Chen Yi noticed something was off from the subtle details of their interactions. The other three who advanced from the same venue kept their distance from Shen Yicheng and Zhang Nan. It was fine normally, but when they encountered each other in the cafeteria, they would quickly avoid them, like mice seeing a cat.
Moreover, Shen Yicheng always stared at Zhang Nan with a gloomy and resentful gaze, and even when eating, he seemed to be devouring Zhang Nan whole. This led Chen Yi to a guess that the extremely low survival rate of this plague hospital was probably due to these two. As for who was the ultimate mastermind, she already had the answer in her heart.
Compared to the seemingly kind Zhang Nan, Chen Yi prefers to partner with Shen Yicheng. This is because Shen Yicheng possesses an inexplicable righteousness, making him more reliable than the enigmatic Zhang Nan.
Of course, this was just a sixth sense. Her current invitation to Shen Yicheng was more about separating the two of them. She always felt that if Zhang Nan and Shen Yicheng cooperated, then the living space for others would shrink.
Since that's the case, she chose to invite Shen Yicheng, the one she understood better. As for Shen Yicheng's identity, whether he was a fake or not, that wasn't what Chen Yi was worried about. What she was more worried about was the two of them working together. After all, the enemy's friend is a friend. Rather than pushing someone who could become a friend to the enemy, it's better to take the initiative.
As for whether Shen Yicheng was a fake, she was even less worried, because regardless of whether he was a fake or not, she was confident she could control him. Of course, not with force, but with her brain.
Currently, there are fewer fakes than survivors, and they mostly hide among the survivors, causing sabotage secretly without being exposed to the public eye. Therefore, she doesn't care whether there are fakes in the team at this moment. Finding clues and completing the mission is more important than worrying about fakes.
As for the imposters, we just need to wait patiently; they will eventually slip up.
Hunters with guns are never afraid of the strength of their prey; they are only worried that there will be no prey in the hunting grounds.
Shen Yicheng didn't even blink, his face expressionless, and said, "Not interested."
Seeing Zhang Nan leave, Shen Yicheng quickly set off to follow.
Chen Yi didn't get the answer she wanted, but she wasn't too disappointed. She just glanced at the two figures as they left, lost in thought. She needed to prepare for both possibilities; she always held every opponent in the highest regard.
After all, in this survival game, some self-proclaimed strong people always think they can win by fighting alone, but they have brute strength but don't know how to use it, and in the end they will only become pawns and tools of others.
To make it to the end, you need luck, but even more so, a clear mind. Just having brute force without a brain makes it uncertain whether you'll survive.
Chen Yi noticed that since there were mechanisms that required multiple players to trigger in the previous game, she guessed that there might be similar mechanisms in this game as well. Therefore, the team's performance at the beginning of the game was very important.
Of course, sacrifices must also be taken into account, so the number of people is very important at the beginning, because activating the mechanism requires consuming health. In the final, everyone's initial health is reduced, and with more people, there is a greater chance of activating the mechanism and obtaining more items and clues.
Since there can only be one champion and one winner in this final, Chen Yi guessed that there would definitely be a powerful item. Moreover, Chen Yi estimated that this item would not be restricted by any identity and anyone could use it. In order to ensure that only one winner survives in the end, she needed to obtain clues about this powerful item as soon as possible and get it.
While trying to win over the survivors, Chen Yi also observed the venue out of the corner of her eye. This clock tower square was not one of the previous 10 preliminary venues; it was a completely new venue with a medium-sized area.
The Campanile Square is surrounded by 12 towers, with an altar-like structure at the very center, flanked by a giant countdown screen and a massive, ancient-looking clock. Together, these three elements evoke the awe-inspiring grandeur of the ancient Roman Colosseum, sending a chill down one's spine.
Chen Yi noticed several small green dots beneath the timer, but they didn't seem to serve any purpose yet. She then examined the plaza's structure and discovered that the stone slabs on the ground didn't appear to be solid underneath. Perhaps some mechanism would be triggered later; Chen Yi guessed it was likely part of the shrinking circle.
Since the time limit is fixed, the only way to determine the final winner within a limited time is to shrink the map area so that all the surviving players can be gathered together to fight.
Chen Yi had already led her team to one of the towers, but upon entering, she discovered that it was actually a poison gas tower. She quickly realized that the small green dot under the timer was probably related to the release of poison gas, but the frequency and timing of the release were still uncertain.
Chen Yi carefully observed the gas tower and discovered two devices: a mechanical lock and a gas pipeline.
Mechanical locks require twisting to determine their position, while toxic gas pipelines require finding the correct one and cutting it, and the cutting tools need to be obtained from elsewhere.
It's unclear whether the mechanical lock needs to be operated simultaneously with the gas pipeline; it's likely that only engineers can operate it. Their team has enough manpower, so they can split into two groups and have the engineers study the mechanical lock first.
When the other team returned with the cutting pliers from the pharmacy, Chen Yi and the engineer simultaneously shut down the gas tower.
Seeing that the gas tower had been successfully shut down, Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that shutting it down did not require any health points. However, on the other hand, she suddenly became more worried about the tasks ahead.
After all, according to the program's plan, important parts would consume health points and someone would have to sacrifice themselves, but the poison gas tower could be shut down without consuming health points. According to the previous program's plan, the poison gas tower was not the key to this final.
Chen Yi had excellent eyesight. As the gas tower was being shut down, she noticed a small sign popping out from the bottom. She quietly slipped it into her pocket and then led her team to the next gas tower.
The gas towers might be able to be reversed and thus cannot be shut down. They need to be faster, faster than those fake humans. Chen Yi led the team to unlock four gas towers in a row.
At that moment, a scroll popped out from a stone pillar not far away, containing information about purification runes.
The large altar in the middle is the Blood Moon Altar. You need to find 8 purification runes and insert them into the altar before the countdown ends.
As Chen Yi was taking a closer look, the announcement of elimination suddenly came over the loudspeaker. The names sounded familiar; she remembered that the other person had apparently gone to the gas tower in the opposite direction from them.
It seems the gas tower in the opposite direction has malfunctioned; they need to speed things up.
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