Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy didn't dare to call his bluff. Although she suspected Xie Shaoning was posturing, she didn't dare to gamble with her very last bottle of poison.
So she simply pretended to be delighted and said, "Eight twos!"
Changing to another number was too risky. It was obvious from the last round that Xie Shaoning was neither smart nor good at lying.
Blurting out "two" must mean he really had a lot of twos, so he deliberately acted exaggerated, using stupidity as his camouflage!
Yes, that had to be it. How could anyone who made it to a gathering of top players and became number one on the regional leaderboard be truly innocent and gullible? All the previous unreasonableness suddenly made perfect sense.
Qi Xu was a bit confused, suspecting that Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy had overthought things and trapped herself in her own imagination.
Just looking at Xie Shaoning's arrogant and irrepressible excitement, one could tell this kid was up to no good and deliberately setting a trap for Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy.
Although it wasn't clear how exactly Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy had offended him, normal people couldn't understand Comrade Little Xie's thought process anyway.
The correct answer was practically served on a silver platter, yet someone still fell for it. What was Qi Xu hesitating for? Better to eliminate one person first!
"Call!"
Seeing Qi Xu's confident demeanor, Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy's heart skipped a beat...
"Did I... did I guess wrong again..."
Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy was the first to look at Xie Shaoning's dice, instantly exclaiming, "Are you crazy! You don't have a single two, yet you called seven twos!"
Xie Shaoning grinned. "Do you understand my wisdom now? Fools like you are exactly what I need."
Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy nodded heavily. "Fine, fine. Can I ask why you have such great hostility toward me? You don't need to deny it, I can tell."
Xie Shaoning's eyelids visibly twitched twice. "I just don't like the look of you."
"There must be a reason, Brother Xie. Before joining this survival game, you were my idol. I really don't know how I offended you." Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy was truly upset and kept pressing for an answer.
Xie Shaoning finally replied impatiently, "It's one thing that you praised Invincible Black Whirlwind for having good luck, but you also praised this loser on my left. You praised everyone but me. Doesn't that mean you have a problem with me?"
Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy froze on the spot, even forgetting to drink the poison.
It was Qi Xu who kindly reminded her, "Friend, if you don't drink the poison soon, you'll violate the rules and be forcibly obliterated."
Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy finally downed the last bottle of poison in one gulp, saying through gritted teeth to Xie Shaoning, "You're good. Losing to you is no injustice at all."
Xie Shaoning was stunned. No one had ever given him such high praise in this kind of game!
Just a moment ago, he found Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy completely an eyesore, but now he felt this girl had delicate features and was actually quite nice.
Eh? Wait, she was wearing a helmet, so he couldn't even see what her face looked like. But he didn't need to guess to know she was definitely a good girl with a keen eye!
"How about you come to District 66 and hang out with me? I was pretty annoyed with you earlier, but now I realize you're not bad. I can take you in as my little bro... uh, little sis."
"No thanks, bro. I'm not worthy of you, and I'm afraid of holding you back."
Xie Shaoning nodded. She was indeed a bit cowardly. She had already put on her helmet before the fight even started, which showed her combat strength wasn't great. She definitely wasn't as well-rounded as Cheese Foam, and maybe couldn't even compare to Ash Kiss Starry Moon. Forget it.
"Alright then, you keep working hard on your cultivation."
Qi Xu held back his laughter until his stomach hurt. Looking at Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy's helpless expression, looking like she wanted to cry but didn't dare, and wanted to laugh but couldn't, he just felt this game was really fun!
The next round of the game continued.
At this moment, Xie Shaoning's ego had inflated to the point where he had the confidence to take first place.
But as soon as he saw Invincible Black Whirlwind opposite him, he instantly deflated. Moreover, he gained an exceptionally accurate understanding of his own strength.
After the first Treasure Map Realm ended, he felt there was no one worse than him, but later he slowly realized...
It really wasn't that he was too weak. It was just that the first time he went out to see the world, he directly ran into the strongest player on the server. It took a long time for him to slowly regain his confidence.
It wasn't until today, when he received sincere praise from an opponent in this kind of intellectual game, that he breathed a deep sigh of relief. "I'm just too strong. Apart from Invincible Black Whirlwind, I have no rivals."
The next round began, and Xie Shaoning had the priority to call first.
"1, 1, 5, 5, 5"
Upon seeing the dice he had rolled, Xie Shaoning was dumbfounded. Even the Chosen One couldn't be better than this.
Getting carried away, he directly called "Seven fives".
As soon as the words left his mouth, he saw the next player, Invincible Black Whirlwind, and shivered. Oh no, he had set a trap for the wrong person.
Qi Xu slightly raised an eyebrow. Xie Shaoning either had four fives or five fives in his hand; otherwise, he wouldn't be this reckless. Anyway, he still had two bottles of poison left, so he could totally take a gamble.
"Eight fives."
HandsomeBoyMe188 was as miserable now as he had been happy watching the drama earlier.
He kept wondering if Invincible Black Whirlwind was being foolish and had forgotten that one person had already been eliminated from the field.
Three people had a total of 15 dice. Calling "Eight fives" straight away—was she really that confident, or just stupid? Logically speaking, she... shouldn't be that dumb, but he really didn't dare to follow up on that call.
Helpless, he said, "Call!"
Qi Xu looked at HandsomeBoyMe188 first. He had one 5, Qi Xu himself had three, and Little Xie had a full five. Good heavens, no wonder he was so arrogant.
Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy, who was watching from the sidelines and couldn't bear to leave, once again felt the urge to smash a brick over her own head. Losing like that was truly sickening. What was wrong with her, overthinking so much!
Xie Shaoning was clearly the most simple-minded person present, with everything he thought written all over his face, yet she was eliminated by him...
Upon learning he was eliminated, HandsomeBoyMe188 actually breathed a sigh of relief. This was actually pretty good; he didn't want to be tortured anymore.
As for rejoining the game...
Master Huixin might not necessarily be willing to shell out another 5,000 points to save his life.
After exiting with regret, he sat on the sidelines to watch the battle, wanting to see who the final winner of this round would be.
Xie Shaoning originally wanted to just drink the poison and leave, but he found that when he hadn't lost the game, his hand couldn't touch the bottle of poison.
He might as well continue playing.
He casually gave Qi Xu a look. "Give me some face. Eliminating me is fine, but please try to let me leave with some dignity. At the very least, don't let me look too stupid."
Qi Xu understood.
"2, 3, 4, 5, 5"
It was another terrible hand, which made sense. Qi Xu took the lead in calling, "Two fives."
Playing with his own people, there was no need to be so exhausted.
Qi Xu had just relaxed his body a little, his shoulders not even leaning back against the chair yet, when Xie Shaoning directly yelled, "Call!"
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