Chapter 988

I had thought I could easily spend the last month in peace.

But then something like this happened.

Anyone would find it impossible to accept.

After eating and drinking their fill, the others gathered in a circle.

Ning Chen was still thinking about Xiao Han, so his spirits seemed low.

But Huo Jinglin had no such thoughts.

He was sitting inside the mushroom house, feeling blissfully ecstatic.

Sitting together with a group chatting was his lifelong dream.

【Ding! Danger alert triggered. Please proceed to investigate.】

What?

Ning Chen froze momentarily—he knew if he left now, suspicion would surely arise.

But the system's alarm had already sounded.

He couldn't just ignore it.

Thinking this, Ning Chen began searching for an excuse to slip away.

"Are you too tired? Why not go inside and rest?"

Ning Chen blinked, then saw Lin Yi gazing in his direction.

He nodded instinctively.

Ning Chen fled from the place as if escaping.

After returning to his room, Ning Chen began sensing for anomalies around him.

But the system kept indicating the disturbance was near the mushroom house.

This made Ning Chen increasingly agitated.

He had no problem resolving matters between the two of us privately.

But if anyone in the mushroom house was harmed, he would show no mercy.

At the same time, Ning Chen vanished from the room.

He soon appeared behind the wheat field.

When he arrived, he saw Xiao Han standing there with his back turned.

"Shouldn't you go to the hospital? I think there might be something wrong with your brain."

"Still haunting me? Afraid of dying?"

Ning Chen spoke these words to Xiao Han with utter disdain.

Then he glanced toward Xiao Han's position.

"The game has already started—why can't you fully commit?"

"Aren't we supposed to be fighting to the death?"

Ning Chen laughed.

Zhi zhi zhi!

Suddenly, strange sounds erupted all around.

When Ning Chen looked, he realized the area was swarming with rats.

These rats were not the normal kind.

Their bodies were pure white, streaked with blotches of crimson red.

The sight of them was deeply unnatural.

Ning Chen frowned; Xiao Han's grin only deepened his irritation.

"Whatever you want, direct it at me—don't hurt the people around me."

"This is between the two of us. If you drag anyone else in, you break the game's rules."

The next second, Xiao Han vanished before Ning Chen's eyes.

The rats around him scattered in panic.

Ning Chen raised both hands high—and a beam of light shot straight toward the rats.

It shattered them instantly.

Gazing at the spot where Xiao Han had disappeared, Ning Chen's expression grew colder.

He hadn't expected him to be this persistent.

No matter what, this situation must reach a conclusion.

When Ning Chen returned to the room, Lin Yi was sitting nearby.

"Are you alright?"

Ning Chen nodded at Lin Yi's question.

There was no need to tell Lin Yi about this—the more he knew, the more he'd worry.

But Lin Yi's current demeanor clearly suggested he knew something.

"I just… saw it."

Huh?

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Ning Chen nodded.

"Mm."

Since he'd seen it, Ning Chen didn't need to explain further.

"How do we get rid of him?"

To be honest, Ning Chen did not know the answer to this question either.

He had never thought of harming anyone.

But this time, the command given by the System made it hard for him to compromise.

If he wanted to survive, he feared he could only eliminate Xiao Han.

Ning Chen had once tried asking the System if there were any other ways.

But he received no response.

"Don't think too much. Rest early. After staying a few more days, we should leave."

The two of them, Ning Chen and Lin Yi, lay down on the bed.

Yet they did not notice a white mouse poking its head out at the foot of the bed.

"Ah!"

The next morning.

A sharp scream suddenly erupted.

Ning Chen rushed out immediately, then noticed Sister Zifeng looking at the kitchen with a shocked expression.

"What's wrong?!"

After Ning Chen walked over, he discovered that the pot in the kitchen was now covered with the same white mouse from yesterday.

……

For a moment, Ning Chen could not help but feel irritated by Xiao Han's prank.

"How could there be so many mice? And they are all dead in the pot."

"These kitchen utensils are probably unusable now."

The others also came downstairs one by one to look.

Others did not know, but Ning Chen and Lin Yi knew what had happened.