At this moment, where the cage disappeared, Xie Qi sat like a statue. His arms were casually folded over his knees, his head bowed deeply, and his whole body seemed to be frozen there, motionless.
The other players around who witnessed this scene all thought that Xie Qi was deeply remorseful because he had personally sent the innocent child to the elimination stage.
Although everyone felt a little reluctant about this, when they recalled what Xie Qi said to the child, they couldn't help but feel that there was some truth in it.
After all, no one knows what kind of dangerous situation will be waiting for everyone next. If the NPC cannot be found in time and the task cannot be completed, I am afraid that everyone will die in the end.
Rather than facing a life-and-death crisis, it would be better to let the child be eliminated early.
At this moment, Fang Tong noticed Xie Qi's strange behavior and ran towards him without hesitation. Li Ze, who was standing by, also hurriedly followed him.
When he got closer, Fang Tong squatted down, panting. "Xie Qi! Don't be sad! If it were me, I might not be able to do even better than you. Besides, that kid didn't show any fear when he was eliminated. Thinking about it this way, maybe this is a good thing for him."
However, Xie Qi was not sad at the moment. He was just thinking about the next countermeasures. Only if humans were the final winner, these eliminated people would survive.
As for lying on his legs and pretending to be sad, it was entirely to prevent other players from suspecting that he was an NPC.
After all, Xie Qi had concerns when he did this, because what he did was equivalent to killing a player with his own hands. If other players used this as an excuse in the end, he would most likely be identified as an NPC.
This is why Xie Qi did not stop the man from putting the child in the cage at first. He intervened later because the child called out to him and he was afraid, so Xie Qi wanted to help the child overcome his fear.
When Xie Qi heard Fang Tong's words, he subconsciously raised his head and looked in the direction where the voice came from.
However, his gaze involuntarily passed Fang Tong and fell directly on the person standing behind Fang Tong.
Xie Qi's body trembled slightly, and he froze in place. After a moment, he came to his senses and quickly lowered his head. A hint of joy unconsciously flashed in his eyes, and he thought to himself, "I found you..."
Fang Tong: "Hey! What's wrong with you? You didn't forget me, did you? You were the one who gave me the map before!"
Xie Qi: "No, I remember you."
Fang Tong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. He patted his chest and said, "That's good. I thought you had really forgotten me."
Xie Qi stood up, walked in front of Li Ze, and politely extended his right hand: "Hello, my name is Xie Qi."
Li Ze hadn't expected the stranger before him to greet him so proactively. However, he quickly regained his composure, politely extending his right hand to shake Xie Qi's, and replied, "Hello, I'm Li Ze."
At this moment, a figure walked over quickly. Bai Yu, with a smile on his face, casually put his arm on Li Ze's shoulder and introduced himself carelessly: "Hey, friend, you can just call me Bai Yu!"
However, before Bai Yu could finish his words, he suddenly felt a bone-chilling gaze like a steel needle piercing his hand that was on Li Ze's shoulder.
This sight made him shudder, his heart trembling. Almost subconsciously, Bai Yu quickly withdrew his hand and looked around in astonishment.
Just after a few people introduced themselves, the mechanical voice sounded again.
"Dear brave players, please pay attention! The next level of the game is about to begin. Here, I need to clarify one point: your ranking in the previous round of the game will have a crucial impact on the progress of the game in this next level."
The mechanical voice stated the rules coldly and emotionlessly, as if it were the ruthless judge of fate.
As the words fell, the numbers representing their respective rankings appeared above everyone's heads again.
Among them, the most eye-catching is Fang Tong's ranking, with the dazzling number hanging high above his head. However, in sharp contrast to Fang Tong is Xie Qi's ranking.
His number took on a dark and gloomy hue, and there was no doubt that he was the last one.
Just when everyone present had no time to guess what these rankings meant, the mechanical voice sounded again.
"The second level of the survival game is 'Grab Wealth'! Players, please fully commit to your respective roles and utilize various methods to increase your wealth. This game lasts for one month. At the end of the month, if a player's wealth star value does not reach five stars, they will be eliminated."
"A friendly reminder: Gifting wealth to others does not count towards the game's wealth star points. Gifting is invalid!!! So don't try to exploit the game by gifting wealth to others."
"Your final ranking in the previous game will directly determine your status. So, please go all out to earn money! The game begins now."
As the words fell, in an instant, all the players were accurately dropped into a huge city like flowers scattered from heaven.
In the center of the city stands a castle, where various characters live, including kings, earls, ministers, soldiers, merchants, and civilians.
In addition to the numerous players, there are also some special fixed NPC characters in the town. They take on the responsibility of maintaining the normal operation of the daily life of the entire castle.
It is actually not difficult to accurately distinguish players from these fixed NPCs, because every player wears a medal on his chest with five small stars on it.
After obtaining a certain amount of wealth, a star will be lit up until five stars are lit up.
At this moment, Xie Qi was sitting on the cold and hard ground in an extremely embarrassed posture. He was a beggar.
Xie Qizhen never expected that his character would be a beggar. Could it be that all his good luck in the previous game had been used up?
Xie Qi sighed and looked at the medal on his chest. The five stars on it were all gray. At this moment, he finally understood what the ranking in the previous game was used for.
If the players are really divided by ranking, then the players with higher rankings will have higher starting wealth than other players.
And if Xie Qi heard correctly just now, this game is not simply about increasing wealth points, because the title of the game is about snatching wealth points.
If this is true, then the unequal starting mode will completely intensify the conflict, and players may even use their own status to snatch and oppress other players. However, Xie Qi does not know what the offline of snatching is now.
Xie Qi is now a beggar with no identity or status. He thinks it is better to hide his identity first, otherwise who can be sure whether other players with higher status will snatch the wealth of players with lower status.
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