Old Lü's mouth moved slightly, and he suddenly remembered something. "Damn... isn't this the most valuable thing?!"

Qi Xia frowned and slowly approached, asking, "What are you going to do?"

"Do business!" Old Lü picked up the dirty and smelly mask, holding it like a treasure. "Kid Qi, with this mask, we can do the 'chess club' business, right?!"

"What...?" Qi Xia's pupils dilated, feeling it was not reliable. "Old Lü, are you going to become the 'human pig'?"

"Hey, what human pig!" Old Lü waved his hand. "I'm just pretending! Do you understand?"

"You..."

Old Lü held the mask up, pretending to put it on his face, and said in a muffled voice, "Hehe, finally someone has come to play with me! Quick, assign! Quick, assign!"

Qi Xia's frown deepened; this sounded too dangerous.

The "Zodiac" members were under the unified management of the administrators. How could someone just pretend to be one of them?

"Old Lü, you should know that 'killing to take the Way' is not allowed, right?" Qi Xia asked.

"I heard Zhang Shan say that, but this isn't 'killing to take the Way'." Old Lü pushed the mask forward. "We didn't kill him, and this isn't the 'Way'."

"That's not what I mean." Qi Xia took the mask and placed it on the table. "I advise you not to touch this thing. At best, it's 'impersonation,' and at worst, it's 'usurpation,' which is more serious than 'killing to take the Way'."

"Usurpation?!"

Qi Xia nodded. "To become a 'Zodiac,' do you need to pass an examination? What are the rules for designing games? If you don't figure these things out before putting on this mask, you might be punished by the administrators."

Old Lü looked a bit disappointed after hearing this. Just a moment ago, he could see the beautiful picture of earning dozens of 'Ways' every day, but now it was shattered.

"Kid Qi, are you being too cautious?" Old Lü asked, somewhat reluctantly. "Maybe anyone can wear this mask as long as they can set the questions."

"I don't know." Qi Xia said. "I'm just telling you my opinion. If you still want to wear this mask, I won't stop you, but before that, tell me where the other two are."

Old Lü thought for a long time and then said to Qi Xia, "Wait a moment."

He then moved his fat body, holding the mask and running around the room. In no time, he found a corner piled with discarded table boards.

He hid the mask behind the table boards and carefully covered it with old objects.

"Let's hide it here for now. It's good to have a backup plan..." Old Lü patted the dust off his hands and turned back. "Kid Qi, I keep my word. Follow me!"

The three people bid farewell to the terrifying chess club and headed toward the dilapidated street.

Old Lü led them back the way they came.

"By the way, Kid Qi, why didn't you choose me?" Old Lü asked.

"What?"

"I mean, during the 'truth or lie' game." Old Lü scratched his chubby face. "You chose that girl Lin Guo, why not me?"

Qi Xia said helplessly, "To be honest, I felt Lin Guo was smarter than you."

"Ha..." Lin Guo, who had been a bit sad, suddenly burst out laughing. Although Qi Xia was a liar, he often didn't lie.

"What kind of talk is that..." Old Lü was speechless. "Kid Qi, you don't know me. I get smarter in critical moments."

"Right." Qi Xia nodded. "In critical moments, you also think about grabbing iron plates and hiding in corners."

"Hey?" Old Lü was suddenly put on the spot, looking a bit awkward. "You can't blame me for that. I didn't know you had such a good plan at the time."

"True, we're even." Qi Xia said.

Old Lü shrugged helplessly and then looked at the aluminum pot Lin Guo was holding. "Did you eat the bear meat?"

"Yes." Lin Guo replied. "It was really terrible."

"Ah..." Old Lü nodded, a bit disappointed. "Bear meat is terrible, but at least it can fill your stomach. Unfortunately, Zhang Shan didn't get to eat it and ended up starving to death."

"Why didn't he eat it?" Lin Guo asked casually.

The next second, she suddenly widened her eyes.

Qi Xia also realized something, and the two of them looked at Old Lü.

"Starved to death?"

Old Lü's eyes were a bit sad. He sighed and said, "Zhang Shan is dead."

"Dead?!" The two of them exclaimed in unison.

"Yes... otherwise, why would I come out alone?"