The chill traveled from Xu Nian's fingers into her heart.
The girl almost landed on the snow-white expanse, only managing to cry out for help.
She became a corpse in the next second; she died so quickly that Xu Nian didn't even have time to react.
Xu Nian's mind went blank for a moment. As she ran, she kept looking back at the girl who had lost her life.
She looked so young, only in her early twenties, and she died so easily in this game.
Why?
What right does this game have to take these people's lives?
They didn't even have the right to resist or refuse; if they didn't move forward, only death awaited them.
What's most disgusting is that this game manipulates people's hearts.
Xu Nian finally understood why the first mini-game was about sleeping and the fourth mini-game was about a leisure place.
Both of these mini-games are designed to distract and confuse players.
Their main purpose is to make players lower their guard.
This makes players overlook the fact that seemingly safe environments are actually deadly traps.
No matter how resentful she felt, Xu Nian could only bury those inappropriate emotions.
As they sprinted forward, the white road behind them disappeared faster and faster, and some slower players fell to the ground forever.
In a race against time, there are no skills, no luck, only your own potential and perseverance.
Time stretches on endlessly in such moments; you can never see the end of the road ahead, but you can see death descending behind you.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Xu Nian felt as if her legs were filled with lead, incredibly heavy.
Sweat soaked the stray hairs on my forehead, my throat felt dry and cracked, and even my vision began to blur.
She wanted to run faster, but her body couldn't keep up with her thoughts, and she ran slower and slower.
Xie Baiyu noticed that Xu Nian's strength was starting to give out, and the crisis ahead wouldn't give her time to run slowly. With a determined heart, she carried Xu Nian on her back.
His movements were quick and swift. Xu Nian was carried for a distance before she realized that Xie Baiyu was carrying her.
"Xie Baiyu, put me down, I can run away by myself," Xu Nian said, licking her dry lips.
"Niannian, don't be stubborn now. You know better than me the price of falling behind. Do you want to end up like those people, forever defeated in this game?" Xie Baiyu was good at winning people over with her words, and Xu Nian really didn't want to die in this game.
She has to leave alive for the mission to be half successful.
Thinking about the conditions for completing the mission, Xu Nian's expression darkened.
From the beginning of the game until now, Xie Baiyu, this yandere, has not done anything to harm her.
On the contrary, he has always protected her with his actions.
He had been suppressing his yandere tendencies and was doing his best to be gentle with her.
Xu Nian would rather Xie Baiyu be a little mean to her than be so gentle with her.
This way, she can complete her task without too much psychological burden.
"Xie Baiyu, as a smart person, you should abandon me and run away yourself; that would be the right choice," Xu Nian said maliciously.
"Niannian, don't speak, and don't try to provoke me. I won't let you go. I know what I want!" Xie Baiyu carried the person on her back and ran even faster.
He was drenched in sweat and looked like a sickly person, but I don't know where he got the willpower to carry someone on his back and walk briskly.
"Xie Baiyu, one day you will regret what you did today." Xu Nian said bitterly, but her eyes involuntarily reddened.
"I won't," Xie Baiyu said firmly.
He would never regret anything related to Xu Nian.
He would regret it if he didn't save her.
After all, he came for her from the very beginning.
Seeing Xie Baiyu panting heavily and her face turning red, Xu Nian, having regained some strength, refused to let Xie Baiyu carry her anymore.
As they ran, they felt that there were fewer and fewer people around them.
Some people grabbed Xie Baiyu's trouser leg and begged him for help, while others fell down but continued to crawl on the ground.
Despair lingered in everyone's heart, and everyone was desperately trying to survive.
This race against death still has no end in sight.
"Look! The white road behind us is disappearing more slowly!" someone shouted excitedly.
Xu Nian and Xie Baiyu looked back and saw that it was indeed the case.
The snow-white road disappeared at a visible speed, like a vengeful ghost, devouring the lives of those who were slow to run.
The snow-white road is now like snow bathed in warm sunlight, melting so slowly that these players can be saved on foot.
Xie Baiyu was not happy to see this, but instead showed an expression that was both crying and laughing.
He seemed to be expressing pity, or perhaps lamenting the deaths of those who had passed away.
Seeing this, Xu Nian looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Xie Baiyu, have you discovered something?"
"Niannian, let's do an experiment!" Xie Baiyu's abrupt words only made Xu Nian more confused.
"What experiment?" Xu Nian asked, puzzled.
"Give me your hand. If I say run, you run; if I say stop, you stop," Xie Baiyu said, looking at the player's back in front of her.
"Okay." Xu Nian's heart skipped a beat, and she knew what Xie Baiyu was planning to do.
With a shout of "Run!", Xu Nian caught up with Xie Baiyu's speed and chased after the player in front.
The players in front noticed that someone was chasing them from behind and started running forward as well.
Then Xu Nian heard someone behind her shouting that the disappearance speed of the Snow White Road had increased.
When she stopped, Xu Nian was completely lost in thought.
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