Chapter 545: Mysterious death?! A new form of execution?

"What was that noise?!"

The drowsy Lin Yang was suddenly startled awake from his haze and jumped up instinctively.

Su Yang furrowed his brows tightly and looked in the direction the sound came from. "The dormitory next door!"

"That direction... Yin Yun?!" Qin Weiyang reacted abruptly.

The three of them looked at each other, and Su Yang was the first to get up and walk out. "Let's go take a look!"

When they arrived at the villa next door, they were shocked to find the front door wide open.

The moment he stepped inside, Su Yang was stunned by the scene before him.

The floor was covered in blood, and five people were huddled together, their pupils trembling, their confusion mixed with a trace of terror.

"This..." Lin Yang was suddenly stunned.

The blood had spread over a vast area, nearly ten meters wide.

Yet the person responsible was nowhere to be found, as if a bottle of ketchup had exploded.

Hearing the commotion, Yin Yun turned her head, her voice hoarse. "It wasn't me. I only... touched him lightly."

Su Yang walked in with a grave expression, sniffing the pungent smell of blood, and asked, "What happened?"

Huang Hua was the first to recover, speaking in a deep voice: "One of our team's dependents... suddenly exploded!"

What?!

Qin Weiyang instinctively lifted her foot to look at the bloodstains beneath her. "Is this human blood?"

Everyone was already long accustomed to this and wouldn't lose their composure over a bit of blood-red liquid.

It was just that...

As everyone knew, private fights and killings were not allowed within the prison.

And according to Yin Yun's own account, she had only touched the person before they exploded and died.

It was clearly absurd!

"The person is gone?" Su Yang asked.

"Yes, right in front of the five of us, they instantly shattered." Huang Hua nodded slightly, a trace of horror appearing in his eyes.

The situation had already exceeded his control; this was a result that 'Deduction' had not calculated.

Originally, the six of them had been drinking and chatting about the world under the moonlight.

Who would have thought that after just one simple touch, that partner who had been smiling would suddenly explode without any warning.

A mist of blood sprayed out, splashing all over them.

At this very moment, Yin Yun and the others were covered in blood, looking exceptionally gruesome.

"Don't panic yet. Could someone be playing tricks in the dark?" Su Yang asked.

"Impossible, the use of talents is forbidden on the island!" Yin Yun rejected the idea directly.

Forbidden?

Qin Weiyang's heart skipped a beat, and she cast 'Light Feather' on the spot.

But no matter how lightly she tapped the ground, she could not lift off the ground to fly.

"To think there's such a restriction. I thought..." Lin Yang stopped mid-sentence.

Su Yang instinctively looked toward the villa where Li Xin was staying and said, "If it's forbidden on the island, is it possible that something was done to them while we were at sea?"

"If it were a player who did it, I would definitely have been able to foresee it in advance." Huang Hua shook his head.

That was strange then.

It wasn't a player, and there were no bombs inside their bodies.

Could it be that players could choose to self-destruct?

Talents weren't allowed to be used, and even then, they couldn't explode into such tiny pieces.

"Could it be... an execution?!" Lin Yang suddenly asked.

Once these words were spoken, the scene fell into sudden silence.

Everyone had different expressions, all of them grave.

"I was just saying that casually." Lin Yang hurriedly tried to make up for it.

"You're right, it really could be an execution!" Su Yang nodded.

"But... executions usually happen when the game ends, and only players who perform poorly might be drawn..."

As she spoke, Yin Yun's voice grew smaller and smaller.

She suddenly remembered, wasn't now the exact moment the random death game ended?

"There's one thing that's very strange. There's usually a broadcast before an execution, but there wasn't one this time?" Qin Weiyang asked in confusion.

"Su Yang, didn't you say the new execution method was to throw people into the sea?" Lin Yang asked.

Just as everyone was at a loss, a dull explosion sounded again!

"Bang!"

However, that wasn't the end of it; before they could turn their heads toward the sound, explosions rang out one after another.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

In an instant, thirteen sounds broke the island's silence.

Lights turned on in the fifteen villas one after another, and exclamations and screams rang out together.

At this moment, Jiang Chengyu and the others ran over from next door, stunned as they saw this scene. "What's going on?"

Lin Yang gave a brief summary, and after hearing it, they were all speechless.

"It seems it really is an execution." Su Yang narrowed his eyes.

Counting Yin Yun's dependent's self-explosion, it added up to exactly 14 people.

Now, there were only 15 'Ascend God' seeds left on the island, and excluding Su Yang's top-performing team, it corresponded exactly to the number 14.

"Could it be... one person is randomly drawn from each team?" Yin Yun asked.

Seeing a group of people walking out of the villas together, Su Yang said slowly, "We'll know once we ask."

122 people gathered, discussing in a hubbub, with panic lingering around them.

Su Yang picked at his ear and said loudly, "Fellow 'Ascend God' seeds, can we talk?"

As soon as he spoke, the scene suddenly went quiet.

Before anyone could respond, Li Xin was the first to stand out. "Since it's the proposal of the handsome Su, how could I refuse?"

These sarcastic words were mocking on the surface, but actually hid a sharp edge.

"Brother Li, there's no need to be so barbed. No one wants to see tragedy happen, including me!" Su Yang said slowly.

"Every 'Ascend God' seed has lost a dependent, except for your people who are still all here. It's hard not to make people think otherwise." Li Xin said.

"If I were playing tricks in the dark, why wouldn't I prioritize choosing an 'Ascend God' seed and kill you? Then none of your dependents would survive either." Su Yang countered.

"So, you're admitting it was you?" Li Xin lifted his chin slightly.

"A smart person would choose to get to the root of the matter, while a fool would fan the flames at a time like this."

"May I ask..."

Su Yang changed the subject, smiling but not smiling. "Does Brother Li want to be a smart person or a fool?"

"Just a joke, why take it seriously?" Li Xin smiled.

Not long after, the fifteen 'Ascend God' seeds arrived at an open space. Su Yang was the first to speak: "The people who died should have one common trait. Executions wouldn't be aimless."

"How can you be sure it's an execution?" one person asked.

"One person drawn from each team, and the method of death is uniform—all exploded and died. They died without any warning, and there was no room for any breathing space."

"Furthermore... if you suspect it was the work of a player, you can try to see if you can use your talents." Su Yang said slowly.

Several 'Ascend God' seeds tried secretly upon hearing this, but the result was just as Su Yang said; they seemed to have been placed in a 'Silence' state.

Li Xin said faintly, "Brother Su, you've gathered us here, what is your brilliant opinion?"

Su Yang ignored him and scanned the area. "Since there was no execution broadcast, the victims definitely weren't randomly drawn."

"They must... have a common trait!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of light appeared in Yin Yun's eyes. "Faith Value!"

"I didn't allocate Faith Value to the deceased. Could that be the reason?"

Once these words were spoken, everyone looked over in unison.

Li Xin furrowed his brows and didn't say a word.

The other 'Ascend God' seeds were all the same; they looked at each other, their expressions gradually turning ugly.

"To think the case was solved so simply." Su Yang nodded slightly.

"Faith Value is very likely a means of protection, and dependents who aren't protected will all be subjected to..."

"'Curse'!" ===== CHAPTER 546 =====