Chapter 558

Oh?

Su Yang smiled helplessly upon hearing this: "If you are called Su Yang, what if someone calls out the name? Should you answer or should I?"

"I don't care, I'm just called Su Yang, I don't care!" The fool danced with joy as if he had received a peerless delicacy.

Watching this scene, the others had different expressions in their eyes.

Su Peixian gazed at the smiling Su Yang, suspicion rising in her heart.

He deliberately spent so much effort to tease a fool... what for?

It wasn't just her who had similar doubts; even Wang Daohui felt it was strange.

Leaving aside whether the fool was truly stupid or pretending, in his view, no matter which it was, there was nothing worth wasting time on.

"Could it be that he discovered some secret?" A brilliant light flashed in Wang Daohui's eyes.

During the one-month buffer period before the game, Li Xin's team gathered to hold meetings and discuss Su Yang no less than ten times.

And as the person in the team who understood Su Yang best, Tang Youning presided over the content of every meeting.

The theme was naturally focused on the 'Betting Game'.

For this reason, Tang Youning had long ago analyzed Su Yang's habitual methods and game style thoroughly.

He hadn't missed a single detail from the time spent with him, even compiling them into an album for his partners to study.

At first, Wang Daohui attached great importance to it; after all, he could see how strong the opponent was from Tang Youning's wariness.

Moreover, Su Yang was also the top player on the leaderboard, first in personal points, and had obtained both the wish qualification and the 'Divine Ascension' seed.

With layers of buffs piled up, Wang Daohui had no reason not to be cautious.

Even if players change, their gaming habits will change accordingly.

But the 'root' in a person's subconscious will not change.

"Making friends with the fool, is it for... driving a tiger to swallow a wolf?" Wang Daohui's heart stirred.

But upon second thought, he immediately dismissed this possibility.

"No, he is laying the groundwork! Laying the groundwork for the use of his talent!"

Thinking of this, Wang Daohui hurriedly turned his body to look at the fool who was shaking his head.

Just as he was about to speak, Zhu Xiang spoke up!

"Fool, come here."

"My name is Su Yang, I'm not called a fool!"

"I said... come here."

A strange look appeared between Zhu Xiang's brows, mixed with a bit of coldness that made people shudder.

Seeing this, the fool shrank his head and looked at Su Yang, as if seeking his opinion.

"Go ahead, it's time to rest." Su Yang smiled slightly.

The fool said "Hmm" and walked toward Zhu Xiang reluctantly.

His lowered head and hunched posture made him look like a child who had done something wrong and was waiting to be punished.

"Bang!"

Zhu Xiang braced his arm against the bed frame and used the leverage to kick him heavily in the stomach.

The fool flew backward and slammed into the dining table five meters away, making a loud noise.

Such great force kicked the fool until he vomited blood.

"I said, you are not allowed to talk to others. If you still don't remember, I won't hold back next time." Zhu Xiang said.

The fool was in so much pain that tears streamed down his face, and he made aggrieved "woo-woo" sounds in his mouth, looking at Su Yang as if for help.

However, Su Yang's eyes were wide open at this moment, shocked by Zhu Xiang's actions.

You must know that the rules had clearly stated that fighting was not allowed, let alone excessive physical contact.

But how is he...

Completely fine?

It is not hard to see the power of this kick; Zhu Xiang is at least a second-tier gene-modified human, and his strength is two points stronger than Su Yang's.

Even if he didn't use his full strength, it still caused great harm to the fool.

He was lying on the ground, his body twitching slightly, his limbs convulsing.

There were already signs of shock.

"Finally quiet." Zhu Xiang acted as if he had done a trivial thing, completely ignoring the fool's safety, and closed his eyes to sleep.

It is unknown whether this sentence was said for the fool to hear or deliberately for Su Yang.

The other players watched coldly, with no intention of intervening at all.

In their view, the fool was very pitiful, but it had nothing to do with them.

Before long, the fool actually passed out from the pain and lay on the ground motionless.

Seeing this, Su Yang lifted him onto the bed, a strange look flashing in his eyes.

"Zhu Xiang defied the rules with impunity and yet remained unscathed; what means did he use?"

Considering it from the perspective of camps, even if the fool were his teammate, this would not constitute a condition to be exempt from punishment.

Various doubts surfaced in his heart, but Su Yang looked at the cold reality and simply rested with his questions.

Regardless, his plan had already been successfully carried out.

As long as he keeps the fool's trust, he can lie 'reasonably' without limit.

And he can also keep his current talent!

"Second-tier Copy, it should be able to copy three players at the same time, right?" Su Yang said to himself.

Although the prompt didn't explicitly state it, a talent that has evolved shouldn't remain unchanged.

As the lights went out, sleepiness surged up, and Su Yang's eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

Just as he was about to enter dreamland, a gentle voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

"Little brother, can you swap beds with me?"

As soon as the voice fell, Su Yang opened his eyes abruptly and subconsciously reached for the small knife at his waist.

Borrowing the moonlight shining in from the window, Su Yang saw the face of the person who spoke.

He saw an apology for disturbing his sleep and a hint of a request in the woman's eyes.

"Why?" A hint of vigilance appeared in Su Yang's eyes.

The woman approached silently; he prided himself on being extremely sensitive to any movement.

But he hadn't noticed anything just now.

If she had approached silently outside the safe zone, wouldn't it be...

"I'm feeling a bit unwell and can't sleep on the upper bunk." The woman looked troubled.

Su Yang looked over and saw that the lower bunks of all four beds were full; Su Peixian was even snoring slightly.

"So?" Su Yang asked again.

"Can you... accommodate me?" The woman requested.

"Sorry, I get insomnia easily when I sleep on the upper bunk." Su Yang refused directly.

There was no benefit to swapping beds, and the other party's intentions were unclear; why didn't she look for the other three, but chose him instead?

Regardless of her original intention, whether it was mixed with malice.

Su Yang never believed in kindness for no reason.

And he believed even less in inexplicable favor.

It is always right to label anything with malice first.

"Alright then, sorry to bother you." The woman walked slowly toward her original bed and climbed onto the upper bunk to sleep.

Seeing that she had no other movements, Su Yang lay on the bed gazing at the upper bunk board, his thoughts in chaos.

The game has progressed to this point; although the situation is chaotic, the general gameplay is already clear.

No matter how long a fox's tail is hidden, there will eventually be a time for it to show.

Compared to Zhu Xiang's unmasked viciousness, one must be even more careful of the murderous intent hidden in the dark.

After this interlude, all sleepiness was gone.

Su Yang stared at the clock on the wall, waiting for the typhoon to arrive.

"Tick-tock!"

When the hour hand locked onto twelve o'clock sharp, a familiar sound suddenly rang out.

"Whoosh—"

A biting wind was generated out of thin air, causing the windows to flap and make constant explosive sounds.

The harsh sound woke everyone up.

"It's windy!!" The fool suddenly shouted.

"Shut your mouth!" The flat-headed man scolded.