Chapter 36 Swan Castle Only she herself could kill her! ...
Yu Naixin could probably guess what the priest's thoughts were about using the folding fan even with her toes.
For her, this was just an ordinary simulation, and everything would return to the starting point after it ended, so there was no need to worry too much about any losses.
Yu Naixin wouldn't tell Priestess Folding Fan about this, but she also didn't want Priestess Folding Fan to hold her back or cause trouble during this tense time.
Priest's folding fan: "...!"
Yu Naixin's words weren't exactly a proper form of comfort, but they instantly soothed the priestess.
Yes, even if it's going to die, it will definitely be after Yu Naixin dies!
Although its owner doesn't seem to care about her own life or death, surely she's not so bored as to want to die!
Having figured this out, the priest's folding fan finally returned to normal.
[…Damn, what's with this? When did the Demon King become such a domineering CEO?!]
They talk a good game, but in reality, they can only hide like a rat in a gutter, too ashamed to show their face in public.
[Holy crap, has the vampire found her?!]
The four male guests had almost cleared out the entire Neuschwanstein Castle.
At this point, as one of the few people still able to move freely, Yu Naixin's exposure was almost inevitable.
Yu Naixin, clinging to the top of a window, noticed the vampire duke's venomous gaze and flashed him an incredibly enthusiastic smile: "Hi~"
This time, because she was busy with other things, Yu Naixin was unable to wave to the Vampire Duke, but the incredibly similar expression still instantly reminded the Vampire Duke of the beginning when he was manipulated by Yu Naixin.
Immediately, the vampire duke tried to climb the wall and tear Yu Naixin's face apart.
However, the other three male guests were not to be underestimated either.
Long before the Vampire Duke noticed Yu Naixin, the Elf Prince, the Ghost Wizard, and the Werewolf Knight had also noticed her.
This is the tacit understanding among the four male guests who have been in a long-term confrontation. From the moment they began their hunt, the four of them did not stray too far from each other, keeping within a range where they could sense each other, so as to avoid being unable to reach the others in time.
With their strength, this area is quite large; it could easily cover the entire Swan Castle.
Therefore, within seconds of Yu Naixin appearing in the Vampire Duke's line of sight, three swift figures rushed over from different directions, so fast that the Vampire Duke didn't have a chance to actually make a move.
The window Yu Naixin was clinging to was inside the corridor on the left side of the central round tower of Swan Castle. The corridor was not small, but it still felt a little crowded after all four male guests had gathered together.
Faced with three formidable competitors, the Vampire Duke's reason ultimately prevailed over his anger. He chose not to continue his forceful attack, lest he become the target of everyone's criticism again, leaving the other three male guests with an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
The other three male guests clearly thought the same way.
For a time, even though Yu Naixin, the prey, was right in front of them, the four hunters—the Vampire Duke, the Elf Prince, the Ghost Wizard, and the Werewolf Knight—maintained a strange balance, with none of them taking the lead.
[...I thought that after the female guest was discovered, it would be a tense, exciting, and thrilling confrontation, but how did it end up like this?]
[I'm speechless... If you're going to fight, just do it already! What are you dawdling about?]
[I really felt it; sometimes, everyone being too smart isn't a good thing for the audience... It really created a complete stalemate!]
There's no way around it; nobody wants to work hard only to have someone else benefit.
[I get the feeling that the reason these male guests aren't making any rash moves, besides being wary of each other, is also because they're wary of the female guests... The way they look at the female guests isn't like they're looking at prey that's easy to get, but rather prey whose risks are hard to assess.]
The four male guests did indeed harbor some reservations about Yu Naixin.
Apart from the Vampire Duke, all the male guests were meeting Yu Naixin for the first time and didn't know much about her.
But they understand their own strengths and the strengths of each other.
Yu Naixin angered the vampire duke to such an extent, yet she was still able to escape unscathed, which speaks volumes about her abilities.
Not to mention, what kind of kind-hearted people would they be matched with as guests in a fusion-mutated instance?
In addition, Yu Naixin's unusually long absence, which dragged on until the deadline, and her ability to hide from the four of them for so long all by herself, was quite remarkable.
None of the four male guests, including the Vampire Duke, could be sure what other tricks Yu Naixin might have up her sleeve.
Now that things have come to this point, nobody wants to suffer an unexpected setback.
While keeping a wary eye on the other three competitors, the Elf Prince also kept an eye on Yu Naixin's movements, his azure eyes flashing rapidly.
He was already considering whether he should be the one to break the deadlock first.
The Elf Prince was always well aware that his appearance was very misleading to the show's guests, and the female guests were always more likely to have a better impression of him and trust him when they saw his appearance.
In particular, there was a vampire duke standing next to him who looked quite sinister, serving as a stark contrast.
Back in the "Rose Spire" episode, the Elf Prince used this advantage to win the favor of many female guests during the selection of their favorite guests before the show officially started.
Although the show "Rose Tower" didn't gain much traction later on, and the female guests became more sophisticated and intelligent, no longer making judgments based solely on appearance, the advantage was still an advantage, and the Elf Prince knew how to use it.
The two new male guests on this show, the Ghost Wizard and the Werewolf Knight, are also the type that don't seem very approachable.
The Elf Prince was confident that, in terms of initial favorability towards Yu Naixin, the vampire duke, who had already clashed with her, was definitely the lowest, while he himself was probably the highest.
Under these circumstances, if you take the initiative, you have a higher probability of getting close to Yu Naixin than other competitors.
Since things have already reached a point where it has to be a fight to the death, Yu Naixin's choice to have some of the male guests team up against the other group is the most appropriate method.
Once I can attract Yu Naixin to my side, the next step is simply a hand-kissing ceremony.
However, before the Elf Prince could actually do anything, Yu Naixin herself had already jumped down from the window.
With her hands lifting the hem of her long black dress, it drew a soft arc in the air. Her long hair, almost reaching her waist, fluttered in the air. Yu Naixin landed lightly, and unconsciously spun half a circle due to inertia.
The movements and postures were so beautiful, it was like performing a short dance.
【What?! Why did she come down here?! What's the difference between this and a lamb being led to the slaughter? Doesn't she want to die even faster?!】
Even if she stayed up there, she couldn't stop the male guest. At this point, what difference does it make whether she dies sooner or later? She might as well die sooner and be reborn sooner.
[I must say, the female guest was truly beautiful in every way. When she landed, she happened to be looking down, so you couldn't see her face with its unflattering makeup; she looked like a fairy.]
The four guest performers were all a bit stunned, especially the werewolf, whose eyes were practically glued to the screen!
Wait a minute, her landing spot is interesting. It's right in the middle of the four guest characters, and the distance from each of them is basically the same?
Yu Naixin did indeed land in the exact center of the quadrilateral formed by the four male guests as its four corners.
Contrary to what the Elf Prince had guessed, Yu Naixin seemed to treat all the male guests equally.
Her sudden landing further escalated the already tense atmosphere in the corridors of Swan Castle, making it even more volatile.
All four male guests' eyes were fixed on Yu Naixin, each with a look of eager anticipation on their faces, as if an arrow was about to be released from a bowstring.
However, Yu Naixin herself, standing in the center of the group, seemed to be in another world, completely unaffected by the tense atmosphere.
She put down the hem of her skirt, stood up straight, raised her head, and even patted off the new wrinkles on the skirt.
Shaking her head, Yu Naixin sighed, "The quality of the cleaning maid's uniform is really bad; the fabric is so poor."
I kind of miss the paper doll boy's craftsmanship.
【What?! You're still paying attention to this stuff at a time like this?!】
[This is hilarious! You're almost dead and you're still so fussy. You'd be better off kneeling down and begging the dungeon raiders to be a little gentler during your hunt. Otherwise, no matter how much you fuss now, you'll still look ugly and pathetic when you die, hahaha.]
[Come on, brothers and sisters, place your bets! Will she be torn apart and devoured by several dungeon guests?]
[Of course there are four! Didn't you see that the female guest had already made her choice, distributing herself very evenly among the four guests?]
[Hahaha, that's true! But I bet three times that the vampire didn't get away with anything from the female guest before, so it seems unlikely. Let's split the remaining three!]
[The vampire clearly harbors the deepest hatred for the female guest, so he should be the most ruthless! I bet on him!]
The live stream chat was already celebrating Yu Naixin's death in advance with great fanfare.
Yu Naixin herself didn't expect to survive this ordeal.
This simulation was enough.
“Sigh,” Yu Naixin sighed again, “I’ve been thinking that it would be such a waste not to use the props that I spent a whole thousand Sweet Coins on.”
Yu Naixin took out the substitute straw doll she had bought at the beginning of the simulation from the system's inventory. She examined it for a moment and found that it was about the size of her palm, made up of two round clumps of straw, one large and one small, like a snowman.
The large clump of grass had nothing on its body, while the small clump of grass had only two downward-curving eyes made of grass stalks on its head, making a smiling expression.
[She did buy the straw doll as a scapegoat, but what's the use of taking it out now!]
[Pfft, does this female guest really think a scapegoat can save her from this? This prop can only withstand one fatal blow; after that, she'll still die from any further fatal injury.]
[Each of the four male guests could kill her four times over, even if they each did it once! Three scapegoats wouldn't be enough!]
I don't want to watch anymore... I really thought she could bring some surprises to "Heartbeat 1000%", but in the end...
The scapegoat is a prop that any guest on the show with enough "sweet coins" would definitely buy. Vampire Duke, Elf Prince, Ghost Wizard, and Werewolf Knight are all very familiar characters.
Upon seeing this item in Yu Naixin's hand, all the male guests were instinctively delighted.
After all, the numerous times female guests have used scapegoats in the past, it meant they had no other choice but to resort to their last means of survival.
However, the joy and relaxation of the four male guests quickly vanished.
Because Yu Naixin, holding the substitute straw doll, cheerfully condensed all the remaining spiritual power in her body into a thin, sharp needle, and then plunged it fiercely into the straw doll's head!
In an instant, just like a drop of water being thrown into a boiling pot of oil, an extremely intense explosion of fire and smoke suddenly erupted centered on Yu Naixin!
While regretting not finding an opportunity to use the substitute straw man, Yu Naixin had already realized that the items in the special shop were essentially made of spiritual energy.
The substitute straw doll is worth 1000 Sweet Coins and contains a lot of spiritual power. If all that energy were ignited and exploded, wouldn't its power be considerable?
She herself, with a spiritual power coefficient of 10, couldn't effectively harm these four male guests. The substitute straw man's spiritual power was a hundred times higher than hers, so surely he could be of some use?
As for how to ignite it, Yu Naixin's idea was that the scapegoat straw man, with its small size, contained 1000 units of spiritual power, which was quite dense. In this situation, as long as a hole was forcibly torn open and the balance inside was disrupted, there would definitely be a reaction.
The theory is here; you can definitely give it a try.
It's just a gamble; if you lose, you'll just return to the real world in a different way.
However, the moment Yu Naixin actually got her hands on it, she knew she had won her gamble.
With her meager spiritual power of less than 3, she forcefully penetrated the fixed structure of the substitute straw man, completely disregarding her own life, and then triggered a massive explosion.
No one could have predicted Yu Naixin's move, but the moment it was completed, everyone could clearly feel how terrifying the consequences would be.
【？？？！！！】
What happened?! What did she do?! How could this happen?!
[Holy crap?! Is the female guest hand-crafting a nuclear bomb?! No, wait, conventional weapons like nuclear bombs in "Heartbeat 1000%" don't have that much destructive power!]
Who taught her to use a scapegoat like that?! What's going on in her head?! How could she possibly come up with such a thing?!
Her understanding of spiritual power was so profound that it was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people!
[Did she really commit suicide?! No, what I want to see is her struggling and being forced to die at the hands of the dungeon guests, not her blowing herself up and causing serious damage to all the dungeon guests as well! That's fucking unsatisfying!!!]
The four male guests' gazes toward Yu Naixin, filled with covetousness, hatred, and scrutiny, were instantly replaced by shock and panic.
Even they couldn't escape unscathed from an attack of this magnitude!
They were too close to Yu Naixin, and Yu Naixin was too close to them, which practically guaranteed that every one of them would be within the range of the artillery fire!
"Hahahahahahaha!" Yu Naixin's extremely flamboyant laughter came from the very center of the smoke.
Her body was charred black from the explosion, yet she could still laugh happily.
Behind Yu Naixin, the window she had climbed over not long ago had been blown open. The bright moonlight outside shone on her inhuman body, and clusters of red roses bloomed passionately and beautifully.
Finally, with her body about to crumble into ashes, Yu Naixin turned her right hand in place as a final bow.
See you next time, four male guests.
The only one who can kill her is herself!
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Author's Note: I seem to like having the female lead cause a lot of explosions in my last two books, hahaha.
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