Zhang Kui really wanted to kill this bastard impulsively, but as Bai Liu said, there would be no benefit for him to kill Bai Liu now!
Because Bai Liu's personal skills have been activated, they will not stop whether Zhang Kui kills him or not. Moreover, if Zhang Kui kills Bai Liu, he will lose Bai Liu, the smart puppet he has worked so hard to get.
The most urgent task now is to get the amulet of the mermaid and then terminate Bai Liu's personal skills. Afterwards, Zhang Kui can abuse this damn Bai Liu in a hundred ways to vent his anger of being teased.
However, killing Bai Liu still has too high a sunk cost. He spent so much effort to capture a puppet with such a high intelligence value. If he kills it now without absorbing any intelligence at all, it will not be in line with Zhang Kui's style of maximizing profits.
Zhang Kui forced himself to calm down and loosened the puppet string that was strangling Bai Liu's neck.
Bai Liu collapsed to the ground, holding his scarred neck and lying on the ground, coughing and gasping loudly, his eyes were full of physiological tears, but he was still smiling: "Thank you, Master, for sparing my life."
That annoying smile made Zhang Kui so angry that he immediately wanted to go back on his word and strangle him to death.
Zhang Kui suppressed the effort in his heart that was about to get out of control. He took a deep breath to clear his mind and began to think - the system prompted that the bottom line for the failure of the transaction was the start of the train. He glanced at the LED countdown on the carriage, which showed the countdown for the start of the train.
——There are still more than forty seconds left, so it's not that he can't win. It will only take ten seconds to kill Bai Liu. It won't be too late to kill this bastard with a single thread when the countdown reaches ten seconds.
Zhang Kui's mind raced, and he gave orders while thinking: "It's not a dead end yet. If the players can't get in - Liu Huai, lead all the passengers to the carriage where Mu Sicheng is, and have them attack Mu Sicheng! His mental strength should be almost gone by now! Have these passengers mutate him and kill him!"
Liu Huai agreed: "Okay!"
Seducing monsters is Liu Huai's specialty, and both the thief and assassin skills are judged to be very strong.
Back then, he and Mu Sicheng were a pair with good cooperation attributes, with Mu Sicheng stealing things and him luring and assassinating monsters.
Liu Huai's two hidden swords kept moving among the passengers, and soon these passengers were attracted by Liu Huai's hatred and followed Liu Huai. Liu Huai was hanging upside down at the door of the carriage that was still emitting flames. While looking for Liu Huai, those passengers followed him into the carriage. After entering the carriage, these passengers seemed to be attracted by something everywhere, and they climbed and rolled towards where Mu Sicheng was.
Previously, the fire of the big boss Thief Brother could directly burn these passengers to death, but after fighting with Mu Sicheng for a while, the Thief Brother's condition obviously declined a lot, and the flames became much smaller. Although the players could not withstand it, these passengers could enter.
The fire in the carriage where the thief brother was located gradually weakened, and the people in the carriage next to him could barely see the scene inside the carriage.
With blank eyes, Mu Sicheng gritted his teeth as he rode on the giant monster's neck, unable to get down no matter how hard he tried.
The exploding passengers seemed to be attracted by the lenses on the giant monster and poured into the carriage continuously. They kept climbing on the giant monster, roaring, and different flames and charred corpses overlapped. The giant monster twisted its body and threw Mu Sicheng down with its backhand.
Mu Sicheng seemed to have finally run out of strength. He coughed twice, loosened the monkey claw, and fell backwards into the pile of exploding passengers that had formed a mountain on the little giant, the thief brother.
The passengers who were burned black and carbonized grabbed Mu Sicheng's limbs with their claws and fangs. Their pitch-black fingers left marks on Mu Sicheng's pale face. Passengers continued to pour in, drowning Mu Sicheng like a mountain. Mu Sicheng could only show an exhausted face under the charred corpses. He raised his head and stretched it out from the sea of corpses, gasping for breath as if he was about to suffocate, but soon his mouth was covered by the charred corpses below.
Mu Sicheng was dragged into the raging sea of fire and corpses, and no trace of him could be seen anymore.
The thief brother raised his head and shouted, flames ignited on his fist. He shouted loudly and raised his fist, looking as if he was ready to kill Mu Sicheng who was submerged in the crowd of passengers.
Mu Sicheng lay on his back among the charred corpses with his eyes blank, seemingly having lost perception of everything around him. Only the slightly rising and falling of his chest declared the fact that he was still alive.
But this survival does not look like it will last long.
The monster landed a punch.
Du Sanying saw the situation on Mu Sicheng's side, and he screamed miserably. At the critical moment, the sound made Mu Sicheng seem to come back to his senses and blink his eyes with difficulty. He tried his best to turn his head to avoid the huge fist of his thief brother, but the fist still made Mu Sicheng spit out blood. His eyelids drooped weakly, and the whole person sank deeper into the pile of charred corpses.
[System warning: Player Mu Sicheng, please escape quickly! Your mental value is in danger! You are close to the border of death! ]
It was obvious that Mu Sicheng couldn't hold on for much longer.
"Mu Sicheng is definitely dead." Zhang Kui narrowed his eyes. "Even if it's you, Bai Liu, your attribute panel may not be able to stop this monster when it's furious. Liu Huai, as soon as Mu Sicheng dies, throw the mermaid amulet from his dropped items to me!"
"My violent panel attribute can't hold up?" Bai Liu's thoughtful voice suddenly sounded, "What if my violent panel attribute doubles?"
"How come your rage panel attribute has doubled?" Zhang Kui sneered, "It seems that Mu Sicheng told you that my personal skill puppet has been strengthened."
"Let me tell you directly, Bai Liu, theoretically it is impossible to double the Berserk Attribute Panel. First, your Spirit Points must drop below 20 before you can enter the Berserk Attribute Panel. Then, my personal skill (Puppet Enhancement) requires you to sacrifice 50 points of Spirit Points. However, you only have less than 20 points of Spirit Points, so you cannot use [Puppet Enhancement]."
"What if I insist?" Bai Liu asked softly.
Zhang Kui sneered: "You won't die, but your mental state will collapse and you will enter a state worse than death."
Zhang Kui now had the leisure to talk to Bai Liu. He looked at Bai Liu with a half-smile, a sense of victory and accomplishment in his eyes and brows after winning a fight with a smart man: "The countdown for the train to start on the LED is now thirty-six seconds. Mu Sicheng can't last more than thirty-six seconds. You are doomed to lose this time. I can definitely get--" the mermaid's amulet.
[System prompt: The train has started. Player Zhang Kui broke his promise to Player Bai Liu and did not complete the transaction with Player Bai Liu regarding the (Mermaid Amulet). Player Zhang Kui was punished by the system with a reputation penalty and became a soul coin in Player Bai Liu's old wallet.]
Zhang Kuiyan's eyes widened. He subconsciously looked at the LED countdown screen and retorted in surprise: "How can the train start? There are still 36 seconds left--"
The train began to shake and start, and Liu Huai stopped chasing Du Sanying in surprise.
Du Sanying, who had been running all over the carriage, finally let out a sigh of relief and collapsed in a corner. His hands and feet were weak and his face was covered with tears. He cried while peeling off a piece of translucent cloth covering the LED screen. With his limbs weak and his face covered with tears, he leaned against the door and sobbed: "Bai Liu, I don't want to cooperate with you again next time. It was too exciting. I thought I was going to die. Wuwuwuwu."
The cloth slowly fell to the ground, revealing a real screen with the words [Countdown: 0 seconds, the train is about to start, please be ready, passengers].
Zhang Kui, with a gloomy face, threw a reconnaissance tool on the fallen cloth.
[Detection results: Player Du Sanying used props (disguised cloth) to tamper with the time on the LED screen]
"Du Sanying!!" Zhang Kui lost his composure. He collapsed and questioned Du Sanying: "When did you use this prop? How come I have no memory of it at all——"
He suddenly stopped questioning.
Zhang Kui recalled that when Du Sanying was being chased by them, he was throwing props out frantically to delay time. At that time, a piece of cloth was indeed thrown out and hung on the screen.
But Zhang Kui was completely overwhelmed by the joy of impending victory. His plan went so smoothly from beginning to end that he never thought that Du Sanying's crying and frightened expression was fake!!!
In fact, it was not an act. Du Sanying was really scared by Bai Liu and almost burst into tears. Bai Liu played the villain so well that he and Mu Sicheng were really going to be betrayed! Du Sanying was really scared when he scolded Bai Liu for being inhuman.
After Zhang Kui realized all this, he took two steps back in a daze. He looked at Bai Liu in disbelief: "How is this possible? Your intelligence value is 89, and mine is 93. How can you be smarter than me and predict what I want to do first..."
"Maybe mine is purely natural?" Bai Liu shrugged. As he spoke casually, he calmly took out a brand new coin from his old wallet - Zhang Kui's soul coin, and then pressed it on his system panel.
[System prompt: Player Bai Liu uses player Zhang Kui's soul coin to intervene in Zhang Kui's system and is entering Zhang Kui's system panel...]
[System prompt: Player Bai Liu has officially entered player Zhang Kui's system panel and can perform operations]
Bai Liu's system panel was instantly switched to Zhang Kui's panel. After seeing it, Zhang Kui realized that he was completely controlled. He chuckled weakly, turned his head and closed his eyes to avoid looking at his defeat.
He was finally pecked in the eye by a goose while hunting geese. He had controlled so many people, but he had never been controlled by anyone.
White Willow, oh, White Willow.
This person must have known that I wanted to capture him and absorb his intelligence, which is why he was so confident and felt that I would not kill him easily.
As a result, Zhang Kui did exactly that, which allowed Bai Liu to seize an opportunity.
Smart people are always greedy. Zhang Kui doesn't think that being greedy is wrong. He just lost because he met a guy who was ten or a hundred times greedier than him.
[System prompt: Player Bai Liu uses soul coins to intervene in the system panel of player Zhang Kui. Player Bai Liu uses player Zhang Kui's personal skill (marionette). Player Bai Liu controls player Zhang Kui to control player Liu Huai to attack himself.]
Zhang Kui's fingers suddenly moved uncontrollably. He danced his fingers and pulled Liu Huai's heart tighter, and Liu Huai's heart suddenly tightened.
Liu Huai and Zhang Kui both looked up at Bai Liu in shock. Bai Liu calmly ordered him: "Attack me, Liu Huai, attack me in a way that will cause the most loss of your spiritual power."
Zhang Kui was shocked: "You have already won, Bai Liu, what else do you want to do?! The car door will be closed soon!"
That's right, the train has started, and [Exploding Passenger] and [Thief Brother] are preparing to leave the train. These still-burning monsters are dragging their spoils in their hands - a struggling Mu Sicheng, and are preparing to walk out of the door.
Mu Sicheng seemed to have completely lost consciousness. His eyes were half asleep and half awake, and blood was dripping from the corners of his mouth and eyes. The only evidence that Bai Liu could use to confirm that this guy was not dead was -
——From beginning to end, Mu Sicheng never used the escape item (mermaid’s amulet).
[Bai Liu, I'm not sure I won't use the mermaid's amulet if my spirit value is less than 10. People's desire to survive will make them do a lot of strange things, including violating cooperation and betraying teammates.]
[But if... I really didn't use this item from beginning to end, then it means that I have maintained my sanity when my sanity value is less than 10, just as you, a lunatic, requested.]
[Mu Sicheng, if you don't have any use for (the mermaid's amulet), then I promise that as long as I'm alive, I will definitely save you]
[Hopefully, Bai Liu, someone once said the same thing to me. I agreed to cooperate with you not because I trust you, but because I have no other way out. I don't want to be controlled by Zhang Kui. I would rather die, but being controlled by you, so far, I can still accept it.]
[You are my most valuable card, Mu Sicheng, I will not let you die]
"I want to save Mu Sicheng." Bai Liuyu repeated in a calm and straightforward manner, "Liu Huai, use your weapon that can quickly reduce my spiritual power to attack me."
Liu Huai's hand thrust forward uncontrollably, and the two hidden swords pierced into Bai Liu's chest and abdomen. However, Bai Liu just frowned slightly, and Liu Huai trembled and let go of his hand.
[System prompt: Player Bai Liu was attacked by player Liu Huai's (Dark Night Hidden Blade), and his spirit value was eroded, down by -30. The current spirit value is 39. Warning! Warning! You have entered the dangerous value area! ! ]
Bai Liu exhaled, gently covering his chest that was bleeding, and looked up at Mu Sicheng who was still struggling. He uttered a few words to Liu Huai in dissatisfaction: "Not enough, keep stabbing."
Liu Huai's hand holding the hidden blade stabbed into Bai Liu's chest again and again uncontrollably. He stabbed so hard that his whole body was shaking. Liu Huai looked at Bai Liu, whose mouth was bleeding, with eyes that were incomprehensible, extremely shocked and dazed: "Why would you do this for Mu Sicheng..."
Bai Liu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth carelessly. He glanced at Liu Huai calmly and said, "I promised him that I would definitely save him."
"This is my deal and cooperation with him, and abiding by the deal is my basic ethics as a wanderer."