Looking at Mu Ke who was crying non-stop, Bai Liu tried to get Mu Ke to stop crying several times, but it didn't work. In the end, even when Bai Liu said the words "I order you not to cry", Mu Ke just covered his mouth to stop crying, but tears were still falling from his eyes. He sobbed very pitifully and said that he couldn't stop and it might take a few more minutes.

Mu Ke didn't think he was a particularly tearful person, but for some reason, when he saw Bai Liu, he was like a child who had been wronged and went to see his parents. The parents even allowed him to complain, and Mu Ke felt like he had endless tears to shed.

Although he felt a little embarrassed, he just couldn't help it.

Mu Ke lowered his head, feeling ashamed, yet at the same time feeling a little...subtly happy.

Bai Liu ignored Mu Ke who was trying to cry quietly. He turned to Liu Huai who had an indescribable expression on his face.

Liu Huai's face was filled with "Is this how you usually fool your teammates?"

Bai Liu pretended not to see it. He changed the subject in a calm and serious tone: "Shall we talk about the next plan?"

Liu Huai immediately restrained his expression. He looked at Bai Liu with a complicated look. After watching the whole process of Bai Liu fooling Mu Ke, Liu Huai couldn't help but sigh in frustration: "I still can't believe that I was so easily convinced by you. If I join your team, I will have to fight against Miao Feichi and the others. Even if I complete this game, I will have a lot of follow-up troubles."

"But if you don't join my team, it will be difficult for you and your sister to even complete this game." Bai Liu raised his eyes, "and your sister Liu Jiayi will most likely be sacrificed or eaten by Miao Feichi."

It was a very easy thing for Bai Liu to persuade Liu Huai, and it was also a very simple idea to find Liu Huai and win him over.

The monster in Mu Ke's room resurrected. Bai Liu wanted to rescue Mu Ke from the ICU because Mu Sicheng's speed skill had been used up. He had to break into the ICU again surrounded by nurses.

It was obvious that Bai Liu couldn't do it alone, and he couldn't let Miao Feichi break in again. Although it was not impossible to trick them into breaking in once, Miao Feichi's skills also depleted his stamina bar. This state of depleted stamina bar was the same as Bai Liu's, which could not be restored by stamina recovery potions, and he would not act rashly, so Bai Liu could only trick Miao Gaozhuang, a player with low monster resistance and low movement speed, into passing by.

But Miao Gao Zombie was of little use to Bai Liu who needed to escape.

Bai Liu needs a player with high movement speed, good at concealment and escape, and who knows his weaknesses and is easy to control - there is no more suitable candidate than Liu Huai.

Liu Huai and Miao Feichi were both on the fifth floor, so it was easy to find his ward. There were only three new patients on the fifth floor - Miao Feichi, Miao Gaojiang, and Liu Huai.

The ward signs for new patients are different. The new ward except for Miao Feichi and Miao Gaojiang is Liu Huai. With Bai Liu holding two heavyweight chips, Liu Jiayi and [Life-saving Prescription], it doesn't even take him a minute to convince Liu Huai.

Liu Huai fell on the bed with his head raised. He looked at the ceiling filled with mist with a dazed look in his eyes. "You said Jiayi would be the target of our group of [investors], and we need to use the blood of those children to fill the bed in order to survive?"

"Let me correct two inaccuracies in your words. First, to be precise, it is not that we need her blood to water the bed in order to survive, but that you need to eat the blood Ganoderma lucidum that grows after the bed absorbs her blood in order to survive. She is the [life-saving prescription] for you, a terminally ill patient." Bai Liu patted the bed where Liu Huai was lying.

Liu Huai raised his hands to cover his eyes and pursed his lips tightly as if he was avoiding something.

Then Bai Liu raised his eyes to look at Liu Huai, made a two gesture, and said calmly: "Second, I told you that Liu Jiayi is not only a hunting target of [investors], her blindness also makes her at a disadvantage in the children's team."

Bai Liu said calmly, "You should know, Liu Huai, there is an underage Miao Feichi who likes to eat children's flesh. My children said that Miao Feichi likes to follow Liu Jiayi and swallow her saliva. A blind little girl like Liu Jiayi is at an absolute disadvantage in all aspects. She is a very good target for Miao Feichi."

"Your sister Liu Jiayi is, in a sense, a double target."

Liu Huai slowly clenched his fists, put down his hands that were covering his eyes, turned his head and looked straight at Bai Liu.

Bai Liu continued calmly, "And I, I promise that my child will protect your sister. Your sister successfully called you tonight because of my child's escort. I said I would protect Liu Jiayi because she is also a child that my friend wants to adopt."

Liu Huai took a deep breath and sat up. He crossed his legs and sat on the bed and looked at Bai Liu: "I believe this now. So what do you think we should do next?"

"The logical thinking of this game is basically clear." Bai Liu leaned back, casually opened the drawer of Liu Huai's bedside table, took out a pen from it, and then tore a roughly blank book cover from somewhere, lowered his head, wrote and drew on it, and began to analyze.

Bai Liu usually writes briefly when analyzing. He taps his pen on the paper and starts writing the key words: [Level 2 Game] [50-80]

While writing, Bai Liu said: "'Love Welfare Home' is a second-level game with a mortality rate of at least 50%. This game divides our life points into two different identity lines: [Adults] and [Children], each of which has 50% of the life points."

Bai Liu wrote two [50]s on the paper, and then drew an arrow pointing towards each other between the two [50]s. "But our two identities were not in a cooperative relationship from the beginning, because this game obviously only allows 50% of the players to survive. So a more reasonable setting would be for us to be in a confrontational relationship with this group of children who share the same health bar."

That's why Bai Liu had been wary of Xiao Bai Liu before, because to some extent -

"We are enemies with these kids." Bai Liu raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Huai, who looked a little gloomy. He continued, "And this [life-saving recipe] finally verified my idea."

"For us [investors] to survive, we have to draw blood from the corresponding children. According to the timeline of the nursery rhyme - [born on Monday, baptized on Tuesday, married on Wednesday, seriously ill on Thursday, critically ill on Friday, dead on Saturday, buried on Sunday], we have to draw blood from these children at least before they become seriously ill, which is Thursday, in order to survive. Otherwise, we will die after one day [after they become seriously ill]."

Bai Liu wrote a [ddl] (dead line) on the paper: [three days later].

"The same goes for these kids. They have to escape from the Orphanage before Thursday to avoid having their blood drawn by us and survive. So their main mission is to escape from the orphanage."

Bai Liu tapped his pen with his fingers, as if thinking: "In fact, I feel that Xiao Bailiu, or my little friend, has already noticed the confrontation between us, but the fact that I gave him my handle before made him realize what I wanted to do, and also allowed him to dispose of and kill me at will. This level of handover made him finally choose to reach a cooperative relationship with me."

Liu Huai stared blankly at Bai Liu, who had only 6 health points. The moment he met Bai Liu's calm eyes, Liu Huai shuddered, and he suddenly understood what Bai Liu was going to do.

"Let me confirm one thing again. You can sacrifice your life for your sister, right?" Bai Liu opened his eyelids and looked at Liu Huai, whose expression was gloomy. His tone was very calm, so calm that it didn't sound like he was talking about his own life or death. "Mu Ke and I are almost at the end of our lives. I believe you can see our policy here."

Bai Liu said calmly, "We'll save the small ones, not the big ones."

The reason why Xiao Bailiu was willing to trust him in the end was because Bai Liu was willing to sacrifice himself for Xiao Bailiu and let Xiao Bailiu live. For this, Bai Liu willingly gave Xiao Bailiu the handle that could easily allow him to kill himself.

Xiao Bailiu also understood this, and was curious about Bai Liu's complete dedication and sacrifice without any reason. This was what Bai Liu wanted. No one knew better than him how to win the trust of his fourteen-year-old self - that is, to become someone like Lu Yizhan who could dedicate himself and sacrifice himself for him without any reason.

Fourteen-year-old Bai Liu trusted people like Lu Yizhang, because between hurting himself and hurting Bai Liu, he knew that Lu Yizhang would definitely choose to hurt himself.

Then, the fourteen-year-old Xiao Bailiu in the game will trust the current [investor] Bai Liu, and Bai Liu will become his own [Lu Yizhan] - the [investor] who will make selfless contributions to him and even sacrifice his life.

Liu Huai's expression was uncertain.

Bai Liu retracted his wandering gaze as if he didn't see Liu Huai's expression and continued to look at the paper in his hand.

Bai Liu was not affected by Liu Huai's struggle at all, but continued to analyze indifferently: "And in my opinion, it is unlikely that a blood ganoderma that can save us can be produced by just taking a child's blood, because this is a game with a minimum mortality rate of 50%. If you can survive smoothly just by taking your own child's blood, I don't think it is a normal mortality rate for a second-level game."

As he spoke, Bai Liu wrote [6] → [3] on the paper.

"So if you look at it from this perspective, there are more settings in this game. If you simply look at the range of 80% to 50% mortality rate in the second-level game, this is a 6-player death game, and the number of player deaths should be between 3 and 4.8."

Bai Liu used a few strokes to simply sketch out the image of a little girl on the paper: "But what's special about this copy is that there's another player on the child's side, that is Liu Jiayi."

When Liu Huai heard the name [Liu Jiayi], his eyes fixed on Bai Liu's face.

Bai Liu continued as if nothing had happened: "In the case of only five children who can draw blood, assuming the lowest mortality rate is 50%, only three players need to die. Assuming Liu Jiayi dies from the blood draw to make up for one of the deaths, and assuming that all the surviving players are us [investors]."

Bai Liu wrote on the paper with a focused gaze: [Investor's maximum clearance efficiency]

"So if all the above conditions that are most favorable to investors are met, at most three investors can survive. Based on this ratio and the premise of a 50% mortality rate, an investor will need the blood of at least 1.6 children to clear a bed."

Bai Liu wrote [1.6] on the paper and circled the [1] and the [6] after the decimal point.

His eyes were calm. "So who is this [1] and who is this [0.6]? The game has already hinted at it clearly."

"The child we invested in is our core blood-drawing child, that is, the [1]. We use the blood of the child we invested in to irrigate our beds, and add about 0.6 of the blood from another child, and we can grow the blood ganoderma that can best relieve terminal illnesses." Bai Liu calmly drew a cross and erased the [1.6]. "But I have ruled out this plan because the cost-effectiveness is too low."

"In order for an investor to pass the level with the best cost-effectiveness in all aspects, it is very likely that he will need the blood of 1.6 children to pass the level. So if we sacrifice one investor and don't take his blood, in other words, we can keep 1.6 children safe."

"We, a group of blood-sucking adults, are far less valuable than them surviving, so it is more cost-effective to clear the level." Bai Liu casually drew a protective shield on the little girl sketch of Liu Jiayi that he had drawn on paper, raised his eyes to look at Liu Huai, and continued, "So I finally decided to prioritize preserving the health of the children in the game. This [life-saving recipe] is ineffective for Mu Ke and me, and we will not take the main quest here."

Bai Liu paused for a moment, looking at the pale Liu Huai, and said, "But your situation and mine are different. Although we chose to sacrifice ourselves to protect our younger selves, if the plan works, we will not die and we can pass the level."

"But you, Liu Huai, your situation is different from ours." Bai Liu looked at Liu Huai, who was silent, with a gloomy look in his eyes. "You and Liu Jiayi are two independent and hostile individuals. If you choose to prioritize saving Liu Jiayi, there is a high probability that you will die because you cannot get blood."

"So how do you choose?"

Although it was such a cruel choice, Bai Liu's tone was filled with curiosity. He raised his eyes and looked at Liu Huai, his eyes were serious and focused, and he looked as if he was observing a creature of a different species from him.

——What can Liu Huai do for his sister? The love this man says he has for his sister is just like that strange guy in Luyi Station. Can people really give up all their own interests for such an unfounded emotion?

Especially since Liu Huai is a person with a strong desire to survive - Bai Liu thought casually as he drew with his pen little by little on the protective shield that he had casually drawn to represent the little girl Liu Jiayi. Soon the protective shield was covered with strange black spots, as if the protective shield was covered with a layer of shadow.

Liu Huaixiang sat on the edge of the bed like a silent plant, his hands holding the dagger hung at his sides, appearing silent and numb, but his breathing was very rapid.

Bai Liu quickly withdrew his gaze. He saw the struggle and fear on Liu Huai's face that made his features distorted, and it was an uncontrollable fear of the approaching unknown.

This fear and hesitation were so real. Liu Huai's fear of death and his retreat made his previously claimed love for Liu Jiayi, which was so strong that he could sacrifice everything for her, seem like an external self-indulgent show. Bai Liu soon found it boring. He stopped observing Liu Huai and thought indifferently - this seemed to be no different from the self-righteous "love" he had seen before.

Bai Liu thought he could see the same thing about Lu Yizhan that he could not understand in Liu Huai, but in the end it was still the same, just like sugarcane residue chewed out thousands of times in people's mouths, saying "I love you", "I'm willing to give everything for you", etc.

But what comes out is tasteless, the only sweetness is for oneself, and it ends up being given to others as self-motivated spit crumbs that break into pieces with a pinch, becoming worthless garbage.

People are ultimately selfish.

Bai Liu spoke casually: "If you want to pass the level as an investor, I can also let Xiao Bailiu help you draw..." Liu Jiayi's blood.

"Bai Liu, if I die, will your friends really adopt Jia Jia?" Liu Huai looked at Bai Liu, his face still showing a look of fear and terror, as well as some vague uneasiness.

Liu Huai looked like a caregiver who was forced to leave his cub, with a nervous look on his face: "Jia Jia can't see, but she clings to me. I'm afraid she won't be happy after I leave. I think your friend is a very good person, please take good care of her. If you are willing to help think of a solution for her eyes..."

It was actually a bit incongruous that this college student who had not yet graduated started to nag about the matters needing attention in raising a human cub. This made him more like a mature parent of the same age as Liu Fu and Xiang Chunhua.

The fear on Liu Huai's face never faded, but every single thing he talked about was about Liu Jiayi. It seemed that he was more afraid of his death causing Liu Jiayi to suffer than his own death itself:

"She doesn't like sleeping alone at night. She has a little bear that I sewed for her. It's a little old, but she likes it. If you take her away from the orphanage, remember to take it away. She doesn't talk much, but she's very well behaved. She gets scared when she can't hear any sound. Just turn on the TV. She likes hamsters, but she's a little careless when she eats them. Don't buy them for her. She'll cry miserably if they die..."

Bai Liu was silent for a long time. He looked at Liu Huai and interrupted him: "Have you really thought about sacrificing yourself for your sister?"

Liu Huai was silent for a second: "There's no need to think about this."

"I entered this game to give her a brighter future, but first of all, she has to stay alive."

Liu Huai's thoughts were very clear. He looked at Bai Liu and gave her an ugly and bitter smile: "Bai Liu, it would be nice if I were a player as good as you and Mu Sicheng, but I'm not. I can't bring her a brighter future, but I also have things I can do. I will do my best to keep her alive. This is the only thing I can do for her."

"In fact, death is not a very difficult thing to accept." Liu Huai seemed to have finally breathed a sigh of relief. He slumped his shoulders and shook his head in a daze, muttering to himself as if to comfort himself, "When I entered this game, I knew that this day would come sooner or later, but Jia Jia hasn't found a good person to entrust her to, and she hasn't seen what I look like, so I'm not willing to accept it..."

But it was useless to be unwilling. In this game, if he wanted to live, Liu Jiayi would have to die. This cruel game did not give him more opportunities to be unwilling.

"If, if I can survive by killing anyone, I will try it regardless of everything..." Liu fell silent, his shoulders drooped, and he did not speak for a long time.

Tears rolled down Liu Huai's eyes and fell on the dagger held tightly in his hand - he had once killed his best friend with a dagger in order to survive.

But eventually, he met someone he couldn't betray.

Bai Liu did not disturb him. Liu Huai sat beside the bed that was about to be poured with blood. His face was as pale as a corpse about to lie in a coffin. His hand holding the dagger was trembling slightly. Bai Liu found it ridiculous - Liu Huai was afraid of his death only at this moment.

When Liu Huai knew he was going to die, his first reaction was Liu Jiayi, and then himself. This subconscious emotional reaction made Bai Liu feel incredible.

Liu Huai lowered his head and smiled miserably, clenched his fists, took a deep breath and raised his head again.

"Bai Liu, I remember your personal skill is trading. If I die, I can give you something very useful." Liu Huai looked at Bai Liu. He looked very tired. His face had a hollow look that was both false and relieved. There were only fear and tears in his eyes. He grabbed Bai Liu's hand, his voice choking, "But the prerequisite is that you help me..."

"Let Liu Jiayi see again, right?" Bai Liu said. He looked at Liu Huai's tired, exhausted and desperate face, and calmly turned his gaze back to him. "Let's talk about it when you are about to die. I don't do short trades."