Chapter 724: Concession, compromise, life without meaning [8K]

The players fell into silence.

Total elimination; here, elimination was equivalent to death.

And now Lin Ye was asking the organizers to eliminate them all; was that even possible?

The center of attention suddenly shifted to the masked host.

At this moment, although the masked man's features were obscured, the change in his aura was captured by the sensitive players.

Unhappy, very angry.

This was the aura of the masked host at this moment.

The players all felt it.

Lin Ye became increasingly certain of his guess.

The organizers possessed high authority, but they were still restricted by the rules; they could hide a lot of information and mislead them into doing many things, but in reality, they could not force them.

Lin Ye recalled the masked host's various behaviors from his first appearance until now, and the most conspicuous behavior was the 'clapping.' Every time he clapped, he was demanding that the players react, to show approval and recognition of his actions, eventually demanding strong responses.

If it was just for fun or for amusement at first, then in Lin Ye's view, it was more like a means of PUA.

By using a few simple actions to establish his own prestige, he made the players gradually accept his demands and comply with his actions.

Originally, the masked host was about to succeed, but now, with Lin Ye raising his doubts, the masked host's methods had been exposed.

The players would no longer be easily fooled or instigated.

"Guest, do you really want to be eliminated?"

A single sentence immediately made the atmosphere tense.

"I will not participate in this 'cooking' project activity that has no fairness to speak of; if you have the ability to eliminate me, then go ahead!"

Lin Ye's answer was airtight, giving the host no opportunity.

The masked man called Lin Ye cunning.

Where exactly did it go wrong? How could even this be detected?

Before long, he thought of one point: Lin Ye was the type of person who would do such things; by projecting his own thoughts onto others, he suspected the host would do the same, leading him to detect the problems in the fourth cooking project.

The veteran players who had survived until now were truly cautious; they were not easy to manipulate or fool at all.

The new players were still better!

The masked host felt that those simple newcomers were truly great!

"Sir, please do not cause trouble; if you do not participate in the assembly, you will not be able to return."

"Staying here with food and drink is not much of a problem."

His mission was to achieve a top-three result.

If all players did not participate in the fourth cooking project, in the end, all players would receive a score of zero.

But in terms of total score, he would still be first; there was absolutely no problem.

As for being eliminated for not participating? Just the host's reaction made Lin Ye realize that the organizers couldn't do it at all.

Even the remaining veteran and new players vaguely sensed this.

"Since that is the case, guest, your mind is made up, so I will no longer persuade you; the remaining guests, please participate normally."

"I will not participate."

Leng Shuang immediately stated her position, standing on Lin Ye's side.

"I refuse to participate."

She would advance and retreat with Lin Ye.

She knew very well that to win, she had to stand on Lin Ye's side, never wavering.

"I will not participate either."

Next was naturally Nakiri Erina.

As a member of Group 26, she had no other choice.

Although this round was a cooking round, she understood that it would never be as simple as just 'cooking.'

Without Lin Ye and Leng Shuang, she could not successfully clear this round.

"As members of the same group, we advance and retreat together."

This was the answer given by the three members of Group 26.

"Then..."

Seeing that the other players were still hesitating, the masked host smiled inwardly; he had thought these players would firmly unite together.

The result was that he had overthought it.

With so many players, how could they reach a consensus and unite in such a short time?

They hadn't discussed it or reached a consensus beforehand.

He had overthought it.

"I will not participate either."

The veteran player Tanaka spoke up.

No matter what, he felt he had to state his position.

Moreover, he felt Lin Ye was right; if he didn't stand with Lin Ye at this time, the result would definitely not be good.

From the beginning until now, Lin Ye's judgments had been correct; based on this, he decided to take a gamble.

"I also refuse to participate."

It was the veteran player 【Coco】, who had initially contacted Lin Ye together with Tanaka, hoping to establish a cooperative relationship with Lin Ye.

At the time, the two sides hadn't reached a clear cooperative relationship, but at least it counted as friendly communication, helping each other when needed.

And now, it was the time to help and state their position.

Subsequently, the newcomers in the groups of the two also stated their positions.

More people stated their refusal; they were anxious and uneasy, but they were going all in.

The masked host frowned slightly; this situation was a bit wrong, but it wasn't a big problem—it was only three groups, and the majority of players still didn't dare.

The players of the remaining groups all looked toward their group leaders.

There were new players and veteran players; now, they were all waiting for the leader's decision.

People often have a herd mentality.

Now, they were just missing a push. ===== CHAPTER 725 =====