Chapter 108: Ball

In the next second, the lights suddenly went out, and only the pure moonlight pouring from the skylight in the ceiling could be seen.

Relying on a pitiful glimmer of light, the detectives recognized each other and helped each other up.

Classical music mixed with the piercing sound of a glass harmonica, approaching from afar, like the weeping and sighing of a specter, blended into the crowd, making everyone's nerves tense instantly.

Luna: "Good thing there's moonlight; otherwise we really couldn't see anything at all."

Su Mian: "It's not the moonlight."

Her words drew everyone's sideways glances; the players followed her gaze and saw the moonlight wavering near and far. Looking closely, it seemed not to be in the sky but attached to the ceiling.

"It's a nightingale."

The white outline was made of countless white feathers; the black part wasn't the concave of a crescent moon, but... an eye that was rotating.

Pip: "Ugh... looking at it is making my San Value plummet."

Su Mian glanced at his long neck: "If you looked at yourself more, you wouldn't be like this."

Pip: "..."

The music suddenly became hurried; the nightingale's feathers quickly gathered, and two clusters of glowing feathers scattered from high above.

"Please find your dance partner and begin dancing."

"Please find your dance partner and begin dancing."

Maoshi's voice came from the stairs; the people around paired up, holding hands, ladies lifted their skirts, gentlemen bowed, and in this eerie music they tiptoed and spun, the ladies' skirts blooming like flowers.

"Is... is this how we dance?"

Pip pulled the bewildered Willow, and the two awkwardly imitated an NPC's movements; Tian Nuan, however, disdained dancing with the players and casually picked a handsome prince.

Felix was squeezed out by the crowd; he touched his hair, embarrassed to invite anyone, so he could only stand awkwardly in place.

Su Mian stared at the sky; the two feathers drifted down slowly, like some kind of time limit.

What will happen when the feathers land?

In a flash of spark, she immediately understood.

"It's a game."

"A game where you must huddle together according to the number of feathers."

Su Mian murmured, then turned her head to look at Luna; Luna understood instantly and stepped forward to take her hand.

Upon hearing that, Felix panicked instantly; looking left and right, he realized it was already too late.

Everyone around now had a dance partner; the feathers had already fallen to the height of the chandelier, and the nightingale's eye gazed over, as if selecting a favored human.

Ten meters above the ground, nine meters, eight meters.

Su Mian took Luna's hand, rough with calluses, feeling a vague unease; her sixth sense told her something was wrong, not quite right.

Yet the number of two feathers, and the situation of all the NPCs present, confirmed this; the first round would surely pass smoothly—so what was wrong?

Luna suddenly held her stomach, her expression pained: "Your Highness, please slow down."

Having said that, Su Mian immediately widened her eyes and pushed her away.

Seven meters, six meters.

In Luna's fearful gaze, Su Mian shouted at Felix, "That hunter! Come over!"

Upon hearing that, Felix immediately ran over; fear gave him strength to push through the crowd, he squeezed to the center of the bath and loosely supported Su Mian.

Seeing that "hideously ugly" face, he forcibly suppressed the urge to vomit and clumsily swayed to the music.

It's fine, it's fine; just stay alive.

He silently told himself.

Five meters, four meters, three meters.

The feathers fell to the ground; Luna stared at Su Mian in disbelief, her lips trembling, unable to believe that the player she trusted would abandon her.

The lights flashed on; only two people stood alone in the venue, a girl clutching a teddy bear in a corner.

She looked too young, and no one wanted to dance with her; the other was Luna, a pitiful pregnant woman.

"Princess Elizabeth, you..."

Before Luna could finish speaking, a girl's scream came from afar; Maoshi stood with his back to the crowd, in front of the girl.

She lowered her head, twisted her neck, and with a "crack" the girl stopped screaming, collapsed among the crowd, the smell of blood spreading, fear spreading.

"What a pity... someone died in this round."

Maoshi wiped his front teeth, grinned, and turned around; several players immediately held their breath.

Willow recalled that at the start, Maoshi had said his front teeth could bite through a skull; he instantly realized what had happened.

He gasped, his thumb trembling as he pinched his philtrum.

Su Mian: "You and your child count as two people."

Felix couldn't wait to get far away from Su Mian.

Luna realized she wasn't dead; hearing Su Mian's explanation filled her with joy, and she rushed forward to grasp Su Mian's hand.

"Your Highness, Your Highness! You're amazing; you saved my life—I don't know how to thank you..."

Su Mian shook her head: "I'm only saving myself."

While waiting for everyone to recover, the lights went out again, the music sounded, and the second round of the game began; those who had blundered through the first round also looked up at the sky.

Willow: "There are three feathers!"

"Quick! Quick! Let's dance together as three."

Having said that, Pip grabbed Felix and Su Mian; Willow, afraid of being left out, also joined in, making four people.

The numbers were uneven; Felix didn't even glance at Su Mian, directly taking Willow's hand.

Su Mian's hand hovered in midair for a moment, then she turned her head and was pulled by Luna.

"Me and my child plus you makes exactly three."

And on the other side, Tian Nuan had already found suitable people; as the queen, no one dared not obey her orders; as for those who were alone, it wasn't that easy.

The music stopped, and there were several more Screams; Maoshi, having had his fill, wiped his mouth; Luna spat at Felix, 'pah!'

It's obvious he's like this because he dislikes Elizabeth's appearance, but at least she saved him in the first round, and he treats women like this.

Luna is also a single mother in real life, so she was also surprised by this role; she didn't help Su Mian for no reason.

A woman's Sixth Sense is always accurate; on the first day, seeing Su Mian confront DM, her calm and composed demeanor let her know this was a thigh she could rely on.

As expected, the girl saved her life; in return, she will also help the girl.

Su Mian didn't have much emotional fluctuation; she just found it funny, after all, using her own Character Setting, she could easily torment him to death.

I didn't expect Felix to be such an idiot; offending anyone is better than offending her.

In the third round, five feathers fell; not counting Tian Nuan, they need to eliminate one person.

And Su Mian and Luna count as three people; those three wanted to call Luna over, but Luna would rather die than go, so she clung to Su Mian's arm.

She used the strength of grabbing vegetables at the market; no matter how hard they pulled, she wouldn't let go, and she let out a loud shout.

"Throw that stinking hunter down! Come over to our side."

It was too late; Willow was sweating profusely, his desire to survive peaked, and without thinking he rushed over.

Pip saw him leave as well, and in an instant abandoned Felix.