Chapter 14: Rankings Begin! Hope of Getting Out!

"Hey, handsome, what's your ranking?"

Just as Su Yang was stunned, a voice suddenly came from behind.

He turned his head and saw a tall boy with a crew cut, about his own height, standing in front of the glass wall between two cages.

He was wearing a white tank top, a pair of beach shorts, and a pair of ordinary house slippers.

"My name is Lin Yang, Rankings 1427."

"Su Yang, Rankings 2756."

Lin Yang leaned forward, glanced at Su Yang's ranking position, and nodded, "Only 10 points behind me, not bad."

The words carried a hint of sarcasm; Lin Yang realized it too late and hurried to explain, "I didn't mean that, I just wanted to say you're pretty good too."

That only deepened the sarcasm, and Lin Yang suddenly felt awkward, scratching his head, not knowing how to explain.

The speaker was careless, and the listener naturally didn't take it to heart.

Su Yang opened the Clearance game's reward package.

The food gift pack contained a heap of bread, several boxes of beef Canned Food, several boxes of pork Canned Food, frozen dumplings, and fruit.

The life gift pack had even more items.

Towel, toothbrush, Toothpaste, body wash, shampoo, facial cleanser…

Water cup, coffee, juice, beer, cold remedy…

Cigarette, scissors, lighter, tissue, brand‑new Clothing…

One could say it includes all the everyday essentials.

Only a phone and a computer were missing, and Su Yang felt very uneasy for a moment, suddenly not knowing what to do.

So he took a bottle of juice and some bread, sat on a stool, and began to eat.

"Bro, my mouth is clumsy, don't misunderstand; I didn't mean that just now," Lin Yang hurriedly said.

Su Yang didn't linger on the issue and asked, "Is the game you played also a 100‑point reward?"

"Yeah, I also unlocked six Achievements," Lin Yang nodded.

"Shouldn't six Achievements be 180 points?" Su Yang cast a puzzled look.

"No, each Achievement adds 10 points, personal rating A adds 10 points, that totals exactly 170," Lin Yang said seriously.

"Oh, I see," Su Yang nodded in understanding.

"How did you get 180?" Lin Yang was about to tease his math.

He suddenly recalled that above the A Rank there is an S Rank.

"You're S Rank?" Lin Yang said, eyes wide.

"Hmm."

"No wonder," Lin Yang muttered, punching the wall in frustration, "Damn it, if I could kill that turtle brat, I'd definitely be S Rank."

Su Yang smiled faintly and gave no reply.

Lin Yang brushed off the talk of killing, as if he were harvesting not a human life but a Monster from a game.

"I'm an Executioner myself, what right do I have to judge others?" Su Yang shook his head.

"Bro, what's the content of your game?" Lin Yang asked curiously.

"Cheater's Tavern, a card‑playing game," Su Yang replied.

"Card games are fine, what's the rule?" Lin Yang instantly became interested.

"Nothing special, it's similar to the usual Big Talk Dice game."

"Such a simple game? Then it ends in an instant?" Lin Yang instantly lost interest.

In his understanding, Big Talk Dice means losing a round means drinking a shot, probably also means losing a round kills a person.

"What about you?" Su Yang retorted.

"I play a game of tag in an office building: first count ten minutes for hiding, then catch them all within two hours!" Lin Yang said.

"Catch everyone and you win?" Su Yang asked again.

"Yeah, touching counts as a win, but I usually just kill them outright," Lin Yang made a grip‑rifle stance.

"What does killing feel like?" Su Yang mused.

Lin Yang froze for a moment, then recalled seriously, "At first it felt awful, but later I developed Immunity."

"Like that…"

"Killing is like slaughtering a chicken, no real difference."

At that moment, a female voice came from the cage on the right.

Su Yang followed the voice and saw a Qianying curled up on the bed, back turned to the two of them.

"You've killed too?" Su Yang became interested.

"Yeah, killed a few beasts," the girl said softly, almost inaudible.

"I've never dared to imagine handling a real gun in my life, never thought I'd actually get to, if I could bring it out it'd be great," Lin Yang pursed his lips, a bit regretful.

"By the way, you said if we meet the top hundred condition, can we return to the original world?" Lin Yang added.

"Probably, outside the cage… likely the real world," Su Yang guessed.

"That's great, I'll write this experience into a book and publish it online," Lin Yang said, thrilled.

"First survive, then talk. Besides, anyone who makes it out alive has similar experiences," Su Yang said calmly.

Lin Yang, upon hearing that, froze like a clay statue.

Su Yang shook his head, smiled, grabbed Clothing and body wash, entered the bathroom, and pulled the curtain to start showering.

After a tiring whole day, he washed away the blood and grime from his body.

After the shower, he tossed his dirty clothes into the trash, climbed onto the bed, and rested.

Not long after, the lights in the prison suddenly went out, and a loud Loudspeaker sound rang.

"Sleep time has arrived, all players immediately silence!"

When the broadcast sounded, the prison instantly boiled over!

"Turn the lights on, I'm taking a shower, why are you turning the lights off?"

"Damn, finally survived, and you won't even let me speak? Which idiot set the rules?"

"I won't shut up, what can you do to me?"

These surviving players brag themselves as the best, many have killed others, their malice is extreme, and they defy discipline.

Of course, there are also some who want a peaceful sleep, like Su Yang.

"It's late night, why are you shouting? If you don't sleep, someone else will, shut your Mouth!"

"If you have strength but nowhere to use it, go do push‑ups; if not satisfied, find a corner and self‑indulge!"

For a moment the scene turned into chaos, many players cursed each other across the void, all kinds of filthy language filled the air.

"If it keeps being this noisy, no one will get to sleep, is there anyone to manage this?" Lin Yang said dissatisfiedly.

Suddenly, at the far northeast end of each floor, a door abruptly opened.

Pairs of Red‑Eyed gazes, like lanterns, dispelled the darkness, accompanied by heavy Footsteps.

At that moment, the scene suddenly fell silent.

"What is that?" Lin Yang suddenly became curious.

"A prison guard type of character?" Su Yang furrowed his Brow.

The silence was only temporary, the players shouted again.

"You scared me, thought it was something terrible, I've killed people before, am I scared of a Red‑Eyed ghost?" one shouted loudly.

Yet the next moment, the Red‑Eyed creature came to his cell door, reached out and grabbed the iron pillar on the cage, and snapped it with force!

"Creak!"

The extremely hard iron pillar was bent, leaving a huge gap.

"Y‑You, what are you trying to do?" the man was startled, shrinking fearfully into a corner.

Immediately, a mournful wail rang through the prison.

Afterwards Su Yang saw that the number of surviving players decreased by one, and the death count increased by one.