"I see it! Boss, I see it inside!"

"The guys inside are going to make their move ahead of schedule, using a special explosive device they created with their innate abilities! I saw them communicating with their lips; there are less than three minutes left before it explodes!"

Jia Zhengyi was very close to the bar, and could see most of the details inside clearly, almost as if he could see through things.

"explode?!"

Su Lin suddenly raised his head and stared intently at the bar outside the window.

The large entrance and exit continued to churn out crowds, and apart from the three players who had escaped, more NPCs were continuously entering.

If an explosive method is used, the scale of the explosion, which would cover thousands of people, must be extremely powerful!

Su Lin was naturally not worried about the lives of these NPCs; he was simply aware of another problem.

Xiao Linlin realized it too. She quickly calculated the number of people in her mind, and her pretty face turned pale: "Oh no! We're too late! This is their contingency plan! They have others outside cooperating with the operation!"

"What's the meaning?!"

Jia Zhengyi was shocked: "You foresaw their plan? It would be foolish for them to act now; they'd definitely get arrested! The whole city is full of people searching for people with supernatural abilities!"

"They didn't have enough players, but they dared to make a move ahead of time, which means they must have a backup plan!"

Xiao Linlin spoke with conviction, but her lips gradually turned pale: "We'll kill the players in the bar beforehand. Even if we don't have enough people, it won't be too many. We just need to leave one or two strong helpers outside to quickly hunt down the rest of the players."

"Even if the culprit is eventually caught by the NPCs, it doesn't matter. After all, such a heinous terrorist attack cannot be easily resolved... As long as you dare to end the promotion match before the death penalty, you can get out alive."

"No! The murderer even desires to be captured by the NPCs so he can use his [power] to protect himself! To prevent others from harming him, thus gaining a large number of kills and securing first place!"

Xiao Linlin quickly analyzed the enemy's methods and contingency plans, but even so, she couldn't change the situation.

The problem now is clearly before Su Lin: a small number of players have detected the trap in advance, causing the enemy to become alert and thus have to take action prematurely.

Should I go or not?

Even if he manages to kill enough people in one go, there's a high chance he'll be surrounded and attacked by NPC ability users, putting himself in a desperate situation. Once Su Lin is arrested by the NPCs, his two followers aren't combat-oriented and might not be able to help him kill enough other players.

If we don't participate, we can only watch them kill enough people and witness our own rise to first place being snatched away.

To be honest, Su Lin didn't care about the ranking; he just felt disgusted by it.

It was clearly a scheme orchestrated by her own servants, yet someone else interfered, using the situation Xiao Linlin had set up to benefit them.

"Brother, shall we do it?"

Xiao Linlin asked urgently in a low voice, "Take a gamble? Before the explosion, more players will be arrested, and we'll have them kill the remaining players for us outside."

"It's too late."

Su Lin shook his head, quickly got up, and left the coffee shop with two attendants.

The goal is to avoid the blast radius and escape the surveillance of various superhumans.

He wasn't at his peak, and he wasn't confident he could take down most of the kills in such a short time.

Moreover, he couldn't guarantee that even if he could succeed, the enemy player whose "fruit" had been stolen would continue to hunt down the remaining few players according to the plan in order to achieve the third escape condition of "20 players".

If they don't do this, or if they drag it out until they are executed by the NPCs, they will suffer a huge loss.

The probability of failure was too high, and Su Lin did not want to act rashly.

"hateful."

Xiao Linlin followed closely behind Su Lin, the girl gritting her teeth, her heart filled with resentment: "These guys! They disrupted our plans and now they want to steal our spoils of victory! They're so hateful!"

"There's nothing to hate about it; competition is just that brutal."

Jia Zhengyi shook his head. He was quite accepting of the current situation: "We can't always be the winners. There are many hidden talents among the crowd. There will always be someone who can beat us once or twice."

"I underestimated the player base. It's all my fault."

Xiao Linlin sighed, her heart filled with regret. If she had calculated more carefully and made a more comprehensive plan, perhaps the spot in first place would still belong to her brother.

Now that things have come to this, it's no use for her to regret it. The three of them must first ensure Su Lin's successful promotion; that's the bare minimum requirement.

Just as Xiao Linlin was lost in thought, Su Lin suddenly stopped in front of her, and Xiao Linlin bumped into him.

"Hey?! Brother, why did you stop walking?"

Xiao Linlin was taken aback. She looked up and saw that Su Lin had led the two of them around halfway to the back of the bar, to a more secluded and less crowded area.

"We don't seem to be too far from the bar. The explosion should be starting soon."

Xiao Linlin wondered, "Although it might not affect us, it seems pointless for us to be here. We're too far away, and we can't get any kills."

"Who said we were going to steal kills?"

Su Lin said calmly, "The players in the promotion match have all gone out of their inventory. Killing them won't do you any good. At most, it will only affect your kill count and score."

"Didn't you want me to get first place? I'll show you."

Su Lin spoke calmly, and Xiao Linlin was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized, her face lighting up with surprise: "Brother! You're going to ambush and kill these guys!"

"The most important prerequisite for advancement is not to die here! If you die, you will be considered to have failed to advance, and everything you did in the game will be for nothing!"

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