Chapter 731

They saw the reactions of many players—some were heartbroken, some sympathetic, and some had mockery and murderous intent—but there was truly no one like Lin Ye who was willing to protect them.

Lin Ye's image became even more towering.

But a small portion of players still whispered.

"We have toxicity information now; it's the same whether we have help or not."

"We wasted our expectations on you; it's fine if you don't agree, but we didn't expect you to stop us."

"We have no fault in wanting to live safely and clear the game."

"They are all failures; they deserve to die."

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Clearly, they had all more or less accepted Lin Ye's help, but they still issued such obviously mocking remarks toward Lin Ye.

One could imagine the true nature of these few players.

Now that they had determined Lin Ye couldn't be relied upon and they could only rely on themselves to choose killing to obtain 'ingredient information,' they decisively made the choice.

They wanted to live, and they wanted to live better.

Someone took a step.

The first to react was Leng Shuang; she realized that Lin Ye wanted to protect these failed players, so she naturally needed to step forward to maintain Lin Ye's will with facts and actions.

Facing Leng Shuang, a level 5 player,

several players stood in place, not daring to move forward anymore.

In terms of force, they were truly no match for Leng Shuang.

Forcibly rushing was meaningless; they couldn't win, and instead, they would be severely taught a lesson, or even killed.

On the scene, only those few veteran players could contend with Leng Shuang; as for the others, there was no need to think about it.

The atmosphere at the scene fell into silence.

The masked host cursed Lin Ye for meddling again.

As long as Lin Ye intervened, nothing good would ever happen.

"Now start selecting ingredients, starting from the order of the third project's ranking, starting from the first-place Group 26; please start selecting your ingredients."

The masked host urged Lin Ye and the three of them to take action and not affect others anymore.

Lin Ye also knew that if any players really decided to take action, they couldn't prevent it forever.

He just gave a serious look at the few players who were eager to move while selecting; this was his warning.

Facing his warning, several players trembled inwardly; until now, Lin Ye still had considerable prestige, and facing Lin Ye's warning, they still had concerns and dread.

Lin Ye, Leng Shuang, and Nakiri Erina walked into the ingredient area.

There were many types of ingredients, all kinds; many ingredients were brightly colored and fragrant, and the faint scent permeating the air seemed to be luring something.

"Generally, green vegetables don't have much of a problem,"

Nakiri Erina said, "But it's hard to say about the vegetables here."

She picked up a green stick-like vegetable, but the moment she touched it, a strange softness appeared, feeling as if it had gone bad.

It didn't make one want to choose it.

"This mushroom is black; it shouldn't have any problems, right!"

Leng Shuang pointed to a mushroom and said.

Nakiri Erina took it and smelled it.

There was a foul stench.

She immediately put it down, her eyes showing a bit of disgust.

"It's hard to make good dishes with this kind of ingredient."

Because she didn't understand the characteristics of this mushroom, Nakiri Erina truly didn't know how to remove its stench with her current culinary knowledge in a short time.

If she chose this mushroom, she would need to use various methods to handle its stench.

In general, she would need to rely on tasting to determine its own taste,

but with the ingredients being potentially poisonous, she didn't dare to eat it at all.

Lin Ye looked at these ingredients; he knew that relying on his superpower Devour, even if these ingredients were all poisonous, they wouldn't cause him any harm.

But the problem was that while it was fine for him to eat, he couldn't determine whether these ingredients were poisonous or not by tasting them.

He couldn't judge.

"It would be good if I could judge whether the ingredients are poisonous by their taste."

Nakiri Erina was stunned when she heard this.

At this moment.

A scream rang out, and a dull 'thump' sound was made.

'Clap, clap, clap...'

"Congratulations, congratulations,"

The masked host raised a smile and clapped, "Guest, you will obtain a piece of information about non-toxic ingredients provided by us, which will be given to you after the other players have finished selecting; you absolutely don't have to worry about the problem of ingredients being poisonous."

A player couldn't help but take action.

A failed player had already died.

Many players moved away immediately after discovering it, but some players were even more shaken.

There were only five chances, and now only four were left.

If they didn't take action now, they might be beaten to it by others.

'Crack...'

A veteran player took action.

The players in the group were helpless yet relieved; they were the beneficiaries after all, and they had no qualification to say anything.

Nakiri Erina witnessed this scene and gained a further understanding of human nature.

"Zero, don't you need to step out and stop it?"

Leng Shuang said.

"Unless I kill them."

Lin Ye said.

"Then any other method?"

"Unless we can find a way to distinguish the toxicity of ingredients, judging the toxicity of ingredients through information like smell and taste."

Leng Shuang also knew there was no way.

"I can actually judge the situation of the ingredients roughly through tasting, but if the amount eaten is large..."

Lin Ye and Nakiri Erina's gazes met.

At this moment, they both thought of one thing together.

The two of them shared their sense of taste.

"You... are very dangerous."

"Eating the octopus didn't cause any issues."

Besides the octopus, there were other ingredients; Lin Ye had eaten many ingredients in the first project, 'Rice Bucket.'

"But these ingredients are poisonous."

Even if the ingredients in the first project were poisonous, at least the toxicity wasn't very strong, but the ingredients here might not be the same.

"Rest assured, I won't joke with my own life."

He did this mainly because he was worried about the safety of the player judges.

If they really died and couldn't give scores, then even he might be eliminated.

Soon,

the entire venue saw a shocking scene.

They saw Lin Ye starting to eat the ingredients.

For a moment, there was silence.

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…… ===== CHAPTER 732 =====